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QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 01:18 AM) Not I. And to be honest, they've had their run of quite a few years of unfettered spending on the draft. They all should have a quality farm moving forward by this point, so shut the f*** up and play those hands. Those tweets "know how this team has a great farm, that's now ILLEGAL" oh boo hoo. The system is changing. You know those examples of those awful teams picking bad players for signability? Probably will be less of those. Plus by discouraging high school players now, these worse teams can get talent closer to the MLB in the draft. Yes, these teams were finding good value in the OLD system, but was the OLD system perfect? I don't think so. Just because people say X is better than Y doesn't make it so. Spend money getting great draft evaluators...the new value.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 01:45 PM) Looking at how victims are treated when they report, the stigma that is still attached, the accusations that they must face, it is no wonder that victims and their parents will hesitate to report the crime. I really feel for these victims. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-arch...5/slow-to-react i encourage everyone to listen to Act One from this particular this american life. It talks about the fear that he held after being raped that he too would become a child molester. Another blogger, blogged a heartwrenching piece before killing himself about how no matter what, he couldn't help but feel filthy every day waking up. It's hard to know how to react. Child molestation and rape is awful, but we also can't treat them as if their entire lives are ruined. Too often these kids feel forever damaged, forever ruined because of something that is not their fault. I hope there are victims of child molestation that have gotten help and become stronger that can come out and let these kids know that they can still live a great life.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 01:52 AM) I'm totally in favor of bringing back Orton, as long as it's not immediately to start over Hanie. He has a bad rap as being a s***ty QB when he's not... it's just that Kyle Orton is the base model with no upgrades in every way. 4-cylinder, no AC, cloth seats, no power windows, no cruise control, none of that. He'll just get you to and from work, that's all. It's unreasonable to expect Orton to be able to learn even the basics of the offense in a week, in time to get him to start at Oakland... Hanie should be that guy unless he shows himself incapable, and that's where Orton comes in. We know at the very least that Kyle Orton is a capable NFL quarterback. He's not going to anyone's Pro Bowl, but he doesn't lose the team games either. I keep seeing this but I'm not seeing the people begging for him to start in oakland. The reality is Hanie is an unknown and Orton is a known. While Orton may not light up the scoreboard, it's possible hanie could lose us games. So I'm very much interested in getting Orton.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Nov 23, 2011 -> 05:55 AM) Ha I was discussing this and I can't recall many good teams that lose by 30. Not sure how good Cal is, but hard to say Mizzou can play any better. They beat Nova at the Garden in 2 weeks and I'll start believing big. Even so, they had to have some talent if they were ranked 18, even if they don't put it together. I really wasn't going to get hyped up for Haith's first season, even though I was not as upset as some by his hiring. I think Miami is a black hole for bball. And I probably put too much in the loss of Bowers, and not enough in the incredible play we will get out of English, Denmon and P Pressey. Denmon's efficiency to go with English's leadership and pressey's great D right now are an group. I'm excited to catch a game. This team appears to be much more efficient on offense than with anderson.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Nov 22, 2011 -> 11:50 PM) Im kind of surprised that so many people automatically think Orton>Hanie. We havent seen much of Hanie but we got a glimpse of a more than capable back up qb in the NFC championship. Orton had decent numbers in Denver but most of his stats came when they were getting crushed and the team as a whole had little success. He also had Brandon Marshall (for a while) and Brandon Lloyd making circus catches for him on passes that had no business being thrown. If the Bears get him to be Hanies backup or to step in IF Hanie fails then fine but if this move is in hopes that Orton is going to step in and play over Hanie after this week I hate it. I'm not sure anyone is automatically thinking Orton>Hanie. I think they are thinking Hanie is an unknown quantity, whereas orton is not. But no, I don't think anyone is expecting him to play this week.

I find this bonkers that people are so concerned about the pirates royals and rangers. Honestly who cares.

I saw the descendants on Saturday. I'm going to give you a short little take: Really poorly put together beginning and a strong finish that leads me to say that I rec this movie. I liked it. I liked it even though i'm damn tired of all these hollywood movies about really rich people feeling isolated and having trouble relating to your kids. STOP WRITING WHAT YOU KNOW.

NO, i want neckbeard.

Dude, i'd love to have orton back. Maybe he's changed, but I used to love getting the pictures of him drunk as hell with stains all over his shirt.

Also, gronkowski doesn't appear to be afraid of getting hit, unlike Olsen.

Hahaha. All is justified. The same lack of accountability you so decry in teachers unions is a matter of intense justification for the police. They can never be wrong, they can never be punished.

This is setting context.

"I'm going to stab you" "ok" i see nothing wrong here.

anyone doing the chicago turkey trot?

it's technically a food product!

Q3 GDP revised downward to 2.0 growth.

grandstanding.

I can imagine tweeting that.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Nov 22, 2011 -> 01:05 AM) If you like boring shows that are basically there to say "wasn't it crazy that people lived like this back in the past?" idiotic.

nonsense, mad men was great from the beginning.

zero idea. Hopefully not too bad.

i'm going to buy tickets.

Gore is so good he is better than himself...at everything.

I'm having difficulty finding news on tahrir square. It seems encouraging that despite the deaths, the government is being...responsive, i guess? people are stepping down over it. Thoughts go out to those young people trying to change their country.

You terrible man.