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QUOTE (staxx @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 02:26 PM) http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/9...ks-opt-contract OJ mayo to opt out of contact. Would be a nice fit w/ Rose. , the bulls have no plausible way to come up with the money to get him.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 02:24 PM) Unless that results in political liabilities for the conservative Democrats. Not that the party shouldn't be doing this, just that it might come at legitimate political costs. And now you hit the serious Q: what's the point of a 55-45 majority when it takes 60 votes to pass anything? Oh darn, the Democrats lost the Senate, now they'll never be able to pass background check legislation.

Want to see a sinkhole in Chicago eat a car? (Not inserting video here because apparently it autoplays)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 02:14 PM) They haven't been doing it. Then someone needs to steal home. Yeesh, if the 3b is playing SS, Konerko ought to be able to steal home.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 01:26 PM) For example, when we have a runner on 3rd and less than two outs, I want to see him put it down if the 3B is in the deep SS position. My rationale is that if he can get it down even 50% of the time, that results in 5 runs. That isn't even taking into account the runner being able to score anyway, even if Dunn makes an out. Realistically we are probably looking at 7-8 runs in 10 tries. As a .200 hitter (which is generous right now), and a guy who hits a homer every 10 ABs, the two basic outcomes are 8 outs, 1 homer, and 1 single. We are looking at something like 4-5 runs, depending on how the outs are made. Doesn't the 3b hold the guy on at 3rd in that position? Not just to guard against the bunt but also to guard against the easy steal of home.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 11:45 AM) It is so crazy how he cannot last past 3 seasons with a team. Season 2 they seem prime to takeoff, then season 3 they fall apart. You can thank Bynum for that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 12:46 PM) Honestly I think for a lot of them it's legitimate concerns about re-election. They know they'll get hammered from the right back home. And the only way this is going to change is if the Democratic party steps up and makes this issue a liability for anyone who opposes background checks.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:48 AM) From what I have read, that is a different amendment - about interstate sales. Not the same. But even if it was in that same amendment... I thought I was pretty clear in that I'm asking the pro-gun lobby my question. Not anti-gun. No, it was actually part of the compromise bill, not one of the amendments that was brought. Senator Cornyn also brought an amendment that would have allowed concealed carry across state lines (get a concealed carry permit in Tennessee, legal to carry the concealed weapon into New York City), but I don't believe that passed and it wouldn't have mattered since the full bill was filibustered anyway. However, Senator Cornyn supposedly is prepared to push for passage of that amendment as a standalone law in the near future.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) That's incredibly frustrating. I don't have the patience to master the mind-numbing intricacies of the law, but couldn't it be argued that they know damn well that despite not using the word suspect itself, they know that by linking them to this story the people in question are being put out there to be treated as such- something that they wouldn't have had to deal with otherwise? This isn't something that will go away easily for someone who gets yanked from their everyday life and thrown to the masses in the midst of an event like this that people are very passionate about. No matter how quickly they're cleared of anything and everything, their world has been turned upside down and they get to deal with the stigma of being associated with such a thing. Everyone loves hearing the same story that inevitably makes it rounds about how tragic events like this bring out the best in people (first responders, volunteers, good Samaritans), but this kind of ugliness also rears it's head and is right there for all to see- it just evades getting much mention for some reason, gets swept under the rug, and ends up being forgotten by most. I believe your response here is why the term "Person of interest" came into being in the first place. The media would report people being interviewed about any crime as "suspects" and it would damage their reputation, leaving the media liable for libel suits. The term "Person of Interest" then started appearing as a lump term for "anyone the police wants to interview, whether it's a suspect, relative of a suspect, witness, etc." so that people wouldn't be labeled as suspects linked to a crime unless they were actually suspected of having committed a crime. That's why I looked for whether the Post actually called them "Suspects" in this article rather than using a more generic term. For the Saudi man, they called him a suspect, which is a specific term where they're suggesting that he might have been the perpetrator. Saying that the police want to interview this man or this man is a "person of interest" is supposed to be the trick to get around that problem, because everyone in the marathon could be a legit person of interest at this point.

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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:39 AM) Suffice to say, there will be increased regulations on factories, especially on those that can, uhh, you know, explode. More regulation as a response to an event in Texas? This isn't exactly the first factory explosion in Texas. And somehow I don't see the Congress increasing the budget for OHSA on-site inspections any time soon.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:24 AM) People run a similar risk living right on a river too. Hell, there are literally all sorts of places people could live that are just as dangerous, if not moreso, than living next to this plant. Don't a lot of places have similar rules for flood-prone areas, where at least the developer is supposed to tell the homeowner that they're at a flood risk or that they should look into the federal flood insurance program?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:12 AM) It isn't as common as you would think. Neighborhoods spring up around dangerous places all of the time. Many times it happened before ordinances went on to the books, or there just aren't rules against it. Developers aren't going to care as long as they can sell the homes. One way to do it would be to have people warned if their home is within distance x of a potentially hazardous site, but that can be a joke anyway. In California, you're supposed to be warned upon the purchase of a home if it's a few hundred yards from a fault line, but there's a place I really like on state route 14 where there is a steep slope with a bunch of houses on it, a mansion across the higway that I always guessed was over a million dollar home, a few hundred yards...and then you cross the San Andreas Fault. You couldn't pay me to live there.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 10:15 AM) Less power, sure. But I would think that he could make the adjustment. Maybe he will, and what we're seeing now is a period while he struggles through it. He's been a victim of the shift his entire career. Why hasn't he (or can't he) make the adjustment? Because getting 10 extra hits per year is not worth giving up 20 home runs per year.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 09:56 AM) That shift has got to cost him a ton of hits. But, what blows my mind is that he can't adjust to it and poke a hit to shallow left. He's adjusted his approach this year to try to make more contact rather than just swinging for the fences all the time. His failure this year so far is a direct result. You are asking him to hit with less power and be less effective.

I'm sure more will be available, but people have done rapid checks and found that this plant applied for and failed to qualify for some variety of operating permit in 2006, they've had people complain of strong ammonia odors before, and they haven't been inspected by OSHA since before 2006.

Yeah. Why am I not surprised?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 09:40 AM) Give me a reason why you'd vote against it. Not a reason why it isn't the end-all solution... But an actual reason why it is bad. Just one will do. It would have overridden state and local laws regarding transport of guns as well as removing restrictions on gun sales across state lines, both of which would make enforcing restrictions on gun smuggling much more difficult. It'd make selling guns to people who are smuggling them into Chicago legal. (I'd still have voted for cloture, but just remember that...this bill would have made going into Indiana, buying guns on the street corner, and smuggling them into Chicago...legal).

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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 09:39 AM) Worry about attendance rankings at the end of the year. On April 17th, you are worried. That's ridiculous. never. Seriously, attendance increases of 10% or decreases of 10% aren't going to make huge hits on revenue this year. Every single team in MLB will have an extra $25 million+ next year.

I don't think anyone posted this yet, from last night. The crowd takes over the national anthem.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 09:22 AM) Yeah, that is just homerism right there. If I even wanted to stretch it, Santiago has the repertoire to become a very deadly pitcher if he can keep improving his control, but there's zero reason to compare him to Johan. Johan had a better fastball and one of the best changeups we've ever seen, Santiago is going to be more of a breaking ball/screwball pitcher for the offspeed stuff.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 09:27 AM) If it was caught by a typical high-end commercial security surveillance system, those usually DVR days if not weeks of video. The bombs were only a few hundred yards apart. They could have planted them at any time during the marathon. Yeah, that's the kind of video I'd expect the FBI to already be looking at, but that's not what this "Crowd sourcing" is using, right? It's going through people's cell phone cameras.

So do people on the internets actually think these things were set shortly enough before they went off that there is film of them doing so? Then what's the deal with the 2nd blast down the course? Wouldn't planting them take a substantial amount of time, given that the bomber had to move between 2 sites?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 12:05 AM) Haha...I didn't even have to read who posted this...as soon as I saw the content...I knew it was you Brian. When it comes to geologic features I'm allowed to be predictable