Balta1701

QUOTE (Reddy @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) so we should just let him play his games and signal to leaders everywhere that if you just act bats*** crazy enough you'll get everything you ask for? And let's say that he were to be assassinated...can you guarantee me that their generals won't use that as an excuse to lash out and actually strike something?

This happened when you weren't looking, btw.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 10:06 AM) For once, I am not quite sure it could be any worse... Um...should I be checking CNN to see if Los Angeles still exists? If it does...it could be worse.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 10:07 AM) No doubt about it. Even my elementary basketball IQ knows you attack a zone in the middle and in the gaps. It took them most of the first half to even start to do that. The turnovers were the remarkable thing. It's like they didn't even expect guys to be where they were. They averaged 13 TO's a game this year, which isn't very good, but they had that last night in 15 minutes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 10:03 AM) Everything went wrong for Indiana. Couldn't defend, couldn't run any offense, couldn't shoot a 3, couldn't even hit a FT. Miserable. When you see a game like that, you count that as a mark on the coaching staff. That was as unprepared as you'll ever see any team.

This communal birthday thread is socialism!

QUOTE (Cali @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 11:34 PM) Well the role they wanted for him was wrong in the first place. He should start no matter what. In Charlotte or Chicago. Not in the pen. This is still correct, but I've basically accepted it won't be happening.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 02:14 AM) While true they're still 4-2 with him. I think the Heat just cranked up the defensive intensity in the playoffs in the half court game. The Bulls could hang with the Heat when the Heat aren't going 100% all out on defense. When the playoffs hit, the Heat cranked it up a notch and took away the floor spacing and movement that the Bulls O tries to use otherwise.

Indiana dug too big of a hole.

A game of basketball is in danger of breaking out here.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 10:41 PM) Indiana can totally win this game, they're a lot better than the 'Cuse IMO. Whether they will win...we shall see. If they could get the margin to 10 or so I'd feel a lot better about my bracket. And like that its 11. Indiana can do these scoring bursts but they need to make their bleeping shots and stop turning it over.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 10:36 PM) lmao let's just say I'm not Crean-ing my pants tonight At the least, they're completely unprepared here. Whether they could pull it together I dunno.

Will Syracuse triple indianas first half point total?

Turnover 12. So, doesn't baseball season start soon?

9 turnovers in 10 minutes. Edit: 10 turnovers in 11 minutes Edit: 11 in 13 minutes

QUOTE (kev211 @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 05:44 PM) Btw the bulls have now beaten the heat 3 times without Derrick rose in the lineup. In fact they're now 3-1 vs them when he does not play. You'll also recall that they beat the heat senseless in the 2010-2011 regular season as well.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 09:26 PM) I thought we could have fun de-crapping it Ah, ok, I get it. But I have basketball to watch

Why would you post random Facebook trash like that in here?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 05:51 PM) That movie actually had the most accurate depiction of Wolverine/Logan yet.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 03:11 PM) ^ I agree with that. Basically, they need to keep Danks in Arizona until he's throwing at his normal velocity. Then send him to Charlotte until he can throw a quality start. They'll know it when they see it from him. I'm not worried about the Sox rushing him back. i know we've been saying this all spring, but it really doesn't sound like velocity is his problem.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 03:00 PM) I just googled organic oatmeal and found 2lbs of Bob's Red Mill, which is a great brand, for $5, free shipping over $50 so you can buy all your organic grains from this online store for about the same price as in-store Quaker. So I have to have a place to store 20 lbs of oatmeal? and someone to eat that? Glad to know that if I ever buy a horse, I'm set

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 02:34 PM) If you don't like it, but the more expensive organic oatmeal. There are options out there, and companies do take notice if consumers choose these other products. Look at the Tostitos marketing campaign a few years back, they advertised less than 5 ingredients or something. Why do Walmart, Target, etc carry greek yogurt, organic produce, etc now? Because consumers demand it. This next generation of young adults/teens are some of the most aware people of what they are eating, I just read an article yesterday about how McDonald's views Subway as a huge competitor with them for young adults, because of the image that Subway portrays vs. McDonald's foods. So what does McDonald's do? They offer more "premium" products, wraps, and go out with a huge marketing campaign of what McDonald's food is made of. Well,l I'd also say that Walmart and places like that now carry organic produce because the legal definition of "Organic" has been watered down so much that there's little relevant difference between the products and non-organic produce, and the "organic" line is just a higher-margin item that is given small spaces on shelves. But really, this is the rub. You can give me all of the lecture you want, but as a consumer, I'm not going to ignore the economic incentives. Failing to face up to that reality is a part of the problem as well. I'm still amazed at how much I actually pay for fresh vegetables and fruits per week now that I moved out of California. We aren't going to improve the obesity rate in this country if we don't actually face up to the kinds of decisions people actually make. And just as a reminder, the end result is that everyone pays more in health care costs. Cities that aren't pretending a lecture will solve things, cities that are actively trying to improve diets, yes like our friends in New York, are actually having success and seeing reductions in obesity amongst children. Forcibly improving food quality will make a difference nationwide.

Well, I may as well share this. I'm not sure the conspirators who insist the AR-15 was left in the car will believe it's anything but more police lies, but anyway. At least he had good gun safety information.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 02:24 PM) Being a sore loser. I was kinda sad he didn't miss that layup so that the refs could fail to call goaltending while he's hanging on the rim.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 02:14 PM) How do you know that's not because of regulations or shipping considerations? Why are you assuming it's because of a financial choice to make more money (which still makes no sense since they have to pay extra to put the extra crap in the product) If the problem is that US Regulations require way too many preservatives in the product...then clearly we have one helluva major policy issue in this country...and if that raises the price of the product, then the lobbyists for that industry have somehow been incredibly ineffective at getting rid of those rules while simultaneously getting rid of every other rule on the books. Somehow, I'm more than a little bit skeptical. The answer that makes sense is...this is wall street pressure. In the book/interview that started this conversation, the author recounted a story of Campbells soup spending lots of money to develop a product that tasted the same but had 25% less sodium with no added fat or sugar to offset it. They put it on the shelves, but then pulled it when wall street investors freaked out about them changing their product, to the point where the healthier version disappeared rapidly from shelves. Everybody else loads up with chemicals, wall street effectively thinks these are chemical companies. There's large resistance to making a healthier product but no resistance to adding in another preservative until 30 years down the road the FDA links it directly to some health problem.