Balta1701

I know it doesn't apply to all careers, but at least in the field I'm in, I firmly believe there's a huge advantage to a "classical" education, in terms of actually starting to understand how to think and react to opinions, arguments, data, etc.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 10:54 AM) Do they charge a potential killer with murder if the potential victim kills them first? If you kill a burglar, does the now dead burglar get charged with burglary? I don't think so. Don't defend yourself and get killed - rising murder rates. Defend yourself, kill the criminal, stagnant or lower crime rates. I am seeing 700 criminals being removed from society at the bargain basement price of a bullet. People, take back your neighborhoods. Stand and defend don't hide from criminals. No but it gets classified as an attempted burglary in statistics.

Something hit home here for Lavar Arrington, realizing he knew one of the kids.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 09:58 AM) everything i have read of Amendola makes me think this guy is in way over his head. He continually asks questions that he doesnt know the answers to, gets facts and dates wrong, and generally looks unprepared. That's Sandusky's defense attorney right? I think we had that part figured out when he let Sandusky talk to Bob Costas on TV.

This kid has simply done a remarkable job.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 08:40 AM) If something like that happens to you, and it festers, and you spend years thinking about it and what you would like to say, i'm sure it get's rehearsed in your head over and over without even trying to think about it That and any prosecutor who hasn't practiced with key witnesses deserves to lose their job.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 12:02 AM) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs Damn that Obama and his management of the economy in 2008.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 10:23 PM) Basing it on his entire professional career. Except for te part that you decided you can ignore.

Nicely done everyone.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 10:18 PM) I think he will make too many outs to be a dominant offensive player. I don't think he'll be a #3 hitter. Great. His power ought to put him in the cleanup spot anyway.

Get him home!

Hi Cliffy!

Now we need an insurance run to make sure Q gets that win.

Nate! Booyeah!

Stellar job again kid, let's get you te win.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 09:50 PM) This is semantics but SFAS 157 was a direct result of the mess that SOX also came out of. His point is valid even though he had the technical standard wrong. Of course this gets into the whole big ass post I never posted for 3 years about fair market valuations and mark to market, but why would I post that now? To ruin the running gag, of course.

Damnit, that's the third weakly hit single up the middle in 3 innings.

Wow, beautiful job working Beltran over.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 09:46 PM) I am more dumbfounded why Floyd NEVER has any balls in MLB. I think his mechanics just fall apart when he pitches from the stretch.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) I love the fact that he attacks on the mound and changes his pitches. He throws at various speeds and angles and if you do that with command and decent stuff, you have a chance. I get you. I'm sorta just dumbfounded to see this from a guy who should be in AA..

This kid cant possibly keep this up can he?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 09:34 PM) And AJ can't continue this level of production, so we should get the most we can back for him now. While we're at it, trade Rios, Dunn and Peavy, too. And Chris Sale will never be worth more than he is worth today, so let's trade him for 3 prospects named Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore and Brandon Phillips. That was actually a helluva deal for the tribe.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 09:15 PM) You think any team would claim Ramirez if the Sox put him on waivers? I don't. Yes.

Oh, and study out of Texas A&M finds statistically significant 7 to 9 % increase in homicide rate associated with establishment of "Stand your Ground" laws, with no statistically significant impacts on other crimes (burglary, assault, etc.) That translates to ~ 500 to 700 additional homicides per year across the 23 states that currently have passed that law. They conclude that the presence of those laws lowers the expected consequences of using deadly force, leading to greater use of it.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 12, 2012 -> 05:50 PM) I think California is the fairest of all. Why should you have to pay taxes based upon the current market value of the property. That would force massive amount of people who bought when they could afford (whose income never really increased) who'd be forced to sell based upon current prices. That also creates a huge number of messy situations, like houses that have ballooned in value to be worth millions of dollars who pay less than what you pay. It dramatically reduces mobility because people can't afford to move within the state of California if they have to re-assess their property taxes. It has already helped feed two separate housing bubbles. Edit: oh, and I forgot somehow about the whole mess where the State winds up having to fill the gap created by the low property taxes on homes, which pushes up sales taxes and income taxes, has produced multiple budget messes in the last decade, and now has wound up leaving the state so poor that the UC system is now more expensive than Harvard. That comes directly from the property tax system, because so much of state tax collections go to fill that gap.