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QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 11:12 AM) But does it matter that much to "be on the same page" with an advisor whose role never really matters that much in the grand scheme of things? Rudy Jaramillo hey lets pay him a ton, hey lets go on and on about how awful Greg Walker is. That'll all make us feel good about our s*** talent. We dumped Nick Swisher for refusing to get on the same page as walker, by some reports.

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 11:19 AM) His balanced budget approach harkens back to pre-Reagan Republican platforms. Bottom line, for a Republican, he's about as close to my views as a Republican can get. His balanced budget approach was no different than anyone else in this race. Pretend that somehow you're going to slash federal departments without explaining what you'll do without them (see his debate gaffe), and then pass a huge tax cut for the rich that magically drives down unemployment better than the last ones.

Torn ACL for Verdell Jones III

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 10:12 AM) Yeah, D-Rose, CJ, Rip, Deng, and we all know Boozer is playing with fire. We'll see... a loss to the hapless Magic in March coming off an 8-game win streak isn't something to get too worked up over. You won't see another 1st quarter like last night for a long time. It's not the loss that gets me. It really isn't. It's the health. This team isn't beating the Heat with 3-4 guys hobbled or 1-2 guys missing, and you know that. They can get there but they aren't winning if they're undermanned. Maybe they could do without CJ and survive, but they aren't winning without a moderately useful Hamilton, they aren't winning if Deng's wrist is bothering him so bad he shoots 34% like he has over the past 4 games, they aren't winning if Rose is hobbled, etc. They might even be in trouble if everyone is healthy, but if that's the first time all season they've been healthy, which is where it seems right now. And if the Bulls get the Pacers right before the Heat, which is entirely possible right now since they're hanging around that 4-5 spot, the Bulls are almost guaranteed to be beaten up.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 10:00 AM) Referring to last year? Even if he only said that accidentally I don't know how else you could take it.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 09:14 AM) Here is what I think you are missing. These were not bonuses in addition to anything. These guys probably we slotted for large bonuses. The deal was likely something like "you get to keep your job for an extra year, and get part of your bonus, if you help us untangle this whole web and show us everything". Its a gamble though. On the one hand, having a few people like that around during the investigation could probably get you answers to your questions a lot more quickly, or even just plain get them at all. On the other hand, if one of them was actually complicit in some way, they could hide their tracks as they go, potentially. I'd bet there are independent auditors stalking their every move. Of course it's something they were scheduled to get anyway, you're right on all of that. Just personally, if I were somehow sitting on a jury for this, and the defense asked one of the guys who helped untangle the fraud how much he was paid to do so, and he answered several hundred thousand dollars, I'd burst into laughter in the jury box. I just think that's another sign of a ridiculously broken and corrupt financial system.

Anyway, it's gonna get posted anyway. Jobs report at 225,000, unemployment flat at 8.3%, but the real buried lede is that there were substantial upward revisions to January and December, basically putting another 60k jobs in there. So altogether, there's a count of 285,000 jobs upwards in this report, and it wouldn't be too surprising to see January/February revised upwards in the next round. This would be "Meh" in a normal recovery but post-crisis it's quite good, and that's large enough that people coming back into the job pool didn't push up the unemployment rate.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 09:03 AM) I have a strong suspicion this is part of a building deal for their cooperation against others. Even if you're right..."yes I was paid several hundred thousand dollars in bonuses for my cooperation" seems like it wouldn't stand up in court anywhere outside of Wall Street.

Gonzo. Also some Dan Johnson talk in ther.e

Phil Rogers rights the "Dunn Fresh start" article after his HR yesterday. I wonder how much of that he had written 2 months ago.

Hey, putting the hyperlink in the smiley actually works.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 01:16 AM) American pilots have a harder time avoiding bombing Pensacola from Eglin than they would getting through Syrian air defenses. We could bomb them with impunity if we wanted to, get a grip guys. But it would take a fairly sustained effort, and fairly sustained efforts to dismantle air defenses inevitably start piling up civilian casualties and dollar signs.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 12:21 AM) Yeah it was. UCLA was making Final Four runs, Arizona was always a threat, Washington was a Sweet 16 caliber team, Arizona St was making the tournament, Stanford was a tournament team, USC had a nice couple of seasons. Even Washington St had a Sweet 16 run a few seasons ago. So has talent out west just dried up, or are players leaving and going elsewhere for some reason (more money, better facilities, schools too focused on football?)

QUOTE (kev211 @ Mar 8, 2012 -> 11:28 PM) Uhhh deng might have to sit a few games to rest his left wrist Starting to think this team just can't stay healthy enough to make it.

The Asik/Butler/Gibson/Lucas/Korver lineup, eh?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Mar 8, 2012 -> 08:31 PM) I'm not a huge fan of Rose's pull up 3's. It really isn't his best shot. If he's already got momentum, push forwards!

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Video: Reed on the development of his changeup.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 2, 2012 -> 01:55 PM) Rush has already lost one advertiser over this. Ok, now I'm impressed. He's running dead air instead of ads.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 8, 2012 -> 06:24 PM) I like the Chronicles of Narnia movies, and I think they do pretty well. It makes me wonder why they are having trouble getting the next one going. I believe the last one was a box office flop. Edit: I'm seemingly wrong, did well overseas, but there are contractual issues going on.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 8, 2012 -> 05:15 PM) All of that could be taken out in a matter of minutes by long range missiles. A decent air defense system would more likely take a period of a week or two to legitimately wear down, and that's with a fairly intense effort.

H. Christ people.