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QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 03:07 PM) Exactly. But, if we had a top notch GM he would presumably trade Danks, Quentin, Thornton and possibly a couple more for the very best prospects available. Then, he would give the young guys all the opportunity to play in 2012 while investing in Latin American players and developing prospects in the minor league system. This would put my level of interest at a 6.5. If this team resembles anything like last year's then my interest level will be a 2.0. But then again, the 70 wins that team will probably rack up will reduce a lot of people's interest levels.

Anywho, back onto MF.

Yeah, here's more believable numbers. If you start lumping "Tax preparation" in there, then you start getting numbers an order of magnitude higher but you're also counting every individual filer. And yes, that is too much.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) One of them was named as Carlos Boozer Now I'm glad I posted this, I learned something.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) As soft as he throws? I'd go more for a BB gun. You can't reload/repump a BB gun that quickly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) Hiring by the federal regulating bodies and SROs goes to those numbers of "amount spent by the government on attempting to control the financial industry". Proof of that work is manifested in "Spent by the financial industry on regulatory compliance". If there weren't compliance actions going on, there wouldn't be the need to spend that much money. The budget of the SEC is currently just under $1.2 billion. That's a pretty darn small chunk of $1.5 trillion. No wonder the SEC is outgunned.

BTW, different topic but worth throwing here in case more comes of it. Bunch of NY Giants, in addition to some supposedly unnamed basketball players, were at a club in NYC last night where someone was shot and killed.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) It's like the M-60 in First Blood but just 4 less. You can't watch a game of his where he's on and tell me he's not a machine gun.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) It now costs an estimated $1.5 trillion a year, just for compliance related costs. Federal agencies are hiring at ridiculous levels, especially at FINRA and the SEC, and have been for years now. Now wait though, you've crossed numbers again. The amount "Spent by the financial industry on regulatory compliance" is fundamentally different than "amount spent by the government on attempting to control the financial industry", as is "Spending by the government on the financial industry compared to the size of the financial industry". And I'm still going to cast doubt on that number, which would require that 10% of the entire U.S. economy is spent on "compliance with financial regulations".

Things more popular than Congress right now. Banks Nixon during watergate BP during the oil spill The U.S. becoming a communist country.

And once again, the sun is up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 02:05 PM) You mean as we spent more than ever on financial fraud investigations and regulatory compliance? Wait a second there though...the Financial industry has also grown to record levels at the time that more has been spent than before. If you were to normalize the spending by the size/profit/level of activity of the financial industry, "Spending more" on investigations and compliance might not mean anything. That statement suggests that one reason for the decline could just be that the system is overwhelmed, that the financial system has grown so large that it has blown past what can be investigated at current funding levels.

Terms to thorw out: Repossession (in the event of a steal). Bails him out/posts bail. "Dismissal with prejudice." Mistrial Liquidation

I wanna see some trades. Bout it though. M-56 leaving is going to really get me down.

F***, now I'm going to get accused of stalking him again.

"He really beat up that lane-street occupier."

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 01:55 PM) The funny part is that I just got done reading a professional article that talks about the origin of stockholder lawsuits. Only 7% of them come about because of the work of the Regulatory System we have in place nationally, including the SEC, FINRA, and SRO's. We have this big assed expensive system in place that does nothing. Literally we get 4 times as many prosecutions out of whistleblowers, as we do out of the entire federal and independent regulatory system. Ok, so you're not going to go with the "Financial fraud actually decreased over the last decade" explanation that I thought was the obvious out. In that case, my next question would be why this all changed starting in 2001.

Dammit.

"Coach Jerry Sandusky..."

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 01:41 PM) If the salaries are even, I'd take Rios over DeJesus. Better D, more power. If you could knock off the 2 terrible years out of the last 3 for Rios, sure. The .613 OPS last year though and .691 OPS in 2009, with only a .791 OPS sandwiched between...while in a hitters park to boot...makes me say...eh...

Criminal prosecutions of institutions for "Financial Fraud" have plummeted over the last decade.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 01:30 PM) Or you do what you should do and expect the exact opposite. In this case, there's a certain response by the rest of the league to hearing the Sox say that word, where I think there's some believability to it. On a normal day I wouldn't think to call KW and ask about Santos or Konerko or Alexei. The day after he says "Rebuilding", if I need one of those positions that would seem otherwise untouchable, I'm putting in the call.

Lawsuits filed.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) Trading Santos is so dumb, you dont trade a cost controlled player if you are rebuilding. If you're genuinely rebuilding, and you get an offer befitting the price of a legit, top of the line closer, then that's a move more worth considering. You don't trade a cost controlled player...unless you happen to have other players who can also fill that role, and right now we have at least 2 cost controlled players and 1 expensive veteran who might get considered closers. If KW is saying the word "Rebuilding", then you at least listen.

I have little problem with cocky attitudes, getting press attention, pretending you're an underdog, pretending you're #1 all the time, whatever. I have a problem with the cheap shots.