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Lets remember that my field does have something to do with mining.

So does Andrew Luck win Indy's starting job next year?

Keep earning that playing time, Rios. At least he's dropped more.

I still find that lack of review data is a much bigger problem than too much.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) Don't you think the Yelp app is sufficient? For me...the more review apps, the better.

We've broken through the Arctic sea ice all time low volume again this year, and we're still a week or two away from this year's minimum point.

Can't wait for the Google Zagat App.

When did musicians establish a union?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) The editor of Remote Sensing resigned as a result of the publication of the Spencer and Braswell paper Here's the "Nail in the coffin" graph showing, I think, what exactly the Spencer paper did.

Amazon has supposedly struck a deal with the state of California to begin collecting sales taxes starting a year from now.

Unless we break apart Disney and finally get some sane copyright law.

So? I think my singing can break a filibuster.

Quick, increase funding for the Arts so I don't need to sing!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 01:05 PM) Just shut him down. Let him finish the season on a good note and rest his arm. There's absolutely no reason to push him. I think every inning he gets this season is a benefit for him next year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 01:06 PM) Let me simplify that. If you remove the new investors, the pyramid collapses. OH GOD, HE'S THREATENING TO KILL ALL THE YOUTH AGAIN! RUN!!!

Let me try to do the singing then and see if you are that inisistent.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 12:52 PM) Based upon the Trustees own conclusion the reason for it not to exist is if someone does not change it. Here is the conclusion directly from the web site. I totally expect that disruptive consequences to occur. http://www.ssa.gov/oact/trsum/index.html This is entirely true. Let me elaborate on my last point since it was missed. Right now, Social Security benefits grow faster than inflation. However, the amount of money taken in by Social Security is growing slower than inflation...because only the first $112k of income is eligible for the Social Security tax, and that number is not indexed to inflation. Therefore, with time, smaller shares of people's income are taxed to pay for a program growing larger. This is an inherent flaw. In the 1980's, a "Social Security surplus" was created by increasing the Social Security tax rate to prepare for the retirement of the baby boom. Thus, there is a surplus of funds taken in by Social Security over the last 30 years, capable of paying the entire difference for the next 25 years. However, if the cap is never raised and the payout rate is never changed, there will be, sometime around 2035-2040, an immediate 20% cut in benefits to everyone receiving Social Security. This unplanned, unlegislated 20% immediate cut in benefits qualifies as "Disruptive consequences" under the trustees definition and under mine. However...because Social Security grows faster than inflation...a person retiring in 2041 right after this 20% benefit cut would still receive a larger payout from Social Security than a person retiring today. The program is designed to become more generous with time. That can be viewed as a benefit or as a flaw, take your pick. But if you retired after that 20% benefit cut, you would still receive a larger benefit rate than you would if you retired today. The exhaustion of that trust fund will eat up the growth above inflation 25 years out. And if you remove the income cap, then Social Security becomes solvent forever and can continue to be used to fund additional tax cuts.

KICKOFF NIGHT!!!

Is that supposed to be cheap or expensive?

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 12:51 PM) Juan Pierre is a good ball player. Whether he is with this team in 2012 remains to be seen though. But, reagrdless of what folks may think about Juan Pierre he is a good player and prepares in the right way. He gives it his all and at this point in his career maybe that's all there is to give. I would not be against him being back here next year, but I doubt that will happen when you consider his $8.5M a year salary and our crowded OF situation. My biggest problem with this post is that "Juan Pierre prepares the right way". Yes, we know Juan Pierre is always in the weight room, Juan Pierre works out as hard as anyone on the team. I get that. But the last 2 years, Juan Pierre has had a disastrous April...and Juan Pierre's disastrous Aprils have been key to 2 straight terrible openings for the team. And prior to coming to the White Sox, Juan Pierre's Aprils look a lot like any other month for Juan Pierre. I think Juan Pierre genuinely has a preparation issue. It's not effort or weight training or being in shape like it might be for some guys...I think it's more "Getting into baseball mode" for him. I think Ozzie decides that Juan Pierre knows how to get Juan Pierre ready and doesn't push him to take the amount of BP and Fielding practice in spring training that he does with a guy who isn't one of Ozzie's guys...and you see that come out in Juan's terrible Aprils.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 12:46 PM) Plus I believe that AJ has no problem in teaching Flowers about the league and how to improve his skils It's been made pretty clear that this statement is completely wrong. AJ is really uncomfortable with having a potential "Replacement" around, and he doesn't seem like the gentlest teaching personality anyway. But I can't remember ever having seen an article about how AJ was taking Flowers under his wing in Spring Training or anything like that. Heck, this article is dripping with that sentiment...AJ wants to be the starter, he knows that as of right now he deserves to be a starting catcher, his body can take it and he's one of the top 20 producers in MLB at the catching position...why shouldn't he play a few more years and why should he have to take a seat for the kid...

Just carry the tune for me.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 11:45 AM) Pretty much that. I think Indiana ranks in the middle 30's out of 50 on when we have our primaries. I have never voted in a meaningful national primary, at 37 years old. I am working on speech writing for a mayoral campaign and stuff at the council level here locally. I have tried to convince our county chair to get Lugar up here in addition to the guy running against him. I have met with Walorski already, in addition to a few of the other state level officer holders and candidates. Once the governors stuff gets cranked up, I'll be elbows deep into that too. Nationally? There is no point. Indiana's primary counted on the Dem side in 2008.

No one else reads that and goes "Awesome!!!"

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 12:41 PM) That was interesting. One thing I'm curious about is how many people in their 30s and younger are counting on Social Security being around for their retirement? Who has that as part of their retirement plan? I know that I'm not. I totally expect everything being thrown into there by me will be used up and gone by the time I hit retirement. If you have an understanding of how the program works, there's no reason for it to not "Be around" unless some politician actively decides to end it. Its biggest issue, IMO, is that not every portion of it adjusts for inflation in the same way. Benefits actually go up at slightly above the rate of inflation, while the tax is actually decreasing relative to inflation, creating a long-term deficit. But because of how it is structured, there's no reason for it not to exist at ~current benefit levels unless someone stops it.