Balta1701

7 Ip, 3 ER, 2 hours, meh.

Hmph. 3 groundouts to short.

Now a run off cy bergesen.

Mark!

Cmon mark, need a ground ball

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) Dunn 5 for his last 34. That's .147. But he walks a lot. At least his season numbers haven't changed much by this stretch.

That increased economic growth has for the last 100 years always required increased oil consumption, but for about the last 6 years oil production has reached a maximum value which is nearly impossible to surpass (because new production is barely offsetting declines). Therefore, somehow now we need to produce economic growth without increased oil production. You saw this spring what happens otherwise; as the global economy tries to expand, oil prices surge to counter demand, and the price surges until demand growth stops. The us economy doesn't have access to the most important resource of the 20th century any more; cheap abundant energy. Without that, growth won't happen.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 07:57 PM) He's just a dumb extremist British politician using this as an excuse to tar policies he's railed against for decades with s***ty arguments. The riots are going to result in using this authoritarian crack-downs in the UK. they're already talking about limiting social networking sites. Pretty hilarious given how vital of a role they played in the Arab Spring and how their ability to thwart oppressive governments' attempts to block communication was widely cheered in the West. And Obama wants an Internet off switch!!!

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 08:15 PM) My mom started crying when my parents dropped me off at SIU for the first time. I was like, "What the hell is wrong with you?" Wasn't expecting it. Same with my mom.

Nice play by both alexei and Dunn:

Well, rios smoked that one

And U.S. oil production is down 40% from its early 1970's peak. Anyway...your original statement was "if a worst case scenario happened (Us looses access to all foreign oil)". You then said "its only nonsense if you act like the US would one day wake up and have 0 access to oil. There would clearly be indicators which would allow the US time to get things online and increase production." Yeah. And there is jack squat the U.S. could do to double its daily output. Absolutely nothing. If you drilled everywhere immediately and forced everything into production at gunpoint, you could likely pull off less than half a million additional barrels per day within a decade.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 06:22 PM) This is what I've been wondering since I heard this earlier today. Obviously as an IU fan I'm going to be biased, so I'm curious how others viewed it. I mean, the hosts were berating (and not in a "this team is bad and here's why" way but in a "they suck. seriously, we pounded them in college" way) his team while he waiting on the line for the interview. Frankly, I'm happy we have a guy that shows that sort of passion and belief in this team. Lynch was a class act, but a passionless and terrible coach. It's not just that, but the hosts didn't seem to realize that, you know, they were harsh on him and just expecting him to take it. I mean, he was clearly annoyed, but it didn't strike me as excessive in his remarks, nothing worse than they dished out to him, then they cut him off and wouldn't stop bashing him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 06:22 PM) Well more like isn't allowed to use it... Don't tell me you're on the 15 billion barrels > 200 billion barrels math also.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 06:15 PM) I dont think I ever said otherwise. Just merely the US has oil and if a worst case scenario happened (Us looses access to all foreign oil) the US, unlike UK, France or many other AAA nations, actually has oil within its borders and could access it if necessary. Once again why the US is a far more stable economy. This is complete nonsense. If the U.S. lost access to foreign oil, we'd have the strategic petroleum reserve and that's it. U.S. oil production is 1/3 of current U.S. consumption. Additional production capacity would take years to come online, and there is absolutely no way that the U.S. could ever come close to tripling its production. Even if you take into account the fact that we're now importing a ton from the Canadian tar sands operation, we'd still need to double "North American" production just to make up for what the U.S. currently imports from elsewhere. The UK (which you cite, incorrectly) is much closer to balanced in terms of its production and consumption. It's spent much of the last 25 years as an oil exporter.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 06:07 PM) Omar is 44. He's not even decent after having a random renaissance year last year. But Lillibridge could play SS, Escobar could have Vizquel's roster spot, and I'm sure even Kuhn could do it. Escobar's one where he's young enough and raw enough that his bat will still benefit from everyday at bats in AAA.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 05:56 PM) Do you disagree that the US has untapped oil reserves? Significant and economic? No.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) Trainwreck of an interview by the IU football coach and some local show. link You know, I listened in, I don't blame him much at all. He was a bit mean, but I'd call out the hosts there. Does anyone who isn't an IU fan agree with me?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 05:49 PM) in reality the US has a lot more oil in its borders, we just have decided not to use it.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 05:33 PM) does not have scarcity of land/materials We've been at an oil production plateau for basically 7 years.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 05:29 PM) I wonder if Buffets statement's after a big event have been put to the test somewhere because it seems like at the beginning of any bad spell they get him on TV saying how he is bullish on everything, and then the market falls apart. I remember it distinctly in Sept 08. This doesn't count?

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 05:29 PM) Which raises another question... How on Earth does Greg know that they have unsafe sex? I mean, is this guy running around saying, "Hey guys, I f***ed someone. She wasn't my wife. I did it bare too! Yeeehaw!"? Worse, does Greg get to watch? Lot of fishy s*** going on here. Just trust us... You're happier not reading or considering Greg's posts in that level of detail.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 04:57 PM) Meh, its not even as memorable as him getting the s*** knocked out of him vs NYC. Actually, I'd say that Cutler's game against NYG is much less memorable. At least for Cutler, I'm sure it is.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 05:17 PM) Of course not, none of this makes any sense. Which is why Im much more favorable towards buying than selling. I just dont think that S&P's downgrade was more of a political statement than a true economic statement. You just cant convince me that the US (who to the best of knowledge has never defaulted on any debt payment) is all of a sudden a bigger credit risk. Especially when you consider other nations that stayed as AAA (and considering Buffett said that US should be AAAA http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=130921) The problem is, this clearly isn't a reaction to anything done by S&P, it's much more of an acknowledgement that the general economy sucks pretty much everywhere, there's increasing risk of things getting worse (Europe), and neither the fed nor Congress are willing to take steps to help.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 04:17 PM) In a 4 run game, I'm not going to congratulate someone for advancing the runner. Since Mid-May, Vizquel is hitting .204 with a .463 OPS.