Balta1701

One interesting note re: Germany and the U.S. Germany's GDP actually took a larger percentage hit in the collapse than the U.S's did and has only recently recovered to the level the U.S. is at. However, unemployment in the U.S. took a much larger hit than Germany did, and has not even begun to come close to recovery.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 09:31 AM) I don't quite get it why you don't understand the value of Colby Rasmus now and in the future... Why does it seem no one is nervous about the step back Rasmus has taken this year? Serious question? Are we just expecting him to return to form the moment he hits Chicago?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 23, 2011 -> 11:36 AM) http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.s..._of_aggres.html more story at link, but that it the main jist of the article. This is the guy that earlier in the year sent pictures of himself dressed in a tiger suit to staffers.

If he works out of the bullpen, he's not "Getting a little extra rest".

Norway's system is not built on a premise of using punishment to provide justice. They're built on a premise of rehabilitation. And however we judge it...the numbers suggest their system is staggeringly effective at that. They have a recidivism rate ~1/3 that of the U.S. and U.K.

The rest of the league doesn't know how to cook for him?

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 09:12 AM) So he wouldn't even get the max for each happening? Just once you hit the total, that is it?

Really, back to the cannibalism?

QUOTE (SouthSideTeacher @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 12:33 AM) I was thinking about this yesterday. I wonder if they've ALREADY cut Saturday delivery in certain places?? I typically get mail 6 days a week, but for the past 3 Saturdays, I've had no deliveries--but then big stacks of mail will come on Monday. hmmm... No, they are legally obligated right now to maintain saturday service and to actually make a daily visit to their full customer base's mailboxes right now. Their sorting/transportation hubs don't run as much on the weekends, that can produce a spike in Monday mail.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 08:19 AM) So what happens to this terrorist? Do they have the death penalty there? I've read that they do not even have life imprisonment, that the maximum sentence he can receive is just over 20 years.

QUOTE (Wedge @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 11:22 PM) Have we reached the point where we'd be better off having the pitchers hit for Adam Dunn? He has swung the bat a lot better the last 2 games. I think he's still either having a conditioning issue or he's still a bit tentative on the swing, but he's hit 3 fly balls that "2010 Adam Dunn" might have hit out. At least 2 of those would have been out for 2010 Adam Dunn. Also missed a double by 2 inches.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 11:06 PM) Not to mention Gio. Adam Russell, Brandon Allen, Gio, Fields. That 2004 draft isn't looking like a terrible draft in hindsight, it meets the "3 serviceable big leaguer" goal I laid out previously, just got some guys in the upper rounds who took 5+ years to make it...and got traded away before they did.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 09:17 PM) Yeah, the only ? on Rasmus is his attitude, which has been a problem with LaRussa. However, anyone saying that Edwin Jackson or Matt Thornton is too much to pay is nuts. There's no way that either of those two + a relief prospect land this kid. Isn't his performance a ? too after this season?

Oh come on man, I liked twistig the word insane there. That was at least a decent wordplay.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 08:50 PM) Jesus H. The guy can't even spell Favre but we're supposed to believe his horses***, made-up trade rumor. Autocorrect?

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 08:55 PM) that's my point, if quentin is traded, this move is epic fail rasmus IS NOT BETTER THAN CARLOS QUENTIN, RIGHT NOW. All IN implies THIS YEAR. I think if were doing these trades, we've already left the table.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 08:37 PM) Funny... the announcer on the mlb.tv recap of the game said this after Dunn's fly ball was dropped: "Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good." bawahaha Did you see the 2 inch foul ball that coulda been a double on the pitch before? Dude was due for some luck.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) Jackson, Thornton, AND Reed? Oh man, that would be a hard one to swallow, but assuming Rasmus can figure it out again, it would be a good trade for both teams. That's a moderately big If now though. I mean, 2 years ago, we said about a different talented CF with a bad attitude that "IF he could get it back together he could be a big boon in CF".

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) what is a teM Transmission Electron Microscope.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 07:41 PM) This is in comparison to GDP, so it would be easily skewed. The United States GDP is around 15 trillion. Germany's is 3.3. As a matter of fact, to surpass the US, it takes the ENTIRE eurozone, and depending who's numbers you use, they still don't. That said, the US *IS* a relatively low tax country, but we also don't have "free" healthcare and other such insane benfits (for example, look at the Greece retirement age). Yeah. Healthcare is an insane benefit. That's why they provide it in Europe; their people are all insane, so they all need healthcare. People getting sick should be screwed. That's how God intended it.

According to one Norwegian tabloid, a portion of this guy's manifesto was directly copied from Ted Kaczynski's manifesto, with words swapped out like "Leftism" replaced by "Cultural Marxism".

Apparently the hashtag #f***youwashington would be trending on the twitterverse if they hadn't censored that one.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 05:44 PM) Glad I went home short 25 futures Fri. This may be a smart move. There seems to be enough "This is real" now that Monday or Tuesday might be the day that really shakes things up.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 24, 2011 -> 05:18 PM) Holmberg is with the D-backs Balta. As is Hudson. Making stupid mistakes with trades doesn't negate how solid the drafts were.