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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 03:17 PM) I wonder if this would even be a story if it was two gay guys. Because no one would be outraged or because the cop would never have said anything?

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) Might be worth more later on. Don't see anything wrong with her selling it, though. Yeah, it's a cool item and it's pretty personal, but $11,000 to feed and clothe your kids is more important than a framed letter. Presumably, regardless of how much it would be worth later on, the value of the cash to the person doing the selling is highest right now, when avoid eviction.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 03:01 PM) The answer must be to make Gordon a switch hitter or bat lefty? Well...if not that, I wonder if that's an exercise to try to help him keep his eye on the ball a bit better.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) The only thing worse than Ozzie the manager would be Ozzie the GM. Oh my goodness. Our starting OF would be Pierre, Erstad and Wise. Starting infield from third to first would be Cantu, Jeter, Young and Kotsay. Catcher would probably still be AJ. How the **** are the White Sox getting their hands on Jeter?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) That was pretty much my reaction to that talk at the time. Good god, how hated would Kenny Williams be right now? Maybe we could have swung Hudson and Holmberg to get Konerko back?

HMan.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) One of those led to everyone wishing we could trade him for... Get ready for this flashback... Edwin Jackson.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) Konerko has slumped mentally as well. He's just learned to deal with it better as his career has progressed. Well yeah, start of 2005 was probably a mental one...the 2 that were really bad though were 2003 (foot) and 2007 (hand/wrist/thumb).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:06 PM) There were two or three times throughout Paul's time here that similar s*** was said. Both of those times, he was dealing with injuries though...wonder fi that says anything about dunn.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:01 PM) Because it's definitely not coming from Hendry and Cranester, so a vacuum exists....basically. He hasn't YET hired the good people who are going to turn that organization around, clearly. So everyone's waiting for that first definitive move. "Turn the organization around"? They made the playoffs in what, 2007-2008 in consecutive years and were competitive the next year?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 02:04 PM) Think about that for a second. He just called Chicago fans worse than New York fans. I'd boo him for that.

He's probably been thinner than this before, but not by so much that's it's obvious.

Soriano defends Adam Dunn by calling Chicago fans "The worst".

Soriano defends Adam Dunn by calling Chicago fans "The worst".

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 01:32 PM) The other 4K+ was at the Earth Wind and Fire concert. As I should have been, sans rain. That's what happens when Earth, Wind, and Fire forget to include "Water".

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 01:28 PM) There is the hang up right there. In relative numbers we don't know if there has been a change or not without a correlation between total population numbers at those snapshots. You are so worried about the detail, you missed the forest again. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 01:29 PM) Hey guys I said 'disproportionately represented' and all of the data seem to back that up! I think the forest is pretty much what SS says here.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 01:19 PM) The data that I found supported it. The newer data doesn't. If the changes are due to population shifts, it doesn't change anything meaningful. So let me get this straight. African Americans are overrepresented on welfare rolls in 1992. African Americans are overrepresented on welfare rolls in 2006. The population of African Americans has increased relative to Caucasians between 1992 and 2006. The population increase has been enough that there are more African Americans on TANF in 2006 than Caucasian. In 2006, Caucasians did not outnumber African Americans on welfare. Therefore, 2k5's statement there are more Caucasians on TANF than African Americans is true.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 01:16 PM) If the shift is do to population shift, then the change is meaningless. There really hasn't been any real change in the mix of recipients due to a fixable reason. How does that have any impact on the veracity of this statement? No where here have I tried to argue that things have become worse for African Americans or that a larger share of their population is now on welfare, I'm simply arguing that this statement is not supported by current data.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Antonio Vargas reveals that he's an illegal immigrant who first learned that he was illegal at age 16 and describes how he's been living in fear despite seemingly excelling at his career.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 01:05 PM) The next logical question is how much of that change equates to the change in the racial make up of this country over the same period of time? In either case, whether 1992 or 2006, the majority of the U.S. population was caucasian. In both 1992 and 2006, African Americans made up a much larger portion of the welfare recipients than their share of the population. Your specific statement was that Caucasians were the largest group of welfare recipients. In 1992 that appears to have been correct, but yes, population systematics have changed since 1992, as has the makeup of welfare recipients. But that doesn't really matter...you never tried to allege anything about changes in the fraction of each ethnic group appearing on welfare, only that Caucasians were the largest group...which is disagreed with by the 2006 HHS report.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) The Timberwolves aren't going to win any time soon. Why Nash? 1 year remaining on contract, $11 million + on there, "Mentor" to Ricky Rubio?

An important bit for a lot of teams...

Today's talk: Suns and Wolves talked about Nash for #2 pick Spurs dangling Tony Parker for a high lottery pick.

Other topic...I'd like to happily join in with anyone else in this thread B****ing about the performance here.