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QUOTE (G&T @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) Given the warnings, drivers should have avoided that road. What other, more likely to be passable route was available? If I'm forced to be at work, and I have to get home somehow, what do I think is more likely to be passable, a major artery that has some stoplights, or internal city streets?

Now that's obviously socialism, some people giving up power for the good of everyone. You should turn on all your lights, crank your furnace to 90 degrees, and open all your doors. It's your right.

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QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 11:12 AM) Yep, it's a Category 5, as bad as Hurricane Katrina. FWIW, Katrina only came ashore as a category 2.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 09:23 AM) Wait. A guy who basically has no position, and is blocked at DH by Dunn/Konerko and has major questions about whether he can hit enough to justify the awful defense and I'm supposed to buy into the hype? And do we know he IS 21? Because that first sentence made me laugh really, really hard. The era of horrid cuban record keeping is believed to have ended a decade before Viciedo was born.

It's Wednesday, which means 2 things. First, it's snowing in Chicago. Second, some network is trying to kill Anderson Cooper.

The big ADP number in December was what made December job performance particularly disappointing. The BLS report is on Friday, with a consensus of 150k jobs added in January. My bet is that it'll miss the mark, badly, I'm just not sure if it'll be high or low. The usual rule is that January job growth tells me nothing about actual job growth in January, but everything about how temporary employment in Nov/Dec was relative to the average year and the seasonal adjustment.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 10:23 PM) Go Pack Go! "Oh well hey Green bay, what do you say..." That song still sucks

Let's cut their power off if they haven't paid their bills.

Would it make y'all feel better to know it could be worse?

Remember how Northeastern Australia is already under water? H. Christ. Described as the strongest cyclone ever to hit Australia.

Do the Brewers have anyone at 1b in their AAA squad? Because on the off chance that they fall out of the race for whatever reason, they have a tradeable 1b on their big league club.

I'm too white for that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 05:28 PM) Which is why I think he was replaced so quickly in the line up. ? He wasn't really replaced until he got hurt. After he got hurt the team started winning, that's how he got replaced.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 05:27 PM) Has Dunn played a lot of games at 1b? He was a full-time 1b in Washington the last 2 years. He was ok at the position last year and bad the year before, if you believe UZR.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 05:16 PM) Which is obviously a fair point. At this point I'd take a chance on a guy with a bit of upside that can be a legit 2 guard in the league: Klay Thompson, Malcolm Lee, LaceDarius Dunn, someone like that. I'd still be deeply disappointed if the Bulls were looking for a 2 guard in the draft (in the sense that I'd be disappointed if they realized they had a shot at a title right now and they didn't go for it in the trade market).

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 05:15 PM) I definitely it could. Huckabee is indeed shilling for Israel right now, but he will change his tune if it starts to damage him. McCain, the GOP pres candidate, faced a primary battle for re-election. Should have been uncontested. GOP voters have already shown they will turn on big spending Republicans. Just a matter of time before the foreign aid issue comes to the front. Now, foreign aid is a small percent of the deficit, but that doesn't matter if the majority of primary voters see it as a big deal. Last time it was health care reform, next time it will be other spending issues. Foreign aid is just so unpopular right now and candidates are going to start using it for leverage to get elected. Ok, on this one, I think we're not going to see common ground, I think the religious "Pro-Israel side" will win, and I'll leave it at that.

Fortunately no. Heard that about meth though.

The question you've got to answer is...who is a better fit around pick 25?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 04:20 PM) I think they've given a lot of credit to Cora too. But seriously, if there is one area this team has a lot of expertise, it is with regards to infield defense. Then we need to figure out a way for them to get into Teahen's head.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 04:35 PM) I don't think that there is any insurance money for Peavy because he is not going to miss a significant amount of time. If insurance companies were to give out insurance for injuries that took less than a year to recover from, they'd be bankrupt. Insurance policies are for guys like Albert Belle who have an extreme condition come up that does not allow them to continue playing baseball when you are still on hook for the contract. Further, I think the White Sox signed Will Ohman because they feel that either Sale or Thornton will be the best closer and Ozzie wants to have one more lefty to use early in the game. So I believe you are wrong. Of course, I could very well be wrong too. The rates would be higher if they covered a half season, but if a team was really expecting a guy to get hurt, they might well have written the policy that way.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 05:06 PM) Dunn I think Teahen is just as likely, if not more likely. It gets Ozzie an extra LH bat against RHP.

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