Balta1701

I guess this is the world we live in now...here's some discussion from a twitter feed that seems to belong to some people who were former friends of the shooter. More from the Tucson Weekly.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 05:58 PM) Please let the Seahawks win so we get to play them. Please. You're a Falcons fan?

17 straight seahawk points.

The lack of their RB's is starting to hurt the Saints on these last couple possessions.

The full identity of the shooter has been released, and people have found his myspace and Youtube pages. He's a community college student. If you're interested you can find the Youtube videos linked here. Screengrabs:

The NYT has a look at the behind-the-scenes debate that is emerging between the 2 competing proposals (City of Industry and Downtown).

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 04:53 PM) However, there is a legitimate point here, KW/JR hate when players take cases all the way to arbitration. If that happens with Danks, he will be traded as that is viewed as an act of war to the front office. An act of war? Really? Gotta think you're exaggerating there. They're not trading away D1 just because they can't agree to a contract without going to arbitration...if they can't agree to a contract beforehand, that's probably because they're pretty sure they'll win the arbitration case.

Anyway...this game early looks like a shootout.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 04:41 PM) Two things on third down play. Why didn't Brees just run for the first down? And two, Reggie Bush continues to suck -- and I couldn't be happier. Because Brees wasn't going to get the TD. If Bush didn't drop that ball, he turns upfield and likely scores.

CNN is reporting that Rep. Giffords is out of surgery and the doctor is reportedly "Optimistic" about her survival.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:59 PM) Federal judge John Roll has died. The Judge killed today had received death threats in a 2009 Arizona immigration case. He was originally nominated in 1991 by George H.W. Bush, and had served s the chief judge in the Arizona Federal Court since 2006.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 04:01 PM) Where did ya hear that Balta? Read every thread, you'll find it somewhere.

Federal judge John Roll has died.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:50 PM) How is that an awful bullpen? 2010-2011 Thornton = Thornton Santos Putz > Crain Pena = Pena Williams Linebrink ? Infante (Although I think Infante can't be as bad as Linebrink) Jenks > Carter Now these roles don't line up exactly, being that Thornton is moving to closer (maybe), and other pieces are moving around roles, but I think this bullpen is pretty decent. Last year's bullpen was better, but I don't think we are going to be off by much. Why do you say that Putz is clearly better than Crain? When Putz was 100% on, you're right, but Putz was hurt for about a month, hit the DL, and was poor for a few games around that injury, while Crain wasn't. Furthermore, somewhere in there, it seems almost 100% certain that Sale will appear at some point. If you have that happen, then every single one becomes better or at least equal to last year. Cl: Thornton > Jenks Crain = Putz Pena = Pena Santos > Santos Infante > Linebrink Sale = Thornton Ohman > Williams

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:48 PM) LOOGY's galore! Byrdak's only gonna get a minor league deal? Someone suggested that this morning I believe. The motivation of Byrdak on a minor league deal would be; Sale starts the season in the rotation, Thornton starts the season as closer...Ohman and Byrdak start the season as lefty specialists.

It seems like the Sox may try to add Tim Byrdak on a minor league deal/invite to ST.

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QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:21 PM) Yuck, what an awful bullpen. The Sox will have to score a ton of runs. Huh?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:20 PM) I really hope the Congresswoman sees her way through this... and I really hope it was just some stupid random violence, instead of being politically motivated. There's no way this was random. The Congresswoman was holding a publicly advertised event and she was by all accounts the first one hit. What the exact motivation was I'm not going to guess right now, but there is essentially zero chance that the Congresswoman just happened to be having an event at a grocery store where a person decided to show up and shoot up the place.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:09 PM) Farmio said on Rangers show this morning he still thinks Byrdick is on his way to Chicago, even if it is just a spring invite. If he doesn't have an offer anywhere else, that'd still make sense...both to have him in Charlotte...and maybe to even break camp with the team, if Thornton is the closer and Sale starts the season as a starter.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) He didn't assign blame in the piece I linked. At least it didn't come off that way to me. The word "irresponsibility" is why I read it that way.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) Sullivan comments on this topic. I don't want to take the step he takes and assign blame, I really don't. That image just now moves from frustrating to eerie and creepy and fairly disturbing, even if politics winds up having nothing to do with it. I'd say more at this point that this is why you don't put together those sort of images, because if something actually happens...it looks just F***ing awful for the person who put the image out.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 02:47 PM) Nick Masset, David Aardsma and DLS come to mind. Yet we're trading a 1B prospect for Tony Pena. I've said it before and I'll say it again. KW was a jedi master from 2004-2007. He's been horses*** since then [save the Dunn signing]. Yeah, that was still a bad trade.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 02:48 PM) Did they catch the terrorist who did this? Or if white, the bad guy? Yes. All sources say he was taken into custody on site. He is reportedly a 21 year old male. Some reports say he was tackled on site by a bystander after the shooting stopped.