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QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) For a while. When Ozzie called him and Lillibridge out, he was hitting in the low .400s. Really, when was this? Recently? I could have swore that 2 weeks ago he looked awful and that was when they got called out.

I don't want to start another food fight, but I found this fascinating. What happens when you let a McDonalds happy meal sit out for a year?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:54 PM) Single payer takes care of all those issues. Commie Fascist.

When did Nix start hitting .370? Last time I saw him he looked like he didn't belong above A ball.

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 04:22 PM) Imagine if this was auto insurance. Oops! I got in an accident, I better buy some insurance. Or, damn someone broke into my home and stole everything, I better buy some insurance, I can always cancel next month. To be insured for something that has already happened, and you know about it, seems unreasonable. This is what I keep referring to as the "Health insurance death spiral" and it's what happens if the Republicans were to campaign on say a "partial repeal" where they decide they don't want to go out and say "we want insurance companies to be able to reject you based on pre-existing conditions". If you ban pre-existing condition rejections, you can't have people uninsured, or at least they have to be paying a fine into the system, otherwise it breaks. Long term, I wouldn't be surprised if they wind up having to strengthen the fines to avoid this problem.

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) There is a huge difference in quality between most homemade brew and liquor and the commercial product. The difference between commercially grown pot and home grown will not be that different. Growing tobacco is almost impossible for most of the country. Finally, there just isn't the distribution channels developed for illegal liquor and cigarettes as there is for pot. But...is growing it at a reasonable quality at home a cheap thing or an expensive thing?

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) "Cantor said he doesn’t release information about the incidents of his own threats to the media because it will only ratchet up violence. But he did say a bullet shot through the window in his campaign office in Richmond Monday evening, and he has received threats because he is Jewish." haha, I won't release information, btw i had a bullet go through my window and got anti-semitic comments. But I won't release any information. He actually gets to have more fun than just that. It is reckless for anyone to use these incidents as media vehicles for political gain. How dare the other party do that!

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Yea you can't fault him for that. I would actually like to see Rios batting higher as well, get back in the groove of things. You also don't want to push him too hard or to fast.

Gameday Audio will be available.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 01:00 PM) I think that's an overstatement w/r/t Kotsay. He's absoutely not a 3-hole hitter, or even a starter - but he's not incapable with the bat at a Vizquel level. If nothing else, at least with Kotsay you can say "He's performed well in the bat during this Spring Training" or "He had a good hot streak to end the year last year with the bat". You can tell me how little those mean all you want...but you can't even say those about Vizquel.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:54 PM) That's why it disturbs me when one party refuses to stand up against it, while the other does. Boehner emailed statement. Link I have no additional comment, just posting what's being said on both sides here.

The Republicans are gearing up for a stronger fight against another extension of unemployment benefits.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:15 PM) Depends on where you live exactly. It is a lot less from the north and west suburbs. And compared to where you and I would have been talking about, it's even more.

You'll note that all this author says is that the bond rates offered by the private company are "lower". The author does not take into account the actual number or take the time to put into it a historic reference point...considering how close we are to historic lows, for example, would be an appropriate touch, but it would undermine the entire argument.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 11:38 AM) We are now not only behind China, but also effectively behind 10 or more other countries in funding renewable energy technology. I just cannot emphasize enough what a lost opportunity this is becoming. There are just so many hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on economic stimuli of various kinds that are far less likely to get us ahead in the future, and have far less positive future impact in multiple ways... it just makes me ill. Drill baby, Drill.

3:05 CT. Santos will get some mound time also.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 12:20 PM) Do you guys realize that that article claims we fielded 126 different lineups in 162 games Could that really be true? What I think is worth noting is...I'm pretty sure that's not unusual.

That coffin doesn't strike me as at the same level as some of the other stuff.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 10:40 AM) Not to mention tons cheaper than Chicago. Of course, if you factor in the 200 mile round trip from Chicago and $3/gallon gas...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 10:16 AM) I'm sure you wouldn't mind broken windows at your home...or someone cutting your gas line.....or getting death threats on your voice mail. That's all normal. Are you kidding? I've been dealing with that ever since Kap found out my cell number.

Silly protein supplement question, since it's come up here. Is there a best time to take a supplement if you're going to have one? Replacement for a meal? Before a workout? After workout? much later/much earlier?

Link.

It's official. Legalization is on the CA Ballot.

Supposedly, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on the reconciliation bill today. There have been a few minor changes based on the Senate Parliamentarian's rulings last night, and there's still the possibility of an amendment or two actually being adopted since it's going to actually have to go back to the House now. Reid seems to have decided that an appropriate response to shutting down the work of all the committees was to make the Republicans actually run a legitimate filibuster until about 2:00 a.m. last night. The Senate resumes at 9:45 today. No idea if/when a vote will actually happen yet.

I was going to scoff and laugh at Milton Bradley's statement that he's like the Kanye West of Baseball. Perhaps with a joke about Milton Bradley being the voice of this generation of this decade. But then I read how he phrased his statement: And I realized...slap a beat behind that man and this is a hit record. He is Kanye West!