Balta1701

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 07:22 PM) Over/under on the game is 52...easy bet. 28 in the first half, but suddenly the last 10 minutes, those defenses re-asserted themselves. Can't really say either team looks to be particularly dominant so far. Solid game.

There are going to be a whole lot of points scored in this game.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) My bad. I guess my roster math is off. Yeah. We're good on backup OF's. If anything, the only other position available is backup IF. It's why I come back to either Blalock or Hudson as worthy thoughts if we decide not to go with Thome. They can hit Left Handed (Hudson is switch), Hudson is really good with the glove and could take up serious IF time, Blalock could at least be an emergency situation backup IF.

The only time I learn who won the previous year's American Idol is when they sing the anthem at an NFL playoff game.

Why has Brett Favre not sold his middle name to a corporate sponsor? Considering they insist on saying his full name every time, why not make it "Brett T&T Favre"

Oh great, now we have to hear the phrase "Brett Favre" 300 times.

377 yards passing, 102 yards running against the #1 defense in the league for the Colts.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 06:00 PM) The sox don't have a 4th OFer besides Kotsay. Andruw Jones?

And the Colts are going to the Super Bowl.

The Jets now need a fast touchdown and a successful onsides kick with their time-outs burned.

Jenks piece on ESPN Chicago

Smart play staying in bounds there by Addai.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:43 PM) It looks to me that the pro-choice lobby sends huge multiples more than the pro-life groups. In that case, I'm not talking about lobbyists; I'm talking about individual choices, i.e. whether to support unionization, or whether or not to carry a child to term.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:40 PM) Very specifically attacks that Osama himself has claimed that AQ committed. Unless there is some sort of evidence that exists that he is lying, which for now is the word of our ultra-truthful intelligence agencies, you are arguing schematics to avoid the truth. My last word; understanding the basics of how AQ's structure currently operates is a lot more than just semantics.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:39 PM) The best ever... I haven't seen all of NFL history, but in terms of dismantling a defense...I'm struggling to fathom better. Getting that 2nd ring would really start making people think about where he sits on those lists.

Oh, and I think there were actually 2 face masks of clark on that play too. Not sure I've ever seen that. One guy grabbed it, let go, then another guy grabbed it.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) If this is the best that AQ now has to offer, a guy failing to blow up his junk, then count me as unimpressed, and therefore, fairly encouraged. If this is the best the U.S. can do, failing to detect the exact kind of explosive a guy had in his shoes 8 years ago because they moved it up 2 feet, then they ought to be encouraged as well.

18 is seemingly just that good.

Through a friend, Damon's camp is floating initial retirement talk. Probably just a "Come on GM's" kind of thing, but that tells you something about how things are going in negotiations.

The Colts defense keeps getting burned on 3rd down.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:23 PM) So in other words... how many. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2009 -> 09:30 AM) It depends on how you define Al Qaeda at this point. There are press reports that this guy claimed he was a member. There are press reports that the Ft. Hood shooter had email contact with a cleric in Yemen that you might have been able to call sort of linked to that. Neither one of them appear to have trained in camps, served in Afghanistan, or had any dealings/funding from any sort of central organization. If you define AQ as the remnants of the centralized organization that existed on 9/11, then no, these guys didn't have any dealings with it. If you define AQ as the looser network of anti-American groups that grew up after we failed to kill off AQ in Afghanistan and the remaining guys spread throughout the region, then we might be getting closer. That was me on Dec., 28. How do you define his organization? Are you counting the franchises or not? Because I could say more than a few, if you let us count those, because they claimed credit for a lot of attacks in say, Iraq, that happened to have been carried out by Al Qaeda in Iraq, which was one of those franchise groups.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:22 PM) Let me ask you this, how many attacks have been claimed by Osama Bin Laden, that weren't actually from his organization? It depends on how you define "His organization" which is, IIRC, exactly what I said to open this thread.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:19 PM) A big part of that is the "grass is greener" ideals... It's also worth noting that this isn't the same team that we had in the middle of last season.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) Exactly. I know the source wasn't left wing so it can't be believed... I thought Usama was a Demycrat? Shouldn't I be believing him because of that?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 05:13 PM) Every time you get called on something, you have to change the issue by asking another question. I just struggle to believe it. Without even attempting to defend any government org, there's lots of reasons why I struggle to believe that. 1. Supposedly, we already know the cleric(s) it involved. 2. Its quite clear that he was involved mostly with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is one of those, let's say "Franchises" of AQ at best. 3. It doesn't have any of the Hallmarks of the classic AQ attack. Multiple targets, well trained guys, etc. It was at best a small event. 4. UBL has just as much motivation to try to claim credit for something that didn't even involve him as any group within the government has to try to deflect blame. It's not like he's giving evidence here for why it was his plan. I found it striking enough that he was seemingly willing to accept UBL's words at 100% face value without question that I asked if he actually was totally serious about it.