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We are literally just about to release our Top 25 as well. We'll post it here and on the FS ChicagoNow site.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 22, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) Oh I know, just saying that would be the most likely place IMO. I think their best bet is to tear down that old s***hole and build a state of the art "vintage-themed" park in its place. That's my guess on what they will eventually do. QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Nov 22, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) Er, you guys realize, right, that the entire bleachers section is brand new? So there's no need to tear down that part of the stadium. They did not rebuild the structure - they added up and back. So parts of that may indeed need to be re-done. Besides, that's the cheapest part to re-do, its a single level structure and not real big. The other 3/4 of the park is another story. In fact, what they could do in the future, is rebuild all BUT the beachers and outfield, leaving the old school outfield as-is. Maybe just reinforce some things out there.

we're saved.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 22, 2010 -> 01:40 PM) 1. Chris Sale, lhp 2. Brent Morel, 3b/ss 3. Dayan Viciedo, 1b/3b 4. Jared Mitchell, of 5. Eduardo Escobar, ss 6. Gregori Infante, rhp 7. Jacob Petricka, rhp 8. Brandon Short, of 9. Trayce Thompson, of 10. Anthony Carter, rhp http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...11/2610957.html Nothing much we don't already know. Farm sucks. Trade prospects like they're set to expire. Don't spend on the draft. Yeah, 'bout covers it. Phil Rogers did this list. That should tell you what you need to know.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 22, 2010 -> 12:10 PM) Well it was 2nd largest not very long ago, plus Aurora is Naperville at this point. With the population boom in that area as well as the abundance of property available, thats where they could move it. Put Wrigley near an affluent, republican, easily accessible area and they would sell plenty of tickets. Not nearly as many as they do now. The Cubs aren't leaving Wrigleyville, except on a temporary basis.

I had a guy use the word "stupidiest" once. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 05:57 PM) The intent is not for the pilot to enter the cabin and act in that capacity. The intent of the program is the final chance that a planeload of passengers may have against a terrorist attack. If the terrorists breech the cabin door, is it in the passengers' best interest to have an armed or unarmed pilot? I don't see how any conclusion other than armed could be reached. Disagree. The single best thing they did to secure planes, they already did - make the door nearly impossible to penetrate. If they have enough firepower to get through that door, then the a pilot with a pistol is hopeless. Further, I simply do not trust someone with virtually no training with a gun in a cockpit. It just won't go well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 05:39 PM) A 2006 Congressional "Report" on global climate change, requested by Rep. Joe Barton (R-BP), who is likely to re-take the chair of the energy committee in the next House, appears to have been largely plagiarized. Out of the 91 pages in the report, some 35 contained significant amounts of plagiarized material. Also, of the 80 papers listed as citations, some 40 never are actually cited anywhere in the report. Republicans stretching to try to find any scientific material, at all, to stand on... and predictably failing. They'd be better off if they just stuck to the money argument, and not look like complete morons. Also, LOL at the bolded.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) Um, from what I've read, they won on a 3 pointer at the buzzer by James Vander Beek (ok, not his real name). Also just saw the final was 91-88, not 88-86 as I saw before. It HAD said 88-86 final, but that wasn't correct.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) Um, from what I've read, they won on a 3 pointer at the buzzer by James Vander Beek (ok, not his real name). All I saw was a box score earlier. That sounds pretty awesome.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 05:32 PM) I think if we're looking at all the possibilities in the 2nd bit, there seems to be very little solution to those. Perfect solutions? There are none. But going backwards from what they already had to do was the opposite of a solution, it was adding to the problem. Meanwhile, passengers are treated like animals at the vet. This will not go well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) If you set the training requirements highly enough then why not? And anyway...the reason I asked...you worried about a pilot being a terrorist...why can't an air marshall be one? Two subjects here. As for armed pilots versus armed masrhalls, the air marshalls go through months training, which follows years of background investigation and vetting. Pilots aren't in the same realm. Furthermore, its not a good use of them anyway. They are pilots, they need to fly the plane. Expecting them to act as marshalls as well is just an unworkable concept. Now about marshalls versus pilots being terrorists, first of all, I wasn't saying they have to be. What happens if someone blackmails a pilot? Its a lot easier to find a pilot and follow them home, than an air marshall. Further, even if you are talking terrorists, as I said, the background work is much deeper for air marshalls and it would be much harder to slip by.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 04:47 PM) Couldnt' you apply the same logic to the air marshall program? Not at all. Is a pilot an air marshall?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 10:56 PM) Going to Iowa State - Creighton tomorrow. Hope we beat the s*** out of McDermott. ISU wins their first real test, beats Creighton on a semi-neutral court 88-86. Looks like the Clones made a comeback in the 2nd half. Nice.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 01:20 PM) f***, or maybe Obama didn't. I can't find much info on the program, other than TSA seems to oppose it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Flight_Deck_Officer I'm not sure either, but that was a bad idea to begin with anyway.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2010 -> 12:45 PM) Um...if a pilot is a terrorist, I don't really think it matters whether they try to smuggle a weapon on board. Not the point. Obviously they could do something like that without a weapon... if they were the only one in the cockpit. But with a weapon, they can been the co-pilot out of the game. But security access isn't just to the plane, its to the whole airport. Just seems like they are attempting to close one hole, and opening up another.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 07:12 PM) The TSA exempted pilots today. This is dangerous. You make it stricter for one group (passengers), and way, way easier for another (pilots). What you just did, is asked the terrorists to target pilots for blackmail or impersonation. And a pilot can do a lot more damage than a passenger. This is just outright stupid.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 04:54 PM) What the flying f*** is this? This is a bored Phil Rogers trying to drum up business.

QUOTE (Big Daddy Kool @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 02:14 PM) Without a doubt, Phil is the worst baseball writer in town. Just a garbage article. Cowley is the worst writer in town in terms of being a journalist. Rogers is the worst columnist. Cowley knows the game but his articles are so bloated with his assinine commentary they are unreadable, and Rogers is readable but his baseball knowledge is non-existent.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 07:26 PM) Why does everyone assume Obama is smart? Because he talks well. Bush was assumed to be an idiot because he couldn't speak without stumbling. Bush's grades were avg or above at Yale and Harvard. And he was a better student than Gore. But we do not know what Obama's grades were yet we assume he is a genius. Why is that? And don't tell me because not just any person can get into Harvard... Because I've watched and heard him, because I've read a ton about him, because I know people who know him well. Even met him once, but very briefly, before he hit the national stage in force. I have every reason to believe he's a very smart guy. And I have never, ever said Bush was stupid. He's not. No one reaches the Presidency who isn't well above average in what most would consider intelligence. QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 07:34 PM) too bad he sucks at being president He's been not so great, thus far. But that isn't necessarily a direct correlation to intelligence either. The question wasn't how he's done as President - someone questioned why I thought he was a smart guy.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 08:26 PM) Which is scary since I used it 25 years ago. Financial companies typically only move to fancier technology when it gives them a specific edge - they won't just employ new tech because its cool. If it works, especially for back and middle office systems where stability is key, they'll stick with it. QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 01:12 PM) Holy s*** you're old. Get off my lawn!

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) I know this has been discussed either here or at WSI but I think JR is on record as saying that he would not let the Cubs play at USCF. Also, I believe the Sox own the parking lots. Might be true about the lots, I don't know. But the Sox definitely do not own the stadium.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 03:36 PM) They'd have to convince JR first. Doesn't matter, the Sox don't own the stadium. ISFA does, a state agency.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 03:32 PM) There is nothing stopping them from doing exactly that right now. They are absolutely free to send more money to the treasury. I wonder how much money the Treasury actually gets that way in a given year - voluntary contributions. I know it can be done, so someone, somewhere, is probably doing it.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) The Sox need to move closer to the Loop, not further away from it. I think they don't need to move at all right now. But if they did in the future, I'd agree with you that closer is better, though the same location really is fine - just point it NE instead of SE next time.