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QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 12:09 PM) GENIUS. YOUR E-PENIS IS THE LARGEST OF ALL!

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 12:06 PM) It's called Oz: The Great and Powerful. It's about how the Wizard arrived in Oz and became the ruler. James Franco plays Oz, and Mila Kunis is in it too, so that's a bonus. So a completely different angle. Wow. After seeing Wicked, I will see this for sure. The writing in that show was brilliant.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 11:55 AM) Nice! Eh, that was weaker than I remembered. He said he liked Dunn as the DH, just not the dollars.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 11:42 AM) Speaking of competent film makers, did you see Sam Raimi is directing a prequel to The Wizard of Oz? You mean Wicked, or something else?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:47 AM) I understand it. It is hard for me to keep up what's going on in my neighborhood and I have no family or anyone to take care of. With national politics you can, rightfully or not, sort of pin point all of the things you think are going right or wrong on those personalities, it's an easier way to sort all of these things you notice in your head. Add ot that the absolute onslaught of democratically elected positions locally. There are too many. There is no way anyone could know how a local judge is performing easily. But we have to vote for them. And there is no real study that shows that judges voted in are any better. If we simplified that process people may be able to focus in on one or two positions (state reps and aldermans). This is for council, mayor, and clerk. Honestly I put more into the locals than I do the Presidential, because these are the people that affect my life more than anyone.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:34 AM) http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2...owners-players/ Dear god that would be awful. Just as a reference point, the Bulls payroll for 2011-2012 is $60,726,162 for ONLY 10 players (Boozer, Deng, Rose, Noah, Korver, Brewer, Watson, Asik, Bogans and Gibson). And the Bulls have to re-sign Rose to a max deal. This is gonna be a long long long winter without any basketball. A 33% cap haircut would put us at $40 million. There would obviously be a phase in period for any major changes like this, and probably a special buyout provision to buy out long term deals to get under the new hard cap.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 09:57 AM) I do agree, but this is also an example of why people should put more effort into local government. And it will only get harder with the shift away from newspapers. It never ceases to amaze me how little voting is done in local elections. Our local primaries saw 4500 votes in a town of 30000.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:05 AM) I figured that most of it would be from people with long-term or incurable things like cancer or something like that. if I had to guess, I would imagine the very top expenses fall there, while the next chunk is more self-involved.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 09:18 AM) I guess what I meant was it read like "All we need is this long list of unlikely things to occur for us to get back on top". This season has already been a long list of unlikely things to occur to get us into third place.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 09:03 AM) No, but one thing AJ does not do is dog it. He's a very streaky hitter and not a great RBI guy, so his high BA is a bit deceiving. But the guy doesn't slack off. AJ does do his own share of loafing. Watch him after he rolls over on a ball or pops up.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 09:00 AM) I missed whatever happened with Rios and only saw a replay of the Lilli play, but that was heinous. He was trotting to a ball that delivered the game winning run. Give me a break. Everyone on the damn field should give it their all on every play, but espescially a bench player who realistically has proven nothing at this level. I love Lillibridge as much as the next guy but you can't give bulls*** effort like that. He wasn't expecting Tulo to score? Who cares what you are expecting even if he was pulling up at third you should be huslting that ball back in to the infield. Inexcusable. Not to mention that the Rockies had been taking the extra base the whole game whenever they got the chance. They ran hard all game long. It isn't like Lilli should have been surprised or something.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:56 AM) How the f*** a guy like Brent Lillibridge isn't busting his ass completely on every single play is beyond me. Not that that shouldn't apply to everyone but God damn. That was a sad and pathetic way to lose a game. He and Rios literally lost us that game by not hustling. I'd rather have Adam Dunn and Juan Pierre sucking than to see that crap.

Top 1% responsible for 20%, and top 5% responsible for 47.5%, bottom 50% only gets 3% of total... Nope, not wealth, health care spending. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/on...011/06/study-/1 Full study at link http://nihcm.org/images/stories/NIHCM-CostBrief-Email.pdf

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:14 AM) Good, this will give him two solid months of professional experience. Are they gonna start him in Bristol/GF or send him straight to Kanny? I already asked him where he was going to be playing. I'll let you all know if he answers.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:21 AM) Florida gave Tomas Kopecky a FOUR year, $12M contract (yes, that's $3M per)!! Holy s***, Tallon loves throwin money away!! They were massively under the salary floor and pretty much have to spend like they are the Yankees.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 12:10 AM) Anyone ever take an interview you feel unqualified for? I got it from a referral within the company, so I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm going with it anyways. Absolutely. It is great practice for selling yourself, and could be the seed that gets you something later. Research and prepare how you could grow into the position, and the things that make your ready for it.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 07:52 AM) I saw AJ's reaction. He was clearly pissed and rightly so. Last night was just a bad game. AJ didn't exact help much last night either...

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 11:53 PM) It's not baseless at all. The only reason he's anywhere near as famous as he is now is because of his heroin addiction. Look at what Bautista has done, and he's still not even close to the commodity that Hamilton is. Now, imagine that Bautista overcame a meth addiction. He'd be everywhere (unbearably), just like Hamilton. This is the perfect response. Bautista hasn't gotten half of the attention as Hamilton, despite playing 18 times a year against Boston and New York... That is saying something right there.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 11:49 PM) I'm an extremely cordial, smart(?), dignified, and respectful baseball fan.. But all I can say about Coors Field is: f*** that place. I felt like I was at a golf tournament tonight. I watched a Rockies fan get kicked out for standing, I couldn't stand during exciting moments for the Sox without security coming at me, and Rockies fans are some of the least accommodating or kind fans I've encountered in MLB in my far and wide travels. Beautiful stadium.. A shame it's turned into a retirement home. Wow, that sounds pretty bad.

And this is the facebook quote

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 07:23 AM) I'm grinning from ear to ear! It's about F-'in time!! It took Ozzie how long to see what the fans already saw? I'm sure Ozzie has seen this for a while, he was just trying to take care of it in the clubhouse first.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:45 AM) I'm not sure Lilli was loafing. Yea he didn't bust his ass to field that blooper but it's entirely possible he just showed his lack of experience. I doubt he was expecting Tulo to go from 1st to home on it. He probably just figured he's stop at 3rd. Looked like he was playing at no doubles depth so was pretty deep to start with. Lilli almost gave up an extra base in regulation too with his play in the OF.

And FWIW, read the list of their top picks. Ew. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/ju...ended-50-games/

From his Twitter page

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 11:09 PM) He's a question: Can you trade someone's rights to another team? And then re-sign him after the exclusive negotiating period is over? If legal, that would look real douchey right? We just did the first part with Kopecky to Florida. The second part, while legal, would really get you blacklisted.