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Crude Oil settle below $130 for the first time since June 9th.

I guess Spiderman grossed $151 million in its first weekend, any guesses as to how the Bat does?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 11:17 AM) Ah-Ha, found the ol' energy thread. Bumpage. Businessweek says they got their hands on some documents from the Kingdom, which they're claiming show projections for the Kingdom's production over the next few years. Basically, they have their own number showing their production going up slightly, but then sort of stagnating after about 1 more year, with their total gasoline production declining because their production of light crude will be dropping compared to the heavier, more energy intensive refining crude, starting within about 2 years. Basically...the math here is pretty simple. If Saudi Arabia can't sustain their current production levels...then any drilling around the U.S. is going to be a fly on the wall compared to what the world's production loses if they start declining. So in other words we had better start drilling now before the price gets to $10 a gallon and we don't have an economy left anyway. We really should have started drilling a decade ago. Those million barrels per day would be nice right now.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 10:45 AM) Here's a big difference: Al Gore has literally made millions of dollars off of this movement, yet he doesn't seem to follow it himself. ^^^ You want another good example try the Catholic Church with the sex scandals. Saving people's souls for eternity is a pretty good cause, but it doesn't make them immune from critizisms.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 10:29 AM) But can you group Cabrera in with Floyd and Danks as a pitcher feeling his way through the league on his first shot? Cabrera has been around a few years now, this isnt his rookie year. he has experienced some success, and some failure. Floyd and Danks were both pretty new to the ML experience and have had some setbacks in their time in the major league club as well. Would you rather trust a pitcher who has amazing stuff but is having problems with consistency, or would you rather trust a pitcher who is coming off of a pretty major shoulder operation who may or may not return to what he once was? Loiaza, Thornton, and Contreras all were not in the first experiences in the majors. They have all experienced successes here to some extent or another.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 10:26 AM) We should all ignore the Pope too since the Pope-mobile isn't a hybrid. We do this all of the time in this country. Heck look no further than the Jesse Jackson and Barry Bonds divides in this country. People who say one thing and do another tend to get marginalized.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 09:44 AM) yeah, lets make our poor areas military zones! Some of them are already war zones...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 15, 2008 -> 12:14 PM) Ah, another day in first place!

10 years? Oh Really? http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/pos...TFlMjlmODllYTM=

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 08:51 AM) I think most train stops should have the following: - a mailbox - laptop kiosks with Internet connections (like at airports) - one of those dvd rental kiosks - dry cleaners - cafe/coffee shop - newspaper/convenience store (many already do but should be expanded to other stops) - shoe shine stand Maybe in the burbs, but in the City, there is no way that the stations could accomidate all of that stuff.

I haven't seen Getz, and I only know what I have read about him, but I would totally be comfortable turning second over to Danny.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 09:10 AM) doesnt Jackson tell black people how to behave on a daily basis? I don't know why I am surprised, but I was. The man needs to look in the mirror and not the camera for once.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 09:05 AM) Gore sets "moonshot" goal on fuels, climate change What's the little kids song that has a verse about "and let it begin with me"?

The planets favorite Gov is offering the National Guard to Richie.... That can't look good for the Olympic Committee. http://www.nbc5.com/news/16901117/detail.html

Now they are saying Jesse dropped the "N" word too... http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...17002&imw=Y

It makes sense. Its a great link between business and transit.

QUOTE (tonyho7476 @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 07:21 AM) Glad to know he cannot run a country for hamburgers, but is all over what Danks is doing. Great job Mr. Bush! Because running a country is so much easier than reading a box score :

QUOTE (kystevie @ Jul 16, 2008 -> 02:50 PM) Rex, thanks for the advise, I booked with Priceline and have reservations at the Palmer House Hilton for the weekend Dont know much about the public transp there, hope to be able to take the ell or buses around the city thanks for your longtime reports on the barons as well, I certainly appreciate the info.. Palmer House is right in the middle of downtown Chicago. Its a great spot, and a nice hotel. There is tons of public transit, make sure to use the conceirge service for specifics. Its what they are there for.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 17, 2008 -> 03:27 AM) True, but to release him 2 days before his birthday, c'mon. In Valido's case, he can't field, throw, or hit. Plus, he has a terrible attitude. Sounds like the guy is just holding a space until someone like Beckham or one of the others gets to Alabama. I don't think it will be long.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 16, 2008 -> 07:54 PM) nonetheless, athomeboy is going to post every bit of news on mccain or obama during the day, and has been for 3 months, yet you and ss2k5 feel the need to respond after many of his posts with "OH BUT OBAMA IS ALWAYS RIGHT" blah blah. You clearly know what he's going to post, so why does it shock you still so much. We're all adults here and can personally disseminate which news is important and which is frivilous, no need to consistently attack athomeboy. I personally enjoy that he keeps this forum at least very active. I guess he is the only one allowed to make blatantly partisian posts and have no one speak up about them? It doesn't surprise me at all. I'll be honest, about two people have really made me just dispise Barack Obama anytime he on TV. Being constantly innudated with the constant barrage of garbage attacks has made me actually look for stuff to refute some of the stuff that gets posted here. In that process I have really grown to lose all respect for Obama the candidate and person that I used to have. I never agreed with the guy, but I at least respected what he was trying to do. Because of the ridiculous level of attacks against McCain and pro-Obama postings, I have looked to even things out a little bit, just because the level of one-sidedness here had gotten to ESPN-level proportions, about hearing how great the Yankees and Red Sox are. Anymore I try not to waste my time replying to the inane nature of off-cuff jokes from 20 years ago being pointless anyway. Usually I stick to the GOP thread unless I get stalked there too. Its like being harassed downtown everyday by the damned Greenpeace and EnviornmentIllinois people. It makes me want to empty my gas tank on a baby seal. I probably should just leave the cult-like Obama love mentality alone, but I am weak, what can I say. The forum is plenty active on its own. I'd actually argue that it has been less active as more people have quit posting because of the nature of the beast here lately.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 16, 2008 -> 03:16 PM) I took a look at the upcoming calender and I want to project when Obama will name his VP. Obama will be overseas 7/22-7/30ish. The Olympics are 8/8-8/24 The Dem Convention is 8/25-8/28 There is a very small window there. Most believe he wont name his VP during the Olympics and not before he heads overseas. So, we are looking at 7/31-8/7. Obama will want his VP to get some coverage before the Olympics. So, I am projecting August 3-5. What about McCain? Well, the Rep Convention is Sep 1. Maybe McCain names his VP while Obama is overseas to steal the news coverage away from him. The other options are during the olympics (bad idea), or IMMEDIATELY after the Dem. Convention August 30th? A Saturday? hmmm... maybe not. I dunno with McCain. It's a tough call. Obama will have plenty of time during the Olympics. I don't think his getting attention will be a problem.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 16, 2008 -> 08:03 PM) Actually this is already happening. They're not building new refineries, but thanks to government mandates and subsidies, they've been expanding them quite rapidly. More rapidly than oil production can keep up with actually. According to data from the EIA, and a bit of simple math (calculating a 12 month moving average) Over the last year U.S. refineries have been operating at about 88.2% of capacity, and that number is dropping sharply (for the last 4 months it's down to 85-86% or lower). The last time that the U.S. had such a low percentage of its refinery capacity utilized was early in 1992. The last report was 89.5% down from 89.8%. It was 89.2% the week before. 88.6 the week before that and 89.3 the prior week. You are looking at numbers that are 3-4 months old. We have been in the 88-90% range pretty consistantly over the last month to six weeks as I recall off of the top of my head, and a little google news backtracking.

I [heart] the onion. Eat s*** New Yorker! This is how comedy is done.

Wow, so that is the futures game and the olympic team in short measure. Impressive. Richard seems to be showing up on the radar all over the place.

I wonder where he is heading?