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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 03:57 PM) They're really going to have to show down the t.v. series and stretch it out while waiting for WofW. The show is going to pass the books. There is no way Martin can keep up. He just gave the showrunners a general outline of what the endgame is going to be.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 9, 2015 -> 09:03 PM) What killed me about the whole thing is the smugness that comes with being able to say "climate change deniers are just delusional morons" while they themselves have become vaccination deniers. He says the two situations aren't comparable but i'm not really sure how it isn't. In both situations you have an overwhelming amount of people saying one thing, and just a handful of deniers, and the deniers are all debunked. Yet that prayer chick can say "oh but disagreement is a good thing!" without realizing how that same logic applies to other scientific "controversies." I mean I can agree with a very general statement that Mahr has said before - we're an over-medicated society. We go overboard on a lot of things that we don't need to go crazy over (prescriptions, anti-bacterial soap). But Jesus that was some head in the sand nonsense. I also liked how he threw in weird comments like "and they say 2 drinks a day is good for you....how about zero drinks a day!" Bill Maher is a moron when it comes to anything related to medicine.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 9, 2015 -> 03:39 PM) Is the 5th book of the GOT series worth reading? Absolutely. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 9, 2015 -> 03:39 PM) Struggling with #4, especially the parts about Lady Brienne searching for Sansa Stark. The book really is dragging without much mention of Bran, Jon Snow, Tyrion or Danaerys. Happens to everyone. Crows is filled with a lot of characters most people don't like. Dragons has a lot of Jon, Tyrion, and Dany. It's still not as good as the first three books, but definitely a step up from the fourth.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 06:21 PM) And all the arguments/studies against vaccination CONTINUE to lead back to the Wakefield study if you follow the trail of bulls***. Well, not all of them. JA will also need to cover bases like the thimerosal-autism hypothesis (omg mercury) and the ever-present "it wasn't the vaccines saving people, it was improved sanitation/nutrition!" nonsense where people confuse mortality with morbidity.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 05:30 PM) I'm doing a pro-con speech in my high school english class on vaccinations. Any suggestions? My stance will be pro-vaccinations and I have to refute all of the autism concerns Good luck. You've got the difficult side because BS is 100 times harder to refute than to spew. I'd expect your opponents to cite obscure, badly performed studies showing autism-vaccine links and unless you're familiar with those studies, you won't know their particular methodological problems. Perhaps point out the Autism Omnibus Proceedings, where a huge group of people claiming their children got autism from MMR vaccine, were asked to provide their 3 best cases proving a causal link. They lost the trial, badly. Also, keep hammering vaccine success stories like smallpox eradication, the downfall of polio, and huge drops in incidence for HiB, pertussis, measles, etc.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 08:29 PM) They'll show that the requirement dropped the number of minority visitors by X% so, racism. I'm half-kidding here, but it wouldn't shock me if that would turn into a "Disney just wants suburban white people" in their parks argument. Suburban white people are the ones leading the anti-vax movement.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 07:19 PM) They should yes. I'm sure the ACLU would scream discrimination, however. On what grounds? I've never heard the ACLU view "unvaccinated" as a protected class.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 2, 2015 -> 07:56 PM) That's the part where I am unclear. They must have some allowance for waivers, because some kids do have real maladies that make SOME vaccinations dangerous. But I don't know what the waiver policy is. I'm tempted to email the school and ask. No, I'm not even talking about medical exemptions. There are exemptions for personal belief. http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/school...state-laws.aspx

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 2, 2015 -> 07:50 PM) Do most public schools not have rules about vaccinations? I know in Indiana, you can't enroll your kids if they aren't up to date on their shots. Even at the high school, they sent a bunch of kids home last year who they found hadn't gotten their shots they were supposed to have by a certain age once they missed a deadline. They wouldn't let them come back until they had all of their shots. Some states have policies that allow a waiver.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 2, 2015 -> 04:41 PM) It seemed like their was a whole theme to all the commercials regarding "family". I am going to presume NFL sent a message to advertisers they didn't want people pushing the envelope? Given recent NFL events, I could understand an avoidance of Terry Tate-style "violence as comedy" gags, but there have been countless funny Super Bowl commercials in the past that didn't rely on that type of humor. This year's crop was just godawful.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Feb 2, 2015 -> 05:23 PM) She wasn't singing. I don't even think Kravitz had his guitar plugged in. If she wasn't singing, then that was very good lip syncing and a convincing track.

They should all be revealed. Got a reason to be ashamed of your votes?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 5, 2014 -> 07:36 PM) How do you know they didn't mean to pull up 100 yards away, when they suddenly realized, holy crap, the guy we're looking for is right there in front of us?! Because that makes absolutely no sense. The kid was reported to be at the gazebo. He was at the gazebo. If they meant to pull up 100 yards from the gazebo, they would have. The guy was f***ing driving through the grass right to the spot where the kid was.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 4, 2014 -> 07:52 PM) I see him fighting and resisting until he is on the ground, and even then once they get one hand finally behind his back, he is still struggling. He stumbles backwards because someone just jumped on his back with a chokehold. When he gets to the ground, his arms are out in front of him. He's not hitting, he's not pushing, he has no weapons.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 4, 2014 -> 07:37 PM) Well one takeaway from all this is 'don't resist arrest'. He initially pulls his hands away from the officer trying to grab them. After that point, and the entire time the choke hold is on him, he is offering zero resistance. STOP RESISTING WITH YOUR DYING

Five Guys has good burgers, but their fries are complete trash, so I'll pass. There's a small place near me called Hop's Burger Bar that is great. Most of the time I make my own though: - 0.4 lbs of 80/20 or 75/25 ground beef - seasoned with Weber "Steak N Chop" seasoning - cook on high heat grill, leaving some pink in center - top with extra sharp cheddar + bacon OR an over easy egg + bacon - pretzel rolls are a plus

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 05:59 PM) The forensics, backed up by some of the witnesses, is very clear that Brown charged Wilson for 20+ feet. Can you be more specific about what you're referring to? Obviously the forensics showed that Brown was shot in the front, but how did they show he was charging, and for 20+ feet?

Evidence dump http://apps.stlpublicradio.org/ferguson-pr...t/evidence.html Eyewitness testimony confirms that Mike Brown was charging/walking towards/stopped/kneeling/facing away from Wilson with his hands up/down/to the side/in motion/in his wasteband.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 12:44 AM) LOTR and the Hobbit are long books and need to be explain totally in the movie, if not, you will miss things. however I will say this, the Hobbit into 3 movies, uhhhh they wanted the money. LOTR is ~1200 pages and became three movies. The Hobbit is only 300 pages. It could have been done in one. Desolation of Smaug was straight up boring.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 12:11 AM) First 26 games as the Bears Head Coach: Ditka. 12-14 Lovie. 12-14 Trestman. 12-14 Most new coaches come in because the previous coach was fired for having awful teams and it takes some time to adjust, teach their system, push their culture, etc. Bears 2 seasons prior to Ditka: 13-19 (crap) Ditka's first season was crap, second was okay, then the Bears were very good. Bears 2 seasons prior to Lovie: 11-21 (crap) Lovie's first season was crap, then the Bears were very good. Bears 2 seasons prior to Trestman: 18-14 (good) Trestment's first season was okay, and second has been crap. They may all have been 12-14 in the first 26 games, but Trestman is the only one with a team going downhill rather than uphill.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 01:00 AM) Remember, Emery hired Tucker. Look at how impressive this list of accolades is: "Fired after just one season for coaching the 26th ranked Defense as DC with Cleveland Browns -- That defense only accumulated 17 total sacks - 31st in NFL -- Went on to Jaguars where his defenses were ranked 23rd, 28th, 6th and 30th in yardage -- His Jaguar teams gave up on average 25 PPG while averaging just 18 sacks per year -- Was hired by Phil Emery / Trestman in an act of desperation when Rod Marinelli took a demotion just to get away from them -- Worst Rushing defense in history of the Bears - 2013 -- Worst overall defense in history of the Bears yardage - 2013 -- Worst scoring defense in history of the Bears - 2013 -- Most points allowed in a half ever by a Bears team -2014 -- Most points allowed over a 2 game stretch by any team in NFL in 91 years - 2014 -- Most TD's allowed in a half in Bears history - 2014 -- Most games with 50 or more points allowed by any DC in NFL history - 3 (2013, 2014) -- Worst PPG average for any defense in Bears history - 30.8 PPG - worse than the historically bad 29.9 (2013) -- Highest QB rating for opposing QB's over 2 game stretch in NFL (151.2) Brady and Rogers -- Has been responsible for coaching only ONE defensive player to get to the NFL Pro-bowl (Tim Jennings 2013) -- His defense allowed 4th down, last minute TD to the rival Packers to clinch playoffs and eliminate Bears -- Lowest team sack average for a DC over 6 seasons (since sacks became an official stat) - 19 -- Most TD's allowed over a 2 game stretch in history of the Bears - 12 -- Highest aggregate opponent QB rating for a season in history of team (currently 107.3) -- Most points allowed in a season (2013) -- Turned 2 HOF candidate RDE's into garbage (Allen and Peppers) -- Largest PPG ranking swing in history of team (went from 3rd in NFL to 31st) -- Lowest blitz per pass play percentage in the NFL -- D has forced rival Packers to punt exactly 1 time in 2 full games while Rogers is under center. You're being really selective with statistics to make him look bad. Why didn't you include some of these statistics? -- 6th cheapest defense in the league saves the Bears money so it can afford some weapons for Cutler, who has none -- #1 ranked practice defense in NFL for two years in a row -- Defense broke Aaron Rodgers' clavicle more times than any other defense in NFL history Keep pushing your agenda

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 30, 2014 -> 02:49 PM) This is only tangentially related, but... the new pope has recently said, in public, that the theories of evolution and the big bang are perfectly acceptable and good things, and that they are even necessary for how we perceive God. That was kind of a big shift. Also said that God isn't a wizard with a magic wand - seemed to suggest that the creation of man was never meant to be understood as an event literally described in the Bible. Not a shift at all. The Catholic Church has been pretty liberal on scientific issues for a while, including evolution. It's primarily evangelicals who push Creationist nonsense.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 03:08 PM) My other favorite part was how their ombudsman put out a blog post about how the coverage of the ray rice situation was one of his proudest moments of his Ombudsman career. In it he referenced Simmons coverage among others. Luckily, ESPN took down the entire ombudsman section from their web site. ? It's not down.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 03:12 AM) Stephen A got 2 weeks for saying that women get what they ask for in regards to domestic violence. Simmons gets 3 weeks for saying what everyone is saying about Goodell. ESPN for ya. I would have to imagine this is the last straw for Simmons and ESPN. Jason Kint ‏@jason_kint · 2h Nice stat. "Bill Simmons suspended longer for criticizing Roger Goodell than Goodell originally suspended Ray Rice"

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 01:53 PM) I said they were in a tough position but I would hope that the cop would have been able to tell that it was a toy gun before blasting away. Not to mention that the guy is just casually standing in a back aisle looking at fish food. There's not a single indication that he's a threat.