StrangeSox

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09172008/posto...9453.htm?page=0 Taheri's response.

That's about $14B a year. Not too shabby.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 03:14 PM) Did I hear right this AM that the Feds were going to not allow the golden parachutes for the former CEO's of these two? That would be a good thing. Yeah. I saw an article on Bloomberg yesterday on this. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home

White Sox: "One and Done" is a hell of a lot better than you'd thought we'd do!

AIG is down over 50% in pre-market trading. Ouch.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 07:43 AM) It's all the brainchild of his campaign advisors. Granted, McCain approves all this stuff, in theory. But I don't see that there's any way for him to separate himself from that, although some of his recent ads have really been pretty overboard e.g. Obama wants to teach kindergardeners about sex. His entire campaign has really gone downhill, in terms of quality. What's really sad, to me anyway, is that his poll numbers are following the inverse. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...8091600640.html

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 07:27 AM) That sentence makes absolutely zero sense, grammatically or otherwise. How dare you criticize her, you misogynist pig! Some Obama supporters pull the race card, but not nearly to the level that McCain's campaign is pulling the POW/ Sexism card. I've really lost almost all respect for him.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 07:33 PM) At least the twins have Matt Guerrier in. Reyes is coming in. At least we can all take comfort in that the Twins' bullpen is at least as bad as the Sox'.

Nice play by Jr.! Cleveland has the bases loaded, no outs in the bottom of the 8th.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 07:25 PM) That's fine with me, just make it. Not wanting to go to the playoffs because you think you'll lose is lame. Why even play the season then? Don't get me wrong, I still want them to make it. I just don't see them doing anything but giving up runs via the bullpen once they're thee.

Yes, more awesome baseball! This teamk is going to embarrass itself in the playoffs.

Awesome at-bat by Uribe.

Hawk is PISSED at Rameriz right now. What an awful outing. I'm shocked that this bullpen is giving up more runs. Shocked.

So I don't really follow the Brewers at all. What did Yost do (or not do) that was so awful that led to being fired at the end of a season in a playoff race?

http://www.wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/ What are your thoughts? Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes to me.

Of course, a lot of Republicans/ Obama haters used this moment to heavily criticize Biden.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 10:22 AM) I'm pretty sure the Iranians hung on to the hostages longer mostly to insult Carter for trying to rescue them and that Reagan didn't play that much of a role. Although I admittedly haven't done all my research here either. that's what I've heard. Reagan didn't directly negotiate with them.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 09:14 AM) Could be. I'm just saying don't think that because oil is up the DOW should be down and vice versa. Trust me, the person I'm hearing this from doesn't think like that. He does VERY well for himself as a financial planner. Just about everything I've heard from him over the past year regarding financials (not talking about specific advice or anything, just what's going on in the market and where its going) has ended up spot-on.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Amir_Taheri

Getting to work today (in Des Plaines) was interesting. Seems like half of the roads are closed due to flooding.

Dow's down 350 pts, S &P down 50 in pre-market trading. This kind of consolidation could mean we're nearing a bottom, though.

They had awful field position all day long (Maynard looked bad) and they couldn't get their offense going at all in the second half. Orton is good in short and medium throws, but teams aren't even going to bother covering the deep plays. He kept missing wide open receivers.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 12:15 PM) I dont see why the kids let themselves get it taken up the ass. Im sorry but if i was part of a frat or football team or whatever.... I wouldnt let it happen. You're talking about a whole bunch of guys vs. you. If they want that broomstick up your butt, its going there.

Repressed homosexuality, anyone?

The Cheap Trick-Heart-Journey concert at the First Midwest Amphitheater (formally Tweeter Center, formally New World Music Theater) was pretty funny. I was out in the lawn and it was POURING all night long. A bunch of people decided to turn the hill into one big, muddy slip-and-slide. The weather channel said this morning that a lot of areas in Northern Illinois got 5-7 inches last night, were expected to get 1-2 more today, and Ike is still coming tomorrow. This has just been a ridiculous amount of rain. And now my plans for the night are canceled because half of the roads in Tinley Park/ Orland are flooded.