StrangeSox

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) Why on earth kick the field goal there? NFL coaches can be really dumb

Even if it's what you first said, yeah, that can lead to pretty terrible results. Plus, every job that a prisoner is doing is a job that won't go to a regular person.

Not necessarily with Medicaid, there are a lot of qualifiers in many states. It's not as bad now in the states that have accepted the expansion, but there are still big gaps that people can fall into.

I stop for a full 15 minutes at every stop sign.

Huckabee agrees poor people should be sold into slavery for stealing. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/...ckabee-slavery/

Hastert reaches plea deal over hush money allegations

Even if you knew the "real" pricing up front, it will never work like a 'typical' market. How much do you want to bargain hunt for that next surgical procedure? How well can you even evaluate the differences between your options, what treatment really makes sense or not, etc.? And even with that, people aren't going to be entirely rational with their health care, anyway. It can often literally be a matter of life or death. Edit: Also, the study linked to above did involve patients who knew what the prices were upfront through their insurer.

Ben Carson is taking two weeks off from campaigning in order to go on a book tour. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ben-carson-...ory?id=34481847 It is 3 months from the Iowa caucuses, and Trump and Carson still hold a huge lead in the Republican primaries.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 10:55 AM) The theory was crap to begin with. No one "shops" medical costs, because the entire system is set up such that you have NO idea what things will cost upfront. That plus the highly inflexible demand curve mean the shopping concept just doesn't work with health care. Yeah, Ken Arrow did his research in the 1960's showing that. It shouldn't surprise anyone, yet there are still lots of people pushing the "skin in the game" line.

This study is forcing economists to rethink high-deductible health insurance

Welp that settled that

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 05:41 PM) The rule is that is still a live ball if the ump thinks there was no intent of the batter to get in the way of the catcher. At least that is what they said on the TV broadcast a few times. I don't think Choo had any intent of getting in the way, I feel like he does that same move all the time. Definitely no intent but they did call the play dead didn't they?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 05:40 PM) Well I was watching on the TV and saw multiple replays. The bat was on the edge of the batters box, not the plate. Based on the replay burrhls posted it looks like it was at least in between the plate and the box

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 05:34 PM) Will they take back the run? Nope

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 05:33 PM) It wasn't over the plate. The bat was still in the batters box. It was at the edge of the inside corner per the ESPN radio announcers

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) throwing error by martin? Hit the batter 's bat which was extended over home plate.

What on earth is going on here

What a strange call to give them home plate

What is your alternative?

There's actually a pretty big glut of lawyers out there right now. There was a big boom of law school openings and enrollment in the 2000's. Sometimes, what's the "hot new field" when you start college isn't looking so great 5-10 years later and you can struggle to find work. And it's also somewhat of a zero-sum game; if everyone goes and gets a STEM degree, the job market will be flooded with people looking for STEM jobs, depressing wages for everyone and leaving some unable to find a matching job at all.

Perhaps because there isn't really anyone here of the grand total of maybe a dozen regular posters who have her as their preferred candidate? edit: jesus that sentence is a grammatical nightmare

I think that claim is pretty delusional. A majority of Democrats, at least as of now, support Clinton as the nominee. That doesn't mean they want to "coronate" her.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 04:01 PM) It's insane. Of course Hillary won (to the liberal Democrats dying to get her coronated for 8 years). Now anybody with a brain will tell you she was a.) dull. b.) said nothing. c.) come across as elitist. Bernie baby won the fricking debate! LOL at the homers in the media dying to put a crown on Hilly's head like that lapdog Chris Matthews. liberal Democrats are more likely to support Sanders than Clinton.

Whenever I heard an audio clip of Bernie, I picture a flustered Larry David