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QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Nov 23, 2014 -> 01:15 PM) Cutler sucks. He can't throw a football to save his life. I have no idea what's happened to him this year. He's always been prone to making dumb decisions and causing a turnover, but this year he's just been pretty bad all around. He's missing routine throws. Not that last play, though. That was on the WR.

yeah that's definitely the cause of it

short pass, short pass, short pass

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 11:46 AM) Agree. More Bowen, Biggs, and Hub. Less Bob from Skokie. agreed, except for "Who you crappin'?" Sure, there's some stinkers in there, but there's also a lot of solid gold take downs.

How does someone with these publicly stated views manage to get elected to public office? http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/incomin...tude-to-whites/

bernstein may be a screamy jerk but that garbage in bmags post is just flat-out stupid. It's not even meatball hurr durr nerds in their moms basement stuff, it's just a complete lack of understanding of the game of baseball.

yeah, the other troubling part is that it's a dress code that's pretty clearly targeted primarily at younger black men.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 02:33 PM) Actually it does. When judges are lax and don't command the room, people talk, it's difficult to hear and the cases don't move through efficiently. When the judge is a tight ass, as much as I hate that, s*** gets done. Be it fear, respect, whatever, the result is better. I've seen this happen in many different courtrooms all over northern Illinois. Most lawyers would agree. And I don't really see how it breed's distrust. I'm sure she's got signs all over her courtroom and outside of her courtroom with that rule. She announces it before her call begins. She give ample notice and people choose not to listen. You're basically arguing that people breaking a rule and getting in trouble for it thereafter don't trust the justice system. That's crap. Being in command of a room doesn't require throwing people in jail because you don't like how they're dressed. Whether somebody is wearing sagging jeans or they're in a three-piece suit doesn't effect communication and whether people can hear, respond, etc. I'm saying people actually being thrown in jail over an arbitrary and unnecessary rule breeds distrust.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 01:25 PM) My car radio can't even get below 88.1, so I was never even able to listen to it, although I would have when The Score is going on hour-10 of Bears talk that makes me want to swerve in to oncoming traffic. Yeah, 87.7 FM is technically in the TV broadcast range. Back when it was an alternative rock station for a couple of years, they broadcast both an audio and video signal. That's why a lot of radios can't even pick it up.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 01:37 PM) It's the same as any procedural rule you're supposed to follow in court that is subject to contempt orders - showing up late, not providing responsive answers, talking on your cell phone, etc. If you don't follow the rule and the judge ignores it, there's no point in having the rule. perhaps there's no point in having a jailable dress code! edit: it seems like this judge has a real hard-on for authority, not for being judicial. that's not the type of person we should invest this sort of power in.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 01:34 PM) I'm willing to be the people in her courtroom look nicer and act nicer than in other courtrooms. She's clearly a "no nonsense" judge and that will be known by anyone who works in her courtroom/goes into her courtroom. For a judge dealing with low level crap, that's immensely helpful in working through her docket efficiently. throwing people in jail because you don't like their attire isn't really going to improve efficiency, but it is going to f*** people over and breed (justified) distrust of the justice system.

Hurting their own chances is one thing. Literally being thrown in jail for an unofficial dress code violation is another. What purpose does that serve? Who does that actually help?

Offending the delicate judge's sensibilities shouldn't be a jailable offense in any sane world.

http://wgntv.com/2014/11/18/judge-jails-me...ng-saggy-pants/ that's pretty awful.

Firestone and the Warlord ProPublica version of the story

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 04:44 PM) All Im going to say is that a piece of paper saying I will pay you $1 million dollars isn't worth anything if I cant pay it. Good luck. demand a bond

I can't say I envy having to make this decision. It sounds like you're in pretty good shape for several years either way. What sort of guarantee can they give you on the funding?

trying to decide between these five for one WR and a flex: Golden Tate Torrey Smith Rueben Randle Ryan Matthews Vincent Jackson

Republicans in Michigan are floating the plan to give Republicans more electoral votes again. Weird how it's only Republican statehouses in states that go blue in Presidential elections that float these ideas and not states like Texas and Georgia. Must be a coincidence.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 11:12 AM) I loved winter until last year. Winters in Chicago were pretty mild through the 2000s and early 2010s, but I can't take 3+ months in the teens as highs. I like seasonal changes and maybe even a month or two of snow and colder weather, but not months of freezing my ass off constantly.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 10:15 AM) Wasn't it the county police that overreacted? And the state nation guard is the unit being called up? It was city and then county. Things got better for a little while when the NG came in but I think they deteriorated again afterwards.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 09:54 AM) This is what happens when a party in power doesn't actually care about what's right or wrong and instead just cares about whether people think what they are doing is right and not wrong. I understand not actually caring about right or wrong, but they don't seem to be able to understand how actual humans interact and respond to things.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 09:55 AM) You want them to respond to riots by laying down their arms and singing songs? The only response is to stop them. you can go back to about page 5 or so of this thread to find plenty of examples of serious police overreaction and escalation.

not doing themselves any favors

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 09:20 AM) It seems to me more like a common sense thing than anything else. What would it look like if they didn't prepare, and then another worst case scenario happened? I'm not sure why threats of more state violence would be the right answer to a situation that was continually made worse by state violence.