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we need to shut down the Texas borders and stop all air traffic coming out of there.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 08:15 AM) I'd go Vereen either way. At least there's some remote upside with Ridley out. But you'll have to pray to the fantasy gods. that was quick

Should I be reading that as him throwing the NAACP under the bus? That's what it looks like but I'm not sure.

The most bizarre moment in political debate history happened last night. Rick Scott refused to take the stage for several minutes because Crist had a small fan under his podium, and Scott insisted that a "no electronics" clause in the debate rules disallowed a fan. Scott being a petulant child aside, he and his camp should learn the difference between electronics and electrical devices.

I am glad that, when asked to sign a non-compete, our entire department said "lol no" and we never heard about it again. eta: that's actually a great example of how collective bargaining/action can even help skilled white-collar professionals! eta2: also, all of the mandatory arbitration clauses that are becoming more and more standard in employment contracts that effectively bar access to the real courts need to go

Why on earth does Jimmy Johns have two-year non-compete clauses for hourly restaurant staff? Non-competes really need to be reigned in.

I think a lot of the airlines hedge their future fuel purchases anyway. They buy long-term contracts, not jet fuel at day-to-day prices.

we have someone from Dallas in the office this week, I'm 99% sure I have Ebola right now /greg

IIRC taxes at state and local levels are regressive in most of the country.

Of course this was the week that I sat Cam Newton, but at least I know that even with an optimal lineup, I would have been blown out of the water by an 0-5 team. Hard to top 140 and that's with him playing Reggie Bush in the flex.

awesome, I was looking for an animated one

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 10:25 AM) ChiTribSports ‏@ChiTribSports 3m3 minutes ago Jerry Angelo to Tribune: 'I was embellishing a point ...That's not what I said.'' http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/break....html?track=rss … Rick Morrissey ‏@MorrisseyCST 23m23 minutes ago Column on Jerry Angelo's explosive statements. He now says they were taken out of context by USA Today. Sure. #Bears http://bit.ly/1rlboAn So it looks like he's backtracking on the "100's" statement, not the overall sentiment of his admission.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 10:09 AM) And now Angelo is backtracking... http://www.suntimes.com/sports/30358515-41...ml#.VDf0ZeewEXw I don't see any backtracking in that article?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 09:52 AM) Probably another answer to IL's cash problems. That money isn't going to the state, it goes to the National Restaurant Association.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 09:40 AM) It is news because he has been the only member of management I have seen from the NFL who has been honest about what happened in the past. Everyone else is either pretending it didn't happen, or that NOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH! Yeah, an actual admission is different from "what we all know"

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 09:51 AM) Everytime Ditka opens his mouth I dislike him more and more. He really just needs to go away forever.

Police Pepper-Spray Black Teen After He Entered White Foster Parents' Home

Captain Meatball Mike Ditka called Angelo's comments "gutless."

I have both luck and foster going for me in one league.

Ebola reaching its peak right as flu season is rolling around is going to cause of lot of meltdowns.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 9, 2014 -> 03:32 PM) Oh I doubt it. That person isn't a suspect and is coming to basically ID someone else. In a nice neighborhood too. That, to me, has more to do with this than skin color. Again, look at the cops involved. They're not adrenaline junkies patrolling more dangerous areas their entire shift. Class privilege is mentioned explicitly in the story, but upper-class black people aren't immune from racial harassment and stereotyping.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 9, 2014 -> 03:20 PM) And what are the odds she would harm them? Well that's the point, isn't it? She's a middle-aged, upper-class white lady so the assumption is that she won't harm them. Young black guy acting identically? Or poor white dude in shabby clothing? Probably going to get tased, maybe arrested. There's an awful lot of assumptions baked into the way police respond to and treat different classes of citizens, and it varies based on race, class, gender and other factors. Young black men are much, much more likely to be assumed to be criminals or likely threats, and that leads to violent and sometimes deadly results.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 9, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) There is a huge, huge difference between baiting law enforcement and/or other government officials into reacting a certain way and baiting asshole Cardinals fans into reacting a certain way. Yeah I just added an edit that the two situations aren't exactly the same, and personally I'm not sure about the merits of baiting dumb Cardinals fans. On the other hand, protesting a major sporting event that's getting national coverage in St. Louis makes sense, and if just being there for your cause is enough to provoke dumbasses, it really only bolsters their point.