StrangeSox

HMS Bounty edit: apparently a friend-of-a-friend was on the HMS Bounty. I don't know him, but he was one of the ones rescued.

So glad that I happen to not be scheduled to travel anywhere this week.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 30, 2012 -> 01:35 PM) Why should I be responsible for paying for someone to live on the coast where s*** like this happens every now and again? Why is it so bad that state and local governments should be responsible, for, you know, state and local problems? Edit: And for the record, since we all love truth in politics, he never said he'd get rid of FEMA, he said he'd shift some of those responsibilities to states or the private sector. I know, I know, what a a horror and all that, but it's not the same as ending the program altogether. The same reason people on the coast are responsible when a devastating tornado rips through the midwest--because we're one country. Mitt advocated block-granting FEMA to the states. This would give each state a fixed budget regardless of their need each year and may leave them unprepared to deal with certain disasters.

hahaha that's awesome

An awesome map showing the current wind patterns and strength over the US http://hint.fm/wind/

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 30, 2012 -> 08:24 AM) Jersey Shore: OH HI! WTC construction:

Jersey Shore: OH HI! WTC construction:

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 05:53 PM) Supposedly, there are a couple new polls out that show Ohio a tie, or a Romney lead. It was reported on FOX therefore one of the polls was Rasmussen, so who knows. There was the Rasmussen poll today but I think that's it http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20...obama-1860.html

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 05:52 PM) looks like the experts are following my lead by calling into question Nate Silver's brilliance. http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/1...win-147618.html http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/20...e-silver/58460/

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 12:44 PM) For local effect... they are now predicting that around Wednesday, there will be 20 to 30 foot waves in southern Lake Michigan, as the storm remnants cross the eastern Great Lakes and shove the water west. Could be significant lakefront flooding in Chicagoland. Also, seperately... anyone read about the HMS Bounty? Replica ship now mostly for tourists, lost power, foundered and sank off North Carolina. 14 people had to be rescued, and 2 are missing. WTF were they even DOING out there in this? They set out for Florida from Connecticut last week and were trying to go around the storm.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 11:08 AM) More from Eugene Volokh on the legality of employers threatening employees with their jobs based on their votes: http://www.volokh.com/2012/10/29/firing-or...ed-on-his-vote/ more: http://www.volokh.com/2012/10/29/employers...ate-is-elected/ bottom line:

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 12:48 PM) feet in bounds, sure. But no matter what, if the first appendage/bodypart touches the line, its out. This wasn't a push-out, either. I don't see any way to have a logical rule about the boundaries of the playing field where that play is ruled a catch.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 12:05 PM) It's just amazing to me that so many took my dislike for the specifics of the rule as "THEY BLEW THAT CALL!! HE WASN'T OUT OF BOUNDS!!!". I already said they made the right call, I am just disappointed in what the rule actually is. But like I said, forget it, move on, I can't win here. If it happened against some other team, maybe. But how else can you have an "out of bounds" rule that wouldn't call that clearly "out of bounds"??

More from Eugene Volokh on the legality of employers threatening employees with their jobs based on their votes: http://www.volokh.com/2012/10/29/firing-or...ed-on-his-vote/

there is nothing to love about a hugely destructive storm

It's a good argument for early voting at least.

I do not have a link for the paranoia a few on the left exhibited in the run-up to the 2004 election. Maybe check democraticunderground?

Obama declares a State of Emergency, postpones election indefinitely (channeling paranoid libs circa 2004)

Got destroyed in both of my leagues. Thanks, Tom Brady and Julius Jones.

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Thought for sure Jay was going to get himself hurt

TIM MOTHER f***ING JENNINGS