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Heard every cop in the city is on call for Thursday. Cops are not happy about it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) The inability to understand why people get more upset by violence from the state than some random (though still terrible!) murder is pretty amazing. 9 year old shot execution style and the community, including the father, does nothing about it. Adult on PCP wielding a knife gets shot and its greatest crime in Chicago history that will result in protests and probably some riot behavior. It's the lack of being upset at the former that bothers me. Not that some get more upset with the latter.

Couple thoughts here: 1) Why did it take over a year to charge this guy if the video is so damning? 2) Why is Rahm coming out and giving his opinion on it before the trial starts? We complain all the time about narratives being formed in these cases. And then it becomes incredibly difficult if not impossible to change them after the facts come out (e.g., Michael Brown with his hands up), so why is a public figure aiding that process? 3) I'm curious of the judge in the criminal case will quash the video from being released for fear of not being able to get an unprejudiced jury. Very long shot, but I wonder if the defendant makes that argument. 4) No matter how egregious this killing was, it pales in comparison to the 9 year old getting executed and the sperm donor father refusing to cooperate with the police. Where were the riots then? I'm sure the responses from the black community in Chicago, Pfleger, etc. will be the same.

so lucky.

Another terrible entry pass. I mean that's grade school stuff.

And who is the moron commentator? Its as if he thinks these programs are equal. "Both teams really well coached. Great effort" WTF game is he watching?

JCL can shoot the lights out but holy crap is he dumb. And I shutter to think what a good offense will do to this team. They're going to lose a game by 40 in Big Ten play.

And they are absolutely going to lose this game. They are beyond terrible on defense. They can't hit free throws. And they turn the ball over.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 23, 2015 -> 08:13 PM) If Groce isn't fired after this year or they retain Cubit (or even worse both) I am just done with following Illinois athletics because it will be obvious they just don't care. Zook was here two years too long, Weber at least two years too long, Beckman should have been canned after year one (but at least we kept him long enough for him to complete embarrass the university) and you can make a case that Groce should have been fired after last year but there will be zero excuse if he isn't fired after this year. Well, they haven't cared in years. My guess it's a 50/50 chance they retain Cubit and an 80-90% chance Groce is the coach next year.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 23, 2015 -> 07:59 PM) This program has sucked for 9 years now. Illinois is the king of letting coaches stay too long. Weber inherited a top 15 program and we haven't had a team at that level since Dee's senior year 10 years ago. Two terrible hires in a row and now you have a program that is a complete after thought in the college basketball world. And I'd like to revisit the discussion from last year where someone posted that even in hindsight they wouldn't not hire Weber because of the 04-05 season. Given that we didn't win the title that year I would give up that season in a heartbeat (and that might be my favorite team in any sport ever) if it meant we could hire a real coach and didn't have to deal with the last 9 years of Weber/Groce. Hell, maybe a different coach wins the title with that team. I'm totally on board with firing Groce now or at the end of the year. They have some talent on the roster. They have a decent PG locked in for next year. Let a new guy sell a vision that the program is turning around. Groce can't sell that message anymore. It'll hurt when Finkes brother passes on Illinois for another program because Illinois continues to suck.

Chicago State is ranked 351 in Pomeroy rankings.

If this holds it would be the worst loss in Illinois history. Groce should be fired tomorrow AM.

Looks great!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 23, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) So a dog sitter was kidnapped across the street from me last night, every single reporter in chicago is on my sidewalk Yikes. I read that story this morning. Sounds like they suspect the ex-boyfriend.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 23, 2015 -> 09:49 AM) Am I the only one who thinks the Bulls should swoop in and trade for Ty Lawson? What are you giving up to get him? Brooks, Snell, Moore are the only guys you can actually trade away and that's not good enough. Noah is worthless. Taj was expendable at the start of the season, but without Noah he's your #2 big. McDermott and Mirotic are still projects with potential, do you really want to give up on them early. And that's ignoring the 12-13 million Lawson's owed. I think the Bulls option is to go for broke and grab Melo. Trade McBuckets/Mirotic and some picks. Or they do nothing and see what happens this season.

The Leftovers is bats*** crazy.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 20, 2015 -> 11:53 PM) Mirotic has been garbage this year. Stop with the constant flopping and flailing your arms and make an actual basketball move if you are capable of it please. This.

God dammit he hits some daggers

And he's a liability on offense now. This team is going to be so much better with Dunleavy. But even with a loss, this is an encouraging game.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 20, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) What I don't get is the whole insurance "discount" or reduction. A doctor or hospital charges $10,000 for something, and the insurance just says, nope, you will take $6k and you will like it. How does that even happen on both ends? Uninsured people have to pay double, besides not having any coverage? It's all a scam I tell ya. Pssh, more like $800. I've seen $30k ER charges "adjusted" down to $2800 before.

I like my system: spend an entire day getting a live tree, decorating the tree, decorating the inside of the house and decorating the outside of the house the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Then travel 3 weekends out of the 4 in December for family holiday get togethers. Enjoy the tree, lights and decorations for a limited amount of time. Get angry at s***head cats for getting into tree on a daily basis. Take down lights and decorations the weekend after New Years. Get stabbed by 1000 sharp needles from dried tree while taking it out. Rinse and repeat annually.

Didn't he have a plea deal that capped his sentence? I thought the range was 5-15.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 19, 2015 -> 09:49 AM) Yeah but you're also okay with pink showers or toilets or whatever so... No, no, I would have updated those if we had them. It's only the slightly outdated looks that i'm ok with. And an oven from 1974 (that still works just fine!).

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 19, 2015 -> 08:23 AM) I'm guessing your budget is pushing six figures? Those are not cheap appliances. I'm hesitant to buy the $2500 set for our new house. Ha, I'm with you. My wife and I cook, but not gourmet style meals. So long as the temp stays constant and the unit looks ok, that's all I care about.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Nov 19, 2015 -> 08:16 AM) I have been of the opinion that if the Illini were middle of the pack, Groce would be fine. However, based on this start, he's likely gone. Of course, the person who will eventually show him the door isn't currently in the DIA. Rumors are that the new AD may be signed in the next week or so. The dude from Colorado seems like the logical choice.