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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 12:18 PM) So Obama had better experience then a CEO of a Fortune 500 company? Yeah, I don't think so. They both might be massive failures but I think you very much underappreciate how much it takes to be a CEO of a large organization. I've met a lot of politicians and I've met a lot of executives...very rarely have I met a politician who was smarter than the executives I've met. Often times, the politicans I've met at various fundraisers / charity events, blow me away their lack of savvy and overall acumen. Um, he was a community activist. Clearly enough experience!

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) Defensive Ranking Year - Points - Yards 2014 - 31st - 30th 2013 - 30th - 30th 2012 - 3rd - 5th (10-6 team record - Lovie fired) 2011 - 14th - 17th 2010 - 4th - 9th (lost in conf final) 2009 - 21st - 17th Yep, YEARS of amazing defense and special teams squandered. You're correct, though. He does get the majority of blame in your book. Last two years aside, the defense was more than adequate to win superbowls. That's the point. He didn't have to lead the team himself. He had to play decent football and not s*** the bed. edit: and how much does his average to bad play affect those defensive statistics? How many more series was the defense forced to play? Look at his TD/turnover numbers. He usually has more turnovers than TD's in a year. In the two seasons where he had more TD's, it's by a few. That's no helping your defense any.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 05:12 PM) The irrational Cutler hate will forever be weird to me. The guys record as a starting QB under Lovie was 34-22. In his two years under with Martz (the only solid OC) he was 17-8 and went to an NFC Championship game. Some of the starters from that glorious 2010 year? His top 3 WRs were Johnny Knox, Devin Hester, and Earl Bennett. Awesome. His OL from left to right was Frank Omiyale, Chris Williams, Olin Kreutz, Roberto Garza, and Jamarcus Webb. Fantastic. The Bears finally get offensive weapons for him (albeit still with multiple sieves on the OL) and they pair him with the worst coaching staff that I can remember and the worst defense in franchise history. I get that the guy isn't a top 10 QB like we all wanted, but the hate he gets is just insane to me. The vast, vast majority of the credit for those wins goes to the defense and special teams, not Jay. Jay has sucked against good competition. He's 1-12 against the Packers. 1-12!! That's f***ing pathetic. The biggest problem is that through the first 5 years, it was NEVER his fault. Ever. It was the OC. Then another OC. Then the O-line. Then the lack of weapons. Then the coach. Then the new coach. Then.... How about he just isn't as good as everyone thought? He's got a cannon for an arm but a piss poor football IQ to go with it. He's better than most QB's in the league, but he's not a good franchise player. He's not winning you games by himself. No one expects him to be the next Rodgers/Brady/Manning, but people thought he could be the Eli/Ben/Joe kind of QB that mostly manages games and let the defense and running back do their thing, but occasionally can pull off a big important play. He's more likely to throw a terrible pick 6 than have an amazing 4th quarter, game winning drive. Think of the weapons that dude had the last two seasons. I don't care if the coaching was inept, he had 2 stud WR's, a stud TE, a stud RB and a decent o-line. And he STILL couldn't get it done. That is why he is hated. He squandered YEARS of amazing defenses and special teams that were superbowl quality. He's not 100% to blame, but he gets the majority of it in my book.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) All good advice. Not looking to move all cash into savings, just take some risk on higher returns instead of My wife and I did the same thing about 5 years ago. We had a decent chunk of change in our savings account and it wasn't earning anything. So I convinced her (she's very risk averse) to start investing that money in funds. We opened up a Vanguard account and bought into their total stock market, total international stock market, and total bond market funds. I provided them with my checking account info, did the initial investment in each, and then each payday they auto invest the amount I provided to them. It's super easy to set up and change when necessary.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 09:48 AM) Hey question for thread. I do not know if I'm asking the write question as I'm searching for the answer, maybe people don't do this. I've been hoping to set up sending a portion of my paycheck monthly into an investment account to just go to an index fund. I currently have a schwab account, doesn't need to be used for this. But do you know if there are typically minimums required on index fund purchases, and if so, what is that listed price called and where is it reported? Are you talking up front minimum amounts to invest? Or continued amounts after you've invested in the fund? As an example, the Vanguard 500 has 3k minimum to start, but thereafter you can invest as little as you want. There might be a low minimum, but I've put in as low as $100 at a time and it worked. All that info should be readily available on the fund page. e.g, https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snap...;FundIntExt=INT

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) Joe Flacco and Eli Manning have 3 rings between them. I don't consider either to be elite QB's. In fact, I would argue Jay isn't much different then either of them. I have a very short list of QB's who win no matter what. That list is Peyton / Brady / Rodgers. Brees is on the outside looking in (as he's been a part of some stinkers). The other win no matter what. No one else belongs, imo. Cutler absolutely can win if you have a good team around you. He isn't going to carry you on his back the whole way though...only the other 3 guys can do that. Luck has technically done it every year of his career as well. The thing is, both have the capacity to go through a stretch of 5-7 games and play at an uber-elite level. And in fact they've done that. Repeatedly. Jay has never, ever had that. He's never shown the ability to play at an elite level against GREAT teams. The only time I can remember the Bears with Jay winning a game they had no business winning was last year's SF game. And we learned that SF wasn't as good without a lot of their star defensive players.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 09:53 AM) Because I saw yesterday as a last ditch effort for the lawyer to still look competent while admitting defeat. I think that was his response to the slut shaming being provided by the press/Kane's side. It's all showmanship at this point.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) No, we don't know what the DNA test results really are. We have some anonymous leaks. They may or may not be accurate. Fair point. Assuming that's the case...

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) Claiming conspiracy as a last resort is borderline ambulance chasing. I sure hope that's not what they are trying to do. More and more this all looks like it's going to fade away. It's a last resort, but you have to argue the facts that you have. And what makes you think this is going away? It's growing and getting weirder by the day.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 05:42 PM) what would that actually get them though? edit: would all of these shenanigans even be admissible in civil court? Well think about it: the DNA evidence now says that his DNA isn't anywhere near her vagina. It's on her shoulder. So she can't even prove they had sex, let alone that there was rape. But if she's going to maintain that story, she has to discredit the DNA testing somehow. This is a perfect way to do it. Claim some kind of tampering/conspiracy. Again, how on earth does that evidence bag separate itself from the evidence? Why isn't it in an evidence room? Any mention of a cover-up/tampering is going to be kept from the jury unless there's some factual issue that there might have been a cover-up/tampering involved, then i'm sure it's allowed. It will also be allowed if the plaintiff allows the defendant to use the DNA testing as evidence they didn't have sex. That opens the door to question the credibility of the testing. But even if it's excluded, at this point the jury pool is tainted. I'm sure everyone in that area knows the story. That's all you need in a civil case, some kind of hook that provides a level of risk of taking the case to trial.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 04:02 PM) Not sure why you would love it. Any possible physical evidence is now thrown out and a grand jury has to bring charges based on a he said/she said and circumstantial evidence. The odds of charges an/or a conviction significantly go down if physical evidence doesnt exist. You're missing the amazing opportunity to claim conspiracy and cover-up with a high profile, rich, influential accused. The DNA evidence is bad for them already. This provides a new angle for them to argue there would be more evidence (damning evidence proving rape) but for the tampering/cover-up.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 03:27 PM) Its literally like watching a crime TV show. Is it possible they put the kit in this bag, signed it, forgot to include something, opened it up and threw it away while sealing the evidence in another bag and sending it? I would think they would just reseal the bag for this very reason: you don't want two evidence bags out there. End of the day, it's odd that the PD didn't say "yeah that's not our bag." If it is their bag, again, why the hell is it outside of the evidence room, separated from the evidence it should be containing? If i'm the accuser's attorney i'm loving this. The DNA evidence hurts you already, now you're throwing the whole test into question. Now it's a he said/she said case with this really odd conspiracy/cover up angle.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) Maybe it's another evidence bag. Or maybe there is another explanation. If not, I'm with you, the chain had to be broken. According to the lawyer for the accused, the bag had her name/DOB on it. So it's the evidence bag. It's just not the rape kit/evidence itself. The question is why would the evidence bag not be with the evidence, secured in the evidence room.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) WGRZVerified account ‏@WGRZ #BREAKING: The Erie Co. Services says that the evidence in the #PatrickKane case is accounted for and in its original packaging This could explain it. The bag might just be a really, really bad prank.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 02:49 PM) From the police dept: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=714079612025162 What a weird turn. That's great and all, but, Mr. Record Keeper at the Police Department, why is your evidence bag outside of the evidence room? They can say all they want that the chain was never broken between the time they collected the sample to the time it was tested, but if they can't keep custody of the evidence after the test, why on earth should we believe them when they say they had it before the test?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 02:16 PM) Stacy St. Clair ‏@StacyStClair 1h1 hour ago Patrick Kane attorney tells Trib that his client would be hurt most by tampered evidence because they can't do their own testing if needed Of course he would say that...right after he leaked the DNA test "results" to the press.

lol, why did it get thrown to the top of the thread list? I didn't even look at the date.

San Antonio is a fun town. I've been a couple of times, most recently last spring when my wife was at a conference. The riverwalk is the main tourist spot and it's pretty cool, especially at night. Lots of good bars and restaraunts. Hit up Yelp. The Alamo is 2 minutes away. That's a must see, even though I still don't get the draw to seeing the spot where a bunch of people were massacred. I didn't find their holding out very heroic. They could have easily abandoned The Alamo and lived to fight another day. But anyways... Check out their big tower/needle thing too, has great views of the city. For food, we enjoyed The Guenther House for breakfast. IIRC they don't take reservations, so you have to wait 30-45 minutes, but there's a cool walk to the restaurant through an old historic part of town, and then you can take the river trail back to the riverwalk area afterwards. Some amazing biscuits if you're into that. I also tell anyone I know that goes there to seek out the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. He used to have an actual club on the riverwalk that was amazing. His show was broadcast on NPR and other radio stations nationwide for a long time. Sadly the club closed but he still plays at various restaurants and clubs around town. We happened to catch him at this total dive bar in a semi-sketchy area (or what appeared to be a semi-sketchy area) and it was the best 4-5 hours of the trip. Awesome music and good handmade cocktails.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 10:32 AM) Greg - I think it was more me pointing out that you tend to focus on a lot of the stories the media picks up, thinking things are far worse then they actually are, because every little thing gets covered today vs. 20 years ago. I also give you mad props for having two daughters in med school (or on their way to med school). That in and of itself is awesome and while it is a testament to them, I also think it is a testament to you and your wife. But alas, I am an optimist, I believe in good and focus on the positives. Life is too short to worry about all the negatives. That's just because of your affluent white male upbringing. Racist!

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 09:16 AM) Yes, it is possible. And when that law enforcement arrived, and he told them it was a clock, and they see it's clearly a clock, they could have done the obvious thing and... not put him in handcuffs. Problem solved. As for everything else, if he says it looks like a bomb, that sounds an awful lot like it is not a bomb, eh? Right, that's the part that doesn't make sense. I'm fine with the school calling the cops. I'm not so fine with the cops still deciding to arrest him IF they could easily tell it was just a clock and not a bomb, which appears to be the case.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 08:48 AM) At least they are punishing in-house. I think it's a big problem that schools lean so heavily on law enforcement for discipline. My high school changed policies in High School to arrest any students in fights. We had the highest amount of arrests in the state, I believe. Fights didn't go down, but dozens of kids were sent through the criminal justice system who otherwise didn't need to. I'm sure that improved things. Of course the counter to that is when parents complain that the school is "handling" the problem but not doing so in a legally justifiable way. i.e., either arrest my son/daughter or don't. End of the day this is an overreaction, but if I'm a parent of a kid in that school, f*** someone's sensibilities/white guilt about doing something seemingly racist. I'd rather they be safe than sorry. This goes for "homemade clocks," fake weapons, etc.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 12:04 PM) About 400 people die annually from salmonella in this country. Deaths are a pretty easily predictable outcome. Yeah but look at that list. You get hundreds/thousands of people sick, but no deaths. If your car engine turns off, chances are much, much greater that death or serious injury will occur. Not absolving this guy of anything, but it's more a comparison to other, worse decisions that had even worse consequences. If ss2k5 is going to light this guy up - which i'm fine with - there's not much of a bar on the severity of the crime to the punishment in other cases.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 11:52 AM) His actions literally killed multiple people and sickened hundreds of others. I'm fine with 28 years. But it was more of an increased risk situation than a known death/murder situation. To me something like the GM situation is even worse. You know when people drive that car there will be deaths if the engine turns off. Here, yeah, you can assume based on the numbers people will get sick, but i'm not sure you can say death is a very likely result. Perhaps i'm underscoring the severity of salmonella though. I guess the real problem is the peanut industry isn't as good at lobbying the government not to file criminal charges like the auto industry. 124 deaths not as big of a deal as 9, apparently. http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-charges-gm...itch-1442502075

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 11:20 AM) 28 years for salmonella: Peanut exec gets groundbreaking sentence I'm a little torn on this. Yay for finally going after execs who make awful, life-altering decisions....but at the same time, 28 years? Seems like a smidge too much. I won't lose sleep over it though. Good riddance.

Yeah this is pretty f***ed up: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world...=3&referrer