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And all the nonsense about the Bulls keeping him on until after the coaching hires were completed was, as expected, a bunch of nothing.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 28, 2015 -> 12:03 PM) BTW - I think KC Johnson takes a huge hit here. Between him getting blown up from the Deng deal, and consistently putting for the view that the Front office wanted to appear to be the truth (stability) and not what was actually going on, I just have no trust that his "reality" takes are true. Woj was the correct one here, as usual. Not sure I buy this. KC has always been a "here's the facts" kind of writer, without the fluff of his own opinions or take on the issue. He's the Bull's beat writer for the Trib, so of course he's going to play nice with the Bulls FO, but i'm not sure he's a cheerleader either.

No chance. But if Hoiberg is a failure, one or both are probably gone. I'm still not sure what the fascination is with him.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 27, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) Are we talking title runs only, I assume? Duncan, Parker, Ginobli, Pierce, Garnett, Allen, Melo, Durant and possibly Westbrook all come to mind. Gasol and Steph Curry could be added to that list this year depending on how things play out. Dirk too. At best though, how many of those would land in the top 50? Duncan, Dirk, Garnett. That's probably it right? Durant maybe, but not yet, and who knows how that foot will hold up.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 27, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) How would you show that a law prevented a crime? What evidence would you accept? A sizeable reduction in shootings would help. But when there's so few of those shootings anyway, tough to say that a change in gun laws would be connected.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ May 27, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) I don't think it's the airflow. It's basically the grease dripping down onto the metal plates that cover the burners. Then the flames come up and set the grease on fire, even on their lowest settings. When I grill something like hot dogs or brats where there is no grease dripping down, it's not a problem. Probably need a good cleaning. Or the next time you grill, crank up the temp and let it cook for a while and burn all that excess food off.

Apparently FIFA came out this morning and said neither the Qatar or Russia games will be moved.

Really enjoyed that jail scene in GOT, for obvious reasons. My wife's eyes were rolling out of her head though. Her: "What's the point of that scene? It added nothing to the story." Me: "Ugh, boobs?"

Or is it positioned in such a way that wind is pushing the flames up?

QUOTE (shipps @ May 26, 2015 -> 03:56 PM) What the hell kind of coach do they expect to bring in to this organization when they treat the previous coach in a manner such as this? Its f***ing ridiculous if they actually do that with Thibs. Its all ego and no professionalism whatsoever. Firing a guy for losing horribly to an undermanned team like the Cavs? Thibs getting fired is a reasonable, logical decision. The noise all season about GarPax wanting him gone was just proven correct. Thibs is a great defensive coach. He can get you an extra 5-10 wins. He's not a top of the line coach that can win you championships. His record against Lebron is terrible. His record against top coaches is terrible. And his entire offensive philosophy is terrible. Rose or no Rose, it didn't matter. Not sure why anyone is sad that he's leaving. The Bulls since 2010 are the "imagine if" team. Now they're stuck in no man's land: not good enough to win a title, too good to find a superstar in the draft. Welcome to 1st/2nd round exists for the foreseeable future, with or without Thibs.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ May 26, 2015 -> 03:15 PM) I've been grilling for years and still haven't quite gotten the hang of it for some reason. My biggest problem is the grease dripping down. If I'm using charcoal, it drips onto the briquettes and puts them out. If I'm using propane, it causes flare-ups. I've debated on getting one of these, but don't know how well it will work. Use the lid. That'll kill any flare-ups. If the charcoal is out with some drips, i'm guessing they're not hot enough. And/or you're not using enough charcoal.

We use an old android tablet with a case and load it up with movies. We also bought some cheap sleeping bag straps with buckles for like $5 on amazon. Those work just as good as a $20-30 headrest mount.

Yeah man, I used my Weber for years to smoke and then got an electric one (Masterbuilt, similar to this http://www.amazon.com/Masterbuilt-20070910.../dp/B00104WRCY) ) last summer and it's 100 times easier. You use less chips, I can set it and forget it (overnight smokes are so easy now...) and it comes out great. Actually smoked a whole chicken and a brisket this weekend and it was awesome. Definitely worth the $250-350 investment.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 26, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) I'm not ignoring it. If anyone passes a law because they think it will prevent a crime, they are idiots. I believe I wrote that more than a few times. Laws do not prevent crimes. Laws establish what to do with the criminals. There has never been a law that has prevented a crime from being committed by criminals. So if you use that as a criteria, we would not have an laws. Do we need these laws based on a biker shootout in Waco? No. If that is the only reason these laws were written, that one situation, that is wrong. Tex, you're being a bit narrow-minded here. Laws ARE passed to prevent crime and/or socially unacceptable acts. They're also meant to provide punishment for those acts. But if there is no concern for preventing the crime, then there's no point in having the law. DUI laws have prevented me from driving drunk. Speeding laws have prevented me from driving 100 mph everywhere. I pay my taxes so I don't have to go to jail. Those laws prevented my potential criminal behavior. You're talking out of both sides here. It's not about preventing crime, but let's make it possible to punish gang bangers for having guns so we can possibly prevent crime?

QUOTE (bmags @ May 26, 2015 -> 12:44 PM) Man, the Dorne stuff is so bad it seems beyond redemption. I've never seen this show do worse character introduction and development than with the Sand Snakes. That scene in the jail was like something out of a Starz show, not Game of Thrones. And all of the "wink" and side-eye glances in the cell, "oh here she goes again" crap. Andy greenwald made a point that the shooting of this show is so intense, they can't be at every set and basically what they shoot is what they get. I wonder if they got the Dorne stuff and were like "crap, well, we gotta make it work". I wonder if it is just poor writing, or horrible execution by the director. It has been just so campy. The Dorne stuff was going to be so difficult to integrate into the show. Martin spent a bunch of time on it and really where did that story go in two books?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) Here's one problem with your assertion that "gun laws won't fix the problem" or however you're writing it - we know they won't work when they're filled full of holes. Limiting straw purchases and requiring background checks in Chicago does nothing if the buyers can arm themselves to the teeth by walking over the border to the shop in Indiana that doesn't care. That doesn't mean the concept in general will not work, it means that the concept has not been tried. But laws aren't and shouldn't be enacted on a concept. If you can't establish the requisite necessity, in the most narrowly tailored manner possible, it's not an appropriate law.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 26, 2015 -> 02:01 PM) Let me simplify. Name a law that you couldn't say we don't need because it wouldn't have stopped a tragedy? Using that logic we wouldn't have any laws. We don't need gun laws because it wouldn't have prevented this tragedy. We don't need assault laws because it wouldn't have prevented this tragedy, We don't need murder laws because it wouldn't have prevented this tragedy. My argument has been and continues to be: We don't have laws to prevent these tragedies, we have laws to punish the people who cause these tragedies. No law has ever in the history of laws stopped a criminal. I'm not going to attempt to read your quadruple negative there, but I'll repeat: you're ignoring that these laws are being proposed on a belief that they will prevent similar crimes in the future if they are enacted. They're not being proposed simply to add more punishment for crimes (and given that a lot of these crimes end in suicides/intended deaths, that wouldn't even make sense). Without the tragedy, there's no push for new laws. No one disagrees with your general point, but you need to move past it to the next level. We already have gun/murder laws. People are punished for using guns in unlawful ways and/or for murdering people in unjustified ways. The question now is do we need these other laws on top of existing laws.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 26, 2015 -> 01:40 PM) Again, if each time there is a tragedy you say the law would not have stopped it, so the law is bad, there would be no laws. It takes laws to lock these people up. Making the existing law tougher doesn't make sense because not every attempted murder (for example) is the same. Person A attempts murder (1) with a hammer -- one sentence Person B attempts murder (1) with an illegal automatic weapon (2) with an extra large capacity magazine (3), another couple charges. Why make A and B face the same charges? And again I will give this example. Taxing criminal activities. No one expects criminals to pay their taxes, but it has allowed the law to lock up criminals. The damn thing it does is lock criminals up, the same as every other law. It doesn't, and never will, stop a tragedy from happening. And can't you see that criminals never obey the law, that is the definition of a criminal. I will ask again, name one law that has stopped all criminals? But it's YOUR burden to show why a law is necessary. We don't consider everything illegal but for some exceptions. We say that everything is legal but for some exceptions, especially when you're talking about a constitutional right. If you can't prove that these new laws would prevent the crime that you're responding to, you've failed your burden of establishing that the law is necessary. Because without preventing tragedies or at least some shootings, they're not. Your point on taxes is wholly irrelevant here. Tax laws aren't intended as a back door to jailing criminals. They apply to everyone equally. These proposed gun laws are specifically targeted for one purpose: to prevent gun crimes. And if there's no proof they will, why have them on the books? Some inconsequential increase in potential charges isn't enough. Also, no one is arguing that all laws are bad. No one is arguing that all laws must prevent crimes to be acceptable laws. But there is some middle ground that you're not understanding and/or are purposefully ignoring.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 26, 2015 -> 01:36 PM) You are trying to turn this into some reflection of society or something. People are mad because the Bears signed a person who has physically assaulted women in the past and then within two months of being signed was charged with beating a women and child. Is it all that shocking that people would be mad about that? To the extent they blame the Bears or think the Bears are somehow responsible and should be punished, which is the general takeaway nationally, yes. That's shocking.

Once you master grilling, open your world to smoking

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) Not quite following the 2nd sentence, as a major public franchise relying on people in the area for their revenue it seems like playing the PR game has to be a huge part of anything they do. Do you think it shouldn't be and the Bears should just ignore that? I don't think they need to go overboard in their justification for signing a player who had accusations, but no charges, in the past. Doing so means that society somehow needs to be moral judges of their moves, which is nonsense. They're a business, not a church. I'm sure at a certain point, it would be a good idea NOT to sign Aaron Hernandez types. But people do dumb s*** and deserve second chances. Also, this is the hottest of takes: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2...abuse/27923539/ What a moron. The Bears should be held responsible for this guy being an awful human being? Really? And again, this dude will be the first to claim the NFL is excluding too many people and/or being racist when NFL teams stop signing guys with any sort of past because of the potential penalties for it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 26, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) The Ray Rice video changed everything for wife beaters. I just saw a neighbor of mine taken away in handcuffs after choking his girlfriend a couple of weeks ago. Let's keep in mind that the NFL and NFL media just celebrated Winston being selected No. 1. A dude who was accused of rape and theft. Rape and theft, totally cool! Alleged abuse with a considerably sketchy ex-fiance (not excusing anything there, but there's something else going on in that situation), riots! Also, are we forgetting Brandon Marshall had the same sort of issues before he signed with the Bears? And then he ended up being pretty good for them AND stayed out of trouble?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2015 -> 01:15 PM) I wouldn't be surprised if they were extra on the lookout to avoid a similar PR hit in the near future. Put it this way. Matt Forte gets hurt in TC. Ray Rice is available. Are the Bears going to be the team that does that? I'd guess this actually would effect the answer. "PR hit" is a manufactured media story, not a real problem. Again, that's the bigger problem here, that the Bears have to play the PR game to begin with.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 26, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) Because they got burned. If you really think George McCaskey will approve a similar case in the future, I totally disagree, and good for him. I think teams can still win wife beater-free. They didn't get burned at all. As others have said, it was low risk, decently high reward. The fact that George had to come out and make statements to justify the signing is the real problem here. Who the hell cares? It's a business. It's a sport. They're not role models and they shouldn't be role models. If they are for you, adjust your life and/or parenting.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 26, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) Omg, 150k. Whatever are they going to do? A freaking parking ticket. And a PR problem? For what? Giving the guy a second chance? What's the alternative here? The NFL/teams stop signing guys with any sort of criminal past? Then the same people will b**** that the NFL is too exclusionary and/or racist. Leave it to the American people to make a controversy and/or b**** and whine about anything and everything.