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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 11:34 AM) So according to Newt Gingrich on my Twitter feed, Obama had some remarks about the recent terrorist attacks and failed to mention that the people beheaded by ISIS were beheaded because they were Christians (something they admitted), and he called the recent attack on Jews in Denmark "random," despite the attacker stating that he was deliberately targeting Jews. Can someone explain why he's fine jumping the gun about motive for attacks here in the states, but not elsewhere? I normally don't give a crap about these sorts of statements/non-statements, but in this case it all happened within the last week or so and the responses from him were not similar at all. I'm not going to pretend to speak for the President. Here is a possibility. Two different speeches in different contexts. Random in the sense of it happening in Denmark. Denmark!? Isn't that random? I can't think of anything happening in Denmark before. Random in the sense that there were thousands of Christians in the country and these were the ones captured. Newt is deciding that the President meant random in the context of the motive of the killers. That could be true, maybe it isn't. We can't know without understanding the complete speech. In the first case listing things that he failed to mention could fill volumes. He failed to mention police shootings, WW2, the Vatican, the history of Christian missionaries being killed around the globe. Without knowing the full speech and the venue, and the occasion, putting significance in what wasn't said opens every speech to every negative judgement you want to make. Or we could go with he hates all Christians and is on the side of Muslim extremism. Of course those same people also believe he sat in a Christian church because he believed 100% with everything that pastor was saying.

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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 12:33 PM) My wife wanted one so bad and we got it loaded up and the price was way too high for what we got and I hate driving it. The thing barely starts, sucks in the snow and is slow as hell. Why do people want this car so badly>? We love my wife's CRV-X and will be buying another one. It is maneuverable for her in city traffic and comfortable on the highway. The gas mileage was nice when we took it on a couple cross country trips. It is a nice balance to my F-150. Never a problem starting Never drive in snow My wife doesn't notice it being slow Reliable as hell, no repairs beyond routine maintenance in 6 years 80,000 miles Good sight lines The seat configuration / hatch has worked great for longer trips

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) Texas is likely set to kill another innocent man. Just go ahead and execute, we can bring him back to life later.

Unless I am mistaken, this year's thread is hundreds of posts short of the first year. We should require every poster to post once.

I was looking at the springtrainingconnection site. They have updated. So we're letting every AL Central team start a day or two ahead of us!? Fire Robin Now!!

Saturday and Sunday are damn fine days for most working people.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 12:25 PM) Saudi Arabia is at 30 this year and there were others last week. Yawn. We only killed 35 in 2014. If some states would start emulating Texas we could keep up with the Saudis.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/execution-list-2014 I have not vetted the source, but the Texas list looks correct. Some interesting stuff there.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Zero evidence, so far, he shot them SPECIFICALLY because they were Muslim. I know you can read. And the shooter has offered statements against all religions, and religion in general. He hasn't just singled out one for his scorn. And I didn't present evidence that they DID make it up. YOU said not likely. I showed you cases where it did happen and offered my OPINION that I thought it was even money they did it themselves. And I have told you both of these at least twice now. So once again, zero evidence that he shot them because he specifically hated Islam. Hating all religions and shooting someone because of that is different that 'Islamophobia'. But don't let that detract from the narrative that Muslims are always the victims because of their religion. Zero evidence they torched their own business, yet you call the odds 50-50. Evidence he hated religion, yet you call it zero evidence he killed them because of their religion. How can you not see the hypocrisy?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 01:40 PM) What timezone are you in, Tex? Still got 5 days left. Isn't the 19th reporting day? 15, 16, 17, 18, then report?? Four days without baseball.

No students, teacher development day.

Questions are acceptable in this format, yet are hardly used.

Greatest #4 in Sox history.

Hey SS2k5 posted out of turn or I see that SS2k5 has posted out of turn.

Interesting. First off, I guess I pay less than zero attention to the NL -- Sandberg is managing? WTF when did that happen My thought in these rankings are how many could lead their teams to the WS title? Perhaps all in the right circumstances. Are they 100% better than the next? Or just 1 or 2% better. Rank the top 100 yards dash guys on the planet and they rank thousands of a second apart.

The key difference you are missing is on one hand we have a specific individual involved who has made anti religious statements, and you believe that does not mean anything. On the other hand you point out other people not involved in this case to prove that a totally different group may have torched their own place. How can you ignore statements by the person involved but cite as evidence in a different case people not even involved? Your evidence that they may have torched their own building is other Muslims have done it. Other killers have murdered Muslims over religion. If I post a list of people who have killed Muslims because of religion would that change your mind about the shooting? or another way Shooting case? Zero evidence he shot them over religion. He said it was about a parking space and that's good enough. You ignore the shooters own statements. Arson case? Those Muslims are always making this stuff up. 50-50 they did it themselves. Be consistent.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 10:48 AM) Chicago is an old city. The city layout was done centuries before professional sports became a thing. All but the Cubs have had opportunities to move. Imagine a suburban sprawling complex with two or three stadiums, a huge entertainment district . . . It will never happen

Four more days.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) Come on man, Steve Stone may be a complete asshole outside the booth, but Hawk is 100% to blame for their awful in-game chemistry. While I may tip the scale in one direction or the other, blaming one person 100% brings another "come on man" kind of comment. Stone has some blame as well. We can discuss if it is 10% or 50%. But you can't allow Stone to skip with zero blame.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 06:15 AM) Anyone ever been to Zanies in Rosemont? Going to see Iliza Shlesinger in May. Went to the one in Vernon Hills once before it closed but was wondering what the lay out was like because she goes on at 9:30 but Richard Lewis is on at 7pm. So it is a separate room they clear out after he is done? Jeff Garlin is there as well a few weeks before but would rather see the hot girl. I obviously don't go out much. Richard Lewis still has a career?

When I bought my 2013 there were almost $10,000 in rebates plus the dealer discount. It Texas they are fast movers.

I was thinking about Phoenix and how they have been able to position their sports stadiums near great entertainment areas, have them reasonable grouped, and just a great place to attend events. It's too bad Chicago never developed that way.