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Very awesome day of research! Walking on sunshine

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) If you're given the choice between that and having your spouse no longer be able to see a doctor, isn't the choice obvious? This conversation is way off scale for a message board. It involves a personal matter that you have to deal with. Again, I do not believe the institution is evil. I believe the faculty you would be joining would have made an entirely different decision than the couple people that did. Therefor I would have no problem accepting a position there. Well the cold would suck. I bet you will discover that the adults around the university share your disdain and are upset about the shame the event has placed on the university.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 10:24 AM) I still fundamentally disagree with this concept. I understand you do. If we followed your reasoning there shouldn't be a university for you to apply to. Every department in the University should be punished. The President was involved, the president was in charge of the entire university, so the entire university should be punished. Pull any grants, government assistance, close down the research labs. I say you should go and be proud of being a Nittany Lion. Their academics have been top ranked, they are a great American institution who in their 100 plus year history had five horrific individuals that ruined lives and have been punished for them, perhaps too lightly, especially one. There have also been hundreds of thousands of outstanding faculty members and students who have been an asset to their communities. The math seems easy to me. If you truly believe that the entire institution was corrupt and should be punished, a lot of those same people are still there. By joining them you are sleeping with pigs and giving your approval for their past mistakes. I find it unbelievable that based on your beliefs that you would even consider working there.

Sorry I was just tired of seeing the b.s. I tossed up there earlier.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 08:55 AM) Hawk's year as the GM has been written and talked about as something that basically set the team back for 5 years. That team was going to be bad regardless of who the GM was. All you really have to do is check the roster. There were some pieces acquired that helped in the future. I laugh at all of the people now who made it seem like Hawk committed some sort of felony when he got rid of LaRussa. LaRussa got booed every time he went to the mound. Many of the same people who would call into radio shows to say LaRussa sucked and needed to go are fans that now use firing LaRussa as proof Hawk is an idiot. You make that sound like an unusual thing lol Nice analysis and much fairer than what Hawk usually receives.

Quite early for my sig and avatar to be in full baseball season. It signifies my approval of the off season moves by the Chicago White Sox and their minor league system.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 07:46 AM) Let me get this straight, Balta has accused everyone that uses gas/oil of somehow supporting beheadings, but at the same recently admitted to applying for a job at Penn f***ing State, an institution that enabled a child molester for years and still views one of those enablers as sacred. Talk about some holier-than-thou bulls*** right there. I believe a key difference is the entire university wasn't corrupt, only a very small handful. Actually five by most counts. The entire academic department had no idea what was gong on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_Chicago Three rugby teams, four roller derby, two women's American football, hockey, Australian rules football, arena football, dodgeball . . .

Perhaps the evil misquoter appeared in this thread

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) They are the ones who have spent the last month cheering. That's what has bothered me. That and applying for a job there. There were millions of people cheering on Penn State. They had no idea what was going on. They are not guilty of anything. Crimes happen on every college campus, most people have no knowledge of them. You can't hold an entire campus guilty. There is one person still not punished, which pisses me off. But I'm not concerned about punishing a campus.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 08:01 PM) liking the insurance marketplace. My step son turns 26 in a couple weeks and he will have a plan that won't destroy his sayings. QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 08:02 PM) LoL, twice in a 24 hour period. Wouldn't expect less from a Texan My oh my did I post too quick.

liking the insurance marketplace. My step son turns 26 in a couple weeks and he will have a plan that won't destroy his sayings.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 02:28 PM) No, I am suggesting that the Muslims running around crying about 'Islamaphobia' need to STFU for a moment or three because while there is a chance it was religiously motivated, their specific religion may not have mattered. Christian, Buddist, whatever, wrong place, wrong time. My only disagreement is you said here is zero evidence to suggest it was religious motivated. I believe there is some evidence that a religious motive may have been credit. Again, would you just accept the murders explanation or investigate to see if other crimes were committed?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 02:36 PM) I think you can take what he said to mean that the US is better than most. Not sure anyone would agree that the system is perfect. But there IS a system in place. Unlike ISIS. There is a system. It is quick and effective. No long trials or appeals. Isn't that what America wants? Usually we declare people guilty before the trial even starts.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) I've never agreed with the concept of a hate crime, as a circumstance of aggravation or a seperate criminal act, unless it is a singular act. What I mean to say is, if you kill someone, you should be prosecuted for the murder solely. Now, if there is evidence that the suspect acted in part due to hatred of a specific or protected group, certainly the prosecution should bring that up at trial and during sentencing. It is part of the picture. But there should not be an added charge related purely to motivation, in my view. Exactly.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) There is so far zero evidence that he singled out Islam as the target of his aggression because he hated Islam and only Islam. If he hated all religion, then his attacks weren't anti Islam but rather anti all religions, and islam happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. COULD it be? Yes, it COULD. ANY attack could be. And I said that so FAR, there has been no evidence that he singled out Islam for his vengeance. I guess I haven't been clear. I am saying his anti-religion posts have moved it past zero evidence that it could be motivated by some anti-religious stance. It doesn't matter which religion. It could be Christian, Jewish, Islam, Buddha, etc. Are you suggesting as a cop investigating you wouldn't check out that angle and just run with the parking space story?

You don't think it would give them an edge in analyzing recruits and prospects? Remember this should allow the teams to find players that other teams are overlooking. But I agree there are certain disadvantages that those schools have in recruiting.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 01:43 PM) They weren't anti-ISLAM. Religion in general, sure. Claiming he killed them because of Islam, so far, is false. He is anti all religions. But he isn't against Islam? My point is there is a basis that it *could* be religious motivated. You said zero evidence, there is evidence that religion is something that sets him off, that is something, not nothing. Whether that moves the needle to 3 or 11, I won't comment on, but I don't think you can set it at zero without ignoring his anti-religion rants.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 04:57 PM) What about those that enabled and hid the guilty for over a decade? They should be punished. They are guilty as well.

Before Excel there was Lotus 1-2-3

He is not going to survive this. He repeated the story too many times. The next six weeks will be basically on screen auditions for his replacement. Wasn't Lester Holt a former Chicago guy?

Some of his anti-religious comments move the needle past zero. How far? Maybe not much, but it is off zero.

Zeros aren't always handled well by Excel.

That is also an interesting trend. It will be interesting if over time the Ivy league and the more academic elite schools have greater success on the field.

Well you shouldn't be. You should just be more careful.