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QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jan 17, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) 35 years ago my ex-wife and I had our first date on Valentines Day. I took her out to dinner. Less than a month later we were living together. Exactly 4 months later we got married. I proposed to my ex on April Fools Day, so that holiday is ruined for me.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 14, 2015 -> 08:30 PM) But if you knew that was true, you'd put your enforcement right outside of that location, right? The state of Illinois can't do that because the states next door are enabling criminal activity within their borders. It would be like Wyoming police busting a shop in Colorado because too much pot was finding it's way there. You have to be breaking a law in that jurisdiction. Which why I am in favor of unified national laws regarding guns. Hitting state lines when travelling shouldn't cause people to break out a legal encyclopedia to be in compliance. This also includes sillier things like motorcycle helmet laws, etc.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jan 15, 2015 -> 08:23 AM) Plus, he could spend some time in the booth, spelling Hawk or Farmer. And don't forget about hot dog vendor. He could do play by play and have one or more of his girlfriends provide "color".

You guys are finding the money, now figure out where all the volunteers and buildings come from. Who are you giving the money to and who are they responsible to?

By taking away the tax break to churches, you are increasing taxes on the people who attend church. People who attend the church would have to contribute more to keep the doors open, fund the various ministries, projects, community projects, etc. The party that does that loses a lot of voters in the process.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 14, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) The Sox do not owe Dunn anything. (unless there was some deferred money that I am unaware of) This. If anything his performance to contract ratio has the debt as Dunn owes the Sox. I like the clubhouse and off the field comparison to Thome. It just ends on the field.

I'm surprised that no one has stated the obvious. This allows him to easily take a position on the Sox coaching staff as roving minor league batting instructor until there is room on Robin's staff. Not only filling two roster positions as a OF/P but coaching as well. The future of baseball.

Convention moved up one month to July 2016.

Valentine's Day. Gift ideas guys?

Knowing that is really impossible. Three probably.

Would the hall be better as a Hall of Stats or a Hall of Fame? Serious question? Why does it exist? As a celebration of baseball, guys like Mark with sliding on the tarp during rain delays and pitching no hitters, winning a lot of games, over a long time, seems better than a statue of a guy who cheated, lied, etc with better stats. It seems to me there should be room for guys that made baseball a better sport by having played the game. You know the FAMEous.

QUOTE (Armchair Hahn @ Jan 14, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) he comes back as a new breed of RP/OF...the White Sox are innovative, breaking barriers in creating hybrid relief pitchers/positional players.... 2 positions, 1 roster spot...BRILLIANT!! Come on, this deserved a nod and wink. Nice work. Hmm, 100 RBIs or some of the ladies he "dated"?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 14, 2015 -> 06:59 PM) How does that work? Handled in your class by grade only? Parents called? Suspension? Handled in class. As class ended I asked those that had cheated to stay (shocked looks) and said if you think you got away with it and want to leave, that's your choice. But I can't help you if you leave. One girl stayed who I had not caught. LOL. The two that left are being dealt with by the administration. The four that came clean lost all the points on the multiple choice part and will only receive a grade for their essays. Basically a 64 is their best grade. Enough for them all to still pass. The two that walked are in much hotter water. I have parents coming in on Tuesday.

Teacher Tex "Is this really your work? Student "yes!" You answered all these on your own and these are you best answers? Yes, why? Well, I'm really surprised by your grade. I really, really studied for this test Really, you studied? Yes Then I am even more surprised then, you only have one correct answer! Stunned look Earlier Tex is running off new copies of test questions at 7:00 am Last night Tex gets message with a Twitter screen capture of another student's answer document from another class who took the test earlier that day. Yeah school districts keep tabs on these things. Nailed seven in my class for cheating. Best of all, even if I hadn't changed the test, they would only have earned a 50.

Technically I jumped the gun on grandpa Tex. That will actually happen in August.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) Being in a high crime area would come no where near explaining those trends especially since they're all outside of the state of Illinois. The guns are not being used anywhere near the area they're being purchased, they're bought out of state and then wind up as evidence in the city of Chicago. You still need to prove that the dealer is doing something wrong. A lot of drunk drivers drive through White Castle, but that doesn't really have anything to do with White Castle. As a scientist you understand the difficulties in proving causation. You can't just look at A and B and immediately say with 100% certainty that A caused B.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 14, 2015 -> 01:00 PM) But as I noted, how many nonreligious shelters or food pantries could you fund with the several hundred billion dollars per year that goes to churches in this country? Who are you going to raise taxes on?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 11, 2015 -> 11:45 PM) found these quotes from the comments section of a yahoo question on the topic....take them for what they're worth!!! By percentage of Gross National Income, the top most charitable nations in the world are among the least religious nations on earth. And guess what, the largest recipients of these money also happen to be among the most religious nations on earth. It is funny how the world works. Bill Gates, the most well known atheist in the world, gives more money away than anyone else on the planet Earth. Also, "Christians" like yourself give to feel better about yourself, I volunteer to make those that are less fortunate feel better about themselves, which do you think is a more generous act? Here's a hint, most modern "Christians" are selfish egotists. Believers, don't be afraid to question religion. If God is so almighty, why must he ask people for their money? Or is bleeding mostly the poor and middle class for thousands of years, God's special type of love? if you exclude donating money to churches which for some reason is labeled charity, then atheists actually do give more money than religious people. i dont think donating money to churches should count as charity because the churches just spend it on themselves rather than helping other people One thing of note, Gates' religious point of view change came with the birth of his first child. He was generally, and accurately, described as non religious (waste of time on Sunday when you could be working) or even an atheist. How many non religious based shelters do you find around a city? Food pantries? That's my main point. Churches generally are a gathering spot for communities to do good deeds directly in the community. As a nation we just don't have time for civic and fraternal groups like we use to. The Masons, Elks, Moose, etc all have declining memberships.

I lost count, I was having so much fun. I figure if you can have one funny post in ten years, I should fully appreciate it.

QUOTE (Douglas Rome @ Jan 14, 2015 -> 05:20 AM) 4mil for a slug is obscene. I just shake my head over these ridiculous contracts; it ain't my money, or is it? thanks, douglas I'm going to start a new thread about ball player's money No thank you Dougles With all the gross revenues coming in and teams wanting to win "for the fans", spending the money for talent is probably the right thing to do. They could roll back ticket prices but Sox fans have proven that if the team is not winning $1 tickets won't even sell. I believe the best way to look at it is how does that contract compare to other players that other teams are paying. And it isn't really out of line. As they say "it's good paying work if you can get it". He's probably one of the top 1,000 baseball players in the world right now, out of four billion people, that ain't too shabby.

The Hall of Fame is a celebration of baseball and if the name is to be believed, fame. Fifty years from now do we want fans to know who MB was and what he meant to the game? Has his career been that good? That unique? There are guys in the HoF now that I don't want my great grandkids thinking was what makes baseball great. I'd rather have them see a bust of MB. But I really doubt it would ever happen. We value stats over everything else, and that is probably what should happen. But I'm certain that means the people who have really made baseball great through the years will be missed while those that gave the game a black eye will be there.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 13, 2015 -> 02:15 PM) I'm not a gun person but I presume the argument of stop selling at stores that sell to criminals will mean that any gun store in an area with a high crime rate will close (than as those stores close, they'll buy at the stores next closest and we'll see those stores crime rates increase, etc, until we basically have decided that you can't own guns in empovershed areas (since those typically are the areas with the highest gun rates). I'm fairly certain that sort of policy won't end up working. I'm not an expert either but if you remember to those days when you were underage, there are stores that were easier to buy beer from when you were underage and the rest. Maybe some of these stores are also like that. Bring in some reasonably close document and check out. There is probably a way to look at anomalies in the area.

Great post SS in the French thread in the 'buster.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2015 -> 10:05 AM) This post will change your mind, click the link and see what happens next!!! Wow, we agree on something in the 'buster. I think the article suffers from some circular reasoning, but not bad.