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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 11:19 AM) It's not high end but we got a fridigaire gallery gas range with four burners and a central griddle burner last year (about $900). We've been happy with it so far. Electric stoves are terrible, a propane camp stove would be an upgrade over that. After cooking 20 years on gas and then switching to electric, I thought that electrics were terrible. Once we put in a better electric, without the coils, and adjustable burners, etc. I've starting to enjoy electric much more. I also have used a propane camp stove for hundreds of meals, propane camp stoves are not even close to a good electric, especially as the propane starts dropping. I especially now prefer baking in an electric compared to the gas.

I have six golf tournaments in 7 school days. So far four of those days have been spent in 40 degrees with mist and rain.

When Presidents make these statements I always hope there is a speech writer that that knows what is happening and he doesn't have to consult wikipedia to offer some respect. I don't expect a President to know everything about everyone and everything nor will his speech writers. This is different. With this statement, I expect the President could have written this himself. It somehow means so much more coming from a legit Sox fan who also happens to be the President.

Damn. He was a great representative of Chicago and the White Sox. In the years when the team had no chance it was guys like Minnie who made baseball special and a reason to go watch the team play. Being a baseball fan is so much more than just watching championship teams. It's watching great people and respecting the traditions. RIP Minnie got to play when it was game not a business. When I was growing up I remember him playing in the 1980s and the newspaper coverage about his career. I remember having his baseball card and looking at the stats. He was lucky in some ways, unlucky he couldn't have hit free agency and made some real money.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2015 -> 06:31 AM) Daesh kidnaps ~100 local Sunni Tribesmen in the area around Tikrit, seemingly to keep them from allying with the army during any spring offensives. Why won't Obama say that these guys are clearly targeting all Sunni muslims? Their victims are overwhelmingly muslims. The president should be ashamed for not acknowledging that constantly. A wee bit of green in there. I'll stay consistent with my comment that every situation is different and each should be analysed for the best response. No one size fits none approach.

Thoughts? Ozzie would be so excited.

It probably isn't a super accurate way to think of these shows, but on average each team should have 3 players in the top 100. If we place four, which seems a long shot, we're above average.

I just finished reading your responses. I assume the questions are rhetorical. Thank you.

211 posts about a guy who seemingly is always hurt and not a premier player in his league. 11 posts for the top scorer in the NHL

Rose is my ex-wife's name. I see the name and it is always bad news.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 09:26 AM) This last 24 hours can die and go to hell. Or the ER if you are a star Chicago winter sport athlete.

Are you using any calorie counting programs? I'm down about 25 pounds from 9 months ago. I've stalled a little bit, but getting back on track. The myfitnesspal app worked for me.

I tried the delayed open feature, but must have goofed somewhere in the set-up. Yes, but, I've been watching the Truman Show with my classes. If I don't see you . . .

Cocktails anyone?

So what's for lunch?

And for those grumpy people out there; since morning ends at noon, this will close at the appropriate time in the central time zone.

I just thought I'd wish everyone a good morning.

I watched the play about ten times and the hit doesn't seem that hard. (still wrong, but from some of the comments I was reading elsewhere I expected a flagrant cheap shot) But if you look at his left skate he seems to lose his balance just enough. Landing into the boards like that meant his left side took a much bigger hit than if he was in open ice. Dammit

Good five minute read. Thanks for posting. He seems like a good candidate for coaching.

^^x2^^ Stealing is nice, but chicks dig the long ball

I thought someone dug up an old thread

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 11:32 AM) He's a Christian. He's also an extremist/psychotic one with a warped and distorted understanding of Christian ideology. Not sure why this is so complicated. Obama isn't forced to label ISIS members broadly as just Muslims. He can say they're extremists, terrorists, etc. And you're still not getting it. I want Obama to state the facts regarding their motive. E.g., like today, ISIS kidnapped 90-100 Assyrian Christians. It wasn't a "random" kidnapping. It was clearly deliberate. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/24/...N0LS0MH20150224 It's complicated because you treat religion like race or nationality, something that you are born with and can't change. I don't believe that. People are lead into religions all the time, and away from them. Christians convert to Judaism, Jews accept Jesus, and as we have seen, some people move from Muslim, to something not Muslim. Religion is a belief and when you stop believing in that religion, you stop being that religion. That doesn't seem complicated to me. When you distort a religion to the point you no longer believe in the mainline principles of that religion, you should not be labeled with that religion. And once again I ask, how will Obama stating the facts as you believe them help to stop the growth of terrorism? That should be the goal. Stopping this stuff. I've stated why some people believe that by carefully not insulting mainstream Muslims for the acts by those who have distorted the religion into something else that helps to stop the some of the fringe Muslims from becoming radicalized. Keep it simple for me, what is your counter argument? Also, by your definition there are no random crimes. The Colorado theater shooting wasn't random, he planned it. The Oklahoma bombing wasn't random, he planned it. You get killed in a drive by in Arlington Heights, not random because someone planned it. Other people see randomness in those crimes. They view non random crimes when someone targets a specific victim. If the Colorado shooter went into the theater to kill that b**** usher who made him turn off his cell phone, not random. If the OK Bomber wanted to kill those children who walked across his lawn, not random. If a murderer wakes up this morning and decides to kill the first person he sees who isn't wearing gloves, is that random or not? Your argument is that is not a random crime, it was planned out and he selected a victim based on a criteria. There probably needs to be a better word than deliberate or random. I agree random is not exactly what it was, but the specific persons were not picked out. Anyone fitting that description could have been killed that day. So these guys killed any random person who looked like they believe in Christ. Oddly, the terrorists seem to have a way of knowing who has accepted Jesus Christ as their savior when abducting them. As a Christian yourself, you certainly see the differences that other people see? You might not accept them, but at least you see where people seethe randomness in finding people on the street, thinking they are Christian, and kidnapping them.

Too subtle?

FWIW

So he is still a Christian, then would you say that Christians are committing those crimes? If you decide that God is telling you to kill all non Christians, is that considered a Christian act? If someone seeks revenge and kills in cold blood a murder and justifies it as an eye for an eye, are they doing it because they are a Christian or they are evil/mentally ill/ etc.? And if he did make the statements as you want, how will that help end terrorism? The argument against is it causes some Muslims to fee, offended by the US and radicalizes more of them. Even if that is not true, how will saying that Muslims are using terrorism against non Muslims going to stop the violence?