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I am a big AJ fan and I believe it is valuable to have a veteran catcher on a contending squad. I just don't see a big benefit for AJ or the White Sox in him rejoining the team. AJ should be looking for as close to a contender as he can get. I'd rather keep what we've got and hope with time and coaching better things happen. Using a roster spot on AJ with the hopes of maybe being .500 is crazy.

Like they say, only criminals will have guns. Good thing that we are tough on criminals.

The hard drive on my HP laptop seems to be going out. I'm hoping it hangs on long enough for the new drive to arrive on Tuesday. I haven't swapped out a drive on a laptop before, this should be fun. With Dropbox, Google Drive, and Evernote all of my documents and stuff are already backed up and safe. Also T-Mo rolled out 4.3 for my Galaxy 4 so I've had a busy techno-Thanksgiving.

Nice to be Japan. You get to play chicken with American lives.

If Japan and China start shooting each other are we obligated to fight China?

Thanksgiving around the soxtalk table. It would be as dysfunctional as most family gatherings and as warm and wonderful as most family gatherings.

yep, people get close to the truth and they are killed. They do not have to be eye witnesses, they just have to get close.

I find it interesting that Microsoft Word, and a couple other spell check programs, wants to change Dealey Plaza to Daley Plaza. I guess the former Chicago mayor Richard Daley is better known than the site of a presidential assassination.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 03:48 PM) Also interesting... of the witnesses at the scene who were interviewed, 81% of them heard 3 shots. The next most common answer? 2 shots, at 12%. 4 or more shots were heard by only 5% of witnesses. I agree, but notice how the conspiracy people use a simple fact and bend it to their needs: That's part of the conspiracy, the government hid or killed witnesses who disagreed.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 01:38 PM) If I declare your yard to be mine, and then you walk through it, are you pushing a confrontation? QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 01:58 PM) We never claimed the yard as ours. Either way, whether it is necessary or not, it is a tough call to challenge them. Remember, China hasn't said it is a no fly zone, they just want planes to ID themselves to them. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 02:05 PM) Japan does claim it. QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 27, 2013 -> 09:30 AM) Yes, they do. We don't. To clarify.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 02:05 PM) Japan does claim it. Yes, they do. We don't.

We never claimed the yard as ours. Either way, whether it is necessary or not, it is a tough call to challenge them. Remember, China hasn't said it is a no fly zone, they just want planes to ID themselves to them.

Seems like we were pushing a confrontation. It's stuff like this that must keep a president up at night.

Has anyone played the video game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK:_Reloaded ? basically you have the chance to recreate Oswald's shots.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 25, 2013 -> 07:36 PM) He was a sharpshooter in the marines. But not a very good one. One of the unusual, not not unique, aspects to Oswald's life was being able to move to Russia then return without much trouble.

I placed this in SL&M as a way to keep the discussion generic to all things, not just a specific sport. Whenever the discussion becomes who is the greatest __________ , it seems that the first hurdle is the length of a career. Too short and the body of work isn't there, yest if you enjoy a very long career, your stats become discounted. Make one or two great movies may not be enough, but make 30 nearly great ones, maybe not enough either. Have three or four great seasons in a 10 year career versus a 30 year career almost seems better. So where is the balance? What does it take to be the greatest actor of all time? Greatest accountant? Greatest doctor? Baseball player? How do we define "Greatest of all-time"?

Bottom line the party that allows SS to crash is destroyed. If both do, they will all be out, It is the one sacred program that all Americans want. There is no Dems and Reps when it's time to deposit those checks.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Nov 25, 2013 -> 11:23 AM) And I'm just supposed to hope and pray it exists 40 years from now and NOT take a health care credit because of that? That's a hell of a lot of faith to put in our clearly dysfunctional government. Which political party will allow the program to die and basically destroy the elderly?

I was really surprised that they continued to use the car.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 24, 2013 -> 11:10 AM) Money paid on interest doesn't help your score. Payment history helps your score. Payments typically include interest. I should have been clearer. Bottom line you have to open accounts and use them at least a little to improve your score. That typically means having a balance and paying it off. I agree that there are great advantages with using a credit card instead of a debit card, checks, or cash. But for the vast majority of people credit cards become a way to buy things faster, they replace savings, and in the end hurt a person's finances more than help. It's a terrible crutch. And one way the credit industry sucks people in is with making credit scores something desirable and worth working for.

Part of the Mafia theory is Robert kennedy was aggressivly prosecuting mafia members and they wanted to get Robert out of the way. However, they knew if they killed him first, JFK would have been all over them, so they "cut the head of the snake off" first.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Nov 24, 2013 -> 02:33 PM) The reason the wage earning "middle class" (is there one?) votes conservative is Jesus. The end. But that's another discussion. And yes Balta is right, I think Duke meant lower class. The Catholic and Jewish votes went to Obama.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 23, 2013 -> 01:03 PM) It's funny to me that having less credit cards can lower your score. Your credit score is basically how good of a customer you are for companies who want you to spend $$$$ on finance charges. The more money you pay in interest, the higher your score. The person who actually pays for things immediately instead of taking out a series of micro-loans receives a lower score. Put money in the bank and pay for those new clothes when you buy them, lower score. Take out a $150 loan to buy those jeans, higher score. Best of all, when you have a high enough score, when you take out that loan for dinner, the interest will be lower. You want a lower interest, just not 0% from paying upfront. Again, nice racket and the credit card industry has done a remarkable marketing job as will be witnessed by the following posts that will defend taking out loans via credit cards.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 22, 2013 -> 01:18 PM) The longer this drags on the more it hurts the Yankees. yeah, they may have a lot of money to spend.

I am thinking that for a period of years they didn't know the extent or the benefits totally. Plus the technology got better. I believe at some point it finally came together and they realized guys were hitting 500' home runs because of the juice. At that point I would say they "actively" ignored it. By my count there were 10 - 12 years of hmm, is there something? Then 5 or 6 years of "don't look over there, it's selling tickets". Finally a few years of trying to get it cleaned up. A-Rod has become of target. He's the perfect guy to get tough with. Huge contract to void to help out the flag ship franchise. Most people dislike the Yankees (Yankee$, Yankmees,).