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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 01:31 PM) He's playing a character, there. Well I'm an idiot, only interview I've seen of him so thought that was just his personality.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 09:58 AM) Everyone wondering how Cruz and Kasich would do and I'm just sitting here sad because I wanted Bernie. Eh, I think he would have a lot of Johnson type moments. I mean he pretty much brushed aside questions about foreign policy when running with lines like "Syria and ISIS are important, and we'll get to those, but what about Wall St?" I think he would have struggled with those topics and that would be hard to overcome especially when you have a fear monger opposite him.

Simpson gave one of the worst interviews ever a long time ago when he first started on Sunny, it was disappointing because I loved him in the show but man it was weird, egotistical, and off-putting. Kind of shaded how I view him. They disabled embedding but found it:

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 09:29 AM) Cruz would have been obliterated too, albeit not as bad as Trump is. Kasich seemed like a decent candidate that people could vote for but he's a religious nutter. Bush has the unfortunate luck of carrying the name of an ex-president who was wildly unpopular. Romney and McCain probably should have run for sure. Romney would have had a shot, but the knock on Hillary for taking donations from large corporations goes out the window then. McCain doesn't have the fight anymore for this, wish we had 2008 McCain running though.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 09:30 AM) Kasich has some pretty strong social conservative views and is an anti choice zealot. Lead story in USA today is the many lawsuits women have filed against Trump and his businesses for discrimination Anna harassment https://mobile.twitter.com/jkelly3rd/status...440697226633216 I mean no candidate will ever be perfect (especially with the current GOP social stances), but he would have been a legit threat to Hillary.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 09:15 AM) Which should speak to how big of a mess the entire GOP is. THIS is who they gave us? Cruz would be a disaster as well, they really needed Kasich or Jeb.

Trump: I know nothing about Russia . . Yea I know Russia

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 9, 2016 -> 08:51 PM) Hillary going low on Donald here with the Putin stuff. Yea she needs to be above that crap, not a good look for her.

Wait, Trump just said he wants others to pay for Syrian refugees, like states who have more money. The f***?

Oh boy, were in the name game again.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 9, 2016 -> 08:38 PM) Trump's answer to better health care: more competition. Good luck... Didn't republicans fight that part of the bill?

Man the street parking around my condo building can be insane, I've see parked cars get slammed before but this is a whole new level: Happened on the street right behind my condo

Kap, hope all works out man.

My best friend and mentor at work is voting for Trump, even though he hates him, has consistently called himself a libertarian, etc but he hates Hillary at a Greg-level. I just don't understand how he isn't going to vote for Johnson, but man party lines are so strong. I honestly don't know who I'm voting for yet, it won't be Trump or Stein, that much I know.

I should add, a full basketball court isn't needed unless they are practicing with a team or something. Most neighborhood games as a kid are halfcourt format in an alley, driveway, etc. I don't think fullcourt was really needed as it was usually hard to get 10 guys anyways, but if you really want the mecca of the neighborhood then fullcourt would be the way to go.

Well now knowing that you don't have easy access to parks, I would reconsider the sports pavilion option. The only problem is, what do you and your wife get out of it until your kid is ready to use it? That's probably at least 5 years away from being useful for him, so would you guys be using it in the interim? Hybrid is probably the way to go, have a halfcourt setup along with either an outdoor living area or pool to round it out.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 04:46 PM) I get detesting the right wing spin on it but if you (not you personally) think HRC isn't claiming losses too you're mistaken. Everybody who's as wealthy as these two has an accountant who's going to legally evade taxes as best they can. This is an industry. When presidential candidates do it people go nuts because they're uninformed (not you personally). I am sure if anyone here uses an accountant and he/she said, "You can use X to get a write-off" nobody would say, "No, I'd rather pay my fair share." Taxes are incredibly steep on the wealthy and the appropriation of them by our government is embarrassing. Power to Trump and HRC for taking advantage of the law that's made to protect the private citizens. I don't care if Trump is super wealthy, or a scumbag or orange or whatever insult you can put next to him, he's still afforded the same rights as anyone else. Sure, unfortunately he doesn't believe that.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 03:39 PM) <!--quoteo(post=3431361:date=Oct 4, 2016 -> 03:12 PM:name=southsider2k5)-->QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 03:12 PM) <!--quotec-->You are making the assumption that these were done for trustworthy reasons. I do not believe that. Not for a second. Especially because none of the decisions made were in a particularly brave political stance, in fact they ALL were made towards the politically favorable stance. That just screams red flag, not change of heart. You're telling me this person isn't 100% authentic?! You can almost read her mind: "what the f*** is going on here? Oh God, she's grabbing my hand. Keep your composure, keep your composure! Look moved but not TOO moved. Ok, ok. Nailed it." I'm not sure if I ever felt more awkward than watching that, wtf was Blige thinking?

Oh man this project sounds awesome shack! I personally would do a pool/lounge combo, you're in the desert and to me a pool is necessary out there. Designating at least some space to a lounge/patio area gives you some non-pool play/bbq/hosting area. As much as the sports complex idea intrigues me, if you have local parks in the area that can fulfill the basketball court, etc wants then I'd rather leave that there and do a pool.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 3, 2016 -> 09:29 AM) The most interesting part of the release... JJ Stankevitz ‏@JJStankevitz 24m24 minutes ago At the bottom of the White Sox press release: "An announcement regarding Chicago’ 2017 coaching staff will be made at a future date." 0 retweets 1 like Well they have 1 spot to fill, could be more than that but you have at least bench coach to fill.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Sep 29, 2016 -> 10:23 AM) I had a positive opinion of Jill Stein prior to this year, and now for the life of me I have no idea why I ever did. She's a clown. Although, she did make a really great point once - she tweeted about Harambe and the need to protect the defenseless, and she was widely mocked for it. She asked "why have you all been giving my Harambe tweets so much attention, and ignoring the times I tweeted about state-sanctioned violence?" Most people would have no answer for that. I had always heard positive things about her, but then I looked her up and saw she was anti-vax and a bunch of other crazy things and yea, I now tell all my friends who bring her up not to vote for her. She has gone off the rails this election cycle as well from what I've seen.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 25, 2016 -> 12:36 AM) One of the best sitcoms out there. Eating the burrito that was in the hot tub...made me cramp I was laughing so hard.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 29, 2016 -> 10:10 AM) Given how much the party machinery has dug into Stein and Johnson I would say that each party seems to fear that potential voters will leave them for a 3rd party more than they do that they will leave for the other major candidate. I can't recall this much attention being given to the 3rd party people since Nader and Ross Perot. And so far they've fallen flat on their faces, they had a prime opportunity to make a real statement but instead they either couldn't handle the attention (Johnson) or stayed completely crazy (Stein).

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 1, 2016 -> 09:37 PM) Someone could correct me if I'm wrong but I think the majority of talent they have right now are seniors. So next year they will be gone and you can't expect Lovie's first recruiting class to kill it in the B1G right away so there may be some growing pains. It's entirely possible that Lovie doesn't adjust to the college game or sucks at recruiting, but damn is it so nice to see an actual football coach on the sidelines. We lose Lunt, and our qbs next year will be dreadful. Seriously, Jeff George Jr. is being called the next starter right now... Our DL is going to be great this year, and awful next. DT should be solid but we have 1 capable Big Ten starter at DE next year. Losing a lot in the secondary as well. OL will still be thin, need some guys to step up over the next year. Put all of that together and I'm thinking 2-3 wins next year. Lovie is my boy, but he needs a bowl this year to really keep momentum going. Show that you can win with some talent, take the hit next year and get some of your guys on the field in 2 years.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 1, 2016 -> 11:02 AM) WE GOT LOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am VERY excited to see how he does, it's going to be a tough road to 6 wins but they have a shot. Next year is going to be BRUTAL.