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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 4, 2009 -> 10:15 AM) Lots of Afghanistan talk in the blanket threads, so I am resurrecting this one. Let's open with this. The US military launched its first major offensive in Afghanistan since the announcement of the new troop surge. The operation is called "Cobra's Anger". Seriously? What is this, a Van Damme movie? The November '04 Fallujah operation was called Operation Phantom Fury. Which is quite possibly the most badass name for a military operation in the history of ever.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 08:19 PM) Yeah, I am sure I didn't spell it right either. I tried typing it three times, I THOUGHT I had the right one in there. Perhaps not. It took me a while to remember how to spell it correctly too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 07:24 PM) 1 Can't blame him, Venezuela is a nice place to live.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 07:18 PM) i got all the important countries. that's what matters. So you got about 30. lol

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 07:09 PM) 133. Also, there were at least 3 countries I typed it that it didn't recognize for some reason. And, there were another 3-ish I couldn't spell right but knew. And, its not 100% right. There is country Dominica, for example. And it misspells Phillpines. Damn, I need to brush up on my caribbean states, and parts of Africa. P-h-i-l-i-p-p-i-n-e-s.

I just had to rip a disappointed liberal a new asshole on Facebook for calling Obama a failure because he hasn't accomplished a long list of historic accomplishments in his first year in office. I'm getting tired of having to do this. Liberals really can be just as uninformed as conservatives but for different reasons.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 04:18 PM) BTW only got 79 but the first 5 minutes were killed when I had to alt-tab it when someone came over to my desk. That's still pretty respectable, you probably got all the major important countries in the world like Brazil, Japan, China, Russia, Canada, U.S., Australia, Italy, Indonesia, etc.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 04:17 PM) Yeah I accidentally got that one by trying to type Dominican Republic. Or are those the same country? Apparently 2 different countries b/c at the end it told me I missed D.R.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 04:03 PM) All the "stan" countries can get confusing. lol I named them all and in the process of trying to remember them forgot Afghanistan. s***.

I got 108 of 195 on that geography quiz. It's harder than it looks. I almost missed some easy ones like Japan (just plain forgot to type it) or Thailand and for a while I couldn't remember what Argentina was called even though I was looking at it and kept thinking "Andres Nocioni" over and over. Apparently there is actually a country called "Dominica" which I didn't know and I got that one only by accident.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 03:41 PM) This is fun. http://www.sporcle.com/games/world.php God dammit Kyrgyzstan is so hard to spell

Bank of America to pay back 45 billion of bailout money.

Yeah I wrote this as my facebook status. To say "wow you f***ed up" understates it quite a bit.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 09:31 PM) You agreed with me...completely? I believe you just created a paradox which will inevitably lead to the end of life on Earth. Yeah, we're basically f***ed and all going to die.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 06:10 PM) These approval ratings mean a load of nothing. The American people, by and large, aren't keen on viewing an overall body of work to judge. What I mean is, the general attitude of these ratings is not what have you done, but what have you done lately. Another way of putting it is what event have you responded too lately and how did you respond. In October of 2001, GW's approval rating was around 53%. Just two weeks later, after responding to the 9/11 attacks, his approval rating was an astounding 90%+. Think of that. Now take approval ratings, whether they agree with your favorite candidate or not, and throw them in the trash. I'm not an Obama fan as many of you know, but Obama deserves to be judge on his overall body of work over 4 years, not on 12 months. The same applies to every former and future President. What do you know, I agree completely with you.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 03:09 PM) <!--quoteo(post=2051883:date=Dec 2, 2009 -> 03:30 AM:name=witesoxfan)-->QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 03:30 AM) <!--quotec-->Matt Thornton is one of the best left handed relievers in the game of baseball. That alone makes his value astronomically high to every team in baseball, including the White Sox. To acquire him, you would have to be getting a magnificent package in return. Upton is the type of player you look to acquire, but considering the Rays have JP Howell, who is one of the few left handed relievers in baseball I'd rank above Thornton, he doesn't have the value to the Rays that he does to the Sox or quite a few other teams around the league. The Rays do not need to trade for a closer that badly. Ranks among lefty relievers with at least 100 IP over the past 2 years: FIP Thornton: #1 2.58 (#4 among all relievers Broxton, Rivera, Papelon are 1,2,3) Howell: #4 3.51 (#30 among all relievers) WHIP: Thornton: #1 1.038 Howell: #5 1.160 WAR Thornton: #1 4.4 Howell: #3 2.6 ERA+ Thornton: #4 170 Howell: #2 179 (Scott Downs is #1 at 185) BAA Thornton: #5 .207 Howell: #1 .195 OPSA Thornton: #1 .573 Howell: #4 .600 HR/9 Thornton: #6 0.64 (Joe Beimel is #1 at 0.43) Howell: #10 0.75 K/BB Thornton: #1 4.21 Howell: #13 2.38 K/9 Thornton: #2 10.57 (Mike Gonzalez is #1 at 11.17) Howell: #4 9.86 BB/9 Thornton: #3 2.51 (Darren Oliver is #1 at 2.36) Howell: #18 4.15 Well damn, you could make a pretty good case that he's the best.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 01:11 PM) Meh, i screwed up the Afghanistan question b/c I selectively remembered (or mis-remembered) a number Obama said last night. I didn't know that one off the top of my head, but I remembered Obama saying there would be 100k after the troop increase so that'd mean 70k currently.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 01:06 PM) ME!!!!!! Pm me your email

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 01:11 PM) All I ask, is if you ever get into Congress, I want to be your Chief of Staff. Done

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 01:05 PM) Not entirely true. But probably pretty accurate. Well I'm sure not ALL of them are young guys but the friend used to work over at Treasury and had to deal with his staff all the time. I lol'd when he told me that. It just sounds so bold.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 01:02 PM) the majority of the posts in here probably make no sense to most people. Like a rant about Barney Frank; most people in the general public would have no idea who that is, but here he has 100% name recognition. a friend of mine told me that Frank's staff is all handsome young guys that look like Abercrombie models. lol, more power to him, I would do the same thing and hire a bunch of busty young interns if I thought I could get away with it.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 12:55 PM) 12. Not surprising that the majority of the public is clueless. Also not surprising that the regular posters in the Filibuster are a bunch of know-it-alls

I have a couple of Wave invites, who was it earlier that wanted them?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 12:41 PM) Ladies and Gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States of America, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitloc...ate-afghanistan lol, Jesus Christ he's all over the place.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 12:38 PM) I could see getting one or two of these wrong, but how the f*** do you get less than 6 right? Like was there someone who got like 3 right. s***. If you are older than 16 and don't know who the majority is in Congress at any given time you need to be sent back to the 8th grade.