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QUOTE (Jimmy3Putt @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 07:22 PM) Fastest rebuild EVER!!!! Post of the week

I kind of want this recruit to not choose Illinois so I can entertain myself with Illini message boards all night. And yes I'm still an Illini fan

paging greg...

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 03:06 PM) It's still robbing even if the individuals are wealthy. If you are a married individual you can avoid up to ten million if you are prudent in your estate planning. That's true. So they can avoid it, to an extent. That doesn't mean it made sense to take from successful individuals. If I were incredibly productive and very rich, I would want to use that money to help my family and charities/endeavors of my choice as opposed to financing the unnecessary, never ending wars and increasing the power of the bureaucratic state. I'm not necessarily for it either. I just think it gets paraded as this vital tax cut when so few people face it and it brings in way less money than it could because the rich easily outsmart the tax code anyway. To be honest, I had no idea the exemption on it was so high until I met with an estate lawyer a few years ago. I always assumed everyone paid it. I imagine many others don't understand it either

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 01:58 PM) 8 homers vs. the Reds and it's still April. That's to be expected when he is still facing KBO level pitching

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 02:47 PM) The proposed tax plan also doubles the standard deduction (making a couple's first 24K in earnings tax free) and eliminating most itemized deductions which are typically utilized by the wealthy. Also gets rid of the 3.8% Obamacare tax and the estate tax so family's will no longer be robbed by the government for the familial earnings when there's a death in the family. I'll wait to see the actual plan before making my judgement on it but from what's leaked it looks to be good for the economy. If you like environments where businesses are more likely to thrive, grow and hire, you'll like the plan. If you like the government and would prefer they take more hard earned money from Americans to use inefficiently, this plan probably isn't for you. I doubt very many families were robbed by the estate tax. The first $5.5 million are exempt, so it would only affect the wealthy. And most wealthy people have systems and trusts put in place to avoid paying the estate tax anyway.

Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside. ESPN may have refused to show any hockey on TV, but their online coverage was still great.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 12:57 PM) There are so many ways for him to make money that don't involve this skeezy backdoor speech circuit. He has a $60 mill book deal and was a many millionaire from his previous books. He wants to stay involved and "mold the next generation of leaders" then this is a good start. How does this prevent him from staying involved or "molding the next generation of leaders"? I don't see how we are in a position to judge his finances and tell him where he can and can't earn his money, especially when he has fully earned opportunities like this. I highly doubt the guy is just going to cruise the speech circuit and disappear from the public eye. Good for him I say.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 12:58 PM) Watching a young qb sounds nice unless they are terrible. Young terrible QB > Old terrible QB

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 11:20 AM) I think the Bears will draft Watson #3. Greg Gabriel had a tweet the other day indicating that Trubisky was not on the Bears draft board or at least not high and had the same statement about Jonathan Allen. I kind of hope so. I don't know how well he will make it in the NFL, but I just want a young QB to watch and give me hope for. Forget Mike Glennon.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 11:57 AM) Couldn't endorse this more: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/201...ma-speaking-fee LOL. The guy put with up 8 years of all the s*** a President has to deal with, and now he is expected to not reap the benefits of it?

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 08:28 AM) This same post was made about Matt Albers at this time last season. http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v7635...h-with-a-double

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 07:35 AM) 17 of 30 teams are our main competition. Impressive level of suck this year in MLB. Or just another impressive caulfield list. I think he forgot the 76ers and Coyotes though.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 24, 2017 -> 04:59 PM) I've really only seen the protection of him happen in the two Ron threads though. I've seen Abreu get routinely trashed in gamethreads and he rarely gets the same defensive treatment there. Well people would trash their own mothers in game threads so thats not the best example.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 02:19 PM) "We the Fans" debuts tonight on ESPN, and at 5:00 Path to the Draft on NFLN is all Bears. Anybody watch the "We the Fans" special?

Baseball is fun!

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 24, 2017 -> 08:00 PM) No TJ? Bogus Then it's really not a legit season!

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Apr 24, 2017 -> 11:03 AM) http://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post...cubs-be-worried After week of rotation struggles, should Cubs be worried? No because they are in the NL Central. Unless Eric Thames can pitch too.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 24, 2017 -> 03:32 PM) Sh*t just got real. http://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/4/24/154...shawne-merriman http://www.mtv.com/news/3004474/challenge-champs-vs-pros/ Meh. Can't say I'm excited about that one. We watch for the drunken shenanigans and stay for the athletic competition, not vice versa.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2017 -> 10:24 AM) We also can't forget the MBINAA, and Wood>Buehrle days. In that case, it makes my point even more surprising, if he is getting more protection from the fanbase than MB or PK ever got.

Just when you think the airlines can't get any worse... Passengers on Delta flight subject to live Kenny G performance

Mike Kitchen is your first scapegoat of the great Sweep of 2017 Mark Lazerus‏@MarkLazerus 4m4 minutes ago #Blackhawks fire assistant coach Mike Kitchen. Mark Lazerus‏ @MarkLazerus 4m4 minutes ago Bowman: "We believe this decision is best for our organization moving forward."

.500 here we come!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2017 -> 10:30 AM) 96% of Trump voters have no ragrets. https://www.axios.com/just-2-of-trump-voter...2374973895.html Never underestimate the hate for Hillary Clinton.

QUOTE (harkness @ Apr 22, 2017 -> 10:34 PM) I think why we get frustrated with Abreu is that we have such high hopes for him. We envisioned him only getting better as the years went on and turning into a star. I dunno... I mean he will turn it around and produce like usual right? But zero homeruns and its april 22nd? That's the thing with Jose. We thought we had a franchise player and instead he is just a very solid DH.