LittleHurt05

I deleted the Facebook app on my phone the first week of November, mostly because of that other baseball team in town. I did enjoy being away from it, but I quickly went back. It did make me realize how often me and my wife say to each other ,"Did you see what so-and-so posted on Facebook?"

QUOTE (brett05 @ Feb 2, 2017 -> 10:30 AM) I don't think I ever said they couldn't. In fact I believe I said the more they sit, the troubles they'll be in come mid terms will be even greater. You give the American voting public way too much credit

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 2, 2017 -> 09:03 AM) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/...illed-al-awlaki I'm sure how much sympathy this will elicit because of who her father was... Col. John Thomas, a spokesman for central command, told the paper that the U.S. military was unaware that the girl was at the location. Thomas said Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula “has a horrifying history of hiding women and children within militant operating areas and terrorist camps and continuously shows a callous disregard for innocent lives. The girl’s grandfather told the paper that he did not believe the girl was targeted. “I don’t think this incident was intentional,” the former government minister said. He told the paper that the location of the strike was confusing because it was not a hotbed for Al Qaeda, rather tribal sheikhs fighting the government, which is supported by Iran-backed Houthis. Her 16-year old brother, also born in the US, was "accidentally" killed in a drone strike in 2011. The Obama White House called his death, as well the other innocent victims of the strike, "collateral damage".

That sounds like a segment to do once in a blue moon, not make it a regular occurrence. And it sounds like something for late night talk shows on E!, not a mid-day sports radio show.

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 1, 2017 -> 08:40 PM) Ugh, sometimes I want to smack these people. This is EXACTLY what he wants. I had never heard of that Milo guy but a quick Google search says that he has zero reason to speak in Berkley, other than entice the locals. But it worked.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 1, 2017 -> 07:18 PM) Who was it who was asking about overseas travel to Dubai? Thanks for the info. Their concern seems to be about zero, so I will wish them.along. They have multiple day stops in Europe on both ends of the Dubai trip which helps I would think.

Mental note: Do not move to Lake Zurich while my kids are high school age

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 1, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) Not taking sides but didn't Trump run on these issues? Why is everybody so surprised there's a wall coming and a ban on immigrants? I thought he ran on these issues. And he won the election. So why the outrage now? America elected the guy on these issues. I always thought his crazy ideas would have to go through Congress first, so there would be at least some discussion and common sense brought into the equation. Not just day 1, bam, pick 7 Muslim countries out of a hat, they gone!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 1, 2017 -> 07:04 AM) Yeah it is. A factory reset did nothing? Nope. Neither did the good old unplug it, plug it back in. Happened just in the middle of the tennis match Sunday, figured it was my DVR recording, but soon realized every option on the TV was messed up. Still waiting to hear back from the expert technician or whatever.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) I'm not going to lie, I'd like Kirk Cousins. He's not great, but he's pretty good. Of course I'm a QB starved Bears fan. He's fine. Cutler was probably more talented, but more mistake-prone than Cousins. You are not gonna win a Super Bowl on Cousins' arm but he could win a few playoff games with a really good supporting cast. But he's about to get expensive and he's already 29.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Feb 1, 2017 -> 08:16 AM) Man hockey is an odd sport Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 24m24 minutes ago More St. Louis, it should be noted, is dead last in team save percentage at .887 despite allowing the fourth fewest shots per game (27.6).

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 08:06 PM) Reassessing what? A process that is already more stringent than most any on Earth? One that has made sure not a single refugee has committed some terrorist act, ever? One that has made terrorism from foreigners in this country so rare that it is a small fraction of those committed by our own citizens? It serves zero practical or functional purpose in the realm of security. It is unfounded fear of brown people that motivated this. Nothing real or logical. Other than the two Somlian refugees who committed terrorist attacks in the past 5 months? They only had knives and a Honda Civic instead of guns and a lorry, so nobody died and nobody noticed. But when you actually look at those cases, one kid had been here for two years, but he was recently radicalized over the internet. And the other guy had lived here for 20 years since age 2 and became a US citizen 9 years ago. So a "better" vetting process would have done nothing to prevent those attacks, and in fact the #MuslimBan is more likely to piss people off and create more lone wolf attacks like these.

He actually made a choice that a normal Republican would make. I guess that when you need an established judge that the Senate will need to approve, you can't just nominate a Bannon inspired Leninist Nazi puppet.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 03:55 PM) There is likely even more horrible s*** coming down the pipe (sewage) line from Trump/Bannon on immigration. A leaked Trump order suggests he’s planning to deport more legal immigrants for using social services I still just don't understand how he can just make all this s*** the law without Congress or the courts having a say.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 02:00 PM) Gorsuch told he is likely Trump's Supreme Court pick: CNN And Trump is turning it into a reality show presentation, bringing both candidates before he puts the robe on the winner. Or gives him a rose.

Kirk Cousins should start house shopping in the Bay Area, I could see a trade going down very soon. Coaches love to have QBs they are familiar with.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) They extend the manufacturer's warranty to 2 years instead of 1 on all electronics except tablets. https://www.costco.com/concierge.html Nice, I definitely fall in that window. Maybe I should have called Costco first instead of Samsung, still waiting to hear back.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 11:03 AM) Obamacare website is crashing cause too many people enrolling. The process is a massive pain in the ass. Going directly through the insurer took a quarter of the time.

Caterpillar moving their corporate headquarters and CEO to Chicago. It's only 300 jobs, but another kick to the junk for Peoria.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 06:23 PM) Get your TVs at Costco, bro. That's exactly where I bought this TV, bro.

My LED TV suddenly screwed up yesterday. Everything is kind of blurry as everything seems to be slow and the pictures drag. Like as I watching the tennis, as they ran across the court, there would be lines following them as their old position stayed on the screen. Even when I use the menu screen, the old cursor stays on the screen for a few seconds. Anybody ever had a problem like that? I called Samsung and a tech is supposed to call me back in the next day. I did buy a protection plan when I first bought it, but that was only 15 months ago, so I hope Samsung still has a warranty on it.

Surprised Hossa didn't make the list. At this point in time, he has probably had a better career than #19 or #88. As they keep playing, they would most likely surpass him, but kind of thought he deserved to be on there.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 10:31 AM) What is this obsession by conservatives that people who protest don't have jobs. Like it's some how impossible to do both. Aubrey Huff was all over that this weekend

Reading about where Trump has hotels and business interests, I guarantee Bannon wanted to put the ban on every other Muslim country too, but Trump actually stood up to him on those because of $$$$$.