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Awesome!!! Coke > Pepsi FYI, 6'4... 165lbs.

Was it 3 years or so ago when they were serving digornos at the park? That was insane. Best pizza city in the world and they serve that s***? With so many awesome local pizza franchises in Chicago, I never understood why they didn't get some big name in there. Beggars is cool to offer. Lou malnatis Gino's Giordanos Connies Nancy's Taylor St. Rosatis Aurilios Etc

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 24, 2016 -> 12:55 PM) That's a pretty bad abuse of statistics there. They are averaging two polls, one of which is from 2/18-21. The 3/20-22 poll should be weighted more, possibly up near 100%. you're 100% right, but thats not what rcp is doing. they just post all of the polls and because wisconsin had such little polling, they equally weight. they definitely arent trying to predict. a poll like this, is probably more accurate due to the immense amount of polling. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/ot...roval-1044.html

Here's your Wisconsin poll update http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20...imary-3763.html

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 04:24 AM) Off topic but what did she say? She got pretty vocal during the Ferguson stuff.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 04:16 AM) Gordon Beckham's wife is 1) Not a celebrity 2) Not affiliated with the Chicago White Sox Yes and no. Was involved in a lot of white sox charity events. Regardless, it's just a risk not worth taking.

Anyone ever read the tweets from Gordon beckham's wife? I'm surprised that never became a topic back when he was with the team.

well s***... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brian-...4b0bf0dab311e2b

BTW, I love the gamemanship here with NV Republican Gov Brian Sandoval. He's being "vetted" and I hope Obama puts him up. The game is... hey Repub's, here's my choice. He's a moderate, Republican. That's the best you are going to get. Take it, or enjoy the Hillary pick next year. That pick, wont be so moderate.

so Louisiana just elected a new Gov. A Democrat after many years of Republican leadership. I was down there during the campaign season and the guy ran as a true moderate. He just gave his "state of the state" speech last week. In it, he said that they are lacking adequate funding for public, higher ed institutions. (ex. LSU) He said that they'd run out of $ in say April, just before graduation. If they dont fix the budget issue (cuts/tax increases) they'd send the students home early, with incompletes. Oh, and a side note, if you are an NCAA athlete, who gets incompletes in the semester before your sport starts, you are ineligable to participate in Fall sports. So no LSU Football. So anyone who knows Louisiana, knows that LSU Football is probably the most popular sport in the state. Two article links to read. Thought it would be a good discussion topic. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/...roposals-passed http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/17/lsu-8...udget-woes.html The Lazy River project, was started under Bobby Jindal.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 10:56 PM) So when a President refuses to enforce laws passed by Congress, that's....good governance? Unfair/unethical? Setting a precedent that our democracy cannot function under ideological parties? "refusing to enforce" and "choosing not to enforce" are two different things. If a police officer doesnt issue me a speeding ticket, is he refusing to enforce the law, or choosing to not enforce it?

This is going to get real ugly, real quick.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Feb 3, 2016 -> 07:40 PM) Haven't seen any news on this today..but Claypool said the CPS would sell bonds today to get them back on solid fiscal ground....LMFAO!!! Their best shot at survival is bankruptcy....Keep at it Rauner...you are doing exactly what is needed. After the CPS, the county and state should be next in line for Bankruptcy... As someone who finances things for schools and municipalities nationwide, the effects of doing this would be horrible for everyone. Including those who aren't related at all to the city. (I.e. Borrowing costs for other munis)

Someone's been watching house of cards on Netflix. Brought up this same topic. Check out the link http://youtu.be/GRzJURUOxJo

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 2, 2016 -> 04:00 AM) There's not even a 50/50 split. It's something like 35-40% registered Republican, 30-35% registered Democract and the rest independent/moderate/centrist. http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/a-d...ty-affiliation/ Check out the including partisan leanings section....,

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Feb 2, 2016 -> 03:42 AM) 80% favorable is nonsense. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/poll...-clinton-216422

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 06:52 AM) If 80 percent of Dems love her, why were we getting stories recently that Hillary and Bernie were neck and neck in Iowa? I get the feeling it's going to be a Hillary runaway and Bernie will be close to dropping out after NH. because they love him too and can only choose one.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 12:44 AM) http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ted-cruzs...1?siteid=yhoof2 This is pretty hilarious...Cruz' daughter rejecting a hug from him. Gotta be tough to be little kids of candidates running for president. I sincerely feel bad for them.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 09:56 PM) Any article that says 44% of Americans have a POSITIVE view of Hillary is just wrong from the get go. She's got an 80%+ favorable rating on dems. Assume a 50/50 split of dems/republican. 80% x 50%= 40% Math don't lie. ?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 06:30 PM) His name is just doing too much damage. I wish it would do similar damage to Clinton. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...-2016-campaign/

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) I've never despised a candidate as I do Hillary. I voted for Obama. He failed me. I thought Romney was a lousy candidate. But Hillary ... I hate to say it but I'd almost take anybody but Hillary. I can't imagine her representing our country for eight years. But I do realize that's the reality. How the heck are we going to survive eight years of Hillary. She has no positions of interest. She's trying to barely escape another scandal. She and Trump are the same in they probably are sickened at the thought of picking a Veep. They don't want to share any spotlight. But Hillary I just think is a bit more evil than even Trump if that's the right word. I'm curious what scandal are you referring to? The email server thing? If so, it's not really a scandal. Maybe an error in judgement but not a scandal. It's not like she was setting up the server and domain herself. She got bad advice and ran with it. No one got hurt, no one died. Imo no harm, no foul.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 06:01 PM) It's been on the top half of the front page of foxnews.com for a few days now. It's not up there at all!?!?!?! Lead Story= Gun Control Fight (Obama Presses Ahead with Exec Action) 3 main pictures 1) Gitmo Bad Guys- Al Qaeda Followers among 17 being moved 2) Allies Abandonded- US Under pressure to intervene in Iran-Saudi fight 3) Craig Strickland Dead- Body of singer missing since 12/27 is found In fact, I used "find on this page" 1 buried link that even has the word Oregon in there. Drudge Report- Lead Story Bill Clinton "flustered"... Women on stage scowl, grimace, roll eyes while Clinton Speaks.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 02:55 PM) That's what they were originally mad about, but the 2 ranchers told these crazy militia guys to go away, they didn't want their "support" and neither did the local community, so the militia guys went and took over a national wildlife refuge. They believe that this land was illegally acquired by the federal government (along with most/all? federally controlled land in the west) and represents "tyranny." They want it turned over to "local control" aka ranchers/miners/loggers. As for the original two guys, there are allegations that they started the first fire to cover up illegal poaching from BLM land. There's also the nature of Western wildfires, where a small 150 acre fire can become 1500 acres in a matter of hours. The second 1-acre fire was set as a firebreak, but allegedly endangered volunteer firefighters who were in the area fighting a lightning-caused wildfire. More information on the backstory of that here. They weren't "convicted as terrorists" but were sentenced to a mandatory minimum 5 years under a law called Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 which includes the mandatory 5 years for arson which destroys any real property owned by the federal government. They aren't designated as terrorists, and they were never called terrorists by the government. Environmental groups are much more likely to be followed, tracked and harassed by the FBI than right-wing militia groups, generally speaking. The FBI spent a lot of time and effort in the mid 00's on ELF/ALF, and it even resulted in very similar sentences for arson in Oregon. I cant help but think, that if other groups were heavily armed and taking over federal property/land, it would be a Fox News "Breaking Story"...

Surprised no one has made a thread with this yet. Why the lack of coverage/interest overall in our environment?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 03:51 PM) What were the other options? That is the key. At least with those guys, there is a chance they could put one on the board. People gave Ozzie crap for putting Thome in the line up vs. Sabathia. He didn't hit him well, but took him deep a few times. The problem is, if you pinch hit with a weak hitter, and they either switch pitchers then or later in the game, you are going to have the same problem. With 4 guys on the bench and one being a catcher which every manager is reluctant to use, even in the NL with no DH, there aren't all these possibilities. It's a great theory, but actually being able to pull it off all the time isn't reasonable, and when your bench is short anyway, it makes it more unreasonable. 2013 Kepplinger Backup Catcher (when they were carrying 3) Jordan Danks Semien 2014 Semien Konerko Sierra Danks Backup Catcher (when they were carrying 3) I also disagree with the concern about using your backup catcher. If it's the 7th/8th/9th and and you are pinch hitting your DH, what's the risk? So your starting catcher gets hurt in the 2 innings or extra innings, you have to move your now DH to C and then your pitcher has to hit going forward? If you are already losing, why not create the problem?