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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:56 PM) Can I replace them with illegal immigrants who will do the work better and at a fraction of the cost? Because that would really give people an incentive to be good at their job. Competition from people who will go out and break their ass for the same job. So long as the illegal immigrants pay taxes, I can care less. Just fill the position with people who do a good job.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:52 PM) Disagree. Most of the clerks at the courthouse will bend over backwards for me. But then again, Im a nice person and I go out of my way to be appreciative and understanding. They talk with me, ask me how my cases are doing, theyll call my case first if I need to go somewhere, hold it last if I have to be in another room. Clerks, DMV, etc, have to deal with unreasonable jackasses all the time. Unlike a private business they cant just say "get the f*** out", so sure, sometimes they are in a bad mood, they are slow or they are dicks. Same thing happens at a private entity. If you believe that there is some sort of difference between private/public people, I really dont know what to say. People are people. You just dont ever walk into my office and have to deal with the idiots answering my phones, so you dont know that they are worse than a public employee. But then again, I get along with all the people who work at the food places around my business. Service industry is s***ty work. Youd be surprised how far being nice goes. There isn't a single employee at a private business that can say "get the f*** out" without getting their ass fired. Unless you're Tim Cook, or Steve Balmer, or someone like that. But if a common clerk at an Apple store said that to a customer, they'd be fired on the spot.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:51 PM) so you're saying that those employers purposefully hired sub-standard employees? that seems silly. No, I'm saying they hired employees, and after being found to be sub-standard, said, meh, let them keep their job. Sometimes you hire bad employees. And do you know what you do when that happens? You're going to love this, it's SO logical. YOU f***ING REPLACE THEM.

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Sep 27, 2013 -> 08:56 PM) The GOP is an embarrassment right now. Yes, it's JUST the GOP that's embarrassing. YOUR side is the best!

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:46 PM) does that mean they should be unemployed? who will we find to take their place? Better employees. That's somewhat simple. We have a HUGE swath of unemployed people out there that would love those jobs, and actually do them properly. So let's not pretend there are no people to fill these positions. Also, yes, if you suck at your job and are lazy, you SHOULD be unemployed.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:44 PM) Its almost impossible to really figure out how well a small business is doing. And Im pretty sure that most Democrats would be okay with a tax on "mega corporations". I wonder which side would fight it... The real tragedy here is that this is all fixable. I can answer that now. The Republicans would scream bloody murder before even reading the legislation. The Democrats would write a 500 page bill to impose fake new taxes none of the corporations would actually pay, due to numerous loopholes added to whatever legislation they actually pass. And the Republicans would still scream bloody murder. And whether said bill passes or not, not a dime more would get collected.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:40 PM) I'm not going to support Duke here, but I will say that there are far more s***ty public employees than private employees out there that i've encountered in my day to day life. Ultimately that means nothing as a worker can be s***ty regardless of his employer, but having to deal with clerks at the courthouse or the treasurers office or the like is an exercise in patience. And I do it on a near daily basis. That, and i've had my fair share of litigation involving public constructions workers (various City Departments, road construction crews, etc.) being complete morons. "What's that? We're digging up a water main right near a live electric line? Nah f*** it, let's dig!" Add to that the difficulty the government has firing public employees versus private employees, and you get the stereotype that Duke is referring to. Like when you go to the DMV and it takes an hour to get a new drivers license, when the total amount of "work" that has to be done adds up to about 1 minute and 45 seconds. Of course, because between helping each customer, they wander around for 8 minutes, talk to people, and otherwise just work like they're covered in thick syrup. No, not all public employees are like that...but it's also my experience that many are.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 02:32 PM) I am applauding the members of the house who campaigned on a no surrender, no compromise, we'll get rid of the ACA, and were elected. Now they are following through on the promise. What I haven't seen much of are their supporters standing up and thanking them for holding firm and allowing a shutdown. Also of note, it seems as if the low visibilty old timers in both parties are more willing to compromise. It is the newer members that seem the most eager to take a my way or no way stance. I had some hope in the small government stance that some Tea Party people were taking. I like the balance between both parties and would not want either party to have carte blanch for very long. I dislike that our choice comes to tax and spend versus spend and don't tax. We end up with all the spending and not enough taxing. When I see record profits and no hiring I stop buying into tax breaks for the "job creators". You are confusing record profits to the Fortune 500 as record profits for all. Yes, a lot of the mega corporations are doing better than ever...but they don't employ the majority of people. Small and medium businesses do, and they're not all doing quite as well as Apple.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 01:47 PM) Alot of those shakes have recovery carbs as well. Some do, but a lot of people specifically concentrate on protein after workouts, and it's actually carbs their body needs at that time.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:59 PM) More important Breaking Bad question: Do you think Huell is still sitting in that hotel room? No. Mexico. Just sayin'.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:59 PM) OK, so he got everything else but the death he wanted. That was easily the least important on the list since he was going to die anyway. I don't know if dying alone was ever in his plan. Also, it was VERY important to him that HE be the one to provided for his family. If you recall early on, Walt outright refused help from those rich ex-friends of his, whether they screwed him over at some point or not, he didn't want their help financially, in ANY regard, even for himself. And now, it's those same rich ex-friends that will get credited with helping his family in the future, the LAST people he ever wanted help from. While he died knowing HE provided for them, his family will think otherwise. So, it didn't happen quite the way he imagined, or wanted.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 01:00 PM) See, that's the thing. I'm not really sure I am an ectomorph. It's not impossibly hard for me to put on muscle, and I have pretty good definition. I think the lankiness is primarily due to my height. And in general, my workouts for so long haven't been geared to building muscle, but more towards general strength and improved conditioning. The only real area I've really struggled to get bigger is in my shoulders. Do you consider yourself a meso, or somewhere between an ecto/meso? Either way, consider it a blessing, it'll be easier to pack on muscle. If your shoulders are a particular problem area, I'd start by dedicating one day a week specifically to your shoulders. On that day, your focus is your shoulders, and ONLY your shoulders. Utilization compound movements to bulk them out, followed up by some isolation exercises. I'd start off with barbell military presses, and follow those up with some arnold presses before moving on to trap exercises and isolation exercises to target the individual muscles in your shoulder. Your shoulders are important, as they're what will give you that bulked up look, moreso than anything else.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:47 PM) In the grand scheme he got a nice send off, not that it was all clean or hunky-dory at the end. Had the show ended an episode earlier, THAT would have been the great tragic ending. He gets a member of his family killed, most of his money he earned through this illegal enterprise is stolen and what he has left is basically worthless since he can't give it to his family, his family hates him and his wife took a knife to him, his baby doesn't know who he is, and he's shipped off to a remote cabin to spend out the rest of his days in isolation, slowly dying from his cancer. Instead he gets to scheme yet another perfect plan that allows him to (1) provide for his family with the drug money that is no longer worthless, (2) exact revenge on his enemies and let his baby (his product) die with him, (3) patch things up at least a little with his wife, (4) be the "good guy" in saving Jesse, and (5) die on his terms. I'd call that a pretty good way to go in comparison to how it could have ended in NH. He didn't die on his terms. His terms was for Jesse to kill him. Jesse refused. Instead, Walt died slowly of a gut shot gun wound delivered by himself...alone in a lab. I'd like to highlight the word alone.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:39 PM) Well, to answer your numerous questions: I'm 6'6, 207 at this very moment (age 24). I was about 250 pounds (not much was muscle) about two years ago and decided to get my life back in order after college. My first goal was to get back to 199 pounds (which I was at my senior year of high school when I was playing baseball) and I achieved that this March. I realized that I had dropped my body fat% down a ton but I had become very lanky (easy to do at 6'6). My goal right now is to get to about 215 and maintain that weight. Still want to drop my body fat % but put on some muscle to fill out my frame. I am NOT a vegetarian (because that's silly nonsense). I eat eggs or chicken at least once a day, plus other meats, so I do get a fair amount of protein but I want to bulk up and my metabolism is relatively high. My caloric intake is probably not what is should considering I work out 5-6 times a week and I'm a big guy as it is. A big part of this is what kind of body style do you have...and you sound like an ectomorph. I wish I could tell you this is going to be easy, but it's not. To put on muscle, you're going to need to start lifting massive weight in compound fashion, IE, lots of lifts that use BARbells (NOT dumbbells). Then, so long as you're eating about 0.70 grams of protein per body pound, you should be getting more than enough protein. For most people, I'd tell .60, but with that bodytype, I'm going to go ahead and say you might need a bit more. Oh, and wide arm pullups are your friend, they are what will assist you in gaining that \/ shape.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:25 PM) Hmm, let me see what I can find. I need something at least 70 in for that basement area. This is a nice TV http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BG5M94S/?tag=g...sl_8j1trqsmlp_b

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:16 PM) Although I have all Samsungs, thinking about pulling the trigger on this for my basement: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KDL-70R550A-70-...=I26T2F9Y52R9CT Sony's are still respected right? Sony is still great, but you can probably get that set for 1000$ less if you kill off the useless 3D and "smart" features. You're appletv is smarter than anything they can possibly include to make that tv smart, so paying for smart tv's is a waste. I bought my last plasma with NO smart features on it and it cost 999$, the smart version was 1699$. My 90$ appletv is smarter.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:16 PM) You think? I dunno...I see noticeable differences when drinking them versus not drinking them, when on my workout program. Now I am not certain as to whether the exact timing is that important, but I do definitely add a little bulk easier when I drink them. As for the timing, I thought drinking them within an hour or so after a workout was the best time because the body can utilize it better that way because of like, science and stuff... After workouts your body needs carbs, not protein. Also, it will make a difference if you aren't already getting enough protein elsewhere. I probably eat upwards of 100 grams of protein with my normal diet every single day, so supplementing more won't do anything.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:00 PM) the whole "protein shake after a workout" thing is the most useless and wide-spread fad in fitness The only time is's actually useful is if a person has a very strict, nearly protein free diet, which is very very rare, and usually means vegetarian or vegan, and even then, they tend to eat a LOT of soy based proteins. We've had this discussion before, but most people eat way too much protein, and I used to be one of them. I had whey powder, egg powder, and soy, and would mix them in every protein drink I made. All it did was make me poorer.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 12:05 PM) It works with headphones but not without. Weird When you unplug the headphones, is the image/graphic on the screen depicting that they're no longer plugged in? Like plug in the headphones and do volume up/down, it should say "headphones", when you remove the headphones, it should no longer read headphones when doing volume up/down. If it's not saying that (as in, it doesn't think headphones are plugged in even when they're not), the speaking is having problems, and you can try a full reset/erase all and then restore it from backup to see if that fixes it, OR bring it in as something is probably wrong with the speaker physically.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 11:42 AM) After a day thinking about it, I think slightly less of the Breaking Bad finale. At the time I thought it was perfect. But the more I think about it and read some of the reviews, the more I agree that it was a little too perfect, and the fact that Walt "wins" and redeems himself seems a bit cheap given the prior 2-4 episodes. It was 10000 times better than the Sopranos finale, and I'm not sure what ending would have been more satisfying (hence why I think it's still very good), but I dunno. Going out with more of a WTF? bang would have been cool. Also, does anyone know how Jesse didn't pass the cops on the way out of the compound? I mean, I assume there is only one road leading to/from it. Wouldn't one of the cops have stopped him? I don't really see it as a "Walt wins" situation, at all. He lost his family, had to say goodbye to the daughter that cannot even understand him/will never know him, and he wasn't even able to say goodbye to his son, or explain anything to him. He also admitted that as Heisenberg, he was 'alive', and liked life, while in contrast to his former self, who he didn't even like being. I don't think it was as clean as people are saying. It tied up loose ends, but the ending was tragic, and what happened to everyone in his life along the way was also tragic. From the beginning, Walt was dead, either way, either from cancer or from this. This took his family from him, and his image to his family. It killed numerous people, etc... How anyone claims this was a win, or clean, I don't think is really thinking about it. This story was classically a retelling that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 10:48 AM) ^^ Either post how much you disagree with me, or the world will end.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Sep 28, 2013 -> 01:30 AM) It took forever and a day, but there is finally a gym in my neighborhood. It sucks that it's a Planet Fitness, but it's cheap and it has all the equipment I want. Now that I'm back in Chicago, I have two different gyms which are very conveniently close no matter where I'm staying. In other news, the only workout supplement I am currently taking is regular whey protein shakes after a workout, but I want to implement something pre-workout. I normally have a big glass of iced coffee before hand to give ma bit of a caffeine boost, but do any of you use/suggest a pre-workout drink? I've used Assault by MusclePharm before and I liked that. Highlighted... Why, and why? I'm asking this in a serious fashion, too. People tend to get suckered into all of these supplements and diet ideas, when most of it's not necessary. But first, I'd need to know more about you, your lifestyle, your body type, how much you eat, what you eat, etc. I realize this is a lot of questions, but in order to answer what you asked, the person answering needs to know a LOT of information, otherwise, all they'll be doing is telling you what works for them, which will undoubtedly NOT work for you. To the first bolded text, how much natural protein are you ingesting with your normal diet? Are you a vegetarian? If you're already eating meat/eggs/dairy multiple times per day, odds are you don't need ANY protein supplement unless you're a 250 pound bodybuilder with an over the top hollywood physique. Are you trying to drop body fat? That's fine to use protein powders in order to get fat free/carb free protein, otherwise ... why? Second, see the first. Why? Are your goals to blow up and get bodybuilder huge? I suggest eating a banana pre-workout, maybe a little coffee, but preferably just water, and not much else. Most of this is gimmick that's designed to empty your pockets, and serves as more of a placebo on your workout than anything else. Unless you're getting to the gym, dog tired and unable to do anything, why do you need all of these pre-workout artificial boosts? And IF that is the case, maybe you should ask yourself why you're lethargic in the first place, as you may have other issues.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 1, 2013 -> 04:42 AM) The audio on my ipad went out yesterday and no clue what happened. Was FaceTiming with my parents in AZ. It started to go in and out than finally just went out. Seems like a common problem but I can't get the sound back at all. All levels are up. WTF It's possible your headphone jack is dirty and it's triggering the headphone unit to activate (sending the sound out the unused headphone jack, instead of to the speakers). Clean it with rubbing alcohol and a qtip. You could also try inserting a pair of headphones into the jack, and quickly unplugging them, see if it kicks headphones on/off.

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