Jake

This timing strikes me as less about responding appropriately now that new information is available than it seems to be about "oh s***, now that everyone sees this video they are thinking about it again and there is no longer any ambiguity about the level of guilt/violence involved." I'm assuming the league knew that he punched her in the face, knocking her out. Taking this action now reeks of them just trying to appease the angry mob rather than caring about the transgression in the first place. And no, there is nothing they could have done to change the fact that they didn't treat it with appropriate seriousness in the first place. Today just serves as a reminder of what they do care about - angry mobs (a proxy for lost money)

I was really pleased with LDE and DT play today. Wonder how it will look on film

I'm also really not looking forward to us playing in SF next week. This game hurts twice as much because the deck is stacked against us against SF

It is worth keeping in mind the crucial mistake by Marshall early (the fumble) when it looked like we might just never stop scoring

This is a harsh reminder that our super amazing offense can only be so good with Jay Cutler leading the way. Sad to say it, but I don't know why I should suddenly adjust my expectations now

Second level run defense is still poor, but the line of scrimmage is no longer a given

In big trouble now

Jay should have run the ball on that play

Some things never change

Anybody's game now

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 02:23 PM) Some low standards you have for the defense. They are letting a bad offense do whatever they want. The linebackers are simply awful. I admittedly don't expect a ton, but they've been fine since the first drive. I'm willing to accept that our defense will occasionally let the opposing team have scoring drive and then rarely stop the opponent when they get the ball on the 8 yard line

I haven't seen anything upsetting from the defense. Offense is the problem today.

Scouts had always reported Taylor as a plus RF defender

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 4, 2014 -> 06:32 PM) The social defense for anti gay marriage is a terrible one. In a party that prides itself on protecting individual freedoms, they should be looking at the fact that gay marriage hurts no one, except the people getting it. This isn't like legalizing drugs, where there can be secondary consequences for things like insurance costs or running into DWI's for those who aren't partaking. It is also flat out hypocrisy. If the family institution is so important, how come these same people aren't fighting for a constitutional amendment against divorce, or against children out of wedlock? Way more families are destroyed by divorce, and single parent family parenting, than anything else in marriage. If you want to follow the bible, follow the bible. Don't just follow the parts that get you votes, hypocrite. That really isn't what the Republican Party is about. They are party to some libertarian types, but most people are the more classic sort of conservative; that is, the type of person interested in conservation. Conservatives are interested in preserving society where possible, which is why they tend to react so strongly against major shifts in tradition like gay marriage or the influx of Latinos. It changes our culture.

Part of the reason Abreu might seem to be better is that he has replaced nearly 2 wins below replacement production, making the swing rather large

Apple wields a whole hell of a lot of influence over the way they are covered in the tech media From controlling the narrative on their brand, to punishing journalists/organizations who don't cooperate, to pushing stories that make competitors look bad

When I was being recruited for baseball, I had one coach that really went negative. He also said "if [school X] wants you, though, you'd be crazy to go here and not there." So I realized he was indeed probably an asshole, but was also trying to just shoot straight with me. It's all about delivery when it comes to recruiting. My exposure to it tells me that you can often get the recruit to tell you what's bad about their other schools and when you hammer that point (not by talking about it explicitly, but emphasizing how your school does that exact thing well), the kid connects the dots. Them or the parents, that is.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 5, 2014 -> 12:12 AM) Loved my boy Linsley though. 4 of the 6 OSU draft picks are starting in the NFL. Pretty damn good hit rate. PFF had had Linsley as one of just two GB offensive players to be in the "strong positive contribution" category Peppers had a very bad game as well per PFF, but that was par for the course for the GB defense

The part about nude photos that is most inherently insecure is that people rarely take them for their own use. You're sharing it with somebody. You have to hope that the other party is just as technically adept as you for storing them and hope they do so despite having far less to lose. I think it can be a fun thing to do, particularly for people that are apart from one another and actually look good naked. There are some risks, though.

Conor's a nice little player. I don't mind him being a starter, but I think you're going to like him more and more the less he plays against lefties.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/02/apples-tw...reams/?ncid=rss While we don't know whether any of the iCloud recent hacking/theft victims had two-factor authentication, it wouldn't have protected their photos

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 10:21 PM) Bryant will be better than Soler, but that doesn't mean both won't be well above average players. I agree, I was just thinking of the current MLB callups

Soler figures to be the best of the bunch. Baez looking more like late-career Soriano than peak.

I don't see any way Quinn wins the election. So that leaves Rauner

I do think Samsung is happy to mass produce a proof of concept