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QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 08:41 PM) I laughed out loud at that article. Local bureaucrat: "7.8 million? Thats like one smaller sized contracting favor. How am I supposed to get all my nephews jobs holding the "Slow" sign with $7.8m?" But you liberals got the answer, tax em more. Yea, that'll do it! Levy 10,000% taxes on something that is literally in every product you have ever bought and everything you physically own. It protects the precious roads so your rolling deathtraps held together by duct tape and one working brake you get irresponsibly wasted on will have a slightly easier time. You want this plush life of yours where youre comfortable enough to give a s*** about starving Africans or run around with some pretentious "Save the Planet" petition? Thank the trucking industry. And yea, the point of the IHS being a defense project is that it wasnt set out to be some pork laden work project and contracting sweepstakes. The people in charge of it where discplined, smart, and resourceful which is a far f***ing cry from the idiotic, wasteful, spoiled, lazy, entitled ingrates who make up the unnecessary side of the public sector now. "But they maintain the roads, Duke!", no they dont. They go to the capitol begging the legislature there to increase their budget then use that money (after giving themselves big fat raises of course) on private contractors to do the actual work. Its a sham, theyre like big crooked brokers leeching taxpayer dollars without doing jack s***. So what you're saying is that with an essential service like trucking, we should all pitch in to make sure it happens without burdening that industry with too many expenses. This is what governance is all about. There are things that are dearly important and we are all willing to pay a little bit to make sure they don't pay so much that the activity is no longer economically feasible. Since the government owns the roads, it serves the democratic function of allowing people to move around without too much expense as well - not as cheaply as high speed rail, for instance, but still cheaply and independently.

For those wondering... Rosario: Home - 96 wRC+ (.817 OPS) 19% K Away - 113 wRC+ (.785 OPS) 27% K Wonder if that K difference is common for Colorado players. In 2012, he walked 7.7% of the time at home versus 3.9% away as well. This year it was 3.3 versus 3.0, respectively. Not sure why he quit walking or why that is different based on ballpark either.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 06:51 PM) Upside: Young, cost-controlled power hitter at premium position Downside: Trade cost / Plate disciple / Defensive liability I like to think we're all plate disciples, in one way or another...

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 10:33 AM) The dude won a conference title in his first year at freaken' Kansas State, their first one in 36 years. I would wait more than one game to jump to conclusions. QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 10:43 AM) True. I'm just saying there's nothing to draw from that one game. Love him or hate him, Weber is a flawed coached who has had some awesome successes as a basketball coach. I agree. He isn't someone I'd want to hire at this point, but he's clearly not entirely useless.

I guess we shouldn't get rid of the interstates, as we need them there in case we are attacked. ...what is the most efficient way to keep them up? I've got it! We won't let heavy trucks on them. After all, one loaded semi damages the road nearly 10,000 times more than a car. We will only allow them to be on there if they accept a tax burden 10,000 higher than me for their gas and registration.

You can put this season in the books. I just don't see it at this point. The team is good enough to make the playoffs and really compete there. I just don't think we'll make it. We played worse than we are over the past several weeks and I don't think there is any coming back. We pretty much can afford maybe a single loss from here on out. Disappointing because this team is absolutely loaded. And yes, this game falls on Trestman. Starting Cutler, leaving Cutler in, not kicking the FG, bad play calls for two point conversion

It seems the only reason to hope for Dunn to go away is out of emotional anger over his contract or because of nostalgia about PK. Otherwise, it just makes too much sense to hold him and wait

That Fairley play is a textbook penalty

Unacceptable for them to have let Cutler get reinjured.

Good night, sweet Arian Foster. My tough luck league gets even tougher luck. If MJD hadn't sort of rebroken out, I'd be in seriously deep doo doo. Luckily, I have Rivers and Newton and I'm going to try to trade one to get an impact player

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 02:01 AM) If I was going to pick one of out that group as well Jordan, it'd be Anthony Davis. He's already putting up insane stat lines. You just hope his body will hold up over time. His ass has already taken a beating, clearly

"we've never challenged Jay Cutler's toughness"

Seneca Wallace out with groin injury

If Dunn has bopped 20-25 HR at the A-S break and has an .800 OPS or better, he may well net a king's ransom on the trade market. He is the exact type of player people go bonkers over when there is hardly any more money owed. When he's only owed a half year's salary, we'll probably be much more open to tossing in some money as well.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 07:19 AM) The problem is the same thing can happen if you jump into an academic life. The profits of the school/university always come before "pure" teaching. So much politics, gossiping, backbiting. I would say baseball is much more of a meritocracy than anything have to do with teaching/academics. This is a good point. The only thing I might add or consider is that while there are some troubling aspects of academia, I'm not sure that one's "love of the game" so to speak is all that likely to change as you move into the professional aspect of it. It is always competitive and there is always an aspect of being motivated by external rewards. The majority of people that play baseball never are really doing it with the thought that it will earn them money in one way or another.

I will say that all along it seems that there is something we don't know. The people in the locker room seemed too surprised. Now, it could just be that Martin was really just too terrified to let on that he was having problems...even after he left the team.

It seems to me that a lot of journalists who are tired of hearing about their supposed bias are taking this chance to show that they criticize everyone.

There's a truism in psychology that basically says if you're paid to do something that you would normally do for free (well, you know, without being paid) that you will suddenly become far less inclined to do that thing just for its intrinsic rewards. I feel like that is related to this issue.

Speaking of weird things... My MacBook Pro, which has been sitting in a drawer for a long time (a year and a half, at least)...works? I quit using it because it had been f***ing up. I had an issue with the screen where it was turning off randomly due to some kind of hardware issue - though I think I resolved that one. When I brought the laptop in to the Apple Store to get that issue resolved, I mentioned that and another thing: it was getting so hot near the charger that the charging cord was starting to melt and my battery performance was horrible. They "serviced" it - by that I mean, they looked at it and told me it would cost a bunch to fix and wasn't covered by warranty. They said they couldn't replicate the screen issue and afterwards, I couldn't either. However, the battery was rotten when I got it back. Apple told me the charger problem had essentially roasted my battery. They weren't joking. The laptop wouldn't even power on without being plugged in. I would leave it plugged in and it would say it wasn't getting a charge. I left it on to watch a Sox game while watching a Bears game on my other laptop (don't ask) and despite being plugged in for about 5 innings, I nudged the charger off of the slot and it turned off immediately. Hence, worthless laptop (to me). I decided I should just sell it to someone who wants the many functioning parts so I started snapping pics for eBay. I also updated to Mavericks to make it sound cooler and just because I was interested in the improvements. This took quite a while and, therefore, it was plugged in for quite a while. I noticed that the battery status indicator was actually showing that it was taking a charge, which seemed weird. I decided to do an experiment and pull out the cord. and... it's still on. As a matter of fact, I've been using it to surf the web for about 80 minutes and it still has 62% life. The computer itself shows a healthy battery: 4700 mAh out of original 5700 mAh capacity after 836 cycles. I ran a third party battery health app and it basically saw the same thing. Apple says the battery in this unit should have about 80% capacity after 1000 cycles, so we're not far off from normal here. I just don't get it. Why did it start working now? Can I sell it as a working computer now as opposed to one with a faulty battery? Why did I just buy another computer?

Is it rated for that much?

I have to wonder if there is a hardware problem; some parts aren't communicating right. Your life will drop down really quickly at some point as you surely lost more than 3% of your battery overnight if it was on

The only reason to do this would be the FO personally disliking ADA

Still waiting for TheoHoyer's stud prospects to turn into great major leaguers. Just would like to point out that Andrew Cashner had a .6 higher WAR than Rizzo last year. Of course, starting pitchers aren't what the Cubs need......

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 12:17 PM) And you know what Duke? When people have to leave grad school and find low-paying jobs, or when people can't get an education because they can't get health care, or when people are locked into jobs they don't want becuase they have to keep health care coverage...these things are all bad for everyone. These things hurt the economy, deeply. People can't get the education they need. People can't get the kind of jobs they'd be capable of. People don't start small businesses. Duke has been one of the more open-minded about this issue, as he acknowledged that healthcare almost violates free market principles. You can't be a rational chooser when it's your life on the line. What's the price for that? Let's ask Friedrich Hayek, the most influential economic libertarian of all time:

QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 01:53 PM) Pinch hitter in Arizona...if that. He said the Sox are the only team for whom he would play part time