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Sucks. Just like with Layne, though, it was bound to happen. I just randomly threw on STP's Purple the other day.

Well. That was kind of a stupid conclusion to the game.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 2, 2015 -> 08:59 PM) Ya, Rachel Nichols is awesome. Also a great fan of Rachel Nichols.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 2, 2015 -> 06:48 PM) Daryl Van SchouwenVerified account ‏@CST_soxvan Hahn on Flowers: "We saw opportunity to improve club from offensive standpoint. This move done as part of a plan." A plan!!!

Career should get back on track now that AJPwill be in his life on a daily basis again. Hope the change of scenery helps him not be bad at baseball. But really, good luck. It was a bummer how things went here.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:56 PM) Chipotle. Too much Pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Yency Almonte just sounds like the name of a RP that the Twins could pull out of their ass at will to terrorize the Sox, so, glad he's not going to the Twins, I guess.

El Presidente - Lincoln Park area

There should just be a pinned catch-all thread for when former Sox are hired for various positions within the organization.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Nov 19, 2015 -> 03:33 PM) So if the consensus is don't acquire him, acquire him? Yes. And multiple World Series appearances will likely follow as long as they use this approach for most roster decisions going forward.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 19, 2015 -> 03:04 PM) Judge orders video to be released. s***'s about to hit the fan The victim's mother thinks so, too. She opposed the release.

Sox FO should sit down to discuss the possibility of acquiring Puig amongst themselves, weigh the pros and cons, come to a consensus, and then do the opposite.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 18, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) ...Terrorism is effective when it inspires hysteria and panic, especially when said panic drives policy changes... This. This is the biggest problem.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 18, 2015 -> 04:18 PM) Again, you say this like it happens all the time but it doesn't. You're also basing this "crazy racist women pissing her pants in fear of non-white person breathing" stance on one news report that got one quote from the woman. She told the flight attendant who also made the decision to talk to the captain, who also made the decision to go back to the gate. I suspect something more than just watching something on a phone was happening since the flight attendant took action and they took multiple people off the plane, including a guy that wasn't with or related to the others. I don't have it handy, and I'll come back and edit this post with the links in a bit when I do- it takes very little to get removed from a flight. In many instances, it's a choice the captain will make to pacify the complainant.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 18, 2015 -> 03:07 PM) So the best course of action is to not do anything and pretend this stuff doesn't happen/doesn't exist, right? I mean I agree with you to a point, people overreact. But when it comes to things like air travel, where hundreds of lives are at risk, i'm fine with people being overly cautious. It's been proven over and over again that the TSA basically sucks at what they do (http://www.today.com/news/can-tsa-find-hid...dercover-t56626), so I'll happily take an extra citizen-response that may avert a disaster. The TSA is definitely a problem. There are many lines of work out there that won't let gross incompetence and general ineptitude stop you from having a long and successful career; the TSA should not be one of them in this day and age. But we're in for a hell of a time if any dumb b**** can turn a plane around because all the tarrists are playing Angry Birds on their iPhones.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Nov 17, 2015 -> 09:31 PM) 2 Air France flights diverted after bomb threats (to Salt Lake City and Halifax). It's not yet known if threats are were credible. Doubt it. There was another incident on a Spirit Airlines flight from Baltimore to Chicago; a woman saw a middle eastern looking guy watching the news on his phone before takeoff and she "like literally thought that the plane was like gonna blow up, it was like the scariest moment of her life." Plane turned back to the gate, the passenger and (presumably) those he was travelling with were escorted off the plane by police, and the flight was delayed for 3 hours as passengers and luggage were re-screened. The 4 passengers were questioned and released after it was concluded that watching the news on one's smart phone was unlikely to take an airplane out. After something like Paris happens, people take on this sheep mentality that anyone or anything might be a terrorist out to get them- for some reason this is amplified if you throw air travel into the equation. Obviously people who look even remotely middle eastern (whether they are or not) are the primary beneficiaries of this mindset, but even that tree over there looks like it's up to no good, better keep an eye on it in case it's a terrorist! This is an example of the terrorists winning. It's pathetic.

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 16, 2015 -> 01:29 PM) Interesting breakdown by Deadspin of the decision to NOT evacuate Stade de France, probably saving many lives. Certainly, it's no consolation to the families of the two stadium victims, but it's good to know that at the very least, things didn't go according to plan for the stadium bombers. I hope they were well aware of that as they departed.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) I feel really bad for the vast majority of Muslims in America. The moment a terrorist group does something overseas, the right wingers come out and want all of you deported. This. It's a pretty good indicator that someone subscribing to that mentality is an ugly, ugly person. And on the flip side, it's embarrassing to know that because someone is a White American, they're inevitably being lumped in with the idiot bigots. In both instances, it's a classic case of a few bad apples spoiling it for the whole damn bush.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) One of the suicide bombers had a ticket to the France Germany soccer game, tried to enter, but security found his explosive vest, was turned away and blew himself up. http://www.wsj.com/articles/attacker-tried...away-1447520571 "I'm sorry, you're going to have to take that off before we can let you in". It's encouraging that this was stopped at the gates; I'm sure everyone has run into gate security who seem more interested in picking their ass or preventing you from bringing food/drink in than anything else. I can't imagine how much worse it could have been inside the stadium, where in addition to more casualties, it likely would have been televised as well.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 13, 2015 -> 07:40 PM) Putin said he's ready to work with us to go after ISIS. Since the Jordanian pilot's execution, I've felt that literally the only good thing stemming from the existence of ISIS is that they'll be universally despised to the point that countries who aren't particularly friendly with each other put aside their differences in order to extinguish a mutual enemy.

This f***ing world... Sometimes, it seems like a comet would make it a better place.

It wouldn't surprise me to see one or both of Buehrle and Uribe brought in for quick year or two; Uribe especially if Alexei isn't back on a cheaper deal, and Buehrle if he holds off retirement. I was fan of the moves made coming in to 2015, so considering how that turned out, I have no idea how the FO will operate this time around.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 12:40 PM) If Tim Anderson is intentionally our opening day SS, it shows that the rebuild is back on. It would be very disheartening to see.

^ No problem at all with the hire. I'd be fine with it if they wanted to make a house plant the bench coach.