UConn James

Can someone make some popcorn? Looks like someone is itching to get banned so he can start using the new handle he created ~6 months ago.

Actually, this writer says Roberts' decision cut the Commerce Clause right across the hips. American Thinker: The Chief Justice Done Good by Dov Fischer, adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School One can argue that the hundred-year era of citing Wicker and slipping things in under Commerce is now largely over, and that these measures will have to be called what they are --- TAXES. Let's see how many pols touch that third rail. WRT the second quoted graph, no matter how many Democrats stay away from the DNC in North Carolina, anyone running for Congress with a D behind their name is irrevocably tied to Obama, Obamacare and the 'I'm only going to eat the rich!' promise that every tax-and-spender soon breaks.

So there's a bit of showmanship. I dunno. That kind of stuff works wonders getting women to watch Dancing With the Stars.... No matter what kind of stuff comes up, vouchsafe that it's NEVER far from most peoples' minds that the economy is reeling / nowhere near where it should be even after the recession b/c businesses are scared stevestojanless what redistributive entitlement Obama is going to railroad through next.

AJ et al: IIRC, AMC re-upped BB for two seasons of 8 eps each to finish out the story. I know people have a tendency to cluster artificially shortened seasons together under one number, but literally and technically S5/this year is not the end. Which... I dunno. Since there's not much BB left, I prefer the scenario to be two smaller snacks that I can enjoy each bite of, rather than a whole meal where you stop tasting the food after the fourth bite. I think Gilligan made the right call in this regard. YMMV.

Its sale was facilitated by the government, who (as I understand it) looked on as straw buyers for the cartels went thru a dealer who was authorized/instructed by the govt to sell these specific guns to these purchasers. A distinction without much difference.

Mickey??? You owe me money!

Watched that on ESPN3. Crazy. Rosol caught Nadal having an off day. When he broke Rafa in the first game of the 5th set, after the roof-closure delay, it's like Nadal was just thinking about what he was going to say to the media. Rosol was hitting like a madman too, to be fair --- returns were clocked in the mid-90s. He must've been working off endorphins there. Wonder whether it will affect his next match e.g. blowing his wad and having nothing left. Frankly, it had been an off day for myself as well. All day, stevestojan just kept going wrong. Seriously, this has been the longest day EVER.

Not nearly leftist enough for NewBills.

Looks as tho it will be ~10:15 - 10:30 before the Obamacare fate is handed down. There are two other rulings being released first.

Why? So labor unions can contribute end without end amen and corporations can't? Unions are people but corporations aren't? If there were a detente on this point, that would be something. ON EDIT: Not something that should be in the Constitution, but it would be something. As it stands, neither side will relent because the other side won't put their knife down first.

That's the rumor. And, as I said in the OP, not that there's anything wrong with that. This kid really is to be admired in every way. Academic accomplishments, athletic abilities, he stays out of any kind of trouble. It's sad that there are some people who skulk around and do this kind of stuff hoping to get their mealy fingers on a little bit of money in exchange for remaining silent about something that shouldn't have to remain quiet. If the rumors are true, I think RG3 can handle it with as much class as he's done everything else and be a pioneer for a community that has been (understandably) pretty afraid to reveal itself in pro sports.

Whatever year "No Country For Old Men" was released. On that movie alone.

The 13th-seeded Gilles Simon really stepped in it this morning.... Simon doesn't like equal prize money in tennis Some are saying that the women have more rallies per point. Bullstevestojan. My response on the page: (Honestly, I normally don't comment on Yahoo stories because it's sewer-like in there) No doubt --- and by this I mean there's NO DOUBT --- Mr. Simon is going to either be kicked off or decide to resign his new seat on the ATP Player's Council. Because heaven knows they can't allow a dissenting opinion / judgment that has basis in the facts and inequity on almost every measure of the balance scale of the (singles, at least) men's game vs. the women's.

Caught ta little of the Tsonga-Hewitt match this morning. Hewitt's definitely lost a couple of steps. But Tsonga could be primed for something within the next couple of years, even being On par with Nadal, if he can reach the next peak WRT fitness... and most of that being court speed. He's got amazing reaction time with some highlight-reel volleys and stuff where you're like 'How did he do that?!' but it's just a matter of how they say... the difference between quickness and speed.

Uhh... I wouldn't say that. LB is the most suspect area of this team, both starters and depth. Guys have been shifted around from the positions that they have played --- Barnett is on the outside, which requires more lateral speed --- and have/had physical size for the 3-4, which is a bit bigger (15-20#) than it is for the 4-3 IIRC. OTOH, it's marginally less reliant on the LBs, so there's that. All things being equal, tho, the switch back was definitely the right move, even before we signed Super Mario and MA. TheLBs were dropping like flies the whole experiment. Better to have some beef up front take the brunt.

If Glenn can come in and be even half the rookie that Wood or Levitre were, it'll be a major upgrade at LT.

Bit o' Wimbledon hodgepodge... The last British bird left at Wimbledon: Rufus the hawk who's employed to put pigeons in a flap

Link Wow. RG3 made the right decision involving police. Doesn't really matter what it is, blackmail never stops. Well, actually, if it's info re: serious criminal activity and someone has evidence then they've got you by the short 'n' curlies b/c you can't really go to the cops.... This isn't the case here --- rumors are that it's a case of "Not that there's anything wrong with that" (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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I enjoyed Agassi-Sampras, but after a lull in competition when they retired, there's now a great bunch of players. The introduction of HDTV is something that's really, really done wonders for my enjoyment of it.

A team always has to be the cutting edge of introducing or bringing back some scheme or other. After the blow-up of passing the past couple-few years, it might be time for this kind of combination to screw with the state of the league and shake everyone's peaches. With the combo of a DL that, on paper, looks like it'll be killer against either the run or the pass, and an offense that can move the ball and grind out yards with two backs that provide a pretty good combination of power and speed against defenses that have been building in response to the passing game... (whew, I need a breath here)... we might be on the cutting edge of the backlash. Hope we can take advantage of it. These kinds of things are always small windows of opportunity before everyone catches up with scheme and/or personnel.

The Hill is reporting that the ruling will be released on Thursday just after 10 a.m. Link

I watch the majors. ESPN3 is pretty sweet for that. Levi, I've never heard Nadal be called a "pretty boy" --- that's a first. The usual quip is that he's like a Neanderthal or the whole rear-picking thing. None of which I really give a stevestojan about. I admire his game. Really looked like he figured out Djokovich, but we'll see on a faster surface. Max, there's Ana Ivanovich as well....

Can someone show some compassion and just put a bullet in MDP? No animal should have to suffer like this.

Cutting off military aid would force the military to kneel to the government. Stability-wise and for national security interests in the region, it would likely be best to keep the civilian government marginalized as much as possible.