FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Rugman]

Good point shoulda, if everyone is enjoying the debate, go for it. It appears I'm in a minority. I can live with it, but I reserve the right to throw in a smart assed comment on occation.

We live in such interesting times.  As someone who Mr Bandfield says tends to think 40 years (or more) down the road, I'm just bubbling over with the urge to bring politics, religion, science, economics and sports into every social situation I find myself in.  Unfortunately, all but sports are such sensitive subjects that you way too often end up in an argument instead of a discussion.  So, back to the old "so how you been?"  "How's the family?"  "yadayadayadayada, when can we go home and watch some sports?"

[retagent]

Ypsi. I, and I would guess most others, know what the difference is between the Urban legends surrounding Al Gore. Unfortunately, I don't think you do. If a "FULL" recount were to have been conducted, it is unknowable how it would have turned out. It was thet close. Nationwide, not all votes have been counted, since if the margin was smaller than the number of uncounted votes (Absentee ballots among others) they did not continue. As regarding Florida, why then didn't Al Gore ask for a full statewide recount. Because he didn't want a fair and full recount. PLEASE! PLEASE know that.

My  day has been shattered by the fact that I thought I had recorded the Caps game from last night, but the DVR decided that it wouldn't respond to my wishes, but would record The Ellen Degeneris Show, and The Tonight Show. Don't get in my way!!

[BDB]

My  day has been shattered by the fact that I thought I had recorded the Caps game from last night, but the DVR decided that it wouldn't respond to my wishes, but would record The Ellen Degeneris Show, and The Tonight Show. Don't get in my way!!

retagent, major bummer. I watched that whole game and it was outstanding. Here's a vitamin +k for your headache.

On the subject of MIACPP subjects, I say whatever the contributors get into is fine with me. We are all friends here. If a subject is no good, it'll die on it's own.

[Retired Old Rat]

[On the subject of MIACPP subjects, I say whatever the contributors get into is fine with me. We are all friends here. If a subject is no good, it'll die on it's own.

BDB once again displays his Solomon like wisdom.

[Retired Old Rat]

Livan Hernandez for Minister of Health.

[Rugman]

[On the subject of MIACPP subjects, I say whatever the contributors get into is fine with me. We are all friends here. If a subject is no good, it'll die on it's own.

BDB once again displays his Solomon like wisdom.

+k to BDB.

[janesvilleflash]

Here's a big bummer about St. Xavier University.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-st-xavier-closed-12apr12,0,4648691.story

[BDB]

Livan Hernandez for Minister of Health.

In other news from the Dome, the Blue Devils lost a pair last night/this morning to Whitewater in a doubleheader that started at 1am.     

Additional weird factoid: The games were supposed to be played at Whitewater. 

[stanbob]

Good point shoulda, if everyone is enjoying the debate, go for it. It appears I'm in a minority. I can live with it, but I reserve the right to throw in a smart assed comment on occation.

Amen Flash

[sfury]

Speaking of health care, hopefully for this guy's sake America is one of the leaders in groin care. Hockey player in playoffs gets drilled by a puck, and might even lose a testicle.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=398725

[Knightstalker]

Speaking of health care, hopefully for this guy's sake America is one of the leaders in groin care. Hockey player in playoffs gets drilled by a puck, and might even lose a testicle.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=398725

OOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

I now have sympathy pains.

[Kilted Rat]

Before anyone gets TOO carried away with the "2 Gamma Knife machines in Minnesota; 3 in all of Canada" stat, note that while Canada has roughly 40 times the area of Minnesota, it has but 6 times the population.  And since one of the machines (at least) is at the Mayo Clinic (truly a world facility, not just Minnesota), the discrepancy is not what it may seem.

I am NOT knocking American medicine - at its best, it is clearly the finest in the world.  In terms of health care delivery to all citizens, I think we could do much better.  That may or may not mean a Canadian or British model, but I suggest that the current model is severely flawed.

For your population theories, Iowa has 2.9 million per the last census, Minnesota has  5.1 million, Canada has 33 million. Iowa has 2 Gamma knives, not sure how that fits into the theory.

So far as the real facts are knowable, I've gotten them, thank you.  A full recount in Florida would have almost certainly given the election to Al Gore, the clear winner of the popular vote that year. 

And W won the popular vote in 2004 by a much larger margin, so you can claim whatever you want for the first 4 years, but...

And even W now acknowledges that global warming is occurring.

So when W and 3/4 of congress say there are WMD's in Iraq, you don't believe it and complain like heck that he did anything about it, yet when he says global warming is true, it's gospel???

Must be nice to get to pick and choose what "truths" you want to believe.

[OzJohnnie]

Livan Hernandez for Minister of Health.

Until he goes sour.   Then screw 'em.

[Kilted Rat]

Speaking of health care, hopefully for this guy's sake America is one of the leaders in groin care. Hockey player in playoffs gets drilled by a puck, and might even lose a testicle.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=398725

A buddy of mine my freshman year at SJU was playing goalie for the LAX team. Against recommendations by his coaches and teammates, he decided against wearing a cup.

Well, it caught up to my buddy when he took a ball directly to the... ummm... ball. He had to get it surgically removed.


The night we all found out about this, we were drinking a few beers and after a shot or two, another buddy, we'll call him "Dick" fessed up to the following:

When Dick was a senior in high school, he was at a party and got to drinking with some friends. His "friend" says "Hey, Dick, let me hit you in the nuts with this golf club."
Dick replied, "No way."
The buddy countered with "I'll give you $20." Which was apparently all the convincing Dick needed.
Initially Dick doubled over and was down for a bit, but he got back up and resumed drinking to deal with the pain. The next day, Dick's boys were "swollen to the size of grapefruits."
Dick was too embarrassed to go to a hospital and opted instead to wear sweatpants since jeans were no longer an option. 2 days later the pain and "Rugby ball sized scrotum" made Dick go to the hospital where he was taken to surgery and had 1 and 1/4 testicles removed. 

[57Johnnie]

Speaking of health care, hopefully for this guy's sake America is one of the leaders in groin care. Hockey player in playoffs gets drilled by a puck, and might even lose a testicle.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=398725

A couple of years ago a local, older Padre took a shot playing tennis and had to have one removed. Something went wrong with the surgery and/or recovery and he wasn't expected to live. It took several months to get back to 'almost' his former health.