41 thoughts on “November 14, 2014: Addicted”

  1. I know I'm way behind on the recaps, but Salt River won its division and will play for the AFL Championship on Saturday against Peoria. Game time is 1:08 Mountain Standard Time.

  2. KG wants to own the Wolves I guess? I saw a joke on twitter about KG join forces with Prince to buy the team, so that'll probably happen. Ha.

    1. β€œI want to buy the Timberwolves. Put a group together and perhaps some day try to buy the team. That’s what I want,” Garnett said after a 107-99 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night.

      Hopefully, this will dispel the myth that Garnett didn't like playing in Minnesota.

      1. I think he'd still be highly regarded here.
        Like just about everyone except Knoblauch.
        Or like LeBron in Cleveland.

    2. Well seeing as seemingly the only way they could get worse from an ownership perspective is if Donald Sterling's lifetime ban was revoked, I'm fully on board with this.

    3. I'm okay with KG being part owner of the wolves, but the thought of a KG Prince pairing is pretty funny. Especially when prince doesn't have a cell phone.

  3. If any of the Nation's lawyers have any experience with workplace injury and liabilty law, or could provide an opinion on a particular barrister working in that field, I would love to pick your brain a bit off-site.

    1. If it'd be helpful, I worked at an employment law firm and so could probably put you in touch with someone specializing in workers comp issues. Not at that firm, but they have a pretty great network.

  4. I haven't said anything here because it hadn't been anywhere close to official, but it looks now like my consulting job is ending after 22+ years. Unlike other jobs recently mentioned here (keep at it, Citizens -- your new job is out there!), this could very well have a positive outcome for the Runner family.

    Ever since some long-time contractors at Microsoft sued for benefits (and won!?) several years back, the railroad law dept. has been raising a stink about my (and other) long-term contracts in the engineering department, which through various subterfuge we have been able to keep working, but looks like our time is up. This time, though, several of us are being offered to hire on as employees, and without the requirement to relocate. The timing of this is great, and hopefully the salary is commensurate -- the benefits themselves would kick butt what we currently have. The vacation time is negotiable, and I don't plan on retiring at a time before pension / RR retirement would vest, so my fingers are crossed.

  5. Im in the process of moving places (sigh) and stumbled upon this beauty. I have no idea how I acquired it.

  6. From our discussion the other day on just who were the finalists and the "runner-up" to Molitor, Bollinger had this yesterday:

    In the end, the top two candidates were Molitor and Red Sox bench coach Torey Lovullo.

    I do remember seeing at one point just before Molitor was hired that Mientkiewicz had been told he was no longer a candidate.

  7. so, can anyone here provide a reasonable analysis of why

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        1. probably true. But not very relevant; when a large, large majority of self-identifiers from both sides of the partisan ledger agree on a question, you typically expect the electeds on both sides to agree as well.

          1. you typically expect the electeds on both sides to agree as well.
            Not if the numbers, once correcting for strength of feeling, are not as lopsided.
            Take a stand on one side: lots of people might grumble about it for a minute and then forget it.
            Take a stand on other side: lots of people might think "good job, rep" for a minute and then forget it, while a few people, including a part of your base, may completely be upset and start looking for a primary challenger.

            Which might be what Algonad is saying, but there are less cynical interpretations.

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