Are you a politician? You've certainly got the linguistic gymnastic routine down. "I didn't explicitly state that most prosecutors break the rules for altruistic purposes, I merely said that's usually the case". Do you not understand that for me to say you explicitly stated something doesn't mean that I'm quoting…

You are explicitly stating that most prosecutors would only break the rules to get a conviction because he/she truly believe that the defendant is guilty and thus the ends - conviction - justify the means. Yes, that is claiming that breaches in ethics are driving by altruism and yes, that is absolutely naive and/or…

So you never said

You're either naive or just stupid. I'm going to go ahead and guess stupid with a major dose of self-righteousness. I never said that a prosecutor would intentionally target a person that he believes is innocent. That would be an idiotic thing to say, hence my conclusion about your stupidity based on your reading…

Practice vs game does not make any difference whatsoever. When you receive an athletic scholarship you make a commitment to the team that extends far beyond just showing up on gameday. Any violation of team rules, including refusal to practice, can easily be cited as the reason for pulling a scholarship. So yeah,…

Those are some nice rose-tinted glasses you've got there. The fact is that a large number of attorneys - prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers, and all other types - give approximately 0 shits about guilt vs innocence or the truth, what they care about is winning. A prosecutor withholding evidence is far less likely…

I would absolutely love for you to have a role in the decision making process for any team that I don't root for. Wins are a team stat, one which the Devils almost certainly would have had many more of (i.e. enough to make the playoffs) had more of those 39 starts for Brodeur been given to Schneider. The fact that…

Marty also posted a .901 sv% and a 2.51 GAA as compared to Schneider's .921 and 1.97 (the only goalie in the league with a sv% above .920 and a GAA below 2.00 in at least 40 starts). But yeah, goaltending was absolutely the reason the Devils won more of Brodeur's starts than Schneider's.

That would mean something if the eastern conference weren't such hot garbage. 2 extra teams is just 2 extra servings of shit.

The Wings' playoff streak is alive for a 23rd straight year primarily for 2 reasons:

Touche

What are you, some sort of Minnesota state representative?

Your math is way off. If we use your rounded mortality rate of 700 deaths per 100,000 people, for 500,000 people that would put the expected death toll at 3,500. Much greater than the (complete bullshit) 450-500 range given by the PR flunky, but no where near the "more than 10,000" you claim should have been…

Hossa's deal never drops below $1M per season. Pronger's deal was for 7 years, not 17. Pronger's deal is also not in any way comparable because it's a 35+ deal - because he turned 35 before the contract began, the cap hit stays on the books for the life of the contract regardless of whether or not he were to retire…

He didn't dominate per se like he did at the U-18 tournament, but he sure didn't look out of place at the U-20 tournament this year either where he was probably the youngest player on any team.

I'm sorry but that's complete bullshit. Claiming that the shock and ensuing penalties were due only extreme length of the contract is revisionist history. The much bigger issue was just how much the salary dropped in the out years in order to drag down the cap hit. None of those other front-loaded contracts see the…

2010 provided the ultimate argument against the idea that sending NHL players to the Olympics is injurious or unfair to top teams that send a number of players. In 2010 the Blackhawks sent 7 players to the Olympics, tied for 2nd most in the league (I believe the Red Wings sent 8). Of those 7, 4 played all of the way…

I'm not Christian so I'm not exactly an expert on the bible, but isn't the message supposed to be more along the lines of "hate the sin, love the sinner" than "hate the sin, shun the sinner and deny him/her basic goods and services"?

I joined by myself and was assigned to a random team. I knew absolutely no one in the league going in, but I made a ton of new friends both from my team and from others. I completely get where you're coming from, I was definitely terrified about how awkward it was going to be to just show up and know no one (it was…

Or buy a lot of bullets and then just loot and plunder your way to resource adequacy...