Everything posted by Soxbadger
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SOTU Speech Thread
If only he had come out to "I am a real american" ( ) and ripped off his suit to reveal a more awesome suit That would have taken it to the next level.
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SOTU Speech Thread
The best attack is: "He may have well said that he had secretly developed a way to turn garbage into oil."
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SOTU Speech Thread
Obama is a huge Groucho fan.
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SOTU Speech Thread
So Im thinking Obama/Clinton ticket, setting Clinton up for a Presidential run in 2016.
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SOTU Speech Thread
If you didnt watch, then you probably missed Obama's best speech since being elected into office. Complete populist nonsense, but he really set the tone for his reelection and thats all this was about.
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SOTU Speech Thread
Not when you make the rules that govern how you make money! All in favor of raises for ourselves, say I!
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SOTU Speech Thread
Obama pulls the Im wealthy and understand why I need to pay more taxes card. 98% always beats 2%, its just up to the 98% to realize which side at the end of the day actually is willing to put their money on the line for the US.
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SOTU Speech Thread
Oh s*** thats right Im making jokes on stage, late night talk show Obama wins the election easy.
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SOTU Speech Thread
Build me a monorail Obama, come on, double down on America going berserk.
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SOTU Speech Thread
People on notice, doubling down, put that bill on my desk and Ill sign it. Hes like a catch phrase machine.
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SOTU Speech Thread
Who cares hes rolling, hes going to spend more, cut taxes and solve cancer. AMERICANS ARE TWICE AS FAST AND STRONG I mean its the lowest brow, but its so damn effective that in an election year you gotta do it.
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SOTU Speech Thread
Oh s*** Obama just put higher education on notice.
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SOTU Speech Thread
So far pretty good start for Obama. Most of the reforms about outsourcing etc are the type of populist ideas that you can never go wrong with. Kind of unfair, but thats why incumbents so rarely lose. I mean who isnt going to clap for "MORE AMERICAN JOBS". This type of Obama is going to be hard to beat.
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Job Hunt Thread
If you get an offer you can always try and leverage the internship into a job if they really want to keep you.
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SOTU Speech Thread
No thread on state of union, but I think Obama may be going clever here. After WWII taxes were extraordinarily high.
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Job Hunt Thread
Basically what hes saying is you have no legal obligation to show up. The only risk of blowing it off would be to your reputation. If you get something better, you probably should give them notice and be respectful.
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2011-2012 NCAA Basketball Thread
Figured that Purdue would be down this year, but still imagined theyd be able to win at home. Purdue is definitely trending down.
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Man shoots neighbor's pet Labrador
Your friend may want to also file a small claims case against the person who did it. Animals in most states are considered property, so it would simply be a damage to property lawsuit and maybe theyd be liable. Did she call her homeowners insurance? Some cover animal injuries.
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Penn State horror story
ive read the article a few times, I dont really see a correlation. Paterno did report it to "the authorities" he reported it to the head of campus police, Gary Schultz. If you want to be taken seriously, at least stick to the truth. Make the article that just going to the police is not enough, that you have to do more, that you cant trust the police, because the police twice failed in this case. No one seems to want to ask the hard question, why did the police not do their job? People have the right to believe Paterno should have done more than merely reporting it to the authorities, but to deny that he did, is just an outright fabrication. (edit) To clarify she did bring up this point: . But I think she placed the wrong emphasis on what Paterno did. Paterno didnt follow up, but he definitely did report it to authorities. I also am not a huge fan of this line of reasoning, because I dont blame the average German for what happened under the Nazi's, I dont blame the witness who doesnt come forward, I blame the criminal.
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SOPA
Most music/video companies refuse to settle copyright infringement claims even for 2x the value of the alleged product. Getty images refuses to settle for anything less than like $700.
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Post your tax structure plan
Balta, Sales tax, property tax etc are for different services, items. Personally I think they are different, especially because sales/property tax are generally not federal taxes and this is a discussion on federal tax.
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Post your tax structure plan
Without doing hardcore numbers I think the answer is something like, raising income taxes on the highest levels, raise inheritance tax, lowering capital gains etc. Capital gains is somewhat of a double tax which is kind of unfair (taxed when you made the money and then taxed as the money gains value), inheritance isnt so much a double tax because the person who is inheriting the money didnt earn it (if it was earned it would be taxed as wages/income).
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2012 Video Game Thread
I figured, just was wondering about the game play.
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The Democrat Thread
People are stupid, I wish I could say the store was unbelievable.
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2011-2012 NBA Season Thread
I think this years team is better than last years team.