Everything posted by bmags
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The Finer Things In Life
QUOTE (G&T @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 09:04 PM) Do you mean blond? A blanche is generally a witbeir (white ale). A blonde is generally considered a "belgian ale." Sort of the catch all belgian style for those that don't fit anywhere else. I don't see a listing for Leffe Blanche, however. Yeah my mistake then. I had it in Belgium at a chip shop the prof we saw there took us to. It was wonderful with the fries but I had the blonde here and it wasn't very satisfying.
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Official 2009-2010 NFL Thread
I mean, though, the 49ers in the 80s weren't a well-oiled machine? Anyways, Roethlisberger is a pretty underrated in this thread. That guy gets the absolute s*** beat out of him every game, if you put him on some of these competent offenses he'd put up some great numbers. But, yes, Philliip Rivers deserved that cash. I mean seriously you can't think Kurt Warner should be paid more than him, simply the fact that Rivers is so young and so productive warrants more $$$. Rodgers/Cutler/Rivers are the future world beaters at QB for years to come.
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The Finer Things In Life
What is Leffe Blanche considered?
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Films Thread
QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 05:32 AM) Glengarry Glen Ross is a man's movie. Every bit of dialouge is fantastic. Every actor is outstanding. Among my favs of all time. just watched the bolded. Loved Pacino in it. WHy did he have to fall off the deep end.
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Healthcare reform
QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 10:34 PM) Fixed that for ya. Man you missed that irony i guess.
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Healthcare reform
WHY WON'T YOU LET THE TRIAL LAWYERS MAKE PROFITS WITHOUT FORCING THE GOVERNMENT TO POWER GRAB IT AWAY FROM THEM
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Healthcare reform
QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 02:48 PM) And those high risk surgeries result in pretty high lawsuit claims. It's all a perpetual clusterf*** cycle that needs broken and REFORMED. Yeah, I'm not really against tort reform. At all. It's one of those things I just don't care that much about. I just don't like it being pointed to as the end all be all in the debate.
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Edward Kennedy dies at 77
QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 01:43 PM) Of course. And the 'prestige', family honor, all that crap. He took his brother's seat, to keep it in the family. Probably why they wanted to change the law again so they could appoint another Kennedy to the spot when he died, keep the legacy going. And sure teddy and family had money before that, but trust me, him being a Senator didn't hurt their finances any. Yes to the bolded, but no way he did it for the pay check. I'd take the argument he did it for the power, for sure, but senators don't make that much, and considering their name and education I'm sure he could've made quite a bit more in the private sector. And I doubt the Kennedy's have to work that much, anyhoo.
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Edward Kennedy dies at 77
I'll pay my respects to a senator who fought on the right side of a lot of civil rights issues. Ted Kennedy, the man, was deeply flawed, and I won't blame some snide comments aimed at him. But, I'd rather have a flawed man, who killed someone, that was on the right side of civil and social justice, then Jesse Helms. And because when Jesse Helms died I said good riddance, I'm fine with the republicans here doing the same.
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Healthcare reform
QUOTE (Tex @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 12:19 PM) So many people want tort reform until some Doctor, drunk or on drugs, f***s up their operation, then they want everything. I'm not certain what the answer is, but we have established a system of civil awards (re: fines) that based on the severity of the f*** up, can get very expensive. But when someone loses their leg or worse, do to neglect by a Doctor, I'm not certain how much is fair or adequate. Perhaps there are people smart enough to decide in advance how much is fair, but I doubt it. We could have a chart. 35 years old, father of two, needs legs to work, active athlete, loses his leg $250,000. 63 years old, inactive, retired, likes to read, loses his leg, $25,000. Additionally, a lot of states have put forth tort reform measures. Missouri for one, on the healthcare point, it's done nothing to reduce individuals costs. But on my part, on the examples like yours, I think everyone can agree compensation is in order. However, doctors getting sued for making mistakes on high risk surgery, I should like to see some reform.
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Healthcare reform
QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 12:07 PM) SO2 is sulfur dioxide, not carbon dioxide. It's responsible for acid rain. There has been a cap-and-trade tax-and-kill! program in place for that pollutant for a little while now, but it was fought fiercely when it was proposed. You don't hear too much about acid rain these days. yeah, funny part to that, the original solution in the seventies when it was derailed by coal states and people like D Robert Byrd, they got the regulation to be that coal plants had to build their smoke towers x feet high. It effectively passed the buck over to different states and was doing NOTHING. Cap and trade solved this problem.
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1930's Budget Deficits
QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 12:10 PM) I haven't seen anyone use them incorrectly yet. hey.
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1930's Budget Deficits
that's just asking for people to use it incorrectly. I'm in $2,000 of deficit and am running a $40 debt a month.
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The Girl With Two Vaginas
QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 03:33 AM) "My Two Vaginas", Thursdays at 9 on SCTV. ahh, I laughed really hard at this.
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Healthcare reform
and they don't have to give in?
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Healthcare reform
and who got the republicans elected.
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Music Thread
No Age continues to get better http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/No%20A...0a%20Target.mp3
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The Girl With Two Vaginas
so many great quotes but this is my fav: "The surgeon removed the barrier between her two vaginas, leaving her with one big one."
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Edward Kennedy dies at 77
A large majority of his constituents would disagree with you.
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Really interesting study on how we support our false beliefs
These documentaries help people get over their false beliefs and confirmation biases.
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The Finer Things In Life
Thanks! I'm excited, it's not exactly organized, partially illegal, and open-ended, but not much was going on here and it's something I've wanted to do for a while.
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The Finer Things In Life
QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 07:04 PM) Hey bmags. . . You never indicated your cachaca preference. Inquiring minds want to know. LeBlon is all I've ever had. But when I move to Brazil in 2 weeks I'll try some others, let you know.
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Healthcare reform
I'm sure the growth of government from 1929 to 1940 was much larger than what would occur here. The government size has steadily grown this century but has ebbed and flowed, privatized parts of itself, shed it's skin in many parts. This is undoubtedly major reform and I think that scares anyone of failure. But this is going to come down to whether you view this as something our society should be setting up through our government. People have varying opinions. But whether the Republicans and blue dogs succeed in killing 'Obamacare', that can't be the end of it, some form of health care reform absolutely needs to get passed. It can't be like 2005 with social security.
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Edward Kennedy dies at 77
They guy is a great reason you don't have term limits, imo. He knew the ins and outs of procedure and helped hammer out how the impeachment procedures should go on Clinton. Really, regardless of policy, the man was everything a modern senator should be.
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The Finer Things In Life
I bought my brother a shot of chartreuse this weekend for his bachelor party and the bartender didn't serve it chilled. At least they had it.