StrangeSox

Some of the fact checks on this thing were pretty dumb: Hey, factcheck.org? That was the point--Romney's proposed rate cuts amount to $5T dollars and he hasn't given in plausible way to close that gap other than vague promises that contradict each other. or this: Is factcheck.org incapable of understanding the context in which that statement was made? Even though they quoted the part specifically talking about rates? or politifact: hey dummies, the point is that Romney refuses to specify any of those loopholes and deductions and his other promises (no tax increases for anyone, the rich pay the same amount) mean that the math can't possible add up. Which is the point. "But Romney says he won't!" doesn't make it half-true. PS: This is more annoyance with "fact checkers" and how terrible our media is than about Romney.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 11:36 AM) Are you hedging a Romney win here with shananigans??? No, I'm saying that the debates don't matter too much while also taking a passing jab at the "Unskewed Polls" hilarity.

My mistake for conflating "pre-election polls" and "pre-election polls the day(s) right before the election." Bad assumption on my part.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 09:37 AM) Eh, I disagree here. I think there's a good chunk of people that are truly undecided and that's proven after the votes are tallied (since the results don't always match up with pre-voting polls). I agree the debates don't mean as much these days, but it's the best opportunity to really compare the two candidates while they're in the same room, so there's some value. An overwhelming majority of people are already decided, especially in the "likely voter" pool. The results, in aggregate, usually match up very well with pre-voting polls. Significant differences are usually signs of fraud if anything.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 08:31 AM) And for once it wasn't because of a fall in workforce participation. It's still a too-slow improvement, but at least it is improvement.

Unemployment drops unexpectedly to 7.8%

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 11:22 PM) So its bad that the first thing I wondered was if those girls were hot? I think the answer is no by the way. (If the question is, are they hot?) Are you Scottish?

Eg Pakistan, Yemen

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 02:53 PM) Romney won the debate, no contest. His whole approach was pretty brilliant, from a performance standpoint. He was focused and to-the-point, he hammered a small list of key themes, he came off as a business leader. He also did a 180 on some issues right in front of people, and they barely noticed, because Obama was too weak to point it out in a useful way. Obama was professorial and weak, meandered through answers, and had very little to say as to what good he would do in a second term. As for facts, they both played fast and loose, but Romney was clearly doing a lot more fudging and lying... and yet, it didn't matter to most people, because of how well he presented it. It was almost like those two flipped personalities before the debate. Agreed

Obama didn't know how to handle Romney rejecting all of his own proposals.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 11:05 PM) haha they are blaming Jim Lehrer for Obama's flop. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/03/1...-debate-because if anything Lehrer was very generous to Obama. He even gave Obama more time on questions and rudely interrupted Romney on a number of occasions. Both of them walked all over lehrer, who was terrible. "Explain your differences on 'government,' go."

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 10:35 PM) they all admitted Romney won. the debate was an extreme blowout in favor of Romney. even Obama fanatics like Andrew Sullivan are gloomy after the debate http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/20...ebate-2012.html Sullivan's meltdown was hilarious, but i knew he would go that route as soon as Romney endorsed B-S (before explicitly rejecting many of its components). His main thing is DEFICIT!

"Tammy Baldwin is so liberal she broke her promise to protect medicare." What is this i don't even

PA judge blocks voter ID law http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239...1743100582.html

I use these when I travel and cut the grass: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-MK-II-Pre...d/dp/B001EZYMF4 They're not active noise-cancelling headphones, but they fit in your ear canal and function as ear plugs so they still cut down on a lot of ambient noise. The only thing they're missing imo is an in-line volume control.

Beats are like Bose--not bad, and certainly better than some crappy $10 headphones or whatever comes with the iPhone, but they're seriously overpriced.

There's a lot of bad assumptions buried in that, too. But, no, that's just another weak attempted deflection.

You started with the assertion that if they'd only give up eating out, they could easily afford a $60 cleaning. When pressed on that a little, you threw out a percentage assumption that falls right in line with what you were saying in the first place. Sure, it was phrased as a "question," but, rhetorically, it really wasn't. This is clear because you need that percentage or something close to it to justify your initial statement. You're right that you have yet to state any facts and are just carelessly throwing out "questions" and assertions to justify your slandering of the poor and uninsured. The burden is still on you to make your argument. Or you could actually address the larger point instead of focusing only on $60 dental checkups.

Also a rip-off: "Hi-speed" or "3D" HDMI cables.

Monster cables are cheap compared to what some idiots spend. We're talking thousands or tens of thousands of dollars on speaker cabling, or replacing their receiver power supply cord with a solid copper cord (did they also re-wire their entire house and local transmission grid?) This page has a good compilation of tests of various audiophile claims: http://www.head-fi.org/t/486598/testing-au...laims-and-myths And you're right, there's no reason to buy "speaker wire" unless you want a nice, professional-looking installation. Just make sure it's the right gauge and material and you're good to go.

I picked him up on waivers in my other league after the first week.

So no legwork to back up your assumptions that allow you to hand-waive away the entire issue, then. Oh well.

Here's that HDMI cable test I saw earlier: http://gizmodo.com/266616/the-truth-about-...dgetsfieldnotes http://gizmodo.com/268788/the-truth-about-...-keep-upusually http://gizmodo.com/282725/the-truth-about-...finale-part-iii