Everything posted by cabiness42
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Government Shutdown on the clock thread
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/09/24/...e-disaster.html Even Karl Rove gets it.
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San Antonio
Anybody else want advice for trips they've already taken?
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The environment thread
So how about a law that makes a company liable for the losses shareholders suffer due to wrongdoing by the company?
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Government Shutdown on the clock thread
There were shutdowns during 6 of Reagan's 8 years in office, though they totaled up to only 14 days. The last two shutdowns occurred with Clinton and Obama in office and those two totaled up to 27 days. So at the national level, Democrats have not been willing to cause as much damage with their shutdowns. As to the state level shutdowns ss2k mentioned, the one in Indiana was a legislative walkout that prevented a specific bill from getting passed. It didn't stop government work and stop employees from getting paid the way the Federal shutdowns have. (Although I do still think it was wrong of them to walk out like that.)
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Government Shutdown on the clock thread
The Congressman for our district and one of the two Senators are part of that hardliner group. Yet based on conversation that I hear here at work, the majority of employees voted for both of them. Same goes with the owners of many of the businesses in the area that will lose business during a shutdown. There are 3-4 restaurants near here that get 80+% of their lunch business from us. One of them went under during the shutdown 2 years ago from the lost business and went on TV and blamed Obama's tax policies as the reason his restaurant went under.
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Government Shutdown on the clock thread
We got the "hey, we might have to shut down in a week" e-mail from the department Secretary today.
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
No, 8% does not include the bowl game, but LSU is an SEC team right?
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(Insert Celeb Here) is Dead
Nobody will go to his funeral. It will be too crowded.
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The Democrat Thread
Just don't forget where the "Obama wasn't born in the US" claim started.
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White Sox at Tigers 9/22 game thread 6:08 first pitch
Based on yesterday, I would say the Tigers want it more. "It" being a Top 10 draft pick.
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2015-2016 NFL Thread
Colts should hire Brian Kelly.
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
Yes, it is, so I probably should have just left them off.
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Soxtalk Republican Primary
He has a track record of fiscal success as Ohio's governor, got re-elected with well over 60% of the vote in a pretty moderate state, and yes, he has a history of saying things that make sense. In general I think being a governor of a big state is as good of preparation for the Presidency as you can get.
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Soxtalk Republican Primary
I think Kasich is the best candidate on either major party ticket since I've been able to vote (1988).
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
Army is 0-3 but has been close to winning each game. And before you trot out any cliches about being "close" remember that Army actually has hand grenades.
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
IDK, after Petrino and Bielema, could Arkansas handle a coach with actual integrity?
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
If you think Strong at Texas drew out racism, imagine him at Alabama?
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Soxtalk Republican Primary
Assume for this poll that there is no other party and that one of these 17 people will be the next President. Where would your vote go? Interested to see how Soxtalk results compare with national polling. Crap, where did the poll go?
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The Democrat Thread
Lots of people are all the way one of those two things because really rich people on both sides are very good at convincing very gullible people to believe party lines instead of thinking for themselves.
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
Really hard to say after 3 games. FPI (and most of the other computer rankings) like OSU a lot more than MSU.
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Pair of free UD tix
These tickets are still available.
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
According to the ESPN Football Power Index, best chance of finishing the regular season undefeated: Ohio State 28.9% Boise State 20.9% Mississippi 16.7% Baylor 9.6% Notre Dame 8.4%
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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread
The university is caught in the middle between trying to do the right thing and trying to placate a handful of racist big-money donors. It would be wrong to fire him but it probably happens.
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Sports Media discussion
Wow, didn't realize that. In Indiana, not only can you not buy lottery tickets online, you can't use a credit card to buy them. Cash or debit only (though there are places that break that rule).
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The Republican Thread
The National Right to Life Committee tries very hard to not be associated with the Republican Party in general, or specifically with politicians who do not balance their abortion views with being reasonable on social justice. The Republican Party has greatly distorted the true pro-life position. Every church I've ever been a part of has given a great deal of money to non-profit centers that provide pregnancy care, post-pregnancy care, and adoption placement help to women who can't financially afford to not have an abortion. I would never attend a church that didn't do this. True pro-life advocates cringe at the kind of things that come out of the mouths of people like Ted Cruz.