Forum: Politics
02-08-2007, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 155
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Forum: Politics
02-08-2007, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 345
Re: What a waste (of my time)
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I wanted to double check BB's "right wing circle jerk" allegation, so I went to FoxNews.com. Sure enough, this story is their #2 story. Carry on.
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What you...
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Forum: Politics
02-07-2007, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 345
What a waste (of my time)
I don't believe I wasted 2 minutes of my life reading that article.
It was neither interesting nor was the event in question any type of waste, scandal or stupidity. It seems like the only event...
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Forum: Politics
02-07-2007, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 92
Anyone read the \"What If?\" history books?
I finished "What if?" and am half way through "What if? 2"
Anyway, the books are each composed of a dozen or so counterfactual historical events written by eminent historians about key events that...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
01-23-2007, 01:39 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 210
Re: How to check-mate the DoJ in one move
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I think that it's pretty safe to say, if it's against the law to win money playing cards, where you are, then it's against the law to win money playing cards even if you are playing them...
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Forum: Micro Stakes
12-15-2006, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 38
Re: Losing streak
I never discount bad play. I think it's possible I have been trying too hard to be tricky, but unlikely. I'd say, 300PTBB or so are from getting it all in with hands that have a 3-1 or 4-1 favorite...
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Forum: Micro Stakes
12-15-2006, 03:27 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 38
Re: Losing streak
-20PTBB...in the beginning of this I was up 430PTBB, so, it's also kind of a 8k hand -450PTBB
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Forum: Micro Stakes
12-15-2006, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 38
Losing streak
At $50 nl, is 17k hands an unusually long losing streak for a winning (historically anyway) player? I don't ever remember having one this long.
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Forum: Politics
12-13-2006, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 99
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Forum: Politics
12-13-2006, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
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For example, I was suggesting that most all actions that people have been characterizing as "free" are not free, they infact exist within a power structure that includes...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-12-2006, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 265
Views: 821
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-12-2006, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 265
Views: 821
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Forum: Politics
12-12-2006, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
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To actually believe that a poor person with children looking for a place to live is acting freely, as in, unencumbered by other people's power, is simply to close one's eyes...
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Forum: Politics
12-12-2006, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 168
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Forum: Politics
12-12-2006, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
I have not actually proposed anything, all I have done is dispute something. Namely that the AC notion of rights are a fabrication.
What do I think constitutes moral guidelines for what should be...
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Forum: Politics
12-12-2006, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 69
Re: What system of government do I live in?
Representative Democracy/Plutocracy/Corpratocracy/Punditocracy/Aristocracy.
It ain't pretty, we're also sprouting a little bit of a theocracy bump a al ancestor worship/christian fundi.
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Forum: Politics
12-12-2006, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
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Forum: Politics
12-12-2006, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
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Your Utopian idea that we will all be equal is nonsense. Can you point to anywhere in the history of the world, outside one of your textbook hypotheticals, where this has happened.
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Forum: Politics
12-11-2006, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 77
Re: A Matter Of Intelligence
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At least he didn't invade Iraq without even knowing that Islam had two major branches, unlike some presidents.
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The bar has really been set too low.
This isn't just...
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Forum: Politics
12-11-2006, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
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Do I really need to justify why it is acceptable? I don't think I do, becuase it is acceptable.
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Laws and approaches to law wouldnot have been acceptable in...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-11-2006, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 236
Re: Ask me about being Valedictorian
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I am graduating today after returning to school after years of doing 'other' things. I have a GPA over 3.9, and I have been elected as the valedictorian in my course of study.
I am...
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Forum: Politics
12-11-2006, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
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The discussion was over "vested interest." As for legitimacy the definition speaks for it self. Efficiency and morality aren't relevant. But certainly, the current rules for...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-11-2006, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 262
Re: Raising Children as Atheists?
I was raised Atheist and those questions never really bothered me the way they seemed to bother other (christian) children. My sister's only big objection, since becoming an adult, is that a large...
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Forum: Politics
12-11-2006, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
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I am not independant of this country. This is so much more evident then any point I have seen you make. If this country falls into a depression it affects me, if this...
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Forum: Politics
12-11-2006, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 504
Views: 1,460
Re: A sub-point
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Wait, you're the one being dogmatic and obtuse. When you make a claim (e.g. I have a "vested interest" in your activities) the burden of proof is on YOU to prove this.
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