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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby TenuredVulture » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:42:20

Since the Republicans took over the House of Representatives, the recovery has stalled and now threatens to reverse.
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby jerseyhoya » Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:29:27

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
This jobs report is no big deal. Every economy has a few bad decades.

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Per capita global GDP did not grow AT ALL between 2000 B.C. and the Industrial Revolution. We're just reverting to the mean!

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby Bucky » Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:59:32

jerseyhoya wrote:What did Joe Manchin do?


sounds like a setup for the corny jokes thread

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby The Nightman Cometh » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:02:01

Alec Baldwin thinks there are people artificially suppressing the economy.
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby td11 » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:50:51

jerseyhoya wrote:Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
This jobs report is no big deal. Every economy has a few bad decades.

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Per capita global GDP did not grow AT ALL between 2000 B.C. and the Industrial Revolution. We're just reverting to the mean!


who is he even pooping on here?
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby CFP » Fri Jun 01, 2012 13:45:50

td11 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
This jobs report is no big deal. Every economy has a few bad decades.

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Per capita global GDP did not grow AT ALL between 2000 B.C. and the Industrial Revolution. We're just reverting to the mean!


who is he even pooping on here?


Beats me

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby drsmooth » Fri Jun 01, 2012 13:56:50

td11 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
This jobs report is no big deal. Every economy has a few bad decades.

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Per capita global GDP did not grow AT ALL between 2000 B.C. and the Industrial Revolution. We're just reverting to the mean!


who is he even pooping on here?


seems like a general-purpose "things suck but let's look at it in humorous context" effort
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby MoBettle » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:11:00

What the heck? Why doesn't he pick one side and blame them for everything like a real American?

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby The Dude » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:14:36

jerseyhoya wrote:

Obama, incredibly gracious & nice speech. GW Bush, good at this shit. Nice stuff from Laura and Michelle as well.

Kind of a neat tradition, in the midst of a competitive election season, to have this kind of a bipartisan lovefest. Studying for my comparative politics exam...this stuff doesn't happen everywhere.


There was a great article in Time about the Ex Pres club. Book coming out about it as well
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby Werthless » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:30:07

td11 wrote:
Werthless wrote:This is precious.

The liberals on this board (and those off it) are perfectly fine legislating restrictions on soda intake, cigarettes, bicycle helmets, speed limits, seat belts, etc, because they assert that society is better off without these behaviors (drinking large sodas, smoking, riding without a helmet, etc). That is the only standard! And yet, if conservatives try to pass laws that meet that standard ("It will make society better off"), the standard is not enough to justify taking away that choice. Everyone agrees that abortions are bad, so let's ban them. Ohhhh no, we can't do that; this is infringing upon the woman's right to do whatever the hell she wants to do with her body, including stopping the tiny heart beating inside her.


you think "everyone agrees that abortions are bad" and should be banned?

consuming the amount of sugar in a 32oz soda is scientifically proven to be terrible for you. aborting a baby is not. should the gov't ever try to do anything about the increasingly alarming obesity rates in this country?

i do agree that banning might be going too far and maybe an increased tax (like cigs) needs to be applied, but i do think that some kind of action needs to be taken.

No. Most people agree that abortions aren't really a good thing. Liberal politicians typically phrase it like "No one wants to have abortions, but sometimes the feel it's necessary." Support of contraception is in line with this view. If no one wanted to get an abortion, then I would say that's a good thing, not a bad thing.

Aborting a baby is scientifically proven to be bad for the baby, I would say.

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby The Nightman Cometh » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:32:01

Who says that fetus is a baby?
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby Werthless » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:34:35

Probably should have sad fetus-baby-fish to cover my bases.

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby Polar Bear Phan » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:34:58

The Dude wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:

Obama, incredibly gracious & nice speech. GW Bush, good at this shit. Nice stuff from Laura and Michelle as well.

Kind of a neat tradition, in the midst of a competitive election season, to have this kind of a bipartisan lovefest. Studying for my comparative politics exam...this stuff doesn't happen everywhere.


There was a great article in Time about the Ex Pres club. Book coming out about it as well


Yeah, my general observation is that US Presidents seem to develop a bit of a buddy-buddy clique that you really don't see often elsewhere and might not expect given the partisan divide. They seem very leery to actually criticize each other.

To an extent, I also think you see this with HOFers in sports.

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby jerseyhoya » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:48:26

td11 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
This jobs report is no big deal. Every economy has a few bad decades.

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Per capita global GDP did not grow AT ALL between 2000 B.C. and the Industrial Revolution. We're just reverting to the mean!

who is he even pooping on here?

The economy is not a person, although it could probably be described as poopy

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby The Nightman Cometh » Fri Jun 01, 2012 14:55:31

It's not that bad. Housing is picking up.
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby Phan In Phlorida » Fri Jun 01, 2012 15:21:21

CFP wrote:Sure, just seems like me looking for something that isn't there. In the meantime, here's something that is there:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012 ... n-new-app/

BTW, Colbert killed on the Amercia thing the other day (starts @ around 3:30), concluding with his rendition of "Amercia Teh Beatiful".

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby swishnicholson » Fri Jun 01, 2012 15:27:33

jerseyhoya wrote:
td11 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
This jobs report is no big deal. Every economy has a few bad decades.

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Per capita global GDP did not grow AT ALL between 2000 B.C. and the Industrial Revolution. We're just reverting to the mean!

who is he even pooping on here?

The economy is not a person, although it could probably be described as poopy


Spain, Greece, Italy etc. are poopy, unless you can come up with something a good deal worse than poop. US economy is at worst an Eggo waffle you left in the toaster all night.
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby thephan » Fri Jun 01, 2012 17:22:57

well the DOW has given back all its gains for the year on the news (pick your news, it is all bad for the markets at the moment). TBill shrinks to 1.47%.
yawn

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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby drsmooth » Fri Jun 01, 2012 17:53:03

swishnicholson wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
td11 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
This jobs report is no big deal. Every economy has a few bad decades.

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Per capita global GDP did not grow AT ALL between 2000 B.C. and the Industrial Revolution. We're just reverting to the mean!

who is he even pooping on here?

The economy is not a person, although it could probably be described as poopy


Spain, Greece, Italy etc. are poopy, unless you can come up with something a good deal worse than poop. US economy is at worst an Eggo waffle you left in the toaster all night.


def pre-poop
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Re: Is It November Yet? Politics Thread

Unread postby jamiethekiller » Fri Jun 01, 2012 18:36:45

thephan wrote:well the DOW has given back all its gains for the year on the news (pick your news, it is all bad for the markets at the moment). TBill shrinks to 1.47%.


my 401 was doing like 11%YTD. when my contribution deposited today i went to look at it. i'm at -.47% for YTD now. ugh

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