All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby td11 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 13:40:41

The Dude wrote:td, that reminds me: see if you can find an article in the New Republic about liberals learning to use the Constitution as a means of arguing for things they want pushed through. Conservative judges are starting to rule in their favor too. I read the print piece, but i think it was called Constitution Street or something like that


is it this one?

and jerz is that because he is going senile
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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Oct 06, 2012 13:41:34

No because he's fat and if Obama gets reelected he can't die

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby CalvinBall » Sat Oct 06, 2012 13:47:58

ginsburg is def gone soon right? then maybe scalia, kennedy, and breyer?

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby The Dude » Sat Oct 06, 2012 13:49:23

yep, that's it, td
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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby td11 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 14:21:33

The Dude wrote:yep, that's it, td


that was a great read, thanks. had to add this bookto my list
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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby td11 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 14:30:18



more of this plz
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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Oct 06, 2012 14:31:06

The Painful Truth about Affirmative Action - Good intentions, bad outcomes

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby td11 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:18:47

Robert Mackey ‏@RobertMackey
CNN poll: 7% of Americans think PBS gets half the US budget; 30% think +5%; 40% say 1-5%. In reality: 0.014% http://nyti.ms/QYMTf9 #BigBird
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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby Phan In Phlorida » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:30:43

The 1st presidential debate, as summarized by Next Media Annimation...

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby SK790 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:38:47

td11 wrote:Robert Mackey ‏@RobertMackey
CNN poll: 7% of Americans think PBS gets half the US budget; 30% think +5%; 40% say 1-5%. In reality: 0.014% http://nyti.ms/QYMTf9 #BigBird

this is mind blowing.
I like teh waether

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby dajafi » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:41:47

jerseyhoya wrote:
dajafi wrote:If he has that, I think he can lose Nevada (where Silver still has him at 85 percent), Virginia (76 percent), Colorado (75 percent), Iowa (75 percent) and Florida (66 percent) and win re-election. The electoral college is just tough for Romney now.

269-269

President Romney


If he wins Kerry states plus New Mexico plus Ohio?

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:43:56

dajafi wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
dajafi wrote:If he has that, I think he can lose Nevada (where Silver still has him at 85 percent), Virginia (76 percent), Colorado (75 percent), Iowa (75 percent) and Florida (66 percent) and win re-election. The electoral college is just tough for Romney now.

269-269

President Romney

If he wins Kerry states plus New Mexico plus Ohio?

Yeah

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby dajafi » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:52:55

Wow, it's true.

Ok, so Obama will have to win any one of Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Virginia and Florida.

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:53:59

dajafi wrote:Wow, it's true.

Ok, so Obama will have to win any one of Nevada, Colorado, Virginia and Florida.

Or Iowa

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby dajafi » Sat Oct 06, 2012 15:55:58

Changed it on the edit. jh too quick for me and my surprisingly crappy wireless mouse.

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby CalvinBall » Sat Oct 06, 2012 16:02:18

still has a chance in NC too. but if that goes blue again for him it probably means those other 5 will too.

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Oct 06, 2012 16:11:35

SK790 wrote:
td11 wrote:Robert Mackey ‏@RobertMackey
CNN poll: 7% of Americans think PBS gets half the US budget; 30% think +5%; 40% say 1-5%. In reality: 0.014% http://nyti.ms/QYMTf9 #BigBird

this is mind blowing.

If you give people the option to give a stupid answer on a poll, many will take it.

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby TenuredVulture » Sat Oct 06, 2012 16:28:05

I'm guessing the military spends a lot more just making its recruitment ads (not talking about paying to run them) than PBS gets from the federal government.
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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby JFLNYC » Sat Oct 06, 2012 16:41:56

In 2010 Lloyd Blankfein made an amount equal to ~10% of CPB's entire appropriation.

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Re: All things good in MODERATION: Politics Thread

Postby drsmooth » Sat Oct 06, 2012 17:36:43

JFLNYC wrote:In 2010 Lloyd Blankfein made an amount equal to ~10% of CPB's entire appropriation.


well, he's 10x funnier-looking than Big Bird
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