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- Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:46 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Fall TV Preview: What are you watching?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 474
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:33 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: The Cabinet Speculation Thread
- Replies: 7
- Views: 381
- Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:40 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: The Cabinet Speculation Thread
- Replies: 7
- Views: 381
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:45 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
Cain, I'm sorry, but I'm really not interesting in talking with you, in case I haven't made that clear. Your continuing posting certainly isn't changing my perspective on the sort of discussion that would result. I'm not out to change your perspective. If anything, I know my presence will only hard...
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:30 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
You can, of course, decline to participate in intellectual debate. Oh, Cain, I would never decline to participate in intellectual debate. You're right, you'd need a track record of participating in them in the first place. :lol Oh, that's nice: the fishing metaphor. What's it called, when you strin...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:42 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Here we go again: Charged for taking pictures of yourself.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 217
Re: Here we go again: Charged for taking pictures of yoursel
Teen Charged for Sending Nude Photos of Herself . We had a similar thread a few years ago here, so I thought I'd throw this out for discussion. Not only is she charged with juvenile pornography for owning and sharing nude photos of herself, other students may be charged as well. Personally, I think...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:41 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
They seem that way to you, but I believe you are incorrect. I don't know how you're getting what you're getting out of it, but I've learned that most people will simply turn any evidence into support of whatever preconceived idea they possess, rationalizing any differences. I could certainly spend ...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:05 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
Cain, the fact you don't read the report the same as 32 is what doesn't bother him. I'd be surprised if it did. But he cited it as support for his views. Namely, that it'd be better to suffer through this major recession than to take one of many steps to prevent too much damage from being done. The...
- Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:38 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Here we go again: Charged for taking pictures of yourself.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 217
Here we go again: Charged for taking pictures of yourself.
Teen Charged for Sending Nude Photos of Herself . We had a similar thread a few years ago here, so I thought I'd throw this out for discussion. Not only is she charged with juvenile pornography for owning and sharing nude photos of herself, other students may be charged as well. Personally, I think...
- Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:34 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:59 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:55 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2008/wp08224.pdf Thank you. Here's one selection that I read: Using the dataset presented in this paper, Laeven and Valencia (2008) examine the effectiveness of blanket guarantees in restoring depositors confidence and find that they are often successful in th...
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:18 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:30 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
Have another depression, which we indeed can afford. The short-term effects will be bracing - which is a polite word for how fucked we'd be - but the long-term effects would be to lower inflation, normalize the economy, and encourage a revisitation of the things that put us here. It won't happen. I...
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:40 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
Find someone who's tried to buy a car in the past two months. *shrugs* Five people at work have purchased cars in the last three months (two used, two new, one paid in cash). It's not meant to be argumentative. I just honestly don't know anybody who has claimed any kind of major impact from it. It'...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:03 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: 700 billion dollars bailout
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1742
A credit freeze led to the last great depression, yes. However, it also led to the New Deal. Your country's more socially progressive policies have been riding on that for a long time, which is a very good thing. It also means an end to business as usual, as everything is forced to reform. For exam...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:59 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Conviction = No Vote. Why?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 520
Felony convictions are amongst the strongest measure we have of antisocial behavior. Restricting the ability of these strongly antisocial persons to influence the society is reasonable in a prophylactic sense. However, the inability to distinguish between the strongly antisocial and the formerly st...
- Mon May 05, 2008 4:33 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:57 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: The Nigger Policy
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4197
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:51 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Question about meds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 466
I'd go with Marius on this one. Lamictal is a good med, but it's also very new, and new meds can have surprisng side effects. I've never heard of a two-hour aphasia before, but like Marius said, it may h ave something to do with when you're taking the meds. Which, incidentally leads me to ask: if yo...
- Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:27 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:24 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:34 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:11 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:18 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Married man...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 924
- Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:11 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:02 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News from the Front
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1982
- Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:08 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News from the Front
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1982
- Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:07 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News from the Front
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1982
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:06 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News from the Front
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1982
C'mon, Paul. You're probably as biased at the other end of the spectrum as Caine is. :) Maybe, but I'm not on a soap box preaching. Neither am I. I'm asking what the discrepancy is. And I think I see one. A lot of the violence I hear about on the news focuses on suicide bombings against other Iraqi...
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:09 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News from the Front
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1982
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:58 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:57 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News from the Front
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1982
Elf's point is that your views sound suspiciously like Bush's position, which is contradicted by the NIE, other reports from the front, and basically every other source I have access to. Which makes me wonder exactly what they're telling you, or if you're just stuck in a microcosm. Don't get me wron...
- Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:59 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: I Laugh In CE's General Direction
- Replies: 15
- Views: 665
- Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:56 pm
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:38 pm
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:13 pm
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:17 pm
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:20 pm
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Public Education and School of Choice
- Replies: 10
- Views: 461
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:09 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:09 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: Public Education and School of Choice
- Replies: 10
- Views: 461
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:29 am
- Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
- Topic: News from the Front
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1982
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:48 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:03 pm
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:51 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:16 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:22 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:49 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:00 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013
- Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:16 am
- Forum: Bulldrek
- Topic: Count to 1000
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 17013