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08-28-2015 , 01:52 PM

#126

LetsGambool

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Sure he does. Being up "yesterday" was a meaningless sample driven by the PLUNGE PROTECTION TEAM, being down "today" means we are one minute to midnight away from PEEAAAAK OIIIILLLL turning the country into a FEMA camp ridden waste land.

08-28-2015 , 04:09 PM

#127

Kukraprout

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No one ever thanks the plunge protection team for all the crashes they prevent. They do a hell of a job, imo.

08-28-2015 , 04:40 PM

#128

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Climate change is very real, its consequences are going to be very bad, and we should do almost nothing about that.

08-28-2015 , 04:44 PM

#129

BigPoppa

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Originally Posted by uke_master

Climate change is very real, its consequences are going to be very bad, and we should do almost nothing about that.

Congrats. Your hot take is the mainstream position.

08-28-2015 , 04:52 PM

#130

Low Key

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what would you rather have, air we can breathe, or a few extra jobs?

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08-28-2015 , 04:57 PM

#131

uke_master

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BigPoppa

Congrats. Your hot take is the mainstream position.

erm....true...this is what happens, but most of the left seems to think we SHOULD be doing something about it. Perhaps it is only a hot take amongst the fairly left progressive enviro pinkos I'm a part of

08-28-2015 , 05:02 PM

#132

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How many are actually pushing for us to make hard painful changes?

Don't expect a man to agree that 2+2=4 if his livelihood depends on it equally 5.

And how many of your enviro friends still think nothing of jetting off somewhere for vacation?

08-28-2015 , 06:07 PM

#133

uke_master

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BigPoppa

How many are actually pushing for us to make hard painful changes?

Don't expect a man to agree that 2+2=4 if his livelihood depends on it equally 5.

And how many of your enviro friends still think nothing of jetting off somewhere for vacation?

Oh, exactly zero. My point was just that while most individuals don't do anything, and while our political process isn't doing anything, conventional leftish wisdom is that we really ought to do something and it is rather a shame that we aren't. I don't know if this is correct, but as a candidate for "hot take" I was taking the position that it is actually correct that we aren't doing anything. Maybe I just fail this game.

08-28-2015 , 06:58 PM

#134

Trolly McTrollson

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Aug 24th:

Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggsCasey

S&P has a ways to go, and should probably be around 1700-1800... One guy at Renaissance Capital has it falling by 50% of highs by March. He cites years of QE brought on by years of steep oil price as the hard knock-on effects. Odd theory, I know.

In any event, ... sell, sucka!!

but then...

08-30-2015 , 12:55 PM

#135

Majik19

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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-...141608786.html

Watch out USA #1, we be pooling an enormous arsenal of bacon, Molson Canadian, and hockey memorabilia on the border as we speak.

Be afraid. Very afraid.

08-30-2015 , 03:12 PM

#136

Johnny Truant

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Trump is simply proving that politicians have been putting more effort than needed into their dishonesty.

08-31-2015 , 06:16 PM

#137

microbet

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Originally Posted by uke_master

You're a Canadian. Of course you want it to warm up.

08-31-2015 , 06:27 PM

#138

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Originally Posted by microbet

You're a Canadian. Of course you want it to warm up.

Toronto summers are horrifying

08-31-2015 , 06:35 PM

#139

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Originally Posted by uke_master

Toronto summers are horrifying

Freezing winter and horrifying summer, nice.

Where I live it's pretty much perfect every day. No climate change please.

08-31-2015 , 06:43 PM

#140

uke_master

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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada> all. South of the 49th, modulated by an ocean with constant deep ocean upswell outside it, but mountains far enough away that it rains in Vancouver but not Victoria. Great temps and weather year round. Only downside is they are all going to die in the big earthquake.

08-31-2015 , 06:46 PM

#141

BigPoppa

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Spent the Summer in Victoria a couple years ago. Wonderful place. Terrific people. They love me there.

08-31-2015 , 07:02 PM

#142

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Freezing winter and horrifying summer, nice.

Where I live it's pretty much perfect every day. No climate change please.

Except for all the smog, fires, droughts, sometimes floods, and the ever present threat of The Big One.

08-31-2015 , 07:52 PM

#143

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Originally Posted by zikzak

Except for all the smog, fires, droughts, sometimes floods, and the ever present threat of The Big One.

I work all over, so I get that and heat too (I've been working on a roof at 104 deg lately) but I live 5 blocks from the beach. No smog, not hot, no fires.

08-31-2015 , 08:01 PM

#144

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I'm burning out on the driving though and I think the cost and time have kept my business from growing and margins too low. I'm looking to make changes.

09-24-2015 , 06:55 PM

#145

Jbrochu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PyramidScheme

Wait, are YOU yourself a member of the media??

What Trump said was the type of people who are looking to run across the border are more likely to lean towards the criminality side. Perhaps we could debate this, maybe it's not even true. But the premise is certainly logical and by no means racist. And while I myself am pro-gay marriage, being against it is not always or neccasarily "gay bashing" You see when you are an intolerant leftist who sees everyone and everything who doesn't 100% agree with them as racist/sexist/whatever-ist then Righty absurd statement will seem more ridiculous to you. Especially when they ACTUALLY say something ridiculous like when that 1 guy said rapes don't lead to pregnancy or whatever. Your head must have exploded.

Anyway, you won't see them as stupid but here are some examples of dumb left comments:

#1) Hey Ahmed, cool clock that looks exactly like a bomb that you ripped out of it's original RadioShack casing and put into a metal breifcase. Wanna come to the Whitehouse?!?!

#2) Imagine how bad the Dylan Roof Shooting would have been if everyone in the Church was armed!!! (it's on youtube somewhere!)

#3) Anytime anyone brings up "the wage gap"

09-24-2015 , 07:37 PM

#146

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"Maybe it's not even true" is great, I love the uncertainty. "Now before you get in a tizzy, while I myself am pro gay marriage, being against it is not always or necessarily gay bashing. It's like the man said, all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

09-24-2015 , 09:17 PM

#147

Jbrochu

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My favorite part is when he accuses liberals of being intolerant because they take exception to racism and bigotry.

09-24-2015 , 09:26 PM

#148

longmissedblind

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Next March Elizabeth Warren enters the race for President. Bernie reluctantly throws his support her way, and when Hillary bows out most of her support goes there as well. Warren is a shoe-in for the DEM nomination and she becomes the first female president of the United States. You heard it here first!

09-25-2015 , 12:42 AM

#149

Johnny Truant

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PyramidScheme

Wait, are YOU yourself a member of the media??

If the scales ever tip and the economy crashes and all of the "deserving" Americans lose the upper hand, anyone who claims they would not cross a border (north or south) illegally, risk, jail, exploitation, unknown length of separation from loved ones etc to make a better life for themselves or their family by doing any job they can get is a ****ing bitch with none of the grit that they are claiming makes Americans special.

Criminal leaning my ass.

That a hot take?

09-25-2015 , 02:07 AM

#150

Deuces McKracken

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BigPoppa

Spent the Summer in Victoria a couple years ago. Wonderful place. Terrific people. They love me there.

Well it looks to me like you're ready to solve any diplomatic tensions with Canada then. If you tell me you rented some apartments to some Canadians that would really seal the deal.

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