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Posts posted by Nice Guy Eddie
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14 hours ago, Lobo said:
Other than sending a few photos of the little ones to family in Chicago, I cannot possibly conceive of a scenario where you'd want to initiate a group text. If you're trying to coordinate with friends, just fucking stop and realize coordinating 10 adults at one time is futile and if they were adults---y'all would just pick a place and time and be there. I've been in shithole third world countries with no phones and if we said to meet at a place at 10:00a, everybody was there at 10:00a no questions asked. Phones just give people an excuse to be fucking idiots. Don't text, don't use social media, unless it's with family and immediately mission critical. If you lose somebody at a music festival, fuck 'em.
What is the sudden fascination with interacting with other people?
Agree that people communicate too much but 100% disagree on the use of group text. It’s not for kids’ pictures. Either 1 or 10. Ok, if the kid was just born, one pic is allowable. Otherwise drop the kids pic on fb or instagram so users can pull the photos they want to see.
but the purpose of it is to coordinate with people as long as it sticks to that. Ever been on a group vacation? Group text is great for everyone to let everyone else know where they are and if they can meet up. Am I going to call 15 people to tell them to meet at 12 for lunch?
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I couldn’t them to budge much but that was 15 years ago. Just go see them during the last days of the month when the end of month paycheck is coming up.
you didn’t ask, but the key to German cars is to get rid of them before the warranty is up. Too expensive to repair afterwards. Or don’t use them as a daily driver so they don’t get beat up so bad.
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18 minutes ago, Lobo said:
Your sense of justice intrigues the hell outta me.
I'm talking in generalities not specifically about this case. And I never said that apologizing or feeling bad about breaking the law, should remove culpability.
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HVAC, electrical, plumbing, welding all seem to pay well. And in some of these cases, the average age of the workers are in their 50s. After you learn how to do it, buy out a current small business owner. Or just pull in some bank as a worker and not worry about owning a business. Nothing wrong with that.
One plus that you have is that people will see you as someone who must have 20 years of experience even if you have 1. They will hire you over the 30 yr old guy who actually has 10 years of experience.
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4 hours ago, BurntEyes said:
So because Jerry Sandusky was remorseful about his crimes you feel he should have gotten a lower sentence?
The Baylor players that felt bad about gang rape should get lower sentences?
Samuel Little should get a lesser sentence because he feels bad about all the women he killed?
I just want to make sure you mean what you said and weren't making an exception for some reason in this case.
Expressing remorse should always be taken into consideration during sentencing. A convict should be considered a candidate for rehabilitation even starting at the sentencing. It doesn't mean that a sentence should necessarily be reduced but I would hope that a judge would take all facts into account. This include how the convict is behaving and what they're saying. We should always strive to give prisoners some hope that a behavioral change is worthwhile. Either through reduced time or with other rewards for those not getting out.
But you want me to play your little game. If Sandusky confessed and expressed remorse, I think it leads to a potential for less time in prison. Instead of 60 years, give him 55. He can get out when he's 125 years old instead of 130. Give him something to look forward to.
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I believe I would give anyone the benefit of the doubt that they are upset after shooting someone. Whether justified or not. I actually look down upon any cop (or homeowner) who immediately is calm and starts on the ol’ I was afraid for my life speech.
i don’t think it changes the facts in the case one bit, but I believe it can help her to get a lower sentence if it’s seems like she has always shown remorse for the situation. Which is actually how it should work in any convicted crime.
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Ever see the people outside of a “we pay for your blood/plasma” storefront? When a new, undetectable disease hits America, it will be spread thru the healthcare system within weeks. We need to figure out a method to make artificial blood.
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9 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:
I worry about getting it wrong so I always just say "Central". They can figure it out their own selves.
Yep. Same for me but I usually write CT as opposed to ET or PT.
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6 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
I thought they paid somebody to take the SAT/ACT. If it was just a bribe to a private school I'd say the feds have bigger fish to fry. Having pictures taken of her in a crew shell was pretty fucking low IMO.
As @JimmyHoffa says above I think Lori and husband just paid school thru the fixer. Others rigged the SAT/ACT in the following ways:
- found doctors to diagnose the student as needing more time to take the test (maybe not against the rules but shaky)
- changing SAT answers after the test
- in at least one case, someone else took the test for the student. I don't gather this occurred often as this creates a lot of risk for everyone involved.
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19 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:
On the surface 15k vs 500k seems to make the Loughlin crime much worse, but to me cheating on the SAT is heinous than bribing whoever at a private university. That's ignoring the charity/tax angle though.
Agree with this. The SAT/ACT set themselves up as an objective method to measure knowledge. None of us would be naive to say that no one ever cheats on it, but this incident showed how someone could systemically cheat the system from arranging long test sessions all the way to someone else taking the test. If this system can be rigged, schools should make noise that they're going to stop accepting the scores.
Bribing individual schools or administrators is a crime as well, but I feel that is a one off problem.
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I've been reading some about how mobile payments in China has grown so that many don't carry wallets or cash or credit/debit cards. Effectively everything is transacted using their phone and a qr code from the vendor. Even street vendors , musicians and even beggars have qr codes so that small payments or tips can be handled with your app. The main app seems to be WeChat which sounds like a combo of text, social media and Venmo/Paypal.
From some quick google searches, I've seen ranges that China has perhaps as high as $40T annually being spent in mobile payments. US is lagging and perhaps not even reaching $1T annually.
I find that my friends in their 40s/50s as very wary of paying for things with their phone. There is a fear of tying an app to your bank acct. I understand that concern but I believe you're still protected from fraud or theft. And if necessary, open up multiple bank accounts to offset the risk. One acct for mobile payments with limited amounts, and another for larger payments like car or mortgage.
Personally I use the following mobile payments: Venmo with work colleagues (all younger), Starbucks app for coffee, and recently switched to Apple Wallet to withdraw cash from my Chase checking.
What else are people using?
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1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
Just what sentient human doesn't understand that paying someone to take their kids ACT/ SAT is wrong, and more than likely illegal.
Were the Full House mom and her husband also accused of paying someone to take or change the SAT test? Or did they just indirectly bribe the school?
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I wonder if the odd nature of the current WH lends itself to change how the front-running opponent should operate?
Should Biden have a press secretary that has daily briefings on how they see current issues and how they differ from Trump? Basically run as a shadow WH. If Biden can somehow get the national media or national attention on those briefings, it builds credibility and shows how you would lead. These press conferences would basically be the daily "top 10 Trump admin screwups."
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If they ask Texans whether they want Daylight or Standard year 'round, the average Texan will have no clue which is which. Probably a 50/50 chance someone will vote what they want. The ballot is going to have to spell out which one is summer and which one winter.
I see mistakes in business invites all the time. Today some very smart people discussed, over email, meeting times next week as CST when it should be CDT. no, I'm not that guy that calls them out about it.
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13 hours ago, 4th&Five said:
The first family pays for the food. That’s why he does it. He’s a cheap asshole.
Slight correction, the first family reimburses the govt for the all food purchased for their use. Do we really think trump’s accounts are up to date? Is the WH going to stop providing food to the first family because trump doesn’t pay?
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The $2m Warmbier payment has now fallen on Tillerson, and perhaps Trump ok'ed it as well. Seems like we need to get Tillerson in front of Congress to find out the whole story.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/politics/joseph-yun-warmbier-north-korea/index.html
I don't see Tillerson as the type to make this decision without his boss' approval.
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I thought the point of this thread was to avoid the nuttiness of the other one.
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18 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:
I must have missed the Hugh Grant interview.
And once again today, Howard put out the, “Don”t you have to fall in love with your co-star” line, this time to Charlize Theron.
She couldn’t have disagreed more vehemently.
Did he ask her how she remembered all of those lines?
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1 hour ago, Planet Houston said:
Have people just forgotten what happened in the midterm elections?
The results in the house elections nationwide, as well as results like the majority (albeit a tiny margin) of Tarrant fucking County voting for Beto tells me that Trump’s support has dwindled a lot.
While not a perfect barometer, I believe that if you took the 2018 House votes and transferred them to a vote for Trump vs a Dem, the Dem would have won the electoral college 296-242. Trump won in 2016 304-227.
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1 hour ago, YChang said:
Wow, not even a half hearted attempt to overcome that?
It's not like call center agents are true believers. They're either paid by the hour so they could care less, or they are paid by the donation. In either way, they learn to quickly move onto the next # to call.
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Tyrion is not a good war-time consigliere. More in times of peace.
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They both seemed very beaten up, but I don't think one of them would die offscreen. However I don't have hope they both survive the last episodes.
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2 minutes ago, naija said:
but are we sure that is what the audience wants? the uncertainty of who lived vs died has always been one of the biggest draws of the show if not the biggest. sure, someone always got pissed because some character bought it, but I don't think the "audience" suddenly started demanding everyone lived.
depends on what you mean by audience: fans of the books (10%) or the show (90%)
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You have to guess that the NRA doesn't want much of their internal workings being subjected to public scrutiny. As an example, apparently Oliver North was paid via an outside firm that billed the NRA for their services. Publicly it looks like North works for free as the NRA President while his real salary was indirectly coming from the NRA pocketbooks. You have to wonder how many other sweetheart deals are out there.
Many donors don't like it when they see their hard earned dollars going into the pockets of others. It can kill non-profiles or significantly hurt them. Wounded Warriors took a huge hit when it came out their leaders had excess spending on themselves and fired employees for speaking up about it. Wounded Warriors was smart to fire everyone involved. NRA donors want to see their money going to supporting the 2A or promoting safe gun usage. Not buying LaPierre a jet or mansion.
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Poor people want cosmetic treatment too and can’t afford real doctors. They convince themselves these places can make them feel and look young.