Posts posted by Nice Guy Eddie
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What I find perplexing about the whole Brexit process is that everyone seems to agree that if the referendum was held again, it's most likely that the Remain side would win especially given the mess over the last 2 years.
I think their original mistake was declaring that a simple majority will decide the Brexit decision. For a country to decide on a major change, there bar should be between a 60 to 75% majority. Similar to how we have a high bar for a constitutional amendment in the US. Force the country to strongly align on one side before you can declare a change. Yes it can create a scenario where a majority is denied, but this actually a good value to prevent the tyranny of the majority.
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18 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:
One of the worst things in life is having your flight out of Vegas cancelled. FML
csb warning. 2 years ago, I was the last person in my Vegas travel group to leave from a long weekend there. I was down about 3K for the trip. The last United LAS-IAH trip for the day was cancelled. something like 3 or 4pm. The brake system on the plane was shot. They claimed that basically the brake drums wouldn't disengage from the wheel. Perhaps that was a layman's description that the pilot could easily explain. No idea.
United put everyone up for the night and on a new flight the next day. Instead of staying at whatever hotel United would stick all of us, I called Delano and asked for a comped 1-night stay. They agreed. Went on a hot streak at the craps table early the next morning and won 5K for that session, netting a 2K gain for the trip.
I was ok with the flight cancellation.
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10 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:
They don't and won't as they don't give a fuck about reporting what happened, it's about drama, clicks and views. Reality and truth be dammed, a female "survival' story pays the fucking bills.
Your statements contradict each other. the media loves it when someone is found to be lying. Take the Jussie Smollet story. At first, it was a black actor attacked by MAGA loving thugs. Great story. Then the evidence shows that he was lying. Even greater story. The media always wants to take a hero or victim down because they lied. Always.
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58 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:
It's somewhat puzzling and entirely frustrating that nobody in the mainstream news seems to be challenging or questioning this lady's story.
You want a world where the mainstream media calls someone a liar without any evidence? I would guess that some are questioning her story but they're not going to report their hourly progress.
"Today a woman was found after an extensive search after missing for 17 days. She's been brought to the hospital. She's obviously lying so hopefully we get to the bottom of this story so we can shame her ASAP. back to you, Ken"
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1 hour ago, DanRydell said:
Resigning immediately before adjournment sine die allows Abbott to re-appoint him until the next session in 2021. Abbott can’t appoint someone whose nomination was rejected by the Senate and if the Senate adjourns without confirming the nomination, the appointee is deemed to have been rejected. Since the Senate never actually voted on his nomination and because his nomination was not still pending at adjournment, he was not technically rejected.This would seem to go beyond the spirit of a law/rule but rather a violation. Why worry about confirming nominees if they can exist perpetually in an acting capacity with the exception of a couple of days during a resignation.
Abbott doesn't even have the ability to whine about an obstructionist legislature body as I don't think the leadership (Abbott's own party) put up the nomination for a vote. Unless this guy has something on Abbott, I can't see why Abbott would continue to keep him around.
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14 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:
"You can't fire me! I quit!"
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/27/texas-secretary-state-david-whitley-forced-leave-office/
The Texas Senate gaveled out Monday without confirming the state’s top election official, who served for less than half a year and whose tenure was mired in controversy over a failed attempt to scour the voter rolls for noncitizens — a review that questioned the citizenship of thousands of legitimate voters.
But minutes before that happened, the Austin American-Statesman reported that Whitley had submitted his resignation. The secretary of state is constitutionally required to leave office immediately if the Senate goes through an entire legislative session without confirming him.
Probably some crazy rule about receiving a benefit as long as you quit as opposed to be unconfirmed. Like $10k/month for the rest of your life or something similar.
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9 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:
A buddy of mine did 20 years in the Navy. One of his duties was to oversee firearms practice. Yes, the Navy makes every sailor shoot a pistol once a year or so, often when they are at sea. This is not a marksmanship competition. They just want to see if you can shoot a gun, period -- they just hand it to you loaded, and you flip the safety and fire a clip into the sea and then hand it over. My buddy says every single dang year at least one of the sailors would manage to miss the fucking ocean. That was their target. The fucking ocean. Nope, every single year one of these geniuses would let one or more of our taxpayer-bought rounds fly in the air or into the deck.
While at sea, isn’t firing into the air the same as firing into the ocean? It’s basically maximizing hang time.
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53 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:
Bob Stanley fucked up that inning worse than he did.
Didn't the Sox have a 2 run lead and down to 1 out to win the WS. a couple of hits later and a wild pitch (or passed ball, can't recall) it was tied. Then Buckner had his error to lose Game 6. Even if Buckner had made the out, there's nothing to say that Mets still wouldn't have won that game and then Game 7.
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Wasn’t aware of Ian bremmer or this controversy but just looked into it. He looks to be as much of a journalist as hannity. In other words, he isn’t a journalist and therefore he isn’t reporting news but rather reports his opinions.
However I do agree that someone on the public stage should be a bit more clear when paraphrasing.
regardless I bet trump would agree that Kim or Putin would make a better president than Bidan.
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The ones that look like a flash drive are called hardware or cold wallets. They hold the keys to your wallet. You access it via a pin or password on the device. The cost is probably $50-100. Trevor or ledger nano are some of the top ones. Software or online wallets are considered hot and they’re not as safe. You access them using a password, which could get compromised.
regardless of what you go with, keep a record of the passwords, recovery phrases, keys, or whatever is necessary to recover in case of an emergency. You lose all of that, there isn’t anyone that can get your coins back to you. They’re just lost at that point forever.
and on that note, be cautious about initially transferring coins and test it with small amounts to get accustomed to it.
On the note of crypto’s, btc took off today after a slow weekend. Pushed upwards of 8800.
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I wish we would see the govt pour more money into dementia research even at the expense of other chronic diseases. Even if you look at it from an unemotional viewpoint, the cost of care to people suffering much dementia is high.
And as we solve more and more other physical chronic conditions, it most likely just lead to more people suffering from dementia.
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Is the $500-700m leaving AISD the reason they are not paying more to their teachers? Is their budget per student lower than most other districts? I don’t doubt they could spend those funds on improved buildings or more resources but is it needed?
i know little about Austin but I’m fairly sure that Houston isd has more money than they need due to the ridiculous increases in property valuation over the last decade and what appears to be a stable student population. It’s anecdotal but half the schools I drive past seem to have major capital improvements and many have relatively small student populations. Aren’t most hisd high schools either 4A if not 3A?
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Of the many things that come to mind, I think it boils down to worrying too much about the negative effects of a decision, resulting in taking the safe choice. Safe choices can be good but not everything in life has to be safe.
and I don’t want to be sitting in 2039 wondering why I acted the same in 2019.
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7 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:
As I said before, reducing the amount of recapture that AISD pays is the biggest concern. Under the new plan, we will go from paying over 700 million to a little under 600 million. While this is a lot of money, it still puts Austin at a significant disadvantage. Other nearby districts such as round rock will pay 0 into recapture.
Not everyone agrees that it’s a problem that school property taxes are shared across districts. I don’t have kids but pay a decent amount in school taxes in Houston. Im ok that a school district in south Texas gets a portion of my tax money as opposed to hisd receiving the full amount.
Or is your concern related only to the formula that I assume is used to decide how much some districts pay?
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Dem operative who ran a social media experiment to see if you could change an election in Alabama: https://www.npr.org/2019/05/24/726536757/episode-915-how-to-meddle-in-an-election
His conclusion isn’t that he got jones elected but that he was a significant portion of the win margin. The scary part is how he didn’t think it was difficult.
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I didn’t realize there has been progress in tests to predict Alzheimer’s. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-21/a-blood-test-can-predict-dementia-trouble-is-there-s-no-cure
No WAY is that the Same Actor/Actress
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Nick offerman in deadwood episode 2. Plays one of the highwaymen that kills the family from Minnesota and is later shot by wild Bill. Could have done without his complete nude scene after he met up with one of AL’s girls.
i kept thinking the character looked like a young nick offerman. I was right.