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shrike82 posted:I wouldn't really call India a libertopia. If anything, it trends the opposite end with too much government intervention. Oh please not at all. There's no laws protecting workers, the environment, no building codes, and whatever beurocracy you come across can be bypassed with bribes. They don't even have a functioning court system. There's still land disputes from partition. There are numerous MPs under investigation for murder who will never be brought to justice.
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I don't want to bring up the Houston derail, but this got passed around between some Houstonian friends and I thought it was entertaining: http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/if-you-needed-it-further-proof-houston-so-much-bigger-most-cities
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ReindeerF posted:I don't want to bring up the Houston derail, but this got passed around between some Houstonian friends and I thought it was entertaining: yeah, and? Its still a shithole.
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May 1, 2014 13:03
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Cimber posted:yeah, and? Its still a shithole. Someone's mad the Rockets won last night.
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May 1, 2014 13:15
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Why in gods name does anyone care how physically large a particular city is? The borders between individual cities and towns in modern metro zones are mostly academic and pointless.
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May 1, 2014 13:31
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Teddybear posted:If the Supreme Court explicitly ignored a constitutional amendment passed as a direct reaction to their case, then that's a constitutional crisis resolvable more or less only by impeaching them. They wouldn't be that dumb. Isn't this basically what happened in Shelby? Only no impeachment.
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Tom Guycot posted:Why in gods name does anyone care how physically large a particular city is? The borders between individual cities and towns in modern metro zones are mostly academic and pointless.
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May 1, 2014 14:03
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Tom Guycot posted:Why in gods name does anyone care how physically large a particular city is? The borders between individual cities and towns in modern metro zones are mostly academic and pointless. It plays into zoning laws which matter
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May 1, 2014 14:32
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Fried Chicken posted:It plays into zoning laws which matter Specifically, that Houston proudly lacks them entirely.
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May 1, 2014 14:36
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:Specifically, that Houston proudly lacks them entirely. Zoning laws, if done well and fairly can be ok. Zoning laws if done to be a source of revenue for the town can be a loving nightmare. Ask me about my shed. :p
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May 1, 2014 14:55
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Cimber posted:Zoning laws, if done well and fairly can be ok. Zoning laws if done to be a source of revenue for the town can be a loving nightmare. Ask me about my shed. :p Don't forget about zoning laws as done to be a source of power, prestige, and to develop clout for your political operation (ask me about living in cook county) Seriously though goons, you should keep tabs on your local zoning commission, looking for openings. It isn't a bad gig if you can get it
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ReindeerF posted:I don't want to bring up the Houston derail, but this got passed around between some Houstonian friends and I thought it was entertaining: Good lord. I'd love to see that superimposed over Beijing. Texas Monthly looks like a good source for Texas news too so thanks.
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Fried Chicken posted:Don't forget about zoning laws as done to be a source of power, prestige, and to develop clout for your political operation (ask me about living in cook county) seriously. The guys in my area are on the gravy train.
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May 1, 2014 15:09
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Rick Perry got rebaptized last month in the same gross rear end river that Sam Houston got baptized in in the mid 1800s. Unfortunately for our newly purified Governor, his presidential ambitions are doomed as Dick Morris thinks he will win.
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May 1, 2014 15:13
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May 1, 2014 15:20
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Jesus man, the rest of those graphs. Up to and including "dissaprove of interracial dating" being higher than in the 80's. What the hell's going on around here?
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May 1, 2014 15:24
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I know what you're gonna say. But lemme preempt that by pointing out that you are the real racist.
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Talmonis posted:Jesus man, the rest of those graphs. Up to and including "dissaprove of interracial dating" being higher than in the 80's. What the hell's going on around here? Kim Kardashian getting engaged to Kayne West?
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May 1, 2014 15:27
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Talmonis posted:Jesus man, the rest of those graphs. Up to and including "dissaprove of interracial dating" being higher than in the 80's. What the hell's going on around here? It seems like Republicans' attitude toward racial issues changed rather abruptly in the 2007-2008 timeframe. But what could have caused that to happen?? 
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May 1, 2014 15:29
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Talmonis posted:Jesus man, the rest of those graphs. Up to and including "dissaprove of interracial dating" being higher than in the 80's. What the hell's going on around here? I think it's saying that opposition to interracial dating had an even partisan split until recently?
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Joementum posted:It seems like Republicans' attitude toward racial issues changed rather abruptly in the 2007-2008 timeframe. But what could have caused that to happen?? That's odd to me because that's the exact year that racism was officially over in the US 
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May 1, 2014 15:34
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Joementum posted:Speaking of rising stars in the Republican leadership who are from Obamastates.... Apparently a newly-uncovered memo said something and now Fox News/Republicans are hoping to open their 47th investigation to prove something.
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Cimber posted:Kim Kardashian getting engaged to Kayne West? Seriously, Kanye West could do sooooo much better.
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May 1, 2014 15:35
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:I think it's saying that opposition to interracial dating had an even partisan split until recently? The last graph is indicating how likely it is that a person holding position A (Republican) would also hold position B (oppose interracial dating) and that recently that likelihood has increased. It doesn't say anything about Democrats.
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May 1, 2014 15:38
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Talmonis posted:Jesus man, the rest of those graphs. Up to and including "dissaprove of interracial dating" being higher than in the 80's. What the hell's going on around here? Racism is Over!
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Talmonis posted:Jesus man, the rest of those graphs. Up to and including "dissaprove of interracial dating" being higher than in the 80's. What the hell's going on around here? What happened was the White Flight to calling yourself an Independent, and consistently voting Republican anyway because gosh darn it Conservatism used to mean something and I can't give up on it yet.
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May 1, 2014 15:41
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lil mortimer posted:Apparently a newly-uncovered memo said something and now Fox News/Republicans are hoping to open their 47th investigation to prove something. Wait, what? Tell me we're not going to have to endure another of Darrell Issa's races to the bottom of the barrel.
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May 1, 2014 15:46
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Alter Ego posted:Wait, what? Tell me we're not going to have to endure another of Darrell Issa's races to the bottom of the barrel. We are despite the memo bringing no new information.
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Tom Guycot posted:Why in gods name does anyone care how physically large a particular city is? The borders between individual cities and towns in modern metro zones are mostly academic and pointless. I know in D&D everyone presupposes a motive as I've been a very active poster here for 13 years last month - I have none. People were discussing the city/state and this came across my email. No need to go Full Blown Pundit.
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Talmonis posted:Jesus man, the rest of those graphs. Up to and including "dissaprove of interracial dating" being higher than in the 80's. What the hell's going on around here? Well according to studies around 15% of all marriages in the US are now interracial marriages so maybe all the racists are finally noticing it.
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Barudak posted:Well according to studies around 15% of all marriages in the US are now interracial marriages so maybe all the racists are finally noticing it. The only ones they care about are black men marrying white women.
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Stultus Maximus posted:We are despite the memo bringing no new information. Does anyone in the general electorate care about Benghazi at this point? I know conservatives do because they are generally pretty dumb and democrats care because they tend to spend too much time caring about what conservatives think, I'm more referring to the general electorate that isn't to involved in politics that would be receptive to voting for either party. I'm not sure pandering on this issue is a particularly big draw at this point. If this is about discrediting Hilary it makes no sense to overexpose the scandal so much now that people are burnt out on it later.
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Bifner McDoogle posted:Does anyone in the general electorate care about Benghazi at this point? I know conservatives do because they are generally pretty dumb and democrats care because they tend to spend too much time caring about what conservatives think, I'm more referring to the general electorate that isn't to involved in politics that would be receptive to voting for either party. I'm not sure pandering on this issue is a particularly big draw at this point. If this is about discrediting Hilary it makes no sense to overexpose the scandal so much now that people are burnt out on it later. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHol7WW2A8g
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Alter Ego posted:Wait, what? Tell me we're not going to have to endure another of Darrell Issa's races to the bottom of the barrel. I don't know. My dad, who likes to claim he never watches Fox News (he does), says that it proves that they were PROTECTING Obama before the election.
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I know the standard rule is to never read the comments but seriously, read the comments. quote:All polls are quackery. And, oh how the media love their polls. You can prove or disprove any issue you want. All you have to do is pay for a poll to be taken or more simply look for a poll online that supports your point of view. There are polls for everything out there and polls that cover both sides of every issue. It is media pablum fed to the public to satisfy their voracious appetite for information. Maybe someone, some hero will come along and unskew them. quote:What this tells me -- especially that last graph -- is that support or distaste for Obama is affecting support or distaste for interracial relations. If you notice, the trend in race relations was largely positive until Obama became president. Rather than Obama's presidency propelling us to a post-racist environment, the Obama presidency is promoting racism. Obama is the real racist. quote:That wide partisan divide is not too surprising in light of other polls conducted this past year, which also suggested that Democrats and Republican have increasingly separate realities about race.  Oh, and this Onion article.
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Bifner McDoogle posted:Does anyone in the general electorate care about Benghazi at this point? I know conservatives do because they are generally pretty dumb and democrats care because they tend to spend too much time caring about what conservatives think, I'm more referring to the general electorate that isn't to involved in politics that would be receptive to voting for either party. I'm not sure pandering on this issue is a particularly big draw at this point. If this is about discrediting Hilary it makes no sense to overexpose the scandal so much now that people are burnt out on it later. Conservatives show up in midterm and off-cycle elections more than anyone else so tossing more red meat to increase their turnout isn't a bad strategy.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Conservatives show up in midterm and off-cycle elections more than anyone else so tossing more red meat to increase their turnout isn't a bad strategy. exactly. Remember the ground zero mosque kerfluffle from the 2010 cycle?
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Obama forcing conservatives to be racist is probably my favorite of their various paranoid complaints about him.
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Remember all the thinkpieces in 08 about "Is America ready for a black president". Well guess what.
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