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There Bias Two posted:This is a hilarious abuse of a technicality The United States Senate described in 8 words e: technically a dog! 
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exploded mummy posted:the "technicality" is that the President has no power to force Congress to recess The founders certainly had King Charles and the lead up to the English Civil War with that.
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Aug 4, 2017 01:50
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I have a legit question for the soda thread: Good thing this is Sodathread, so I know this: For the most part, they're not a marketing move. Most citrus-based(and other) soda's were always 10 or so calories, because they had ingredients that added a very small amount. Under old regulations, anything that was close to zero could simply state it had zero calories, because LOL america is fine with folks lying about things to sell product. Then that changed, and they had to change their labels. Their option was to reformulate, which pisses folks off, or list it as 10 while they reformulated and marketed a new version.
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Aug 4, 2017 01:50
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Rigel posted:yeah, originally when they were drawing up the constitution, they were thinking of what to do if a vacancy occurs in an important office while the Senate is away, during times when people travelled by train or carriage and no one was going to be in congress for like 2 or 3 more months. for the record, the 2nd Congress outside of being sworn in March, did not start its first session until the last week of October and concluded it in the first week of May. The 2nd session started in November and concluded in March just before the next Congress was due to be sworn in. They were basically in session for 13 months of 24. our last Congress for comparison was out of session for 2 weeks
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Aug 4, 2017 01:56
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Charlz Guybon posted:Generic Dem leading Flake by 16 points Legit question here: Don't 'generic' candidates always poll higher than actual living, breathing ones? It feels that 'Generic' usually means each voter imagining his dream candidate taking on what he doesn't like. Real people have issues, can be bad speakers, dodgy pasts, etc that turn off a chunk of the potential voters.
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Aug 4, 2017 01:57
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Sephyr posted:Legit question here: Don't 'generic' candidates always poll higher than actual living, breathing ones? Yes. But that generic democrat can afford to lose a few points and still win a blowout.
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Aug 4, 2017 01:58
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Charlz Guybon posted:Generic Dem leading Flake by 16 points  
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Aug 4, 2017 02:00
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That PPP poll is almost assuredly not accurate. The Flake question follows 8 questions asking if they approve of Jeff Flake voting to impose lifetime limits on healthcare coverage and mentioning that the healthcare bill failed. Plus, the obvious issue with "generic democrat" and 22% "unsure." A poll with 8 leading questions prior to the main response getting the response that those 8 questions were leading to is not surprising.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:02
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They polled before and after those questions. Reread Question 3 and Question 13.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:06
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:https://twitter.com/lucianwintrich/status/891445109929246720 Jaxyon posted:Good thing this is Sodathread, so I know this: I assumed it was hopeless for any kind of consequences, but it appears the senate is not going to allow Trump to shut down the investigation, and I don't think they'd bother unless it it was so painfully obvious trying to impede it would verge on criminal behavior. We may actually see a rich person prosecuted for breaking the law, which is kind of shocking. Also, after hearing the recording, I can't believe the the mooch is a self-inflicted name, or that Ronnie Cordova got involved in politics. This nation is a shambling white trash embarrassment. evilweasel posted:Yes. But that generic democrat can afford to lose a few points and still win a blowout.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:06
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It's also a private advocacy poll from "Our Lives On The Line - Protect America From the Republican Health Plan" Any private advocacy poll that gets released publicly, has very large outlier results that happen to fit the sponsor's narrative, and have strongly leading questions is suspect.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:08
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:That PPP poll is almost assuredly not accurate. The approval is off of the first questions, which was before any of the other questions were read. The rest is designed to see how those lines impact his numbers, but the initial number is valid enough.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:09
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Does this governor switching to (R) make anything about a constitutional convention possible?
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Aug 4, 2017 02:15
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Jaxyon posted:For the most part, they're not a marketing move. Most citrus-based(and other) soda's were always 10 or so calories, because they had ingredients that added a very small amount. Under old regulations, anything that was close to zero could simply state it had zero calories, because LOL america is fine with folks lying about things to sell product. Literally everything about food labeling is rounding. We might say we make food in a lab, but nothing is so exactly manufactured that every mcnugget actually has exact 50 calories. Every food has trace amounts of everything in them.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:17
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:It's also a private advocacy poll from "Our Lives On The Line - Protect America From the Republican Health Plan" This is one of my favorite youtube clips on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA
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Aug 4, 2017 02:19
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EngineerJoe posted:Does this governor switching to (R) make anything about a constitutional convention possible? No, constitutional conventions need state legislatures (and WV is extremely likely to already be controlled by Republicans as it is)
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Aug 4, 2017 02:19
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EngineerJoe posted:Does this governor switching to (R) make anything about a constitutional convention possible? No, and even if it did, you would still need 3/4ths of state legislatures to approve any amendments to the constitution. It isn't going to happen.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:20
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:Literally everything about food labeling is rounding. We might say we make food in a lab, but nothing is so exactly manufactured that every mcnugget actually has exact 50 calories. Every food has trace amounts of everything in them. So what you are saying is that all foods are homeopathic medicines?
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Aug 4, 2017 02:22
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So what was Trump's exciting announcement tonight?
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Aug 4, 2017 02:26
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Data Graham posted:So what was Trump's exciting announcement tonight? Governor of West Virginia is switching parties.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:28
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Kill Dozed posted:Governor of West Virginia is switching parties. and he can go gently caress himself!
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Aug 4, 2017 02:29
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I have a legit question for the soda thread: I think a&w 10 root beer tastes better than diet a&w root beer. it's clearly a different recipe
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Aug 4, 2017 02:29
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Top fox story I saw on Apple news was Hillary and her love for luxury hotels.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:29
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Kill Dozed posted:Governor of West Virginia is switching parties. I bet Trump was sad that he didn't get to be the one to break the news.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:30
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Shifty Pony posted:So what you are saying is that all foods are homeopathic medicines? Soda being alcoholic is one of the weird ones. Like 7up is one proof but they don't list that on the label because that is nonsense levels of low. But some strict religious people won't drink 7up because of it.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:30
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Data Graham posted:So what was Trump's exciting announcement tonight? Piss tape is real.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:30
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No lie, I'm framing that motherfucker.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:43
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I miss when the Trumps plagiarized Obama
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Aug 4, 2017 02:46
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Your Taint posted:No lie, I'm framing that motherfucker. It'd be nice to get a whole series of them to really tie a room together.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:50
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Nervous posted:It'd be nice to get a whole series of them to really tie a room together. The "meltdown" Time covers would work.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:56
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Nervous posted:It'd be nice to get a whole series of them to really tie a room together. Well, bad news for you, trump is about to pivot!
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Aug 4, 2017 02:58
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I have a legit question for the soda thread: Beverage R&D /product developer here, former Coca-Cola R&D too. Men. Men are the demographic. Men don't drink diet sodas as a whole because they're seen as "feminine." The ten calorie sodas have been relatively successful. Coke Zero has been a runaway hit with men because it doesn't say "diet." Also stevia is garbage.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:00
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gently caress Jim "jobs jobs jobs" Justice. http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-politics/20170803/wv-gov-justice-switching-political-parties-returning-to-gop
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Aug 4, 2017 03:01
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Involuntary Sparkle posted:Beverage R&D /product developer here, former Coca-Cola R&D too. This explains a lot about those insanely over-the-top Dr. Pepper 10 commercials from a few years back.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:02
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empty whippet box posted:Well, bad news for you, trump is about to pivot! Into a heart attack when he gets nothing but mean words on his vacation and he can't relax?
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Aug 4, 2017 03:03
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Acebuckeye13 posted:This explains a lot about those insanely over-the-top Dr. Pepper 10 commercials from a few years back. The best indicator of it was when Coca Cola was running the promotion with names on cans/bottles. Coke Zero was overwhelming men's names while Diet Coke was women's names.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:07
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Acebuckeye13 posted:This explains a lot about those insanely over-the-top Dr. Pepper 10 commercials from a few years back. I think they were the ones who started off with "gently caress off ladies, this isn't for you" and then ended in a much funnier direction.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:12
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Diet soda is gross as gently caress, if you don't want calories than just drink water or coffee or tea like a normal person.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:16
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Diet caffeine free coke, is the only coke.
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Shifty Pony posted:So what you are saying is that all foods are homeopathic medicines? the main way that the fda is authorized to act is through truth in advertising and labeling, because its creation (or rather, 1938 reorganization from the 1906 act whose enforcement could easily be evaded by a huge loophole in the wording) and the legislation lining out its funding and powers came in response to old timey proprietary medicines killing people, especially the untested Elixir out of bristol tennessee which killed 107 people. Based on the 1906 act the feds at the time could only move on it because it was incorrectly labeled, not because it was poisonous. the fda is and always has been seriously underfunded so the most effective way they work is through truth in labeling lawsuits. one of the main reasons they have expanded powers today is because of homeopathic medicines.
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