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| Topic | Murder capital of the US (higher than all but 1 Mexican cities) is suing NFL |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 1:26:35 PM #10 | Vyrulisse posted... Yes they threaten governments of cities for funding with leaving a lot when they are having trouble getting new stadiums publicly funded. How is threatening to leave a strongarm tactic? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Murder capital of the US (higher than all but 1 Mexican cities) is suing NFL |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 1:24:53 PM #8 | green butter posted... why do sports fans care about what state their team is in? I think the city of st louis cares about its finances dawg --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Murder capital of the US (higher than all but 1 Mexican cities) is suing NFL |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 1:24:33 PM #7 | Vyrulisse posted... NFL needs to be brought down a notch. It's fucking embarrassing how they can strongarm taxpayers into funding insanely expensive stadiums while billionaire owners cry about needing funding. strongarm? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 1:23:26 PM #110 | fenderbender321 posted... Let's be honest...both of us are using anecdotal evidence. im using data from a study uploaded on a site called "conservative criminology" actually http://www.conservativecriminology.com/uploads/5/6/1/7/56173731/lounsbery_9-25.pdf why does this always happen on ce fenderbender321 posted... What is an 'economist' anyway...just somebody with a degree? An undergrad? Somebody who teaches economics? Somebody who makes models for fun as a hobby? There's no stats on this, so I take back what I said as well. according to this work, economists break down about 34.3 Democrat, 37.1 Independent 28.6 Republican and most of those independents must lean left, because... Klein and Stern noted that in computing the ratio of Democratic to Republican voters in the social sciences and humanities, “7 to 1 is a safe lower bound estimate, and 8 to 1 or 9 to 1 are reasonable point estimates” (12-13). In Table 10, we show the distribution of Democratic, Republican, and other votes in the 2004 Presidential elections across broad disciplinary fields. Averaging the figures for the social sciences and humanities generates a ratio of Democratic to Republican voters of 8.1 to 1. It is in business and health-science fields that Bush fared better, though even in business Kerry did better than Bush by a margin of more than 2:1. of course I'm conflating economics with business more generally there still there isn't really any evidence to say that most economists are conservative or libertarian OTOH it is probably true that most economists support the ideas you're talking about, just not in the caricaturized way you're talking about it. In my experience, most people with PhDs in economics have a more careful analysis of regulations than "regulations bad" -- even if they do think government regulations are suboptimal there are always tradeoffs --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Murder capital of the US (higher than all but 1 Mexican cities) is suing NFL |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 1:17:50 PM #2 | good --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 12:29:44 PM #18 | Im not even allowed to go to gamefaqs at my gubmint job :/ --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 12:27:57 PM #16 | Asherlee10 posted... Are you working on it now? I should be, instead of arguing on CE naw I've only posted itt when im being bad, things are coming along pretty okay --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Tennessee has got to be the worst fucking state in America. |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 12:19:28 PM #13 | man its crazy how this shit works here in the neighboring state of arkansas, the state legislature is trying to do the opposite kind of thing, by compelling municipalities to take on the responsibility of operating and maintaining sewer infrastructure outside of municipal limits we actually do contract that out to a third party in my city, but its a local utility company with different incentives than ATT or Comcast dang old gubmints man --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Has anyone ever told you-you weren't a good person? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 12:02:46 PM #5 | not any one that matters --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | What is main reason behind too many obese people in america? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 12:01:38 PM #18 | weapon_d00d816 posted... Balrog0 posted...weapon_d00d816 posted...Soda. I don't know why this doesn't get as much attention. fair enough --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:57:56 AM #99 | fenderbender321 posted... Business/economics majors tend to overwhelmingly be conservative, because all the theories and practices you learn about show why government meddling in the market creates waste and pushes unwanted costs onto people participating in trade (both customers and businesses). most economists are democrats hombre --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | What is main reason behind too many obese people in america? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:56:59 AM #12 | weapon_d00d816 posted... Soda. I don't know why this doesn't get as much attention. sugar sweetened beverages get a lot of attention remember when that mayor dude tried to tax sodas? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | What's that berry that you get in Thai cooking a lot? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:55:48 AM #5 | im pretty sure you mean lemongrass --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | What is main reason behind too many obese people in america? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:52:45 AM #6 | corn subsidies --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Why didn't that user get modded for saying he felt like he won when P2E died. |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:46:43 AM #24 | RIP --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | i cant stop listening to jidenna since he was in luke cage |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:26:03 AM #1 | have i always been this lame? yes --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:16:05 AM #65 | Asherlee10 posted... Zanzenburger posted...The difference in discipline really depends on region, honestly. I dunno how true I think that is, honestly. I mean, there are definitely some particular institutions where I'd buy this (Hillsdale is going to be very conservative, obviously, and maybe CCs will be less liberal than 4 yr Liberal Arts colleges) but as far as region goes I'm a bit less convinced. The issue is that the job market for professors really isn't regional, it's national. It's not like you usually get your PhD from a school and then go on to teach there, though of course that happens too --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | More proof Clinton was an awful candidate |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 11:09:30 AM #17 | Antifar posted... Which, of course, she is we can still talk about how bad she was at campaigning jenningsnash313 posted... I mean, her rudeness shouldn't automatically label her a bad candidate, which is how I feel about Donald Trump. Why would being mean and snappy make somebody a bad President? As long as she can hold back that temper during important meetings, who cares? And that goes for Trump as well. How they talk to staff, to me, is not representative of how they run their country. It seems to me that had she been able to discuss her primary loss in Michigan without attributing blame to everyone but herself, it would actually have been one of the most important meetings of her career --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | More proof Clinton was an awful candidate |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:54:20 AM #11 | Antifar posted... GuyCarlPeterson posted...Wahhh. Trump hurt my feelings wahhhhhh. yeah but most of the responses here are about her being better than trump --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:53:25 AM #57 | COVxy posted... booboy posted...Where would various STEM fields fall on that ratio? I'm only curious because my own anecdotal evidence in manufacturing and drafting education, politics were almost completely nonexistent. there seems to be a difference between the hard sciences and computer science/engineering not sure where math is I should probably look at more studies too --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:52:15 AM #53 | Table 2 Field Liberal Moderate Conservative Phys/bio sciences 45.2 47.0 7.8 Social sciences 58.2 36.9 4.9 Humanities 52.2 44.3 3.6 Comp sci/engineering 10.7 78.0 11.3 Health sciences 20.5 59.0 20.5 Other 53.4 35.9 10.7 Business 21.3 54.3 24.5 Total 43.5 47.1 9.4 terrible formatting, sorry http://www.conservativecriminology.com/uploads/5/6/1/7/56173731/lounsbery_9-25.pdf anyways, STEM fields seem to lean left but they still have a pretty high proportion of conservatives compared to academics overall, though not as much as business or health science (the latter surprises me) --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | More proof Clinton was an awful candidate |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:37:59 AM #5 | Antifar posted... Struggling candidate gets upset with staff isn't really news. I wasn't claiming to post a news story but she wasn't exactly struggling in the primary --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:36:36 AM #35 | COVxy posted... Does it really? I was pretty sure that across the board, professors are majority liberal. Are you talking about student bodies? they are, but the ratios are incredibly different ratio (D:R) Anthropologists and sociologists -- 21.1:1 Political and legal philosophers -- 9.1:1 Historians -- 8.5:1 Political scientists -- 5.6:1 Economists -- 2.9:1 that's from a chronicle of higher ed survey some years ago, but still --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | More proof Clinton was an awful candidate |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:28:12 AM #1 | http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/328405-clinton-campaign-plagued-by-bickering “That’s not very good,” Sullivan corrected. “Really?” Hillary snapped back. The room fell silent. “Why don’t you do it?” The comment was pointed and sarcastic, but she meant it. So for the next 30 minutes, there he was, pretending to be Hillary while she critiqued his performance. Every time the Yale lawyer and former high school debate champ opened his mouth, Hillary cut him off. “That isn’t very good,” she’d say. “You can do better.” Then she’d hammer him with a Bernie line. It wasn’t just Sullivan in her crosshairs. She let everyone on her team have it that day. “We haven’t made our case,” she fumed. “We haven’t framed the choice. We haven’t done the politics.” --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:24:39 AM #30 | Zanzenburger posted... Plus, most college courses are designed to enhance your critical thinking and be open to new ideas, which generally fuel liberal/progressive ideologies. how do you feel about the recent wave of leftist protest of open discourse? also, why do you think that political ideology varies so much by discipline? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 10:20:47 AM #27 | meingott posted... Balrog0 posted...people with less educational attainment are more likely to be religious if you were educated you would understand the difference between educational attainment and education, and you would realize I didn't say anything about the latter I wonder if you're indicative of anything, though --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | People who have graduated from college tend to be more liberal. Why is that? |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 9:45:48 AM #9 | people with less educational attainment are more likely to be religious why is that? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Police Officer denied benefits. |
| Balrog0 04/12/17 9:27:15 AM #8 | How awful. Luckily, he's part of a union that will advocate on his behalf legally and possibly even offer him some kind of stipend in the interim. If only all american workers were so lucky. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/11/17 1:57:27 PM #14 | i should be working on this instead of waiting for the new overwatch event --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Do you respect social scientists? |
| Balrog0 04/11/17 1:54:27 PM #5 | yes i would like to be one some day --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | NY Free College for $125K families, but you must stay in state for work. Fair? |
| Balrog0 04/11/17 12:09:52 PM #7 | my state is doing this for =<2 years degrees/certificates --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | ****you and your ****ing guns |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 2:47:11 PM #5 | http://www.insidefortsmith.com/2017/03/senator-go-to-hell-with-your-damn-guns/ --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | So, apparently "small fats" and "death fats" are a thing now |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 2:45:44 PM #58 | is this like colorism in the african american community? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 2:33:20 PM #54 | Questionmarktarius posted... And again, if the union is so awesome, it shouldn't have any trouble at all getting the free-riders to join in. This phrasing makes me think you don't understand what the problem with free riders is... The whole issue is that they can benefit without sacrificing, giving them no personal incentive to buy-in. But on top of that, you're misassigning blame -- if unions suck, then companies shouldn't be able to get their arms twisted by unions because employees will be happy without them anyway. So you wouldn't sign the agency shop contract, and you'd lose your unionized workers and be subjected maybe to a strike or something. That's a free market contract negotiation. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 2:28:37 PM #50 | Questionmarktarius posted... If the unions were as awesome as they believe themselves to be, Right-to-Work laws would be superfluous and redundant, because nobody would be willing to work for an open shop. isn't this like saying if corporations were as awesome as they believe themselves to be, incorporation laws would be redundant since no one would invest in a shitty business that might cause them to want to protect their personal liability anyway? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 2:24:41 PM #48 | AssultTank posted... I actually don't have a problem with right to work laws myself. I live in a right to work state, and honestly it's not as bad as people like to say. In fact it carries a lot of benefits for employees that get fired, especially those fired with cause. Right to work laws and at-will employment laws aren't the same thing. Nearly every state has at-will employment, with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions. Right to work laws disallow unions from negotiating contracts with employers that require non-union employees to pay union dues, more or less. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 2:09:25 PM #42 | the really bullshit thing is how many anti-union laws we have meanwhile capitalists get to pool their resources in the form of LLCs right to work laws are awful --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 2:04:26 PM #37 | fenderbender321 posted... It's as if the local government is afraid of people realizing that a government mandated minimum wage isn't necessary for wages to go up man that is a seriously delusional opinion on how minimum wage laws get passed lol --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 1:41:49 PM #21 | Questionmarktarius posted... ...oops. idk it's hard to say because the data isn't granular enough Questionmarktarius posted... The real answer is probably much more insidious. When you have to pay everyone $15, only the people who are worth $15 will keep their jobs. The aggregate employment numbers may not change much, or at least likely won't decrease (until the robots move in), but the fuckups and misfortunates are weeded out pretty quickly. yeah I suspect something like this is more the case this could happen either by drawing people at the margins of the labor market in (like, early or recent retirees, affluent young adults in school) or drawing in people from other areas. In either case the people who would get crowded out of the market would be people who firms deem higher risk, which is like people with criminal backgrounds, the long-term unemployed, and black people, more or less in that order automation makes it particularly problematic; even if there aren't short-term spikes in unemployment, it could reduce labor market participation: http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2016/Volume36/EB-16-V36-I4-P222.pdf --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/10/17 11:03:20 AM #13 | I should be working on this instead of playing overwatch --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Was Iron Man part of Marvel's A-roster before the movies? |
| Balrog0 04/09/17 3:48:47 PM #29 | Zikten posted... ChromaticAngel posted...Yeah, usually for the same things that don't count for Iron Man and Captain America for some reason like the TV show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvel_Super_Heroes this show has a similar number of episodes as lou ferrigno's the incredible hulk!! nah its pretty clear that spiderman, the hulk, x-men, and the fantastic four were the old "a team" but acting like people hadn't heard of iron man or captain america is also disingenuous I think there's definitely a sliding scale, more people know about captain america than iron fist you know --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/09/17 1:04:00 PM #92 | I wasn't using national figures btw if you read my post I was actually being generous by using metro area numbers rather than state level medians because I realize costs are variable still, you can get a really big house for less than $150k in North Little Rock with two stories, 5 rooms, 2 bathrooms, a fireplace, and probably an acre of land if you're making that much a year it would be easy to finance and still have money left over --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/09/17 1:02:10 PM #91 | chrono625 posted... You're low balling what rich really means. I'm not low-balling it, except insofar as my cost of living is lower than it is in NYC... I'm not arguing that 150k in NYC is rich I'm arguing 150k in Arkansas is rich are you just saying you can't be rich in Arkansas? I mean, the waltons are definitely rich --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | What is wrong with gentrification? |
| Balrog0 04/09/17 12:25:49 PM #101 | benjjjamin posted... As values rise, property taxes on homeowners rises. Except, no, not really. Nearly every state has restrictions on the allowable increase in both the increase in assessed value that is allowed AND at the maximum tax rate on property. So you're right, but the upside is that they're taxed at a much, much lower rate than the value of their investment (i.e., their house). benjjjamin posted...
also not really Residents themselves are typically the ones who want to reduce the incidence of rental housing and fight things like ADUs and multifamily developments. You've seen here in this topic, with people saying a problem with gentrification is that it changes the "character" of the neighborhood by putting in apartments. These are usually very old laws, too. http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/09/the-complicated-link-between-gentrification-and-displacement/404161/ http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/11/the-closest-look-yet-at-gentrification-and-displacement/413356/ http://cityobservatory.org/truthiness-in-gentrification-reporting/ Like I said, it is not a perfectly rosey picture for sure. But the general finding would be that gentrification is good for property owners, and that it doesn't do much to displace current residents -- there is a marginal increase in outmigration, but some of this is because homeowners can sell their now valuable property and move some where else they would prefer. The main way it changes demographics is by changing who is moving in. It IS harder for renters, and therefore extremely low income people are marginalized by it, but the question really is what's the alternative. Most neighborhoods that aren't gentrifying in cities are no better for the ELI than gentrifying ones, because housing costs are unreasonably high for a lot of reasons even without gentrification occurring --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | What is wrong with gentrification? |
| Balrog0 04/09/17 9:09:02 AM #91 | Logos posted... Asherlee10 posted...It's not so much about "finders keepers" as it is displacement, like pinky said. In the U.S. we're not doing a great job about providing quality affordable housing. Especially not in a dangerous neighborhood. We don't do that, land use regulations are ubiquitous and very onerous. Gentrification isn't as bad as people are saying though. There are upsides and downsides, bit more upside usually, especially if you own your home. Will post studies when I'm not on mobile --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Was Iron Man part of Marvel's A-roster before the movies? |
| Balrog0 04/09/17 8:34:09 AM #15 | He's had various cartoons made about him since the 60s, my mom remembers watching marvel heroes (including not just iron man but the cap, the hulk) when she was a kid. Idk what it means to be part of the a team but kept are definitely overestimating how obscure he was before 2008 --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 10:53:41 PM #84 | im using numbers from my metro area, not my state btw if I used state averages it would easily be in the top 5% of income... probably closer to 1 --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 10:52:55 PM #83 | chrono625 posted... 150k a year in South Dakota. where I live, 150k a year is almost 4x the median household income and almost twice the income of where the top quintile begins (~80kish) it's almost but not quite in the top 5% of income Is that really not rich? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 10:25:16 PM #12 | i really should be working on this instead of listening to music and browsing ce --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
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