2013/11/25-2014/2/5 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:54754 Activity:nil | 11/25 California, model for The Nation:
http://tinyurl.com/k6crazn
\_ 'And maybe the transaction would have proceeded faster if Mr.
Boehner's office hadn't, according to the D.C. exchange, put its
agent - who was calling to help finish the enrollment - on hold for
35 minutes, listening to "lots of patriotic hold music."'
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2012/5/16-7/20 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:54390 Activity:nil | 5/16 Can anyone tell me what Greece is hoping for by rejecting austerity?
From here it seems like the austerity is a pretty generous attempt
to keep Greece from imploding entirely. Are they hoping the
Germans will put them on eternal state welfare, or what?
Also, why would an outright default mean they must leave the Euro?
Is it just that they won't be able to pay basic gvmt services
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2010/11/2-2011/1/13 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan] UID:54001 Activity:nil | 11/2 California Uber Alles is such a great song
\_ Yes, and it was written about Jerry Brown. I was thinking this
as I cast my vote for Meg Whitman. I am independent, but I
typically vote Democrat (e.g., I voted for Boxer). However, I
can't believe we elected this retread.
\_ You voted for the billionaire that ran HP into the ground
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2013/2/10-3/19 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Uncategorized/Profanity] UID:54603 Activity:nil | 2/10 I like Woz, and I like iWoz, but let me tell ya, no one worships
him because he has the charisma of an highly functioning
Autistic person. Meanwhile, everyone worships Jobs because
he's better looking and does an amazing job promoting himself
as God. I guess this is not the first time in history. Case in
point, Caesar, Napolean, GWB, etc. Why is it that people
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2010/2/22-3/30 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:53722 Activity:nil | 2/20 Ok serious question, NOT political. This is straight up procedural.
Has it been declared that we didn't find WMD in iraq? (think so).
So why did we go into iraq (what was the gain), and if nobody really
knows, why is nobody looking for the reason?
\_ Political stability, military strategy (Iran), and to prevent
Saddam from financing terrorism.
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2009/8/5-13 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:53241 Activity:kinda low | 8/5 Regarding NKorea relesing the journalists, here's what I think the
actual deal between Kim and Obama is:
- Both agree that Kim needs to save, or gain, face to pave the way for
his son's succession and for NK's stability.
- Both agree that Obama doesn't like losing face by publicly
apologizing.
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2009/2/27-3/6 [Politics/Domestic/California, Reference/Tax] UID:52655 Activity:low | 2/27 CA unemployment increases from 9.3% to 10.1% for Jan
\_ Good thing the legislature passed the biggest tax increase in
history! That should solve it.
\_ because cutting taxes has done such a great job so far!
\_ it has.. giving mortgages to poor folks did us in
\_ 100% horseshit.
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2009/2/4-9 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton] UID:52511 Activity:kinda low | 2/3 Well said: "What gets people upset are executives being rewarded for
failure. Especially when those rewards are subsidized by US taxpayers."
\_ Turns out, he gets it.
\_ Talk is cheap.
\_ Freedom is strength.
\_ Isn't this something like FDR might have said?
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