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On November 07 2012 12:39 Tewks44 wrote:
If you're not an expert in economics, please refrain from talking about economics. There is nothing more annoying than reading posts that are completely off base and based on a "hunch" or something you heard once from this guy who read it in the news one time a few months ago. Seriously, the greatest economists in the world disagree on how the economy functions, stop acting like you have it all figured out.
Some economic theories are clearly more obvious and widely accepted than others. Much of lower level economics is basically logical truisms, and yet people often reject even those.
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On November 07 2012 12:41 MountainDewJunkie wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:37 HULKAMANIA wrote:On November 07 2012 12:32 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:30 Chocolate wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:25 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On November 07 2012 12:22 forgottendreams wrote:On November 07 2012 12:20 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:18 tedster wrote:
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tons of "not a high school graduate" are immigrants curious how it breaks down between bachelors, masters, phd. im not surprised that more non-high school grads vote democrat. IIRC its a sliding scale, the higher the degree the more democrat. I'm pretty sure there's a pretty strong positive correlation between intelligence and being liberal. Googling "correlation between intelligence and liberal" gave me some interesting stuff. yes, this is what i hear from liberals. Arguing against scientific studies is also something I hear from conservatives. Then post the scientific studies, dammit. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/03/conservatives-and-liberals-have-different-brains-studies-show/ Are you under the impression that you've posted a scientific study? *whispers* maybe he's really a conservative after all  it's an aggregate of 16 studies. the aggregate isn't reviewed itself obviously.
but this result is not surprising
edit: mostly because of the identification of conservativism with tradition following
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On November 07 2012 12:33 jdseemoreglass wrote:
"If X, then it's over."
"If Y, then it's over."
"If Z or W, then it's over."
Newsflash: it was over weeks ago. Maybe even months.
Sure, many of us predicted that Obama had this (albeit by just a little), but Florida and Ohio are just about to be called for Obama, which will actually be the final two nails in the coffin for Romney. I think those concrete numbers send a much clearer message.
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On November 07 2012 12:39 Itsmedudeman wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:37 HULKAMANIA wrote:On November 07 2012 12:32 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:30 Chocolate wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:25 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On November 07 2012 12:22 forgottendreams wrote:On November 07 2012 12:20 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:18 tedster wrote:
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tons of "not a high school graduate" are immigrants curious how it breaks down between bachelors, masters, phd. im not surprised that more non-high school grads vote democrat. IIRC its a sliding scale, the higher the degree the more democrat. I'm pretty sure there's a pretty strong positive correlation between intelligence and being liberal. Googling "correlation between intelligence and liberal" gave me some interesting stuff. yes, this is what i hear from liberals. Arguing against scientific studies is also something I hear from conservatives. Then post the scientific studies, dammit. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/03/conservatives-and-liberals-have-different-brains-studies-show/ Are you under the impression that you've posted a scientific study? You mean peer reviewed studies don't count?
you can slap "peer reviewed" on shit, and its still shit. this doesnt even appear to be a study, it appears to be a literature review.
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On November 07 2012 12:40 paralleluniverse wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:38 koreasilver wrote:
For all the economy talk that people bring up with Romney, Romney never showed any substantive when it comes to the economy in any of his plans. Really meaningless talking point. He didn't even have a plan. He didn't specify any spending cuts. He claims he'll close $5T of loopholes, and he hasn't named a single loophole he would close.
Exactly. What mathematically sound plan did he ever propose? Can a republican who voted for him because of it please link one or is it just based on his promises?
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I've totally missed out on zero of 51 precincts not reporting in Norfolk, VA.
Obama has a good shot to win Virginia now if he does 60%+ there. He did 70/30 in 2008.
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90% counted and 49.9% for Obama to 49.3% Romney in Florida apparently
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On November 07 2012 12:41 oneofthem wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:40 paralleluniverse wrote:On November 07 2012 12:38 koreasilver wrote:
For all the economy talk that people bring up with Romney, Romney never showed any substantive when it comes to the economy in any of his plans. Really meaningless talking point. He didn't even have a plan. He didn't specify any spending cuts. He claims he'll close $5T of loopholes, and he hasn't named a single loophole he would close. he can identify several if he just asks his accountant
Last time I posted "OH SNAP" on TL, I was warned.
So instead I will say, pow right in the kisser?
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Did anyone else see the ad on CNN about the old dude who grew up in socialism? Is that for real? is he comparing Democrats with SOCIALISTS?
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On November 07 2012 12:42 julianto wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:36 jpak wrote:On November 07 2012 12:35 babylon wrote:On November 07 2012 12:34 wunsun wrote:On November 07 2012 12:33 MountainDewJunkie wrote:On November 07 2012 12:31 Infernal Knight wrote:On November 07 2012 12:30 paralleluniverse wrote:
Too bad there's isn't much more conservatives on TL.
More QQ would have been so fun much. I know it's been asked a few times, but where IS XDaunt? I had thought he'd be here. He was hear a while ago, basically surrendered. And conservatives are rare here because the tend to get crucified by a sea of "straw liberals" every single time. Which sucks because there's plenty of people willing to have an intelligent conversation, but a handful of arrogant people on each side make it nigh impossible. I'm guessing that age group that frequents TL, most of the people are liberals? Yes. Younger people tend to be more liberal. And young people have been more active in voting in recent years. The Republican party of the future will consist of kids who've grown up and watched SouthPark to get their political opinions.
And what's wrong with that?
South Park is VERY educational.
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It seems like Hurricane Sandy is going to have a few effects over here in NY...
1) Lower voter turnout, so less popular vote going to Obama despite him getting the points for NYS.
2) Lower participation in more localized elections in places which were more damaged by Sandy. New Yorkers can vote by affidavit in places other than their normal polling area by the governor's executive order due to the large amount of displacement of people from their homes, but they won't be able to vote for any office that isn't on the ballot in the polling place they attend. Considering how difficult it is to get gas around here there will probably be a lot of this.
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On November 07 2012 12:37 HULKAMANIA wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:32 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:30 Chocolate wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:25 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On November 07 2012 12:22 forgottendreams wrote:On November 07 2012 12:20 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:18 tedster wrote:On November 07 2012 12:16 dAPhREAk wrote:
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interesting. i thought democrats touted themselves as the more educated ones. tons of "not a high school graduate" are immigrants curious how it breaks down between bachelors, masters, phd. im not surprised that more non-high school grads vote democrat. IIRC its a sliding scale, the higher the degree the more democrat. I'm pretty sure there's a pretty strong positive correlation between intelligence and being liberal. Googling "correlation between intelligence and liberal" gave me some interesting stuff. yes, this is what i hear from liberals. Arguing against scientific studies is also something I hear from conservatives. Then post the scientific studies, dammit. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/03/conservatives-and-liberals-have-different-brains-studies-show/ Are you under the impression that you've posted a scientific study?
because you couldn't be bothered to expend the minimum amount of effort looking for the actual studies, here's a link to the studies that were in the first few lines of the news article.
http://2012election.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004818
if you can't be bothered to click the links on the individual studies I'll gladly post them for you individually.
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Anyone who ever been to Colorado just went "Wait what? It wasn't legal??!"
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On November 07 2012 12:39 Tewks44 wrote:
If you're not an expert in economics, please refrain from talking about economics. There is nothing more annoying than reading posts that are completely off base and based on a "hunch" or something you heard once from this guy who read it in the news one time a few months ago. Seriously, the greatest economists in the world disagree on how the economy functions, stop acting like you have it all figured out.
But where's the fun in that?
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On November 07 2012 12:39 Itsmedudeman wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:37 HULKAMANIA wrote:On November 07 2012 12:32 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:30 Chocolate wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 Itsmedudeman wrote:On November 07 2012 12:29 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:25 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On November 07 2012 12:22 forgottendreams wrote:On November 07 2012 12:20 dAPhREAk wrote:On November 07 2012 12:18 tedster wrote:
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tons of "not a high school graduate" are immigrants curious how it breaks down between bachelors, masters, phd. im not surprised that more non-high school grads vote democrat. IIRC its a sliding scale, the higher the degree the more democrat. I'm pretty sure there's a pretty strong positive correlation between intelligence and being liberal. Googling "correlation between intelligence and liberal" gave me some interesting stuff. yes, this is what i hear from liberals. Arguing against scientific studies is also something I hear from conservatives. Then post the scientific studies, dammit. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/03/conservatives-and-liberals-have-different-brains-studies-show/ Are you under the impression that you've posted a scientific study? You mean peer reviewed studies don't count?
No. I mean that abc health blog pop news coverage of a metareview doesn't count. Do you understand the difference? That's more what I was trying to figure out.
If I asked you to post a short story by, say, Anton Chekov, would you post a review of a Chekov story and call it a day?
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On November 07 2012 12:43 Waio wrote:
Did anyone else see the ad on CNN about the old dude who grew up in socialism? Is that for real? is he comparing Democrats with SOCIALISTS?
That ad has been running a while. Pretty pathetic stuff.
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Where is everyone watching this? I'm watching the live stream at telegraph.co.uk, but I don't know much about the best sources. What do you guys recommend?
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On November 07 2012 12:43 jpak wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2012 12:42 julianto wrote:On November 07 2012 12:36 jpak wrote:On November 07 2012 12:35 babylon wrote:On November 07 2012 12:34 wunsun wrote:On November 07 2012 12:33 MountainDewJunkie wrote:On November 07 2012 12:31 Infernal Knight wrote:On November 07 2012 12:30 paralleluniverse wrote:
Too bad there's isn't much more conservatives on TL.
More QQ would have been so fun much. I know it's been asked a few times, but where IS XDaunt? I had thought he'd be here. He was hear a while ago, basically surrendered. And conservatives are rare here because the tend to get crucified by a sea of "straw liberals" every single time. Which sucks because there's plenty of people willing to have an intelligent conversation, but a handful of arrogant people on each side make it nigh impossible. I'm guessing that age group that frequents TL, most of the people are liberals? Yes. Younger people tend to be more liberal. And young people have been more active in voting in recent years. The Republican party of the future will consist of kids who've grown up and watched SouthPark to get their political opinions. And what's wrong with that? South Park is VERY educational.
Compared to most television shows and media, it regretfully is 
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