• RandomGuy's Avatar
    2 Hours Ago
    RandomGuy replied to a thread Teachers in Political Forum
    The high cost of teacher turnover would imply that not many of them find the salary all that compelling. Most first year teachers have higher "dropout" rates than their students and aren't teaching in the same school 4 years later, and many just aren't even staying in the profession. ...
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
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    RandomGuy replied to a thread Teachers in Political Forum
    Link? You will have to pardon me if I have the temerity to doubt your intepretation of "fact". Link or GTFO.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    2 Hours Ago
    RandomGuy replied to a thread Teachers in Political Forum
    Prove teachers are over-compensated. Supporting data, and definitions. Your claim, your burden of proof. Bullshit has been called. Can you walk the walk, or are you gonna run away from this one? EDIT This is about the fourth time I have tried to get Wild Goober to back his shit up.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    2 Hours Ago
    RandomGuy replied to a thread Teachers in Political Forum
    I think I am an expert because I have the technical expertise and education to understand the material that I find at that link, you goober. And it is "holier than thou"
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  • timvp's Avatar
    3 Hours Ago
    Congrats. Amazing accomplishment by TD. As for TP, he has already made the Hall of Fame -- now he's moving toward first ballot.
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  • FromWayDowntown's Avatar
    3 Hours Ago
    FromWayDowntown replied to a thread Flagrant Foul in Spurs Forum
    I'd also add that Game 2 is testament to my long-held view that no matter how egregious the officiating might seem in a given circumstance, a team can play well enough to overcome it and win a playoff game. That's what great teams do.
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  • FromWayDowntown's Avatar
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    FromWayDowntown replied to a thread Flagrant Foul in Spurs Forum
    Of course, I'm a Spurs fan. Had the situation been exactly the converse, I'm not sure that I would have been completely content with a common foul being called on Allen trying to keep Manu from scoring. Curiously, though, I think that had the situation been reversed, the officials likely would...
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  • FromWayDowntown's Avatar
    3 Hours Ago
    FromWayDowntown replied to a thread Flagrant Foul in Spurs Forum
    I didn't think it was a flagrant foul in the moment and I don't think it was a flagrant foul now, either. Of the two ways that play has been called in the last two days, I think the way it was handled in Miami was the more appropriate way, particularly in a game this late in the playoffs.
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  • FromWayDowntown's Avatar
    4 Hours Ago
    FromWayDowntown replied to a thread Flagrant Foul in Spurs Forum
    I actually suspect that Tony Brothers (the official who called the foul) probably was reluctant to call a flagrant on the play in Miami last night because of the controversy about the call on Manu the night before. As to the Manu call: I think it was such an odd situation because at the moment...
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  • CubanMustGo's Avatar
    4 Hours Ago
    Looks more like a new stadium for the Chernobyl Atomics basketball team.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    Why do you hate the constitution?
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    How about 15 years ago? Would that be a bit more representative? Serbs = Christians, Albanians = Muslims
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    Video shows Burmese police standing by as Buddhists attack Muslims http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/22/burmese-police-buddhists-attack-muslims Hindu attacks rout Muslims from their homes, death toll at 300...
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  • urunobili's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    urunobili replied to a thread All NBA 1st team in NBA Forum
    Lee Bryant Coward :lmao
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    Buddists are doing somethign pretty much similar right now... to muslims. Yeah, Buddists.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    Why would you want to weaken the 5th amendment? Do you hate the constitution and our freedom?
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    What if I didn't believe in it, but was just pumping up the fear level to make money? I think it is a bunch of hooey. Would I have a conflict of interest if I directly profitted from whipping up hysteria?
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    6 Hours Ago
    RandomGuy replied to a thread Teachers in Political Forum
    Is it "guaranteed"? That is the word Mr. Starkle used. I didn't see anything in the financials that implied that it was written in stone or backed up by anybody. I think it gets funded by cutting benefits, if there is a substantial enough shortfall. In the end the retirees will eat no small...
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    8 Hours Ago
    Hell, I smell money. Since no one is calling Schiff on his conflict of interest, I should start a "me too" fund. Fuck, I'll even write some plausible sounding books to go with it. Dang. I have been looking for a way to take advantage of certain groups' stupidity, and this sure seems like a...
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    8 Hours Ago
    http://news.yahoo.com/irs-official-fifth-amendment-congress-controversy-133021953.html It would appear my understanding was flawed, concerning criminal defendants. Interesting question, though. Thanks SnC.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    8 Hours Ago
    http://www.theurbanpolitico.com/2013/05/did-irs-official-lois-lerner-waive-her.html The case cite is a good step. Still a tad ambiguous, given the circumstances. Given that I seem to remember a criminal probe being asked for or begun, it would seem very reasonable for that right to be...
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    8 Hours Ago
    LOL Krauthammer. Wake me up when someone with some actual legal creds speaks up. Otherwise, it is little more than pablum for the converted.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    8 Hours Ago
    The fifth amendment priveledges are not considered waived, no. But then, I am not a lawyer. I would find it hard to beleive that any court would find that way. You can refuse to answer any questions, to my understanding, no matter how many others you choose to answer.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    9 Hours Ago
    Wow. Let me paint a picture for you: Mr. Schiff's pronouncements of hyperinflation and economic collapse make him the darling in certain circles of the financial/political world. He says what they like to hear. Funny thing though.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    9 Hours Ago
    Sure you do.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    9 Hours Ago
    Sure inflation still exists. I just don't see hyperinflation happening. The people that are pushing that particular fear boogeyman appear to have a pretty marked financial interest in getting as many people believing it as possible. That should be setting off alarm bells.
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    9 Hours Ago
    Moneymorning.com, the worldnewsdaily/infowars of the finance world. Not convinced by Schiff's hysteronics. Confirmation bias at its worst.
    32 replies | 517 view(s)
  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    9 Hours Ago
    RandomGuy replied to a thread Teachers in Political Forum
    Sigh. That as painfully ignorant, and hurtz ma brain. The 8% return was their long term investment return, goober, not the growth in benefits "at the expense of future tax payers". The dingleberry waving his hands around took issue with what amounts to a long term average rate of return. ...
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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    9 Hours Ago
    RandomGuy replied to a thread Teachers in Political Forum
    Define "too much". Both professions have very high turnover, which strongly suggests that they are not paid enough from an economic standpoint. That turnover, further, results in ultimately higher costs. Further, do you want your average high-school graduate to teach kids that will be our...
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  • FromWayDowntown's Avatar
    10 Hours Ago
    I bumped into Jimmy on the way out of the building after Game 2 of the 2007 Finals and had a chance to talk with him briefly. He seemed genuinely nice and was very approachable. I'd do the same thing he's doing if I had the cash to do it.
    32 replies | 1234 view(s)
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