Veterans Agency Made Secret Deal With Prudential Over Benefits

[TeyshaBlue]

I wonder if you were splitting hairs.

When someone quotes material without a link, I almost always look for the real link to see if the material was edited, or some deleted. I often look for other material anyway, because different news outlets report different facts about things. most cherry pick the information, and I like to see views from all perspectives.

Did you delete the material I found?

I wonder what material you are refering to.

Wino's article clocked in at 2,128 words. Your link clocks in at 2,121.

That would be 7 fewer words than the original post.

[Wild Cobra]

I wonder what material you are refering to.

Wino's article clocked in at 2,128 words. Your link clocks in at 2,121.

That would be 7 fewer words than the original post.

The one I linked had a couple paragraphs his didn't. Again, a reason why i search for multiple links for angles not mentioned.

Like I said, different outlets pick different things to print. If your count is accurate, and didn't include unrelated material in the link, then neither was the original story.

[TeyshaBlue]

The one I linked had a couple paragraphs his didn't. Again, a reason why i search for multiple links for angles not mentioned.

Like I said, different outlets pick different things to print. If your count is accurate, and didn't include unrelated material in the link, then neither was the original story.

Newsflash...I did too. I simply didn't find anything germane that was omitted...indeed it was hard to find a link where anything was omitted at all.
What couple of paragraphs are you talking about?

And yes, my count was accurate. There were no unrelated words included.

[Wild Cobra]

Newsflash...I did too. I simply didn't find anything germane that was omitted...indeed it was hard to find a link where anything was omitted at all.
What couple of paragraphs are you talking about?

And yes, my count was accurate. There were no unrelated words included.

Well, going back to the OP, those paragraphs are there. I could swear they weren't originally, but maybe I missed them. I could say WH edited his post, adding them, but I think that unlikely, except he did say "Damn libs at Bloomberg chopped it. "

WH...

Did you go back and add those paragraphs?

[TeyshaBlue]

WH...

Did you go back and add those paragraphs?

omfg

[Winehole23]

WH...

Did you go back and add those paragraphs?

Nope. I cut and pasted the whole thing to start with.

[Winehole23]

This is almost as funny as the time you said the time stamp malfunctioned.

[Winehole23]

@WC:

Wouldn't it have been easier -- and so much less embarrassing -- just to admit you goofed with the link than to risk being caught out in such an easily detectable fib?

[Winehole23]

"Damn libs at Bloomberg chopped it. "

Should have set off your irony detector.

[TeyshaBlue]

Should have set off your irony detector.

Blue...it's not just for avatars.

[Wild Cobra]

Nope. I cut and pasted the whole thing to start with.

OK, I'll take you at your word. I must have missed it.

[Wild Cobra]

omfg

My God...

I didn't know, and I asked. What you malfunction?

[Wild Cobra]

This is almost as funny as the time you said the time stamp malfunctioned.

I vaguely remember that. Did I ever say I was perfect?

[TeyshaBlue]

My God...

I didn't know, and I asked. What you malfunction?

Me no malfunction.

[Wild Cobra]

@WC:

Wouldn't it have been easier -- and so much less embarrassing -- just to admit you goofed with the link than to risk being caught out in such an easily detectable fib?

There was no fib.

I read you article and read others pertaining to the topic. Most were the same article, and when i selected that to post, I didn't realize it was the same one. I never said otherwise, except that I though I found paragraphs that were not in yours. When you turned around and said "Damn libs at Bloomberg chopped it," I never considered double checking.

You know how sometimes, you miss something the first time? Well that's all that happened. If you want to make a big deal about it, then you're just a putz.

[Wild Cobra]

Me no malfunction.

Except that it seems important for you right now to find fault in me when it's just a simple mistake. If that makes your day, then go ahead. Keep it up.

[Wild Cobra]

Should have set off your irony detector.

Maybe so, but simple text is never the same as evaluating a persons tone face to face.

[ChumpDumper]

Me butt hurt.

[LnGrrrR]

Cmon WC, take it easy. We're just ribbing you.

[TeyshaBlue]

Except that it seems important for you right now to find fault in me when it's just a simple mistake. If that makes your day, then go ahead. Keep it up.

Actually, its more fun to pick your arguments apart. But since you brought up the "missing material" claim, well, I suppose I should just pass on the easy ones. Call it a character flaw.

[Winehole23]

There's no honor in it, for sure. But there is humor.

[Wild Cobra]

Actually, its more fun to pick your arguments apart. But since you brought up the "missing material" claim, well, I suppose I should just pass on the easy ones. Call it a character flaw.

Pass, punt, run with it...

Doesn't much matter.

[Wild Cobra]

There's no honor in it, for sure. But there is humor.

I'm the first at time to laugh at myself over stupid mistakes, so go with it if you must.

[Winehole23]

There was no fib.

Hard to swallow, but I'll suspend my disbelief for a moment. It is possible you actually believe the absurdities you pull from the air.

I read your article and read others pertaining to the topic ...

What were the others, btw?

Most were the same article, and when i selected that to post, I didn't realize it was the same one.

Suggests at a minimum that, if you did read the OP, you did not retain its content mentally. If you were familiar with the content of the OP, such an error would scarcely be possible to make.

If you were selecting among a range of articles, I could see highlighting the wrong one by accident, but no evidence of these "other" articles you allegedly read has been linked. Occam's razor cuts you to ribbons on this one, WC.

I never said otherwise, except that I thought I found paragraphs that were not in yours.

The paragraphs don't exist. Your belief that they did at some time in the past is most unconvincing.

You know how sometimes, you miss something the first time?

Like the OP? Don't make it a habit...

Well that's all that happened. If you want to make a big deal about it, then you're just a putz.

It's not a big deal. But your own efforts to cover your tracks made it a much bigger deal than it would have been otherwise.

[Wild Cobra]

WH, believe as you wish. Your loss for questioning my integrity. I spoke the truth, so there is no more to debate. So for now, You.