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I'm sorry, it was written in simple English where it stated: be or make unstable.

un·sta·ble   [uhn-stey-buhl] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
2.
liable to fall or sway.
3.
unsteadfast; inconstant; wavering: unstable convictions.
4.
marked by emotional instability: an unstable person.
5.
irregular in movement: an unstable heartbeat.

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Also, To vary irregularly.

var·y   [vair-ee] Show IPA verb,var·ied, var·y·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
2.
to cause to be different from something else: The orchestra varied last night's program with one new selection.
3.
to avoid or relieve from uniformity or monotony; diversify: to vary one's diet.

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See Synonyms at swing.

Main Entry: swing
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move back and forth; be suspended
Synonyms: avert, away, be pendent, curve, dangle, deflect, divert, flap, fluctuate, hang, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, revolve, rock, roll, rotate, sheer, shunt, suspend, sway, swerve, swivel, turn, turn about, turn on an axis, twirl, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, volte-face, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, wiggle, wobble

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And, To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate.

un·du·late   [v. uhn-juh-leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-; adj. uhn-juh-lit, -leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-] Show IPA verb,-lat·ed, -lat·ing, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1.
to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
2.
to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions.

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Unstable, swing, waves, vary irregularly; these sound like minor adjustments to you?

I said "I do not however, see anything alluding to the amplitude of that change."

again, I see nothing alluding to amplitude of change. nor has your repeating those terms again constituted a persuasive argument as to the definitions of those terms.

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Here's language for minor adjustments: incremement, gradual adjustment, fine tune, etc.

hmmm... increment let's see if I can find in implication of amplitude in here..... nope!

in·cre·ment   [in-kruh-muhnt, ing-] Show IPA
–noun
1.
something added or gained; addition; increase.
2.
profit; gain.
3.
the act or process of increasing; growth.
4.
an amount by which something increases or grows: a weekly increment of $25 in salary.
5.
one of a series of regular additions: You may make deposits in increments of $500.
6.
Mathematics.
a.
the difference between two values of a variable; a change, positive, negative, or zero, in an independent variable.
b.
the increase of a function due to an increase in the independent variable.

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If you want to consider a fluctuation to be an incremental adjustment, hey, you have the right to do English how you choose.

All I did was ask you to point out where amplitude was implied by those terms. You did not, but instead chose to offer other terms that you asserted to imply a small change.
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As for sarcasm, no, like you, Belgian is a hardcore righty and absolutley loves if there are any failures of the Obama era. So sorry, maybe another 911 can happen so you will be pleased.

A failure of the Obama presidency would be a failure of part of my country. I do no wish for that. I've said many times, I hope he will do all the good things he promised, and none of the bad things some fear he would do (e.g.: enact legislation forcing Americans to buy something with their own money or pay a tax if they don't).

so you can keep on assuming you know what I believe. I won't stop you. Not like I could. You don't tend to listen to reasonable discussion. Likely because you just enjoy internet arguments.

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Rob

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What happens when the US fails under the load of spending 8 times that of the #2 in military budget? Oh, I see we are realizing that.

Cut the shit.

Dubya and the GOP Congress ran the biggest deficits in history. Then it was Dubya and the Dem Congress - even bigger deficits.

Now it's a Dem Congress and a Dem POTUS who have apparently decided, "fuck Bush. We can run way bigger deficits that him. A trillion per year? Ha! Just wait ten years!!!"

Yeah. Lucky. We are collapsing under the weight of military spending. It has nothing to do with the other 80 percent of the budget. Medicare and Social Security are the big dogs and it isn't even close.

Check out Greece. Portugal. Belgium might be hosed, too.

Yeah. Excessive military spending. Yeah, it is excessive.

But cut the shit. It's like telling the obese guy he's collapsing under all the Hawaiian Punch. The problem is far more systemic, and your Democrat idols are overdoi,g it, too.

I mostly agree with this. Both parties are absurdly irresponsible with their spending. It's all about the welfare, and the only difference between (D) and (R) is who gets it.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

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I mostly agree with this. Both parties are absurdly irresponsible with their spending. It's all about the welfare, and the only difference between (D) and (R) is who gets it.

How true. The US (like many other countries) has systematically spent more money than it took in for more than 40 years. If you run your personal finances that way, at some point you go bankrupt. Same thing will happen for countries, unless you stop spending so much and start taking in more.

(and to me that's where the problem lies with the US. Americans are so incredibly against tax increases, yet most want their own pet projects funded and point to other projects for cuts, that it will be incredibly difficult to turn things around).

The problem isn't medicare, medicaid, welfare, military, or what ever other program is out there. The problem is that Americans don't want to pay for it, or they will all turn pink (or red, or whatever the socialist colour is lol)

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...Since he's always played loose with facts...

And you just posted projected #'s going >6 years into the future? I'm embarrassed for you

Well, it is possible he won't even win reelection, in which case it won't be a two term presidency. But if he does win, these are his own projections.

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Well, another 122 points, gaining back all but 30 some of the loss, yep, the market is strong in spite of the rest of the world, bad news for conservatives - resume pretending this thread was sarcasm, OP>

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Well, another 122 points, gaining back all but 30 some of the loss, yep, the market is strong in spite of the rest of the world, bad news for conservatives - resume pretending this thread was sarcasm, OP>

so soon he writes...

funny how GS surged yesterday on notion of a settlement, and now sags even further.

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resume pretending this thread was sarcasm

The OP was and is sarcasm.
Don't blame others because you dont' know what sarcasm is.
Or fluctuation.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

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he already made an Onion reference. Cute how he thinks that he can diminish the significance if he brings it up first. The man couldn't recognize irony or sarcasm if it were written in 100ft tall letters.