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    A well-edited quote! Cut-off right above the next line in the article: In other words, there are no real details. But don't let that stop you from quoting as many shock-words from the lead-in as possible - it certainly helps imply that socialized medicine is bad, bad, bad. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Not to mention 92-year-old Afghanis and pregnant women. http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=416362127434&ref=mf Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Probably true, considering Bill Gates was worth $3 billion dollars the night he did this: Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    I vote for OK, because I'm a cheap bastard. But I'm not going to arrange a second date clipping coupons together. Any money saved goes directly to the wind tunnel, as far as I'm concerned. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Phhbbbth! I haven't died yet, either, but I'm sure it will happen someday Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Thank you! That was very helpful. I found my property, and nothing out of the ordinary is reported on it. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    I live in the city, in an older home. At any point, Qwest can activate phone service at my house with just a computer switch at their station. Nope - called their assigned phone number myself, and it was never "activated" by the owner. In other words, it rang until a message came on, saying this phone number has not been enabled by the owner. Nope. Not going to bother the police until I know for a fact that an actual crime has been committed. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Does anyone know why I would get "welcome to the neighborhood" junk mail for this guy? The only time I've ever gotten that is when I bought a house. Is it possible he took out a mortgage on my property? How would I find out? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Sorry, Jerry, no vacancy - Elvis is already camping in my basement. I should add that about two weeks ago, I got a letter from a company that I purchased one item from. They said that they're database had been cracked and given to a third unknown person. The credit card info was encrypted, but the address info was not. I suspect it may have originated with that, but I don't know. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Very nice. 8 MPix camera WITH a shutter I've had a Droid since January, and it's better than any phone I've ever owned (iPhone, three blackberries, Treo). I like the Droid X, and thought about getting one for my mom, but got her the LG Ally instead (she loves it). The one thing that kills the X for me is the lack of a keyboard. After owning an iPhone for almost four years, I swear I'll never get a phone without a physical keyboard again. The Droid 2 should be out in September. Love the screen on the X, though - OMG, it's huge! Like HTC HD2 huge. I'm willing to carry a bigger phone for that screen. Just needs a keyboard, and I'm in. The battery will do some funny things - it'll take about a week to settle out, and you'll need to play around with the battery monitor to see where all the juice is going. Turning down the screen brightness helps. Make sure to close your maps when you are done, as well. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    This one is new to me, so I'm wondering if anyone knows what the heck is going on? I've lived in my home for 11 years. A few months ago, I started receiving mail saying "Welcome to the neighborhood" for one Mr. Charles Garcia. He must have ended up on a mailing list claiming to have bought my house. My address, his name. No big deal. Over the weekend, I got a phone bill from Qwest (the local teleco), saying they had installed new phone service for Charles Garcia at this address. OK, now it's no longer a mistake - someone is definitely claiming my address as their own. I talked with Qwest this morning, and I ensured that "Charles Garcia" is not using my SSN, just the address. Who else should I contact to let them know that Charles Garcia does not live here? I could see this going so far as a debt that would attempt to place a lien on the property (although it wouldn't hold up in court, obviously). I'm just trying to save myself a future headache. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts Since you have stated that you did not approve of the process because you believed the selection of the chair of the independent audit was biased, I then asked who you believe should choose the chair of the independent audit? My presumption is that no matter how many different groups are involved in choosing an independent audit chairperson, you will claim that there is some conspiracy, because you may disapprove of someone or some group in the chain. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    And when the third-party is someone you disapprove of (for instance, the White House), you will simply move the goal-post again. You don't like the fact that the White House selected the chairman of the independent panel. And if the White House selects an independent party to select the chairman of the independent council, you will still cry foul, since the selection process was tainted. Independent means just that, regardless of who is doing the selection. If it was biased, we would call it a biased committee. I think you feel like these organizations are a lot more crafty and conspiratorial than they are. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    You kinda have to read the article to understand the point. When the vast majority of scientists say one thing, but you want to point out a small minority of contrarians as evidence that all scientists are wrong ... then there's probably more emotion than logic in your argument. From the article: Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Well, you know I'm weird. But don't let it affect your opinion of everyone else here! I guess that balloon boy's family was from Colorado, too. And the guy that went to Pakistan to hunt Bin Laden with a sword. And of course, marijuana is legal in Denver, now, so it's getting weirder by the minute. But don't let any of those things affect your opinion! Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    I don't know if it's that we have better shows now, or that I am older and have higher standards, but I watched a re-run of X-files at a hotel in Atlanta once, and I thought it was pretty lame. Or maybe it's that I don't have television at home, so I've not been conditioned to mind-numbing writing. Edit - I used to love watching the X-files, when it was in production. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    EXACTLY! I love this movie because I hate how often animations have rigging without legstraps. The ending is terrific. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Is that the new "Freedom" language? But you're correct, the more facts from scientists, the more other people make up stories: http://www.skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s.htm Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    So, you want an independent organization to select the chairman of the independent investigation team? But who should select the independent organization that does the selection? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Gillian Anderson is cute, but that little facial tick around her eye always makes me think that she huffs insect repellent in between takes. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    The books that need to be banned already are. The ones that aren't, don't need to be. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Nude beaches

    riddler replied to cocheese's topic in The Bonfire

    Well, duh! It's free. If you wanna see the good stuff, you gotta pay Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    And now for some real science. Here comes the global warming. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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    Hmm - an article from a magazine that's owned by Rupert Murdoch (owner of Fox News), and at the top, the blaring text that says OPINION, from an author that "... is another of the handful of U.S. climate-change contrarians … He has published little if anything of distinction in the professional literature, being noted rather for his shrill op-ed pieces and indiscriminate denunciations of virtually every finding of mainstream climate science." Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD
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