Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[froot loops]

Yep, the War for Christmas has been decisively won by Fox News.

[Wild Hoss]

They did here anyway.

I mean, really...we won't even start playing bowl games for a month yet, and we've got candycane decorations up? I still have a pumpkin on my front porch. Sheesh.

[froot loops]

Yeah I work in Downtown Detroit by Campus Martius , they have the big Christmas tree up to be lit tomorrow. All the doorman are wearing top hats.

[Wild Hoss]

I walked by one of those bell-ringing sons a bitches last weekend at an outdoor mall. Early November, 70 degrees, and he's outside dressed as Santa Claus, going to town with that bell.

Shit is out of control.

[hack]

I'm reporting you guys to the authorities. You're gonna be on a list.

[froot loops]

That's how authoritarian regimes work. On to room 101.

[Wild Hoss]

We're going to have the best lists.

[entropy]

I was hoping post election society would move on to more productive discussions. Guess I was na?ve. I think it's worse now.

I always believed that discussions with people you disagree with were some of the best (as long as both sides were civil). It either evolved your thoughts or strengthened them. Either way, you saw another perspective and usually, realized there was more in common with your points of view than disagreements... even though it would appear disagreements was 100% of the focus.

Discussion by either side not only is not wanted, it's highly discouraged. Maybe it's time to walk away..

[Wild Hoss]

I was hoping post election society would move on to more productive discussions. Guess I was na?ve. I think it's worse now.

I think so.

To use a metaphor you can associate with emotionally...you have to allow for the flipping of roles, as the Rebellion becomes the Empire, the Empire becomes the Rebellion. (The stormtroopers shoot like shit in either case)

[entropy]

(heh..)

[WingsFan]

I was hoping post election society would move on to more productive discussions. Guess I was na?ve.

99% of people are not going to change their minds, people usually get defensive or down right angry about these topics. This thread really has been the most civil I have ever seen on a message board. I add my 2 cents sometimes (on election years) and that's more than enough for me. I gave Obama a chance and he was terrible IMO

Unless you are very well acquainted with the company you are discussing Religion and Politics with, yes IMO it is best to leave on the doorstep. If you do venture into these intrepid waters, and find yourself sinking - best to reach for the life preserver of... I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[AlabamAlum]

Jeff Sessions? lmao.

[froot loops]

It makes you long for Cruz for AG.

[froot loops]

Trump folded on the Trump University case and paid 25 million for it to go away. I wonder what sugar daddy paid it off for him. He would have gotten it handed to him in court. It was fraud, he is a con artist and a pathological liar. Kevin Trudeau had better ethics that this guy.

[Da Geezer]

Hack:

.... It's all about how the pie gets shared.

The dollar closed at a 14 year high today. When the last high was reached, the growth rate of GDP was runnng at 7% per annum. The best thing for everyone is a rapidly growing pie. Growth v equity is not an either/or proposition. But the markets are anticipating growth.

10-year bond at 2.29% up from the 1.75% range

And, best of all, A new West Texas oil field's numbers came in. The Wolfcamp field has three times as much oil as the Bakken field (N. and S. Dakota). Biggest field ever discovered in the US.