Posts by mark taslov
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Up Front: Giving It the Bish, in reply to Alfie,
Just letting u knw. if u do this. Brian will get a 3rd of that money back. in tax return. so go ahead. make a donation towards us. Thk u
FTW?
Timothy 6:9-10 But people who long to be rich soon begin to do all kinds of wrong things to get money, things that hurt them and make them evil-minded and finally send them to hell itself. For the love of money is the first step toward all kinds of sin. Some people have even turned away from God because of their love for it, and as a result have pierced themselves with many sorrows.
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to Farmer Green,
Hehe, I will admit I was quite taken with your phrasing there.
My experience as a performer has been that when the audience and those on stage “lock on” at a purely emotional level, then the outcome is what is referred to as “a good gig ” or other similar expressions.
It was wrong of me to be thinking that politics is just theatreNot a bad comparison at all, it lends itself without great tribulation to the cross thread bounce.
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to Rich Lock,
How does one go about countering that?
Better educate people. As Bart was saying the other day.
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to Dennis Frank,
Extremely well put Dennis, I likewise found myself nodding in agreement with your post on the other thread earlier today. Valuable contributions, very measured.
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to Farmer Green,
It’s not easy for an insincere person to ad lib because he has to think what to say ; it’s easier to ad lib when you’re speaking from the heart.
That sounds uncharacteristically emotive, I think it’s just a skill people have and can develop: Trump ran as a glorified shock jock.
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to Rich Lock,
That was a very pointed response to Greer via Tom Rich, I think comments are still open on Greer’s piece, you might like to challenge him directly on his reasons for voting as he did, all things considered it was Greer’s opinion that Tom was commenting on. As with Obamacare in that piece I linked to:
"Relatively few people will feel the premium increases, but everyone will hear about them,” said Dan Mendelson, president of Avalere Health, a consulting firm. “That will have an effect on the perception of the program."
The fake news problem is one thing, fake news in an election is another thing entirely, just ask that “conspiracy theorist” Nicky Hager. Perception trumps fact in an election. ruinous defamatory pamphlets and flyers have graduated to the net.
One thing a Trump supporter said to me was that she felt that these alarming snippets quoted by a pliant media were in contrast to the general tone of what Trump said at his rallies. I’m not going to wade through any recordings to challenge that, perception being what it is inside and outside a bubble.
Having said that I am intrigued and do desire to get a better understanding as to why individuals voted the way they did, I see little value – when presented with testimony of someone’s reasons for casting their vote – in disregarding that testimony because it doesn’t account for facts or it’s something I can’t wrap my head around yet.
The thing that surprised me most about Trump's campaign was the extent to which he appeared to be adlibbing in this age where everything is recorded.
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Hard News: #eqnz: Okay?, in reply to nzlemming,
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yeah, it’s total bullshit. Forbes has a useful rundown on 2017 rate rises. Double-digit at most. They follow several years of very small increases
The timing of the source is critical here, that June article concludes:
There will be lots more big rate increases coming.
Oct. 24, 2016, Time:
As CNN Money notes, there is wide variation by state. “In Arizona, the benchmark plan’s average premium will increase 116% in 2017…In Indiana, the benchmark plan will be 3% cheaper.”
The average premium increase masks wide variation among the states. In Arizona, the benchmark plan’s average premium will increase 116% in 2017. Arizona had the lowest rates of any state this year, said Kathryn Martin, an acting assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
As in:
The real deal-breaker, though, was the last round of double- or triple-digit annual increase in premiums announced this November
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to BenWilson,
You do understand that he is now the most powerful man on Earth, right?
Putin has lost the lead? As Guantánamo gathers dust?
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Hard News: The fake news problem, in reply to Neil,
Broadly and pervasively, misogyny plays and has played an inexorable part in what’s wrong with humanity for eons. Your conclusions with regards to the 2016 US presidential candidates are entirely your own, neither accepting the extent of the issue nor adequately addressing a nonpartisan contention.