Hypnotoad gets an upgrade

az78 · 1 day

I found this jeweled frog in an antique store. I figured he would make a decent wealthy version of either Bachelor Frog or Hypnotoad. Someone with some serious Photoshop skills can take it from here.

mellooo · 9 days

Obligatory meme

SpamFilterHatesMe · 19 days

Okay, what happened to AskJeeves? I like having a butler serve me information.

hipptripp · 20 days

I am not advocating ending not-for-profits or saying that religious organizations should not be held to the same standards, but rather just increasing the scope of the debate.

Think about it: In the 1950s, all the major players were for-profit companies. Nowadays, large not-for-profits also play a large role such as hospital companies, universities, and international NGO's. What would happen if we taxed them at even 5%? Or at least removed their property tax exemptions?

Think about a collegetown for a minute. A university sucks up all the valuable land and assets, but pays zero dollars in local taxes. What would happen, on at least the local level, if that changed?

It's an interesting topic to think about, if nothing else.

hipptripp · 20 days

Here is a better question: How far would taxing all not-for-profits go towards balancing the budget?

alexxlea · 22 days

I wonder how this compares to other Presidential candidates in other cycles.

beec23 · 1 month

Only if he ran as a Senate candidate for Utah.

magister0 · 1 month

Interesting fact: The last time that NH's 4 electoral votes actually mattered was in 2000. If Al Gore had won NH like he was supposed to, then the whole debacle in Florida would not have mattered as Gore would have had 271 electoral votes.

Every state counts.

Ijob911 · 1 month

It's a valid point, but it would be more accurate to say "Because the U.S. does not view Israel as a belligerent threat to its neighbors and the region."

Ijob911 · 1 month

Israel did not sign the Nuclear Non-profliferation Treaty (NPT). Nor did India or Pakistan. The argued logic is that Iran and North Korea signed then lied about it, and thats why they are in trouble. But of course, there are politics about it too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons

az78 · 1 month

This is what bothers me about the whole thing: MR. ROMNEY, YOUR WIFE IS NOT A STATISTICALLY VALID SAMPLE! SHE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ALL WOMEN! IT'S POMPOUS AND ARROGANT TO THINK SO!

Sorry, I had to get that out. I wish that was the debate we were having instead.

plajjer · 1 month

Rasmussen is a consistent outlier. Think of it as a Republican best case scenario polling firm.

The RCP average is Obama +5.3.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

STOCKSLEUTH · 1 month

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113351145

"There has never been an Olympic Games that has made a profit," says Robert Barney, director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies.

metallica41070 · 1 month

Are the Cowboys taken?

spurscanada · 1 month

Crest

az78 · 2 months

You go to law school. It's not sexy or exciting, but it pays the bills. That is, after you run up huge student loans.

magister0 · 2 months

Rasmussen has a long history of overestimating the chances of conservative candidates. Something with how their model works make more conservative candidates have better numbers. Nate Silver had a piece on this a while back. I think the averages from RCP are a better tool to use, which shows Obama +4.8 on Romney and +5.0 on Santorum.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_santorum_vs_obama-2912.html

magister0 · 4 months

This is misleading. Gallup does a 5 day tracking poll where they average the results. Gingrich has surged the last couple of days, whereas his pre-surge numbers are still pulling down Gallup's numbers. If the trend lines indicate anything, Gingrich is probably up by double digits right now. This bounce may or may not last very long, though.

tarkay · 4 months

If Illinois fails, the US gov't WILL bail them out. If Greece fails, then the EU will consider bailing them out after months and months of prolonged negotiations once much cursing in multiple languages has commenced.

davidreiss666 · 4 months

I never said the FED doesn't engage in currency manipulation - that is their entire job to do so - but they do nothing even close to what other countries do. They manipulate the dollar to try to keep inflation around 2 percent - not to increase our exports.

davidreiss666 · 4 months

Germany is on a weak currency that is watered down by the rest of the weak economies of the euro-zone. If they were still on the old German mark, then the value of it would have skyrocketed with exports. As the value increased, exports would slow. It's all one huge balancing act.

In other words, the US could have a strong industrial base too if we engaged in endless currency manipulation like Germany (legally) and China (illegally) does that distorts market forces. This is NOT about principles and values.

mrorbitman · 4 months

He got more than 5x the vote as Gov. Jon Huntsman!

sachegrande · 4 months

We are all equal in the eyes of zombies. Equally Delicious.

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