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RedDenver

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  1. The recent update also broke the Content Types dropdown for Status Updates. I used to view the status updates that way, but now no make what's selected in the dropdown, only topics are displayed.
  2. I agree with what you're saying, but Maryland defected from the ACC.
  3. https://hailvarsity.com/s/4633/toms-time-the-time-nebraska-scored-48-points-against-cu-in-a-quarter
  4. I'm not saying there's no consequences for running perpetual deficits or that we never have to pay for anything and everything should just be free - that's crazy. I'm just saying that there's theory out there you can research about how government spending and deficits isn't as simple as balancing a checkbook, and there are mechanisms that apply to government spending that don't apply to our normal financial experiences (most notably - being able to create money). You'll have to read up on it if you want to know all the details. There's lots of stuff online. (I'm not an expert, so my apologies if I've gotten some of the details wrong.) Here's a chart to hopefully better explain what I said before (and Clinton's surplus years are in there too):
  5. There's also a lot of theory that balancing the budget every year or every change in expenditures isn't a good idea for a federal government. Modern monetary theory (MMT) does a good job of explaining why. The extremely basic idea is that the federal government can create money (so it can't ever miss a payment) and the sum of personal, business, and government exchanges (spending and saving) must sum to zero. So if people and businesses are net saving money, then government must be running a deficit - and the government can always run a deficit unlike businesses or individuals.
  6. The Republicans haven't followed the "pay-go" rule, but the Dems should? It's a good way to not get elected. Basically we're seeing that the establishment Dems are really the old Republicans back when they cared about balancing the budget.
  7. I'm not sure what you mean. So the team that has played a game already is 3-7?
  8. I always have a good time. Just realize that they're more like NFL fans than college football fans. Lots of foul language and ridiculous sh!t-talking (just like there is at NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. games). I'd definitely think twice about taking younger kids though.
  9. Jail time? They're plastic water bottles. I'm not saying they should be throwing stuff or that a plastic water bottle wouldn't hurt, but jail time? Really?
  10. I was at that game sitting in the section behind the students that were kicked out. It wasn't nearly as dramatic as it's being made to seem. The students were mostly drunk and threw some things out onto the field and the whole section was ejected from the game. Most of the students weren't misbehaving and quite a few of them just moved to other parts of the stadium. But nobody that I saw deserved jail time or any such thing.
  11. The phrase "surely statistically" has to be the most succinct hedging your bets I've ever seen.
  12. Landlord already covered this, but you're moving the goals posts as you originally claimed POLLS and now you're claiming "mainstream news source". Those aren't at all the same things.
  13. +1000 Plus, Nebraska football is swimming in money. Pay them whatever we agreed to and remain on good terms with Akron and all future teams we're trying to schedule. It makes no sense to be miserly and have the subsequent bad press for ridiculous and unnecessary penny-pinching. Why even risk diverting attention from the good vibes and coverage we're getting right now?
  14. I'm guessing all those companies' names start with "Trump".
  15. It's complex but it's also showing a lot of data all together. The basic graph is showing the healthcare spending vs life expectancy for various countries. The difficult part is that it's also showing how that relationship changed over time from 1970 to 2015 for each country. So the dot on each country's path is 1970, and then you can follow the path to see how the relationship evolved through to 2015. Does that make sense?
  16. It was so long ago, the city has since changed it's name!!
  17. Our slide into mediocrity began against Colorado, and our resurgence will now begin against Colorado.
  18. What are they doing about tickets to the game?
  19. Me For the first time in at least 6 years, I'm going to spend an entire day watching nothing but college football.
  20. 538 talked about how Trump winning was within the margin of error of the polling, so that's not quite what happened. I think the political discourse dismissed the chances of Trump winning before the polls tightened towards the end.
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