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December 26th, 2017 at 8:22:21 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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I think that is what happens to me playing Clue due to dastardly plots by fiendish players.
I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me]
December 26th, 2017 at 10:03:36 AM permalink
miplet
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Quote: odiousgambit
I think that is what happens to me playing Clue due to dastardly plots by fiendish players.
We must recruit new blood, or at least get some old blood to play again.
"...remind me of clue: Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with the candlestick."- Derek Morgan
December 27th, 2017 at 7:05:51 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Woman shocked at electric bill of $284 billion!

Yup, should have switched to the LED Christmas lights this year.
The President is a fink.
December 27th, 2017 at 1:12:57 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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Sorkin's Mollys Game opens to favorable reviews.
December 27th, 2017 at 2:15:50 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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'Extremely Wasteful for Society': Professor Says Many Students Get Nothing Out of College

Rick Santorum caught flack for saying it. When conservatives say it, they get called "anti-intellectual" or "against education." This college prof speaks the dirty truth.

I still maintain that 50% of those going to college any given fall do not belong there.
The President is a fink.
December 27th, 2017 at 2:54:37 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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Its becoming Jacks or Better.
Many students do not belong there, will not benefit by it and may even find it quite costly not only in terms of loans but in terms of opportunity costs.
December 27th, 2017 at 5:13:37 PM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: AZDuffman
'Extremely Wasteful for Society': Professor Says Many Students Get Nothing Out of College

Rick Santorum caught flack for saying it. When conservatives say it, they get called "anti-intellectual" or "against education." This college prof speaks the dirty truth.

I still maintain that 50% of those going to college any given fall do not belong there.



This just in, WATER IS WET.

2017
https://www.mnn.com/money/personal-finance/stories/college-really-worth-it

2016
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-isnt-always-the-answer-1464300544

2015
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/why-college-isnt-and-shouldnt-have-to-be-for-everyone_b_6920436.html

2014
http://fortune.com/2014/09/05/college-worth-value-debt-salaries/

2013
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2013/05/13/why-we-still-think-college-isnt-for-everyone/

2012
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-04-09/why-college-isnt-for-everyone

1997
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/31/weekinreview/why-college-isn-t-for-everyone.html
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
December 27th, 2017 at 7:44:09 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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FBI and all USA police department fingerprint analysis software contains code from a Russian firm with close ties to the Kremlin. Backdoor suspected but not found. Access to biometric data is possible concern.
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Admitedly without examining the actual code there is no way to determine if there are any pitfalls much less how serious they are. It is simply that anyone should be hesitant to use code that has close ties to the Russian security services.
December 28th, 2017 at 4:55:34 AM permalink
ams288
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Quote: Fleastiff
Sorkin's Mollys Game opens to favorable reviews.


I plan on seeing it this weekend. Looking forward to it.
“A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman
December 28th, 2017 at 7:55:26 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Quote: ams288
I plan on seeing it this weekend. Looking forward to it.
Please let us know what you think of it. She claims to have basically kept her mouth shut, except for those who were already outed or for PonziGuy who was responsible for her downfall. So neither the book nor the film script mentioned names gratuitously. I never really thought she was totally cleaned out by the feds and her lawyers but it might be true. She did admit it was her own fault for not more carefully vetting PonziGuy.