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The Property Tax Casino
Americans love to gamble. In casinos or online. They throw money on the roulette table, where the odds would be fair except for that pesky 0 and 00. They love to buy lottery tickets; never mind that the expected return is about 50 cents on the dollar. But if property tax rates are raised, even by a miniscule amount, they are ready to man the ...
Posted to The Big Money by mathpol on March 27, 2009
republican legacy
The republicans have been exploiting endemic racism since Nixon's southern strategy to Reagan's 1980 campaign launch in Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the site of the most notorious crime of the civil rights era and his ''states’ rights'' speech, to Willie Horton. For a more refined, and funnier form of negative campaigning see: ...
Posted to Politics by jacknoir on October 23, 2008
Re: Self-indulgent claptrap
Emmajane, Let's take, for instance, gambling. What would you consider the following to be, if not addiction? A person has constant thoughts about gambling, whether it be buying scratchoff lottery tickets, or playing poker online, or whatever. They simply have to do it, and they sometimes don't even think about it initially when they do. They ...
Posted to Science by madrigalpoet on October 1, 2008
Re: McCain's Gambling Ties
Whether or not you like gambling, it is legal and in vogue as lotteries in most of the states. No one forces anyone to gamble. It is your perogative to abstain, but keep your morals to yourself.
Posted to Today's Papers by npoulin on September 28, 2008
Saletan's Circular Reasoning
''More to the point—and this is the crazy part—in this case, the crime is gambling. If you plug that information into the evaluation, here's what it boils down to: 'Mr. Donaghy would never have committed this gambling if he was not a pathological gambler.' No kidding! ...The circularity is shameless.'' This is categorically false. Mr. Donaghy's ...
Posted to Human Nature by georgehale on August 7, 2008
Re: Poorly Written Addiction to Gambling Article
Great message. I love being able to see it from both sides. And the detailed message inbetween the caption, in Bold, was very clever. DAN ~A very reasonable person in life
Posted to Human Nature by dan22418@msn.com on July 29, 2008
Poorly Written Addiction to Gambling Article
When I clicked on the article concerning Tim Donaghy's sentence, I expected something that was at least decently thought out and maybe even a little thought provoke. To say I was severely disappointed would be a gigantic understatement. To begin with, quoting from the article: ''The plea worked. Today, Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in ...
Posted to Human Nature by Makduras331 on July 29, 2008
The REAL reason Human Cloning is so hard.
Well, animals still have that instinct where they will do anything to survive. On the other hand, humans do not. The mysterious stupid gene is the answer. It's the gene that tells some humans that it is better to sit on their large gludial protrusions - while eating Doritos and watching Divorce court - and collect money from other people. I ...
Posted to Explainer by AtlantaAdsNet on November 15, 2007
Cattle Disease
Why has the U.S.D.A. not recalled the beef in the US? Bovine disease affects 70% of our cattle, yet, nothing is done to stop it from reaching consumers. Some symptoms are Alzheimer's in adults and ADD in children. I guess a pill will be needed to treat the symptoms instead of the cause. The Egyptian medicine scrolls have been revived by the ...
Posted to Explainer by DJINNI on October 2, 2007
Wisdom is a misnomer
Wisdom is a misnomer. When the betting group is fairly representative of the acting body, e.g., a cross section of the voting public, it's a bit like crediting them with wisdom for knowing their own mind. Like crediting you for wisdom for knowing what you're likely to eat for lunch. Let's survey Bob to get his views on where he will be ...
Posted to Explainer by glinteye on August 9, 2007