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I gave the TV the finger and changed channels after the Jerry Brown needs to change his own socks without the use of government aides, yuk yuk yuk!

He still uses big words but apparently has nothing to say. No wonder this guy is a frequent O'Reilly guest.

Edited Date: 2014-06-14 03:22 am (UTC)

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American Greed is on Wednesday nights on CNBC. Much better use of DVR space.

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hardblue.livejournal.com

I'll have to try to remember. I haven't even heard of that show.
But I'm still going to give Dennis a shot, if only for
nostalgic sake. He was such a cool guy, when we were young.

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Having expectations was your first problem.

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Brown polled recently extremely high numbers (http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2014/04/23/poll-jerry-brown-draws-california-republican-votes), even with Californian Republicans. Meanwhile Lex Luthor, er Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari is way behind. So WTF is Dennis Miller droning on about?

Edited Date: 2014-06-14 03:37 am (UTC)

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Bill Maher goes on rants about specific things. This was word salad about disliking Brown for being... a career politician? Existentialism?

And yes, the California Democrats have balanced budgets, are dealing with the deficit. I was so disappointed in how Miller has degenerated. He can throw out words like angstroms but it's all just an empty facade now.

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geezer-also.livejournal.com

Meh, I didn't find him funny when he was a liberal, and I still don't find him funny.

"the California Democrats have balanced budgets, are dealing with the deficit"
Really? The first is smoke and mirrors and the second won't happen even if they get the tax increases they want.
But I will say, except for the train, I've been "content" with "moonbeam" this time :)
For the record, I'm leaning towards leaving the Governor box unchecked.(we complete the arrows, but you know what I mean)

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Pretty much crying out for a "is watching you poop" caption.

Edited Date: 2014-06-14 04:21 am (UTC)

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300,000 of the same Californians voted for Leland Yee.

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Crazification factor. (http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunch-discussions-145-crazification.html)

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Nowhere near the Crazification Factor.

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It wouldn't surprise me if it had increased over time.

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Yes, but this would mean it had *decreased*. <1% of the population, <10% of the votes cast in a joke subcontest election.

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Oh, I missed the thread below. I was accidentally conflating the two people in the comic and didn't realize it wasn't talking about one person.

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Is there a point you wanted to make?

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The point is just because somebody got high numbers, doesn't mean he's good. In case you don't know about Yee, he is in jail for corruption and running arms deals operations.

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phildegrave

In a state with a population of 38,000,000, you think 300,000 is a high number?

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More than 287,000 votes were cast for Yee, about 10 percent of the total. 10% is pretty high number.

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Um, that's 0.75%. Do the men at your workplace also do the math for you?

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0.75% of the *population*. 9.5% *of the votes cast* (http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/secretary-of-state/)

Of course, it's an undercard race with a ton of options. It's not surprising there's a fair bit of "vote at random" or "vote on name recognition" or even "don't know that a candidate dropped out".

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Did you really need to come in to ruin the moment with your facts?

Edited Date: 2014-06-16 05:05 pm (UTC)

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It's kind of my thing.

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lol

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No, actually I help them with math. I am an "expert" in Linear Programming and Fourier/Laplace transforms. But, I will always support you versus theweaselking, so on the other hand, my arithmetic never was that good.

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Wait, wait. I point out that you were right and he was wrong, so you're *changing your position*?

Being correct, and having the facts on your side, is not a place you're willing to be? Your ideology requires you to remain associatively pure and politically correct to the point where you'll abandon reality simply because reality has The Enemy in it?

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I know, right?

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What ideology? He is, at least, as "liberal" as you are. Being correct isn't most important thing, and I have no urge to be correct. I don't consider you an enemy, I just don't like you.

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What ideology?

Your aggressively anti-fact anti-reality one, of course. The one where you think "debating" and "discussing" obvious falsehoods as if they were true is a better use of time than disproving and then ignoring them. The one where you're willing to abandon facts and disavow the real world, to prevent someone who cares about REAL THINGS from being on your side if you dislike them personally.

For, I will point out, the "crime" of pointing out where ELSE you've abandoned facts and disavowed reality.

I have no urge to be correct.

That is abundantly clear in every comment you make.

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This why I don't like you. You are so eager to prove you are correct, that you totally loose the perspective. I bet, you don't get too many dates, long-term ones, unless you're married, then forget it.
And this was first time I was willing to abandon the facts, trust me.

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You are so eager to prove you are correct, that you totally loose the perspective.

"You like facts so much that you don't like facts!", said by someone who has never been able to provide a factual contradiction to anything I have said.

This may not be a winning strategy for you. Without examples, it's certainly an unconvincing one.

Also: English, "lose" is the word you want. Yes, "lose" and "loose" have the OPPOSITE pronunciations and meanings that you would expect. This is because English is idiosyncratic.

this was first time I was willing to abandon the facts,

Your record suggests that this statement is YET ANOTHER instance of you abandoning facts. This time it's ironic, at least? Unintentional, but funny?

trust me.

It's not so much "trust" as "expect".

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Thanks for English lesson.
Where are your examples? You certainly accuse people, not only me, of things that you think they might be thinking.
Funny? You seldom (stretch?) recognize funny. If you did, you wouldn't start this big polemics over a joke. The funniest part - I know what you are going to say.

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Just keep posting and don't worry about people. We all struggle to understand each other at times but I'd rather keep trying than not.

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Sound good to me. If we don't try, we will certainly fail.

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mylaptopisevil.livejournal.com

Being correct isn't most important thing, and I have no urge to be correct

Well we all knew that.

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You know nothing, except that you know everything.

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mylaptopisevil.livejournal.com

You sure said words

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so on the other hand, my arithmetic never was that good.

Oh it's not just your arithmetic that's bad.

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Yeah, yeah... You are right, I don't know anything. Feel Lucky.

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*wink*

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Except I was wrong - which he pointed out.

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We know their game by now ;)

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fierceleaf.livejournal.com

Vlad is the short form of the name Vladislav, not of Vladimir.

Edited Date: 2014-06-14 05:50 am (UTC)

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Seriously?

What's the diminuitive for "Vladimir", then?

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fierceleaf.livejournal.com

Vova, Volodya. Vova is more widespread.

Edited Date: 2014-06-17 02:13 am (UTC)

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I learned something new today, thanks.

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