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    Greatest Programs - potential additional metrics

    Hello FS 23. We had discussed how one might measure "tradition" and you suggested I reply to your "greatest programs" thread which is now closed, and so I started this thread in response. If one were to try to measure and quantify "tradition", what might be key variables? First I will suggest...
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    Eastern Bias- Blizzard stories

    Re: Eastern Bias- Blizzard stories Our town's Public Works department has been way behind the curve. Most people around town dug out their own side streets, and until today the "main" streets were often less than two lanes wide, total (which worked fine as long as no one needed to pass each...
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    Happy Anniversary, GCT!

    Today is the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the opening of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Not sure how many have been through it, it certainly is a busy place with some phenomenal architecture...
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    Memorial for Victims

    I see that the school shooting in Connecticut thread has been deleted, otherwise I would have posted this notice here. If anyone is looking to do something tangible to help the families, Geno and Kathy Auriemma donated $80,000 as seed money to start a scholarship fund for the surviving children...
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    Strands in the Tapestry: the Business, Economics, and Tax Policy Thread

    There are enough argumentative political threads....every now and then, someone posts a really good idea or offers a thoughtful insight that gets drowned out by the more raucous elements there. I hope there is enough interest to maintain a non-partisan, non-political thread devoted to business...
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    Prediction with Two Weeks Left: Presidential Election Winner Will Be....

    Not who you will vote for or who you want to win, merely who do you think will win.... I thought there was a way to make a poll disappear after a week but it doesn't seem to be working...I'll try again this time though.....
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    DC Area Space Shuttle Porn

    Re: DC Area Space Shuttle Porn OK, this isn't DC area, otherwise....
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    Convention junkies can obsess details here!

    I was sort of hoping joecct would start a thread like this one.....anyway...... I don't know why I've always found political conventions so interesting....it's like a pep rally for politicians in which for a few days we get excitement over ideas, and sometimes some great zingers too. I still...
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    Who is Thursday night's "mystery guest speaker"?

    The Republicans are trying to generate some "buzz" for Thursday night's second-most important prime speaking slot by putting in the program that the address will be delivered by To Be Announced. I've culled the most likely candidates from what I've read and heard. Curious to hear others'...
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    Elections 2012: Congressional and Gubernatorial

    Someone else can start the next Presidential election thread. Here's one in which those who are interested can discuss House and Senate races and governors' races.
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    Obama XXIV: Forward ... pause ... rewind ... play

    Since Priceless nuked all his threads as a way of saying "farewell for now"*, I thought I'd start up another Obama thread so you O-philes and O-phobes can duke it out here and maybe free up some breathing room in the politics thread for at least some discussion of House and Senate elections. As...
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    Happy Birthday, Woody !

    Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Woody Guthrie. Wiki: He was 'an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land." '...
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    Stereotype vs Prejudice

    To me, this is an essential distinction we must make if we are to continue to have a robust, thriving civil society. To oversimplify in order to set a baseline: "Prejudice" is a nonrational bias against all members of a particular race, ethnic group, gender, sexual orientation, religious...
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    Did they really mean to say that?

    If you have examples of any humorous (or tragic, for that matter...) misunderstandings or mistranslations due to linguistic or cultural differences that you'd like to share.... I had leftover Chinese for lunch today, and my fortune cookie said: To me that sounds too much like vomiting! :p
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    Deparatment of Redundancy Department

    as in, "ATM Machine" or "PIN Number" or "AFR Rate." or the occasional news story that trumpets a tautology.....
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    Politicians We Admire

    I understand the theory of negative campaigning. The idea is not to get votes for oneself, the concept is to depress turnout for the other candidate....to diminish the "other side's" enthusiasm to such an extent that they stay home and don't even bother voting at all. While it may "work," it...
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    The Most Serious [x] Problem We Face Today

    In various ways in various threads, we've touched upon some serious problems facing us. Here's a place where we can gather some ideas together and brainstorm some ways to address them. For example, one might say that "the most serious infrastructure problem we face today is that politicians...
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    Happy Birthday Mr. Potato Head !

    60 years ago, May 1, 1952, one of the most clever and innovative toys was introduced....since it was a 'make your own' design where you supplied the head and they gave you the accessories, so to speak! I wonder if they can still sell it these days....it's not outlawed for being a choking...
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    Wisconsin vs Total Recall

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/30/scott-walker-recall-fundraising-13-million_n_1465794.html It sounds like Gov Walker's message is resonating nationwide with ordinary people: three out of four donations are less than $50. Despite the "gloom and doom" predictions, municipal and...
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    The Power of the SCOTUS III: Roberts' Rules of Order

    Carry on....
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