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Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Basically my disdain for you stems from COIN, when you nagged me about everything.
You were Nagatha Christie
The Head Of The Department Of Nagriculture.
You two should really take it to telegram.
Or keep it here.
Preferably not though.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Alright, Mr. Griffin, we get it.
Okay, so we've established that Hallo thinks Tsar nags, and Tsar thinks Hallo overreacts. The question is, how do we bridge this gap?
If they keep it here, mods could see.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Hey, I'm the psychologist wannabe here, I'll handle the condescending diagnoses.
But yes, yes it is. Somehow you must walk a mile in one another's shoes, despite the vastly different shoe sizes.
Um, I would be polite about it, instead of being all "mine is better you suck balls lol"
Because you always all "I like to drink I'm so mature and I'm so much more sophisticated than because I like AIC hahah lol your dumb"
Enough talking about mods; this situation will be handled in a dignified and mature manner. Rest assured that we will put an end to this particular instance of flaming, at the very least.
Fun fact: Hunter (Alchandria) has huge feet. The things are like boats. He wears a size 15 or something crazy like that.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Hmm.
It's a battle of perception, it seems; to one, sophistication appears to be elitism while to the other, spontaneity seems childish. The truth is actually somewhere in the middle, and we're going to find it without resorting to further insults.
Tell me that I'm immature one more time you damned hick.
CI..... I told you so...
Would you believe "without resorting to too many further insults"?
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Both of you are handling this in an immature manner, and I know that both of you are better than that. Could I at least ask you two to quit calling each other names?
I doubt it, to be honest.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
It was an observation intended to provoke a negative response, and I do not appreciate that.
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
I called you a damned hick because you are a damned hick.
That too.
I think both of you need to avoid not only provoking one another, but also reacting to each other's provocations. We are not cavemen; we have more than just our instincts to govern our behavior. We must instead respond to perceived threats with a grain of salt; it's a response, and not a reaction, that prevents conflicts from turning into retaliation-fests.
An example, Tsar: Try not to react to this as though you are offended.
I'm done with this. I'm not giving it anymore attention. I implore one of you to stop as well. It takes two make an argument.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
What he said ^ (Humph)
Indeed. Retaliation can make things worse; in fact, I would say that retaliation alone was the cause of much of this conflict.
In an attempt to change the subject, here is a super artsy picture of me.
http://imgur.com/fwp6pzy
You look very statuesque, but who's the dude crying next to you?
What, not even a chuckle? Tough crowd.
Well granite does make an appearance on the mohs scale....I suppose it is pretty tough. It is rock, right?
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Yup.....its bad.
#superartsy
Running for WA Delegacy in the UCR...
:)
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Could you pass the us citizenship test?
I got 90 correct and 6 wrong or 94% right.
We are not a Capitalist economy we are mixed god dam it!
The other reason I got some wrong was that I did not fully read a few questions.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Where did you take this us citizenship test?
Reagan and the Deficit - 1985-1989
Reagan gets a lot of the flak for growing the deficit during the 1980s. But the reality is more complicated than that. According to an Institute of Policy Innovation Study, if Congress had agreed to President Reagan's 1989 budget, the deficit in dollars for that year would have been reduced to -$104 billion, just under what it was in 1996 under Clinton, two years before a surplus was achieved; in other terms, as a percentage of GDP the deficit would have been -1.8% in 1989. Instead, Congress spent $49 billion above what Reagan proposed, and the deficit was reduced only to -2.7% of GDP. Congress actually outspent Reagan's budget proposals during every year of his Presidency, outspending him by over $257 billion in total. Nevertheless, the deficits accrued during his first term in office were cut down significantly by the end of his second - between 1985 and 1989 the deficit was cut nearly in half in real terms, from -5% of GDP to -2.7%. The largest year-on-year deficit reduction occurred in 1987, when the budget deficit was cut by $71 billion from -$221 billion to -$150 billion, or from -4.9% of GDP to -3.1%. A one-year deficit reduction that large or larger was not seen at any other point since the 1940s, except for 1951, 1960, 1969 and 2013.
The mean yearly deficit reduction as a percentage of GDP between 1986 and 1989 was 0.55%, and if that trend had continued into the 1990s, the federal government would have delivered a budget surplus of approximately 0.05% of GDP in 1994, four years before the 'Clinton surplus' of 1998. The figures are even more astounding when you use Reagan's proposed budgets as a baseline - his second term budgets proposed deficit reductions worth 0.925% of GDP, and if Congress had not only accepted all of these for fiscal years 1986-89 but also continued to reduce the deficit each year by a similar rate, a budget surplus worth 0.05% of GDP would have been achieved in FY 1991. However, despite President Bush facing a Congress with slightly more Republicans in it than during Reagan's last two years in office, he was never serious about reducing the deficit - every budget proposal he submitted asked to expand the deficit, and Congress responded by enlarging it even further. For the 1992 budget, Congress actually spent $56 billion under what Bush proposed. So the next time there was a serious chance at reducing the deficit was when Clinton became President, although, as the data below shows, he does not exactly have a spotless record when it comes to cutting spending.
Reagan may hold a lot of the blame for expanding the deficit and spending above normal levels during the 1980s, but he also deserves a lot of the credit for getting both of those at much lower levels during his second term.
1986 PROPOSED REAGAN DEFICIT: -$205 billion, -4.5% of GDP
1987 PROPOSED REAGAN DEFICIT: -$140 billion, -2.92% of GDP
1988 PROPOSED REAGAN DEFICIT: -$115 billion, -2.22% of GDP
1989 PROPOSED REAGAN DEFICIT: -$104 billion, -1.8% of GDP
1990 BASELINE REAGAN DEFICIT: -$51 billion, -0.875% of GDP
1991 BASELINE REAGAN DEFICIT: +$3 billion, +0.05% of GDP
1990 PROPOSED BUSH DEFICIT - -$165 billion, -2.79% of GDP
1991 PROPOSED BUSH DEFICIT - -$178 billion, -2.91% of GDP
1992 PROPOSED BUSH DEFICIT - -$346 billion, -5.3% of GDP
1993 PROPOSED BUSH DEFICIT - -$251 billion, -3.69% of GDP
http://www.ipi.org/docLib/reagandf.pdf-OpenElement.pdf
http://federal-budget.findthebest.com/
Yeah, I knew this actually
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test/Who-signs-bills
Did you really have to link to the mobile version?
Well I am on a mobile device so it makes the link go that way.
"You answered 93 of 96 questions correctly for a total score of 96%."
So just delete the M when you paste the link.
I honestly would make citizenship much harder to achieve. You only need 60% to become a citizen.
I would honestly do away with citizenship
Fine mien
http://csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test/Who-signs-bills
Happy?
I'm never happy.
I bet it's because you have not heard the elixir of God that is pevs voice.
Speaking of voices, I said I would put mine up after I got home but I never did that.
I think I'm going to go mow the lawn then do that.
So apparently I forgot to save a new copy of the map, since it was updated while I was on vacation.
Time to go through and re-add every single claim since then.
Post by Zeouria suppressed by a moderator.
Advice: Never get into volunteer politics. It is hard work for little reward.
VOLUNTARYISM IS SLAVERY!
I mean
VOLUNTEERISM IS SLAVERY!
That's better.
I love you.
Back to work wage slave, no more voicing of opinions
These words have no meaning when you're married to seven people.
I gotta a lotta love, what can I say. (Lack, this is not sexual in any way)
Post self-deleted by Miencraft.
This Ludicrous Guy was founded and then immediately moved here.
It's almost like he got here at Ludicrous Speed, am I right?
[/bad spaceballs joke]
But seriously, anyone know that guy?
The polls have concluded, I will make the pie charts. All un-answered will not be counted.
Mmm, pie charts.
https://imgflip.com/i/b1ocv
President
https://imgflip.com/i/b1okz
VP. It get's interesting in the Managers.
Why the hell are you up and changing the colors like that.
https://imgflip.com/i/b1ops
TNUS
To make you angry.
https://imgflip.com/i/b1osb
Minerva
Ooh! Ooh! That means I'm next!
https://imgflip.com/i/b1ou2
And...... Mien.
I like how people disapprove of the way I put stuff into lists.
That's like my entire job. Just putting stuff into lists.
[/silly criticism of criticism]
Mien is the most popular Manager and the President is the most popular period.
Hooray, 0% disapproval rating!
Considering everyone hates periods, that's not all that great of an achievement.
I'll stop now.
No one that answered disapproved, but like everyone else a lot of people had no opinion.
Apparently I am a space balls joke, if you get it...
Did you ask about Board and House approval?
You a Major or is your name Phillip?
That's probably not the joke you were talking about, though.
No, I figured that was too many questions. I just did the executive.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1KiCuMMI5t2
I am the master. My name is Matt SCHWARTZ. Legit.
That was not long enough to make a conclusion. Please go to the back of the line and re-submit at the appropriate time.
Heh.
Looks like you've got to go get moneys from Mel Brooks now.
Or not.
Here's a long thing that has Minecraft footage to go alongside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaIPbbrLGaw
It's part one of a series that will never continue because that server closed down like a month after I finished recording that.
Cuz I cant totally do that...
Better thank you. I imagined your voice being deeper, but I am pleasantly surprised.
Short naps are fun.
So I kinda accidentally destroyed my second monitor.
Damn cheap-ass dagger construction.
I think it's still salvageable though.
Probably just need to take it down to some place to get it repaired over the weekend.
try using a mallet.
What would I do that for?
I kinda want to be able to still use this.
to fix it duh, hammers fix everything.
If anyone's interested:
http://i.imgur.com/udU6ZsS.jpg
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