I will run.

Well, she isn't bad to talk to either, and she's a foodie much like me, which is fun. Other than that, I've only known for her a month or so.

That seems like grounds enough, but if losing this friend wouldn't be so terrible...

[but she's got a great rack]

I have a question.

I met a girl through a friend, and he had a crush on her. Long story short, the girl ended up developing a thing for me. Saturday, I was supposed to meet her at a party, but I went out and never made it because my friend ended up acting a bit short with me. She called me Sunday night and we talked for an hour, and she told me he had been making snide comments all week about me and she knew he was jealous, but she had no intention of ever getting with him.

Should I sleep with her? My friend isn't a close friend by any means, but I respect guy code and all, and I would never do such a thing to a good friend, but she's got a great rack and I am already ticked off he's making snide remarks like he is.

If that's all there is, then no, I don't think it's worth it. If there's more then maybe.

After speaking to Inks, who has reassured me that I am fine, I can take back my prior statement. All is well.

After reviewing the situation and unearthing some disturbing facts, I have decided to depart the forum indefinitely. I shall not contest my banning. 

I am not, and I shall forever maintain, any sock or poster besides to what I have admitted, but I have found some things connecting me to violations, that I myself cannot explain nor understand... any efforts for me to defend myself would be rendered impossible due to my own incomprehension.

Singapore and the Housing Development Board?  It's not universal, but constitutes the vast majority of housing.

But to which sock? To mondale? How could I be Mondale? This would have been a long term multi year endeavour, which I would imagine would be full of holes... if it's not I'd leave the forum out of shock/fear of multiple personalities.

You've been a conservative, a liberal, and a woman who hated you... is it really a stretch to say you couldn't have more internet personas?  I'm not saying that you are Mondale, but there are a lot of odd things going on with you and your account.

Inks, let me ask you some questions. Mondale is banned at this time. Which sock of Mondale am I accused of being of? Earlier, you said I was posting from a British IP, then a proxy, then the university IP. Which one is it...

I never said you posted from a British IP.  Fidelio came from a British IP.  You and Fidelio both posted from Columbia.

Wait... Columbia isn't in Britain.

But to which sock? To mondale? How could I be Mondale? This would have been a long term multi year endeavour, which I would imagine would be full of holes... if it's not I'd leave the forum out of shock/fear of multiple personalities.

You've been a conservative, a liberal, and a woman who hated you... is it really a stretch to say you couldn't have more internet personas?  I'm not saying that you are Mondale, but there are a lot of odd things going on with you and your account.

Inks, let me ask you some questions. Mondale is banned at this time. Which sock of Mondale am I accused of being of? Earlier, you said I was posting from a British IP, then a proxy, then the university IP. Which one is it...

But to which sock? To mondale? How could I be Mondale? This would have been a long term multi year endeavour, which I would imagine would be full of holes... if it's not I'd leave the forum out of shock/fear of multiple personalities.

This situation is getting out of control, I suspect sanctions will need to be filed if the moderators perform any actions against the posters.

Stop. Don't get this IPU nonsense into this. I have committed an actual transgression here, and am indefensible. Now I need to prove thay there is a limit to my faults.

If anyone was bothered, offended, inconvenienced,  or otherwise bothered by TheReporter, I am sorry. If voluntary rustication will help, I will take that route.

I use this free application for my computer, called f.lux. What it does is it makes the bright blue light coming from your computer a more orange color at night. You can set your location so that it knows when to turn on. It's much better for the eyes, and there is much less of that burnt in image after you close your eyes.

^^^ Came here to post this. I can't recommend Flux highly enough.

Yes, seconded.

Simfan has a sock called The Reporter?

I did. It was the proto-liberal Simfan, and I just wanted to try posting from a left wing perspective. I also wanted to report my own posts for some reason.

Female; whiter than you care to admit...ok.

Huh?

Simfan has a sock called The Reporter?

I did. It was the proto-liberal Simfan, and I just wanted to try posting from a left wing perspective. I also wanted to report my own posts for some reason.

The result of laissez-faire capitalism: the destruction of an American metropolis that was a symbol of hope of a better life for most people in this country. How sad.

If not for laissez-faire capitalism, the city would have never amounted to anything in the first place.

On the flip side, millions of Chinese, Mexicans, and Japanese are now living better. Economics is not a zero-sum game. Grow up.

Laissez-faire didn't build Detroit. The Big Three benefited tremendously from hand-outs from the federal and state governments from the time they were born until the present day. Laissez-faire doesn't build anything, it's an engine of destruction. Private-public partnerships, regulated capitalism and mixed markets made Detroit successful, not free market fairy dust.

Does it not bother you that opportunities for your fellow Americans were lost or sealed off in the pursuit of profits elsewhere by corporate giants? Does it not bother you that your neighbors were forced into service sector work at low pay and no benefits (or little benefits) because those jobs moved overseas?

So, then where is this "laissez-faire" if Detroit has "benefited tremendously from hand-outs from the federal and state governments from the time they were born until the present day"?

I don't feel much sorry for the person who ends up earning $30,000 where he might have earned $35,000 when a person who was earning $800 now earns $5,000. And, if we followed your policy, the person in Protectionia will have less purchasing power, if they have a job at all because of all the other closed markets. Basic economics.

Don't get me wrong. I love manufacturing. I really do- I long to see things made here, and I strongly believe that the foundation of any economy should manufacturing, particularly heavy industry. But we need to be competitive, and not engage in costly, artificial schemes to prop up decaying industries.

The result of laissez-faire capitalism: the destruction of an American metropolis that was a symbol of hope of a better life for most people in this country. How sad.

If not for laissez-faire capitalism, the city would have never amounted to anything in the first place.

On the flip side, millions of Chinese, Mexicans, and Japanese are now living better. Economics is not a zero-sum game. Grow up.

You know what upsets me? The problem with Detroit is black people. If there were less black people in Detroit, there'd be less crime, less poverty, and the city would be substantially better off. Of course, the thing is that this isn't so because they're just black, it's a condition. And fixing the condition--through improving education, fighting ghetto culture, improving the work ethic-- is not an "easy" thing. It's not as easy as saying "let's convert the city to parkland/get hipsters to move in/have Dan Gilbert buy the place/open an Cheesecake Factory and House of Blues" and all of Detroit's problems will be solved. The problem is there is a problem with the people, and it's very hard to admit that.

So you either get rid of the people, or you can solve the problem with the people. The problem no one's willing to say that.

Liberals have been saying that for years, except they don't blame black people, they blame the people with the power and control over the way those people, who are not all black and not just in Detroit, are allowed to live. Just look at Newark. Poor minorities have been neglected and held in Newark for decades by a massive opportunity void. They're stuck because of discriminatory policy accumulating over time, poor education systems, white flight, corrupt police, no family structure, a lack of investment, and free access to guns. Plus much more. When you get someone in office who actually cares about the people they serve, you get real progress. Gun buybacks, improved education, smarter police, clean government, improved job opportunities, safe inexpensive housing, etc. They need to be treated like people rather than an irritating thorn in statistics.

I agree with this for the most part, but the fact is people are the problem, and trying to shift the blame on some outside force- "discrimination", "policy", "the man", only allows people to make excuses. Is the black man at fault for the mire he is in today? Not in the least. Is he responsible for getting himself out of it? Yes. But what Detroit- and our cities today- need are leaders who pursue the policies you describe. But its tough.

That's the problem with politics. It's not that there are no solutions, but the solutions are there but difficult.

But I remain steadfastly opposed to the long-term "reclamation" of the city by nature. The idea of having an urban core, surrounded by wilderness, surrounded by suburbia, is ludicrous. If you must, extend the suburbia into the city, hopefully with New Urbanist plans, and help repress sprawl.

And we don't pay $45,000. It's $63,000 with all the other fees added in.

You know what upsets me? The problem with Detroit is black people. If there were less black people in Detroit, there'd be less crime, less poverty, and the city would be substantially better off. Of course, the thing is that this isn't so because they're just black, it's a condition. And fixing the condition--through improving education, fighting ghetto culture, improving the work ethic-- is not an "easy" thing. It's not as easy as saying "let's convert the city to parkland/get hipsters to move in/have Dan Gilbert buy the place/open an Cheesecake Factory and House of Blues" and all of Detroit's problems will be solved. The problem is there is a problem with the people, and it's very hard to admit that.

So you either get rid of the people, or you can solve the problem with the people. The problem no one's willing to say that.

My crazy physics lecturer, or opebo.

Cuomo has a lock on the governor's mansion until he doesn't want it anymore; his father probably wins a fourth term if he handles the death penalty issue better. Christie is a guy who I don't see running for a third term if he doesn't get his party's nomination.

Don't we have term limits?

Dean? As in Howard? He's not seriously considering running again, is he?

This makes me think, if Christie was the candidate in 2012, NJ would have been a lock thanks to Sandy.

Nonsense advice.

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Wait, Covas was a tucano in 89, right? Ulysses was the PMDB candidate.