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[EnigmaticHat]

I'm definitely betting on some sort of recount shenanigans going on, ala Romney.

I'm betting tallys won't match exit polls in areas with machines owned by the Romney family...

Gah, that thing where Romney has investments in the company that runs voting machines in Ohio terrifies me.  If we have another Florida, I'm going to start worrying about how many consecutive presidents the Republicans could get into office with this sort of trickery. 

[Kogan Loloklam]

If Colorado's results make no sense guys, it's actually correct.

I mentioned it before that my State is a little wierd. It was dismissed because "so is every other state" (though no other state I can think of has three different distinct regional zones with entirely different and opposing base economies with their own distinctive shifts and views between urban and rural in each region). It also has something about it...
Pot Legalization.

It's a chance to stick it to the Federal Government to some, a right to choose healthcare for others, and something fun to do for others yet again. It's got a lot of support, and a lot of opposition (polls project legalization in Colorado.)
Why does this matter? Because it's a known fact in Colorado that Obama is Anti-pot. So..... Some of my Dem friends are voting Libertarian.
This tuesday's gonna be great. I predict a strong zombie turnout!

[Kon]

Kon, don't take it badly or anything, but your psots about Clinton's deficit (Or your tone rather) remind me of this:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

My belief is that oil and gas prices are almost exclusively due to price and demand.

[Aqizzar]

To whoever is about to post "Kon, you completely missed the point, this has nothing to do with gas prices", bear in mind that it's as obvious to everyone else as it is to you.  There, I just saved you the trouble.

[Reelya]

Actually Kon, there are graphs showing that pump prices for oil have little to do with oil production, and everything to do with speculators in the futures / commodities markets. This article is about how Wall Street artificially skyrocketed food prices during the "food crisis", which was neither a crisis of supply or demand, but a crisis of a paper futures trading bubble. The oil price spike is closely related:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/27/how_goldman_sachs_created_the_food_crisis
http://advisoranalyst.com/glablog/2012/05/28/the-connection-between-commodity-indices-and-oil-prices/

[MaximumZero]

Actually Kon, there are graphs showing that pump prices for oil have little to do with oil production, and everything to do with speculators in the futures / commodities markets. This article is about how Wall Street artificially skyrocketed food prices during the "food crisis", which was neither a crisis of supply or demand, but a crisis of a paper futures trading bubble. The oil price spike is closely related:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/27/how_goldman_sachs_created_the_food_crisis
http://advisoranalyst.com/glablog/2012/05/28/the-connection-between-commodity-indices-and-oil-prices/

Shit like this makes me want to punch professional investors in their faces.

[lemon10]

Actually Kon, there are graphs showing that pump prices for oil have little to do with oil production, and everything to do with speculators in the futures / commodities markets. This article is about how Wall Street artificially skyrocketed food prices during the "food crisis", which was neither a crisis of supply or demand, but a crisis of a paper futures trading bubble. The oil price spike is closely related:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/27/how_goldman_sachs_created_the_food_crisis
http://advisoranalyst.com/glablog/2012/05/28/the-connection-between-commodity-indices-and-oil-prices/

Stop feeding him.

[Leafsnail]

Ignore lists.

[misko27]

Actually Kon, there are graphs showing that pump prices for oil have little to do with oil production, and everything to do with speculators in the futures / commodities markets. This article is about how Wall Street artificially skyrocketed food prices during the "food crisis", which was neither a crisis of supply or demand, but a crisis of a paper futures trading bubble. The oil price spike is closely related:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/27/how_goldman_sachs_created_the_food_crisis
http://advisoranalyst.com/glablog/2012/05/28/the-connection-between-commodity-indices-and-oil-prices/

Shit like this makes me want to punch professional investors in their faces.

It'd be better If I could get my hands on Banana futures.

[MaximumZero]

Actually Kon, there are graphs showing that pump prices for oil have little to do with oil production, and everything to do with speculators in the futures / commodities markets. This article is about how Wall Street artificially skyrocketed food prices during the "food crisis", which was neither a crisis of supply or demand, but a crisis of a paper futures trading bubble. The oil price spike is closely related:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/27/how_goldman_sachs_created_the_food_crisis
http://advisoranalyst.com/glablog/2012/05/28/the-connection-between-commodity-indices-and-oil-prices/

Shit like this makes me want to punch professional investors in their faces.

It'd be better If I could get my hands on Banana futures.

Banana futures...or bananas from the future?

[Kogan Loloklam]

I'm learning new things from arguments with Kon.

The problem is, some of you guys are letting it get personal. Someone's refusal to recognize simple facts  does not make your statements worthless, or justify personal attacks. As for his insultive behavior, might I suggest thicker skin? It is a good thing if the deliberately and willingly clueless find what you have to say as silly.

But for providing the info to the troll, it's like people who reply to requests for information to "search more". I use forum searches and see lots of instructions to do so with little of whatever I am looking for. It's nice to provide information for others, even if it goes nowhere with the one who sparked it.

[GreatJustice]

Actually Kon, there are graphs showing that pump prices for oil have little to do with oil production, and everything to do with speculators in the futures / commodities markets. This article is about how Wall Street artificially skyrocketed food prices during the "food crisis", which was neither a crisis of supply or demand, but a crisis of a paper futures trading bubble. The oil price spike is closely related:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/27/how_goldman_sachs_created_the_food_crisis
http://advisoranalyst.com/glablog/2012/05/28/the-connection-between-commodity-indices-and-oil-prices/

Yet speculators don't have an infinite amount of resources. Goldman would eventually become bankrupt were they literally attempting to go against reality.

[Kon]

I'm learning new things from arguments with Kon.

The problem is, some of you guys are letting it get personal. Someone's refusal to recognize simple facts  does not make your statements worthless, or justify personal attacks. As for his insultive behavior, might I suggest thicker skin? It is a good thing if the deliberately and willingly clueless find what you have to say as silly.

But for providing the info to the troll, it's like people who reply to requests for information to "search more". I use forum searches and see lots of instructions to do so with little of whatever I am looking for. It's nice to provide information for others, even if it goes nowhere with the one who sparked it.

I regret that I initially responded to insults with insults. I should not have done that. More recently I have been careful not to be disrespectful toward those who are being disrespectful toward me.

[Karnewarrior]

I'm learning new things from arguments with Kon.

The problem is, some of you guys are letting it get personal. Someone's refusal to recognize simple facts  does not make your statements worthless, or justify personal attacks. As for his insultive behavior, might I suggest thicker skin? It is a good thing if the deliberately and willingly clueless find what you have to say as silly.

But for providing the info to the troll, it's like people who reply to requests for information to "search more". I use forum searches and see lots of instructions to do so with little of whatever I am looking for. It's nice to provide information for others, even if it goes nowhere with the one who sparked it.

I regret that I initially responded to insults with insults. I should not have done that. More recently I have been careful not to be disrespectful toward those who are being disrespectful toward me.

I don't think you're a troll, I just think you have a radically different perspective than most on here. Which is a good thing!

Everyone needs to calm down. Sometimes this place can get a little too liberal and it's only by embracing the successes of both sides we can find Utopia.

[Kon]

I'm learning new things from arguments with Kon.

The problem is, some of you guys are letting it get personal. Someone's refusal to recognize simple facts  does not make your statements worthless, or justify personal attacks. As for his insultive behavior, might I suggest thicker skin? It is a good thing if the deliberately and willingly clueless find what you have to say as silly.

But for providing the info to the troll, it's like people who reply to requests for information to "search more". I use forum searches and see lots of instructions to do so with little of whatever I am looking for. It's nice to provide information for others, even if it goes nowhere with the one who sparked it.

I regret that I initially responded to insults with insults. I should not have done that. More recently I have been careful not to be disrespectful toward those who are being disrespectful toward me.

I don't think you're a troll, I just think you have a radically different perspective than most on here. Which is a good thing!

Everyone needs to calm down. Sometimes this place can get a little too liberal and it's only by embracing the successes of both sides we can find Utopia.

We can disagree on who has been most insulting or more disrespectful in the past. But I hope that going forward we can refrain from insulting each other and being disrespectful toward each other.