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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0 Contest's over.

Mitt Romney's Health Care Advantage? : "RomneyCare" shouldn't be a liability in 2012. It should be an asset. Here's why. Much-needed clarification on how Romney's input averted a fiscal disaster for small businesses in Mass., and the HUGE differences b/w the Mass. situation vs. the nation's. 1. Mass. had a low % of uninsured, high incomes, and has the infrastructure to handle it. 2. Instead of taxing small businesses, as the MA legislature was intent on, Romney's plan put the onus on people to make better choices and use primary/preventative care rather than ERs. 3. Costs have not skyrocketed (and some reasons for the 1% increase are due to the Patrick admin). 4. Romney wiped out a $3B budget shortfall --- and created a $600M surplus --- before health care was broached. 5. Romney does not advocate one-size-fits-all strategy. He says that each state should do, or not do, what makes the most sense for that state. There's no reason this should off-put Republicans who actually look at the facts, rather than spew about anything that touches the subject of health care.

Well, any Sabres picks'/prospects' rights remain with the team, with which they signed their contract. They are "designated for assignment" to the AHL affiliate. If this happens, I would think it's just a matter of changing the assignment location. I don't know the arrangement they have WRT coaches. I'd imagine that there are players Portland signs on their own to fill out their roster, so the entire team probably will not be transferred. So basically, it all matters who owns each contract.

Wikipedia entry I understand how it happened... but I don't understand how the hell it happened. It just seems stupid that the Amerks weren't the Sabres farm team --- they were mutually beneficial entities for the franchises. Being so close to each other, fans could watch players develop in Roch. and then play in B-lo. It's a nice thing to be a hope skip and a jump away in case of an emergency call-up. Have to assume this will save on transportation costs (these days, that's lots) and more able to bulk-order things both clubs will be using. Here's hoping that a natural partnership will resume. Really liking the direction Pegula is taking the franchise.

Handgun ban + catch and release for violent psychotic offenders = the fruit of socialism.

A big provision in a league where LBs can drop like flies. Now that we're carrying more of them and the 3-4 puts more emphasis on them, it really makes me nervous about the depth situation there.

The Easy-Bake Oven voting bloc is huge, I tell you.... HUGE!!

Yeah, its purpose was kind of missing from the story. But who cares about the whys of anything, right? Modern journalism = . (Well, more-so than traditional, at least....)

Well, in order to vote, one needs to register. That right there will offput most people who aren't vehemently opposed to RI. Sorry, but it looks like it's here to stay. Did I get the sense that Dave is still playing the game... learning from the Robfather? Endear yourself to the Survivor producers by marrying a fellow former castaway so as to increase the chance they give you another shot. And yeah, she does. Her reaction was something less than what I'd personally hope for... making some snarky comment and just sitting there, twice or three times repeating some remark about the game still blindsiding her. But hey, I don't wanna judge and I didn't see the season when she played to have a sense of her personality beyond being suddeny proposed to on national teevee.... I wish them very happy. Completely agreed. Anyone who's played more than one time in any season should be relegated to all-star shows. Otherwise it's like throwing a snake in a room full of mice.

Fixed.

There's nothing in the Constitution that sports leagues must exist. If it's not profitable/profitable enough for the owners, they should have the right to suspend operations and the players can find alternate employment.

Did he? A close friend called from OZ who I haven't seen or heard much of in 6 months, and that takes all precedence over watching this. I totally missed that. I don't think that about RI at all, but I can respect your opinion. -- Another note: Phillip burning those pink underwear was .

And it's Rob. He didn't even use the hidden idol. Ashley says in the reunion that Rob did tell them about it off-camera. Three things.... 1 - I don't think it's particularly fair for newbies to have to go against Survivor vets. Multiple chances ought to take place only in All-Star competitions. Regardless that the vet has a target on their back, previous experience is a major leg up. 2 - The Redemption Island arc added a great twist to the game. I really hope they keep this into the future. Everybody says they detest the backstabbing, the lying, etc. and RI provides some recourse to this. It's also much more exciting than watching a reward challenge. 3 - It's nice to hear Rob say (before the final vote was tallied) that this is his final entry into the game. "I've been playing Survivor for a third of my life. It's time to stop playing games." Rob really did work his ass off to earn this. Early on, while finding a hidden idol, he said, "Ya gotta hustle to make a dollah." It's kind of sad that Grant stopped talking to him a few weeks into the airings, but, hey....

When both of them in their statements flat-out said they got there by being loyal to Rob, that cemented it. Natalie's pitch was probably the worst ever; I haven't watched much of Survivor since the first two seasons, but it can't POSSIBLY be worse than 'I did what Rob told me' and "If you vote for me, I'll be the youngest female Survivor winner ever!" And Phillip in the questions is basically telling everyone not to vote for him. And now, it looks like Ralph is the one to expose her. What really gets me now is Matt and Julie saying that they didn't play respectably or honestly. Those qualities have little or no bearing in the game. Rob should've been like, "Survivor is a game like any other. When you open that box of "Risk," start throwing the dice, and taking countries, you're not making friends in the gameplay itself. It takes strategy and a lot of luck. It makes people angry when you invade South Africa or Alaska. But if I didn't do it, someone else would. And then when the game's over you close the box, and maybe you're still a little fumed. But you get over it and you usually come to have a friendship with your competitors. Don't vote for the dude who only had Africa and didn't attack you just because he didn't get the opportunity. Vote for the strongest player." Dave's speech was great. While everyone else is firing bullets haphazardly at this one did this, that one did that, he put one shot right to the heart and wrapped up in 30 seconds the entire story of the season.

It's amazing how cheaply some people will sell their souls.

That, and over the years, his bookshelf didn't change a bit. Regardless, this is the attitude that a certain set of so-called progressives have. They believe that in "diversifying" excellent schools, there will be no degradation from the elements they bring in, and the nebulous argument that children will automatically learn better due to multi-culturalism (see: Sheff vs. O'Neill here in CT). And then when their plans go to ****, they have the resources/wherewithal to move away and start the process somewhere else. Rather than try to turn around failing schools, their answer is to shout "Hey, you have a great school system --- no fair!" Then they aim to drag down good schools and make them equally bad.

Link Well, maybe if O and the spectre of his tax-and-spend pals didn't scare the **** out of every business owner, they would hire. http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi826212377/ By Nov '12, Obama is probably going to resemble the Chris Farley character in the Herlihy Boy SNL sketch....

Ummm... yeah. [shrug]

Actually, I'm fully expecting them to use the argument that since Bin Laden is now dead, *POOF* Al Qaeda is no longer of much/any consequence. You know, like in "He-Man," "Thundercats," et al. when the leader dude is incapacitated/ostensibly killed, all of his underlings magically disappear? Oh wait. We have our first taker! Link

As I just wrote in the OTW thread.... Like they wouldn't have done this anyway under some other pretext?

And they wouldn't have done this anyway, under some other pretext?

Rob does have Natalie in his pocket. They have had the strongest alliance this season. I don't think there's a chance she's going to break. As happens when the numbers dwindle, it'll depend most on who wins the immunity challenge. If Ashley does not win, she's a goner. If Ashley does win, Rob and Natalie are going to have to sell Ashley on Phillip... and it likely won't be a difficult sell after what happened this week b/w them WRT rice apportionment. Where the hell does Phillip get off on that? That the girls should eat less b/c they need fewer calories? Six scoops of rice doesn't even begin to near the "1,700 calories" that Phillip claims women need. It's not like they're getting excess/spare calories. Why should they have to sacrifice an equal share of the scarce supply? Once again, all Phillip has done is alienated another potential jury vote... if his plan to be #2 to Rob by being a crazy mofo actually works. I also think the RI winner will be coming back into the game after the next challenge there. So it will be going back to 5. And in that case, there could be a reprieve for Ashley or Phillip, depending on who comes back. If it's Grant, it'll get interesting. Anyone else, they'll probably be the first off. As he said in the aside video, Rob is probably going a little nuts more than anyone b/c he has to figure out when is the last time he can use or offer the hidden idol.

There are a number of upward camera shots like that through the series. Through a pot of boiling water, through toilet water, a crash clean-up person in through the pool.... It's done for a lot of characters, iirc. Like the use of time-lapse shots, I would peg it more to cinematography method rather than an interpretive point.

Link I understand that there exists a kind of insular coterie of qualified people for these gov't and industry positions at the higher levels. I understand that Ms. Baker wants to work. But this smacks hard of 'You wash my back, I'll wash yours.' Candidate Obama vowed he would end the "revolving door" with ethics reform. Well, we're still waiting on that....

Wait until you get to IFT.... Such a small detail, but they have great titles. They mean next to nothing when you go into an ep, and then by the end, they usually sum it all up perfectly (often have a double-entendre or chemistry term link), and give an immediate recollection of what happened, or a crucial part/monologue of the ep. For instance, "Half Measures" and Mike the Cleaner's story.