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    Two issues... does having more government experience help you do the job as POTUS vs does it help you get elected. There is apparently a large group of people in the US who feel government experience is a negative.
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    I'm not sure how any US big can be low risk when we have a childlike lunatic as president.
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    I wonder what percentage of Americans would correctly identify that picture as being Los Angeles. To me, the most icon building in that photo is city hall, and it's hard to notice. Which is not to say LA doesn't have icons... just that the downtown office towers aren't them. The Hollywood sign is one of the most recognizable icons in the world. The palm trees of Beverly Hills. Sleeping Beauty Castle. And if you must have an office building, how about Capital Records?
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    You mean we haven't know all year exactly which two teams will be in the Stanley Cup finals and are just going through the motions until we get there?
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    In other words, if you only count some of the expense (but of course include all the revenue) you break even.
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    Hosting 48 teams isn't that hard and doesn't take that many resources. You simply have more games per stadium. Training/hosting space for the teams won't be hard to find. 48 teams does water-down the quality of teams and makes a mess of the near-perfect balance the current tournament has. But that's a different issue for a different day. Logistically, it's a non issue.
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    But if they give it to China now, that cuts of the flow of bribes.This was is much better for FIFA.
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    The winners in post-European Britain will be all the sick kids and elderly helped out by the extra £350m a week in funding NHS will get.
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    NAFTA Article 2205: Withdrawal A Party may withdraw from this Agreement six months after it provides written notice of withdrawal to the other Parties. If a Party withdraws, the Agreement shall remain in force for the remaining Parties. So, six month notice and the US is out. There is some quibble as to whether the constitution requires congressional approval to pull out of treaties... Bush jr pulled out of one and was unchallenged. Carter pulled out of one, was challenged... a lower court ruled he needed congressional approval, the supreme court threw out the lower court ruling and allowed it (without actually ruling that the president didn't need approval).
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    Considering that the US can pull out of NAFTA anytime our nincompoop of a president wants to, I wouldn't count on NAFTA being around long enough for the UK to join. (Not sure if the story made it overseas, but Trump was just about the pull out of NAFTA, but a 10-minute conversation with his son-in-law changed his mind.) As for Brexit, it was sold as - Continental Europe sucks - Continental Europe needs the UK more than the UK needs Europe, therefore - UK will get to keep the good parts of the EU without the bad parts. Now that people are waking up to the fact that the UK won't get to keep the good parts without the bad parts, they have determined that Continental Europe sucks. Sounds about right.
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    No
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    Watch out for the birds.
  13. zekekelso
    I vote for a race track
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    Nope. The LA boosters are playing a shell game. There's a huge amount of funding going on with LA's bid. But they are saying LA was going to do all this stuff anyway, so it doesn't count.
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    Obviously what Canada needs to do is station a large military presence in Germany. From a soccer standpoint, it's the best thing the US has ever done.
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    The USMNT has made it out of the group stage the past two world cups, and three of the last four. While the team is currently is disarray, they are likely to be in position to get out of the group stage in 2022 and 2026. Many team that makes it out of the group stage can win. In a short, single elimination tournament funny things can happen. Right now, we suck. But it would be crazy to write off the US's chances for a tournamebt that far out. The best players on that team may be in junior high now. Or whatever they cal junior high in Germany.
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    Does it count if you get in as a host (joint host?) country, or do you have to earn your way in?
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    This would be an example of that "lack of logic" that makes discussion pointless.
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    Psst - Discussing issues with a Fox News acolyte will just give you headaches. Their lack of facts and logic and willingness to simply make stuff up makes it pointless.
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    Fox News is strong with this one.
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    Just to be clear, NBC is just promising that it air it's west cost shows simultaneously with the east coast. The show itself will still be a mix of live sports, tape delayed/edited sports, and talking heads. But if they show something tape delayed on the east coast at 8PM eastern, it will air on the west coast at 5PM western.
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    Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha.
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    >> People will still say "Take the La Brea Exit off the 10" instead of "Take Exit..." I don't even know what the exit number is for La Brea Ave. from the 10. It's the Southern California habit of referring to numbered highways as "THE xxx" that makes you weird and different
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    And slave owners were within their rights. Just because the system is rigged in favor of corporations and against people, that doesn't mean everyone should sit back and accept it. Good for this guy to stand up (er, sit down) for his natural rights. Hopefully this will trigger change that will benefit us all.
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    Already discussing bands for the opening ceremony?
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