Does anyone else have a ridiculous number of Pandora stations? I have about 90 stations. Some are fairly similar to one another. But the vast majority were added for the sake of variety.
Done. Just done. The business I have been building and the life I've been building is now deeply in question. Even if things go "well" this isn't the country I want.
this goes so far beyond uncertainty about the economy, but just focusing on that - wondering how developers will react, what will happen to institutional and publicly-funded projects and if there will be any appetite for private projects.
I'm skeptical that's it's really him. It just doesn't read the same to me. Thoughts are too coherent, word selection seems off, rant isn't nearly long enough, etc. My guess is it's someone trying to be funny.
Plus if it was this easy for him to create another account, do you really think he 1) wouldn't have done it already, and 2) picked roughly the same screen name so we would all be able to identify him?
I'm not going to lie, I'm worried about the next 4 years. Already tight funding for the work I/the firm I work for does is only going to get tighter and possibly non-existent.
people need to get an f'ing grip. the world is not going to end, they sky won't fall, and people are as safe to walk down the street as they were yesterday.
maybe its important to understand why so many people voted for trump. Dismissing these voters as "racist" or "uneducated" is the laziest of thinking and a huge part of the problem.
The is a lot of anger in the world towards the elites who haven't exactly delivered on their promises. I suggest that rather than blaming the voters maybe people should understand where they are coming from.
Let's face it, Clinton was a terrible candidate with a list of weaknesses a mile long, could not be more identified as "establishment," and was trying to be the 3rd dem. elected in a row.
people are as safe to walk down the street as they were yesterday. Tell this to the Muslims, blacks, LGBT and Hispanic people in your life. Oh, do you have any? These American citizens *already* didn't feel safe. Since Brexit reports of people openly verbally assaulting people with brown skin have skyrocketed.
Clinton was a terrible candidate with a list of weaknesses a mile long Plus she has a vagina which means to add her to the list above because apparently she's not really a human.
The Supreme Court will be taking away *your* rights soon, shellarchitect. Then will we have to listen to you whine?
Plus I can tell you without a doubt that the people I work who voted for trump with ARE racist. Since PC language is now tossed out the window it means I no longer have to smile politely and try to smooth it over when they say racist shit. I'll be going to HR with a complaint every day in coming weeks.
I didn't vote for trump and don't intend to defend him, especially his hateful comments.
I have several Muslim, Hispanic and LGBT friends, i don't think anyone is getting lynched, deported, or anything else anytime soon. There were racist wackos out there yesterday and they are still here today. America is moving to greater diversity and openness everyday. I'm not especially worried about a potential increase in mean name calling. Frankly the most closed-minded people I know seem to be very vocal dems.
...vagina... I'm not really sure what your argument is here. She nearly lost to a 75 yr old socialist in the primary. "help" from the dem. party, however minor, only reinforced the impression of corruption.
She has an incredible amount of exp. at many levels of govt. Unfortunately that has left a trail of questionable decision making.
Whose/what rights is the supreme court taking away?
Brother-in-law works for the dem. party in Wisconsin, was complaining that they couldn't get Clinton or her surrogates to come back to the state, last visit was in april. They wasted resources on states they would have won anyway, which explains how she's won the popular vote but not the electoral.
Now that the shock is wearing off Democrats are planning demonstrations in about 20 to 25 cities. Kind of like BLM on steroids, I guess. Only problem is Holder is gone and Lynch's corruption has fatally weakened her effectiveness - another gift from the Clintons.
Since FDR it's been pretty hard for a party to win the presidency in three consecutive elections. Last time it was done was Reagan-Reagan-Bush. In fact, that's been the only time since FDR.
The link above provides some back up to Josh's point. A summary: Economist Ray Fair called this election in May; he bases his predictions off of four indicators. Clinton had all four indicators working against her ie. she's not an incumbent, she was following a two-term incumbent from her own party, she was running against a slight Republican bias that is ingrained in the electorate, and there has been slow GDP growth (<3%) for the first three quarters of the election year.
According to Fair, she never stood a chance, no matter who the Republicans nominated. The timing and structure of this election sunk Clinton in a way that no opponent could. Kind of puts the billions of dollars spent on the election into perspective. No one in the media or donor class like to believe these sorts of predictions because it would render months / years of breathless campaign coverage pointless.
Not sure I totally buy Fair's thesis, but it seems to be historically accurate. Especially after yesterday...
I just also want to point out to you guys that Pence is an evil person, a self-proclaimed "Christian" who is at center a hateful misogynist control freak. So it's bad, all around.
shell, i think one of the scary things is that being racist is being normalized by this election, and having trump win just reinforces that. that really applies to any discrimination based on race, religion, or gender. now instead of someone like jla calling 'politically correct,' he can come out and say it's ok to shoot an unarmed black man because black people are scary. which is something i was told after trayvon martin was shot in a state who's electoral votes went to trump.
the people who would not have broadcast their support for trump a month ago because they knew supporting sexual assault or religious discrimination was not socially acceptable can now be more free in openly stating their desire to marginalize women or muslims or whichever group they're opposed to. imho donna's fear could be one of the worst things to come out of this.
jla-x I am definitely guilty of misconstruing some offhand comment and flying off the handle very passionately and angrily about it. I think that is what you did with your two posts at the top of this page. I didn't read curt as saying that *you* would call a Black person scary, I read it as him extrapolating from your decrying of PC language (which you do, and need to own) to make a point that other people could.
Everyone is nervous right now, at least every thinking person is. We're all on a razor thin temperament.
I'm not nervous... guess I don't think... how did I get that master's degree???? Must be because I'm hispanic... yeah.. they gave it to me because I can't think and the brown people need help thinking for themselves. Are you telling me I should be nervous? Are you telling me how to think? That's a big part of the reason I didn't vote for Hillary. I don't need government telling me how to think. I like how everyone who didn't vote for trump assumes that those who did are white neo nazi uneducated confederate flag waving hillbillies from the Appalachians... open your eyes... open your mind... what happened to coexist??? Political correctness is bullshit and it has been mistaken for common courtesy.
I'm very disappointed by this election. But I'm actually afraid for my wife, and we're probably pushing back the timeline for kids so we can take the temperature of the world in a few years. Might seem like overreaction, but if president-elect Trump fulfills even half of his campaign promises (and let's assume for the moment the half he fulfills are the more benign ones), the globe is about to experience some turbulence.
People panic every time a new president comes in. The only thing about Trump that worries me is his inability to control his mouth. That's going to end up pissing off the wrong people.
Otherwise, everything will be fine. Life will continue. I mean, look at Obama. People worried about him. All we got out of that was more expensive insurance and a website that doesn't work.
The absolute most important thing we can do is not normalize Trump and some of his followers' behavior. That's a damn dark dirty road we as humans go down when that occurs.
pete, no time like the present to start with the kids. I got laid off in 2009, just 3 days later found out wife was preg. If we hadn't had our daughter then it prob would have been years before we had one, now have two and pretty happy with the way it worked out. There's always a reason to put it off
white neo nazi uneducated confederate flag waving hillbillies from the Appalachians.
wurdan there were so many of those tropes represented at trump rallies that one would be guilty of *not opening their eyes* if they refuse to acknowledge them.
And I won't co-exist with racists. Racism is unacceptable.
Well, as a hillbilly from the Appalachians, I'm reasonably offended by such a generalization. I guess it's ok for people to continue bashing a culture based on a stereotype that was developed to make money...
The stereotype was developed in the early 1900's for entertainment purposes. Granted, a lot of people have played along to reap the benefits. Others conform to the stereotype because they actually think that is an accurate representation of their culture. Either way, the stereotype is garbage and needs to go.
Broad brushing hillbillies should be no more acceptable than the broad brushing of any other culture or race.
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Does anyone else have a ridiculous number of Pandora stations? I have about 90 stations. Some are fairly similar to one another. But the vast majority were added for the sake of variety.
I feel like I may have a problem.
I abandoned Pandora long ago. Spotify only, please. Way better than Pandora.
Why in the hell is Balkins back?
this goes so far beyond uncertainty about the economy, but just focusing on that - wondering how developers will react, what will happen to institutional and publicly-funded projects and if there will be any appetite for private projects.
I'm skeptical that's it's really him. It just doesn't read the same to me. Thoughts are too coherent, word selection seems off, rant isn't nearly long enough, etc. My guess is it's someone trying to be funny.
Plus if it was this easy for him to create another account, do you really think he 1) wouldn't have done it already, and 2) picked roughly the same screen name so we would all be able to identify him?
I'm not going to lie, I'm worried about the next 4 years. Already tight funding for the work I/the firm I work for does is only going to get tighter and possibly non-existent.
not a damn thing will change accept you may have even more Pandora channels in the future. do not like Pandora its limited.
people need to get an f'ing grip. the world is not going to end, they sky won't fall, and people are as safe to walk down the street as they were yesterday.
maybe its important to understand why so many people voted for trump. Dismissing these voters as "racist" or "uneducated" is the laziest of thinking and a huge part of the problem.
The is a lot of anger in the world towards the elites who haven't exactly delivered on their promises. I suggest that rather than blaming the voters maybe people should understand where they are coming from.
Let's face it, Clinton was a terrible candidate with a list of weaknesses a mile long, could not be more identified as "establishment," and was trying to be the 3rd dem. elected in a row.
Thoughts are too coherent
I agree- things are all spelled correctly, more grammatically correct, etc. I'm no linguist, but its not really him.
people are as safe to walk down the street as they were yesterday. Tell this to the Muslims, blacks, LGBT and Hispanic people in your life. Oh, do you have any? These American citizens *already* didn't feel safe. Since Brexit reports of people openly verbally assaulting people with brown skin have skyrocketed.
Clinton was a terrible candidate with a list of weaknesses a mile long Plus she has a vagina which means to add her to the list above because apparently she's not really a human.
The Supreme Court will be taking away *your* rights soon, shellarchitect. Then will we have to listen to you whine?
Plus I can tell you without a doubt that the people I work who voted for trump with ARE racist. Since PC language is now tossed out the window it means I no longer have to smile politely and try to smooth it over when they say racist shit. I'll be going to HR with a complaint every day in coming weeks.
All 3 branches of the federal government. This is not good.
I can't wait to see this week's South Park, not to mention Dave Chappelle hosting SNL... Sorry outcome, but may make for some good TV?
good TV for 4 years for sure
Wait a sec, what balkins are you talking about?
The guy who used to write huge posts?
I do not see any humor in back alley abortions.
jla-x did you see all those images of confederate flags at rallies? they voted for trump.
Oh, tonight's episode of South Park has the potential to be the best one ever - even better than the banned Episodes 200 and 201.
I didn't vote for trump and don't intend to defend him, especially his hateful comments.
I have several Muslim, Hispanic and LGBT friends, i don't think anyone is getting lynched, deported, or anything else anytime soon. There were racist wackos out there yesterday and they are still here today. America is moving to greater diversity and openness everyday. I'm not especially worried about a potential increase in mean name calling. Frankly the most closed-minded people I know seem to be very vocal dems.
...vagina... I'm not really sure what your argument is here. She nearly lost to a 75 yr old socialist in the primary. "help" from the dem. party, however minor, only reinforced the impression of corruption.
She has an incredible amount of exp. at many levels of govt. Unfortunately that has left a trail of questionable decision making.
Whose/what rights is the supreme court taking away?
Brother-in-law works for the dem. party in Wisconsin, was complaining that they couldn't get Clinton or her surrogates to come back to the state, last visit was in april. They wasted resources on states they would have won anyway, which explains how she's won the popular vote but not the electoral.
Now that the shock is wearing off Democrats are planning demonstrations in about 20 to 25 cities. Kind of like BLM on steroids, I guess. Only problem is Holder is gone and Lynch's corruption has fatally weakened her effectiveness - another gift from the Clintons.
stellarchitect: "...the 3rd dem. elected in a row..."
What .... ?
Quizzical,
Since FDR it's been pretty hard for a party to win the presidency in three consecutive elections. Last time it was done was Reagan-Reagan-Bush. In fact, that's been the only time since FDR.
Think they'll actually move?
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/305117-celebs-who-said-theyd-leave-country-if-trump-won
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0527-fair-election-prediction-20150527-story.html
The link above provides some back up to Josh's point. A summary: Economist Ray Fair called this election in May; he bases his predictions off of four indicators. Clinton had all four indicators working against her ie. she's not an incumbent, she was following a two-term incumbent from her own party, she was running against a slight Republican bias that is ingrained in the electorate, and there has been slow GDP growth (<3%) for the first three quarters of the election year.
According to Fair, she never stood a chance, no matter who the Republicans nominated. The timing and structure of this election sunk Clinton in a way that no opponent could. Kind of puts the billions of dollars spent on the election into perspective. No one in the media or donor class like to believe these sorts of predictions because it would render months / years of breathless campaign coverage pointless.
Not sure I totally buy Fair's thesis, but it seems to be historically accurate. Especially after yesterday...
My friend who is a contractor, real estate developer, and Trump supporter just called me in a good mood, looking for an architect. :)
I just also want to point out to you guys that Pence is an evil person, a self-proclaimed "Christian" who is at center a hateful misogynist control freak. So it's bad, all around.
Donna, I can't begin to tell you how embarrassed and shamed I feel that Pence and I share a hometown.
Think they'll actually move?
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/305117-celebs-who-said-theyd-leave-country-if-trump-won
Dude, America. You made your bed, now you gotta sleep in it. Don't be bringing Canada into it, we don't want to deal with your shit.
shell, i think one of the scary things is that being racist is being normalized by this election, and having trump win just reinforces that. that really applies to any discrimination based on race, religion, or gender. now instead of someone like jla calling 'politically correct,' he can come out and say it's ok to shoot an unarmed black man because black people are scary. which is something i was told after trayvon martin was shot in a state who's electoral votes went to trump.
the people who would not have broadcast their support for trump a month ago because they knew supporting sexual assault or religious discrimination was not socially acceptable can now be more free in openly stating their desire to marginalize women or muslims or whichever group they're opposed to. imho donna's fear could be one of the worst things to come out of this.
Bieber is worth at least 10 million US immigrants to Canada.
jla-x I am definitely guilty of misconstruing some offhand comment and flying off the handle very passionately and angrily about it. I think that is what you did with your two posts at the top of this page. I didn't read curt as saying that *you* would call a Black person scary, I read it as him extrapolating from your decrying of PC language (which you do, and need to own) to make a point that other people could.
Everyone is nervous right now, at least every thinking person is. We're all on a razor thin temperament.
I'm not nervous... guess I don't think... how did I get that master's degree???? Must be because I'm hispanic... yeah.. they gave it to me because I can't think and the brown people need help thinking for themselves. Are you telling me I should be nervous? Are you telling me how to think? That's a big part of the reason I didn't vote for Hillary. I don't need government telling me how to think. I like how everyone who didn't vote for trump assumes that those who did are white neo nazi uneducated confederate flag waving hillbillies from the Appalachians... open your eyes... open your mind... what happened to coexist??? Political correctness is bullshit and it has been mistaken for common courtesy.
I'm very disappointed by this election. But I'm actually afraid for my wife, and we're probably pushing back the timeline for kids so we can take the temperature of the world in a few years. Might seem like overreaction, but if president-elect Trump fulfills even half of his campaign promises (and let's assume for the moment the half he fulfills are the more benign ones), the globe is about to experience some turbulence.
I won't bring a kid into that.
Tin foil hats! All around!
People panic every time a new president comes in. The only thing about Trump that worries me is his inability to control his mouth. That's going to end up pissing off the wrong people.
Otherwise, everything will be fine. Life will continue. I mean, look at Obama. People worried about him. All we got out of that was more expensive insurance and a website that doesn't work.
I understand that and agree, sen. I'm not panicking, I'm simply exercising an overabundance of caution.
I want to hear about everyone's local initiatives. They passed a soda tax in the city of Boulder, Co. I'm not scared.
Legal weed, transit bond, soda tax, $2 a pack cig tax increase...
the fact that people are trying to normalize that we have a populist bigot for a president is astounding.
ivory, I think it's just how humans cope.
The absolute most important thing we can do is not normalize Trump and some of his followers' behavior. That's a damn dark dirty road we as humans go down when that occurs.
pete, no time like the present to start with the kids. I got laid off in 2009, just 3 days later found out wife was preg. If we hadn't had our daughter then it prob would have been years before we had one, now have two and pretty happy with the way it worked out. There's always a reason to put it off
white neo nazi uneducated confederate flag waving hillbillies from the Appalachians.
wurdan there were so many of those tropes represented at trump rallies that one would be guilty of *not opening their eyes* if they refuse to acknowledge them.
And I won't co-exist with racists. Racism is unacceptable.
Unpopular political leaders get assasdinated anyway.
Well, as a hillbilly from the Appalachians, I'm reasonably offended by such a generalization. I guess it's ok for people to continue bashing a culture based on a stereotype that was developed to make money...
The stereotype was developed in the early 1900's for entertainment purposes. Granted, a lot of people have played along to reap the benefits. Others conform to the stereotype because they actually think that is an accurate representation of their culture. Either way, the stereotype is garbage and needs to go.
Broad brushing hillbillies should be no more acceptable than the broad brushing of any other culture or race.
jla-x shut up, you not-too-closeted Trump supporter.
Your new president has said multiple times that we should use nukes on ISIS.
Pretty amazing that about 50% on posts on Archinect regarding Trump are pro. Closeted racists coming out.
You're not even supposed to be here. You've been banned, Balkins.
RickB-Astoria ... If you are really RickB ... what was the last thing you PM'ed me about?
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