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It's a wasted vote if you honestly feel, deep down, that one of the two candidates is exponentially worse than the other and would be far more harmful to the nation and the world if elected.

Definitely butt hurt. Other journalists in attendance at that meeting were, and are still, stupefied at the remark. But they didn't draw any battle lines as a result. They checked their impartiality, unlike certain BN scribes who literally get red-faced when past over for scoops from either organization. No doubt the organization has earned negative coverage. Other writers are just better at it than others. GO SABRES!!!

So, bloody, terrorist machete attacks are Trump's gain? This is even worse than when GOPers were openly routing for a tanking economy and bad job reports in the last cycle.

That's only part of the answer. The other part is that Sully, Bucky, etc., are still butt hurt at Pegula's admonishment when he bought the team and the subsequent "freeze out" of certain BN personnel from access to information from both the Sabres and Bills organizations. They have checked their impartiality at the door as a result. GO SABRES!!!

Every one of these bullet points can apply to Clinton supporters, Cruz supporters, whomever supporters in addition to Trump supporters. We are indeed social creatures. Sometimes to a fault. Read up on mob behavior and behaviors of crowds witnessing people being attacked and assaulted, etc. Our hard-wired social behaviors often make us incapable of doing the right things.

Really? After only hearing him one time?

Sorry if this was discussed previously, but when I heard about this and read the various articles about it, I was floored. How any Trump supporter can defend this defies logic. From a NYT article:

Let's be honest, GDubbya set the bar at an impossibly low level.

That dolt and his neo-con puppet masters phucked things up in that region for the next 100 years. And I say that knowing how phucked up that region has been for the last 100 years.

HaHa! But that might be impossible for someone that sleeps while hanging upside down and can't be exposed to direct sunlight. GO SABRES!!!

You might be on to something here. We were well on our way to becoming a hot pocket society before google with our 5 second attention spans and incessant need for distractions. Source checking is more important than ever. It always comes down to my Comms 101 lesson from years ago; that the sender, receiver, and the message itself constitutes communication. We can tailor our information sending and receiving to support whatever opinion we hold about anything. Especially when it comes to messages we "want" to hear. From what we know about what they found in his home, the forensic psychologists are going to have a field day.

I didn't have n in mind specifically. One way to manage potential biases is to admit we all have them which might be the first step in analyzing things with more objectivity. It's not that simple though, when our biases run in lock step with desired outcomes. It all starts with a willingness to be edified.

I thought it was a rule that all strong men need to have the word "Magnus" somewhere in their name.

The fact he was Iranian will be enough to convince the myopic that this was another case of 'Islamic' terrorism. They tend to be short on nuance and given their loyalty to right-wing news sources, they have been convinced to be afraid; be very afraid. Nobody sells fear like the far right.

Spirit of the discussion? You mean the vilification of a 23 year old young man, blessed with hockey talent, that has a chance to exercise his collectively bargained right to become a free agent? Or is it the spirit of the portion of the discussion that condemns GMTM for using a low risk asset for a chance at a high reward? Christ, after wading through the mounds of crap and trolling along those lines, I thought the math discussion was a welcomed distraction. I really don't give a flying phuck whether anyone appreciates the difference between odds and probability. Like I said, it was a welcomed distraction. Carry on. GO SABRES!!!

Still no respect for the difference between odds and probability, I see. The purist in me weeps. I'm out. But thanks for the exercise. GO SABRES!!!

This is who NC wants in the bathroom with little girls. This person, who was born a girl has identified as a male for most of his 23 years. He still possesses female genitalia and because he has that, NC insists he use the girls room. America is downright stupid at times. Not just ignorant, but stupid.

From Dr. Math himself: What can I say, I'm a stickler for detail. Hockey season can't get here fast enough. GO SABRES!!!

Perhaps. But I gotta wonder why? Why would the police seek to make a point out of Evander Kane? For whose benefit is this show they are putting on? As Sabre fans, we all hope Kane is an upstanding citizen. Why would the police seek to negate that image?

BS charges or not, one of the three women or the bouncer involved has decided to press those bullschit charges. The police have a responsibility to respect that.

Agreed. Suggesting GMTM should have anticipated legal troubles for Kane and be held accountable for them, is bullschit. GO SABRES!!!

I'll be sure to incorporate more winky faces and exclamation points in the future. In the meantime: :beer:

What, you didn't get my joke, either?

OK, you win. Which is far more important than any actual understanding, anyway.

No, context.