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umbletheheep (1645

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Iowa F2F Diplomacy

I have a group of 11, and we are putting together F2F Diplomacy games in central Iowa. If you would like to be a part or know of someone who does give me an email at russ (at) russdennis.net

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LoneSeramoni (100

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Script Error

Webdiplomacy script installed on my site.How can handle this problem? ERROR: i.imgur.com/cWuVQ.png

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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FtF Diplomacy in New England: HuskyCon (Aug 19-21) in Long Island, NY

Details: http://huskycon.com
First round - Fri Aug 19th at 7:00pm
Big mansion, food provided, some will be camping outside - lots of FtF players, most likely including myself and theWizard. anyone else from webdip wanna go?

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dD_ShockTrooper (1199

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23 Jul 11 UTC

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Can anyone defend freedom?

Can anyone defend the idea that "people" can produce a better society by diminishing governmental control in exchange for increased libertarian imposition of civil freedoms on the government?

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Are no-hitters not a big deal anymore?

When guys like Ervin Santana can get one and we've had something like 10 in the past 2 seasons are no hitters going to become passe?

Also, what the heck is La Russa's major malfunction?

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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End of the LAST PERSON TO POST WINS!!!!!!!!

http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?threadID=444658&page-thread=385#threadPager

The thread is now locked so its now impossible to post. In the end there were 11532 posts over 728 days. dD_ShockTrooper was the last person to post and so he won. Congrats dD_ShockTrooper!!!!!!!

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20 Jul 11 UTC

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Account sitting.

I'll be out of town for four or five days, and I'm not sure what to do. I'm pretty new to this site so I'm not sure how it works, but I've seen people mention 'account sitting'? How does that work? What are the rules? How do I find someone to do that for me? I guess I'm just looking for a general explanation. Thanks in advance. Oh, and sorry if this is explained elsewhere on the site. Perhaps I missed it when I looked.

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obiwanobiwan (248

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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How Much Is Everyone Muting?

I ask becuase I see folks saying they're muting folks in threads more and more...and it just seems like a shame and almost unfair to me, really...granted I'm probably one of the most-muted on the site--at least I would guess I am--but even so, all the more reason I just can't mute anyone..."if you can't stand the heat"...? You can't have it both ways, give a critical opinion and erect a shield to deflect all criticism, even if that "criticism" is a foolish troll, yes?

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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15 Jul 11 UTC

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An Education in Economics

Liberals have the mistaken and baseless idea that government creates jobs, that government creates demand that stimulates the economy, and that any time there is a great reduction in government spending a recession will result.

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goldfinger0303 (3157 )
28 Jul 11 UTC

Here's a little teaser on economics. I was going to go with a full-blown response, but I really just don't see the point anymore. I have loads of information though, if you really are interested.

http://www.youtube.com/imf#p/u/23/dG4_LVGmVFw

goldfinger0303 (3157 )
28 Jul 11 UTC

I have to say though, Tettle isn't that far off the mark on many things here. His analysis of the crowding-out effect is almost accurate, forgetting that the FED is keeping interest rates - and thus the cost of borrowing money - low. And he's right on the fact that many people just walk away from their mortgages. I don't know about the federal program he's talking about, but its both the bank's fault, the lawyer's fault, and the homeowner's fault for buying that house.

And heck, here's the list of sources I had to read for class, if anyone is truly interested in an education in economics.

1. BERNANKE, Ben, “The Jobless Recovery”, a speech given in Pittsburgh on Nov. 6, 2003, The Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

2. NBER, End of the Great Recession, Business Cycle Dating Committee, at www.nber.org

3. FRIEDMAN, Milton. (no title) in Lives of the Laureates, Fourth edition, William Breit and Roger W. Spencer eds,. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2004, pp. 65-77.

4. TOBIN, James. “Beginning with Keynes at Harvard,” in Lives of the Laureates, Fourth edition, William Breit and Roger W. Spencer eds., Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2004, pp. 95-113.

5. ROMER, Christina. “The Nation in Depression,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1993, pp. 19-39.

6. ROMER, Christina. “Lessons from the Great Depression for the Recovery in 2009,” a speech given at the Brookings Institution, March 2009.

7. KRUGMAN, Paul. “How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?” The New York Times, Sept. 2, 2009.

8. WOODFORD, Michael. “Financial Intermediation and Macroeconomic Analysis,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 2010, pp. 21-44.

9. CABALLERO, Ricardo. “Macroeconomics after the Crisis: Time to Deal with the Pretense of Knowledge Syndrome,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 2010, pp. 85-102.

10. AUERBACH, Alan, William GALE, and Benjamin HARRIS. “Activist Fiscal Policy,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 2010, pp. 141-164.

11. International Monetary Fund, “Two-speed Recovery to Extend into 2011, Says IMF,” An interview with Olivier Blanchard, Chief Economist, Dec. 30, 2010.

12. BLINDER, Alan. “Quantitative Easing: Entrance and Exit Strategies,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Nov./Dec. 2010.

13. BLANCHARD, Olivier. A video interview on the economic recovery. www.imf.org, 2010.

AverageWhiteBoy (314 )
28 Jul 11 UTC

Tettleton, you're ignoring half of the business cycle. You're right in a boom and wrong in a bust.

Roughly6Owls (102 )
29 Jul 11 UTC

@AverageWhiteBoy: changing what? The entire contents of this thread just show that Tettleton's Chew ignores what he wants.

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Yellowjacket (835

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29 Jul 11 UTC

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new game

Hey all, I'm starting a game with some work friends, might not be able to get 7 though... anybody want to be an alternate? They're all new, so less skilled players preferred.

20 buy in, anon, 24 hours period, starts Saturday at 7:12

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UnknownHero (436

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29 Jul 11 UTC

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Looking for sitter

I'll be away for 5-6 days next week and still have a couple games running. It shouldn't be too huge of a time commitment if anyone is willing, since one is a 4 day phase world game in which I have only a single unit. The other is a game in the summer gunboat tournament, so someone not part of that would be preferred.
I hope I'm not asking too much with only a few days notice, but if someone with a good reputation would PM me saying they can, I would be extremely grateful.

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27 Jul 11 UTC

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Pizza v. Tacos

Let's say there is a pizza joint and a taco stand right across the street from each other...

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Collaborative Story...

You *must* reply with an entire paragraph. Each paragraph will be proceeded by a number. You reply must be indicated by (that number +1) so we know what you are responding to. In the event of simultaneous posts, the FIRST poster is the ONLY valid next paragraph.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Obama Repeated Buffet's Misstatement

Tomorrow's WSJ shows that Warren Buffet misstated a fact Obama included in his national address Monday, Buffet doesn't pay a lower tax rate than his secretary. It's nice to see the press doing its job.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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18 Jul 11 UTC

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Social Security Funding

It's interesting that the motto of social security is that you've paid in all your working life and the money is sitting there waiting for you.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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21 Jul 11 UTC

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Immorality of the State vs Morality of the Market

Big government advocates proceed under the assumption that government is moral and the marketplace is immoral when the exact opposite is true.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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19 Jul 11 UTC

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Thy mythical victim

Why is it that opinions put forth to justify government monopolies to deal with social problems consistently rely on mythical victims instead of truth or logic?

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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26 Jul 11 UTC

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Who would pass a tax increase?

The House certainly wouldn't
The Senate would pass a tax increase.
You are going to find 51 Democrats who will vote for a tax increase?

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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25 Jul 11 UTC

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Hysteria & Welfare State Bankruptcy

In the current budget debate you see two viewpoints-the House of Representatives realizes the Welfare State is bankrupt with $200 Trillion in deficits and unfunded liabilities. The Obama administration and the Senate think everything will be fine if they raise taxes and keep pumping devalued dollars into the economy.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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25 Jul 11 UTC

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Monks 1 Autocratic State 0

The verdict from federal court. Monks can sell caskets in Louisiana without also providing embalming and other funeral home services that the autocratic state government required in order to grant a monopoly over casket sales.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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26 Jul 11 UTC

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States defy Big Government lunacy

In individual states smaller government candidates won a majority of elections across the country in direct defiance of Big Government lunacy dominant in Washington D.C.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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26 Jul 11 UTC

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Common sense saves schools

Schools are for the kids not for the administrators and teachers.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Signed copy of Reckless Endangerment

How many of the forum frequenters have a signed copy of the best seller "Reckless Endangerment." What a great read.

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26 Jul 11 UTC

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League Format for next Season

Alderian, have you decided how you will proceed towards next season?

The detailed thread about this subject has been locked, but here it is for others who want to read the debate: http://www.webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?viewthread=742701#742701

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27 Jul 11 UTC

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gunboats are stupid and ruin diplomacy

the point of diplomacy is exactly what it says. DIPLOMACY. When we get rid of ingame messaging it does away with the crucial factor of diplomacy and results in no improvement of luck. It actually makes the game far more random and chancy than it should be. I believe that we need to get rid of this option to allow DIPLOMACY to take its course. Please add your comments about this.

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Can anyone defend, I mean remember, centrists?

Why is politics so polarized today--what happened to the centrists? Is it a function of the political parties controlling the vast majority of campaign contributions?

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27 Jul 11 UTC

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Can anyone defend 1bruchen's views?

Besides 1bruchen, of course.

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27 Jul 11 UTC

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Nationalism and Patriotism

The bane of civilization?

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obiwanobiwan (248

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28 Jul 11 UTC

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Can anyone defend posts asking in the title for posters to defend something?

If you can--well, I suppose you're needed on one of the many other generic "defend" posts...

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27 Jul 11 UTC

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Minor bug

I'm not sure if others in this game are experiencing the same oddity, but in
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=63232, which is a gunboat, it's telling me I have an unread global message and I can't figure out how to "read" it or otherwise fix the problem. Thanks.

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