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  1. Hurlshort
    This is completely false. (you can look at timestamp below, your specific example is completely debunked) You want me to watch an hour long video on net neutrality to prove that the Gilded Age is false?
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    Corporation is a legal fiction created by the government to remove personal accountability. It is impossible for such entity to exist in the free market because nobody would have the monopoly on force and control over the flow of money(the communist central banking that we have right now). And with polycentric laws, such entity wouldn't even be conceivable. Have to agree. Corpo are the product of government regulations and mendling on free market. Again, we've had periods in history where government was small and did not regulate business. It was called the Gilded Age, and you ended up with corrupt railroad companies that controlled pricing and reaped huge profits. Didn't any of you play Monopoly as children?
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    At least he's been studying his vocab words, that's always refreshing.
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    We need someone to fill the hardcore liberal void that Krezack did so well, too.
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    I imagine the Nationals are a bit freaked out. The Giants have quite a few guys that don't even know what a playoff series loss looks like.
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    They don't really get dominated. Instead they take every series to the last inning and then lose in heartbreaking fashion. I think I'd prefer to get dominated if I was an A's fan, honestly.
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    Speaking of aces, tonight is an example of how an ace pitcher plays a big game. Wowzers. Unfortunately they don't quite have as many aces as they did in '10 and '12, but the Giants might still make some noise this year.
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    Oakland doesn't attention on a national level, so I don't see how they can be considered overrated. They are a small market team with a small payroll that is competitive more often than not. I don't know why Volourn is hating on them so hard. What is weird is that this year, they went out of their way to get that ace that Volo says is needed to compete in the playoffs. Lester is supposed to be a top pitcher in the league. And he didn't look very good. They lost 9-8, not 1-0. It's pretty bizarre. But yeah, they lack superstars. They make do with what they have, and they've won a lot of games. If Oakland is crap, then it should be fairly amazing that they win so many games in the regular season.
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    Oh, for the love of ... christ, what else is actionable. If it makes you feel better, I shot one with my plasma gun and cut up another with my knife before figuring that out.
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    It's going to be an interesting game in Pittsburgh. Bumgarner is the better pitcher, but the Giants look pretty bad in the outfield. In fact I think Bumgarner could bat 6th in this lineup. It's going to be stressful.
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    I'm guessing alarm disabling will be more useful down the road, sounds like something you'd need when dealing with places where robots hang out. But yeah, a couple skills could probably be combined. Like mechanical repair and toaster repair would work better together, and really alarm disarm should just be a part of demolitions or electronics. Still, I have a ton of fun with all the skill checks. It might be the highlight of the game, getting a balanced party that can methodically work their way through traps and everything else to clear an area.
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    Well at least the pressure is off my Gigantes this evening, if they lose they'll just join the other bay area team in misery. If the A's had won and the Giants lost, I'd have to listen to gloating A's fans for a week.
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    My doctor skill has allowed me to save a few lives in battle before they bled out, as well as cut free the researchers in the ag center.
  14. Hurlshort
    I lost Rose in a pretty nasty gunfight, and decided to let it be. She was a bit creepy anyways. Oh and I finally found Angela Deth or whatever. Honestly I'm struggling to find companions, but I'm having a blast with my core party of me, my wife, and my two kids.
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    Who was that Asian poster who was obsessed with guns back in the day? I'm having flashbacks.
  16. Hurlshort
    That was a pretty crazy game. What the heck happened to these bullpens? They were both supposed to be super good.
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    Really? edit: I just mean, there are some pretty terrible events there. I don't know, I'm fairly flabbergasted. Do you understand how the labor pool works?
  18. Hurlshort
    I'm not sure if you are really interested in a history lesson, but here are some sources on the history of labor in the US. http://prospect.org/brief-history-american-labor#.VCrMryldXgY This one sides heavily with the unions, so use your critical thinking skills: http://www.history.com/topics/labor You can go back further, and you will find it gets much bleaker for the common worker. You can also look to undeveloped nations to see how bad working conditions can be. Sweatshops exist all over the world as a result of little regulation.
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    Again, that is a very naive view of how employer-employee relationships work. We have centuries of historical precedent showing that the employer will abuse the relationship if checks are not put into place. The working class has very little leverage here. You've already struck down the idea of them unionizing, and now you want to take away government restrictions. I'm actually not a fan of big government, and I am very leery of unions, but they play a necessary role in balancing worker's rights versus economic progress. The key is to have a balance of power between business, the government, and the working class. Now you can argue that we are currently imbalanced, and I will support you in that (although I think each side has a case for getting the short stick.)
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    Employer should be able to do neither more nor less than what both sides (employer and employee) agreed to in employment contract. That is all there should be. Unfortunately the government and some organizations (like unions) constantly try to butt in between the people that actually made some agreements between them. You sure have a lot of confidence in corporations doing the right thing at the negotiating table with employees. When you have a large labor pool, you are basically giving the employer the power to enslave their workforce. Can't survive off your wage? Want benefits? The company will just fire you and move on to the next poor sap. Man, the naive trust some of you have for big business is astounding.
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    As bad as the A's have been, if Lester shuts down the Royals tomorrow, the Cespedes trade is suddenly justified. It will be interesting.
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    Yeah, that's never led to any problems ever. Fewer problems than government regulation designed to combat said problems, most of which are imaginary, hypothetical, or really just no one's business except the employer and employee. Ah, it's as if the Gilded Age never happened. Such a paradise we live in.
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    Yeah, that's never led to any problems ever.
  25. Hurlshort
    Whatever document translator you are using is atrocious.
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