wilheldp
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Betting straight up has a house edge too, and you have to put too much at risk to win a substantial amount. I put $100 on Mansion a while back, and every week cashed it out back to $100. I cashed out a total of $355 over 3 weeks, and I only hit 3 parlays.I only put $50 at risk every week, and if I hit all 3 parlays that I bet, it would be a $600 win. I only have to hit one $10 parlay every 2 weeks to do better than breaking even.I was just screwing around with that wad of money that I made off of the Pittsburgh - Miami promotion, and ended up winning some more. I'll bet my way, and you're free to bet your way...provided you can find some place to take your bets.Why do you bet parlays?? The vig is GINORMOUS! Everyone always laughs about people plying craps and roulette, yet you go and bet a parlay which can sometimes carry a 15-20% house edge. Bet the games straight up. Spread your money out and your bankroll will last longer. -
I don't think you want my advice...I, too, have been on a downturn. The only bet I have been paid on in the last 3 weeks was a 4 team parlay where I won 3 and pushed 1. I have still yet to win a single NFL parlay, and the only NFL bet that I have won was the $1000 Mansion promotion. I'm still up $400 from sports betting AFTER the the promotion (so $1400 overall), so I can't complain too much, but the NFL sucks as far as betting goes.care to share any good picks for the weekend? I have got killed the last three weeks college and pro -
Well, I went to make my football parlays for the weekend today and got a weird error message on Mansion. Talked to the online support guy and he directed me to a press release announcing that the Mansion Casino and Sportsbook are now closed to US customers. Strangely, the Poker Room and Sports Exchange are still open. I don't seen how Poker and Sports Exchange bets would be legal under the new law where Casino and Sportsbook bets would not be (seeing as how the new law doesn't distinguish between types of gaming...just that US banks cannot fund 'online gaming sites').Anyway, since I had opened an account on BetWWTS to take advantage of a no-loss bet a while ago, I decided to try there next. They had a convenient message right on their front page saying that they were no longer accepting wagers from US customers. Strike two.I ended up going to Bodog, checking if they were still accepting US wagers, couldn't find anything to the contrary, opened an account, and finally got in my bets for this weekend. I guess Bodog will be my sportsbetting home until either Mansion opens back up, or Bodog shuts down to US customers.This new law is really starting to piss me off.
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They're calling it the American Governmental Stupidity Tax.Yeah sure this was great news for you guys that had tickets but it SUCKS big time for those like me that don't.Remember that where charging us extra to play cash games for this and they ended up having 14 MILLION in the pot. And then they go on about how they will give 1/8000 back to those with tickets to the Monster final.WELL!?!?! Only one monthly has been played which means only 1000 players had qualified. What happened to the other 7000*$1800=$12.600.000????They just pocketed it!!!****ing bastards, I'm so mad right now! -
I'll put in a vote for my boys, the Titans. First, we drafted an option QB that will have extreme difficulty running against NFL defense and has a mediocre, at best, arm. Then, we traded away our starting quarterback, and picked up a has-been off of the waiver wire. Then, we cut the only QB on the team that was worth half a shit, Billy Volek. We haven't had a decent RB since Eddie George left, and now because of discipline, health, and other reasons, we are now starting another freshman, LenDale White.If that wasn't bad enough, we also let out best receiver, Derek Mason, leave to join the departed starting QB in Baltimore. Hell, we should have cut Drew Bennett so that we had rookies starting at QB, RB, and WR by Week 6.It doesn't really matter who we have playing QB, really, since they never get enough time to throw the ball because of our shitty offensive line. Then again, even if we had an O-line and experienced offense, we would still be horrible because our defense completely sucks ass.But other than that, the Titans are a playoff contender. Given all of this information, I still don't think that the Titans deserve the 1st draft pick because we'll probably pick up another quarterback, or something equally stupid.
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Wrasslin's fake!
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Well, let's see....Total deposits into Poker sites: $350Current Bankroll: ~$2100Total Cashouts: $1200Amt. won from online blackjack: ~$1100Amt. won from online sportsbetting: $1415So, that leaves $3200 - $350 - $1100 - $1415 = $335 as my amount won from poker...and I have won more than that from poker bonuses, so that means that I am a losing player.
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Well, shit.If Neteller follows suit, then our loopholes are pretty much shut down completely.
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Yeah, with the Americans gone, you can finish 9th out of 9 instead of 9th out of 87.I just bubbled (9th of 87 both times) my 2nd straight stud8 tourney and I came to the boards to cool down. Maybe having no Americans around for awhile will save me lots of frustration, lol. Looking forward to the action in the guaranteed tourneys while you're gone tho... (don't worry, you'll be back eventually. I'm sure all the big sites have great lawyers that will ensure you can play with no problems) -
How so?
This is pretty much all that is seen from the outside world, which it is hard for fraternities to shake that stigma...but this is far from all that is involved with being a member of a fraternity. In fact, my chapter had 4 brothers resign because they joined with the above sentiment in mind, and when it didn't turn out to be like that, they couldn't handle it.The whole point of rushing/pledging a frat is to meet people you like, get drunk with your friends a lot, and have a structured social life.
You may have had some friends in fraternities that had to undergo that type of thing in order to be initiated, but I can tell you right now that I would not be in a fraternity if I had been hazed. I would not have tolerated it and I would not condone it if my chapter started doing it in the future.I didn't join a frat because I didn't want to. I didn't like the idea of rushing, pledging, then being judged by some random guys and, if I'm lucky, being forced to stay up for a week or drink a fifth in 30 minutes or die in a sauna. -
Well, I'm glad I could be a part of your life.To Wang, I don't really care if you believe me or not, but I never went through any sort of hazing rituals. I don't feel any sort of prestige or honor from having been in a fraternity, but I definitely feel as if I am personally a better person from having joined one (not better than anybody else, but better than I would have been had I not joined my fraternity). I'm glad that you say you can look at fraternities objectively, but I have to say that your comments do not reflect that.This is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. -
I'm in a fraternity, and I have seen this prank done, but they had nothing to do with each other. We screwed with each other in our dorm more than upper class fraternity members screwed with the freshmen. Turning everything in the room upside down is one of the oldest, and least damaging, tricks in the book. Just be glad they didn't caulk your door and fill your room with water, or some other liquid.Also, you wouldn't call your country a cunt, so don't call your fraternity a frat. Wang, you have the typical viewpoint of fraternities among people who were never in one. All you know about fraternities has come from newspaper articles and movies, both of which try to paint the picture that you describe, and both of which are very far from the truth. It doesn't really bother me that you have that opinion of fraternities because I know what I have gained by being associated with my fraternity and don't need the Shimmering Wang Seal of Approval to make me feel good about the decisions that I have made in my life.BTW, I was in Delta Sigma Phi.
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"Boy, when she dives, she really hits the water"--Random announcer during the 2002 Olympics"He sure knows how to golf a ball"--I forget, but it was an announcer during a major golf championship
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Nah, I don't want to ignore it. Hitler was one of the single greatest propagandists of the 20th Century. Using his own description of anything that happened during the time period of the Third Reich as proof of any point other than his propaganda skills is ridiculous. If you look at the [non-military and non-genocidal] actions of his government, then you will realize that they were Socialist.And yes, I understand the irony of making fun of you for accrediting to a people what they call themselves and then bringing up how Hitler described himself, so let's ignore that point, okay? -
That may be true in general, but specifically, the Nazis called themselves Socialists and they were Socialists.My real point was that you can't judge the content of a group by the name they give to themselves. -
Uh, the Third Reich WAS socialist. In fact, a number of good things came out of that regime...most notably, the Autobahn intrastate system. Hitler and Germany could have a world powerhouse to equal or exceed the United States if it hadn't been for the whole invasion of other countries and mass genocide of the Jews.Anyway, there isn't anybody running for public office in America on a outwardly Socialist ticket. That being said, the more time that the Democrats and Republicans spend in power, the more Socialistic our society becomes. They continue to start new programs that supposedly help the populace, and have to collect more in taxes to implement the programs. The complete lack of personal responsibility in this nation is allowing it to happen. I, for one, like to decide how I get to spend the money that I make. I certainly don't need slimy bastards in Washington deciding for me.Right, and I'm sure that the People's Republic of China is a "Republic." Way to know nothing about history. -
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Nazi = National Socialist Worker's Party
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The M3 is a measure of all monetary assets, reserves, or agreements in the US. The Fed stopped releasing this data a few months ago, but they recently started it up again. Notice anything?
How about in this one....
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Hey, about 99.9% of the US voted Socialist last election...we still try to hide it by calling it a representational Democracy, or Republic, if you will.
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Wow...I wish I had time at work today to keep up with this thread...so many fun topics have been missed.#1 - Deregulation would have never been a problem had regulation never occured in the first place. The airlines are a perfect example. A few airlines were given privileged access to routes and competition was completely stifled. Consequently, the big airlines continued to grow and prosper because they didn't have competition to keep them in check. They built business models based on the regulated industry. Then came deregulation. Roughly half of the airlines that existed under regulation have gone out of business, and the other half are currently in bankruptcy. Know why? Because the business model that regulation created DOES NOT WORK IN THE FREE MARKET! Companies like JetBlue and Southwest came in after regulation, used good and proven business models and are currently thriving while the dinosaur airlines complain about how bad the airline industry is at the moment. What pisses me off about the situation is that the government is bailing out the companies after years of creating their problems.#2 - Could corporations provide funding to colleges/universities the same way that the government does today? The answer: Yes. In fact, it has happened in a very limited number of instances. Kettering University (formerly the General Motors Institute) is currently a top 10 engineering school, and guess who funded that school? Another example is the fact that my current company is reimbursing me for my tuition and fees for getting my Master's degree. Anybody that went to school on student loans, and are paying them off gradually is having their education indirectly paid for by their employer. How is this beyond the stretch of your imagination that schooling could exist without government intervention? It is in the best interest of the private sector to have employees with varying levels of education, and they already indirectly pay for it...why not make them pay for it directly?#3 - I am one of those nutjobs that advocates for the removal of the Federal Reserve System. If you can point to a SINGLE system of fiat currency (i.e. non-Gold standard) that has not failed in the history of the world, I will change my position immediately. The Fed is completely incapable of controlling inflation because the Fed is the ONLY source of inflation. The Fed controls the amount of currency in circulation because they distribute the currency from the BEP and Mint to the Federal Reserve Banks, and then to the private banks. They also control the interest rates which determines how much imaginary money is created (i.e. purchases made on credit without the money ever really existing to back up the purchases). These two factors allow the Fed to create monetary inflation (which isn't widely reported). Monetary inflation leads to more money in circulation, which allows people to spend more (more demand) which allows companies to raise prices, and these higher prices are what lead to *price inflation*, which is what everybody is talking about when they talk about inflation. It is the RESULT of monetary inflation, which is directly caused by the Fed. If anybody doesn't follow that, I can probably take another crack at explaining it better.
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To all of those arguing that the private sector cannot be trusted with powers that are currently held by the government:In a truly free market, the consumer gets to vote with their money. Without the FDA, some pharmaceutical companies will release potentially harmful drugs. However, the moment that this is discovered, that company will never be trusted again, consumers will stop buying their products, and they will go out of business. This simple fact will make it profitable for said companies to put practices in place to assure their stockholders and customers that new drugs have been proven reliable and safe. Another unpopular (to many) aspect of Libertarianism is the absence of patents. The fact of the matter is that patents stifle competition. While a company holds a patent, they can set the price on their technology at whatever level they want, and the lack of competition provided by the patent will force people to pay that price or do without. This has a huge impact in the drug industry. This can be seen when patents on particular drugs run out and the "generics" move in, thereby reducing the price across the board.The main argument against the removal of the patent process is that it reduces the incentive for innovation. After all, where is the profit motive to innovate if somebody can immediately steal your design and begin producing it more cheaply, and not incur the R&D costs associated with the design? This is a good point, and one of the few things that I have trouble grasping about the Libertarian ideals. So far, my only solution to that problem is to remove R&D from production industries, and make them into separate service industries. That way, an engineering firm can come up with a new design, then sell that design to several different production companies. Internally held trade secrets eventually take the place of government regulated patents.
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I am often asked if anarchy has ever existed in our world, to which I answer: almost all of your daily behavior is an anarchistic expression. How you deal with your neighbors, coworkers, fellow customers in shopping malls or grocery stores, is often determined by subtle processes of negotiation and cooperation. Social pressures, unrelated to statutory enactments, influence our behavior on crowded freeways or grocery checkout lines. If we dealt with our colleagues at work in the same coercive and threatening manner by which the state insists on dealing with us, our employment would be immediately terminated. We would soon be without friends were we to demand that they adhere to specific behavioral standards that we had mandated for their lives.--Butler Shaffer
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I wasn't saying that we should go in and kill them to put them out of their misery. These people were living in an extremely flood prone aread. They cannot afford a one-way bus ticket to 30 miles in any direction. They were most likely living off of welfare, or just living on the street in the first place. Even if we were able to save each and every one of these people, what exactly are we going to do with them once they are out of harms way?I sincerely believe that the hospital, nursing home, and jail situations were handled poorly. The people responsible for taking care of those people should have done just that...taken care of the people in their ward.You can compare me to Hitler if you must, but if you are going to set up straw men like that, please refrain admonishing others for implying communist/socialist themes in your posts.I stopped reading riiiiight here. The argument that "all people that couldn't leave New Orleans should be culled from the gene pool, for the good of the human race" reminds me of something... Now who was it that was all for that gene-pool cleansing thing? Name is... evading me at the moment.
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