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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Mainstream Economics Thread

« Last post by IPA4Me on Today at 06:31:01 AM »

Anyone know which presidents the debt increased the most under?

In terms of Debt to GDP ratio, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Actually, I don't know what I was thinking. The answers are Barack Obama and Donald Trump. I was off by one year due to the election being in 2020, but Biden not taking office until 2021. George W. Bush would probably be third on this list.

The drivers of the increase in Debt to GDP ratio were the fiscal policy responses to the financial crisis of 2008 and COVID.

This is just looking at the time period since 1970. If you want to go back further, the Civil War, WW I, the Great Depression and WW II were also big drivers of an increase in the Debt to GDP ratio.

Do you think the policy makers have the intestinal fortitude to let things unwind a bit more to get at least to 80%? We barely bounced at 90% two years ago.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

« Last post by Trim on Today at 01:14:36 AM »

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: ksu ladycats

« Last post by MakeItRain on March 16, 2025, 11:49:48 PM »

Great breakdown. Amoore's ability to get in the lane really scares me. I doubt that her and Sundell will be matched up together very much, but Amoore is in every single first round draft mock and Serena is in none of them, quite the time for her to make her mark.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« Last post by star seed 7 on March 16, 2025, 10:49:57 PM »

I've seen true lies probably 3-4 times over the years and would have bet my life savings on "no" to the question "is Charlton Heston in true lies?"

Well I'll be damned

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« Last post by mocat on March 16, 2025, 10:32:04 PM »

I've seen true lies probably 3-4 times over the years and would have bet my life savings on "no" to the question "is Charlton Heston in true lies?"

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: ksu ladycats

« Last post by Kid In the Hall on March 16, 2025, 10:00:04 PM »

We have three common opponents with UK this year - they beat Arizona State at home 77-61, beat Belmont at home 84-78 and lost at Texas A&M 61-55. We beat Belmont at home 82-56, beat ASU 81-69 (Lee got hurt in that game) and beat A&M on the road 89-50.

I've only watched them a little this year, but they're pretty well rounded and have a 6-foot-5 post player who's their No. 2 scorer behind Amoore. They don't shoot the ball well from 3 (32%) and it only accounts for about 1/3 of their shot attempts, but they're pretty efficient inside the 3 line. They don't force a ton of TOs (13 per game), but they are holding opponents to 35% from the field and 26% from 3.

I've been in that arena and MIR is correct - if we play UK, it will be a sell out and it will be very, very loud (they're top 15 nationally in attendance). I think it's all going to hinge on how effective Lee is - without that, I don't think we can win.

But... that assumes we get to UK. Fairfield beat Arkansas (worst team in the SEC), but, more importantly, they only lost by two to Okie State in Stillwater (64-62) in an early season game. They've made the tourney thee of the last four years, so I doubt they'll be intimidated in any way. They share the ball really well (18 assists per game) and they also force TOs (18 per game). They're holding teams to 38% from the floor and 27% from 3. They don't have anyone who can match up with Lee (tallest player is 6-foot-1). Mittie will need to have the team ready or this definitely could be a loss. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« Last post by steve dave on March 16, 2025, 09:28:33 PM »

crap goes so hard






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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: ksu ladycats

« Last post by MakeItRain on March 16, 2025, 08:25:17 PM »

Kentucky is not the 4 that I wanted to be matched up with. That arena is going to be lit and Georgia Amoore is the single best player we'll see, to that point, if we beat Fairfield, who has been tested against and beat high major teams already.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!

« Last post by CHONGS on March 16, 2025, 08:15:29 PM »

The Conversation was pretty intense.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

« Last post by sonofdaxjones on March 16, 2025, 08:04:59 PM »

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