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LSblog Copyright © 2002–14 Chris Lawrence, Brock Sides, and Robert Prather. Comment on “To live or die on the mandate” 2012-04-08T20:00:00-04:00 Steven Taylor http://www.poliblogger.com ” If adverse selection does drive insurers out of business—a big if—doesn’t that just put us one step closer to the single-payer system that liberals (and even some libertarian-leaning conservatives like James Joyner) support?”

That thought has crossed my mind as well.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2012-04-09:comment-4791 Comment on “An aside comment on the "Best Star Wars Film" debate” 2012-03-09T19:00:00-05:00 Steven Taylor http://www.poliblogger.com “the reality is that the politics of the prequel trilogy are, in a word, silly”

Indeed. In fact: that’s being kind.

The entire structure of the Republic made no sense. The utter lack of a military was weird as well.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2012-03-10:comment-4788 Comment on “Cheap costume for your local Mass Effect 3 midnight opening” 2012-03-05T19:00:00-05:00 Chris Lawrence http://blog.lordsutch.com/ Alas not an option for Xbox.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2012-03-06:comment-4784 Comment on “Cheap costume for your local Mass Effect 3 midnight opening” 2012-03-05T19:00:00-05:00 Jim http://www.jimswift.net Great costume idea. My friend apparently downloaded it via the VPN servers from Origin in Korea.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2012-03-06:comment-4783 Comment on “TNG on BLU” 2012-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 Steven Taylor http://www.poliblogger.com “Then again Roddenberry, like Lucas, was far better before he started believing his own hype.”

Indeed.

In fact, the sad truth is that TNG got better once he was not longer actively involved.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2012-02-06:comment-4771 Comment on “TNG on BLU” 2012-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 Chris Lawrence http://blog.lordsutch.com/ My working assumption on the pilot is that everything good in it was written by D.C. Fontana, trying to make some sense of Roddenberry’s half-thought-out warmed-over Phase II setting (it’s telling that the worst elements are straight out of Phase II, notably the Riker-Troi business; and, even worse, just in case you don’t get it, they recycled the TMP theme just to be sure you’ve got Decker-Ilia in the back of your head).

Then again Roddenberry, like Lucas, was far better before he started believing his own hype.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2012-02-06:comment-4770 Comment on “TNG on BLU” 2012-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 Steven Taylor http://www.poliblogger.com I have seen a brief online comparison of the old and new and the new looks great.

You are right about the writing quality of the TNG pilot (and yes, it was originally aired as one two-hour episode).

I, too, am hoping for Netflix as I have avoided buying a BluRay player to date.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2012-02-06:comment-4769 Comment on “Forest of the dead” 2011-07-14T20:00:00-04:00 Michelle Yay! Blogpost!

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2011-07-15:comment-4767 Comment on “Being Nick Clegg” 2010-05-10T20:00:00-04:00 Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com Just the description of “life with Ed Balls” should be enough to convince them to take Door #1

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-05-11:comment-4764 Comment on “QotD, taking-research-seriously edition” 2010-04-30T20:00:00-04:00 Michael J Pruitt Chris and Michelle, I, too, see this. I think of it as “actions performed in silence now, are later seen by students as onerous or shameful.”

How, may I ask, do you remember your professors having conducted their research?

Michelle, when you write that “it’s not like that where I am now,” do you mean “research is something that we openly and freely discuss”? Or do you mean “research is no longer a requirement”?

Thank you for your time.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-05-01:comment-4762 Comment on “QotD, taking-research-seriously edition” 2010-04-09T20:00:00-04:00 Michelle Hi Chris… I think it was like that at my former institution (or at least within the dept I was in)—so maybe it can even be true for some depts at flagship schools. Luckily it’s not like that where I am now… so maybe I’ve left the regional part behind?

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-04-10:comment-4760 Comment on “Tony Tony Tony has done it again!” 2010-02-27T19:00:00-05:00 Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com Utterly bizarre.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-02-28:comment-4758 Comment on “Tony Tony Tony has done it again!” 2010-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 Chris Lawrence http://blog.lordsutch.com/ Apparently they have to keep Berman happy. In my mind, letting him jump to NBC or Fox (I can’t see CBS sullying their product with him) would cost them nothing, but maybe they think his tired schtick still attracts viewers.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-02-27:comment-4757 Comment on “Tony Tony Tony has done it again!” 2010-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com My guess is that ratings will be down for this two-week stretch. How that is in ESPN‘s best interest is beyond me.

Really, the whole thing is ridiculous.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-02-27:comment-4756 Comment on “Discussing discussants” 2010-02-24T19:00:00-05:00 Rick Almeida Maybe three years ago, Kevin Esterling was the section head for political organizations & parties at APSA and decided to turn one of the poster sessions into sort of an “emerging scholars” thing – new phds, mostly. He assigned individual discussants to each poster for a 1 on 1, and also used some section funds for a wine & cheese reception. It was incredibly well attended and really a great experience.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-02-25:comment-4755 Comment on “Discussing discussants” 2010-02-24T19:00:00-05:00 Shannon The State Politics and Policy section assigns discussants to each poster at APSA. The discussant then comes and talks one on one with the author. In my opinion, it really works well, so much so that I would almost rather give a poster for SPP at APSA. It’s more work for the section program organizer, but I wonder why some other sections don’t do the same.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-02-25:comment-4754 Comment on “QotD, deadweight loss of dead trees edition” 2010-01-16T19:00:00-05:00 Dubi http://dubikan.com Just out of curiosity – isn’t there a copyrights issue with that? Do all (or most) journals enable the authors to make their articles accessible?

(Just asking, I’ve never actually published anything yet, so I never looked into it. I’ll be glad to find out it’s not a problem).

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-01-17:comment-4735 Comment on “Life imitates comedy” 2010-01-15T19:00:00-05:00 Dad I had a mock vacation poster in my bedroom for beautiful South Vietnam while I was at MSU in the late 60s.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-01-16:comment-4734 Comment on “QotD, deadweight loss of dead trees edition” 2010-01-12T19:00:00-05:00 Jayvie Canono http://onefinejay.com I believe that any scientist who has received even one cent of taxpayer money should do the same.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2010-01-13:comment-4732 Comment on “On useful idiocy” 2009-11-26T19:00:00-05:00 Chris Lawrence http://blog.lordsutch.com/ Back at you!

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2009-11-27:comment-4729 Comment on “On useful idiocy” 2009-11-25T19:00:00-05:00 Doctor Harold Toboggans http://drtoboggans.com/mindovermemphis Wishing you and yours a non-dysfunctional Thanksgiving

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2009-11-26:comment-4728 Comment on “QotD, Stupak amendment edition” 2009-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 Chris Lawrence http://blog.lordsutch.com/ Scott: Well, the actual point would be that the government by getting involved in health care for everyone is taking sides in abortion almost by definition: if they fund it, they’re taking the pro-choice side, and if they don’t, they’re taking the pro-life side. Either way they’re doing something that many Americans find immoral (denying abortions to poor women who couldn’t afford them without insurance or paying for them to have abortions).

Dubi: My understanding is that the public option won’t be available to people who have employer-sponsored health insurance, only the people in the “exchanges” who don’t. Hence most Americans won’t have any more choice under this plan than they do today.

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2009-11-10:comment-4726 Comment on “QotD, Stupak amendment edition” 2009-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 Dubi http://blogdebate.org/dubi Of course, this assumes your employer is waging a campaign to retain you (in which case, you needn’t opt for the public option) – which is hardly the experience of most working Americans. And isn’t that the exact problem the Democrats are trying to solve?

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2009-11-10:comment-4725 Comment on “QotD, Stupak amendment edition” 2009-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 Scott Just to double check…the government interfering in health decisions is bad….unless the health decision is related to having an abortion….then the government should control it…have I got that particular point of view down? :)

]]> tag:blog.lordsutch.com,2009-11-10:comment-4724 Comment on “On excessive moderation” 2009-11-04T19:00:00-05:00 Xrlq http://xrlq.com/ Nah, “reasonably Republican” candidates don’t turn around and endorse their Democrat opponents when they drop out. The sad part is that by being so blatant about her phoniness, Scozzafava has given RINOs a bad name. Now other RINOs who really would have voted with their party most of the time will also get voted out because none of the party faithful will trust them to do anything.

Then again, percentages can be misleading. I suspect that your average RINO (or DINO) can rack up a pretty good percentage by voting with his party on esoteric crap no one cares about, while voting against them on every ideological issue the voters do care about.

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