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Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Sep 07, 2006 11:01:29 am PDT #6692 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results.

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According to a federal indictment, Costin told employees to alter poll data, and managers at the company told employees to "talk to cats and dogs" when instructing them to fabricate the surveys.

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msbelle - Sep 07, 2006 11:01:44 am PDT #6693 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

hunh, never heard of it. I didn't realize there were youTube communities and serial youTube production.

offa my lawn.


Allyson - Sep 07, 2006 11:02:32 am PDT #6694 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

That's awesome! Best I got was people accusing us photoshopping out the aliens.

I once got a call from a woman who was screaming at me to remove a link to our research group from her website. I told her we couldn't have put it there and she needs to just remove it herself. She wailed that she didnt know how. I told her to just log into her server and delete it. She screamed, "SPEAK ENGLISH!"

And then there are the crackpots who call to disprove GR, but I'm not sure why they choose my groups for that. They're usually engineers with delusions of being physicists.


tommyrot - Sep 07, 2006 11:04:22 am PDT #6695 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

And then there are the crackpots who call to disprove GR

GR = general relativity?


Allyson - Sep 07, 2006 11:06:28 am PDT #6696 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

yeah.


Fred Pete - Sep 07, 2006 11:07:06 am PDT #6697 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

According to a federal indictment, Costin told employees to alter poll data, and managers at the company told employees to "talk to cats and dogs" when instructing them to fabricate the surveys.

Not sure it would work at our place. Teddy is a staunch Democrat. And Marie and Max are apolitical, which is acceptable in 8-year-olds.

Don't mind me. I'm laughing because I'm too unsurprised to be angry, and I'm too old to cry.


Connie Neil - Sep 07, 2006 11:11:40 am PDT #6698 of 10001
brillig

I told her to just log into her server and delete it. She screamed, "SPEAK ENGLISH!"

When hubby worked in a survey job, he had one respondent yell "WORDS!" at him several time, then hang up.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 07, 2006 11:17:12 am PDT #6699 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results.

Oy, I need to break out the tin foil, as I'm seeing conspiracies within conspiracies here. In that, given that Kerry was leading many of the polls prior to the election, were the made up results to give Bush better numbers or worse, so that Kerry would think his strategy was working. Yep, I need a shiny hat.


tommyrot - Sep 07, 2006 11:19:47 am PDT #6700 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oy, I need to break out the tin foil, as I'm seeing conspiracies within conspiracies here.

Well, the article didn't say anything about possible political motivations for this. It seemed they only made up survey results when they ran out of time....


brenda m - Sep 07, 2006 11:20:17 am PDT #6701 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Or when the dogs and cats were undecided.