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Re: (Update: Samsung responds) Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge owners report “pink line” display problem

Politicalcrunch — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:08:19 -0000

I've had two S7edge phones that had this problem. In both cases they replaced the phone for me and so far my third one hasn't had problem yet.

Re: Even for the GOP, Parts of Obamacare Should Be Worth Saving

Politicalcrunch — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 10:01:35 -0000

Really? You actually think the only thing that we don't like
about Obamacare is the Mandate? It is a big one, I'll give you that! It
gave us one of the worst and most destructive supreme court rulings in history
of USA, up there with rulings allowing Japanese internment & Ruling that
black people were property,

Basically it sets precedent that we do not actually have any constitutional
rights any longer, that is, they can pass any law regulating speech, forcing
warrant less searches, no due process, etc.... you name it, as long as the
enforcement mechanism is a tax penalty!

How about my deductible going from $800 to $3,000 after year 1 of Obamacare and
now up to $5,000 (not good for a guy who gets 2 CT Scans a year), my Company
used to match what I put in HAS which helped but not any longer as premium
increases ate that that up. I also ha
a friend who has 2 kids who purchased through he exchange and her deductible,
$10,000.

Then there’s the fact that the # of full time jobs are fewer
nowadays while most entry level work only offers part time hours (avoiding
health insurance costs)

If you like your plan you can keep it my B*&&! It
will save families $2,500 a year!!!

We can add to all this the fact that we know Obama and most Democrats
want single payer, one size fits all system ( https://youtu.be/Kvg8qVKZYuM ).

We need to go to a competitive system which allows
competition across state lines, allows Insurance Companies to offer a wide variety
of options for coverage, for instance, catastrophic high deductible policies
for younger people who are not likely going to be visiting the doctor much and
they can save some money in a tax free HSA to cover anything that does come up.
Their policies would be cheap.

We can solve the pre existing issue by maybe having Gov add
a small tax ($15 month) and put in a
fund which can cover these costs and only available to those not working and
have been out of work no longer than 2 years.

I hope that is enough, there is plenty more on this subject.

Re: Booker Rising: Nadra Enzi: "Black Generation Xers Should Put Group-Think In A History Museum"

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:29:10 -0000

Yes, they opposed the war because they got their oil from Iraq! I never heard that the French said there were no WMD and I don't remember Bush saying Saddam had Nuclear capabilities, I do remember that they were saying he intended to reinstitute the program that he had going before the 1st gulf war.

Re: Booker Rising: Nadra Enzi: "Black Generation Xers Should Put Group-Think In A History Museum"

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:24:09 -0000

""The United Nations' former chief weapons inspector in Iraq told the official inquiry into the war that he had cautioned Tony Blair the month before the 2003 invasion about the possibility that no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) would be found. "
He wasn't going to find any, if you remember, every place they showed up to inspect they were prevented from doing so for a few days until they had a chance to empty out what they didn't want found. The UN inspections were an effort in futility & if anything could have served to help Saddam delay and smuggle out what he did have.

Re: Booker Rising: Nadra Enzi: "Black Generation Xers Should Put Group-Think In A History Museum"

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:22:49 -0000

Here you go, it was actually part of the UN resolution, do a search for "The carefully worded UN resolution put the burden on Iraq, not UN inspectors, to prove that they no longer had weapons of mass destruction" http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: Booker Rising: GOP: "Slow Your Roll About The Matheson-Love Race Results"

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:02:00 -0000

"I mean Alan West who is about as low-life a scumsucker as they come had to be dragged kicking and screaming to finally conceding he lost."
This is a man who served his country and risked his life for country! and this is what he gets for disagreeing with you? Amazing! You guys on the Left have some major issues!

Re: Booker Rising: Nadra Enzi: "Black Generation Xers Should Put Group-Think In A History Museum"

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:48:34 -0000

NSangoma, you say:
"NADRA AKA CAP BLACK, I voted for the POTUS Obama because I do not like the idea of rich, privileged, entitled, FoMo sending people to wars that they themselves and their scion will not fight"

Funny you say that while Obama has our troops over in Afghanistan, Libya (dead Ambassador and CIA hero's after refusing the Ambassador's NUMEROUS requests for additional security and then shamelessly telling family members that they were going to get the guy who did that video <--Hillary said that last part!), I wasn't aware of any member of President Obama's family serving in the Middle East nor do I remember Obama himself ever serving!

As far as Lying about Iraq, that is an absolute falsehood! Bush even allowed a panel of equal number of Dems and Repubs to see and review briefings and they concluded that there was no evidence whatsoever that Bush was lying.

Sad part is you don't even know we didn't need that panel to know that to be the case, quoting the UN official in charge of inspections in Iraq before the War: "we do not have to prove he does have WMDs, he has to prove that he doesn't have them as they were already confirmed and admitted to being there but Saddam couldn't show ANY evidence of destroying them!, Then you have the British intelligence, the French intelligence, the Israel intelligence, Saudi intelligence, etc... all saying he had WMDs as well, were they all lying as well?
Now let's talk about what we did find in Iraq, we found 3 tons of Nerve Gas! Funny that the UN and those on the left don't refer to that as WMD as that was the more likely tool that the Terrorists would use on us and not WMD Warheads!
Last but not least, we captured the terrorist who gave up Osama's currier who led us to Osama in Iraq!

Re: John McCain: Stand-Up Guy or Total Jerk?

Politicalcrunch — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:06:12 -0000

I think the answer to this is pretty clear, if he says something that the MSM and the left like he's a Maverick and a stand up guy and his comments will be featured in as many news stories as possible as the sane Republican who is talking the truth. On the other hand, if he says something that the media and you guys don't like he is an idiot and a total jerk. As for some of you're "Jerk" examples: Refers to his Captors as "Gooks", really? you expect him to refer to them in a nice and flattering manner? He suggests climate science may be flawed after previously supporting climate change legislation. Could he have been referring to the CRU researchers who produced the doctored hockey stick graph?

Re: A Tale of two very different recoveries

Politicalcrunch — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:55:39 -0000

This is a test

Re: Twice as fast, rebuilt Facebook app finally lands in App Store

Politicalcrunch — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:13:02 -0000

Yep, this was a BIG FAIL! ruined the App for me as far as I'm concerned! Must have idiots for programmers over there when it comes to programming for native iPhone apps!

Re: how-andrew-cuomo-gave-birth-to-the-crisis-at-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:54:50 -0000

Joshua, I hope you are still out there, the one thing this article forgets to mention is that the Bush Admin issued warnings about Fannie/Freddie in 2003 as to the risk that they posed to the financial markets and in 2005 pushed for Legislation issuing new reguations, a new agency to regulate and oversee them that had the suficiant authority needed and also limiting the size and % of the market that the GSE's could occupy. The Legislation passed in the House but could not survive a Senate Filibuster. As to your question about how much the GSE's bought, by 2006 they bought and/or sold 60% of all sub prime mortgages issued in the USA.

Re: Op-Ed: Stop Feeding Facebook, It's Time for Moderation

Politicalcrunch — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:12:58 -0000

You can use your lists to control the options that you mentioned! Yes, there are a lot of options and the best way to figure them out is to go take a look at them.

I was mostly referring to the comparison to Circles on Google+

As for the options that you mentioned, I have them setup so that NONE of my friends get updates when I use a Facebook App, and I use my Work list to make sure that people that I work with don't get ANY updates unless I specifically post something with the intention for it to be seen by my coworkers.

I found the best way to ensure that this works out the way you want it to is to create a dummy account, friend that dummy account and add it to your exclusionary list, then login to the dummy account every once in a while to see if anything slips through the cracks.

So far, nothing I didn't intend to get through has ever made it through!

Re: Op-Ed: Stop Feeding Facebook, It's Time for Moderation

Politicalcrunch — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:17:47 -0000

I've got to say, I have heard this complaint over and over again about how difficult Facebook's privacy settings are and I am perplexed every time I hear it. I have never had any troubles setting my feeds up so that people at work see certain posts, only family gets to see other posts, etc...

It's called "Lists", build them according to your needs and just like with Google+ Circles, you can post so that only those in a list get the update, you can also post and allow friends and family to see something but nobody who's on a certain list (say, your work list).

Re: New iPad Wallpapers Showing Up In iOS 5.1 Beta 2

Politicalcrunch — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:50:46 -0000

Here's what I'm using for my home screen.

https://www.box.net/shared/...

Re: Are You Paying Apple Too Much For E-Books? The Justice Department Thinks So

Politicalcrunch — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:56:50 -0000

I wasn't aware that it was against the law to increase prices! What about when they reduce the price? Who would they go after then? The consumer for selfishly shopping around for a better price!

Re: Report: Sprint Will Get iPhone 5...Exclusively

Politicalcrunch — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:32:06 -0000

20 Million in a QTR on 2 carriers which is exactly why they would not do it for one carrier! They could theoretically sell 400 Million with at&t & Verizon alone over the next 4 years so they are not going to give one carrier (one of the smallest BTW) exclusivity with a guarantee of 30.5 million over the same period, that does not make ANY business sense at all! Get your fact correct. BTW: If you read the WSJ article, Sprint is guaranteeing the purchase of 30.5 Million in 4 years just to be able to OFFER the iPhone.

Re: Report: Sprint Will Get iPhone 5...Exclusively

Politicalcrunch — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:06:48 -0000

This is one of the most lame iPhone 5 rumors yet! Apple sold 20 Million units last QTR alone and they are supposedly going to sell iPhone exclusivity for a 4 year / 30.5 million unit purchase quarantee? Ya right, more like 300.5 Million unit purchase guarantee!

Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/09/power-surges-back-on/

Politicalcrunch — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:44:20 -0000

Every state should be a right to work state, if you want to join a union be my guest but if you don't you shouldn't be forced to do so. I like how you presume he makes $8 an hour, I don't work for a union and I make a lot more than $8 an hour!

Re: https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/09/bill-passed-could-expedite-sd-stadium-convention-c/

Politicalcrunch — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:18:29 -0000

Any tax increase on out of state businesses doing business in CA will be passed on the the consumers of their products or services or possibly result in less jobs at the companies that have to pay it as they might seek to cover the added expense by reducing labor costs if they can't pass the cost on to the consumer.

Re: Craig’s List Ads and Web Traffic; How They Tie Together

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:54:59 -0000

We have noticed that posts made between 7 and 11 pm in the evenings on Avg get more than double the page views and click throughs to our website than ads posted during daytime hours!

Re: “60 Minutes”: Does Mark Zuckerberg Want to “Own” the Internet? (Plus New Profiles on Facebook!)

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:12:29 -0000

Maybe he didn't answer the question because it is a really stupid question!

I would have said, Ya, I'll take it if someone gives it to me but of course that isn't likely to happen anytime soon.

Better yet, How come nobody has ever asked any of the Google guys that same question?

Google has their hands in more aspects of the Internet than Facebook does. Now we hear rumors that Google's building a product to compete with Facebook.

If that's true I would say Facebook should build a search engine and figure out how to utilize their social data to provide more relevant search results.

Re: How Apple’s Closed Ways Could Land It Into Antitrust Trouble

Politicalcrunch — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:44:11 -0000

To claim Apple has a monopoly with their iPhone is lame at best, consumers have a lot of choices and options available to them if they are unhappy with Apple's ways and frankly I think it is getting downright ridiculous if not outright tyrannical to have a Gov agency dictate to Apple how they run their business when it is supposed to be the consumer who drives these things by choosing one of the many platforms out there like Android + all carriers + many device manufacturers or Windows adopting a similar model or RIM or Nokia, etc....

It is time we get back to basics and stop requesting our Central Gov to dictate your preferred business model, BTW, the only way you will ever know if Apple's way or Google's way works better is if you keep the Gov out of it, if you do not they will create a one size fits all solution that offers little room to differentiate and innovate.

Just look at Obamacare, all insurance COs will have to cover the same things, can't refuse preexisting conditions, etc... meaning those who are responsible and pay their monthly premiums are going to be penalized by those who figure out that they no longer have to pay the premiums (rather pay a small monthly penalty to the Gov) then when they get sick they can simply go buy a policy and pay until they no longer need treatment and then cancel their policy which in the end will destroy health care as we know it.

Don't believe me just take a look at Mass. which is among the highest cost markets in the US and find themselves in a scenario where Insurance COs refuse to issue new policies because the Gov will not approve their increases while at the same time all of the Insurance providers in their state are Non Profit Orgs.

Re: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217406

Politicalcrunch — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:42:09 -0000

"Super-Smart Browser: Sparked by (who else?) Google and its relentless drive for market share" You have got to be kidding right? Browser extensions/Add-ons have been around since IE back in the 90s but if anyone deserves credit for sparking the craze it would have to be Firefox/Mozilla! They opened up their browser to the Dev world and made it easy to build extensions for it years before Chrome. I get tired of people giving credit to Google for so many things that they simply copied and improved on (by leveraging their mass audience). What's next, Google/Android sparked the Mobile App market even though Apple iPhone was the first Mobile OS to popularize and build a truly powerful Mobile App market?

Re: How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google Is Today

Politicalcrunch — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:09:56 -0000

I certainly do not doubt this much, Facebook is sitting on the type of data that would allow them to build a better search engine than google's as they have the ability to tailor search results based off of a rich set of user data.

Take Google's algorithm and add to that a users posts, likes, comments, friends and their activity, responses to previous search results, etc... and you have an unheard of potential to advance search in a way the likes of which Microsoft, Yahoo and others never could, without this advantage their efforts could only hope to produce similar results as Google's, and that just isn't enough to get people to switch.

I would be amazed if facebook doesnt produce their own search product in the near future.

Re: E-mail to Barack Obama Gets UK Teen Banned from U.S.

Politicalcrunch — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:29:59 -0000

I've called him much worse, are they going to ban me from the USA??? I've heard many call the previous President worse and i don't remember any being banned!