Posted on 01/19/2012 4:47:10 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
stochastic (stuh-KAS-tik) adjective
Involving chance; random; probabilistic.
Example sentence:
"Medicine is a stochastic science -- no doctor can predict the future."
---Sandeep Jauhar; When Doctors Slam the Door; The New York Times; Mar 16, 2003.
Etymology:
From Greek stokhos (aim, target, a pointed stake for an archer to aim at). Earliest documented use: 1662.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
its true, carl cameron supposedly confirmed it. dang.
I thought you had 2 Ds???
oh puhlease.....the bimbo erruption didn’t slow Clintoon down at all....this is a phony thing set up to tear conservatives away from Newt. I am not falling for it. they hit Cain, now Newt....well......old news. And none of it applied to Clintoon. I even read an article about Callista in People last night and liked it. I am holding firm. Out of the field of losers we have, I like him the best. Why should I let the MSM turn that sour?
Glen was on BORe last night saying he wanted Rick to stay as gov in TX as he has moved there now. I guess Rick was obliging. What next? Santorum doing an about face?
you have the uncanny ability to pop up outta nowhere with a ridic remark and make me LOL in my ofc.
Rumors as to her deathbed were highly overdone. His ex is still alive and is reported to say nothing she hasn’t already...which IS that she supports him in his presidential bid. His daughter by that marriage supports him as well. Even his gay sister supports him. Sounds like he is finally at peace in his life. Reportedly, Callista gets along very well with his sister and daughter. One big happy family. What’s not to love?
It’s an absolute canard to say that anyone supporting Romney over Gingrich is doing so because the MSM forced them to. Romney isn’t being forced down anyone’s throats. it’s the failure of the candidates to break out that is leaving him as the only one standing. i am sick and tired of conservatives P!$$ing and moaning about the MSM. The MSM is a fact of LIFE, deal with it! anyone entering the fray on the republican side has to KNOW that and be prepared to counter it in any way possible. Gingrich has baggage, hubris and a lack of discipline. Someone deciding that Romney has a better shot than he isn’t being hoodwinked by the MSM, they are making an assessment on their own, based on their own perceptions and biases, etc. and to quote a hashtag i just saw on twitter #wearesof*cked.
We are indeed. The GOP hopefuls are not a Field of Dreams......but a field of losers. Hold your nose and pick one.
Oh believe me, I still think the nominee has to be Newt and not Rom-me-the-wrong-way. I finally hit twitter today and saw that Perry bailed and endorsed Newt. I hope that the wife eruption can be ignored. We knew going in that he was a playa’. But we need someone with the balls to approve Keystone on the day after Inauguration. A lame duck Obama gives me the shivers.
oh, and yes.....the MSM and the Washington elites have set up Romney to win. the folks in the boonies don’t trust him or like him. the RINOs love him.
Technically, the Field of Dreams started with the flawed Chicago Black Sox players who were banned from the game because of indiscretions in their past - yet it all turned out good for them in the end. Just sayin’
You just remember that if I need to use you as a reference someday
and what the hell is going on in Iowa.......Rick won by 34 votes and now the state GOP calls it a tie? When Romney won with 7 votes, all was good, now when they recount and it’s not as it seems........bull.
so Newt will overcome and be president? LOL oh, well, I should just relax and all will be well?
So that's her bandwagon now? I tell you, I've lost all respect for all of the commentators anymore.
We have a field of losers.....so why should any one be more of a loser than the next?
Either that, or it means that after the election, when everyone is packing up, Reince Priebus gets to play catch with his dad.
you are nuts if you think anyone LOVES romney, it truly is that they have decided he has the best chance. that’s just BS, i do not know a soul who LOVES ROMNEY and thinks he’s the end all and be all.
Then we are all moaning and groaning and unhappy. Carping at each other and miserable. Break out the prozac.
I’m a “go for brokered” myself when it comes to this primary season.
I wouldn’t be so down on Laura for backing Newt if it wasn’t for her calling Romney “a conservative’s conservative” back in ‘08.
I’m beginning to think that if you drag around a few bucks you can get these guys and gals to sing any tune.
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