On robocalling

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One of the joys of election season is receiving automated electioneering phonecalls, or "robocalls". Especially when they're deceptive robocalls made to sound like they're from the opposition. Usually part of the conservative side's bag of tricks (not always, but usually).

So, in light of this, in addition to NeoCons and PaleoCons, I give you the new robotic Republican faction of dirty tricksters...DeceptiCons!

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I'll try something like that when I get home, and I have to wonder if I didn't sort of do so over the weekend. I was in Topeka and regretting my decision to stick with just water, so I grabbed a bottle of sparkling water with Splenda and added it to a cup of ice. It tasted sweeter longer, suggesting the dilution by meltwater was having an effect (it couldn't be just the cold, since I normally keep my fridge pretty frigid).

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Hm, just diluting some sparkling water didn't help. I guess I'll need to cadge up a packet of powdered Splenda and try the more direct experiment.