Sentences with phrase «also stacks the deck»

But he also stacks the deck so entirely in Jimmy's favor that the film never rises above the level of a mildly stirring protest song.

Epstein argues that activists such as Bill McKibben not only refuse to acknowledge the immense benefits associated with fossil fuels, they also stack the deck.

Not exact matches

Challenges also usually involve some level of tracking and accountability, and are often also (naturally or formally) social: all these things stack the decks of change in your favor.

They want to «stack the deck» in such a way that if you accept what they say about the accuracy, authority, and credibility of Scripture, then you will most likely also accept their interpretation and understanding of Scripture (what the witness says), if you do this, then you will also buy into the rest of their theological system that they were trying to prove in the first place.

I'd like to encourage food bloggers, public health advocates, lunch reformers, etc to enlist parents to make good choices (without guilt) but to also recognize that the deck is stacked against parents.

Moreover, those who quote the costs of replacing the Vanguard class over a 46 - year period unfairly stack the deck, unless they also do the same for hospitals, schools, social security, or DfID.

Looking at the cast for The Disaster Artist, we also see a stacked deck.

However, his analysis also relies upon a serious observation that high frequency trading and the rapid movement of large blocks of stock has stacked the deck hugely against mom and pop.

I'm certainly not advocating diving straight into stocks, sectors & markets you know nothing about, but clinging rigidly to your comfort zone may be just as / if not more dangerous for your health — being the best sailor on a ship ain't much use if it's sinking fast in the middle of the Atlantic... Stocks change, valuations change, markets change, economies change — to avoid risk, and to seek opportunity, you need to change also... The more flexible & varied your investment approach — in terms of perspective & analysis — the more you'll stack the deck in your favour.

Finding a good balance is obviously key — you don't want to stack your deck with weapons that rot in your inventory, but by the same token you also don't want too few and run the risk of not drawing gear you need.