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  1. Re:This might call for some Fox News counterhackin by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 1 · on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com)

    I included a link to the Heritage foundation refuting your statements. In contrast, all you've provided is your own bare assertions.

    Dr. Rand Paul (elected official), has proposed a specific alternative bill or two (which won the support of Trump and most GOP members of Congress) which was not "over 90% identical to the ACA". Just the provision of using State-level block grants alone instead of Federal mandates removed the vast majority of the rules, regulations and restrictions within the ACA, not to mention the rest of the replacement. In the meantime, after McCain's betrayal, they've done what they can via the portions determined by executive order, which alone make up more than 10% of the ACA's original effect under Obama.

    Once you're ready to start citing some facts (how about a link to the Heritage Foundation "plan" you say the ACA was based on?), then maybe come back.

  2. Re:Mozilla controlled by totalitarian progressives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Mozilla Says Ad on Firefox's New Tab Page Was Just Another Experiment (venturebeat.com)

    This is the Progressive future, as assumed and envisioned by Conservatives who hate any form of change and demonize it where ever possible.

    My utopia is your dystopia and all of that.

    Down with democracy

    No real progressive would say or support that. That's fear mongering by your own leadership.

    Down with the moral teachings of all major world religions

    A good number of progressives don't like religion because it specifically runs against it's own moral teachings when convenient. Case in point: The Bible says to care for the poor and downtrodden, to welcome travelers and immigrants, and to live lives free from material attachments. Guess what the official rhetoric of the self-proclaimed defenders of Christianity is? The poor deserve it, damn everyone who is not one of us, and Greed is good.

    We love the morals, but we hate the contradictions. You don't need a religion to teach or uphold morals and ethics, but you do have to teach and uphold them.

    Down with happy healthy childhood

    More demonizing.

    Long live financial oligarchy!

    That is not true in the slightest. We have, as a platform, removing money from politics. It's a fundamental requirement to be against money in politics to be able to call yourself a progressive in the US.

    Brendan Eich was forced out as CEO of Mozilla for the horrible crime of expressing a political opinion shared by the overwhelming majority of the American populace and considered obviously-correct for all of history until the last five years.

    Just because it was considered "tradition" does not make it immune to re-evaluation. Further same-sex relationships are present in all species not just humans, your view of history is wrong, and so is your view of the present.

    However, I will agree that forcing him out via mass Twitter posting for his personal beliefs was wrong. It's not democratic in the slightest to have a random group of unrelated third parties dictating who can and cannot be employed in a given business. If it were a big enough issue, let them file a complaint, but they should not be dishing out personal attacks like that nor should any person or group give in to pressure to comply with such lynch mobs.

    Long live sodomy! Long live emotionally damaged children!

    Governor Matt Bevin, is that you?

    Too bad - it's going to be forced on you literally at gunpoint

    The only ones who have been pointing guns around here are insane sociopaths, and people frothing at the mouth over the idea of starting a civil war to purge the other. In other words, people who believe in dictatorships and absolute authority over the will of the people. As stated already, no real progressive supports such a position.

  3. Re:yup by HeckRuler · · Score: 1 · on DNC Hacker Releases Trump Opposition File (gawker.com)

    the testimony of the people who actually were there

    Of the ~250 swift boat sailors who were part of "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth", exactly ONE actually served on Kerry's boat, Stephen Gardner, who wasn't there when Kerry earned his medals.

    His other crew members disputed SBVT's allegations, calling them "totally false" (Drew Whitlow), "garbage" (Gene Thorson), and "a pack of lies" (Del Sandusky).

    One other SBVT member, Larry Clayton Lee, was present when Kerry earned his silver star. Here's the interview with him. Even he admits that Kerry earned that medal, but he doesn't like what he said after the war.

    Now, Kerry DID come back and he said it was a terrible war. And that pissed off a lot of people and earned him praise from other people. And that's the crux of the matter. It's politics. I think fighting Vietnam was a terrible idea, start to finish. But this group of SBVT group was funded, organized, and pushed by republican party insiders, and they spouted totally false garbage and lies.

    Now stop spewing your partisan bullshit you coward.

  4. Re:It's a shame, but... by dj245 · · Score: 1 · on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant To Close In 2014

    What happens when the cheap American gas runs out, or demand begins to become large enough to influence the price? The US would then be saddled with hundreds of power stations using a fuel which is suddenly 3-4 times more expensive than it used to be. The consequences for the economy will be disastrous.

    You make it sound like someone is going to turn off the spigot one day. When prices become unbearable, we'll go back to the cheaper options; even nuclear if it's viable.

    This is already happening in certain cases. There have been several instances of power stations in the Northeast failing to start when dispatched because the pipeline company could not supply enough gas. This gets a bit of attention within the industry, but not much press in the wider media. Here is one example.

    When you buy this much gas, there is a choice- guaranteed flow throughput or best-effort. Best-effort gas service is obviously cheaper, but can lead to the problem of not having the gas when it is needed the most. The article above indicates that even if the power plant bought guaranteed throughput, there wouldn't be enough gas on the pipeline if everyone else with guaranteed throughput was using their share. It is a similar problem to a cable company oversubscribing the lines. Only instead of slower internet, the electrical grid has to start calling big customers up and ask them to shut down their operations for the day.

    Gas prices are also very volatile. Our ability to build power stations in a hurry can not hope to keep up with such a price swing.

  5. Re:Masking tape by Agripa · · Score: 1 · on Will Microsoft Dis-Kinect Freeloading TV Viewers?

    Up until a recent lawsuit, Indiana suspended the driver's licenses of people who do not have insurance whether they were driving or owned a car or not.

    http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20121105/NEWS02/311050071/4-000-Indiana-drivers-licenses-reinstated-proof-insurance-case?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home&nclick_check=1

  6. How about Muslims? by a_nonamiss · · Score: 1 · on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park

    I doubt this is unique to Kentucky, but Muslims there can't even get government approval for a self-funded Islamic building, let alone a tax incentive. This country's Christian-bias kills me.

  7. Editorial by kidcharles · · Score: 1 · on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park

    Hilarious editorial blasting this idiocy here: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101202/OPINION01/312020019/1055/OPINION/Editorial+ (h/t PZ Myers)

  8. Video here... by crt · · Score: 4, Informative · on Dying Man Shares Unseen Challenger Video

    On the original article:
    http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100129/NEWS02/1290397/

  9. Re:I'm surprised.... by antirelic · · Score: 4, Informative · on Funds Dwindle To Dismantle Old Nuclear Plants

    I dont normally replied to anon but you make my point for me.

    "human life doesnt really have much value if its not yours." The war cry of the communist/socialist/environmentalist elitist. Rail against everything. Decry every solution as "inhumane", all the while proposing fantasy ideas that have no merit or foundation in reason. I add in the catastrophes to make a "clear" point. I grew up in the coal mining regions of the USA. Care to take a shot at the statistics on "Black Lung" alone?

    Between 1987 and 1996, 14,489 people died from "Black Lung". Care to guess how many people, world wide who died from Nuclear power during that same time period? Since 1990, more than 20,000 people have died from black lung. http://www.courier-journal.com/cjextra/blacklung/index.html

    Counting bodies isn't as abstract as counting parts per million of carbon in the air, or closely guarded computer models predicting weather patterns... Its fairly simple.

    Even the most wacky, statistics skewing websites in existence cannot logically link nuclear power ALONE to being a dangerous source of energy. (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0131-03.htm . PS: A great article if you need a laugh, it links "power production" and "nuclear weapons production" into the same category, "nuclear energy and weapons programs up to 1989 will account for 65 million deaths". I'm sure 64 million of those are due to coal and gas energy sources.

    Anyway. Anonymous snipes backed by "emotion" of wanting to "save the people" is all you can expect from the left. When confronted with logic or even a touch of rational debate, lefties put on their super hero masks and start talking about "the value of life".

    Another group of people wanted to do whats best for the people too. They made gulags and had great leaps forward for the progress of man kind!

  10. Re:Next time try a bigger county by Dpaladin · · Score: 0 · on PC Invader Costs a Kentucky County $415,000

    I have a feeling it's a little easier to fool Bullitt County than it is to fool LA. After all, they were home to that McDonald's strip search fiasco!

  11. Re:Ethanol is just stupid by Qzukk · · Score: 1 · on The Great Ethanol Scam

    there is no such thing as a cheap nuclear reactor

    Well of course not, what with all the reviews and licenses and such everyone has to go through before they even get to break ground. Inspections and all that before you flip the switch cut into profits too... why, if a Boy Scout can build a reactor in his backyard, I'm sure I could build some good-looking ones for a few thousand bucks and turn a nifty profit, and be long gone well before they spring a leak.

    But even if you do catch me, and sue me for trillions of dollars, the radioactive genie doesn't go back in the bottle just like that. The harm will be widespread and long-lasting.

    Or, for an example from real life, consider the Valley of the Drums.

  12. Re:Film at 11... by Firethorn · · Score: 1 · on High Tech Misery In China

    *looks at a picture of the POTUS*
    *Remembers a recent article about the Appalachian Mountains, and the people there*

    Doesn't that prove my thought, in a different way?

  13. immigration by falconwolf · · Score: 1 · on REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU

    That's why so many things we tend to take for granted exist, such as safety glass in automobiles.

    Safety glass for windshields have been required by federal law since 1966.

    No culture or society can survive an overwhelming influx of illiterate, unskilled people for a sustained period. The vast majority of the people coming here illegally from Mexico create a huge expense for the U.S. citizens, financially and also when viewed from public safety and societal cohesion viewpoints.

    So did those Irish Catholics. Most if not all of those "illegal immigrants" from Mexico pay taxes. They all may not pay income tax, though about 8 million do, but they either rent or own property and owners of said property have to pay property tax. Then when they go shopping they are paying sales taxes. By allowing the illegals to legally work in the US they will be paying more taxes, as well as helping to keep Social Security running. Those 8 million have paid more than $50 billion into SS. Imagine if they all paid into SS? Require them to pay into it but without them being able to collect any unless they become citizens, then SS will be kept solvent. As for any illegals collecting SS now, that's a problem with the SSA. They need to check and make sure anyone collecting SS is eligible to collect it.

    I've seen some interesting ideas to help curb the drug money

    Drug money? Drugs should be legalized period. The government should not be telling people what to do with their own bodies. Instead legalize and tax drugs. This alone would cut down dramatically of crime. With only 5% of the world population the US has 25% of the world's prison population. Half of them in prison for nonviolent drug offenses. With drugs legalized and taxed, not only would there be taxes collected from drugs but all, well must anyway, of those people in prison for drug offenses would also be employed and pay income tax. Then with legal drugs street drugs will cost less which will reduce crimes such as muggings, theft, and murder. "Foreign Policy" magazine had a good article in the September/October 2007 issue on ending drug prohibition and looking for it online I found 13 articles on drugs. The one I have goes into how the Taliban in Afghanistan are benefiting, profiting, from illegal opium. Make it legal and you take away their profits from opium. There's more to it however I'll just end it on the note that the government shouldn't be telling people what they can do with their own bodies, the only thing it should be concerned about is if a person is harming or violating the rights of another.

    There's also the aspect of non-citizens drawing on the social support system paid for by taxes on citizens.

    As stated above that's a problem with the Social Security Administration, SSA, not immigrants receiving SS. The SSA needs to make sure, from the first filling for benefits, the person is eligible to receive SS. For other costs such as medical care, that's not just a problem with illegals. Something like half of US citizens don't have health insurance either. As many say about capitalism driving wages down, I say let freemarket capitalism drive health care cost down as well. First, the AMA has a pretty good lock on healthcare. Open up healthcare. Child birth is a bit expensive, most happen in hospitals. Next a lot of child births are done by C section. Both of which drive up prices. Allow Midwives to deliver babies at home, this one step will reduce costs. Then, of those who have health insurance most get it through their employer. Employers get a tax brea

  14. Re:Good grief by sumdumass · · Score: 1 · on Slot Machine with Bad Software Sends Players To Jail

    Are they or are they not breaking some specific law, and if they are, what law ? What law, specifically speaking, forbids one from using a malfunctioning slot machine to get money ?
    How about fraud and theft or larceny, the confusion is going to be the intent of the person committing it and the exact circumstances surounding the event. There was some criminal intent in this case, As at least one person leaned over another player just to insert a $100 to cash $1000 out without playing the game.

    I hope your not wanting a law that specifically say you cannot take money from a slot machine if you didn't win it. Well, there is no law saying I cannot scam you personally out or your retirement money but when the fraud connected with whatever I did catches up, I'm sure I would be prosecuted.

    But more importantly, we will see what they are charged with if and when someone is charged.

    Please understand that a "criminal" is someone who commits a crime, which means breaking a specific law, not merely someone who acts in a way you happen to disagree with or think should be illegal. "Acting in a criminal manner" is ambigious; you either break a law or not. What law has been broken in this case ?
    In a lot of cases, the intent defines the criminal action. You could drive a car, make a mistake and get in an accident with pedestrians. You had no criminal intent and other then maybe cited with a misdemeanor for failure to control you wouldn't be in much trouble. Now, If you saw your ex-wife and attempted to run them down while making it look like an accident, Then the situation is entirely different. You had criminal intent and now other laws that don't specifically say driving into someone now apply.

    Do you see where we are going with this?

    Exploit a flaw in what ? And what law have you broken ? And in what way am I not "whole" so I need to be made so again ?
    Lets say you signed in the wrong place on our contract. Lets assume the receipt and contract look as if you payed you cash instead of with a check and you gave me the car. I notice this after transferring the title into my name and call the bank to stop payment on the check. I now have the car and you gave me a receipt that says you was paid in full.
  15. Re:Please re-read the article! by sumdumass · · Score: 1 · on Slot Machine with Bad Software Sends Players To Jail

    I've read the fine article. It didn't claim that. It didn't say anything about the people using that slot machine not playing it.
    You right. I didn't read the article linked because I already heard about the story from an article that had way more information in it. Here you go if you are interested.

    It would appear that those were the facts and it did happen that way.
  16. Re:Good grief by sumdumass · · Score: 1 · on Slot Machine with Bad Software Sends Players To Jail

    I dunno, do slot machines have a lucky door prize? I'm I unable to enter a casino if I've never played one, and thus I don't know whether or not they have such a lucky door prize?
    I have never seen one like that. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist. But if it did, they would be advertising it somewhere conspicuous.

    Do they register money input in dollars and cents so I can confirm the amount was registered correctly, or do they use a confusing conversion scheme?

    It will depend on what the denomination of the slot machine is. This is usually the minimum bet on the machine. Nickel slots will give you 20 credits which is more or less 20 nickels for each dollar put into the machine. Quarter slots will be 4 credits for each dollar, 50 cent slots will be 2 credits and $1 slots will be one credit. Generally there is more then one pay line where you can win more ways then just getting 3 of something in a row. It tells you your odds for the payout for each line you can win on and there will be a pay(winning combination) chart somewhere on the machine telling you what combinations are winners and then you multiply that against the odds. Some machines will have the minimum bet per line and when you bet more, you take more lines. They sometimes have 2x 3x and 4x the payout if you hit there. Some just give you the odds on the pay chart and each line is the same. I haven't seen any machines that let you pay more then the amount noted on the minimum bet per line, you usually just get to add lines or not.

    After all that, why is it my responsibility to check for someone elses fuck up when I'm persuing a leisure activity?
    It is my understanding, unfortunately from hearing about this outside the article linked, that the people they are attempting to go after had noticed the fuckup and stopped playing the game and started taking advantage of the error. I think there is a difference in playing a game of chance and exploiting a known flaw on purpose in order to profit in a way the machine wasn't intended to use in. That is almost like going to the gas station after hours and noticing they forgot to turn the pumps off and filling up and trying to justify it by saying you purchase 3 gallons earlier that day. Here is a more informational story about it.

    Supposedly, these people placed in a card that identifies them like the customer loyalty card you have at the market. The purpose of this card is so the casino can come around and give things away to you for staying longer then normal or whatever. Anyways, they dropped a dollar in the machine, played, saw the error because they still had credits left and then dropped another dollar into the machines. Once they noticed the error of the machine giving the ten credits per dollar instead of one, they didn't play the game and just used it as a change machine taking 9 extra credits for each dollar placed in.

    These transactions in question are supposedly linked to the club cards the people have where they didn't think to remove the card before exploiting the weakness. I don't think there would be a way to go after someone who place a dollar in and played the game or who didn't use the card. I have several of the cards, each casino seems to have their own. When I gambled a lot, I always got free stuff like hotel rooms or tickets to the shows or buffet and even a limo to take me to other casinos.

    And no, I didn't really lose a lot of "MY" money to get this treatment. They just want to do anything to keep you around the machines and tables and in their casino as long as possible. I usually broke even or was down just a couple of hundred but I would win somewhere around $20,000 total and lose it all during the course of a 2 or 3 day excursion. They knew that if they kept me around, I wouldn't leave with their money.
  17. Re:Even the editors don't RTFA by schnikies79 · · Score: 1 · on Slot Machine with Bad Software Sends Players To Jail

    Here is a better article about the incident. The Courier Journal

    I live in Harrison county, about 20 mins from this casino and know people that work there. There were people just walking up and cashing out without playing at all. There is one specific incident mentioned in the article where a woman put in $100 and got a voucher for $1000 without even playing.

  18. Re:The Real Scoop by emiral · · Score: 1 · on Blogger Removed From NCAA Game for Blogging
    Unfortunately, the information you have is wrong. This is the first time blogging has been restricted at an NCAA event. There has been no mention of blogging specifically in any of the press credentials or anything else that the media is given, until ththis memo was passed out on Friday.

    Read Brian's blog for more info http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/bennett/2007/ 06/ejected-and-dejected.html

    Basically, the NCAA is now interpreting their "live broadcast" rights to include blogging. The Courier-Journal is challenging that interpretation.

  19. Source link by brownsteve · · Score: 1 · on Blogger Removed From NCAA Game for Blogging

    Here is the blog in question if you'd like to read for yourself.

  20. The MyDD Story by Soong · · Score: 1 · on New Campaign Tactic - Google Bombing

    I'm surprised I don't see a link to the original story yet, so here it is:

    http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/10/24/122153/98

    From the story:

    --AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl, --AZ-01: Rick Renzi, --AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth, --CA-04: John Doolittle, --CA-11: Richard Pombo, --CA-50: Brian Bilbray, --CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave, --CO-05: Doug Lamborn, --CO-07: Rick O'Donnell, --CT-04: Christopher Shays, --FL-13: Vernon Buchanan, --FL-16: Joe Negron, --FL-22: Clay Shaw, --ID-01: Bill Sali, --IL-06: Peter Roskam, --IL-10: Mark Kirk, --IL-14: Dennis Hastert, --IN-02: Chris Chocola, --IN-08: John Hostettler, --IA-01: Mike Whalen, --KS-02: Jim Ryun, --KY-03: Anne Northup, --KY-04: Geoff Davis, --MD-Sen: Michael Steele, --MN-01: Gil Gutknecht, --MN-06: Michele Bachmann, --MO-Sen: Jim Talent, --MT-Sen: Conrad Burns, --NV-03: Jon Porter, --NH-02: Charlie Bass, --NJ-07: Mike Ferguson, --NM-01: Heather Wilson, --NY-03: Peter King, --NY-20: John Sweeney, --NY-26: Tom Reynolds, --NY-29:

  21. The MyDD Story by Soong · · Score: 1 · on New Campaign Tactic - Google Bombing

    I'm surprised I don't see a link to the original story yet, so here it is:

    http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/10/24/122153/98

    From the story:

    --AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl, --AZ-01: Rick Renzi, --AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth, --CA-04: John Doolittle, --CA-11: Richard Pombo, --CA-50: Brian Bilbray, --CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave, --CO-05: Doug Lamborn, --CO-07: Rick O'Donnell, --CT-04: Christopher Shays, --FL-13: Vernon Buchanan, --FL-16: Joe Negron, --FL-22: Clay Shaw, --ID-01: Bill Sali, --IL-06: Peter Roskam, --IL-10: Mark Kirk, --IL-14: Dennis Hastert, --IN-02: Chris Chocola, --IN-08: John Hostettler, --IA-01: Mike Whalen, --KS-02: Jim Ryun, --KY-03: Anne Northup, --KY-04: Geoff Davis, --MD-Sen: Michael Steele, --MN-01: Gil Gutknecht, --MN-06: Michele Bachmann, --MO-Sen: Jim Talent, --MT-Sen: Conrad Burns, --NV-03: Jon Porter, --NH-02: Charlie Bass, --NJ-07: Mike Ferguson, --NM-01: Heather Wilson, --NY-03: Peter King, --NY-20: John Sweeney, --NY-26: Tom Reynolds, --NY-29:

  22. So how does this googlebomb work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on New Campaign Tactic - Google Bombing
    Like this?

    --AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl --AZ-01: Rick Renzi --AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth --CA-04: John Doolittle --CA-11: Richard Pombo --CA-50: Brian Bilbray --CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave --CO-05: Doug Lamborn --CO-07: Rick O'Donnell --CT-04: Christopher Shays --FL-13: Vernon Buchanan --FL-16: Joe Negron --FL-22: Clay Shaw --ID-01: Bill Sali --IL-06: Peter Roskam --IL-10: Mark Kirk --IL-14: Dennis Hastert --IN-02: Chris Chocola --IN-08: John Hostettler --IA-01: Mike Whalen --KS-02: Jim Ryun --KY-03: Anne Northup --KY-04: Geoff Davis --MD-Sen: Michael Steele --MN-01: Gil Gutknecht --MN-06: Michele Bachmann --MO-Sen: Jim Talent --MT-Sen: Conrad Burns --NV-03: Jon Porter --NH-02: Charlie Bass --NJ-07: Mike Ferguson --NM-01: Heather Wilson --NY-03: Peter King --NY-20: John Sweeney --NY-26: Tom Reynolds --NY-29: Randy Kuhl --NC-08: Robin Hayes --NC-11: Charles Taylor --OH-01:

  23. So how does this googlebomb work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on New Campaign Tactic - Google Bombing
    Like this?

    --AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl --AZ-01: Rick Renzi --AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth --CA-04: John Doolittle --CA-11: Richard Pombo --CA-50: Brian Bilbray --CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave --CO-05: Doug Lamborn --CO-07: Rick O'Donnell --CT-04: Christopher Shays --FL-13: Vernon Buchanan --FL-16: Joe Negron --FL-22: Clay Shaw --ID-01: Bill Sali --IL-06: Peter Roskam --IL-10: Mark Kirk --IL-14: Dennis Hastert --IN-02: Chris Chocola --IN-08: John Hostettler --IA-01: Mike Whalen --KS-02: Jim Ryun --KY-03: Anne Northup --KY-04: Geoff Davis --MD-Sen: Michael Steele --MN-01: Gil Gutknecht --MN-06: Michele Bachmann --MO-Sen: Jim Talent --MT-Sen: Conrad Burns --NV-03: Jon Porter --NH-02: Charlie Bass --NJ-07: Mike Ferguson --NM-01: Heather Wilson --NY-03: Peter King --NY-20: John Sweeney --NY-26: Tom Reynolds --NY-29: Randy Kuhl --NC-08: Robin Hayes --NC-11: Charles Taylor --OH-01:

  24. Some articles to think about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 2006 Election Maps Mashups

    Some articles to think about in the upcoming election:

    Jon Kyl Rick Renzi J.D. Hayworth John Doolittle Richard Pombo Brian Bilbray Marilyn Musgrave Doug Lamborn Rick O'Donnell Christopher Shays Vernon Buchanan Joe Negron Clay Shaw Bill Sali Peter Roskam Mark Kirk Dennis Hastert Chris Chocola John Hostettler Mike Whalen Jim Ryun Anne Northup Geoff Davis Michael Steele Gil Gutknecht Michele Bachmann Jim Talent Conrad Burns Jon Porter Charlie Bass Mike Ferguson Heather Wilson Peter King John Sweeney Tom Reynolds Randy Kuhl Robin Hayes Charles Taylor Steve Chabot Jean Schmidt Deborah Pryce

  25. Some articles to think about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 2006 Election Maps Mashups

    Some articles to think about in the upcoming election:

    Jon Kyl Rick Renzi J.D. Hayworth John Doolittle Richard Pombo Brian Bilbray Marilyn Musgrave Doug Lamborn Rick O'Donnell Christopher Shays Vernon Buchanan Joe Negron Clay Shaw Bill Sali Peter Roskam Mark Kirk Dennis Hastert Chris Chocola John Hostettler Mike Whalen Jim Ryun Anne Northup Geoff Davis Michael Steele Gil Gutknecht Michele Bachmann Jim Talent Conrad Burns Jon Porter Charlie Bass Mike Ferguson Heather Wilson Peter King John Sweeney Tom Reynolds Randy Kuhl Robin Hayes Charles Taylor Steve Chabot Jean Schmidt Deborah Pryce

  26. University of Louisville method by jbeaupre · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Stem Cells Cure Paralyzed Rats

    I like this approach better: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic le?AID=/20060308/NEWS01/60308003

    I've met these folks. They are getting great results with procedure that is easy to duplicate AND the method uses the patient's own cells. Not only does that avoid the pesky ethics issues, there's no tissue rejection issues.

  27. Re:Look at my screen name by typical · · Score: 1 · on Yahoo Reverses Allah Ban

    In our society, we can protest all we want, but in the end we're still civilized about it.

    It really all depends on what you consider civilized, wouldn't you say?

  28. Re:Jack Nicklaus? by Mishra100 · · Score: 1 · on Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn Awarded Medal of Freedom

    Yes Muhammad Ali deserves a medal of freedom. He publicly fought for Muslim rights and showed the United States that he will succeed. Which he did! He fought for freedom and defended it with great stride. Of course he deserves the Medal of Freedom. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic le?AID=/20051104/NEWS0104/511040426 "Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest athletes of all time and an inspirational figure to millions of people around the world," said White House spokeswoman Christie Parell.

  29. Re:Throw Laptop In The Nearest Lake by iminplaya · · Score: 1 · on Texas State Parks Offer Wi-Fi

    So, I guess Kentucky is not on the itinerary? :-)

  30. SMRT by Zillatron · · Score: 2, Funny · on The Art of Cable Folding
    I love it when people try to make a "I'm better than you, I would have never made that bandwidth mistake!" style reply to a post, but can't even spell things correctly. That sure makes you look SMRT!
    I kid you not, there was a candidate on the ballot in my disctrict this morning named SMRT. I'd like to buy a vowel please.

  31. Re:without lawyers putting doctors out of business by Bull999999 · · Score: 1 · on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too

    I'm sorry that I don't have it in a percentage form but I'll still respectfully disagree with it being a percentage of the cost because But even doctors who have never been sued are facing premiums that can reach $85,000 a year in Kentucky.

    Here are some other facts from that article:

    Other doctors have seen their premiums more than double in a few years. Dr. Kimberly Alumbaugh, an obstetrician/gynecologist who heads up the local chapter of the ACOG, said some local obstetricians pay $45,000 to $50,000 a year for malpractice insurance, compared with $25,000 to $30,000 three years ago.

    Dr. Gerald Harpel of Cynthiana, who said he never had an obstetrics claim filed against him, saw his premiums rise from $27,000 two years ago to $85,000 this year.

    Now I'm not saying that you are wrong as there are other costs (i.e., hospital overhead, drug cost, etc) that's not factored in.

  32. Will this affect blogging? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on FEC May Regulate Online Political Activity

    Blogging has become a huge source of political information lately http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/03/0 2ky/A1-blogs0302-11134.html, will these new laws stiffle the blogging community that has flourished this past year?

  33. Re:Walt Brown should sue John John by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Cornell Hosts Third-Party Presidential Debates

    I'm an engineer and I make 2x what my ex, a special ed teacher makes. She has more degrees as well.

    At my high school, most of the teachers drove older, more beat up cars than the students.

    But I think that is beside the point. "Poor resources" does not mean salaries, it means that the teachers need to buy school supplies out of their own pockets. And now, at least in my state, they are trying to make these expenses non-tax-deductable. It would sort of be like my boss giving me a project and expecting me to come up with all the hardware and tools out of my own pocket. "Poor resources" also ties into things like class sizes, up to date textbooks, and building facilities such as AC.

    My son is now in third grade, and several times every year teachers send home "wish lists" of supplies they would like for projects. Generally these requests are met. I certainly see the results in the types of projects my son gets to be involved in. But, I wonder what happens in places where the teachers are afraid or ashamed to ask, or the parents are not in the position to meet the requests.

    Most teachers I know are not poor. But do you think they should be? You consider salaries which do not leave teachers in poverty "wasteful"? Why shouldn't teachers make more than engineers? In general, they require more education than engineers. And I think that on average, their work is probably more important in terms impact on society than most engineering jobs. And probably, you will find that most teachers value education, and therefore will work really hard to live in the suburbs in order to keep their kids out of inner city schools, because they'll never be able to afford private schools on what they make.

    While I'm against government waste was much as anybody, if the DOE only lost $450 million over 8 years, they are doing a much better job than the DOD. It is a tiny fraction of what has been lost in Iraq in a much shorter period of time. Heck, it is even less than half of what we pay corporations EACH YEAR to make "synthetic fuel" by spraying deisel fuel or latex on coal. If you are upset about government waste, education is small potatos.

    And, in my view, what is making it harder for the average person to make it is not taxes (these rates have generally not gone up that much if at all in a long time). The main reasons are executive compensation and health care costs. The superintendant of my son's district makes $1 million+, on top of perks such as 24/7 security and transportation. The argument being that CEOs running comprably sized companies make that much. And I work at a corporation where the average employee raise for the last 5 years has been 2%, while executives come and go getting seven figure salaries and bonuses. If you want to understand why things are changing, look at what is changing. I think you will find that both executive compensation and health care costs are both increasing far faster than your tax burden, and have been for some time.

  34. SAD NEWS: BOOKER NOE IS DEAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on A Visual History of Spam

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him--even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  35. Please learn how to make links. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on U.S. Nuclear Cleanup Carries Major Risks
    Please learn how to make links.
    <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/200 1/05/29/ke052901s30057.htm">Uranium plants harm ozone layer</a>
    <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1319386. stm">Chernobyl children show DNA changes</a>
    <a href="http://www.thebulletin.org/">The Bulletin</a>
    (without any spaces put there by Slashdot) yields:
    Uranium plants harm ozone layer
    Chernobyl children show DNA changes
    The Bulletin
    Also, if you feel so strongly about this issue, why did you post as an AC?
  36. Sad news ... Booker Noe dead at 74 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Extreme Yo-Yoing

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him--even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  37. Smaller guy wins by Jens_UK · · Score: 2, Informative · on Lindows Agreeing to Change Name
    One of the world's largest corporations just lost a name dispute to a chain of auto parts retailers.

    Ford loses Futura to Pep Boys

    Ford also couldn't get GT-40 back from a pretty small company.

  38. Re:Mugging by prockcore · · Score: 2, Informative · on iPod: This Season's Must-Have for Muggers

    really disabling the nervous system is also capable of stopping the heart and killing the attacker.

    The ACLU agrees with you.

    But your anecdotal evidence doesn't impress me. I've seen enough articles like this and enough TV news to see that they're consistant. I've never seen anyone tased that can continue to move. Everyone describes it the exact same way.

    In fact the only people who I've heard say tasers don't work are anonymous people on bulletin boards who want to place bets that they wouldn't be effected.

  39. BOOKER NOE IS DEAD!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Own Your Own (Replica) ISS Module

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him--even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  40. BOOKER NOE IS DEAD!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on A Quick Look at Longhorn Build 4053

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him--even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  41. Mandrake name explained by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1 · on Mandrakelinux 10.0 Community is Available

    man plus drake = Man Drake.

  42. BOOKER NOE IS ON TEH SPOKE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Saturn Rings But No Spokes

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him--even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  43. GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Star Wars Episode III Spoiler Photos
    BOOKER NOE IS DEAD AND ALL YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IS "STAR WARS"?

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him--even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  44. BREAKING: BOOKER T. NOE DEAD!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Firmware Upgrades For Everything

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him--even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  45. BREAKING: BOOKER T. NOE DEAD!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Superflu Being Brewed in the Lab

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  46. BREAKING NEWS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on EFF's New File-Sharing Scheme

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio--Master Distiller Booker T. Noe was found dead in his Bardstown, KY home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Art of Distilling Bourbon. Truly an American icon.

  47. Re:Powerful bases can break down proteins by Lord+Kano · · Score: 1 · on Safer Means Of Disposing Of Mad Cows

    Sure. I also eat vegitables fertalized by human waste (not that I can tell), which grosses out most people, even though it has been a valuable technique for years in Asia.

    It's also done in Mexico, as evidenced by the recent hepatitis outbreak that was linked to Chi Chi's.

    It just isn't smart to put human feces and urine on plants that you plan to eat. Sure, if you know 100% of the organic material is comeing from healthy people you have nothing to fear, but if one human pathogen is a part of the fertilizer then it can be passed on to the unsuspecting consumer.

    LK

  48. hehe by circletimessquare · · Score: 1 · on Build Your Own Mortar

    reminds me of the story last year about the compressed air pumpkin cannon with a 5 mile range... just look at that thing!

    what is it with october and insane cannons?

  49. Re:yeah but in Louisville, KY ??? by bschook · · Score: 1 · on MillionManLAN Party: The Doors Are Open
    Actually, Louisville is central for a lot of cities in the country. It is just a few (driving) hours from a lot of the major cities in the midwest and southeast. 4 hours from Columbus, OH and St. Louis, MO; 6 hours from Chicago, IL; 3 from Nashville, TN; 8 from Atlanta, GA and 2 from Indianapolis, IN.

    It is home to the Kentucky Derby, home of the First fully contained experimental artifical heart transplant. And, besides that, I live here and love it here. I have been here all of my life and there's nothing like living here!

    I'd rather be here, now.

  50. Re:Summary by jbf · · Score: 1 · on Interview with Student Sued by RIAA

    You can kill people with a gun, but I haven't seen any lawsuit against S&W for creating a tool that can be used to commit a crime.

    http://www.click10.com/mia/news/stories/news-17868 8020021114-161135.html

    http://www.fivecities.com/strider/commentary/strid er8.html

    Tons more

    I haven't heard yet of any paper company being sued

    That's because most people understand how paper works.

    Is Ford liable for you running your car against a 80 years old man crossing the street?

    http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2003/0 4/30/biz-front-Lease30-5051.html

    http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=71000001& sid=adxHkoFiaJ1o&refer=columnists

    Tons more

    Never underestimate the ability of our legal system to find fault in innocents.