Racial? No, no, nowadays it's called facial profiling. A totally different thing! We do not profile about the color of the face, never, no, no, we don't do that...
And while here in southern Louisiana we'd love to get some energy from the horrid summer heat, the shifting ground and perpetual sinking of our landscape will surely crack or damage the daylights (ha!) out of the pipe system. Either way, it's nice to see a working effort.
SimCity 2k has some great tunes, including a great jazz track Central Park Sunday, or something like that. You can download the tracks for free from EA, or at least you could a year ago. Great stuff.
Sadly most parents today do not want to bother with teaching their kids.
Yep, I see much truth in that statement. As a private school teacher I get the "But, that's what we pay tuition for" attitude. Raising and educating children is something you outsource to the paid professionals. File a lawsuit? Hire a lawyer. Get some chemo? Find a doctor. Fix the bathroom? Hire a contractor. Teach the kids? Pay a private school. The idea of hands of teaching is something many well-to-do and aspiring ladder climbers feel they are to busy to bother with. Careers and making money seem to be more important for many, when just spending time with their kids would work wonders. Afluenza, a nasty sickness caused by too much money and not enough attention...
I actually like to browse through friends lists of bands that I like on Myspace. Most of these bands are unsigned or indie acts. Chances are that the bigger bands I like have friends that are new bands that often fit into the sound of the "big" band. Not always just clones, either. While you come across some music that may not be what you look for, I have found numerous new acts that I really enjoy that I learned of only through Myspace. Of course, if I want to buy a full album I can look on iTunes to see if it's there. I haven't really tried the SnoCap (or some such name) service on myspace yet. The Plastic Constellations, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Lotus, Tal Wilkenfeld, The Bird and the Bee, Marjit Vinjerui and many others are artists I don't think I would have ever gotten through the mainstream, to name a few. If some of the these acts are RIAA, sorry on my part. Trolling the friends pages has really changed how I browse music, and it has done wonders in allowing me to find tiny acts that might never make "the radar."
And to think I've got to an old-fashioned MRI this week. I can assure you that all the investments in recent big machines will be paid for before the imaging companies switch over to the new smaller units. Of course, they'll just jack the fees even higher to pay for the new machines when they roll out. I can't imagine how much they'll bend us over for MRIs now.
If we find "them," run and hide is right! If someone from out there does show up maybe it will be a bitter payback for all the Euro-colonizing that was done in the New World. 1492 intergalactic smack down part II! Here, have some disease, let us have your lands, and oh welcome to the Catholic Church! Maybe those Scientologists know something we don't, heh.
What are these "boobs" you speak of? Would I need to leave the basement to see them? Oh, you don't mean IN PERSON! Whew, you scared me there for a sec...
Population? I'm not trying to be a smart ass... but when we vote around 100 million votes are cast... how many in Sweden? Logistics, human error, human cheating... these are some reasons I can think manual counts could be problematic.
Japan 125 million or so people
US 305 million or so people
China 1,305 million or so people
With China having a billion more people than the US it may just be a matter of time before their entire middle class is larger than the entire US population. Yes, yes many, many poor people left out of the economic miracle. Yes, yes many problems with an overzealous and rather corrupt political system. Even so, as China continues to crank out far more college grads than the US and they continue to suck in dollars like there is no tomorrow, you better believe that by 2050 there is a good chance their total economic activity could rival the US. Don't kid yourself into thinking the US will always remain the dominant economic/military power in the world. Perhaps the US is already heading toward a slide in power. Think the Brits saw it coming when the Empire started to wane? What about the Spanish? Did the Romans know it while it was occurring? Collapse, highly unlikely... slide from #1... inevetable.
Before the downmods begin, I am not pitching flamebait. Just looking at death in the name of god/religion.
By far, with numbers that border on mind boggling, I find it AMAZING that far, far more millions of people have been killed in the name of Christ (scratch the surface with Crusades, Conquistadors, Salem Witches) than have been killed in the name of Satan. Weird that a few serial killers claim to kill in the name of Satan, yet the Catholic Church has murdered many, many in the name of Jesus. How is it that killing someone, condemning them to death in the name of "our lord Jesus" ever happened in church history? How does that jibe?? And then throw in the number of people killed lately in the name of Allah and Muhammad. People sure are strange...
Now, before you bash, flame, or mod me troll... hear me out. You say we have market failure in the oil sector. People in the US love to bitch and moan about how expensive oil is (really it's gas that gets the bitching). Ever drive in Europe or Japan? Wanna see what expensive gas looks like, try over there. Few will agree, but the truth is... gas ain't expensive enough! For god's sake, we pour gas into frickin leaf blowers and burn it up pushing leaves on to neighbors yards! Gas is so cheap we drive Hummers, SUVs and other gas sucking mammoths farther then ever before. Thanks to rings of suburbs, commutes get longer, meaning we use... MORE GAS! How many people REALLY carpool? Or take mass transit in this country? If gas were too expensive that number would skyrocket... so I say, gas (by way of oil) is too cheap. Watch how many people use "gas" blowers instead of brooms with really expensive gas prices... Per gallon, gas is cheaper than milk... by a long shot. We consume more oil than any other country on the planet because the oil is too affordable. Or, we really are a country of morons that would rather pay higher prices than ride a train, bus or use a broom to sweep...
Leave it to big pharma to release the legal hounds. I guess the profit margins must be getting pretty slim for them to start harassing the ARC. Most likely they don't want anyone to think they are handing out relief supplies to people suffering from disasters... think what that would do to investor confidence.... handing out stuff for free!?? Horrors.... No, no, no! Handouts bad! Profit good!
Funny, Elton... Backpage and Craigslist helped a buddy and me find a bass player, a drummer and a singer. We now have a band with our tunes on MySpace which gives us more exposure than we could ever have without the net. So, find new members, share your music, find the best deals on musical gear, tout your gigs, reach the world, download software to help recording... How is that killing music Sir Platform Heels and Funny Glasses?
Wouldn't you also expect to see all Chinese and Indian women dying their hair blonde to match this "universal" attraction? Seems to me most people on this planet have black or brown hair... why not all blonde? A mighty bold pop-psychology statement the article makes.
As seems to be common, these A-lee-uhns didn't take into account the difference between metric and imperial measurements... that and New Mexico doesn't recognize Daylights Savings Time, right?
Records? Who the hell wants to buy Prince's records??? I mean, what, oh look! he went to the doctor in 1983... and this record says he was given a traffic ticket. And this record is the one Asscroft and Co. made when they heard he was going to be on the Super Bowl show... Records... sheesh... And as for record stores... people buy records? I want CDs, MP3s and iTunes:) And I don't need no stinkin' store for that... Let the RIAA hacks crap themselves... the floodgate has burst and there is nothing they can ever do to get back the manipulation known as radio/video play that they once had. I would love to see what "retaliate" means for them.
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Racial? No, no, nowadays it's called facial profiling. A totally different thing! We do not profile about the color of the face, never, no, no, we don't do that...
And while here in southern Louisiana we'd love to get some energy from the horrid summer heat, the shifting ground and perpetual sinking of our landscape will surely crack or damage the daylights (ha!) out of the pipe system. Either way, it's nice to see a working effort.
I can't get this ending line out of my head... "He loved Big Brother."
SimCity 2k has some great tunes, including a great jazz track Central Park Sunday, or something like that. You can download the tracks for free from EA, or at least you could a year ago. Great stuff.
I actually like to browse through friends lists of bands that I like on Myspace. Most of these bands are unsigned or indie acts. Chances are that the bigger bands I like have friends that are new bands that often fit into the sound of the "big" band. Not always just clones, either. While you come across some music that may not be what you look for, I have found numerous new acts that I really enjoy that I learned of only through Myspace. Of course, if I want to buy a full album I can look on iTunes to see if it's there. I haven't really tried the SnoCap (or some such name) service on myspace yet. The Plastic Constellations, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Lotus, Tal Wilkenfeld, The Bird and the Bee, Marjit Vinjerui and many others are artists I don't think I would have ever gotten through the mainstream, to name a few. If some of the these acts are RIAA, sorry on my part. Trolling the friends pages has really changed how I browse music, and it has done wonders in allowing me to find tiny acts that might never make "the radar."
And to think I've got to an old-fashioned MRI this week. I can assure you that all the investments in recent big machines will be paid for before the imaging companies switch over to the new smaller units. Of course, they'll just jack the fees even higher to pay for the new machines when they roll out. I can't imagine how much they'll bend us over for MRIs now.
If we find "them," run and hide is right! If someone from out there does show up maybe it will be a bitter payback for all the Euro-colonizing that was done in the New World. 1492 intergalactic smack down part II! Here, have some disease, let us have your lands, and oh welcome to the Catholic Church! Maybe those Scientologists know something we don't, heh.
What are these "boobs" you speak of? Would I need to leave the basement to see them? Oh, you don't mean IN PERSON! Whew, you scared me there for a sec...
Well hopefully the 160,000 year old cavemen lasted longer than ABC's Cavemen...
Population? I'm not trying to be a smart ass... but when we vote around 100 million votes are cast... how many in Sweden? Logistics, human error, human cheating... these are some reasons I can think manual counts could be problematic.
Japan 125 million or so people US 305 million or so people China 1,305 million or so people With China having a billion more people than the US it may just be a matter of time before their entire middle class is larger than the entire US population. Yes, yes many, many poor people left out of the economic miracle. Yes, yes many problems with an overzealous and rather corrupt political system. Even so, as China continues to crank out far more college grads than the US and they continue to suck in dollars like there is no tomorrow, you better believe that by 2050 there is a good chance their total economic activity could rival the US. Don't kid yourself into thinking the US will always remain the dominant economic/military power in the world. Perhaps the US is already heading toward a slide in power. Think the Brits saw it coming when the Empire started to wane? What about the Spanish? Did the Romans know it while it was occurring? Collapse, highly unlikely... slide from #1... inevetable.
Before the downmods begin, I am not pitching flamebait. Just looking at death in the name of god/religion. By far, with numbers that border on mind boggling, I find it AMAZING that far, far more millions of people have been killed in the name of Christ (scratch the surface with Crusades, Conquistadors, Salem Witches) than have been killed in the name of Satan. Weird that a few serial killers claim to kill in the name of Satan, yet the Catholic Church has murdered many, many in the name of Jesus. How is it that killing someone, condemning them to death in the name of "our lord Jesus" ever happened in church history? How does that jibe?? And then throw in the number of people killed lately in the name of Allah and Muhammad. People sure are strange...
Whoa. Point well taken. $74 profit per barrel would be market failure :)
Now, before you bash, flame, or mod me troll... hear me out. You say we have market failure in the oil sector. People in the US love to bitch and moan about how expensive oil is (really it's gas that gets the bitching). Ever drive in Europe or Japan? Wanna see what expensive gas looks like, try over there. Few will agree, but the truth is... gas ain't expensive enough! For god's sake, we pour gas into frickin leaf blowers and burn it up pushing leaves on to neighbors yards! Gas is so cheap we drive Hummers, SUVs and other gas sucking mammoths farther then ever before. Thanks to rings of suburbs, commutes get longer, meaning we use... MORE GAS! How many people REALLY carpool? Or take mass transit in this country? If gas were too expensive that number would skyrocket... so I say, gas (by way of oil) is too cheap. Watch how many people use "gas" blowers instead of brooms with really expensive gas prices... Per gallon, gas is cheaper than milk... by a long shot. We consume more oil than any other country on the planet because the oil is too affordable. Or, we really are a country of morons that would rather pay higher prices than ride a train, bus or use a broom to sweep...
Leave it to big pharma to release the legal hounds. I guess the profit margins must be getting pretty slim for them to start harassing the ARC. Most likely they don't want anyone to think they are handing out relief supplies to people suffering from disasters... think what that would do to investor confidence.... handing out stuff for free!?? Horrors.... No, no, no! Handouts bad! Profit good!
Need I say more than... see my sig?
Oddly enough, today's featured article on Wikipedia is about..... supernovas :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Funny, Elton... Backpage and Craigslist helped a buddy and me find a bass player, a drummer and a singer. We now have a band with our tunes on MySpace which gives us more exposure than we could ever have without the net. So, find new members, share your music, find the best deals on musical gear, tout your gigs, reach the world, download software to help recording... How is that killing music Sir Platform Heels and Funny Glasses?
This reminds me of.... 2002.... http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/0 3/28_solar.htmlsame idea, 2002
5 continents? What horrible geography teacher did you have??
Oblig: With a son you worry about one penis... with a daughter you worry about 'em all.
Wouldn't you also expect to see all Chinese and Indian women dying their hair blonde to match this "universal" attraction? Seems to me most people on this planet have black or brown hair... why not all blonde? A mighty bold pop-psychology statement the article makes.
As seems to be common, these A-lee-uhns didn't take into account the difference between metric and imperial measurements... that and New Mexico doesn't recognize Daylights Savings Time, right?
Records? Who the hell wants to buy Prince's records??? I mean, what, oh look! he went to the doctor in 1983... and this record says he was given a traffic ticket. And this record is the one Asscroft and Co. made when they heard he was going to be on the Super Bowl show... Records... sheesh... And as for record stores... people buy records? I want CDs, MP3s and iTunes :) And I don't need no stinkin' store for that... Let the RIAA hacks crap themselves... the floodgate has burst and there is nothing they can ever do to get back the manipulation known as radio/video play that they once had. I would love to see what "retaliate" means for them.