That's a pretty wafer thin opinion piece. Sure, Stratfor seems like a mess, but I think the most telling aspect of this whole fiasco is that we actually believe an intelligence company could be so moronic. That says a lot about the public's perception of government intelligence, or lack thereof, if imbeciles like Stratfor are actually being paid to provide services.
What more effective cover for the deadly efficient than the guise of a disorganised clod?
Thank goodness I don't say random things without proof or evidence! Eh comrade?
Beg pardon, but what proof or evidence have you provided which would indicate that the Office of Internal Affairs (a group of fellow police officers, or "peers" as stated by parent) actually arrests other police officers for violating rights?
Seems to me, as I am admittedly not clairvoyant, that saying "random things without proof or evidence" is precisely what you've done.
I wonder where the US would fall if you included people who were denied their right to keep breathing by repressive governments in the numbers.
Dead != in prison, which is the specific attribute being discussed. Thus, your quandary is non sequitur.
Saying the US is the worst ever without considering the full range is disingenuous at best.
They never said the US was "the worst," you did. Parent merely pointed out that we have the highest incarceration rate in the world, which is a fact; 1 out ever every 32 Americans is in prison.
Now, if you wouldn't mind standing still, we've dispatched the Hyperbole Police to your location.
I have a PS3, it will be the last Sony product that I ever buy.
Sony is an asshole company.
This.
Until Sony learns to treat their customers with dignitiy and respect, no dignified person should do business with them.
To Sony: We don't need you, you need us. Keep that in mind next time you want to impose draconian measures against the very people without whom you would not exist.
Yes,theydo. Where did you hear such a ridiculous fallacy? The Cato Institute?
And most of the time, it doesn't even get tax breaks.
Wait, are you talking about the substance itself? Surely no one would intentionally be that obtuse... anyway, oil companies most definitely receive tax breaks, to the tune of billions every year.
Most of those go to exploration, and drilling.
Well gee, Wally, care to explain why companies who break their own records for pure profit every single quarter actually need those "exploration" tax breaks?
But hey, don't let reality worry you.
Doesn't seem like I'm the one having trouble with the concept...
Feed-in-tariff ringing any bells?
No, since the term has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of oil subsidies.
Oh, Dirty Bomb!
All Fusion Centers Burn warm, dead Spillovers.
Infections travel!
Where is the cold Nuclear threat?
Agents wave like rough Coast Guards.
United Nations Explosion!
Death is a warm Department of Homeland Security.
Sail calmly like a misty U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Where is the big Nuclear?
The rainy United Nations roughly fights the Nerve agent.
The Gas Exposures like a warm White Powder.
Wow, Exercise!
Why does the Radiation rise?
The warm Transportation Security Administration swiftly Lockdown the Fusion Center.
Indeed; we (meaning humanity) have also had a lot of luck pulling NG from buried landfills.
It's not the production of NG that I find dubious, but the idea that retrofitting a nation's depot's and fleet to support a gaseous fuel is more cost effective than doing the same for ethanol.
When I was doing gig work, I learned the easiest way to get backstage at a show is to appear on the loading dock a few hours before the event, wearing all black, and start helping the crew do their load-in (industry term for "take the shit off the trucks and set it up on stage"). Once load in is complete just hang around the backstage area until the show.
The downside is, since you're dressed like a stagehand, you'll probably be treated like one, so don't expect to spend the whole show standing around with your thumb up your ass.
The article you linked to specifically states that the ecological damage is a result of over-fertilization of corn crops, "about a third of which is made into ethanol[.]"
So, not so much a result of ethanol production as much the result of greedy farmers.
From your link.
The first three crops depend on technology that doesn't exist. The fourth crop can't be grown in the US. The 5th crop (corn) is ridiculously inefficient as in requires 2 to 7 times the land as the other crops with very high inputs. Oh wait, the 5th crop might be better with, yup, you guessed it non existent technology
You don't have to replace all the seals... technically, there's no requirement to change any, but I recommend changing out the seals and gaskets for the fuel system itself, to avoid cross contamination.
3) Literally anyone would be able to grow and distill their own fuel, virtually eliminating (as opposed to "reducing") our dependence on foreign and cartel oil
4) Myriad of other uses: cooking fuel, rocket fuel, antiseptic properties, etc.
5) converting current auto fleet from gasoline to ethanol is an amazingly simple process; some new gaskets, rejetting the injectors, and adjusting the timing. Most modern CC, FI vehicles probably wouldn't require anything more than a quick reprogramming.
*To head off the absolute morons who will inevitably piss and moan about the use of foodstock for fuel - you're morons; Shut up.
What's so funny about the absolute fact the majority of deaths in hospitals are a direct result of secondary infections received while at the hospital?
Considering you've named 2 people, out of a group of (perhaps up to) a few thousand, who can be considered fairly moral by societal standards, I postulate they qualify as anomalies and thus are not representative of the sample.
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That's a pretty wafer thin opinion piece. Sure, Stratfor seems like a mess, but I think the most telling aspect of this whole fiasco is that we actually believe an intelligence company could be so moronic. That says a lot about the public's perception of government intelligence, or lack thereof, if imbeciles like Stratfor are actually being paid to provide services.
What more effective cover for the deadly efficient than the guise of a disorganised clod?
Pretty much what I was thinking...
Security through Obscurity
Thank goodness I don't say random things without proof or evidence! Eh comrade?
Beg pardon, but what proof or evidence have you provided which would indicate that the Office of Internal Affairs (a group of fellow police officers, or "peers" as stated by parent) actually arrests other police officers for violating rights?
Seems to me, as I am admittedly not clairvoyant, that saying "random things without proof or evidence" is precisely what you've done.
Yes.
1 out ever every 32 Americans is in prison.
Clarification: in prison, on parole, or on probation.
I wonder where the US would fall if you included people who were denied their right to keep breathing by repressive governments in the numbers.
Dead != in prison, which is the specific attribute being discussed. Thus, your quandary is non sequitur.
Saying the US is the worst ever without considering the full range is disingenuous at best.
They never said the US was "the worst," you did. Parent merely pointed out that we have the highest incarceration rate in the world, which is a fact; 1 out ever every 32 Americans is in prison.
Now, if you wouldn't mind standing still, we've dispatched the Hyperbole Police to your location.
Why haven't these police officers been arrested?
Arrested by who? Their peers who do not want to be videotaped either?
Internal Affairs...
Thank goodness Internal Affairs is a completely independent and unbiased organization then, eh comrade?
I design programs to operate in SMP environment...
Notch? Is that you?
I have a PS3, it will be the last Sony product that I ever buy.
Sony is an asshole company.
This.
Until Sony learns to treat their customers with dignitiy and respect, no dignified person should do business with them.
To Sony: We don't need you, you need us. Keep that in mind next time you want to impose draconian measures against the very people without whom you would not exist.
Also, you're dead wrong in your statement that
McCarthy never did anything involving citizens
Unless, of course, you believe taking a position in the U.S. State Department involves surrendering citizenship (Hint: it doesn't).
Who's that again?
From my experience: a malware factory, to be avoided at all costs.
Oil doesn't get subsidies.
Yes, they do. Where did you hear such a ridiculous fallacy? The Cato Institute?
And most of the time, it doesn't even get tax breaks.
Wait, are you talking about the substance itself? Surely no one would intentionally be that obtuse... anyway, oil companies most definitely receive tax breaks, to the tune of billions every year.
Most of those go to exploration, and drilling.
Well gee, Wally, care to explain why companies who break their own records for pure profit every single quarter actually need those "exploration" tax breaks?
But hey, don't let reality worry you.
Doesn't seem like I'm the one having trouble with the concept...
Feed-in-tariff ringing any bells?
No, since the term has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of oil subsidies.
Oh, Dirty Bomb!
All Fusion Centers Burn warm, dead Spillovers.
Infections travel!
Where is the cold Nuclear threat?
Agents wave like rough Coast Guards.
United Nations Explosion!
Death is a warm Department of Homeland Security.
Sail calmly like a misty U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Where is the big Nuclear?
The rainy United Nations roughly fights the Nerve agent.
The Gas Exposures like a warm White Powder.
Wow, Exercise!
Why does the Radiation rise?
The warm Transportation Security Administration swiftly Lockdown the Fusion Center.
Looks like I'm not getting shit done today... :)
Nope... but you can go get me a sandwich.
sudo !!
The kind that require stagehands to work, apparently.
Indeed; we (meaning humanity) have also had a lot of luck pulling NG from buried landfills.
It's not the production of NG that I find dubious, but the idea that retrofitting a nation's depot's and fleet to support a gaseous fuel is more cost effective than doing the same for ethanol.
But why bother when a ticket is much cheaper than a camera?
Or even better, a clipboard and a black t-shirt that says STAFF on the back.
This.
When I was doing gig work, I learned the easiest way to get backstage at a show is to appear on the loading dock a few hours before the event, wearing all black, and start helping the crew do their load-in (industry term for "take the shit off the trucks and set it up on stage"). Once load in is complete just hang around the backstage area until the show.
The downside is, since you're dressed like a stagehand, you'll probably be treated like one, so don't expect to spend the whole show standing around with your thumb up your ass.
The article you linked to specifically states that the ecological damage is a result of over-fertilization of corn crops, "about a third of which is made into ethanol[.]"
So, not so much a result of ethanol production as much the result of greedy farmers.
Your post is a classic strawman.
When it can compete on it's own without subsidies, then yes that will be fine. Until then it's a niche fuel.
Just like oil, right?
It's the fact that, once you've finished rubbing one out, there's really no more reason to pay for erotica.
At least, not for a couple of hours...
From your link. The first three crops depend on technology that doesn't exist. The fourth crop can't be grown in the US. The 5th crop (corn) is ridiculously inefficient as in requires 2 to 7 times the land as the other crops with very high inputs. Oh wait, the 5th crop might be better with, yup, you guessed it non existent technology
Actually, the technology does exist, and has for over 100 years. Looks like Wikipedia needs to start fact checking... itself.
So, your post was... what, exactly?
So replacing all the rubber seals is simple?
You don't have to replace all the seals... technically, there's no requirement to change any, but I recommend changing out the seals and gaskets for the fuel system itself, to avoid cross contamination.
In which case, yes, it's relatively easy.
Here's a few reasons why:
1) 20-70% lower emissions than gasoline
2) Renewable resource*
3) Literally anyone would be able to grow and distill their own fuel, virtually eliminating (as opposed to "reducing") our dependence on foreign and cartel oil
4) Myriad of other uses: cooking fuel, rocket fuel, antiseptic properties, etc.
5) converting current auto fleet from gasoline to ethanol is an amazingly simple process; some new gaskets, rejetting the injectors, and adjusting the timing. Most modern CC, FI vehicles probably wouldn't require anything more than a quick reprogramming.
*To head off the absolute morons who will inevitably piss and moan about the use of foodstock for fuel - you're morons; Shut up.
Who the hell modded this 'Funny?'
What's so funny about the absolute fact the majority of deaths in hospitals are a direct result of secondary infections received while at the hospital?
Considering you've named 2 people, out of a group of (perhaps up to) a few thousand, who can be considered fairly moral by societal standards, I postulate they qualify as anomalies and thus are not representative of the sample.