"In 1959 5,749,000 television sets were sold in the US, bringing the cumulative total of sets sold since 1950 to 63,542,128 units."
There are 300 + Million people in the U.S. and you're telling me that only 63.5 million sets have been sold from 1950 to now???
I call Bullshit.
"By 1960, there were 52 million sets in American homes, one in almost nine out of ten households." Jordan, Winthrop. The Americans. Boston: McDougal Littell, 1996: 798.
"According to data from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), there are currently 285 million televisions in use in US households." North American TV Market and Its Relevance [pdf]. Energy Star Research, 6 January 2006.
It's obviously a good law. They should also make a law that gives an extra year of jail time to someone who forges a check using an ink pen with green ink instead of blue ink.
I smell a Video Game Industry Union coming. Since The Supreme Court decided that Corporations are persons with rights over and above any actual people it's no surprise that this kind of treatment is becoming the norm.
If these theories are so nutball and baseless then why does the Government need to spend so much time and effort to infiltrate and undermine/marginalize them??
The blurb you make insinuates that they "caved in" when in fact one of the bloggers gave up their laptop so in all likelihood they got the info they wanted off that laptop and that's why they dropped the subpoena.
It's one thing to claim shrinkage of sea ice, it's quite another to PROVE that Man's emissions of CO2 is what caused it and not normal climate change via the sun and thousands of other factors.
I'm still waiting for someone to prove that it was CO2.
"Kyoto is killing off the world economy like an "international Auschwitz," "The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements."
CO2 is not pollution. It is a life giving gas that animals exhale and plants absorb in order to create oxygen for those animals (like humans) to breathe.
If I remember correctly ALL the emails were released in their ENTIRETY. The hackers or leakers have not been found or identified as of yet so blaming the Russians is a bit premature don't you think?
You just said: "I hate to break it to you but NEITHER SIDE has given me data. Saying so and so skipped over data from here and there does nothing for me when I can't see the data and do my own statistical analysis" (Emphasis mine)
Then you said: "No choice but to listen to those with the data publishing the reports. Does it suck? Yes."
Am I the only one who sees the disconnect between these two statements?
The real point is being overlooked here. The unnamed author puts forth 2 claims.
1. Those without PhD's cannot prove to him/her that the data was manipulated. The "I'm smarter than you argument".
2. If it's not "peer reviewed" then I'm not listening. The "Convince my friends first argument".
We'll start with number 2.
Peer review is meaningless when the emails SHOW that the peer review process is tainted by scientists eager to exclude those who do not share the same conclusions from reviewing their data.
The first argument can be dismissed entirely due to the fact that the knowledge of a subject is irrelevant if the process of reviewing the data has been corrupted by Scientists eager to get the next grant for their research. Scientists live on grants. The Universities that employ scientists also live on those grants and your tenure with those schools is directly related to the amount of grant money you bring in. Those that follow the government line get grants. Those who don't are denied grants. Therefore any conclusion against AGW results in a lack of grants which results in a loss of work from the University. Scientists know how to cover their ass.
In closing, knowledge restrained by job security is not knowledge, it's propaganda. Fixed peer review is worthless.
After matching 100's of thousands they then have a nice database of DNA and names to sell to other companies. Want insurance? Sorry, your genetic profile shows a disposition towards cancer. Want a job? Sorry, your genetic profile shows a disposition towards violent behavior. Don't feel bad. You got a nice date didn't you? What? She got you drunk and stole your wallet? Tough break kiddo.
I agree. Who needs those pesky internet people giving their opinions. We need to shut down those blogs too, after all, they haven't been qualified as experts. While we're at it lets eliminate any and all websites except those by the "experts". Who wants to see Billy Jo Bob's website anyhow? We can also eliminate any form of chatting unless there's an professional moderating the chat to tell us how to speak to each other. I think maybe we shouldn't even leave our houses unless there is an expert to hold our hand and tell us when it's safe to cross the street.
The Americans with Disabilities Act only applies to PLACES of Public Accommodation. Physical places like a store or a workplace or a concert hall etc...
Maybe you should learn to read before you speak. You cannot point to anywhere in my post where I stated 6.7 billion people got the virus. That is the population of the earth. so if 5,149 people ON THE EARTH have died from swine flu then that's 1 out of every 1.31 million people ON THE EARTH that will die. Since the "authorities" want ALL PEOPLE ON THE EARTH to get the vaccine then the numbers become relevant. Maybe there's a vaccine for xenophobia you can try.
According to flucount DOT org which is updated every 4 minutes...
The worldwide number of H1N1 Swine Flu deaths totals 5,149 people as of 11:35PM EST 10-10-09.
The Worldwide population count is 6,789,710,547.
This means that only 1 person dies from Swine Flu out of every 1,318,646 people.
The general consensus in this thread from what I have seen is that they think every 1,318,646 people should get injected with a potentially life threatening vaccine in order to MAYBE protect that 1 person.
Are you shitting me? You won't be giving ME any flu jab.
The only relevant use of cursive writing is to send Grandma a letter because she doesn't have or use a computer and now that Obama wants death panels to decide her "end of life" treatment she won't be around much longer so years of training to write her a letter are a futile exercise.
When did concern for the welfare of your child become paranoia? Consider that the Government just recently admitted that for many years they have taken blood samples from every newborn child to be stored in a research facility that can then patent anything they come up with based on your child's blood.
Well. except up in Alaska where the temps have been -70 and under for over a week, oh and in antarctica where there is now more ice than ever and and and and....etc.
Just pay random companies and the GuvMint your Carbon taxes and get back to the shearing barn.
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"In 1959 5,749,000 television sets were sold in the US, bringing the cumulative total of sets sold since 1950 to 63,542,128 units."
There are 300 + Million people in the U.S. and you're telling me that only 63.5 million sets have been sold from 1950 to now???
I call Bullshit.
"By 1960, there were 52 million sets in American homes, one in almost nine out of ten households."
Jordan, Winthrop. The Americans. Boston: McDougal Littell, 1996: 798.
"According to data from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), there are currently 285 million televisions in use in US households."
North American TV Market and Its Relevance [pdf]. Energy Star Research, 6 January 2006.
It's obviously a good law. They should also make a law that gives an extra year of jail time to someone who forges a check using an ink pen with green ink instead of blue ink.
Makes perfect sense!
I smell a Video Game Industry Union coming. Since The Supreme Court decided that Corporations are persons with rights over and above any actual people it's no surprise that this kind of treatment is becoming the norm.
No source is "unbiased"
If these theories are so nutball and baseless then why does the Government need to spend so much time and effort to infiltrate and undermine/marginalize them??
Cell phones are good for your brain.
Mercury is good for you.
Melamine is yummy.
Up is down.
Left is right.
The sky is green.
The grass is blue.
I'm glad there are folks studying all these issues who can tell me what is good for me.
The blurb you make insinuates that they "caved in" when in fact one of the bloggers gave up their laptop so in all likelihood they got the info they wanted off that laptop and that's why they dropped the subpoena.
It's one thing to claim shrinkage of sea ice, it's quite another to PROVE that Man's emissions of CO2 is what caused it and not normal climate change via the sun and thousands of other factors.
I'm still waiting for someone to prove that it was CO2.
"Kyoto is killing off the world economy like an "international Auschwitz," "The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements."
Why is a statement of truth bad?
CO2 is not pollution. It is a life giving gas that animals exhale and plants absorb in order to create oxygen for those animals (like humans) to breathe.
Out of context quotes??
If I remember correctly ALL the emails were released in their ENTIRETY. The hackers or leakers have not been found or identified as of yet so blaming the Russians is a bit premature don't you think?
You just said: "I hate to break it to you but NEITHER SIDE has given me data. Saying so and so skipped over data from here and there does nothing for me when I can't see the data and do my own statistical analysis" (Emphasis mine)
Then you said:
"No choice but to listen to those with the data publishing the reports. Does it suck? Yes."
Am I the only one who sees the disconnect between these two statements?
The real point is being overlooked here. The unnamed author puts forth 2 claims.
1. Those without PhD's cannot prove to him/her that the data was manipulated. The "I'm smarter than you argument".
2. If it's not "peer reviewed" then I'm not listening. The "Convince my friends first argument".
We'll start with number 2.
Peer review is meaningless when the emails SHOW that the peer review process is tainted by scientists eager to exclude those who do not share the same conclusions from reviewing their data.
The first argument can be dismissed entirely due to the fact that the knowledge of a subject is irrelevant if the process of reviewing the data has been corrupted by Scientists eager to get the next grant for their research. Scientists live on grants. The Universities that employ scientists also live on those grants and your tenure with those schools is directly related to the amount of grant money you bring in. Those that follow the government line get grants. Those who don't are denied grants. Therefore any conclusion against AGW results in a lack of grants which results in a loss of work from the University. Scientists know how to cover their ass.
In closing, knowledge restrained by job security is not knowledge, it's propaganda. Fixed peer review is worthless.
After matching 100's of thousands they then have a nice database of DNA and names to sell to other companies. Want insurance? Sorry, your genetic profile shows a disposition towards cancer. Want a job? Sorry, your genetic profile shows a disposition towards violent behavior. Don't feel bad. You got a nice date didn't you? What? She got you drunk and stole your wallet? Tough break kiddo.
I agree. Who needs those pesky internet people giving their opinions. We need to shut down those blogs too, after all, they haven't been qualified as experts. While we're at it lets eliminate any and all websites except those by the "experts". Who wants to see Billy Jo Bob's website anyhow? We can also eliminate any form of chatting unless there's an professional moderating the chat to tell us how to speak to each other. I think maybe we shouldn't even leave our houses unless there is an expert to hold our hand and tell us when it's safe to cross the street.
The Americans with Disabilities Act only applies to PLACES of Public Accommodation. Physical places like a store or a workplace or a concert hall etc...
Products are not covered.
Maybe you should learn to read before you speak. You cannot point to anywhere in my post where I stated 6.7 billion people got the virus. That is the population of the earth. so if 5,149 people ON THE EARTH have died from swine flu then that's 1 out of every 1.31 million people ON THE EARTH that will die. Since the "authorities" want ALL PEOPLE ON THE EARTH to get the vaccine then the numbers become relevant. Maybe there's a vaccine for xenophobia you can try.
According to flucount DOT org which is updated every 4 minutes...
The worldwide number of H1N1 Swine Flu deaths totals 5,149 people as of 11:35PM EST 10-10-09.
The Worldwide population count is 6,789,710,547.
This means that only 1 person dies from Swine Flu out of every 1,318,646 people.
The general consensus in this thread from what I have seen is that they think every 1,318,646 people should get injected with a potentially life threatening vaccine in order to MAYBE protect that 1 person.
Are you shitting me? You won't be giving ME any flu jab.
How about when they make one of those chips for us? I can imagine being forced to watch "The View" 24/7.
Or maybe not... HeeeeelllllllPPPP!!!
The only relevant use of cursive writing is to send Grandma a letter because she doesn't have or use a computer and now that Obama wants death panels to decide her "end of life" treatment she won't be around much longer so years of training to write her a letter are a futile exercise.
Regular "Print" style is more than adequate.
When did concern for the welfare of your child become paranoia? Consider that the Government just recently admitted that for many years they have taken blood samples from every newborn child to be stored in a research facility that can then patent anything they come up with based on your child's blood.
They could care less about home phones and intercoms. These types of groups are heavily infiltrated or sometimes even run by federal agents.
The feds wanted those towers down for some reason.
It's d3o not 3do according to the website you linked.
Yeah, GLOBAL WARMING IS EVERYWHERE!!!!!
Well. except up in Alaska where the temps have been -70 and under for over a week, oh and in antarctica where there is now more ice than ever and and and and....etc.
Just pay random companies and the GuvMint your Carbon taxes and get back to the shearing barn.
I got your Global Warming bud.
Baaaaaa.
This is nothing more than a prelude to a huge central database of your private medical info that the nanny state and feds will have access to.
Next comes employers access where you will be denied jobs with paid health insurance due to your medical history. Nothing good can come of this.