"Very complicated", referring of course to the process of determining whether your political leanings are threatening or not to the government in power.
No, remember this is a Senate committee. "Very complicated" is anything more advanced than a fork.
Actually, that is pretty good, considering most House committees haven't gotten past spoons.
Well, the fact that he lifted a good portion of his "manifesto" from the Unabomber's manifesto and large portions of the rest of it from other sources makes one suspect that he was just a nutjob on the order of the Tucson shooter. That is, someone whose political belief stem more from being a nutjob than from either the right or the left.
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As I said, the most probable explanation is that he truly lost his nut a couple of months ago and that is when he started posting things that reflect his distorted worldview.
And here I am, no mod points to give you. Hopefully someone else will mod this up.
Most of the Far Right in the USA aren't Catholic - they tend to be various flavors of protestant, with the Evangelicals making a disproportionate amount of the noise.
To my mind, and I don't even play a psychiatrist on TV, Breivik seems a very narcissistic type. I mean, this guy went to all the trouble to write a 1,500 page manifesto of his mutterings, make himself uniforms (the picture of him in his neo-Templar uniform is precious), and along with some other nuts (whose doors, I'm assuming, are already being busted down) played a very bizarre private fantasy. The events of a few days ago are sadly where Breivik's private fantasy tragically intersected reality.
It's hard to call the guy insane in the general use of the word. He clearly planned this, and if he did it himself, he's shown no lack of diabolical genius in setting of the bombs then making his way to the island to con a bunch of kids into gathering around him so he could blow them away. There's no denying that's a mad, crazy act, but this guy knew what he was doing. He still hopes, it seems, to use the court as his soap box, and while the judge has deprived of him it for several weeks, eventually this is going to go to court and the Norwegian and international press are going to have to make the hard decisions of how much of this guy's ranting they should report or not. Based upon current reporting, this will be to sensational for them not to repeat his every utterance, and so, at the end of the day, even if they throw Breivik into a deep dark hole and throw away the key, he's accomplished a good deal of what he wanted. He's got the exposure, he's got people of like mind posting all over the place trite messages about how "we deplore the his methods, but what he says makes sense!"
Insane doesn't mean stupid. Clearly he believes he is the head of something bigger.
The English language wasn't even bound by the English language, until a bunch of academics decided to quantify and describe it (and making up new rules because they didn't think some parts of it were good enough).
It means all the laws stand, but we put an asterisk by his name in the history books. Other than that, we promise to try really hard not to let election fraud go unnoticed next time, and it is back to business as usual.
It also means that when the christian fundamentalists throw their annual protest on campus when the geology professors mention fossils to freshmen, the curriculum is likely to be dumbed down in order to avoid future conflict. And yes, I have seen it happen at respected universities.
To a Texan, not being proud of your state is equivalent of mental illness - it does not compute. Then again, To a Texan, it is also hard to imagine being proud of being from anywhere else. So in the end, it is kind of a wash.
While we are at it, let's teach both sides of Math. You have your theories, but my version deserves equal time. Just because my version of math is completely useless and has no possible relation to reality doesn't mean that it shouldn't be taught in schools. We have to let the students see both sides and make their own faith decisions.
I had a thermodynamics professor who made everyone calculate running an A/C backwards (use it to pump heat in instead of out) compared to resistive heating by electricity. Resistive heating is a very poor use of electricity.
The Colorado School of Mines uses steam from the Coor Brewery to heat the buildings. Also note, none of the mountains near the Coors Brewery look anything like the commercials.
In my experience, I'd rather it be cold. You can always add more layers if it is too cold for you, but when it is too hot there are practical and legal limits on how much you can take off.
It is much easier and more cost-effective to manufacture diesel substitutes than it is to make gasoline substitutes. Ethanol for fuel is a scam, bring on the diesel.
That said, I'm still waiting for Subaru to bring their Turbodiesel to the US market. I would buy one instantly. They just don't seem to want to sell them.
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"Very complicated", referring of course to the process of determining whether your political leanings are threatening or not to the government in power.
No, remember this is a Senate committee. "Very complicated" is anything more advanced than a fork.
Actually, that is pretty good, considering most House committees haven't gotten past spoons.
Aren't you glad you were able to post anonymously?
Well, the fact that he lifted a good portion of his "manifesto" from the Unabomber's manifesto and large portions of the rest of it from other sources makes one suspect that he was just a nutjob on the order of the Tucson shooter. That is, someone whose political belief stem more from being a nutjob than from either the right or the left.
As I said, the most probable explanation is that he truly lost his nut a couple of months ago and that is when he started posting things that reflect his distorted worldview.
And here I am, no mod points to give you. Hopefully someone else will mod this up.
Most of the Far Right in the USA aren't Catholic - they tend to be various flavors of protestant, with the Evangelicals making a disproportionate amount of the noise.
To my mind, and I don't even play a psychiatrist on TV, Breivik seems a very narcissistic type. I mean, this guy went to all the trouble to write a 1,500 page manifesto of his mutterings, make himself uniforms (the picture of him in his neo-Templar uniform is precious), and along with some other nuts (whose doors, I'm assuming, are already being busted down) played a very bizarre private fantasy. The events of a few days ago are sadly where Breivik's private fantasy tragically intersected reality.
It's hard to call the guy insane in the general use of the word. He clearly planned this, and if he did it himself, he's shown no lack of diabolical genius in setting of the bombs then making his way to the island to con a bunch of kids into gathering around him so he could blow them away. There's no denying that's a mad, crazy act, but this guy knew what he was doing. He still hopes, it seems, to use the court as his soap box, and while the judge has deprived of him it for several weeks, eventually this is going to go to court and the Norwegian and international press are going to have to make the hard decisions of how much of this guy's ranting they should report or not. Based upon current reporting, this will be to sensational for them not to repeat his every utterance, and so, at the end of the day, even if they throw Breivik into a deep dark hole and throw away the key, he's accomplished a good deal of what he wanted. He's got the exposure, he's got people of like mind posting all over the place trite messages about how "we deplore the his methods, but what he says makes sense!"
Insane doesn't mean stupid. Clearly he believes he is the head of something bigger.
Sometimes it is good to have more than one hobby. Burning witches was also popular in Europe, for a while.
some electromagnetic waves can pass through lead.
If you want to really blow his mind, point out that glass isn't clear at all wavelengths.
He did. There were 7 in his post. Couldn't you see them?
The English language wasn't even bound by the English language, until a bunch of academics decided to quantify and describe it (and making up new rules because they didn't think some parts of it were good enough).
Maybe his malware hit a police-sanctioned honey trap, impeding an actual investigation? There might be good reason for prosecuting him.
Exactly. It's Futurama's claims of whalers on the moon that I suspect. (Impact hypothesis, from the wiki page, was originally proposed in 1946.)
What, you think that just because there aint no whales, there can't be whalers on the moon?
It means all the laws stand, but we put an asterisk by his name in the history books. Other than that, we promise to try really hard not to let election fraud go unnoticed next time, and it is back to business as usual.
It also means that when the christian fundamentalists throw their annual protest on campus when the geology professors mention fossils to freshmen, the curriculum is likely to be dumbed down in order to avoid future conflict. And yes, I have seen it happen at respected universities.
The only way 120 years would have 3 significant digits would be if it were written 120. years. But you knew that.
While we are at it, let's talk about that great flood, that covered the entire world.
To a Texan, not being proud of your state is equivalent of mental illness - it does not compute. Then again, To a Texan, it is also hard to imagine being proud of being from anywhere else. So in the end, it is kind of a wash.
While we are at it, let's teach both sides of Math. You have your theories, but my version deserves equal time. Just because my version of math is completely useless and has no possible relation to reality doesn't mean that it shouldn't be taught in schools. We have to let the students see both sides and make their own faith decisions.
And they've refused to bring them to the USA. I'd buy one right now, if they would just offer.
I've verbed nouns, but I never the verb.
I had a thermodynamics professor who made everyone calculate running an A/C backwards (use it to pump heat in instead of out) compared to resistive heating by electricity. Resistive heating is a very poor use of electricity.
The Colorado School of Mines uses steam from the Coor Brewery to heat the buildings. Also note, none of the mountains near the Coors Brewery look anything like the commercials.
In my experience, I'd rather it be cold. You can always add more layers if it is too cold for you, but when it is too hot there are practical and legal limits on how much you can take off.
I propose that they be subject to drug tests, like all other Federal employees.
It is much easier and more cost-effective to manufacture diesel substitutes than it is to make gasoline substitutes. Ethanol for fuel is a scam, bring on the diesel.
That said, I'm still waiting for Subaru to bring their Turbodiesel to the US market. I would buy one instantly. They just don't seem to want to sell them.
If you succeed, you were a revolutionary. If you fail, you are a traitor. Winner writes the history books. Story at 11.
The CIA was doing pretty well in the Drug War, but I'm not sure they are on our side....