I've made this point before, but it bears pointing out again: Blaming human activity for global climate change is as absurd as blaming a butterfly in Bangladesh for a tornado in Texas. It is utter arrogance to believe (and fear mongering to posit) that human activity could have more than a negligable impact of global climate.
Now, that being said, I'm going to give everyone some pretty pictures. First, is a picture of solar activity. Notice the peaks corresponding to March of 2000 and March of 2002. Now look at this picture which shows anomalous activity. Notice the stabilization of the global climate which corresponds to the peaking of the sunspot cycle. The greatest number of anomalies are to be found during periods which have greater rates of change in solar activity. Remember that industrial output is more or less a constant rate.
The fact is, global climate change is being effected by solar activity. Our polluting of our own environment no more affects global warming than shitting your pants makes your house hotter in the summer.
Don't updated to say, "oh, we lied...but Big Corporations are still evil because they didn't do this this or that". Take the story down. Fucking be responsible for once, Michael.
The department of education requires that all colleges maintain rosters of students with SSNs for financial aid purposes. If you've filled out a FAFSA lately, your tuition office will ask you for your SSN in order to retrieve the info on you. California law (a) does not trump federal law (even though, constitutionally, it ought to be able to), and (b) does not prohibit colleges from collecting this information.
This is about the stupidest "news" item I've seen. What's next? "DMV Wants Photographs of All Drivers"? People, no college in this country will admit a student without this information, and its all already in a national database: The department of education keeps this information for prospective financial aid applicants.
The article doesn't say Cameron directed T3. Its mind-wobbling - but not suprising - that even/.'s editors make this glaring lapse in reading comprehension.
I pointed this out a long time ago when Lindows (now Linspire) began suing Microsoft on anti-trust grounds, with proceeds from the suit to be paid to Windows-users in the form of copies of Lindows.
Anti-Microsoft zealots gladly look the other way whem MS takes the hit, whether its wrong or right. Now that the big money is in the game, and people are suing for fun and profit, and it's *not* a Linux company getting the green, suddenly everyone is worried. pshaw!
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Hunting, as a sport, emphasizes aspects which put food on the table for our ancestors. It's not simply about putting a jacketed slug into an animal, its about excercising patience, the stalk, the outdoors, about becoming one with your environment. What passes for hunting nowadays is already a travesty, what with laser range finders and designaters, infrared high power scopes, pheremone enhanced scents, and prerecorded broadcast noises designed to attract rutting deer. We (the hunting community) have lost respect for the animal as a clever prey worthy of our effort, and have turned it into a glorified bloodsport with a billion dollar a year industry convincing us they need their product to get that edge.
So don't get upset over this moron and his robo-hunter. Its just one more turn.
(Real hunters use iron sites. Hardcore hunters use a bow and arrow. Real men hunt with giant fucking knifes and sharpened sticks.)
"If this goes ahead, it will be in violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty which forbids the militarization of space."
That treaty exists between the United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Let me know if the political entity known as the USSR has any objections.
Should I speak more slowly and use smaller words for you?
Perhaps you could try speaking English, instead of whatever convoluted leftist dialect you've picked up. Do you know what a filibuster is? It is when a Senator uses their time on the floor (unlimited as it is) to ramble on about whatever. It is still that Senator, being at work, and forcing an issue. In order to break a filibuster (and, say, go home), they have to actually have a vote. So something within the framework of the government is getting done.
THAT IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR FOUR YEARS, WHICH IS REFUSING TO EVEN CONSIDER THE ISSUE! They will not confirm, nor deny the judges. They have issued statements that they will not allow these judges to sit on a seat, but at the same time their records show they will not vote them down so that Bush can nominate other potential judges. It is a sick, childish, partisan game.
You seem intellectually incapable of seeing the difference between a filibuster (where a Senator artfully uses the established rules of the Senate to force other Senators to deliberate on an issue), and the malfeasance of the Democratic party, where they are refusing to even do their job and confirm or deny Bush's nominations. They have effectively denied the government process, and refused to do the job which they were elected and handsomly paid for.
What part of this fundamental difference is not sinking through that softened skull of yours?
Lets see. I've pointed out how Democrats have usurped the proper function of government by refusing to do their Constitutional duty and vote on a nominee. What do you give me? Filibusters? So you're complaining about a valid and constitutional tactic that both sides use, and alleging that that is equivalent to the Democrats malfeasance? You are truly an unhinged moron. There is a fundamental difference - filibuster (something only done in the Senate anyway) - is a valid use of a Senators time. But what the Democrats on the Senate judiciary committee are doing is SIMPLY NOT DOING THEIR JOB! THEY ARE REFUSING TO VOTE YES OR NO!
and, how long does it take an extremely motivated Republican congress to confirm that appointment?
Considering that the Democratically filibustered Judiciary committee has effectively shut down the Constitutional Process for four years now by refusing to confirm or deny six of Bush's District Court nominees, I'd say indefinately. Thats the funny thing: while you're worried about how Bush could *concievably* usurp the proper function of government, the Dems have been doing it for four years now.
Yes, John Kerry has changed his mind - SO WHAT? People do that all the time, especially when they believe they've made mistakes
People do not change their mind as rapidly and drastically as John Kerry, who has drastically altered positions on everything from "for" or "agianst" money for the troops, to whether he tossed "medals" or "ribbons" (neither of which should be confused). The bottom line is that kerry is vascillating flip-flopper who cannot be trusted to act according to principle, moral ethics, or simply strong belief. Instead, he acts according to the will of a plurality of his choosing, whether it be the voters in control group A, or the beauracrats at the UN.
(as Kerry believes he made one when he supported the war in Iraq)
Wrong again, tool-boy. Kerry said of his vote change that it was a "protest". He never changed his mind on the need to fund Iraq, what he did was use a vote on a bill he knew would pass in order to garner publicity. Is that what you want in a leader? Kerry gambled on vital funds for young men and women in need - body armor, armored humvees (which he later criticized Bush for not making sure the troops had already), bullets, medical equipment, extra pay, et al. That is what Kerry voted against, after voting for it. All for a political show.
Second, John Kerry was on the front lines in Vietnam
John Kerry was never anywhere near the 'front lines' of Vietnam. He patrolled the lower Mekong delta is a boat for four months, and only took fire in one incident. The front lines were some 200 miles north of that point. Also, just to remind you, Kerry's one and only combat action was when he left his boat - something he's not supposed to do, particularly as the Officer in Charge - chased down a fleeing enemy, and shot him in the back in cold blood and in violation of the Rules of War. His act was less than honorable by any definition, and a War Crime under the rules of the Geneva Convention. I can't believe that your hatred for Bush is such that you'd consider a man like Kerry.
As for Bush's "non combat assignment" in the National Guard...who the fuck do you think patrolled our Airspace while the majority of US fighter/bomber capacity was in SE Asia and spread across Europe? There are ANG pilots on the Gulf Coast that saw more flight time than Vietname pilots. What you don't know (because you weren't even old enough to piss in your diaper) is that Cuban fighters (piloted by Russians in many cases) probed US airspace in the SE corridor once every three weeks. In three cases, Russian MIGs flew over US territory with full combat load.
Fourth - and most important to me - Bush has completely fucked up the job market in this country with his ill-advised alterations to the tax code.
This country now enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in a decade thanks to Bushs tax policy (5.4%), and real incomes are up (3.9% over last year). These are REAL incomes, not hyperinflated fluff jobs like what came of the dot-com era. So whatever economic troubles you might be having are your fault for not getting off your ass and ramping up your worthless job skills to be something more than a burger-flipping loser.
I could go on for hours It would all be meaningless. All you have is hatred for Bush, and thats easy to manipulate. You don't have love for Kerry, you just have excuses, and in an enlightened democratic society, thats not enough.
...and I say this as an ardent jingoistic American chauvanist. We have Bin Ladin nailed down to an area the size of Tennessee, so its not all that hard, but Osama is effectively neutered as Al Qaeda leadership. What will eventually happen is that his own people will sell him out as new leadership takes over, and Bin Laden is deemed a liability to Al Qaedas global operation.
What are you going to do on Wednesday if Bush wins?
Drink a beer. Shoot off fireworks. Call all my democrat friends and rub it in until they hang up on me. Then call 'em back. Then drink another beer. In fact, judging by the polls in key electoral states, I've already purchased two cases of 40oz Mad Cobras.
Even better, what are you going to do on January 20th?
Take pictures with my zoom lens as President Bush is sworn in a second time. And gloat. 'Cause I'm a gloating kind of guy.
What would happen if 5 million people showed up on the Mall for the inaguration ceremony? To protest, to stop it, to prevent Bush from taking office? Are there no liberal progressives out there with any stomach for what they believe in?
I should think not, because anyone who fancies themself a genuine liberal will accept that the will of the people has been done, and they'll have to simply wait four more years and hope for a better candidate than John Kerry. Personally, I think the DNC fucked up hard. If Lieberman had been chosen, Bush wouldn't have such an easy time at it, but there's far too much hatred in the left wing today to allow for sensible and reasonable to triumph.
If Kerry wins I am sure we are going to see some excitement - because Kerry will take a poll before deciding which side of the bed to get out of in the morning and will "defend" against terrorism by saying we would put them on trial if only we could catch them.
That won't be all that exciting. Clinton did that for eight years. He still does it. What made the Clinton administration exciting - for both sides - is the shenanigans and antics. If the man had kept his pants zipped, he probably wouldn't have gotten reelected. Too much of a centrist.
Oh no, the rest of the world HATES US? Well, we should change everything we do to make them happy, yessiree boy howdy. Can't have the French hating us, or the Germans, or anyone else who took bribes from Saddam. And dammitall, I can't believe the Russians and Chinese hate us!
Do you know what a useful idiot is? Lenin coined the term to refer to Communists who towed the party line no matter how outrageous it was, and gladly parroted propaganda because they didn't know any better. That is what you are, my friend, you are a useful idiot.
FACT: CONGRESS established the Department of Homeland Security - not Bush. Only congress can greate a cabinet, approve its appointments, and fund its operation. If you had a single clue about American government, you wouldn't even bother making moronic statements equating our Republic to the Reich.
Fact: Kerry is a confessed war criminal. After using his silver spoon billionare connections to get him into the naval officer corps, he sails on to do one tour aboard a boat nowhere near the coast of Viet Nam, and 2/3rds of a second tour on a river boat. His one and only combat action involved a violation of the geneva convention, wherein her mercilessly shot an un-uniformed enemy combatant who was fleeing. Cowardly enough, Kerry shot him in the back. Then, long before he had served his committment, Kerry used political favors to get an early discharge from the Navy into the Active Naval Reserve, where he was to attend 17 days of active duty and 42 drills at Bainbridge MD's Naval Reserve Center. Kerry never attended a single one. As an AWOL officer, Kerry illegally visited enemies of the United States, made disparaging statements about his chain of command, offered aid and comfort to enemies of America, and committed treason. Thats why a naval board convened in 1977 to discharge Kerry, and why Kerrys medals were revoked, only to be reissued in 1986 when Kerry became a Congressman.
Fact: Bush is protecting people from having a sexual orientation forced on them by activist judges who violate the Constitutional Separation of Powers and legislate from the bench. Again, if you had a clue about how government works in America, you'd have at least stated that differently.
Lastly, Kerry can't be trusted. He lies. He vascillates. He flip flops. You can't support kerry because the reasons you'd support him change from day to day. So kindly get bent, you useful idiot.
First, I'd like to point out that plugging John Kerry over Bush - or the three minor party candidates - is absolutely unbiased and a disgusting show of partisanship on the part of this samspenus guy.
More importantly - ignoring for a moment that John eFfin Kerry can't be trusted - International trade law prohibits governments from 'closing tax loopholes' which allow foreign companies a competitive advantage in a given country. It would only be a matter of time before India hits the world court and sues the US and Canada for access to our markets. As well they should. People need to stop fearing the notion of global trade, and gear up to be competitive in it.
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There is no story here. End of story. Period.
I've made this point before, but it bears pointing out again: Blaming human activity for global climate change is as absurd as blaming a butterfly in Bangladesh for a tornado in Texas. It is utter arrogance to believe (and fear mongering to posit) that human activity could have more than a negligable impact of global climate.
Now, that being said, I'm going to give everyone some pretty pictures. First, is a picture of solar activity. Notice the peaks corresponding to March of 2000 and March of 2002. Now look at this picture which shows anomalous activity. Notice the stabilization of the global climate which corresponds to the peaking of the sunspot cycle. The greatest number of anomalies are to be found during periods which have greater rates of change in solar activity. Remember that industrial output is more or less a constant rate.
The fact is, global climate change is being effected by solar activity. Our polluting of our own environment no more affects global warming than shitting your pants makes your house hotter in the summer.
Don't updated to say, "oh, we lied...but Big Corporations are still evil because they didn't do this this or that". Take the story down. Fucking be responsible for once, Michael.
The department of education requires that all colleges maintain rosters of students with SSNs for financial aid purposes. If you've filled out a FAFSA lately, your tuition office will ask you for your SSN in order to retrieve the info on you. California law (a) does not trump federal law (even though, constitutionally, it ought to be able to), and (b) does not prohibit colleges from collecting this information.
This is about the stupidest "news" item I've seen. What's next? "DMV Wants Photographs of All Drivers"? People, no college in this country will admit a student without this information, and its all already in a national database: The department of education keeps this information for prospective financial aid applicants.
The article doesn't say Cameron directed T3. Its mind-wobbling - but not suprising - that even /.'s editors make this glaring lapse in reading comprehension.
...doesn't say he did. He was a credited writer.
And mod down all these idiots who point out that Cameron didn't direct TIII, even though it was never stated that he did.
If you click the link, you'll note that James Cameron is in the credits as a writer.
I'd hate for you and the other yahoos to strain yourselves.
I pointed this out a long time ago when Lindows (now Linspire) began suing Microsoft on anti-trust grounds, with proceeds from the suit to be paid to Windows-users in the form of copies of Lindows.
Anti-Microsoft zealots gladly look the other way whem MS takes the hit, whether its wrong or right. Now that the big money is in the game, and people are suing for fun and profit, and it's *not* a Linux company getting the green, suddenly everyone is worried. pshaw!
Hunting, as a sport, emphasizes aspects which put food on the table for our ancestors. It's not simply about putting a jacketed slug into an animal, its about excercising patience, the stalk, the outdoors, about becoming one with your environment. What passes for hunting nowadays is already a travesty, what with laser range finders and designaters, infrared high power scopes, pheremone enhanced scents, and prerecorded broadcast noises designed to attract rutting deer. We (the hunting community) have lost respect for the animal as a clever prey worthy of our effort, and have turned it into a glorified bloodsport with a billion dollar a year industry convincing us they need their product to get that edge.
So don't get upset over this moron and his robo-hunter. Its just one more turn.
(Real hunters use iron sites. Hardcore hunters use a bow and arrow. Real men hunt with giant fucking knifes and sharpened sticks.)
...we have a certified nutjob here.
And when you wake up in four years, it'll all be okay.
That treaty exists between the United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Let me know if the political entity known as the USSR has any objections.
Perhaps you could try speaking English, instead of whatever convoluted leftist dialect you've picked up. Do you know what a filibuster is? It is when a Senator uses their time on the floor (unlimited as it is) to ramble on about whatever. It is still that Senator, being at work, and forcing an issue. In order to break a filibuster (and, say, go home), they have to actually have a vote. So something within the framework of the government is getting done.
THAT IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR FOUR YEARS, WHICH IS REFUSING TO EVEN CONSIDER THE ISSUE! They will not confirm, nor deny the judges. They have issued statements that they will not allow these judges to sit on a seat, but at the same time their records show they will not vote them down so that Bush can nominate other potential judges. It is a sick, childish, partisan game.
You seem intellectually incapable of seeing the difference between a filibuster (where a Senator artfully uses the established rules of the Senate to force other Senators to deliberate on an issue), and the malfeasance of the Democratic party, where they are refusing to even do their job and confirm or deny Bush's nominations. They have effectively denied the government process, and refused to do the job which they were elected and handsomly paid for.
What part of this fundamental difference is not sinking through that softened skull of yours?
Lets see. I've pointed out how Democrats have usurped the proper function of government by refusing to do their Constitutional duty and vote on a nominee. What do you give me? Filibusters? So you're complaining about a valid and constitutional tactic that both sides use, and alleging that that is equivalent to the Democrats malfeasance? You are truly an unhinged moron. There is a fundamental difference - filibuster (something only done in the Senate anyway) - is a valid use of a Senators time. But what the Democrats on the Senate judiciary committee are doing is SIMPLY NOT DOING THEIR JOB! THEY ARE REFUSING TO VOTE YES OR NO!
Care to cite instances? No? I didn't think so.
Considering that the Democratically filibustered Judiciary committee has effectively shut down the Constitutional Process for four years now by refusing to confirm or deny six of Bush's District Court nominees, I'd say indefinately. Thats the funny thing: while you're worried about how Bush could *concievably* usurp the proper function of government, the Dems have been doing it for four years now.
People do not change their mind as rapidly and drastically as John Kerry, who has drastically altered positions on everything from "for" or "agianst" money for the troops, to whether he tossed "medals" or "ribbons" (neither of which should be confused). The bottom line is that kerry is vascillating flip-flopper who cannot be trusted to act according to principle, moral ethics, or simply strong belief. Instead, he acts according to the will of a plurality of his choosing, whether it be the voters in control group A, or the beauracrats at the UN.
Wrong again, tool-boy. Kerry said of his vote change that it was a "protest". He never changed his mind on the need to fund Iraq, what he did was use a vote on a bill he knew would pass in order to garner publicity. Is that what you want in a leader? Kerry gambled on vital funds for young men and women in need - body armor, armored humvees (which he later criticized Bush for not making sure the troops had already), bullets, medical equipment, extra pay, et al. That is what Kerry voted against, after voting for it. All for a political show.
John Kerry was never anywhere near the 'front lines' of Vietnam. He patrolled the lower Mekong delta is a boat for four months, and only took fire in one incident. The front lines were some 200 miles north of that point. Also, just to remind you, Kerry's one and only combat action was when he left his boat - something he's not supposed to do, particularly as the Officer in Charge - chased down a fleeing enemy, and shot him in the back in cold blood and in violation of the Rules of War. His act was less than honorable by any definition, and a War Crime under the rules of the Geneva Convention. I can't believe that your hatred for Bush is such that you'd consider a man like Kerry.
As for Bush's "non combat assignment" in the National Guard...who the fuck do you think patrolled our Airspace while the majority of US fighter/bomber capacity was in SE Asia and spread across Europe? There are ANG pilots on the Gulf Coast that saw more flight time than Vietname pilots. What you don't know (because you weren't even old enough to piss in your diaper) is that Cuban fighters (piloted by Russians in many cases) probed US airspace in the SE corridor once every three weeks. In three cases, Russian MIGs flew over US territory with full combat load.
This country now enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in a decade thanks to Bushs tax policy (5.4%), and real incomes are up (3.9% over last year). These are REAL incomes, not hyperinflated fluff jobs like what came of the dot-com era. So whatever economic troubles you might be having are your fault for not getting off your ass and ramping up your worthless job skills to be something more than a burger-flipping loser.
...and I say this as an ardent jingoistic American chauvanist. We have Bin Ladin nailed down to an area the size of Tennessee, so its not all that hard, but Osama is effectively neutered as Al Qaeda leadership. What will eventually happen is that his own people will sell him out as new leadership takes over, and Bin Laden is deemed a liability to Al Qaedas global operation.
Drink a beer. Shoot off fireworks. Call all my democrat friends and rub it in until they hang up on me. Then call 'em back. Then drink another beer. In fact, judging by the polls in key electoral states, I've already purchased two cases of 40oz Mad Cobras.
Take pictures with my zoom lens as President Bush is sworn in a second time. And gloat. 'Cause I'm a gloating kind of guy.
I should think not, because anyone who fancies themself a genuine liberal will accept that the will of the people has been done, and they'll have to simply wait four more years and hope for a better candidate than John Kerry. Personally, I think the DNC fucked up hard. If Lieberman had been chosen, Bush wouldn't have such an easy time at it, but there's far too much hatred in the left wing today to allow for sensible and reasonable to triumph.
That won't be all that exciting. Clinton did that for eight years. He still does it. What made the Clinton administration exciting - for both sides - is the shenanigans and antics. If the man had kept his pants zipped, he probably wouldn't have gotten reelected. Too much of a centrist.
Oh no, the rest of the world HATES US? Well, we should change everything we do to make them happy, yessiree boy howdy. Can't have the French hating us, or the Germans, or anyone else who took bribes from Saddam. And dammitall, I can't believe the Russians and Chinese hate us!
unlike lower court judges, Bush cannot arbitrarily appoint a supreme court judge in temporary stead of congressional approval. So...next conspiracy theory.
Do you know what a useful idiot is? Lenin coined the term to refer to Communists who towed the party line no matter how outrageous it was, and gladly parroted propaganda because they didn't know any better. That is what you are, my friend, you are a useful idiot.
FACT: CONGRESS established the Department of Homeland Security - not Bush. Only congress can greate a cabinet, approve its appointments, and fund its operation. If you had a single clue about American government, you wouldn't even bother making moronic statements equating our Republic to the Reich.
Fact: Kerry is a confessed war criminal. After using his silver spoon billionare connections to get him into the naval officer corps, he sails on to do one tour aboard a boat nowhere near the coast of Viet Nam, and 2/3rds of a second tour on a river boat. His one and only combat action involved a violation of the geneva convention, wherein her mercilessly shot an un-uniformed enemy combatant who was fleeing. Cowardly enough, Kerry shot him in the back. Then, long before he had served his committment, Kerry used political favors to get an early discharge from the Navy into the Active Naval Reserve, where he was to attend 17 days of active duty and 42 drills at Bainbridge MD's Naval Reserve Center. Kerry never attended a single one. As an AWOL officer, Kerry illegally visited enemies of the United States, made disparaging statements about his chain of command, offered aid and comfort to enemies of America, and committed treason. Thats why a naval board convened in 1977 to discharge Kerry, and why Kerrys medals were revoked, only to be reissued in 1986 when Kerry became a Congressman.
Fact: Bush is protecting people from having a sexual orientation forced on them by activist judges who violate the Constitutional Separation of Powers and legislate from the bench. Again, if you had a clue about how government works in America, you'd have at least stated that differently.
Lastly, Kerry can't be trusted. He lies. He vascillates. He flip flops. You can't support kerry because the reasons you'd support him change from day to day. So kindly get bent, you useful idiot.
First, I'd like to point out that plugging John Kerry over Bush - or the three minor party candidates - is absolutely unbiased and a disgusting show of partisanship on the part of this samspenus guy.
More importantly - ignoring for a moment that John eFfin Kerry can't be trusted - International trade law prohibits governments from 'closing tax loopholes' which allow foreign companies a competitive advantage in a given country. It would only be a matter of time before India hits the world court and sues the US and Canada for access to our markets. As well they should. People need to stop fearing the notion of global trade, and gear up to be competitive in it.