Obama's not a communist, but he seems to be doing his damnedest to wreck an already fragile economy, and yet his sycophants treat him like the messiah. I don't know about the curriculum now, but they taught history when I graduated from high school, which was 1980. Politics and philosophy were more like college material back then. I'm curious, from which country are you that makes you so much more enlightened by comparison to US citizens (particularly regarding US economy/politics)? Would you like FN shut down? If so, you clearly don't understand our Bill of Rights.
MSNBC leans **right**? Seriously? I think Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews might take offense to that characterization, as would Keith Olbermann if he still worked there (or could keep a job).
Fox News is certainly right wing, yes, but not *far* right. How often do you actually watch it? They don't try to debunk evolution, they don't promote a young earth theory, and I really don't see them try to debunk global warming either. Though that last one, that might depend on what part you watch, the news, or the columnists like Hannity; (he's not my cup of tea; and I can't stand "Greta"). Plus you got guys like Juan Williams, Alan Combs, and Bob Beckel on there all the time.
Believe it or not, I'm not a big fox news fan, but I don't think they deserve the rep they get here, as they provide a little balance to an otherwise left leaning media. The fact that half a dozen CNN anchors just drooled and fawned over Obama's inauguration doesn't clue you in to their preferences, even when it violates journalistic objectivity? It's hard to detect bias when it's aligned with your own, it seems like "center field".
*Now* there's a strawman, where there wasn't before. WTH does Fox News have to do with anything in this ? Are they in the habit of misdescribing the manufacturing processes and their effects on the economy in NYC? Or do you get extra mod points from your buds and peers for every post that derisively mentions FN in a post? This practice is getting tacky, tired, and trite. The conservatives here don't make constant non-sequitur jabs at the mainstream press (particularly MSNBC - the flipside of the same coin) -at least not until someone predictably trashes fox.
In a nutshell: rather than make your arguments look thoughtful, this meme just makes them look canned -even when you have a valid point.
Carry on...
How is stevia not available or allowed? I have some in my desk drawer right now, I have no problem finding and buying it in my state. Unless you mean as used in pre-sweetened food goods like breakfast cereal.
FWIW though, I think it tastes about as nasty as saccharin. I might give agave nectar a try.
Bingo, we have a winner. I got a Nexus 7 for Christmas, and it's tres cool, but the wife got me the 16MB version, so a microSD slot would be welcome.
BTW, I don't even understand the FA's USB gripe; who even uses full size USB anymore? It's pretty much either micro or mini USB these days. But more importantly, the other end of the cable is standardized, so I don't get what difference it makes.
I dunno, I could never get into Megaman. I liked Mario a bit better. But then, most of my old school gaming was 16bit (SNES), I only tooled around on the original NES for maybe 6 months.
Surprisingly (or perhaps not) my 11 yr old son absolutely loves the retro stuff, and all things 8 or 16 bit. With the exception of Team Fortress2 or Portal, he much prefers old school Mario, Sonic, Street Fighter, and Megaman... and a few I never heard of.
lol.. I'm an american anglophile, but I have to admit I don't appreciate their bringing "reality TV" to the masses. I'll pass on that tradition.. well, that and eel pie.
YI ask because I do not know - how easy / difficult is it for an adult in the US to buy a gun / rifle / whatever that can be used to shoot people dead?
It is easy. Here is the algorithm:
1. Get money.
2. Go to store.
3. Buy gun.
4. Depending on the state, you may need to wait up to 30 days to pick up your gun and take it home.
The seller is required to do an instant background check to make sure you have no criminal record. This only takes a few minutes.
You seemed to have forgotten a very important step - at least, in my State. You don't just walk in cold to Dick's Sporting Goods and buy a gun with an "instant" background check. Not even for a.22 rifle, and definitely not for a handgun.
You must first apply for a gun permit with your local police dept, and have two references, then you are put through a background check via CJIS; that takes typically 2 to 3 months. If you are approved, then and only then, you can walk in and buy a basic rifle or shotgun, or a handgun with a 30 day wait. If you exceed the 30 days, you must apply for that handgun cert over again.
It may work differently down in the mid-west, but it's disingenuous to say that all an American has to do is walk in a store and plunk down money.
I got rid of the bloatware already, via Titanium backup. What were they thinking with the whole Bing thing?
I found one of the resource hogs of the phone is live wallpaper. I love the look of "plasma', but it just kills the phone.
Which kernel and ROM? I have an old Fascinate running Gingerbread, and I rooted it, but I'm still using Touch wiz and the default kernel. Anymore it runs like total crap. (Possibly I have too many background processes, but if I kill them they seem to fire right back up).
Since I have an iPhone 5 now I'm not too worried about it, but I still like tinkering. Call me weird, but I like both ios and android, both have pros and cons. I'm getting an android tablet for xmas this year.
Read it again, I said **doped** silicon or germanium - that's what makes them semiconductor material. Doping is a technology. In their natural state, neither element are particularly good semiconductors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_(semiconductor)
Our ally was not "Russia", it was the Soviet Union. Second, our enemy was not the Soviet Union, it was the Nazis, and we won a victory against them quite well. Third, according to the Oliver Stone documentary on WWII I just watched on Showtime, the Soviet Union rightly feared a joint Germano-Polish invasion. Inconvenient truths, eh? You right-wing nutbags will never learn. Stop watching Fox News!
Umm.. I don't quite get whats 'right wing" about the post you're responding to, and certainly not how your obligatory, gratuitous anti-Fox News rant applies. (Of course, I always go to Oliver Stone and Showtime for my history lessons 8-/)
Is it because runeghost wasn't saying how wonderful FDR and Truman were or something? Because aside from the USSR/Russia mixup, his post wasn't off-base. He never said the USSR was not a US ally at the time of the war, his point seemed to be chiefly that they weren't squeaky clean, much as the US wasn't. What's so right wing about that? Or did I just step in the middle of a personal feud?
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In the same way, Iran sends weapons and supplies to Hezbollah and Hamas, who act as their agents while Iran can officially deny culpability. Now imagine that with Nukes, say, a strategic nuke. The burden of proof as to who actually was behind the attack is on the victim, it's not going to be obvious. The line between nations and terrorists is going to get more blurred in the future. That's the real danger of these nations getting nukes; they won't send them in via missile or bomber, if they're used at all, they'll be delivered via cells of affiliated infiltrators.
Probably about as much as a material like doped silicon or germanium, which, as semiconductors, can act as electrical switches.. or amplifiers, or a few other things. On the face of it, it might not seem huge, but look how significant the invention of semiconductor material was.
Honestly, I hate the fact that I even have a phone at my desk. I'm in front of my computer most all day, we have something called, "email", and it's been around for decades. But far too many people at my place of work still prefer the phone as their primary method of communication, as though it's still 1947. Granted, if there's a problem with email, then we need the phone, but it's rare that we don't discover the problem before the users at that post office call us.
The thing about phones is, IMO, they're kinda rude: when they ring, it's like, "drop what you're doing, whatever train of thought you're in the middle of, *right now* and answer me, I have priority!" (allowing your phone to go on ringing and then to voicemail is frowned upon around here, and it looks like you're ignoring your job, even if that's not the case). With email, I have a few minutes to find a good break point, and I check it every few minutes.
Add'y, email provides communication in black and white; there's none of the, "he said, she said" BS, there's no escaping accountability, it's in writing. A phone call, on the other hand, leaves no record of what was actually said (at least not without some recording equipment). Then there's the benefit that if you need to refresh your memory, it's easier to revisit and get the info again, rather than calling the info source back. Last but not least, there's no dealing with poor connections and unintelligible accents. I'm usually horrible at understanding speech if it's not relatively clear or if there's background noise.
Sometimes, you need a phone - emergencies for example, but I'd prefer it if that's all they're used for.
Do we not depend entirely on the government for these things? Are we not prohibited from building these things on our own land?
It was just the way it was worded, as either being a civil engineer or accepting an oppressive government. In that context, a civil engineer doesn't design the way government works (oppressive vs open), he just deals with the logistical infrastructure. His designs or work don't have a direct impact on legislation. An economist, on the other hand, might have some say or pull in the legislature or decision making process.
Freedom is nice, but when it involves having to become a civil engineer or economist to exercise it - most people will take the oppressive government.
Not to nitpick, but a small correction here; my father was a civil engineer, it had nothing to do with politics or designing government. In his case, he designed roads and highways, related infrastructure (drainage, etc), and small bridges.
You can't remove the blame entirely from the players, especially the pros. Most of them want to do what they do. They're attracted to the big money, and there's practically no way they'd make that kind of dough in any other endeavor. Plus, there's the machismo factor.
Uhh.. not sure wtf a Semitic dude from 2,000 years ago has to do with it though.. churches don't own football and hocky teams, do they? I'm not religious, I just don't see how it's germane to this particular discussion.
We have maybe 12 different vaccinations for infants. I read this in a health magazine:
"When a child is born, he or she is literally assaulted by thousands of species of bacteria and viruses that child has never seen before, because they were in the sterile womb environment. Given that, I don't think we need to worry about the relatively small number of shots we give children."
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Obama's not a communist, but he seems to be doing his damnedest to wreck an already fragile economy, and yet his sycophants treat him like the messiah. I don't know about the curriculum now, but they taught history when I graduated from high school, which was 1980. Politics and philosophy were more like college material back then. I'm curious, from which country are you that makes you so much more enlightened by comparison to US citizens (particularly regarding US economy/politics)? Would you like FN shut down? If so, you clearly don't understand our Bill of Rights.
MSNBC leans **right**? Seriously? I think Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews might take offense to that characterization, as would Keith Olbermann if he still worked there (or could keep a job).
Fox News is certainly right wing, yes, but not *far* right. How often do you actually watch it? They don't try to debunk evolution, they don't promote a young earth theory, and I really don't see them try to debunk global warming either. Though that last one, that might depend on what part you watch, the news, or the columnists like Hannity; (he's not my cup of tea; and I can't stand "Greta"). Plus you got guys like Juan Williams, Alan Combs, and Bob Beckel on there all the time.
Believe it or not, I'm not a big fox news fan, but I don't think they deserve the rep they get here, as they provide a little balance to an otherwise left leaning media. The fact that half a dozen CNN anchors just drooled and fawned over Obama's inauguration doesn't clue you in to their preferences, even when it violates journalistic objectivity? It's hard to detect bias when it's aligned with your own, it seems like "center field".
*Now* there's a strawman, where there wasn't before. WTH does Fox News have to do with anything in this ? Are they in the habit of misdescribing the manufacturing processes and their effects on the economy in NYC? Or do you get extra mod points from your buds and peers for every post that derisively mentions FN in a post? This practice is getting tacky, tired, and trite. The conservatives here don't make constant non-sequitur jabs at the mainstream press (particularly MSNBC - the flipside of the same coin) -at least not until someone predictably trashes fox.
In a nutshell: rather than make your arguments look thoughtful, this meme just makes them look canned -even when you have a valid point.
Carry on...
You don't actually follow news, do you?
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/13/canada-will-burn--fk-the-troops
How is stevia not available or allowed? I have some in my desk drawer right now, I have no problem finding and buying it in my state. Unless you mean as used in pre-sweetened food goods like breakfast cereal.
FWIW though, I think it tastes about as nasty as saccharin. I might give agave nectar a try.
Without the repetition its highly unlikely that you'd be good enough to make a living at any of those things though
Bingo, we have a winner. I got a Nexus 7 for Christmas, and it's tres cool, but the wife got me the 16MB version, so a microSD slot would be welcome.
BTW, I don't even understand the FA's USB gripe; who even uses full size USB anymore? It's pretty much either micro or mini USB these days. But more importantly, the other end of the cable is standardized, so I don't get what difference it makes.
Somebody mod this up as Funny already- sheesh. He was clearly being sarcastic.
I dunno, I could never get into Megaman. I liked Mario a bit better. But then, most of my old school gaming was 16bit (SNES), I only tooled around on the original NES for maybe 6 months.
Surprisingly (or perhaps not) my 11 yr old son absolutely loves the retro stuff, and all things 8 or 16 bit. With the exception of Team Fortress2 or Portal, he much prefers old school Mario, Sonic, Street Fighter, and Megaman... and a few I never heard of.
lol.. I'm an american anglophile, but I have to admit I don't appreciate their bringing "reality TV" to the masses. I'll pass on that tradition.. well, that and eel pie.
YI ask because I do not know - how easy / difficult is it for an adult in the US to buy a gun / rifle / whatever that can be used to shoot people dead?
It is easy. Here is the algorithm: 1. Get money. 2. Go to store. 3. Buy gun. 4. Depending on the state, you may need to wait up to 30 days to pick up your gun and take it home.
The seller is required to do an instant background check to make sure you have no criminal record. This only takes a few minutes.
You seemed to have forgotten a very important step - at least, in my State. You don't just walk in cold to Dick's Sporting Goods and buy a gun with an "instant" background check. Not even for a .22 rifle, and definitely not for a handgun.
You must first apply for a gun permit with your local police dept, and have two references, then you are put through a background check via CJIS; that takes typically 2 to 3 months. If you are approved, then and only then, you can walk in and buy a basic rifle or shotgun, or a handgun with a 30 day wait. If you exceed the 30 days, you must apply for that handgun cert over again. It may work differently down in the mid-west, but it's disingenuous to say that all an American has to do is walk in a store and plunk down money.
I got rid of the bloatware already, via Titanium backup. What were they thinking with the whole Bing thing? I found one of the resource hogs of the phone is live wallpaper. I love the look of "plasma', but it just kills the phone.
Which kernel and ROM? I have an old Fascinate running Gingerbread, and I rooted it, but I'm still using Touch wiz and the default kernel. Anymore it runs like total crap. (Possibly I have too many background processes, but if I kill them they seem to fire right back up).
Since I have an iPhone 5 now I'm not too worried about it, but I still like tinkering. Call me weird, but I like both ios and android, both have pros and cons. I'm getting an android tablet for xmas this year.
Read it again, I said **doped** silicon or germanium - that's what makes them semiconductor material. Doping is a technology. In their natural state, neither element are particularly good semiconductors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_(semiconductor)
Our ally was not "Russia", it was the Soviet Union. Second, our enemy was not the Soviet Union, it was the Nazis, and we won a victory against them quite well. Third, according to the Oliver Stone documentary on WWII I just watched on Showtime, the Soviet Union rightly feared a joint Germano-Polish invasion. Inconvenient truths, eh? You right-wing nutbags will never learn. Stop watching Fox News!
Umm.. I don't quite get whats 'right wing" about the post you're responding to, and certainly not how your obligatory, gratuitous anti-Fox News rant applies. (Of course, I always go to Oliver Stone and Showtime for my history lessons 8-/)
Is it because runeghost wasn't saying how wonderful FDR and Truman were or something? Because aside from the USSR/Russia mixup, his post wasn't off-base. He never said the USSR was not a US ally at the time of the war, his point seemed to be chiefly that they weren't squeaky clean, much as the US wasn't. What's so right wing about that? Or did I just step in the middle of a personal feud?
/\ this /\
In the same way, Iran sends weapons and supplies to Hezbollah and Hamas, who act as their agents while Iran can officially deny culpability. Now imagine that with Nukes, say, a strategic nuke. The burden of proof as to who actually was behind the attack is on the victim, it's not going to be obvious. The line between nations and terrorists is going to get more blurred in the future. That's the real danger of these nations getting nukes; they won't send them in via missile or bomber, if they're used at all, they'll be delivered via cells of affiliated infiltrators.
Probably about as much as a material like doped silicon or germanium, which, as semiconductors, can act as electrical switches.. or amplifiers, or a few other things. On the face of it, it might not seem huge, but look how significant the invention of semiconductor material was.
Honestly, I hate the fact that I even have a phone at my desk. I'm in front of my computer most all day, we have something called, "email", and it's been around for decades. But far too many people at my place of work still prefer the phone as their primary method of communication, as though it's still 1947. Granted, if there's a problem with email, then we need the phone, but it's rare that we don't discover the problem before the users at that post office call us.
The thing about phones is, IMO, they're kinda rude: when they ring, it's like, "drop what you're doing, whatever train of thought you're in the middle of, *right now* and answer me, I have priority!" (allowing your phone to go on ringing and then to voicemail is frowned upon around here, and it looks like you're ignoring your job, even if that's not the case). With email, I have a few minutes to find a good break point, and I check it every few minutes.
Add'y, email provides communication in black and white; there's none of the, "he said, she said" BS, there's no escaping accountability, it's in writing. A phone call, on the other hand, leaves no record of what was actually said (at least not without some recording equipment). Then there's the benefit that if you need to refresh your memory, it's easier to revisit and get the info again, rather than calling the info source back. Last but not least, there's no dealing with poor connections and unintelligible accents. I'm usually horrible at understanding speech if it's not relatively clear or if there's background noise.
Sometimes, you need a phone - emergencies for example, but I'd prefer it if that's all they're used for.
Do we not depend entirely on the government for these things? Are we not prohibited from building these things on our own land?
It was just the way it was worded, as either being a civil engineer or accepting an oppressive government. In that context, a civil engineer doesn't design the way government works (oppressive vs open), he just deals with the logistical infrastructure. His designs or work don't have a direct impact on legislation. An economist, on the other hand, might have some say or pull in the legislature or decision making process.
Freedom is nice, but when it involves having to become a civil engineer or economist to exercise it - most people will take the oppressive government.
Not to nitpick, but a small correction here; my father was a civil engineer, it had nothing to do with politics or designing government. In his case, he designed roads and highways, related infrastructure (drainage, etc), and small bridges.
How about prawn diseases? ;-D
Mad lobster disease.
You can't remove the blame entirely from the players, especially the pros. Most of them want to do what they do. They're attracted to the big money, and there's practically no way they'd make that kind of dough in any other endeavor. Plus, there's the machismo factor.
Uhh.. not sure wtf a Semitic dude from 2,000 years ago has to do with it though.. churches don't own football and hocky teams, do they? I'm not religious, I just don't see how it's germane to this particular discussion.
Hello,
We have maybe 12 different vaccinations for infants. I read this in a health magazine:
"When a child is born, he or she is literally assaulted by thousands of species of bacteria and viruses that child has never seen before, because they were in the sterile womb environment. Given that, I don't think we need to worry about the relatively small number of shots we give children."
The womb is a sterile environment??
Yeah, well, I'm sure your government is perfect and your country a utopia.