So I guess Fox is as far to the right as they are because they have to make up for the 5 networks that are on the left? I guess that's why they claim 'balance.'
Religion also corrupts politics. Despite the separation of church and state in the US, we still have a very large number of politicians in America that claim God as their inspiration. It's very hard to argue against a religious belief without coming out and saying something that ends your political career, and I would really love to hear how some of George Bush's speeches would've gone if he couldn't mention God in any of them...
The idea of the incompetent terrorist actually plays a hand in the conspiracy theory. The maneuvers made by the 9/11 planes, particularly the one that struck the Pentagon, would've been very difficult to pull off in even the conventional planes the pilots were trained on - to say nothing of big passenger jets. Having said that.. the right combination of skill, luck, and desperation can often lead to some highly improbable results.
What I don't understand about this hysteria is why nobody has come up with 'power line cleansers' and other 'EM Protection' products or services to dupe people that aren't smart enough to know they're at no risk into giving away boat loads of money. Anyone smart enough to know it's a hoax also knows the things are harmless.
The argument being made is that the results of the CRU research that have been found to use this modified data played a large role in passing legislation in the US and other countries that cost governments millions or billions of [currency] to enact and enforce. On top of that, most likely using government money to create this fake data. Consider the lowest common denominator average joe citizen hearing this in the news after having global warming drilled into them for the past 10 years, and you might see how this single act of dishonesty on the part of these scientists could setback the global warming debate by a whole hell of a lot.
I'm confused. How did Mr. Hubbard find such a following of morons with such terrible writing? At least the bible and similar works don't need parenthetical explanations (to help people understand the vague information etc) to con people into believing it.
Do you really think the farmers of America (or any other country with lobbyists, for that matter) are going to let this happen? They're going to demonize the shit out of lab meat and complain to congress that they derk er jerbs, Then they'll be made some protected industry or subsidized by the government or some equally retarded bullshit. As I understand it the meat industry in America has a LOT of political weight to throw around.
The difference is the WoW free month is not a trial period, it is and makes it very clear that you are signing up for a subscription service with a recurring payment plan, and gives you options other than the recurring payments. You can, in fact, give them the information they require to start your game account WITHOUT having a recurring payment of any kind scheduled, and it takes no effort other than reading the clearly marked pricing options: it's the one that says $15.00/month single payment.
The trial you are referring to is the free month that comes with purchase of the game. It was not a 'trial' version or anything, it was a first month of subscription that they handed out gratis for purchasing the game. Since they haven't repeated this with either expansion, I can only assume that enough people got surprised by this that they decided to stop offering it. Every MMO I have played has done this though - and there is nothing stopping you from canceling the subscription before you get billed again. Come to think of it, there's nothing stopping you from not signing up for a recurring subscription.
Ah but nobody really believes Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990. It's only a rumor, and the website is only there to inform people that there's a rumor about Glenn Beck raping and murdering a young girl in 1990.
The example I gave was the best and closest example to what the website is making fun of. After watching -several- clips of his show I have seen him do it many more times. At one point he kept a 'white house hotline' phone on his set so the White House can call and claim the things he was saying isn't true. "They aren't calling, so it must be true."
Economically feasible doesn't mean affordable, it just means cheaper than sticking with oil. IE: Oil is now too expensive to actually buy, but so is everything else.
To give you an example of what this guy does... He had a congressman on his show who was the first Muslim elected to congress in the US, and asked him to prove that he was not a terrorist. The clip of this interview is on the gb1990.com website.
Your search may have been quick but... did you actually watch the clips? In your first clip, Glenn acts as a presidential apologist implying as though his hands are tied by the international court with a single sentence mentioning Bush in the entire interview. This is not a criticism of Bush, but of international policy and specifically the treaty in question overriding our national sovereignty. Glenn Beck is not even remotely involved with the second clip. It is a C-span broadcast about an op-ed piece censored by the Bush administration. Third clip is a criticism of liberal news media putting negative news about the Bush administration on front pages while negative news about the Obama administration goes further back. In clip number 4, the only thing Beck says is that he didn't support the PATRIOT act until the provision was added that gave it an expiration date - there is no direct criticism of Bush and Beck gives a mostly positive opinion of the PATRIOT act. Clip 5 is from fox news not CNN, and doesn't have anything to do with George Bush - it's about the Cash for Clunkers government program website. Clip 6 is fear-mongering about the possibility of a militia group uprising from disenfranchised Americans. He criticizes President Clinton saying something about trying to shut down a radio station, but nothing about Bush or even about the Bush administration. Clip 7 is another condemnation of the liberal media. No mention of Bush. Clip 8 is about Beck's dislike for moveon.org and his support of the Iraq war effort. No criticism of Bush or his policies. Clip 9 looks like it's also from fox news, and does not mention Bush or any of his policies.
So of all those links only 2 and 4 even remotely skirt your point, the others may as well have been rick-rolls. You certainly made a point, but I don't think it's the point you wanted to make. Did you just look at the titles and assume there would be something in there that applied to your argument, or did you figure that nobody would take the time to actually check your links?:P
Hypothetical question... Wind is caused by changes in air pressure, air pressure changes are caused by temperature differentiation. Let's say we have a solar power farm, one of those big collections of mirrors that just points at the sun all day kinds of deals. The idea of these farms is to take as much heat energy out of the sunlight as possible, but efficiency is low so much of the light (and heat) is reflected into the air. So the question is Could a solar farm of sufficient size cause enough of a temperature differential to essentially become a wind generator?
This sounds more like a failure on youtube's part, doesn't it? As far as the legality is concerned there is no reason Youtube couldn't replace the video in question which is the point the parent was making and is one of the benefits of the DMCA. Without the DMCA Youtube could have been liable for a suit for hosting your video at all without receiving any kind of takedown notice, and if they took the video down only to put it up again with your counterclaim they would also have been liable. Massive web communities like youtube, myspace, and facebook exist as a result of the DMCA's protection.
When you're talking about the law, having an opinion tends to be more of a liability. Best for the EFF to remain unbiased in their representation of the facts.
There is no bias in their defense of freedom of speech - it just happens that the people who tend to infringe on that right most often are *shocked* predominantly conservatives.
The Senator from Coruscant promised to step down from emergency executive power once the clone war ended, but before long he dissolved the senate:( Google has a whole lot of power in its hands and using that power, even with good intentions, is always the first step down the path to evil. Haven't you ever seen any action movie where the lead antagonist used to be the main character's friend until the dark day when he used his [super power, advanced technology, etc] to save [distressed person, animal, object] but harming others in the process, then he runs away and not seen again for years until he comes back all [psychotic, vengeful] and wearing a [cape, mask, automatic breathing apparatus] doing mean things? Do you really want Google to go that way?
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So I guess Fox is as far to the right as they are because they have to make up for the 5 networks that are on the left?
I guess that's why they claim 'balance.'
Religion also corrupts politics. Despite the separation of church and state in the US, we still have a very large number of politicians in America that claim God as their inspiration. It's very hard to argue against a religious belief without coming out and saying something that ends your political career, and I would really love to hear how some of George Bush's speeches would've gone if he couldn't mention God in any of them...
Nobody drink the punch.
Probably "Oh, it works great! Just push the button, it's cool! ^_^"
The idea of the incompetent terrorist actually plays a hand in the conspiracy theory. The maneuvers made by the 9/11 planes, particularly the one that struck the Pentagon, would've been very difficult to pull off in even the conventional planes the pilots were trained on - to say nothing of big passenger jets. Having said that.. the right combination of skill, luck, and desperation can often lead to some highly improbable results.
What I don't understand about this hysteria is why nobody has come up with 'power line cleansers' and other 'EM Protection' products or services to dupe people that aren't smart enough to know they're at no risk into giving away boat loads of money. Anyone smart enough to know it's a hoax also knows the things are harmless.
The argument being made is that the results of the CRU research that have been found to use this modified data played a large role in passing legislation in the US and other countries that cost governments millions or billions of [currency] to enact and enforce. On top of that, most likely using government money to create this fake data. Consider the lowest common denominator average joe citizen hearing this in the news after having global warming drilled into them for the past 10 years, and you might see how this single act of dishonesty on the part of these scientists could setback the global warming debate by a whole hell of a lot.
I'm confused. How did Mr. Hubbard find such a following of morons with such terrible writing? At least the bible and similar works don't need parenthetical explanations (to help people understand the vague information etc) to con people into believing it.
Do you really think the farmers of America (or any other country with lobbyists, for that matter) are going to let this happen? They're going to demonize the shit out of lab meat and complain to congress that they derk er jerbs, Then they'll be made some protected industry or subsidized by the government or some equally retarded bullshit. As I understand it the meat industry in America has a LOT of political weight to throw around.
The difference is the WoW free month is not a trial period, it is and makes it very clear that you are signing up for a subscription service with a recurring payment plan, and gives you options other than the recurring payments. You can, in fact, give them the information they require to start your game account WITHOUT having a recurring payment of any kind scheduled, and it takes no effort other than reading the clearly marked pricing options: it's the one that says $15.00/month single payment.
The trial you are referring to is the free month that comes with purchase of the game. It was not a 'trial' version or anything, it was a first month of subscription that they handed out gratis for purchasing the game. Since they haven't repeated this with either expansion, I can only assume that enough people got surprised by this that they decided to stop offering it. Every MMO I have played has done this though - and there is nothing stopping you from canceling the subscription before you get billed again. Come to think of it, there's nothing stopping you from not signing up for a recurring subscription.
Popularity over relevance is the basis for government.
Working out pretty well so far, is it?
Ah but nobody really believes Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990. It's only a rumor, and the website is only there to inform people that there's a rumor about Glenn Beck raping and murdering a young girl in 1990.
The example I gave was the best and closest example to what the website is making fun of. After watching -several- clips of his show I have seen him do it many more times. At one point he kept a 'white house hotline' phone on his set so the White House can call and claim the things he was saying isn't true. "They aren't calling, so it must be true."
Economically feasible doesn't mean affordable, it just means cheaper than sticking with oil. IE: Oil is now too expensive to actually buy, but so is everything else.
To give you an example of what this guy does...
He had a congressman on his show who was the first Muslim elected to congress in the US, and asked him to prove that he was not a terrorist. The clip of this interview is on the gb1990.com website.
Your search may have been quick but... did you actually watch the clips?
In your first clip, Glenn acts as a presidential apologist implying as though his hands are tied by the international court with a single sentence mentioning Bush in the entire interview. This is not a criticism of Bush, but of international policy and specifically the treaty in question overriding our national sovereignty.
Glenn Beck is not even remotely involved with the second clip. It is a C-span broadcast about an op-ed piece censored by the Bush administration.
Third clip is a criticism of liberal news media putting negative news about the Bush administration on front pages while negative news about the Obama administration goes further back.
In clip number 4, the only thing Beck says is that he didn't support the PATRIOT act until the provision was added that gave it an expiration date - there is no direct criticism of Bush and Beck gives a mostly positive opinion of the PATRIOT act.
Clip 5 is from fox news not CNN, and doesn't have anything to do with George Bush - it's about the Cash for Clunkers government program website.
Clip 6 is fear-mongering about the possibility of a militia group uprising from disenfranchised Americans. He criticizes President Clinton saying something about trying to shut down a radio station, but nothing about Bush or even about the Bush administration.
Clip 7 is another condemnation of the liberal media. No mention of Bush.
Clip 8 is about Beck's dislike for moveon.org and his support of the Iraq war effort. No criticism of Bush or his policies.
Clip 9 looks like it's also from fox news, and does not mention Bush or any of his policies.
So of all those links only 2 and 4 even remotely skirt your point, the others may as well have been rick-rolls. You certainly made a point, but I don't think it's the point you wanted to make. Did you just look at the titles and assume there would be something in there that applied to your argument, or did you figure that nobody would take the time to actually check your links? :P
*Allegedly!* :\
But I don't know.. he never has denied it
Hypothetical question...
Wind is caused by changes in air pressure, air pressure changes are caused by temperature differentiation.
Let's say we have a solar power farm, one of those big collections of mirrors that just points at the sun all day kinds of deals.
The idea of these farms is to take as much heat energy out of the sunlight as possible, but efficiency is low so much of the light (and heat) is reflected into the air.
So the question is
Could a solar farm of sufficient size cause enough of a temperature differential to essentially become a wind generator?
But what about the virtual boy? :(
Only you can prevent infinite loops.
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
This sounds more like a failure on youtube's part, doesn't it? As far as the legality is concerned there is no reason Youtube couldn't replace the video in question which is the point the parent was making and is one of the benefits of the DMCA. Without the DMCA Youtube could have been liable for a suit for hosting your video at all without receiving any kind of takedown notice, and if they took the video down only to put it up again with your counterclaim they would also have been liable. Massive web communities like youtube, myspace, and facebook exist as a result of the DMCA's protection.
When you're talking about the law, having an opinion tends to be more of a liability. Best for the EFF to remain unbiased in their representation of the facts.
One of the listed takedown notices in TFA is an ad criticizing gay marriage.
http://www.eff.org/takedowns/npr-forces-takedown-political-ad-weeks-critical-vo
There is no bias in their defense of freedom of speech - it just happens that the people who tend to infringe on that right most often are *shocked* predominantly conservatives.
Any chance you have a website or something?
The Senator from Coruscant promised to step down from emergency executive power once the clone war ended, but before long he dissolved the senate :(
Google has a whole lot of power in its hands and using that power, even with good intentions, is always the first step down the path to evil. Haven't you ever seen any action movie where the lead antagonist used to be the main character's friend until the dark day when he used his [super power, advanced technology, etc] to save [distressed person, animal, object] but harming others in the process, then he runs away and not seen again for years until he comes back all [psychotic, vengeful] and wearing a [cape, mask, automatic breathing apparatus] doing mean things? Do you really want Google to go that way?