reach almost universal agreement in the scientific community
There is tacit agreement that the earth is heating up, not that the cause of it is man made. These are two very different things.
There is also a large degree of opinion among those who think humans are to blame. Are they:
Causing most of the change, with minimal amounts of change being natural Causing some of the change, and other parts are natural Causing minimal change, and most of the change is natural
There is also a hugely varying amount of opinion on what, exactly, will happen if the earth continues to heat up.
Three major ones are: 1. Ice Age 2. A warmer planet 3. Earth becomes Venus
The right to a trial (jose padilla) Trying to wage war against the US muddles this. And he has been charged now.
Due process (rest of the gitmo detainees) The constitution guarantees nothing to them (and the Geneva convention doesn't either, sorry, you don't get to qualify for that by just breathing air).
Protection from cruel and usual punishment (um, hello?) Hello. What are you referring to? The guys at Gitmo having to salute an American flag and stand in an air conditioned room? Or the false Newsweek stories about Koran "desecration"?
Right to peaceably assemble (protests at RNC and Presidential Inauguration) There seemed to be plenty of protests during both of those. All over the place. Now, at the DNC... I seem to remember a fenced off protest zone that was located under a bridge.
Prevention of the federal government from assuming powers not granted in the constitution (war on drugs) The "War on Drugs" is one of the weakest examples of that. The federal government uses its powers to regulate interstate commerce in the strangest of ways.
"The nation is now wrapping up the 11th year of a new era of heightened Atlantic hurricane activity. This era has been unfolding in the Atlantic since 1995, and is expected to continue for the next decade or perhaps longer. NOAA attributes this increased activity to natural occurring cycles in tropical climate patterns near the equator. These cycles, called "the tropical multi-decadal signal," typically last several decades (20 to 30 years or even longer). As a result, the North Atlantic experiences alternating decades long (20 to 30 year periods or even longer) of above normal or below normal hurricane seasons. NOAA research shows that the tropical multi-decadal signal is causing the increased Atlantic hurricane activity since 1995, and is not related to greenhouse warming."
In my experience, conservatives are quick to cite as "biased" any information or insight suggesting that the world is a larger and more diverse place than the little cultural boxes they grew up in, especially if presented in a nonjudgemental way
That's it! You nailed us! Shoot.. talking about those foreign people is just wrong!
Let me listen in now... Oh noes! They're talking about Jordan! That country is full of foreigners!
I wish this argument worked for my college tuition... since I pay taxes, and some portion of that goes to financial aid, which goes to my college, I should be able to go to college for free.
No, but if you go to an in state college you pay a lower tuition rate than someone from out of state. So, your argument does work. Congrats.
Anyone who wants to know what is going on in the world need only tune to their channel. In my opinion, they're taking a stab at eliminating ignorance in our nation by bathing everyone in nearly free (and unbiased) information
NPR = unbiased? Interesting thought...
As you can see from their website not a goddamn red cent comes from your taxes.
Let's see... from their website: On average, public radio stations (including NPR Member stations) receive the largest percentage of their revenue (34%) from listener support, 25% from corporate underwriting and foundations, and 13% from CPB allocations.*
You clearly don't know what the CPB is, do you? It's the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. They get money from the federal government.
Proposed Budget Cuts to Public Broadcasting Budget http://www.npr.org/about/funding.html In early June, in an unanticipated move, a House of Representatives Appropriations subcommittee recommended cutting $190 million from CPB's budget for fiscal year 2006, which begins this coming October. This was subsequently approved by the full House Appropriations Committee.
"An overwhelming number of adults in this country (80%) say that they have a favorable impression of PBS and NPR as a whole. Additionally, there are several indicators throughout the survey that demonstrate the extent to which the public values public broadcasting. For example, only 1-in-10 Americans (10%) would say that a per capita expenditure of $1.30 in taxpayer funds is 'too much' for the government to be spending on public broadcasting. Nearly half (48%) say the amount is 'too little' and roughly 1/3 (35%) say the amount is 'about right.'"
What I don't get about 89.3 is how there isn't at least a couple hours a week devoted to some sort of electronic music. I really wouldn't care what type, give me house, trance, techno, whatever, it'd just be nice to hear some on the radio.
I bet they will dual boot! (Score:0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31, @03:28PM (#15037275) Or not. Since Windows doesn't support Apple hardware, not the other way around.
I'm forgoing moderating you down Good, because the point of the mod system isn't to mod down people you disagree with.
you can't be fired unless there is just cause (and if so, you get a time unit of notice so you can find another job
If you suck at your job, why should a company keep paying you to work there? Not sure why I should be required to keep paying a worthless employee while they screw around looking for a new job.
The problem is this "just cause" nonsense. In the US, let alone France, "just cause" is terribly hard to define and defend. I've seen people get fired for sexually harrassing women and drinking on the job, and then sue and win.
a law that says you can fire anyone under the age of 26 with no reason, and no time delay, whenever you want
Unless they've been working for with a company for 2 years... and why should a company have to keep you on once they fired you? I just don't get it.
Oh, you won't sleep with the boss? Fired. I would assume that is already covered under existing French law, as it is in the US. If this were to happen the person being fired would easily win the lawsuit.
You called in sick too much this week. Fired. Some people call in sick a ridiculous amount of the time. I've seen people miss almost a month of work with a new sickness almost everyday. They were (thankfully) fired.
I don't like how you're dressing. Fired. An employer should be able to uphold a certain dress code.
We hired on my 40-year-old brother. Fired. I don't see the problem. Why do you think the government should have such extensive power over the hiring and firing practices of private companies?
Egalitarian societies [wikipedia.org] should not tollerate such laws.
Excuse me while I go throw up... but at least that gives me a chance to throw out one of my favorite quotes:
"Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion." Mario Vargas Llosa (Peruvian novelist and politician)
I still see Giuliani as McCain's VP. Giuliani is more moderate when it comes to issues like abortion (he's pro choice) which a lot of conservatives won't like, but he's also tough on crime (or, at least he's perceived to be) which conservatives would find appealing. I agree with you that McCain's greatest challenge will be getting the nomination.
His greatest asset may just be that a lot of the charges being thrown at Bush won't stick to McCain (I mean, any mention of the word "torture" in a debate and McCain can say "I've been tortured" and that's the end of that).
Well, conservatives are for limited government and reduced spending. Unfortunately Republicans, who typically claim to be conservative, have drifted away from this.
As I've stated before: McCain will become president in 2008 with a platform including reduced spending, paying down the national debt and government reform. He's not exciting for a lot of conservatives, but oh well, better than Hillary.
Where did I say that I bought it at walmart? The statement I was responding to was "Haven't purchased any Sony consumer electronics recently, have you?"
Why were exit polls so much more accurate in the days of paper ballots?
I've seen no proof or evidence of this.
If there was some evidence of this... My explanation: exit polls weren't used as political weapons in the "old days". They now are. Another explanation: selective polling and oversampling of women (this is definitely done) in the exit polls. I watched the exit poller at my place of voting select about 80% women to 20% men, even though a roughly equal number of women were voting. Another explanation: majority of polling done during normal working hours, many traditional conservative voters (men with 8-5 business jobs) don't vote until after work
There also seems to be a trend that conservatives are less likely to want to answer political surveys than liberals.
There were polls that up until election time were showing Bush with a small lead. But everyone went with Zogby's poll (since it showed Kerry leading). Rasmussen Reports seemingly has better polling methods: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/State%20by%20state %20comparisons%202004.htm They got every state right, except for Iowa (which was very close).
You're right! How dare they attempt to recoup their costs?
If they were to, say, make a new cancer drug, how much would that cost to develop? Most likely hundreds of millions 5 (10, 20?) years. Now, the market for that drug is relatively small, so the cost per dose is then... high.
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reach almost universal agreement in the scientific community
There is tacit agreement that the earth is heating up, not that the cause of it is man made. These are two very different things.
There is also a large degree of opinion among those who think humans are to blame. Are they:
Causing most of the change, with minimal amounts of change being natural
Causing some of the change, and other parts are natural
Causing minimal change, and most of the change is natural
There is also a hugely varying amount of opinion on what, exactly, will happen if the earth continues to heat up.
Three major ones are:
1. Ice Age
2. A warmer planet
3. Earth becomes Venus
They did it in that Animatrix short, and it let them defeat the robots!
Errhh... wait, no, humans lost... nevermind.
Since this got modded "Insightful"...
The right to a trial (jose padilla)
Trying to wage war against the US muddles this. And he has been charged now.
Due process (rest of the gitmo detainees)
The constitution guarantees nothing to them (and the Geneva convention doesn't either, sorry, you don't get to qualify for that by just breathing air).
Protection from cruel and usual punishment (um, hello?)
Hello. What are you referring to? The guys at Gitmo having to salute an American flag and stand in an air conditioned room? Or the false Newsweek stories about Koran "desecration"?
Right to peaceably assemble (protests at RNC and Presidential Inauguration)
There seemed to be plenty of protests during both of those. All over the place. Now, at the DNC... I seem to remember a fenced off protest zone that was located under a bridge.
Prevention of the federal government from assuming powers not granted in the constitution (war on drugs)
The "War on Drugs" is one of the weakest examples of that. The federal government uses its powers to regulate interstate commerce in the strangest of ways.
Sorry, but you're wrong.
."
NOAA ATTRIBUTES RECENT INCREASE IN HURRICANE ACTIVITY
TO NATURALLY OCCURRING MULTI-DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY
http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag184.htm
"The nation is now wrapping up the 11th year of a new era of heightened Atlantic hurricane activity. This era has been unfolding in the Atlantic since 1995, and is expected to continue for the next decade or perhaps longer. NOAA attributes this increased activity to natural occurring cycles in tropical climate patterns near the equator. These cycles, called "the tropical multi-decadal signal," typically last several decades (20 to 30 years or even longer). As a result, the North Atlantic experiences alternating decades long (20 to 30 year periods or even longer) of above normal or below normal hurricane seasons. NOAA research shows that the tropical multi-decadal signal is causing the increased Atlantic hurricane activity since 1995, and is not related to greenhouse warming
How is it part of NOAA's mandate to _PREVENT_ global warming?
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In my experience, conservatives are quick to cite as "biased" any information or insight suggesting that the world is a larger and more diverse place than the little cultural boxes they grew up in, especially if presented in a nonjudgemental way
That's it! You nailed us! Shoot.. talking about those foreign people is just wrong!
Let me listen in now... Oh noes! They're talking about Jordan! That country is full of foreigners!
I wish this argument worked for my college tuition... since I pay taxes, and some portion of that goes to financial aid, which goes to my college, I should be able to go to college for free.
No, but if you go to an in state college you pay a lower tuition rate than someone from out of state. So, your argument does work. Congrats.
Anyone who wants to know what is going on in the world need only tune to their channel. In my opinion, they're taking a stab at eliminating ignorance in our nation by bathing everyone in nearly free (and unbiased) information
NPR = unbiased? Interesting thought...
As you can see from their website not a goddamn red cent comes from your taxes.
Let's see... from their website:
On average, public radio stations (including NPR Member stations) receive the largest percentage of their revenue (34%) from listener support, 25% from corporate underwriting and foundations, and 13% from CPB allocations.*
You clearly don't know what the CPB is, do you? It's the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. They get money from the federal government.
Proposed Budget Cuts to Public Broadcasting Budget
http://www.npr.org/about/funding.html
In early June, in an unanticipated move, a House of Representatives Appropriations subcommittee recommended cutting $190 million from CPB's budget for fiscal year 2006, which begins this coming October. This was subsequently approved by the full House Appropriations Committee.
"An overwhelming number of adults in this country (80%) say that they have a favorable impression of PBS and NPR as a whole. Additionally, there are several indicators throughout the survey that demonstrate the extent to which the public values public broadcasting. For example, only 1-in-10 Americans (10%) would say that a per capita expenditure of $1.30 in taxpayer funds is 'too much' for the government to be spending on public broadcasting. Nearly half (48%) say the amount is 'too little' and roughly 1/3 (35%) say the amount is 'about right.'"
Oops... you're wrong!
What I don't get about 89.3 is how there isn't at least a couple hours a week devoted to some sort of electronic music. I really wouldn't care what type, give me house, trance, techno, whatever, it'd just be nice to hear some on the radio.
Or maybe I'm wrong and there is?
Coast to Coast AM
Turn in your geek card at the door.
I too listen to Coast to Coast.
HAARP is controlled by the Reptilians, right? And to get to their secret lair you just go down Mel's Hole.
I was responding to this:
I bet they will dual boot!
(Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31, @03:28PM (#15037275)
Or not. Since Windows doesn't support Apple hardware, not the other way around.
Try and follow along.
What in an current Intel based Apple is really "Apple hardware"?
I'm forgoing moderating you down
Good, because the point of the mod system isn't to mod down people you disagree with.
you can't be fired unless there is just cause (and if so, you get a time unit of notice so you can find another job
If you suck at your job, why should a company keep paying you to work there? Not sure why I should be required to keep paying a worthless employee while they screw around looking for a new job.
The problem is this "just cause" nonsense. In the US, let alone France, "just cause" is terribly hard to define and defend. I've seen people get fired for sexually harrassing women and drinking on the job, and then sue and win.
a law that says you can fire anyone under the age of 26 with no reason, and no time delay, whenever you want
Unless they've been working for with a company for 2 years... and why should a company have to keep you on once they fired you? I just don't get it.
Oh, you won't sleep with the boss? Fired.
I would assume that is already covered under existing French law, as it is in the US. If this were to happen the person being fired would easily win the lawsuit.
You called in sick too much this week. Fired.
Some people call in sick a ridiculous amount of the time. I've seen people miss almost a month of work with a new sickness almost everyday. They were (thankfully) fired.
I don't like how you're dressing. Fired.
An employer should be able to uphold a certain dress code.
We hired on my 40-year-old brother. Fired.
I don't see the problem. Why do you think the government should have such extensive power over the hiring and firing practices of private companies?
Egalitarian societies [wikipedia.org] should not tollerate such laws.
Excuse me while I go throw up... but at least that gives me a chance to throw out one of my favorite quotes:
"Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom -
you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity
for an illusion."
Mario Vargas Llosa
(Peruvian novelist and politician)
And here's a little article you may wish to read about the future of your "egalitarian" economy: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/933
I still see Giuliani as McCain's VP. Giuliani is more moderate when it comes to issues like abortion (he's pro choice) which a lot of conservatives won't like, but he's also tough on crime (or, at least he's perceived to be) which conservatives would find appealing.
I agree with you that McCain's greatest challenge will be getting the nomination.
His greatest asset may just be that a lot of the charges being thrown at Bush won't stick to McCain (I mean, any mention of the word "torture" in a debate and McCain can say "I've been tortured" and that's the end of that).
you create an entire generation of people who are dependant on the government's teat for sustenance
Like the "youth" in France? A law that actually allows a company to fire you? WE MUST MARCH!
Bunch of ignorant fools.
Well, conservatives are for limited government and reduced spending. Unfortunately Republicans, who typically claim to be conservative, have drifted away from this.
As I've stated before: McCain will become president in 2008 with a platform including reduced spending, paying down the national debt and government reform. He's not exciting for a lot of conservatives, but oh well, better than Hillary.
It is MORE capitalist than the USA.
Ok, where do I go to buy a majority share in a Chinese company?
Oh wait, I can't.
Thanks
Where did I say that I bought it at walmart? The statement I was responding to was "Haven't purchased any Sony consumer electronics recently, have you?"
yeah, I bought a PS2. Seems fine to me.
Why were exit polls so much more accurate in the days of paper ballots?
e %20comparisons%202004.htm
I've seen no proof or evidence of this.
If there was some evidence of this...
My explanation: exit polls weren't used as political weapons in the "old days". They now are.
Another explanation: selective polling and oversampling of women (this is definitely done) in the exit polls. I watched the exit poller at my place of voting select about 80% women to 20% men, even though a roughly equal number of women were voting.
Another explanation: majority of polling done during normal working hours, many traditional conservative voters (men with 8-5 business jobs) don't vote until after work
There also seems to be a trend that conservatives are less likely to want to answer political surveys than liberals.
There were polls that up until election time were showing Bush with a small lead. But everyone went with Zogby's poll (since it showed Kerry leading).
Rasmussen Reports seemingly has better polling methods:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/State%20by%20stat
They got every state right, except for Iowa (which was very close).
As an aside, according to my grandfather Einstein's own father referred to him as a "crazy duck".
You're right! How dare they attempt to recoup their costs?
If they were to, say, make a new cancer drug, how much would that cost to develop? Most likely hundreds of millions 5 (10, 20?) years. Now, the market for that drug is relatively small, so the cost per dose is then... high.
Interesting, no?