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Originally posted by Jaybro:
Originally posted by johnnysaucepn:
Also-randemic?
Makes me think of the Japanese film, Ran. Too obscure. Sorry.Originally posted by tt92:
One-man-bandemic?
Congers up image of man playing the harmonica, strumming a banjo and drumming with his foot. I like it. Bound to make us all sick.
Thanks folks, you never fail to bring a smile:lol:
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange,
I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Kahlil Gibran
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."
Amos Bronson Alcott
I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Kahlil Gibran
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."
Amos Bronson Alcott
This isn't a rant, but it is certainly bad news:
http://www.wapt.com/weather/23270225/detail.html
Yazoo County Mother Dies Saving Children From Tornado
"A Yazoo County mother died as she shielded her children from a tornado that threw her mobile home 100 yards.
Nikki Carpenter, 31, was getting her three children, Austin, 1, Ethan 2, and Layne, 7, ready for the day at their home on Judkins Road, southwest of Yazoo City, when the tornado struck, her family said. Her cousin, Rodney Bradshaw, ran to the scene after the tornado and pulled the three boys from the rubble. Carpenter, who was lying next to Layne when Bradshaw found her, was dead.
There was so much rubble and broken trees around what was once Carpenter’s home that neither cars, trucks nor all-terrain vehicles could make it to the site, Bradshaw said. A family member was able to direct a rescue helicopter to the scene about 90 minutes to two hours after the tornado passed. Bradshaw had to move the concrete blocks that the trailer once stood on to allow the helicopter to land.
The three boys were flown to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Austin received staples to the back of his head, Layne suffered a broken wrist and Ethan underwent plastic surgery on his ear. Ethan was listed in fair condition at UMC on Monday. Layne and Austin were treated and released from the hospital Sunday. They are now being cared for by their grandfather, James Bradshaw.
Rodney Bradshaw said Carpenter was holding the three boys when the trailer was torn apart by the tornado.
“We just can't imagine Jo Jo standing here, you know? Everything is gone. Life is just like that, here one moment and gone the next. It just breaks my heart,” Yazoo County resident Donna Nichols said. “She was always just real perky. She just made everybody feel good. She loved her boys. She was a wonderful mom.”
Tornado sirens couldn’t be heard where Carpenter lived, her family said. They believe she and the boys were in the middle of the trailer, in the living room, when the tornado struck.
The tornado that hit Yazoo and Holmes counties was classified by the National Weather Service as an EF4 with winds up to 170 mph.
Several people died in the area, including Carlton Gould, who was killed when a truck landed on top of him. Several of his relatives and friends live down the street and their homes are destroyed.
Saturday's tornadoes killed 10 people in Mississippi. Carpenter and three others were killed in Yazoo County, officials said.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said one person was killed in Holmes County and five people were killed in Choctaw County. The coroner identified them Monday as 3-month-old Andra Patterson, Tyana Jobe, 9, and her sister, Brittney, 14, all of Weir. Mary Yates, 58, and her husband Bobby Yates, 57, both of Winona, were also killed. They were visiting Choctaw County when the tornado hit, the coroner said.
Federal and state emergency crews visited the homes to find out how much it will cost to clean up and rebuild.
The tornado crumbled a church, hit a neighborhood on Old Benton Road and wiped out homes and woods.
"I collected things over the years. My son always asked why I do this. As of today, nothing means anything to me. I'm thankful to be here to be alive. The Lord spared me. So, all that doesn't mean anything anymore," said Lois Kinnison, who lost her home and business, an antique store, to the tornado.
On Monday, Kinnison and others packed up what was salvageable, saying they want to know if they'll get temporary housing. Gov. Haley Barbour said it should be known by Wednesday whether the state will get federal assistance, after which the next step, Barbour said, is getting temporary housing for those who need it."
http://www.wapt.com/weather/23270225/detail.html
Yazoo County Mother Dies Saving Children From Tornado
"A Yazoo County mother died as she shielded her children from a tornado that threw her mobile home 100 yards.
Nikki Carpenter, 31, was getting her three children, Austin, 1, Ethan 2, and Layne, 7, ready for the day at their home on Judkins Road, southwest of Yazoo City, when the tornado struck, her family said. Her cousin, Rodney Bradshaw, ran to the scene after the tornado and pulled the three boys from the rubble. Carpenter, who was lying next to Layne when Bradshaw found her, was dead.
There was so much rubble and broken trees around what was once Carpenter’s home that neither cars, trucks nor all-terrain vehicles could make it to the site, Bradshaw said. A family member was able to direct a rescue helicopter to the scene about 90 minutes to two hours after the tornado passed. Bradshaw had to move the concrete blocks that the trailer once stood on to allow the helicopter to land.
The three boys were flown to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Austin received staples to the back of his head, Layne suffered a broken wrist and Ethan underwent plastic surgery on his ear. Ethan was listed in fair condition at UMC on Monday. Layne and Austin were treated and released from the hospital Sunday. They are now being cared for by their grandfather, James Bradshaw.
Rodney Bradshaw said Carpenter was holding the three boys when the trailer was torn apart by the tornado.
“We just can't imagine Jo Jo standing here, you know? Everything is gone. Life is just like that, here one moment and gone the next. It just breaks my heart,” Yazoo County resident Donna Nichols said. “She was always just real perky. She just made everybody feel good. She loved her boys. She was a wonderful mom.”
Tornado sirens couldn’t be heard where Carpenter lived, her family said. They believe she and the boys were in the middle of the trailer, in the living room, when the tornado struck.
The tornado that hit Yazoo and Holmes counties was classified by the National Weather Service as an EF4 with winds up to 170 mph.
Several people died in the area, including Carlton Gould, who was killed when a truck landed on top of him. Several of his relatives and friends live down the street and their homes are destroyed.
Saturday's tornadoes killed 10 people in Mississippi. Carpenter and three others were killed in Yazoo County, officials said.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said one person was killed in Holmes County and five people were killed in Choctaw County. The coroner identified them Monday as 3-month-old Andra Patterson, Tyana Jobe, 9, and her sister, Brittney, 14, all of Weir. Mary Yates, 58, and her husband Bobby Yates, 57, both of Winona, were also killed. They were visiting Choctaw County when the tornado hit, the coroner said.
Federal and state emergency crews visited the homes to find out how much it will cost to clean up and rebuild.
The tornado crumbled a church, hit a neighborhood on Old Benton Road and wiped out homes and woods.
"I collected things over the years. My son always asked why I do this. As of today, nothing means anything to me. I'm thankful to be here to be alive. The Lord spared me. So, all that doesn't mean anything anymore," said Lois Kinnison, who lost her home and business, an antique store, to the tornado.
On Monday, Kinnison and others packed up what was salvageable, saying they want to know if they'll get temporary housing. Gov. Haley Barbour said it should be known by Wednesday whether the state will get federal assistance, after which the next step, Barbour said, is getting temporary housing for those who need it."
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
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"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
So much for taxing those who caused this recession to begin with. 
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65S4PU20100630
U.S. Democrats dump bank tax from financial reform bill
"U.S. Democrats on Tuesday stripped out a controversial $17.9 billion tax from their landmark financial reform bill in a scramble to win the votes needed to pass it through Congress. Democrats hoped the change would draw enough moderate Republicans to allow them to quickly pass the sweeping overhaul through both chambers of Congress. The goal had been to get the bill to President Barack Obama's desk by July 4, but that timetable could slip by several weeks.
Though a supposedly final version of the bill had been hammered out last week, Democrats called a fresh negotiating session on Tuesday after support appeared to be waning.
Heeding the concerns of moderate Senate Republicans, they axed the $17.9 billion tax on large financial institutions that was added to cover the bill's costs on Friday in an all-night bargaining session.
Their new plan would cover most of the bill's costs by tapping $11 billion from a fund set up to bail out troubled banks. It also would raise the amount that larger banks must pay to insure their customer's deposits.
"I'm prepared to make some compromises to get this very important bill through," said Democratic Representative Barney Frank, who has overseen the process.
Banks could have easily covered the costs of the new tax by trimming their executive bonuses, Barney said.
The Obama administration supports the change, a White House official said.
Leaders in the House of Representatives set the stage for a quick vote on Wednesday, but it was unclear if the Senate could schedule their vote by the end of the week.
Democratic plans for quick passage were complicated by the death of Democratic Senator Robert Byrd. His absence leaves them one vote short of the 60 needed to clear a Republican procedural hurdle in the 100-seat chamber.
Furthermore, Byrd's body was scheduled to lie in state on the Senate floor on Thursday, delaying any legislative action.
Democrat Christopher Dodd, who is leading the effort in the Senate, told reporters that he was "doubtful" the chamber could approve the bill by the end of the week.
Obama then would not be able to sign the bill into law until the middle of July, as Congress is out of session next week following the Independence Day holiday.
Analysts were confident the bill would become law.
"Not a question of if, but when," Concept Capital analyst Chris Krueger said in an e-mail.
The bill, which aims to prevent a repeat of the 2007-2009 financial crisis that shook the global economy, is a top priority for Obama and would give him and fellow Democrats a big legislative win ahead of November congressional elections.
RETIRING TARP EARLY
The bill would force banks to reduce, but not cease, risky trading and investing, set up a new government process for liquidating troubled financial firms and establish a new consumer-protection bureau. It would saddle financial firms with a host of new regulations and reduce their profits.
Wall Street and many Republicans have tried to delay or water down the bill, but it has grown stronger during its yearlong journey through Congress as Democrats have ridden a wave of public disgust at an industry that has awarded itself fat paydays while the rest of the country struggles with high unemployment.
A handful of moderate Republican senators, mindful of the measure's popularity, managed to win concessions in return for helping the Democrats advance it, but several threatened to withdraw their support over the bank tax.
Those Republican senators -- Scott Brown, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe -- worked out the new funding plan with Democrats, Frank said. He said he would not have bothered to change the bill unless the alterations would pick up the votes needed to pass the Senate.
Snowe and Collins are studying the final version and have yet to decide how to vote, aides said. A Brown aide declined to comment.
The new funding mechanism would shut down the politically unpopular Troubled Asset Relief Program, which was set up in 2008 to buy toxic assets from banks but was instead used to bail out teetering Wall Street giants and Detroit automakers.
Some $11 billion from the TARP fund would help to pay for the bill. Republicans said that would effectively mean that the government's debt would rise by $11 billion.
"This is fraud on the American taxpayer, that's clear and simple," Republican Senator Judd Gregg said.
Democrats countered that they had to turn to the new funding source only because Republicans had forced them to drop their original proposal, a fund of at least $50 billion that would have been raised from the financial industry.
The bill would actually reduce the deficit by $3.2 billion by shutting down TARP early, an administration official said.
The bill would raise another $5.7 billion by bumping up the fees that banks pay to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
The increase in fees would build up the insurance fund's reserve ratio to 1.35 percent from 1.15 percent. The ratio measures how much the FDIC has on hand in its insurance fund, compared to insured deposits."
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65S4PU20100630
U.S. Democrats dump bank tax from financial reform bill
"U.S. Democrats on Tuesday stripped out a controversial $17.9 billion tax from their landmark financial reform bill in a scramble to win the votes needed to pass it through Congress. Democrats hoped the change would draw enough moderate Republicans to allow them to quickly pass the sweeping overhaul through both chambers of Congress. The goal had been to get the bill to President Barack Obama's desk by July 4, but that timetable could slip by several weeks.
Though a supposedly final version of the bill had been hammered out last week, Democrats called a fresh negotiating session on Tuesday after support appeared to be waning.
Heeding the concerns of moderate Senate Republicans, they axed the $17.9 billion tax on large financial institutions that was added to cover the bill's costs on Friday in an all-night bargaining session.
Their new plan would cover most of the bill's costs by tapping $11 billion from a fund set up to bail out troubled banks. It also would raise the amount that larger banks must pay to insure their customer's deposits.
"I'm prepared to make some compromises to get this very important bill through," said Democratic Representative Barney Frank, who has overseen the process.
Banks could have easily covered the costs of the new tax by trimming their executive bonuses, Barney said.
The Obama administration supports the change, a White House official said.
Leaders in the House of Representatives set the stage for a quick vote on Wednesday, but it was unclear if the Senate could schedule their vote by the end of the week.
Democratic plans for quick passage were complicated by the death of Democratic Senator Robert Byrd. His absence leaves them one vote short of the 60 needed to clear a Republican procedural hurdle in the 100-seat chamber.
Furthermore, Byrd's body was scheduled to lie in state on the Senate floor on Thursday, delaying any legislative action.
Democrat Christopher Dodd, who is leading the effort in the Senate, told reporters that he was "doubtful" the chamber could approve the bill by the end of the week.
Obama then would not be able to sign the bill into law until the middle of July, as Congress is out of session next week following the Independence Day holiday.
Analysts were confident the bill would become law.
"Not a question of if, but when," Concept Capital analyst Chris Krueger said in an e-mail.
The bill, which aims to prevent a repeat of the 2007-2009 financial crisis that shook the global economy, is a top priority for Obama and would give him and fellow Democrats a big legislative win ahead of November congressional elections.
RETIRING TARP EARLY
The bill would force banks to reduce, but not cease, risky trading and investing, set up a new government process for liquidating troubled financial firms and establish a new consumer-protection bureau. It would saddle financial firms with a host of new regulations and reduce their profits.
Wall Street and many Republicans have tried to delay or water down the bill, but it has grown stronger during its yearlong journey through Congress as Democrats have ridden a wave of public disgust at an industry that has awarded itself fat paydays while the rest of the country struggles with high unemployment.
A handful of moderate Republican senators, mindful of the measure's popularity, managed to win concessions in return for helping the Democrats advance it, but several threatened to withdraw their support over the bank tax.
Those Republican senators -- Scott Brown, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe -- worked out the new funding plan with Democrats, Frank said. He said he would not have bothered to change the bill unless the alterations would pick up the votes needed to pass the Senate.
Snowe and Collins are studying the final version and have yet to decide how to vote, aides said. A Brown aide declined to comment.
The new funding mechanism would shut down the politically unpopular Troubled Asset Relief Program, which was set up in 2008 to buy toxic assets from banks but was instead used to bail out teetering Wall Street giants and Detroit automakers.
Some $11 billion from the TARP fund would help to pay for the bill. Republicans said that would effectively mean that the government's debt would rise by $11 billion.
"This is fraud on the American taxpayer, that's clear and simple," Republican Senator Judd Gregg said.
Democrats countered that they had to turn to the new funding source only because Republicans had forced them to drop their original proposal, a fund of at least $50 billion that would have been raised from the financial industry.
The bill would actually reduce the deficit by $3.2 billion by shutting down TARP early, an administration official said.
The bill would raise another $5.7 billion by bumping up the fees that banks pay to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
The increase in fees would build up the insurance fund's reserve ratio to 1.35 percent from 1.15 percent. The ratio measures how much the FDIC has on hand in its insurance fund, compared to insured deposits."
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
Something good in the midst of very bad news.
My 11 year old nephew, Matther, is dying of cancer. Somebody in the family notified the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Matthew's case and the organization did a number of wonderful things for him. Matthew is a great baseball fan and Make-A-Wish set up a great day for him at the stadium of the Detroit Tigers, where he met several players and the manager, and got to go onto the field where he saw his name on the stadium's giant message board. Additionally, the foundation bought Matthew a 42 inch TV so he can watch his favorites, including the Tigers.
I'll never forget what this foundation did for a small boy.
My 11 year old nephew, Matther, is dying of cancer. Somebody in the family notified the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Matthew's case and the organization did a number of wonderful things for him. Matthew is a great baseball fan and Make-A-Wish set up a great day for him at the stadium of the Detroit Tigers, where he met several players and the manager, and got to go onto the field where he saw his name on the stadium's giant message board. Additionally, the foundation bought Matthew a 42 inch TV so he can watch his favorites, including the Tigers.
I'll never forget what this foundation did for a small boy.
A thimbleful of neutron star material would weigh more than 500 million tons. How long is that in Earth years?
I'm glad the foundation managed to make that happen.
Intelligent alien life does exist, otherwise they would've contacted us. — Calendar — Extend Opera
Originally posted by Frenzie:
I'm glad the foundation managed to make that happen.
As am I.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
Mississippi State Defensive End Nick Bell dies from cancer today.-Comments by notable Mississippi State people:
Head Football Coach Dan Mullen
“This is a tragedy for Nick’s family, our football program, our community and everyone who had the privilege to meet and be around Nick Bell. Nick was a son and a brother to our football family and I know he will continue to look over us from heaven. Nick lived his life like a champion and will always be remembered in our hearts that way. During this impossible time, we pray for Nick’s family and all those he has touched.”
Megan Mullen
“There are few people in the world who have the unique ability to light up a room – Nick was one of those extraordinary individuals. Every single one of us in the Bulldog football family is a better person for having Nick in our lives.”
Dr. Mark Keenum, Mississippi State University President
“Rhonda joins with me and Bulldogs everywhere in expressing our sympathies to Nick Bell's family, teammates, and friends during this difficult time. Nick was an outstanding young man, who proudly represented our university with character and enthusiasm in everything he did. He was an exemplary student athlete, always giving the maximum effort on the football field and in the classroom. Nick left us too soon, and we mourn his passing, but we also celebrate the impact he made and fondly recount the many lives he touched in our Bulldog family.”
Scott Stricklin, Director of Athletics
“Words can't express our sadness. Nick was a model student-athlete – special in the classroom, on the field and to those whose lives he touched. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, his teammates and his coaches. He will be missed by the entire Mississippi State community and our athletic department family.”
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
Originally posted by Jaybro:
Sadly, Matthew has passed. Such a hard thing.
I'm sorry for your loss. He was so young
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Denis Diderot
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Originally posted by johnnysaucepn:
My thoughts are with you and your family.
My thoughts are as well.
My condolences to you Jaybro.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
Apparently we're all going to hell
The pen is not mightier than the sword. I've tried stabbing someone with a pen, and it doesn't work half as well.
UK Inflation hits 3.7%
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
And inflation in China crossed 5%, well above the targeted 4.4%. Brakes are to be applied. But this is more into the economic threads than into the bad news thread?
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Originally posted by jax:
But this is more into the economic threads than into the bad news thread?
Perhaps. But 5%+ does require action; or reaction – however you will. They are wise to "apply the brakes", but wiser still if they discern whence the momentum of such inflation accumulated…
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"I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into." Fisher Ames
The world situation reminds me of what happened in the EU on a bigger scale. China has started braking about a year ago (by policy) or half a year ago (by increasing interest rate), but China is not alone. Much of the world is overheating, only the traditional economies (Europe, North America, Japan) are in the doldrums. However, like Germany and France in the EU, these economies dominate the world economy, so the Spains and Irelands of the world will have to adapt. Will it end in tears? We'll see, I think it wouldn't but it could.
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It will depend partly upon whether these Spains and Irelands you don't name have the ability to apply monitory policies… Lacking such, they will be all-but defenseless – short of revolution. Which is to say, they will be defenseless.
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"I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into." Fisher Ames
They do, so we can expect the realignments to continue, under the noise of currency risks and cost of money. Fortunes to be made, fortunes to be lost, the usual. A very good chunk of the inflationary pressure in the emerging economies is rising commodity prices (food, oil, metals, textiles), things that are less noticeable in the emerged world, except among the poor and those don't count. Where heat can cause friction are areas like real estate and some other services and goods that also are virtual and highly inelastic, higher prices do little to dampen demand. We have <a href="http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=858112">covered China</a>, which may be the most glaring case right now, but it also applies to the bustling cities in other parts of the world emergent. Countries like Brazil and Russia are beneficiaries of higher commodity prices, as well as many African countries, but inflation will do its damage at countries of consumption as well.
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Originally posted by jax:
But this is more into the economic threads than into the bad news thread?
True enough.
I wrestled with putting it into one of those threads or this one, and settled on this one based on the reasoning that the UK's inflation rate affects me currently.
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"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
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"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
When's the day of arrival?
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I've been here since the 6th.
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http://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
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"Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy." -President John Quincy Adams
This can't be good news.
But who knows...I don't know the Middle East all that well. These may be the best of times.
Seizing a Moment, Al Jazeera Taps Arab Anger
- 11 hours ago Cables Show Delicate U.S. Dealings With Egypt’s Leaders
- 11 hours ago Arab Governments Brace for New Protests
- 10 hours ago With Muslim Brotherhood Set to Join Egypt Protests, Religion’s Role May Grow
- 12 hours ago Political Memo: Egypt’s Leader Uses Old Tricks to Defy New Demands
But who knows...I don't know the Middle East all that well. These may be the best of times.
Science is flawed but correctable. Religion is irremediably flawed.
You know it's not good news when something like this gets published.
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Jezus Chrystus!
Science is flawed but correctable. Religion is irremediably flawed.
Originally posted by jbrothernew:
Jezus Chrystus!
What language is that? It's Jezus Christus in Dutch.
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Originally posted by Frenzie:
What language is that? It's Jezus Christus in Dutch.
Polish. I grew up in a Polish neighborhood in Detroit and attended Święty Andrzej school. It was St. Andrews school, but older Poles called it Święty Andrzej.
Science is flawed but correctable. Religion is irremediably flawed.
I don't know if this is good news, bad news, or neither, but it is news of a sort.
Anybody know where I can get a good agnostic chicken dinner?
Chick-fil-A controversy shines light on restaurant's Christian DNA
Lambert says Chick-fil-A is the most visible example of an American corporation trying to foster a specifically Christian identity. The company is privately held and family-run, making that task somewhat easier. Lambert says Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy signed what Cathy describes as a “covenant” with his children when they took over the company, to help preserve its Christian DNA.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/04/chick-fil-a-controversy-shines-light-on-restaurants-christian-dna/?hpt=C2
Anybody know where I can get a good agnostic chicken dinner?
Science is flawed but correctable. Religion is irremediably flawed.
Originally posted by jbrothernew:
Anybody know where I can get a good agnostic chicken dinner?
Maybe, maybe not.
Swiss gun culture may end. Not quite sure whether that's good or bad.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,744837,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,744837,00.html
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Originally posted by Frenzie:
Swiss gun culture may end
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,744837,00.htm
I love this statement... "If you make firearms less accessible, there will be fewer suicides."
Guess whats next.. Razor blades.. Ropes... Sleeping pill arsenals.
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Originally posted by MAXXTHRUST:
I love this statement... "If you make firearms less accessible, there will be fewer suicides."
Guess whats next.. Razor blades.. Ropes... Sleeping pill arsenals.
Windows higher than 1st or 2nd floor that open... yeah, I agree that seems like a pretty bad argument. People who want to commit suicide will find other means.
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Originally posted by Frenzie:
Windows higher than 1st or 2nd floor that open... yeah, I agree that seems like a pretty bad argument. People who want to commit suicide will find other means.
You'd be surprised how many suicides are spontaneous actions. Ropes, sleeping pills, carbon monoxide - all require a degree of pre-planning and uncertain results that firearms don't.
I've read it's also quite hard to commit suicide with a gun properly; that is, you'll probably bleed to death within about 5-10 minutes, but near-instantaneous death is apparently not that easy either. At least that's what the statistics apparently say, since I've always thought the movies-style "blowing your brains out" seems like a fairly convincing method. At any rate I've never spontaneously felt like dying.
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Originally posted by Frenzie:
I've read it's also quite hard to commit suicide with a gun properly; that is, you'll probably bleed to death within about 5-10 minutes, but near-instantaneous death is apparently not that easy either. At least that's what the statistics apparently say, since I've always thought the movies-style "blowing your brains out" seems like a fairly convincing method.
Yeah, I guess the movie image of a quick death is appealing - even more horrible to think they'll find out the truth the hard way.
It's a good point though - the method might not affect the intention, but it will affect the survival rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_methods#Firearms
Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine and the National Academy of Science found an association between household firearm ownership and gun suicide rates, though a study by one researcher did not find a statistically significant association between household firearms and gun suicide rates, except in the suicides of children aged 5–14.
Particularly nasty. 5-year-old suicides?
Perhaps what happens in Fight Club is common than. He put the gun in his mouth, but it was angled wrong. This might be a fairly common occurrence? This is rather a grim subject, isn't it :/
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Originally posted by Sanguinemoon:
There's a more bizarre side to it, as this reaction to the recession has it.Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Denis Diderot
"I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Hotline. I got a call center in Pakistan, and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck."
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Originally posted by Belfrager:
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
From the BBC:
But behind these stories is an unexpected truth - Britons have been drinking less and less every year since 2002.
Bad news for sure.
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It had better not pass the Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood.
The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer money should not go to groups that provide or promote abortion.
Democrats say Planned Parenthood provides contraception and other valuable family planning services, and that cutting off the money will make it hard for women to get such basic help.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcFXy2CvM5CPe-t-QcPcaLBZkwBA?docId=184481f9479c46b0af7e7d37a47d65cd
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12618357
Still no government.
Still no government.
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I Re-posted this from the Good News thread where it was out of place.
Operamail is back with Opera
Good News? - it should be - keeping up to date and all that, but how come they've changed by email address that I've had for around 15 years?
edit: I've changed my mind (I can do that can't I?) Changing to the new system is like being enticed (forced in this case) into bed with anticipation on your part and discovering she was a prim and bossy old battleax. who wanted to charge you money and give up your old friends.
Bah!
I shall report my post due to it being off-topic and recommend that it be placed in the Bad News Thread.
Operamail is back with Opera
Good News? - it should be - keeping up to date and all that, but how come they've changed by email address that I've had for around 15 years?
edit: I've changed my mind (I can do that can't I?) Changing to the new system is like being enticed (forced in this case) into bed with anticipation on your part and discovering she was a prim and bossy old battleax. who wanted to charge you money and give up your old friends.
Bah!
I shall report my post due to it being off-topic and recommend that it be placed in the Bad News Thread.
He who calls a man a fool defines himself
Originally posted by string:
Good News? - it should be - keeping up to date and all that, but how come they've changed by email address that I've had for around 15 years?
edit: I've changed my mind (I can do that can't I?) Changing to the new system is like being enticed (forced in this case) into bed with anticipation on your part and discovering she was a prim and bossy old battleax. who wanted to charge you money and give up your old friends.
Bah!
Wow. And there was me quite pleased that they've finally switched over. It was pretty amusing there for a while that with the free webmail client it still tagged your emails with "Upgrade to Opera 9" - just a little out of date
When I saw this morning that they'd switched over to whoever the hell is hosting it now, I was pretty pleased. I even went as far as to upgrade my address to a paid subscription - something I haven't had since '05.
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I've had a paid subscription since they changed over to the last outfit simply because it enabled me to concoct emails on my machine and then send them from my machine instead of using the archaic web site.
What now irritates me is the way they have tagged some daft numbers onto the end of my email address and what worries me about that (apart from the fact that I liked my own personalised email) is the consequence on people dismissing my emails out of hand because they appear to come from someone they haven't heard of before and therefore might be Spam, and the reaction of all those on-line companies I've registered over the years that I've had opera mail and who will now not recognise me and respond to queries about the software upgrades etc etc.
They claim that my email address is not compatible with their servers; well it's the other way round; their *^!@**!! servers are not compatible with my email address.
Bah and Humbug and all that
Also I don't find a dictionary with British spelling (yet). I've been turned into an illiterate overnight.
What now irritates me is the way they have tagged some daft numbers onto the end of my email address and what worries me about that (apart from the fact that I liked my own personalised email) is the consequence on people dismissing my emails out of hand because they appear to come from someone they haven't heard of before and therefore might be Spam, and the reaction of all those on-line companies I've registered over the years that I've had opera mail and who will now not recognise me and respond to queries about the software upgrades etc etc.
They claim that my email address is not compatible with their servers; well it's the other way round; their *^!@**!! servers are not compatible with my email address.
Bah and Humbug and all that
Also I don't find a dictionary with British spelling (yet). I've been turned into an illiterate overnight.
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Originally posted by string:
I've had a paid subscription since they changed over to the last outfit simply because it enabled me to concoct emails on my machine and then send them from my machine instead of using the archaic web site.
Yeah, that web interface was pretty nasty. That's why I begrudged paying money to them. I know that's just part of the vicious circle of them not investing in their service 'cos people wouldn't pay for it and people not paying for it 'cos they won't invest in their service, but I hated that site so much I just couldn't bear to part with monies to those amateurs.
I shan't dwell on in though, they're not involved anymore and I'm paying for my email address again.
Adding numbers onto your existing address seems weird. If it's truly an incompatible address, one would expect characters to be withdrawn rather than added.
Its made no complaints about my address, though it did take a little persuading to upgrade my existing account rather than try to make a new one.
Sorry to see they've screwed you a bit, I was genuinely pleased to see progress in the world of Operamail; it had languished for too long IMO.
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