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by JLawson
Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unintended Consequneces?
Replies: 16
Views: 8821

Re: Unintended Consequneces?

Not to worry, they will gerrymander this thing all over the crony world, this is just to give them an excuse to slip their pals through the door this exception will make. Cynics are required to understand the mentality of these politicians. I'm starting to think it's impossible to be adequately cyn...
by JLawson
Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal?
Replies: 7
Views: 2694

Re: Coal ash contains 13 times more Thorium Energy than Coal

A melt-down isn't a "reasonably operating nuclear facility". But actually, it should include a meltdown, just not a dispersive hydrogen explosion. Besides, meltdowns are usually caused by something going stupidly wrong (as in Chernobyl and TMI) or catastrophically wrong (such as Fukushima, where th...
by JLawson
Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Libertarians Are Coming
Replies: 86
Views: 46075

Re: The Libertarians Are Coming

Providing perverse incentives with recursive bad consequences should not be a function of government. And if government restricted itself like this in reality, would you still want to control what other people do in their bedroom? I'll be honest - I don't know anyone who particularly cares what som...
by JLawson
Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is Communism Reversible?
Replies: 16
Views: 5214

Re: Is Communism Reversible?

http://classicalvalues.com/2013/12/is-communism-reversible/ Very good video with my comments added. I was a hard core communist in my youth so what David Horowitz says in the video really rings true . MSimon how the F could you have been a communist in your youth or any other time?! I could underst...
by JLawson
Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Libertarians Are Coming
Replies: 86
Views: 46075

Re: The Libertarians Are Coming

Teahive wrote:
Diogenes wrote:"Out Of My Bedroom" is a strawman argument. The problem is, people won't keep their bedrooms out of my wallet and out of my life.
And by what means do they do that? Government, maybe?
Probably Rooms-To-Go - it's amazing how fast they can get a bedroom out of your wallet... :(
by JLawson
Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Obama Care Will Trip Us Into Recession
Replies: 10
Views: 4259

Re: Obama Care Will Trip Us Into Recession

Oddly, I'm reminded of the 'Hunger Games' series of novels. You have a Capitol City, where the rich reside and dictate to all outside it. You have the various Districts, where everyone else lives - and provides the materials and food (apparently gratis) for Capitol City to live on. Now we're getting...
by JLawson
Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: AGW Sausage Making
Replies: 3
Views: 2519

Re: AGW Sausage Making

The thing about real science is that when it happens, it's a burst of beautiful creation, not trying to hide things all jumbled up in a sausage. I like that - it's clear and succinct. And when someone's screaming 'The science is settled!' while not showing their work, their data sets, or the black ...
by JLawson
Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is the idiot still here?
Replies: 11
Views: 5947

Re: Is the idiot still here?

I think he got tired of failing in his quest to get evicted, thus proving how 'mean' the folks are here.

Gotta pity the masochist who's begging to be beaten, and nobody will oblige him.
by JLawson
Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Palin: Government Controls Too Much Of Our Lives
Replies: 1
Views: 1538

Re: Palin: Government Controls Too Much Of Our Lives

The funny thing was that she was widely derided as being a know-nothing idiot, completely unsuited to the task of governing the country due to her only working her way up the Republican food chain in Alaska to the position of State Governor, and managed to get a lot of concessions out of the oil ind...
by JLawson
Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ice Cap increase 29%, Reality laughs at Models.
Replies: 62
Views: 18697

Ice Cap increase 29%, Reality laughs at Models.

A chilly Arctic summer has left 533,000 more square miles of ocean covered with ice than at the same time last year – an increase of 29 per cent. The rebound from 2012’s record low comes six years after the BBC reported that global warming would leave the Arctic ice-free in summer by 2013. Read mor...
by JLawson
Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Obama Care Will Trip Us Into Recession
Replies: 10
Views: 4259

Re: Obama Care Will Trip Us Into Recession

And in 2014 and 2016 the talking points will be 'You've never had it better! Democrats CARE about you! Let them keep making your life BETTER! Vote Democrat in 2014, and Hillary (God help us) in 2016!" But the trick is, politicians DON'T care about 'you' as an individual. They care about getting reel...
by JLawson
Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Front End fail may have only been the visible trouble.
Replies: 2
Views: 1555

Front End fail may have only been the visible trouble.

What the user sees interfacing with a web site isn't the really important part - in fact, I'd argue that it's about 10%. The user actually has to be able to get the product they're wanting, whether it's information or entertainment or to purchase something. How many times have you gone to Amazon, fo...
by JLawson
Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Firing from the AC-130U Spooky Gunship
Replies: 1
Views: 1383

Re: Firing from the AC-130U Spooky Gunship

That what took out the Schneibster? :twisted:
by JLawson
Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Big Gov's "A" Game
Replies: 136
Views: 26067

Re: Big Gov's "A" Game

hanelyp wrote:Thinking about it, I'm not sure there's a downside if "Bobby Tables" struck. Certainly far better than some other things that could happen with the data.
Makes me glad I backed out fast the one time I was actually able to get on the site when it asked for my SSAN.
by JLawson
Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Shut Down Obama Care Site
Replies: 1
Views: 1393

Re: Shut Down Obama Care Site

President Barack Obama's HealthCare.gov site is riddled with security flaws that put user data of millions of people at risk and it should be shut down until fixed, several technology experts warned lawmakers on Tuesday. The testimony at a congressional hearing could increase concerns among many Am...