mr_genius

Any predictions for the CA general elections? Fiorina vs Boxer Whitman vs Brown

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...candidates.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) I'm going to find your grandmother, call her ugly in front of your eyes, and I expect you to laugh. helen thomas is his grandmother

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 01:44 PM) An article: http://www.slate.com/id/2256068/ yep. looking back at the political science professors I had in college, if they wrote the news, it would be f***ing hilarious. granted, it would be lousy and over the top, lacking any sense of intellectual value; but it would entertain.

Obama lifts whaling ban. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/05...ercial-whaling/

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:54 AM) <!--quoteo(post=2166350:date=Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:53 AM:name=GoSox05)-->QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:53 AM) <!--quotec-->It scares me. His picture just stares at you. Here's a scene from that film... that's a good movie. i approve.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 03:39 PM) Besides fun and exercise, one of the great things about participating in team sports as a kid is the chance to learn life lessons. One of the most important lessons is to play hard and play fair even though, in the end, there's no guarantee that you'll get what you deserve, and you might just end up getting your ass kicked anyway. Imo, this sort of rule--an attempt to legislate "fair" results--robs kids of that life lesson, to their ultimate detriment. I guess I'm old, but I see a correlation between this type of rule and the seeming sentiment that Galaraga should have been credited with a perfect game anyway. Yes, he got screwed. No, its not fair. But that's life. Its mostly fun, but some parts suck, and the sooner you learn to accept that, the better off you'll be. I'd rather my kid get a head start on learning that in youth soccer, than have to first confront that reality later on in life, over something more signficant. ^^^

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 12:42 PM) The dotted line on here excludes census hiring. whats your point?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/business.../05jobs.html?hp a terrible jobs report. the private sector can't support all these new government 'jobs'. at least the census stuff is temporary. need more private sector jobs

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 10:51 PM) KInda like the South Park episode, do we elect a Giant Dooshe, or a turd sandwich. pretty much. but Turd Sandwich has already promised to raise taxes, so i won't vote for him. maybe i'll just vote for Giant Douche even though he's, well, a Giant Douche.

QUOTE (KipWellsFan @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 10:47 PM) Have any local Illinois pollsters looked at the race recently? That's probably what you should pay attention to. found this cbs2 poll from April 7th. http://cbs2chicago.com/local/brady.quinn.poll.2.1617286.html

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 10:15 AM) I generally looked for good balance sheets, low debt load and some good avenue for growth in the future. basically, the exact opposite of the overall US economy.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20...quinn-1361.html Brady leading Quinn in the polls

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) My wife raced my 3-year old son up the stairs last night and didn't let him win and my son cried. I told him to go sit his ass down and get over himself. lol. None of that s*** in my house. haha nice

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 31, 2010 -> 01:44 PM) Oh, while we're not looking in this thread...heat wave in India, for the 2nd straight year before the Monsoon arrival...has killed hundreds. Hottest summer since records began being kept. they like hot weather though

this stadium looks like a damp, moldy, basement.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 29, 2010 -> 11:30 PM) I'm kind of reminded of reading about how Marge Schott said she didn't understand why saying "Japs" was offensive. It doesn't work that way, something is offensive because people are actually offended by it. Then you can't just turn around and say something about "politically correct freedom of speech" (no such thing btw and if someone disagrees with me I would like them to show me where they are supported in the actual text of the 1st Amendment) when someone faces consequences for being an asshole/racist/etc. you have no entitlement to 'never be offended'. you have no special government protections to block free speech that offends you. the governments role is not to enforce 'do not offend' policies. the consequences of offending people is that you are seen as a jackass, you lose business, you lose respect, or get ignored. the consequence is not a public policy mandate to block benign things that offend dumbasses. The Marge Schott example is a good one, as MLB has every right to fine her or whatever they did. The government does not have the right to swoop in and force MLB's hand to fine her. See the difference here? Being offensive is not consequence free. ps actually i just re-read your post, and i think this is kind of what you were getting at. can't totally tell though.

'Top Kill' effort in gulf deemed a failure. BP looking at other options http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30spill.html?hp

i wanted to see how a 'top kill' operation works, so i found some examples of wells getting shut down with the procedure. these were done on the surface, and still looked like a bit of a struggle (pain in the ass) to do. good luck with that 1 mile deep in the ocean.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 28, 2010 -> 04:10 PM) Ok, now I'm worrying. Come on guys, this s*** needs to work. that drilling mud is expensive, they will 'run out' of it. more profit to just wait for the relief wells to stop the massive oil leak. Obama will provide cover.

There was a big article i read a couple months ago about a Microsoft China slave shop. 16 hour work days. Sleep at your work station. It's really outrageous that no one in the west cares about this. I guess as long as 'stuff' is cheap no one cares.

:cheers

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/...ograph.html.php haha

QUOTE (bmags @ May 26, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) Because I just turned you in. yea, and it was very uncool of you to do so.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 26, 2010 -> 12:15 PM) So, from now on, you both will agree with me 100% of the time that pro-oil company policies are entirely driven by who gets the most money from them, and we shouldn't be voting for the people the oil companies support after this disaster? Great, I'll be thrilled to see you both voting Democrat this fall. John McCain ® $2,402,937 Barack Obama (D) $898,251 Or, does campaign funding only influence Democrats? I'm sure McCain would be doing the same thing. Both are paid for. Anyways, when you just count BP alone, Obama got the most bribes. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36783.html