NorthSideSox72

While I appreciate Reid showing some testicular fortitude, I still think the public option is the wrong path.

So here is something interesting I read this morning, from the AP. They were curious about the growing rumors circulating recently, about a global cooling trend. Some climate change skeptics have been claiming that we've been in a 10 year cooling trend, since a peak in 1999. Putting aside for the moment the idea that 10 years of data is terribly meaningful, the AP did a pretty cool blind study on this. They took temp data from both ground based sources and satellite sources (the satellite results tend to be cooler), and sent the raw numbers for the past decade to statisticians (who didn't know what the data represented), to find a trend. What did they find? Not only no cooling, but in fact, further warming (or, to them, increasing, as opposed to decreasing, values). Article here, though its AP so its all over the place. One of the leading proponents of this supposed, recent cooling trend, likes to pick 10 years from 1999 to present to show the trend. Well, not only does that trend not exist, but he chooses the highest year on record to start with and STILL is making a bogus claim. And if you start in 1998, or in 2000, the warming trend is actually pretty high. I continue to LOL at these "skeptics" whose theories and data never marry with reality. I really think some people simply don't want to face the issue - they prefer to keep their heads in the sand.

Why title the thread that way? Who in their right minds ever said that was true?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 12:37 PM) Don't forget, Iowa beat an Iowa State team that is second in the Big 12 North. And that was the only game where ISU was beaten by more than 5 points.

I'm kind of surprised that Joe Serafin didn't take the honors for best late round pick. Also, really like the report on Ciolli, who I could find very little scouting information on previously.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 10:34 PM) I just watched G.I. Joe on Blu-Ray (it doesn't come out until the 4th... heh... there's ways) and while the action in the movie was pretty awesome they left a pretty MAJOR plot point unaddressed at the end, and pretty blatantly. I understand they were setting up for a sequel, but damn. At least TRY to advance that plotline a bit. um.... its G.I. Joe. You are seriously picking apart the writing?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 07:55 AM) plus fines and other expenses incurred during the incident. Im pretty sure a 911 call is quite expensive, not to mention calling the FAA Launching the two choppers costs something like $30,000 by itself, as I recall reading.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 09:35 AM) I LMAO this morning at the NBC 5 crawl. They were running this exactly... What is Barack Obama's most annoying habit? Beating his wife at tennis. The problem? Because the length of the crawl was too long, at first only "beating his wife" showed up. Reminds me of the greatest newspaper headline ever. From the New York Post, when Bobby Brown died... "Bobby Beats Whitney to Death"

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 01:24 PM) What hype? Anyone that understands the game of baseball realizes there is a major adjustment period to playing a new position at the major league level. Ramirez had very limited experience at SS (and that includes the Cuban leagues). This was his first full-season in some time at shortstop so I would expect there to be lots of issues in regards to him learning positioning and the nuances of shortstop as well as just adjusting to the differences in fielding from short than 2nd (footwork is different, etc). Ramirez got better each and every week and by seasons end he was an above average defensive shortstop and you'll find that many on here agree with that sentiment. Next year he'll be even better because of the tools I listed earlier that Ramirez possesses. And if you don't believe me, go look at my posts in march where I said the Sox were going to be awful defensively and that Ramierz growing pains would be a large reason why. I disagree here, strongly, and that is what worries me about Lexi at SS. He didn't improve, at all - he played in September the way he played in April-May. Defensively, he went nowhere. I was hoping, like everyone else, he'd improve, as he did show signs of potential. But he didn't.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:47 PM) From the article: AKA they didn't think this through. How about wide buffer zones around Yellowstone or only allowing it to stop documented predation? Oh and, protecting Yellowstone specifically isn't going to gain you anything. There are now wolf packs all up and down the rockies from the Canadian border down at least through the Wind River Range in WY. And more packs going west from the Rockies, and south along the Cascades as well. I honestly think the hunt is OK, in limited numbers that don't stop the wolf population from naturally growing to the level that the ecosystem wants. Just implement something to handle the radio collar issue as I suggested, add a clause that wolves can be killed on your own property if you are protecting livestock, and build into the hunt number the number of wolves likely to be killed to protect livestock (which you can update annually based on numbers). This would, by nature, reduce the hunt numbers in the back country, unless or until the number of wolves predating livestock falls, which is the goal anyway.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:47 PM) From the article: AKA they didn't think this through. How about wide buffer zones around Yellowstone or only allowing it to stop documented predation? That's another thing, these agencies are often not thinking things through either. If they wanted to deal with wolves predating livestock, then just make the law such that you can kill wolves on your own land. Simple enough.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:36 PM) Based on the video, thats how it looks. Have you seen him in person, stood next to him or something, give me something of substance that tells me he is really 5'10" Because in that video he is the shortest guy on screen. Of course all the other players couldnt be 6'+. Maybe he is shrinking? Apparently he lost an inch between ASU and minor league ball, so maybe he is even smaller now. What I have is his official listed height in two places - 5'10" and 5'11". What you have is one video. I am not the one who needs to find something of substance. You really are missing my point though. Your hyperbole is what I found ridiculous. You said there was zero chance he was his listed height, even though you have never seen him other than one video.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:28 PM) Wolf Hunting in Montana ruins research program. From a news report in Science The law of unintended consequences. Nature is so much more complex than what we could possibly know of it, and the interrelationships of animal and plant life in an ecosystem are so beyond our ability to predict, that any time you decide to mess with mommy, you get slapped. Wolves are pack animals, so you can't really look at hunting numbers for wolves the same was as lone animals - the effect is different, as we see here. Mind you, I am OK with wolf hunting in general, because the populations have recovered enough. I do still tend to believe, reading what I have, that these areas are still generally underpredated, so the hunts should be very limited. Plus as a conservationst generally, I think we need to narrow our effect whenever possible. But there should be some way to compromise on this. Maybe the radio collars have an added dumb transmitter that sends out a signal saying "I'm under study, pick another wolf", and hunters would be able to borrow receiving devices from DNR when they are issued permits for the hunt. However, I do not see an easy way to deal with the pack thing - no way for a hunter to know which wolf in a pack they are shooting. Tough call on that one.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:29 PM) Right, based on the video. Why is that ridiculous? Watch the video, tell me he doesnt look more than 4 inches shorter than both the ump and the catcher and the guy who hits behind him. He also looks shorter than the 2B on the other team when rounding the bases. Are you guys upset that he may be shorter than he is listed or something? Plenty of short guys can play in the majors, its not a knock on him. I could care less how short he is. I just think its funny that you and other posters are so very, 100% sure, that he's not the height that he is listed at, based on one video.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:25 PM) Oh I know. On a side note it would be nice if Daley, who claims to be "Mr Green", were to follow San Fran and Portland in building an infrastructure for electric car charging stations. If we want people to start buying electric cars we need to make them convenient. The city has like no money for any new programs at that type of cost level. They'd have to raise taxes or cut programs significantly to find the money for that. Or raise new revenue in some other way.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:20 PM) I assume you are referring to me, and I said he LOOKS that way. Why is that ridiculous? He looks like a midget in that video. Both the ump and the catcher most be way over 6 feet tall. And the opposing 2B is taller, and whoever hits behind him as well. Your post:

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:21 PM) Buy it in Colorado, sell it in California, pocket about $30k on the deal. Repeat 2-3 more times, and suddenly you can afford one. I haven't seen the exact law, but I'd have to think you need to be a taxable resident of CO to get the break, first off. Second, if they had any brain cells, they'd say the car has to stay registered in CO for some period of time after purchase.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:18 PM) Likewise Give it time. The biz model that Tesla chose to pursue (I think, the smart one) was to start with the most expensive model first, to bring in the money from the early-adopters who would spend gobs of money without blinking. Then, next, they have a $50k sedan coming, then, a $30k small car.

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:12 PM) I've never seen him either and that's why I think he's 6'4". I'm certain of it. Exactly - its hilarious that people here, who have seen him in 1 video, think they know for sure that the guy is 6 or 7 inches shorter than his listed hight. Ridiculous.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 11:48 AM) I really don't get Republicans trying to use Cheney to beat up Obama over Afghanistan policy. Cheney had his chance to set policy there and f***ed it up/ ignored it for 7 years. I don't get the impression that the Republicans, institutionally, are using him as a mouthpiece. I think Cheney is just still so full of anger and bitterness, that he takes every speaking gig he's offered, where he can spew his B.S. Some Republicans probably still like the guy, but I don't think the party as a whole sees him as a major piece of their strategy.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) <!--quoteo(post=2032595:date=Oct 23, 2009 -> 11:12 AM:name=StrangeSox)-->QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 11:12 AM) <!--quotec-->Republicans are eating up whatever he says and bragging about how amazingly smart the guy is. He was smart... when he said invading Iraq was not a smart idea: That was before he snapped on 9/11.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 11:17 AM) And yet by penalizing certain banks, draining their talent, and making them less desirable to work for, the government is concentrating more and more money into the biggest banks. Everything the federal government is doing here is contra to the actual problems at hand. They seem to want to pass this problem off as a few people making too much money, which is so not the big problem here. Its one of many problems, and it does the opposite of what you are saying, because it incentivizes people to work at smaller, independent banks. We just won't agree here.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 09:07 AM) I can't wait for it to come out. I want to find a way to actively show my non-support for this fraud and embarrassment to our society. Agree. There is no other political figure in recent memory that I despise as much as her (leaving out people on the margins who aren't real players).

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 09:57 AM) Repeal grahm-leach-bailey and reinstitute the Glass-Steagall act, for starters. Oh and lets actually regulate OTC derivatives. Being worked on, and I'm glad to see that SS2K5 and I have gotten you programmed into understanding the differentiation there.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 09:51 AM) The idea that we should facilitate massive wealth redistribution from all taxpayers to a few wealthy executives who made poor decisions for years is garbage. ss2k5, where is all of this awesome Wall Street talent going to go if they aren't paid tens or hundreds of millions of dollars for creating massive economic bubbles but not wealth? What other market or sector is going to invite them in to run their businesses into the ground? The talent argument is bogus anyway. For everyone $25M exec at a big firm, there is a $5M exec who would love to take that job, and is probably just as likely to do well at it. And so on down the line at ANY company - for every high paid exec, there is a pool of people fighting to be next, and usually, one of them can be just as good, just as the guy IN that job was the other guy at one time. My tax money is going to pay these schmoes, and the way I see it, I now sit on their board. What is particularly funny to me about this is, I see the same people taking the exact stance I do when government agencies waste money, and yet they seem to be fine with it when its a formerly private company that we now own.