StrangeSox

It has always been a political award.

Predicatably, the right wingers are using this as a platform to attack Obama, Europe, socialism and Democrats.

Those scientists who get awarded usually wait decades for recognition of their contributions. They don't get the Nobel while they're still doing the research.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 08:21 AM) Of course you missed the big picture. But you're missing the important details. Its different people with different reasons deciding different things from a different candidate pool. "The rest of the world" isn't one big homogeneous entity.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 07:56 AM) Not going to happen. Hordes of REPs are figuring out how to mitigate the "damage" and use it to make him look bad. Meanwhile hordes of DEM strategists are figuring out how to maximize the award to their advantage. Well, its already meaningless in their eyes thanks to Carter and Gore winning it. But, like NSS said, I meant us smart folks here at Soxtalk.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 08:06 AM) Eh, Bush had the admirable AIDS policy. Except that it was tied to abstinence-only education without condoms.

Hopefully we can all just agree that it was completely unexpected and premature.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 07:25 AM) This is sort of like the time when Rafael Palmeiro won the Gold Glove for first base, having only played a dozen or so games there. Except the Nobel Peace Prize is just slightly more meaningful. What a joke. Claim not in evidence.

Hey guys, I'm going to talk a lot about combining quantum theory and general relativity--think they'll give me the prize for physics?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 10:17 PM) I don't think it was an observation about what laws were being broken, as you mentioned at the end, it was just picking our worst way of passing the death penalty and the worst way of that time. Well, it could be by lethal injection, so you'd have a cross-shaped table instead

Were the store results sales or profits? Could be desperation sales/ clearances to move inventory if its not reflecting higher profits.

Its not necessarily an offense for them to exist. Its offensive to think that another religion's symbolism would do a good job of representing theirs.

That's like saying Christians wouldn't be too offended by the Muslim symbol because its still a Abrahamic religion and they recognize Jesus as a prophet. Jews have been treated like s*** by both of the other Abrahamic religions for centuries.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 04:24 PM) Of course you make perfect sense. I was thinking more in the abstract. How about this example Is this a symbol of God's covenant and should be taken down or is a Gay Pride symbol and left up? Who should decide? There are an awful lot of non believers that have crosses on their tombstones. FWIW, the gay pride rainbow usually has one less color than the others.

Really? Why would they?

SCOTUSblog has a good recap of the coverage: http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/thursday-round-up-4/#more-11597 And their page on the case: http://www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Salazar_v._Buono

I dunno, but both Busch Gardens are great parks.

Called it.

Jobless claims slightly better than expected. But still over half a million.

Yeah, they're just investing a company asset. It costs them money if they lose a senior employee with decades of experience.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 08:56 AM) I'm embarrassed for him. http://pitchfork.com/news/36686-rivers-cuo...ins-iraditudei/ That sounds like it will be awful.

I've always heard Stateville is one of the best out there.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 08:04 AM) Some opportunist jackass decided that he should build giant heads of Presidents, destroying a mountain that overlooks what little was left (at that time - now there is even less) of the land allowed to the Lakota, and so the people already routed by the United States got to look up every day and see the faces of that country's leaders staring at them. It was beyond insulting, even by the standards of that time. Of course now, that's all national park and forest, as I believe the reservation has further shrunk and is now at the foot of that mountain any more. I'm not 100% sure on that aspect, though. It is different than this case though, in key ways. That cross was not a horrible insult to anyone. And it wasn't a government funded mission either. Not only that, but the guy who built the monument was a racist POS. Its one big "f*** you" to native americans. And, of course, tacky.

At least according to Bulls***!, some native American tribes take offense at Mt. Rushmore.