StrangeSox

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 11:46 AM) Well, the Dems had 16% in there who said definite no, add 16% for GOP'ers and that is 32% of the population who I think, just out of ignorance, don't know. Which is sad, and goes to education as you said. But the differential between parties, to me, logically links only to those religious beliefs (because I really don't think that one party is more intelligent or better educated than the other). I think it might have something to do with this: and this:

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 11:41 AM) That's pretty much a perfect illustration of why the GOP is such a disaster right now - the influence (though, fortunately, waning) of the wing-nut religious right. That's not a common theme in religious creationism, though. They come up with wacky theories like the plates all moving around at 100 MPH after "The Flood" but its generally not a common denial. I think its just more evidence of the lack of science education and the growing cynicism of education, intelligence and experts.

I'd imagine that makes you want to cry/ punch someone. I like the racial breakdowns, too. edit: I see know that its a facebook poll. I'll just wishfully assume a more rigorous survey would come up with better results. edit edit: nevermind, its a facebook page with a daily kos poll. It's still alarming to see only 51% of dems and 44% of independents responding "yes"

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 10:50 AM) Ah OK, that is a different update. I was referring to the broad-based changes in EPA testing from 2006. I didn't realize these were new ones beyond that. Of course, it looks like this change put some cars in, and some out, so its a net zero effect. But this is definitely an example of government agencies not communicating well with one another. The change should have been put in place at the beginning of the program. Net zero for the total number of models, but not necessarily for the total number of vehicles.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 09:26 AM) Even in cases where companies weren't allowed to pay back funds? There's a conflict of interest there. They had incentive to pay back funds to give themselves obscene bonuses even if the company was still on shaky ground.

That'd be pretty awesome if we actually could control one.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 08:51 AM) I wouldn't doubt that for a second, actually. Like the drugs, though, it requires suppression of hundreds/ thousands of engineers to keep under wraps and not simply produce it on their own. It also seems like they'd have rushed those out ASAP last summer.

Nomar Garciaparra: Don't Judge Ortiz. LOL.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 08:39 AM) Wasn't this posted here a month ago or so and subsequently proven to be a bulls*** rumor? Yeah, it looked like someone just went down the rosters and picked names. They even doubled some names, I think.

Detriot automakers have a bunch of patents for 100MPG cars or cars that run on tap water but are in cahoots with big oil to keep them away.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 02:06 AM) I definitely believe we have cures for almost every form of cancer, as well as HIV/AIDS, the world relies on them too much to keep the population limits down to a controllable level. That requires large-scale world-wide suppression of a lot of knowledge that would garner some company untold billions/ trillions of revenue. There would be an awful lot of researchers involved in generating those drugs that would all have to be kept quiet. Also, if they haven't been through clinical trials, we have no idea if they're effective and safe.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 11:36 PM) There was a this american life on this that was painful to listen to. that's where I heard of it. I liked the part where the interviewer told him to 'f*** off' or something like that.

Pettite is getting a 20"+ plate

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 08:38 PM) See, this is where using "Miles per gallon" isn't actually the most helpful way to look at it. If you flip that over, to gallons used per number of miles, you see something striking; that is a huge cut in oil consumption. A car getting 12 mpg uses up 1000 gallons of gas to go 12000 miles (Average year). A car getting 14 mpg uses 857 gallons of gas to go that far. That's 143 fewer gallons used For comparison...there is a 144 gallon difference over 12000 miles between a car getting 26 mpg and a car getting 40 mpg. Going from 12 to 15 mpg saves as much gas per year as going from 24 to 40 mpg. Yeah, and a 12MPG to a 14MPG car is still an 18% increase in MPG. It still has a positive effect (unless manufacturing of that new car uses more fuel than it saves!), it just sucks that people are being actively persuaded by auto makers to switch to something slightly more efficient instead of switching to something much more efficient. Going to even a large sedan that gets 24 MPG (and can still comfortably hold 4 people) would be that much better.

The best part is that a lot of people are just trading in their old 12 MPG SUV's for new 14 or 15 MPG SUV's. Chrysler's ad for this features nothing but SUV's and Jeeps. I saw a Tesla on the road today. The guy wanted to race me. He had a good license plate: "SIN GAS" (I'm guessing he's using the Spanish 'sin')

Along the lines of the 9/11 troothers, there's conspiracy theories about the British government planning the London train bombings and the Spanish ETA bombings.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 05:01 PM) Government is putting dangerous chemicals in the water, as evidence by this sprinkler making a rainbow. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) We don't spend nearly enough on science/ science education. The scientific illiteracy in this country is staggering.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 03:00 PM) Flouride put into tap water is poison/mind-control substance/rots your teeth so dentists get more business "purity of essence"

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 01:56 PM) Dumb question. Does a kill switch on a power strip have the same effect as unplugging said strip? Yes. You're physically breaking the circuit.

http://www.crank.net/conspiracy.html

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 02:09 PM) I got lost on that Time Cube site. Can anyone explain what they are going for in simpler terms. No. It's the rantings of a crazy person.

How could I forget Time Cube?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 01:24 PM) Keep them coming... - We never landed on the moon - Dinosaurs never existed - Bush conspired 9-11 - Obama was born in Kenya - Nazi concentration camps never existed - Jimmy Hoffa is buried under the NY Giants Stadium - LBJ was in on the plot to kill JFK The alternative to that one is dinosaurs and man coexisting. -No HIV/AIDS link -Vaccines cause autism -Vaccine companies intentionally spread flu

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 30, 2009 -> 11:45 AM) OOPS!! Ortiz has strong words over Steroid Use... Why it Pays for Cheaters to Punish Other Cheaters A new theory for why we put up with adulterers, steroid-using athletes and the mafia

9/11 was a plot by the Illuminati to both give Bush a reason to invade the middle east and to destroy Obama's Kenyan birth certificate. The Bilderbergs were also involved via a co-op with the lizard people, but it was only a minor role.