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3941  Other / Politics & Society / Re: So much for trying to bring philosophy to the public on: September 10, 2015, 03:24:47 PM
Muslims are often far more philosophical than Americans. After all, they often have more than one wife and lots of kids.

Come to think of it, Mormons fit this category, as well.

Smiley

The Amish are the "greenest" people around, and yet they are never consulted regarding Global Warming...

 Smiley

3942  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers. on: September 10, 2015, 03:05:18 PM



Global Warmers Say Ice Melting Might Kill Us Because It Might Contain Ancient Deadly Viruses



Let’s get one thing out of the way really quickly: The ancient, giant virus recently discovered in melting Arctic ice is not going to kill you.

But here’s the bad news: It’s not the first ancient virus that scientists have found frozen — it’s the fourth found since 2003. And you can be sure it won’t be the last. And with climate change causing massive melts, it’s not totally alarmist to suggest that something deadly might one day emerge from a long, icy sleep.

As if climate change didn’t already suck enough, right?


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/09/an-ancient-giant-virus-was-just-uncovered-in-melting-ice-and-it-wont-be-the-last/?tid=themost_item_3





oh yea, dat one.. it hit all the news and radio shows around here coupla days ago..

such sync makes you wonder.. Roll Eyes


... If it is a coordinated scam? Wondering...

 Cool


3943  Other / Politics & Society / Lesbos Inhabitants Expressing Their Opinions On Their Island's Enrichment. Video on: September 10, 2015, 03:01:22 PM




How come I don't see this on TV?




3944  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers. on: September 10, 2015, 01:11:42 AM



Global Warmers Say Ice Melting Might Kill Us Because It Might Contain Ancient Deadly Viruses



Let’s get one thing out of the way really quickly: The ancient, giant virus recently discovered in melting Arctic ice is not going to kill you.

But here’s the bad news: It’s not the first ancient virus that scientists have found frozen — it’s the fourth found since 2003. And you can be sure it won’t be the last. And with climate change causing massive melts, it’s not totally alarmist to suggest that something deadly might one day emerge from a long, icy sleep.

As if climate change didn’t already suck enough, right?


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/09/an-ancient-giant-virus-was-just-uncovered-in-melting-ice-and-it-wont-be-the-last/?tid=themost_item_3



3945  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: September 10, 2015, 12:51:27 AM



State Department Had No Idea That New Email Czar Was A Hillary Clinton Donor





The State Department admitted on Wednesday that it did not know that a career diplomat hired as the agency’s new email and transparency czar donated the maximum allowed under federal law to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Regardless of that potential conflict of interest, agency spokesman John Kirby also acknowledged that the new hire, Janice Jacobs, will likely be involved in processing Clinton’s emails.

Hours after Jacobs’ hiring was announced on Tuesday, it was revealed that she contributed $2,700 to Clinton’s campaign in June.



http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/09/state-department-had-no-idea-that-new-email-czar-was-a-hillary-clinton-donor/


3946  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: September 10, 2015, 12:47:30 AM
lool! are you serious with that question? Her former Husband may have been the most diplomatic President the US had, but I would put the question another way...

Is the United States Government Trustworthy?

lool! are you serious with that question?
Give us the list of governments you believe to be trustworthy on planet Earth...

 Cool

3947  Other / Politics & Society / Face Of Europe’s ‘Syrian Migrant’ Crisis: 72% Are Men, 47% Not Syrian on: September 09, 2015, 04:54:38 PM









http://data.unhcr.org/mediterranean/regional.html


3948  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Teen coaxed friend to commit suicide, then tweeted how much she missed him on: September 09, 2015, 04:16:06 PM



Massachusetts teen charged with encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide





Prosecutors have charged a Massachusetts teen with involuntary manslaughter after text messages to her boyfriend appeared to show her urging him to commit suicide.

Conrad Roy III parked his truck outside a Fairhaven Kmart last year and killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning. Prosecutors say Michelle Carter, his girlfriend at the time, assisted him by urging him to overcome his doubts about taking his own life, pressuring him to do it and even telling him to get back in his truck after becoming frightened that the plan was working.

"You can't think about it. You just have to do it. You said you were gonna do it. Like I don't get why you aren't," Carter allegedly wrote to Roy on the day he died. Carter’s lawyer has denied that she pushed him to kill himself and has asked the judge to dismiss the case.

In their written response, prosecutors included text exchanges between Carter and Roy that they say support their claim that Carter caused her boyfriend's death by "wantonly and recklessly" helping him poison himself.

Roy, 18, had a history of depression and had previously attempted suicide two years earlier, taking an overdose of the painkiller acetaminophen.

"You can't keep living this way. You just need to do it like you did the last time and not think about it and just do it, babe," Carter texted him.

Joseph Cataldo, Carter’s lawyer, said her texts amount to speech protected by the First Amendment. He said it’s clear from the exchanges that Roy had made up his mind to take his own life and Carter, now 18, didn’t cause his death.

"He got the generator, he devised the plan and he had to go find a spot. He parked, he had to get the gas for the generator, he had to turn the generator on, he had to sit in that car for a long period of time. He caused his own death," Cataldo said.

"He had thought this out. He wanted to take his own life. It's sad, but it's not manslaughter."

Roy spent most of his time in a psychiatric hospital following his earlier suicide attempt. In the weeks prior to his death, he was gearing up to graduate from high school and receive his sea captain’s license, said his aunt, Becki Maki.

"He did not have the signs of someone who was considering that," Maki said.

Carter and Roy had met two years earlier while both were visiting relatives in Florida. They kept in touch through text message and email upon returning to Massachusetts. The two lived about 50 miles apart and hadn’t seen each other for about a year before Roy died.

Roy used a gasoline-operated water pump to poison himself with carbon monoxide.

While discussing the plan, Carter appears to taunt Roy. "But I bet you're gonna be like 'oh, it didn't work because I didn't tape the tube right or something like that," she wrote. "I bet you're gonna say an excuse like that ... you seem to always have an excuse."

Cataldo said Carter had tried to repeatedly talk Roy out of killing himself and only decided to support his plan after it became clear Roy wasn’t going back. After about a month before his suicide, she suggested that he seek treatment at a psychiatric hospital where she was receiving treatment for an undisclosed condition. Roy refused and later suggested that they both kill themselves, like Romeo and Juliet, Cataldo said.

In a text exchange on July 7, 2014, six days before he was found dead, Carter advised Roy to seek help.

"Well it's too late I already gave up," Roy responded.

Some legal experts say it may have been a reach for prosecutors to charge Carter with manslaughter. Massachusetts does not have a law against assisted suicide.

"Causation is going to be a vital part of this case," said Daniel Medwed, a Northeastern University law professor. "Can the prosecution prove that she caused him to kill himself in this way? Would he have done it anyway?"

Prosecutors point to a text Carter sent to a friend after Roy's death.

"...his death is my fault like honestly I could have stopped him I was on the phone with him and he got out of the car because it was working and he got scared and I (expletive) told him to get back in ... because I knew he would do it all over again the next day and I couldn't have him live the way he was living anymore I couldn't do it I wouldn't let him," Carter wrote.

Roy's grandfather, also named Conrad, said his grandson seemed happy in the days before he died.

"He was coming out of his depression," Roy said. "We saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and she just blew that tunnel up. She shut the light off."



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/09/massachusetts-teen-charged-with-encouraging-her-boyfriend-to-commit-suicide/


3949  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: September 07, 2015, 01:12:13 AM



Bernie Sanders Leads Hillary Clinton by 9 in New Hampshire, Gains in Iowa: Poll




http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/bernie-sanders-leads-hillary-clinton-9-n-h-gains-iowa-n422111


3950  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: September 06, 2015, 07:39:04 PM



NOT A CULT: Hillary Clinton Supporters Put Her Name in a SONG ABOUT JESUS


Move over Jesus, Hillary Clinton is running for president.

An all-women’s choir called “Voices From the Heart” performed at Clinton’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire rally Saturday.

The group describes itself on its website: “Our powerful and eclectic songs range from African-American spirituals to Korean songs for unity, South African anti-apartheid songs to Macedonian love songs. The songs are powerful testaments to the triumph of the human spirit. Sung with the strength of 200 voices, the songs delight and inspire audiences,” The Blaze reports.

There, they serenaded the former Secretary of State with an old gospel tune, “Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus).” Except in this version, from the self-dubbed “woman’s alternative chorus,” “Jesus” is replaced with “Hillary.”

Listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0zGmuAfBg



"Woke up this mornin’ with my mind, stayin’ on Hillary
Woke up this mornin’ with my mind, stayin’ on Hillary
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah!
"


http://www.theamericanmirror.com/divine-hillary-replaces-jesus-in-campaign-rally-song/


3951  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: September 06, 2015, 06:10:16 PM
If one particular fruitcake is supposed to be losing in this reality show it means that the corporate owners of this political system have their eyes on another psychopath more suitable for their purposes, that,s all. A third Bush homicidal nutball  seems most likely, the lack of any meaningful wars has been hurting both the war industry itself and even more importantly the financial interests that fund wars.


0bama did wonders for the drone industry...


3952  Other / Politics & Society / Re: OLDEST KORAN ‘DESTABILISES’ ISLAMIC HISTORY, SCIENTISTS SAY IT PRE-DATES MOHAMED on: September 06, 2015, 06:07:59 PM
It's not like reason and evidence matters when you talk about religions. So i doubt it will "destabilize" anything.

There are plenty of scientific proofs & evidences that dismiss the bible yet still 90% of western people are christians.



... Still 90% won't react violently if scientists make fun of them, their holly book, their prophet or their belief. It is not so much about them believing if this particular koran is really older than mohamed, it is how believers, not christian believers that is, will react if non muslim scientists say it is so... Re read the thread again. Some are already afraid for the safety of those scientists.

I wonder why...

 Roll Eyes

3953  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: September 06, 2015, 05:56:18 PM
^^^^ Don't know how reliable this particular poll is. But it is great news for sure. There is a chance that a 3rd World War could be avoided (or at least delayed) if the Pinocchibitch is kept out of office. Still it needs to be seen whether Trump will be able to secure the GOP nomination. Ben Carson is his main rival right now.


The Silent Majority speaks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM8wluBXH3Y



Wow, that's really great.  Those are the real people.

The other day I was thinking about this idiotic assertion of "Trump being racist."  Where I live, Texas, Hispanics have been here for 500 years.  They're not Mexican, they are American.  They don't need people in Washington thinking for them - people that usually don't understand things very well.

You know what?  If you must have a preconceived and dogmatic partisian view, you likely don't understand things very well. 

You don't have to.

You've already been told what to think.

Is that what we want?


Yes... According to the Jebhillary machine. A machine with no last names.


3954  Other / Politics & Society / Re: So much for trying to bring philosophy to the public on: September 06, 2015, 04:27:38 PM
Reality shows and crappy comedy shows get more view/day than the entire philosophical / intellectual sphere in a decade.

People are dumb, ignorant, lazy ,emotional driven monkeys, they were never interested in intellectual debates, they always do things out of instinct and emotions.

Humanity is going down the toilet, i`m sorry but this race will go extinct in a thousand years if this path continues.


It seems to me that with television and internet people have become the dumbest of all time. Even the illiterate middle-age person was more wise and rational than the current braindead monkeys.

I agree with all that.

But I also believe it's on purpose, and there are people out there who think the world is over populated and want to thin the herd. So they're doing that. It's certainly not surprising the article got shut down.


Hmm...


3955  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: September 06, 2015, 04:11:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orYcAiFqknU

I think this pretty much sums up Hillary.

This lady has some serious mental issues. If she ever becomes the POTUS, then the United States of America is royally f*cked. A World War 3 seems possible within the next 5 years, if Hillary is elected in to the office.


Latest NBC/Marist has Hillary losing to… well, pretty much everyone


Part of the news coming out of the latest NBC/Marist poll isn’t going to come as much of a surprise. In a robust survey taken between August 26 and September 2 with nearly 1,000 participants in Iowa and New Hampshire, the headlines for Hillary Clinton are just great… if she’s actually thinking about just retiring to spend more time with her new granddaughter. Bernie Sanders is beating her up pretty badly in New Hampshire no matter who you include in the list of contenders. (NBC News)

In New Hampshire, the Vermont senator gets the support of 41 percent of Democratic voters, Clinton gets 32 percent and Vice President Joe Biden gets 16 percent. No other Democratic candidate receives more than 1 percent…

Without Biden in the race, Sanders’ lead over Clinton in the current survey increases to 11 points, 49 percent to 38 percent.


The trend continues in Iowa, where Hillary is hanging on to her previous lead, but it’s slipping further away every week.

In Iowa, Clinton maintains her previous advantage over Sanders – but her lead has declined from 24 points in July (49 percent to 25 percent) to 11 points (38 percent to 27 percent); Biden sits at 20 percent.


The full results for New Hampshire are here and the Iowa results are here. The curious thing here is the Biden effect. I think there was an assumption that he would draw from the “establishment Democrats” pool of voters rather than the Elizabeth Warren wing, but Bernie seems to be haunting Hillary strongly whether Uncle Joe is in the race or out.

In other words, the Democrat primary doesn’t seem to be doing anything unexpected. But the numbers for potential general election match-ups are where it gets interesting. Remember when I told you about that SurveyUSA poll and said that we would need to see some other, big, deep surveys showing Trump beating Hillary before we got too excited? Well, this isn’t a national survey, obviously, but given the differences between Iowa and New Hampshire they offer a fairly good spread. And guess what? The Hillary vs Donald general election battle still isn’t looking very good for the former First Lady.

[T]he NBC/Marist polls find that Jeb Bush and Donald Trump both beat Clinton in Iowa:

Bush 50 percent, Clinton 39 percent
Trump 48 percent, Clinton 43 percent.

But Biden performs better:

Bush 46 percent, Biden 44 percent
Biden 49 percent, Trump 45 percent

In New Hampshire, the general-election numbers are:

Bush 48 percent, Clinton 43 percent
Clinton 46 percent, Trump 45 percent
Bush 46 percent, Biden 45 percent
Biden 50 percent, Trump 41 percent.


So just as a reminder, this isn’t national. It’s just two states, but ones which can be fairly indicative since they represent two significantly different slices of the general electorate. Trump can win Iowa against Hillary and is in a statistical tie in New Hampshire. This adds a lot of credence to the SurveyUSA numbers, albeit zoomed down to a pair of microcosms. But even more curious is the fact that Bush seems to be doing even better in both states. That wouldn’t hold up in a lot of the South where Trump seems to be cleaning up, of course, but there’s apparently still some juice in the Bush battery. Biden is also surprisingly strong, but personally I think it’s becoming less and less likely that he’s going to jump in.

Bottom line: the Summer of Trump looks to be heading into the Autumn of Trump. And barring something changing radically we’re going to be looking at your Winter of Trump Discontent as well. Give us a couple more polls like this after the next debate and it’s going to be closing in on the time when everyone needs to accept that Trump not only could be the GOP nominee, but that he’s probably the odds on favorite.


http://hotair.com/archives/2015/09/06/latest-nbcmarist-has-hillary-losing-to-well-pretty-much-everyone/


3956  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: September 06, 2015, 03:50:33 PM
^^^^ Don't know how reliable this particular poll is. But it is great news for sure. There is a chance that a 3rd World War could be avoided (or at least delayed) if the Pinocchibitch is kept out of office. Still it needs to be seen whether Trump will be able to secure the GOP nomination. Ben Carson is his main rival right now.


The Silent Majority speaks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM8wluBXH3Y


3957  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Call for Israel to accept more refugees on: September 05, 2015, 05:57:52 AM
If anyone's interested:

Quote
As one of the richest and most prosperous countries in the Middle East, Israel has a responsibility to do more to help those fleeing war. Israel risks damaging its international reputation by turning a blind eye to these desperate refugees.

Israel was founded by survivors of the Holocaust. The world turned a blind eye to the suffering of the Jewish people; we cannot do the same when others are in desperate need. We must honor the founding principles of Israel by welcoming all who are being persecuted, not matter their race, religion or country of origin.

https://www.change.org/p/benjamin-netanyahu-call-for-israel-to-accept-more-refugees

Apparently not many people are interested.  Only 75 have signed the petition.


When you sign this petition you sign the right for Israel to exist. What a conundrum for muslims.


 Wink


3958  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: September 05, 2015, 05:53:50 AM



Poll: Trump beats Hillary head-to-head





Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton head-to-head, according to a new poll released Friday.
 
The poll by SurveyUSA finds that matched up directly, Trump garners 45 percent to Clinton’s 40 percent.

In other head-to-head matchups, Trump beats out Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by 44 percent to 40 percent; Vice President Joe Biden by 44 percent to 42 percent; and former Vice President Al Gore by 44 percent to 41 percent.
 
The poll also found that 30 percent of respondents believe Trump will eventually be the Republican nominee, leading the field.
 
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came in second, with 20 percent saying they expect him to win the nomination. Following Bush in order were retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
 
The poll surveyed 1,000 adults across the nation Sept. 2-3, and it had a margin of error of 3.3 percent.


http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/252825-poll-trump-beats-hillary-head-to-head


 Grin Cheesy Grin Cheesy Grin


3959  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: September 05, 2015, 05:48:40 AM



YouGov poll: 64% want a border fence with Mexico — including pluralities of Dems, blacks, and Hispanics



http://hotair.com/archives/2015/09/04/yougov-poll-64-want-a-border-fence-with-mexico-including-pluralities-of-dems-blacks-and-hispanics/


 Cheesy Cheesy


3960  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The melancholy billionaire: Minecraft creator unhappy with his sudden wealth on: September 04, 2015, 11:38:28 PM
Has he tried a sex change, "everyone" is doing it these days?
Seriously, he should start other companies similar to what the guy from Paypal did.

Not everyone can be Elon Musk. Minecraft was never set to change the world or make people be more creative.
Google the dude who invented Winamp, how much money he made selling it to AOL and if he is bored today. He is not. He is coding everyday...



Looks like he is having fun:
Some of Frankel's current projects in development (according to his weblog) are a programmable effects processor called Jesusonic and a new piece of software named NINJAM which allows several musicians to make music together via the Internet.

Under his new company, Cockos, he has been developing REAPER, a multi-track audio and MIDI sequencer for Windows and Mac OS X, with a version for Linux in beta. The program has been developed using a release system wherein Frankel releases a new revision of the software approximately every 2 to 3 days. ~source


Does he look depressed by his millions?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfaQrOeb_F0


With so much money I would have financed a project for a 3D printing platform so people could create real homes like in the game. Even trees...
 Wink

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