mistercwood

Wow. I think you need to take a special class to be that much of an asshole. What a prick! You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Two british cows are standing on a hill. One turns to the other and nervously asks, "You worried about this mad cow disease thing that's been going around?". Second replies, "Why should I? I'm a penguin!". You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

The concept is valid, using Fosters is not. Fosters is a joke Aussies have played on the rest of the beer drinking world, only you guys still haven't gotten it... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Yankees are from the north, right? Dad's from Boston, so yeah, that works. Also, yeah. Wasn't disagreeing. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I only ever think of MI5/6 when I hear/read "spooks". I don't think of raccoons when I hear "coon", though. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I see partisan people... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

You're right, it wasn't you, it was popsjumper. My apologies. WTF? He's much older than me. "Experienced"... take it as a compliment! You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

SC's getting all civil and shit. End times are near, for sure... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Question 24 would suggest, at the very least, yes. 14 and 15, also. Those were very disappointing to see. Interesting responses overall. Some of them may have had different results if the option was available to choose multiple answers - question 21 stands out here. My primary gripe would be the bit where they summarise at the end and round up the percentages of current vs former LEOs to 80% and 20%, and ignore the 5.2% who answered neither and thus should have been removed from the sample pool completely. Sloppy. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

No. And now I will have to defend that position against my previous statements on gun control (a valid point, I'll admit). Yay. Reading the article though, it's interesting there's no justification being made. It's just being done. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I did see that part - to be honest if anything that would normally lead me to expect you to be less likely to change your mind. Not taking a dig at you, but there are quite a few religious types who wouldn't budge on an issue like this. I like to believe they're a noisy minority... I'm an atheist myself, so to answer your question strictly speaking, no, I don't believe prayer can change things. But hey, here you are, so I'm not going to knock it! You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Wait. I... um... what? Did this actually just happen? Did someone on SC just change a deeply felt conviction based on dialogue with others? I... I don't understand what's happening here... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Aaaaaaand now I'm hungry. Don't happen to live in Brisbane by chance, do you? You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I'm unclear on the timeline - was this before or after they'd decided whether or not to go with criminal rather than combatant? If it was still up in the air that could explain the rationale behind it. It's still messed up as hell though... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

The MHP thing was already, IMO, taken out of context. This is a pretty big stretch to link the two. I'm reserving judgement on this case for the time being, I'd like to hear more from the first hospital on what their opinion was on the child's health. The interviewers kept emphasising that CPS take a lot of advice from medical professionals, and that the second doctor said everything was just fine. Clearly the first hospital disagreed. they could well be wrong, but I'd like to hear their side... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Read the thread title wrong, had me thinking people wanted to remove peer review completely. What a relief when I realised it was just people who know sfa about science wanting to be in charge of deciding what good science is... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Must.... not... bite.... Must... stay... strong.... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

For the disabled, yes, already addressed: "Yes, yes, some people cannot do for themselves and we are not addressing that in this thread. " You say your friend cannot? Just out of curiosity, what's holding him back that he has no control over? Thought I offered a few basic examples a couple posts back. In the grand scheme it's kind of like saying "why can't you win this race with your moped against the guy with the ferrari?". You can get a fair way around the track if you plan well, but you're never going to see that checkered flag before him, if ever. How many metaphors are we up to, incidentally? You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Our tax system, for the purposes you stated, isn't really any different. I have a better understanding now though of what you were getting at in your previous post. With my post, you kinda got it. My beef is with those who say the only difference between rich and poor is how much you're prepared to work - the good old American Dream. That's fine if everyone starts on a relatively level playing field, which they don't, and haven't for decades. If you start rich - no effort involved on your part so far - congratulations, you're set for life (with rare exceptions). If you start poor, congratulations, with rare exceptions you're probably going to die poor. Some people (not referring to you here) think this is purely and solely an issue of work ethic. I think that's a bullshit attitude. The poor are prevented from doing the things that make the rich richer, by virtue of being poor. Then people shit on them for being lazy. Yay team. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Yeeeaaahhh... but, you've actually pointed out a major difference there. If I make $200 million a year, and give away a quarter, I've still got $150 million. Not exactly switching to a noodle diet. If I make $40K a year, and give away a quarter, that's going to have a significant impact on my standard of living. Then you get flow on effects - I have less money to put in my savings account now, which means I may take a lot longer to get a deposit together for a mortgage, which means I burn more capital on renting and get slowed down even further. That's just one example. Meanwhile the kid over the other side of town who got a seven figure trust fund for his 18th birthday should (realistically) never have to go into any form of debt in his life. Not paying interest leaves him proportionately more capital to invest in manners that will increase his capital overall, so unless he's stupid or very unlucky, he's always going to be ahead of the game. Not saying that's a bad thing. But those who've stated that hard work is all you need aren't really seeing the full picture, IMO. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Further discussion of the issue here http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=71119#71119 You forgot the Skittles... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Gosnell? Yes. There was a lot more coverage when he was initially arrested, but it's disappointing to see so little coverage of the trial. He's a monster. But that's a topic for a different thread... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

It appears he's anticipating the moment that the cat - that someone is clearly attempting to drown off-camera but for some strange reason near a microphone - gets free, and is merely protecting himself. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

An acute observation. Don't be obtuse. And now we've come full circle. Let's not go off on a tangent. I am diametrically opposed to that. We're running parallel trains of thought. And they'll never converge, which, of course, explains Speakers Corner... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.