FreeflyChile

Yeah seems like it - press conference at 11 AM Central.

Agreed. In Chicago and Evanston I was told it was a balmy ZERO during the morning commute.

Oh. I want. Did you get to jump it at all? (i know you said you were waiting for wingsuiting it but i was wondering if you got it in the air at all for non-wingsuit jumps). Also, in as far as the NDA will let you, can you *speculate* as to how much it will cost?

Congrats to both of you!!!

I also think it would be interesting to see how much more people would be ecologically conscious if they knew they'd be around to see the results of something really long term such as global warming. Likewise, I wonder what this would do to the concept of religion. Given a long enough timeline (ie, you live til the earth is destroyed) you will eventually die. But the concept of death would be such an abstract one that would apply to the minority of people on the planet instead of everyone. I wonder if that would make people believe less in religion since they, in themselves would be gods in that they would be biologically immortal.

No, just speculating really.

I would argue it comes with time, knowledge and experience, rather than with age itself. I think that's true of some people. I think for others it comes with the realization that youth, and the physical advantages of youth, are transitory and temporary.

That all depends (or should I say, Luvs) ... Funny thing is, trying to attack a candidate like that makes you have to stick to the issues because what can you say about a guy who appears in pictures like that and is in fact famous for the show that resulted in pictures like that?

I think everyone looks good at 18...lol That makes me think...if everyone could stay looking youthful like an 18-20 year old.... would that make the world more or less petty? On the one hand, more people looking young makes it so that looking young is not a big deal so the veneration of the beauty of young, attractive people wouldn't be as bad, but on the other hand if people stayed young looking forever I think for some it would be harder to mature to the point of looking past physical appearances that sometimes comes with age (and aging).

Well, if you looked at the leadership of the last 8 years, the answer would be a "probably". If you looked at the results of this past week, I'd say the answer is a 'not anymore.'

Just curious - does this exercise define disease as pathogens only, or including 'diseases' that are the abnormal growth or deterioration of the body, or even 'diseases' that are disorders due to abnormal or irregular development of the body in its developing stages?

OBL is standing across the border. He's standing directly under a sign with a big arrow pointing at him that says, "Yep. It's me!" He's waving at you. He's less than 100 yards away, you have him in your sights, you have a clear shot. Still believe in the other country's absolute sovereignty? In cases like that it's easy to say "well I didn't know I was this close to the border..." and it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Encased in concrete and buried underground? Maintenance on these things is going to be a bitch.

He's a Cubs fan. Checks and balances. Can't have a Sox fan run around the White House without control.

I'd be interested in something like that, as long as the topics are not covered in too high of a level, as i am kind of a beginner with cameras.

No..thats a HDV camera...not HD HD and HDV are two completely different things... OK, smart guy. Define *exactly* how HD and HDV are different. HDV refers to high-definition video and HD refers to hard drive??

Quotebarack is NOT a muslim.. Quote No, he's a decent family man

Yup. Took about 2 hrs, but I am happy to have the right to vote for the first time as an American.

Is that right after you shave and wash them? Talk about the pressure the parents are putting on these kids... I bet those "Purity Balls" are blue. How well do you really know someone that you've never kissed, let alone gotten to know carnally?

Your understanding is correct w/r/t the 1800s. Liberals of the 1800s opposed slavery and were part of the early Republican Party. At the time the Democrats were the conservative party. The Southern rural Democrats of the 1800s supported slavery - they were the (staunch) conservatives (maintaining tradition) of the time. The Northern Democrats tended to support States rights, which was something of a 'cop-out,' as northern States had outlawed slavery by the early 1800s. (I would argue that economics were just as much a motivator as normatives {i.e., “ethics/morals”}. Northern industry was not dependent on slave labor, and workers in the north didn't want competition from the South/competition from freed slaves). When it was founded the Republican Party most strongly resembled a liberalist political philosophy & a fairly radical one at that! Liberalism as tending to be concerned with equality and civil, political, and personal liberties and more willing to challenge traditional assumptions or ways of doing things. (In contrast to being supportive of long-standing institutions and favoring slow, prudent change, if any change at all.) When the Republican Party was founded back in the 1850s, it wasn’t just anti-slavery. The slogan of the first Republican Presidential nominee was “Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men.” Early Republican activists were pro-universal education, pro-technology, supported growth of cities and institutions (federal, i.e., the progenitor of the Federal Reserve & the first income tax; state; and private for progressive growth), supported universal suffrage (i.e., women), also opposed polygamy and alcohol, supported what were early experiments in early rights of workers, e.g., see Lincoln’s Speech on Free Labor vs. Slave Labor (full test available through the "Lincoln Log”) sounds almost ... (& I don my asbestos underwear here) socialist (& not in the way the term gets applied to Sen Obama). Obviously Lincoln was not a Marxist/socialist ... and not just because of the whole time dilation issue. He was, however, a radical Republican! (He also was the only US President thus far to have been granted a patent.) Originally the Democratic Party was the party of the anti-federalists (anti-“Big government”), pro-States rights, rural, and strict interpretationalists of the Constitution (constructivists) in opposition to the pro-federalists, pro-interpretationalist, urban, progressives (Federalists). Things change, eh? I would love it if, just once in my career working in the patent field, I got to use Lincoln's patent in litigation.

I also agree with this (though I thought both were funny, I thought McCain was hilarious). Maybe I am looking into this too much, but I wonder now that as we get closer to the election McCain is starting to see that he is losing this thing, and as such is more relaxed - he's playing from behind so he doesn't have to worry about being as careful about what he says/does, etc, whereas Obama is more nervous and careful because he has more to lose if he slips up. Not sayin that it was the specific case here (that either guy would slip up), but maybe that attitude has entered McCain's mind and he's more relaxed in general since now he can't lose this thing, only win it - and it showed in how he deliverred the jokes and clearly enjoyed himself more.

Robot Jox

I don't really follow hockey, but the Savard firing made little sense to me.

If a candidate was able to give a comprehensive, detailed plan to help get the economy turned around. I don't mean just the usual statements, but instead a plan that starts with "I take office on xxx, on date yyy I plan to meet with Congressional leaders and lay out my economic plan. The plan will consist of Congress and the Executive working together by doing zzz. The reason I wish to do this is that in implementing my plan will cause the effect of aaaaa that will help halt the slide because my plan will cause aaaa to happen by way of [cause and effect]. My plan was formulated by consulting with experts (from both sides of the aisle, without respect to politics). By a certain date, I expect things to be this much better. I won't lie to you and say that things will get completely better but I expect that by the end of my 4 years we will be at this level with this expectation. If you re-elect me, we will continue on this course and by the end oft he 8 years i expect things to be at yyy level. If I don't follow this course, and things get worse, you can hold me personally responsible - and the consequences will be such that I personally will lose a vast majority of my fortune, and any money i make after i am out of office to help fix what I failed to make better.

Actually, LIFE is fair. It's people and the systems they set up who are unfair.