Stumpy

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  1. The religious fundies. I think it's pretty clear cut. They're doing "god's work" via the Texas Board of Education and its revisions of textbooks. We're essentially heading back into the dark ages with some of these folks. These guys, flat earthers, creationists. Strange that people seem to be getting less well educated over time Never try to eat more than you can lift
  2. Well Steve, you just did. Fair play to her I say, at least she got out there and did it. Haters will hate. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  3. Seriously? You are a caricature. Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, interested in empirical data and evidence. Marsha Blackburn, politician, graduate in home economics and book salesman - interested in votes and would not know evidence if she drowned in it. I'm not a massive Bill Nye fan as it happens, I think there are better spokespeople out there, but it says a lot about the denier lobby that politicians are their only backup. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  4. Certainly true in Canada. Don Ditto UK and NZ. Australia - not so much. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  5. Drill down deeper and most of it is stage managed BS, just like The Cove about the dolphins in Japan, the directors dyed the water red to make it look horrible, no way a few hundred animals turn millions and millions of gallons of water red, people who read Japanese know the truth, there are blogs and websites that debunk the whole thing, LOL. Jan Could you help us out with some credible, reliable and objective sources, please? You're a lawyer, you know how to do research, find it yourself, helps to know Japanese cause USA media censor the facts, but WTF here's one credible, reliable objective source, sorry to add reality to another delusional thread but FYI fisherman kill 23,000 dolphins a year in Taiji, USA... According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the following number of animals were slaughtered in the US in 2008: cattle 34.4 million (avg/day 94,247) calves 956,600 (avg/day 2,621) hogs 116.5 million (avg/day 319,178) sheep and lambs 2.56 million (avg/day 7,014) chickens 9,075,261,000 (avg/day 24,863,729) turkeys 3,672,000 (avg/day 10,060) So 23,000 for a population of 120 million... barely a rounding error in USA stats, so unless you're a vegan, shut up about what animal food other people choose to eat, how come no one bags on the Chinese for eating millions of dogs and cats and the French for eating horses, LOL. Can't help it, here's some more credible, reliable, objective info for you, sorry not as pretty and sexy as dolphins (orcas are dolphins BTW), but truth. Jan Its OK, you could have just said no, you can't provide those sources. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  6. Nope. Maybe give it another couple of jumps (especially if they are already paid for!) but don't force it. PLENTY of other things to do out there. Maybe get in the sea and try some kitesurfing. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  7. Oxymoron of the day.... Never try to eat more than you can lift
  8. No - thankfully, and i am genuinely very sorry to hear of your loss. However, for very good reasons, the feelings of the aggrieved party do not come into play when sentencing. I am well aware of this. The process also is extremely expensive (more expensive than life imprisonment), and has the potential for inaccuracy. I'm anti death penalty for these two reasons. 1. It makes no economic sense 2. It is fallible. Not much comfort to someone to be cleared of a crime after they are dead. If we could prove crime beyond any doubt minority report style, then maybe. Saying he values the killers over the victims is a stretch in anyones books however. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  9. Nice Never try to eat more than you can lift
  10. Wow. So much intellectual (and I use that word very loosely) dishonesty in that article it's hard to know where to begin. But I will start with: The source of reference material does matter. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  11. That's crap, and I suspect you know it. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  12. I have a theory that many democrats/liberals also realize that Obama has turned out to be a terrible president. They just stay quiet about it because they don't want to admit that they were wrong, and they think supporting their party is more important than speaking their minds. Once he's gone in 2016, they'll probably come out of the closet and denounce him. So . . . heh . . . they are closet republicans? Not in the slightest I have an alternative theory. People vote for the least bad option. Plenty of people weren't too happy about voting for Obama, but it was infinitely better than the GOP alternative. (and so far, I don't see that changing any time soon). If the GOP actually manages to put up someone half credible who doesn't suffer from foot in mouth disease they stand a good chance. Unfortunately the far right wing of the party seems to be scuppering that. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  13. Agree - Bacon and Banana go SO well together. ETA - Maybe with some maple syrup. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  14. I recall a very well informed poster here saying the same thing about Obama.... (Do a search.) You are confusing informed with opinionated. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  15. Classy. There doesn't need to be a case, she just needs to be better than the alternative(s). Never try to eat more than you can lift
  16. You are factually incorrect. Theory and Law are not steps on a hierarchy. A theory never becomes a law. A law is in fact defined as a specific type of theory - a mathematical quantification of what happens in a given scenario like pushing with X force on an object of Y mass. Secondly, the science behind evolution is not weak. Evolution has the largest body of accumulated evidence of any theory in the history of science. That evolution happens is a fact as solid as the fact that gravity happens - and we know a vast amount more about how evolution works than we do about gravity! Quasi, maybe (though 'pseudo' would be better) - elegant, no. * Newton's laws are a great example to use because they are in fact imperfect. For situations where relativistic effects become significant Newton's laws alone will give you an incorrect answer, but they're still called laws. Bravo - almost exactly how I was going to respond. I have not heard a single creationist/ID argument that didn't play on some sort of gross misunderstanding or in fact wilful ignorance of the mechanism of evolution. I have never understood why creationists/ ID proponents can not coexist with evolutionary science, with the simple line "Evolution is real - God designed the system that way" (N.B. - obviously doesn't follow with Young earth creationists - but you have to pick your battles....) Never try to eat more than you can lift
  17. This Bush created monster is an Obama failure? Of course it is - duh! Never try to eat more than you can lift
  18. The guy has one post and its that one - think you will get a coherent answer? Never try to eat more than you can lift
  19. Harleys. I want to ride a bike, not a tractor Never try to eat more than you can lift
  20. Sounds a bit like the US Never try to eat more than you can lift
  21. Its not so much about the power, its more about how its delivered. An R6 is set up like a race bike - you generally need to work it harder and it'll be a bit gutless lower down. The ST should have a more even, user friendly spread. That said, I am not sure how the limiter will affect throttle response. Also - 100bhp is quite a lot in a bike, especially for a new rider - but I agree, a blanket limit is daft. huh? This is the correct answer - have a great weekend! (And let us know if you end up on a Street Triple ) Never try to eat more than you can lift
  22. Oh sure... deny that "stealth rapture" is a real thing Never try to eat more than you can lift
  23. I think you mean Harold... my guess is that we haven't heard anything from him lately because he was the *only* one who survived the "spiritual" apocalypse and departed the planet on game day. There may be another reason. http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/17/radio-preacher-who-predicted-doomsday-dies/comment-page-17/ Never try to eat more than you can lift
  24. The Grey. What a load of depressing b*llocks Never try to eat more than you can lift