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I'm a big fan of the netflix stuff, Altered Carbon has been amazing. Netflix can't buy the movie rights they want at a reasonable price, bunch of other hurdles there, so they went and bought their own content, smart move, but makes the movie lineup pretty stale.

Netflix doesnt have enough to keep ...

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For whatever reason I was just thinking about him last week and came here to see what he was up to.

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Sava700 wrote:This thread isn't about that.. its a RIP thread, if you wish to discuss that crap then take it some where else to another thread.

Discuss that with the gentleman who first brought it up.

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Leatherneck wrote:It's a shame he was disgraced in his last days.

It's a shame he allowed the abuse of children to continue through inaction.

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IMO , given our current technology, the drawbacks far outweigh the benefits.

http://atoc.colorado.edu/~englishj/Coal-indirect.html

Coal may not have the immediate-risk possibilities, but as safe, reliable and 'green' power goes-- nuclear is pretty much it. Decommisioning nuke plants and ...

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There is no wireless transmission to any of those displays, so nothing for a "transmitter" to step on to become a pirate signal.

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I've got the base oregon scientific setup (wireless tippy-cup rain gauge and thermometer), and it's performed great over the 5 or so years I've had it. The rain gauge is in the middle of my yard dealing with the arizona sun and monsoon hail-- no problems with it ever. I just replace the batteries ...

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Everyone should give this a read. The most telling part are the graphs at the end that show US production UP and demand DOWN... and yet prices keep rising

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showth ... id=3396041

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The REAL purpose of the teachers unions.

[video=youtube;OwxiRXqH_hQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwxiRXqH_hQ[/video]

I found a transcript, too. I'll go ahead and post it.

Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas]

He's right.

Wisconsin ...

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I also believe that our "leaders" have squandered billions upon billions of taxpayer's money on themselves and self interests. That worked for them until the piggy bank was emptied. Studying lesbian frogs, bees that fly backwards, funding art like $hit in a bottle, funding criminal leaders, paying ...

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O.K. then how do we balance the books so that our children's children aren't destitute? Do we all give in one way or another or do we rely on the politicians to just make it happen? I think their track record and wealth speaks for itself.

We balance the books by not continuing to hand out tax ...

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Arizona Time Zone.

Best Time Zone.

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I'm not going to "argue" as I am genuinely concerned about the state of our individual states and country. How do you propose that we continue to fund pensions with tax dollars? A private company is different. There isn't enough coming in to keep the same amount going out. Certain groups have lived ...

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http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/Informationalpapers/84_Wisconsin%20Retirement%20System.pdf

Take a look at pages 24 & 43, who is responsible for paying Unfunded Accrued Liabilities?

Yes, unfunded liabilities fall to the taxpayer. This would be a concern if the wisconsin retirement system was ...

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2 sides to every coin. Yes the unions represented the workers and brought them through some pretty abusive times but we don't send 12 year old kids into coal mines anymore and I doubt we start any time soon. I am also the Son of a 32 year UAW man who called the union a necessary evil in that it did ...

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I'll give you one guess on where I stand on unions.

They are bottom feeders who want and want and want more, c'mon 75 bucks an hour to build cars and trash collectors in NY are making 100K a year for removing trash.
Lets end ALL unions.

From the UAW's site , in whose best interest it is to ...

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Companies are in business for one reason PROFIT! No one is in business to make everyone equal. If an employee doesn't like his pay..... QUIT, and find something else. If some employee wants more, why not start your own company? They will soon realize it's not as easy as it seems.

With that said F ...

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Lets look at the difference between Government teacher pay vs Private teacher pay.

I personally dislike unions, but public sector unions need to go and go fast!

The only data available compares teacher pay with private sector employes with similar levels of education, the 4.8% less I linked ...

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When unions were first created, they were done so out of a need to protect employees from the company. Now that they've served their purpose, the unions have become something that is a problem. Just like anything else that got involved in politics, the unions are, for the most part I believe, now ...

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My only concern was what I spoke of already, police were sent to their homes yet they insisted on jumping state to avoid an open discussion and vote on critical issues.

There was never going to be "open discussion". If the democrats had stayed, the vote would have happened anyway. By leaving ...

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I've seen both sides of how a Union and Company works, it's not in the best interest to give up your own voice to involve the voice of the majority of others. But a Union today is much much different than the Union of yesterday so you have to roll with the times. The purpose is to be able to ...

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I need a little education on the subject in all honesty. I've been following it closely on the news, but I'd love to hear pros and cons from anyone regarding unions. I know back in the 70's my dad actually work for a couple unions, but hasn't been a fan since.

Any thoughts on the Wisconsin ...

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Leatherneck posted pretty much how I would have for your post, everyone has to give up a little here and it would appear the people that feel being a part of a union keeps them from being effected is just that. To restrict how you can bargain in the future leaves options for a constantly changing ...

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People have to give a little, all of us! Can we honestly afford to keep paying for everyone's pensions? There is not enough tax money to sustain period.
Riding around in a city truck picking up soda cans for $38.50 an hour means to me that a person is more than capable of contributing to a 401k ...

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Sava700 wrote:Funny to watch.. pro-union greed at its best!

Yes, how dare workers bargain together. The 'greedy' union had already conceded all the fiscal changes Walker wanted.

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you go guys!

can't wait for the tractorcade on saturday.

Love,
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Found this in a big article today - certainly doesn't look good for even next generation unless we can produce alternatives that don't cost an arm and leg to shift to NOW, not 20years from now.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/04/opinion/main20039425.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.13 ...

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So on this note, I take it no one believes this is a planned destruction of the world economy and it's all just coincidence?

not _planned_ destruction-- I'd go with inevitable actually. Given the unchecked expansion of financial products with precious little regulation and the wealthy-friendly ...

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Not everyone can drop the vehicle they have and just up and grab a fuel-efficent model or can cycle to work like you, many are working week to week to pay the bills and this is what the Govt turns a blind eye to. Bring fuel prices down but at the same time push the prices down and no interest ...

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As a homeowner in the center of town who cycles to work and drives only on weekends for errands in a fuel-efficent vehicle it's my vague hope that these recent gas price fluctuations will convince people that live in the suburbs 30 freeway minutes from work in an SUV is unsustainable. Also that a ...

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Sava700 wrote:not delusional or paranoid... and never said I was worrying about it Never hurts to keep the flow of information out in front.

it's information in only the strictest sense-- data being transmitted. None of it is important or worth processing though.

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Found this while indulging in a little self-googling. (can't believe ranchoweb is still up!)

http://www.ranchoweb.com/images/qwijib0/desktop.jpg

What do we know about 16-year-old Qwijib0?

Wallpaper/Desktop:
*Likes Boobs
*Runs a questionably legal OS (whistler beta)

System Tray:
*Over-obsessed ...

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I kinda hate that the PAC10's round robin schedule is ruined.

Although being in the all-but-finalized south division with the two noobs and a castrated USC should be good for Arizona. We'll see though-- I'm sure we'll find a way to screw it up.

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Found that odd also. God knows they were a part of the problem also.

Sure, but BP didn't tell halliburton "spare no expense on safety".

Halliburton is a ****** company for a number of reasons, but this is not close to the peak of their transgressions.

RE: the speech.

Worthless. No actual ...

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Brent wrote:I'm going to try this year, but no guarantees. I'm already going out to Texas mid July, spending a week or two and coming back, so just depends if I can afford to fly out there again and get a hotel room. Gonna try though.

You better. It's been years.

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OMG A single data point!

Surely we should toss out _years_ of data points. Or maybe its an outlier. Who knows, really. Somebody has got to stand up to "experts" and "scientists" who do "research" and "peer review". Is it you? It is, isn't it.

Lordy be, we're all about to be saved from the Devil's ...

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Turns out politicians are politicians. Who'd have thunk it?

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Miggs wrote:Miggs for teh win !!!

If winning is repeating sound bites.

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