No, and I doubt training every waking hour would make me a world class olympic anything other than a world class physical wreak. No doubt, 'wanting to' will get you part of the way, but talent separates the very best from all us ordinary folks. And 'us ordinary folks' are just about all of us...
Go take a look at the wikipedia IQ article. It has links to studies showing significant correlations of certain white matter / gray matter brain volume and locations and activity with IQ ... using fMRI, MRI, PET scans. Here's the link .. (ignore the unsourced politically motivated stuff if...
Feel like you need a little humbling? This test is based on flash movies -- so you'll need a browser plug-in to run it -
http://hjem.get2net.dk/mick.langhoff/flash/iq3.swf
A large number of tsunami videos at this blog site including general information about tsunamis. This site also has information repecting relief organizations. These people need our support. There is one image at this site which may be the most terrible and saddest image I have ever seen -...
Oh, at the same place I found Glenn Johnson's "Homicidal Interference" Page
http://www.marlinpals.com/GlenJohnson/ [Broken]
Donna Higbee’s Human Spontanious Involuntary Invisability
http://members.aol.com/Rapunz1/DH_index.html [Broken]
And Alex Chiu’s Eternal Life Ring and Eternal...
When I first started cruising this guy's website I thought he was a pretty funny, in an Andy Kaufman way. Then, the more I clicked the links at the top of his page, the more it started to look like he might be serious. Take a look at his site (linked) and let me know what you think. Humorous or...
Thanks Burnsys – that is a website created by two individuals who have collected pretty extensive information which, they propose, indicates BBC bias as it relates to the Middle East and specifically Israel and her enemies. They provide four 'reports' – starting in March 2002 and going forward...
I'm sure most of us remember the BBC biggie from last year, the Hutton Report, http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/ and The Case of the Satisfactory Internal Inquiry. That case lead to the "resignations" of two senior BBC executives and BBC reporter, Andrew Gilligan. According to the Hutton...
Here’s a link to a related article at Slate –
http://slate.msn.com/id/2107100/ [Broken]
Here’s what our friend, Wikipedia, has to say about Che –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara
We all know the Batista regime was corrupt. It seems however, that we all don’t know about...
Anyone know what's the recent fascination with wearing Che Guevara's
image on hats and tee shirts? Is it political? What am I missing here? I've witnessed Mr. Guevara’s likeness a number of times while Christmas shopping. Do the people who wear this stuff have any idea who Guevara really is -...
That doesn't necessarily have to be the case as I see this. It could have been that large numbers of undecideds and independants started calling themselves Republicans. That more people in the "middle" are either moving to the right or just calling themselves Repuublicans --- all while the...
The Republicans are not just the majority party in government; they now hold the edge against Democrats in national party identification. What has caused this shift in political identification – even as the Republicans themselves move even further to the right? Could it be that the Democrats...
Maybe - but the implication I receive is that these 'national IQs' can be compared to each other. A sort of 'cause-effect deal.' Rather, it's more like a 'chicken-egg deal' IMO. Since environment AND genetics probably play a role in IQ test results we run into a major problem when comparing...
Also there is some indication of evidence that the insurgents had retaken that mosque while this wounded fella was there. Bottom line - that video doesn't tell us the entire story. So maybe, some here need to pull the rope down, get back on their horses, and ride on home.
Read my initial post again. I'm not saying this soldier should be allowed to murder. But than again, maybe you shouldn't reach judgments based solely on a 10 second tape.
If after investigation the conclusions indicate that there were no mitigating factors, and the soldier murdered the insurgent with the requisite malicious mind, then he should be punished as a murderer. Note however, before this event there was a booby trapped insurgent which had killed a US...
I'll add that I'm glad that Arafat is dead. I'll never have to see that greasy, oily, bug eyed, cheese grinning, face again plying his trade. We'll never see his self-centered 'oneness' - Arafat - the murderer of thousands of innocent people, from athletes at the Olympics to dads, mothers, and...
I was joshing about Ashcroft. The Republicans don't have the numbers to block a Democratic filibuster, and if Ashcroft was nominated we'd see one of those until 2008.
I may have been a little quick to frame this as a political issue -- that is, an across the board liberal / conservative issue. For example, Blacks, who tend to vote democrat and liberal on social issues -- are, on the whole, against gay marriage. Myself -- I'm moderately conservative yet favor...
And to avoid drifting too far from the issue --- The question is still out there -- should gays / lesbians wait and hope OR will it serve their purpose better to become more active, more vocal on this issue? More like some of the non-violent acvtivism during the 1960s?
Thanks for the thoughtful response --- I'll just add on the lawyer's advice 'to wait,' which you mentioned --- while waiting for the "right" set of circumstances is certainly advisable, I wonder if it is also advisable to balance that desire 'to wait' against the probable composition of the...
... and least I'm misunderstood. Bush could have sai "I don't know" - but he could have said "I don't know" in the context of whether the higher courts might interpert the marriage amendments. In that context - "I don't know" is the ONLY reasonable response.
I'd be really surprised if Bush ssaid he "didn't know" in the context Loren Booda indicates he did. This was one of the issues of the campaign for gosh sakes! Even if his position was on the fence - and it wasn't - I doubt Bush would have presented such an unpolished response as just suggested...
Amendments, defining marriage as between a man and a woman only, passed "overwhelmingly" in all 11 states that considered the issue on Tuesday. *(In fact, having the gay marriage issue on the ballot in Ohio may have elected Bush - but that’s another issue)*
The issue here is this - should...
Godless?? My last, best effort to save Adjoint's soul - by changing his vote.
Cut up your volume, grab a tissue, and click the link.
http://www.catsprn.com/cowboys.htm
Laura Bush has an approval rating of 74% (Gallup Poll). Teresa Heinz Kerry has an approval rating in the 30s --- with this, the influences for one candidate are almost certainly positive, while for the other, almost certainly negative.
So -- why doesn’t the Kerry camp stick Teresa on the...
Gore won Hawaii by 19%, Clinton won it by 20%. Hawaii is suppose to be 'a lock' for the Democrats. So, what's going on in Hawaii? It's tied. First, it appears that Hawaii hasn't been polled in a while -- at least until these last two polls indicating a dead heat between Bush abnd Kerry for...
It appears that The Guardian has "apologized" for its "flippant and tasteless" --- (and jocular) ---- call for Bush's assassination.
(italics are mine)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/tvradio/story/0,14676,1335307,00.html
Good enough -
Ah yes, I suppose you're right, that IS "humor." The sort found in most top rate newspapers like The Guardian ----- I'm certain lots of Americans will just 'bust a gut' if given a chance to read this new Oscar Wilde of British humor.
Hey, maybe Charlie Brooker, the article's author, might...
Want to talk about it with the Guardian’s Editor in Chief?
Emily Bell, editor in chief of Guardian Unlimited, can be contacted at editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk
Holy fracking mother of all newspapers --- did The Guardian just sarcastically call for assassination of our President? Are these jackasses joking or is there and element of seriousness there? Remember these are the same far left liberal folks who took it upon themselves to attempt to...
Democratic linked organizations, ACORN and the Urban League, have been caught committing election fraud in the extremely important state of Ohio.
http://www.10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2458796
Then the "most people" you refer to and claim exist are either brain dead or haven't read The Guardian articles themselves. Or better, have seen how bad a turn The Guardian's efforts to influence our elections have turn - and are now attempting to call it just a good humored prank. I suspect a...
Umm - since this clearly ISN'T the Why are you voting for George W. Bush thread - I'll post this. Something on the lighter side – the statement where Kerry seems to admit to war crimes – but then (you guessed it!) he doesn't ----You've heard the story – now read it...
Here are some reasons ---
While the Democrats are quick to point to Bush as the source of the weak economy ("weak," until recently that is) the economy under Clinton was a result of the 'dot com' gang bang and the tremendous, irrationally exuberant bubble created during that period. The...
Could it be that Kerry’s composite IQ is lower that Dubya’s? Hard to say since Kerry hasn't released his SAT scores - where the SAT-IQ correlation exists. THIS LINKED SITE shows other information which indicates that Bush, may in fact, have a higher IQ than Kerry -...
A blog created by a real Iraqi who is really in Iraq. The blog is a nominee for 'Best Blogs 2004' by the Washington Post. Interesting stories.
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
Considering the circumstances as I understand them, those Catholics who continue to deny the wrongness of abortion after being warned, may be considered "obstinate sinners" (see the linked article in post 6, above from "one Vatican official") IF that is the case, how would this classification...
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I direct your attention to this guy's article ---
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_5476.shtml [Broken]
From The Telegraph, a British publication, updating the status of The Guardian’s efforts -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/21/ngraun21.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/21/ixhome.html
Well it's pretty much beyond me to understand how someone concludes this is "tongue in cheek" after reading the articles. If you do somehow – so be it. It's your secret. I suppose it's best just to leave this as it is and allow the articles to speak for themselves -
Here are portions / partial quotes, from the original Guardian articles. Click the links for the context and the entire articles.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1326033,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1326033,00.html