Rails Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Just now? What took you so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Lewis Hamilton wins the Formula 1 World Championship for the second time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30168481 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Just now? What took you so long? I try to limit myself to dislike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 NASA's new stratospheric airship science proposal death tribble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Man marries tree Christmas Elves gather in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 You know what they say about when something sounds too good to be true. This is an example LINK Gotta love the reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 I love this idea as a way to help those who have to work Thanksgiving in Ohio.... but this bill will never get passed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 It's Really Richard: DNA Confirms King's Remains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Missing brains were destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 That's what Igor wants you to think ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Well, things are getting interesting here on the political front. Due to the new government being unable to get their budget through the Riksdag, we'll probably have extraordinary elections (in March) for the first time since the Fifties (and just for the second time ever.) Since this will be the third election in under a year, the smaller parties will be strained economically. What this would do for the make-up of parliament ... is best unspeculated in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Could it be that bankrupting the small parties is actually the intent? gewing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Could it be that bankrupting the small parties is actually the intent? No - since it was one of the medium-small parties that created the problem. Very short and simple version is that there's a relatively new rightwing party that has opposition to immigration as their major focus. It has about 13% of the vote, but since the parliament is split between an alliance of centre-right parties, and an alliance of centre-left parties (who have a small advantage in numbers, but not enough to have over 50%), that's just enough to enable them to block either side from passing any laws, unless the two sides agree to vote together. Basically, the spoiler party is going all tea party on both sides saying "give us what we want, or we'll paralyse the goverment". So ... new elections. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Natural gas: The fracking fallacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 No - since it was one of the medium-small parties that created the problem. Very short and simple version is that there's a relatively new right-wing party that has opposition to immigration as their major focus. It has about 13% of the vote, but since the parliament is split between an alliance of center-right parties, and an alliance of center-left parties (who have a small advantage in numbers, but not enough to have over 50%), that's just enough to enable them to block either side from passing any laws, unless the two sides agree to vote together. Basically, the spoiler party is going all tea party on both sides saying "give us what we want, or we'll paralyze the government". So ... new elections. Cheers, Mark Unsurprisingly, Mark has the gist of it. For my part, I'd be happiest with cross-block co-operation -- but as it stands now, the parties' leaderships involved have painted themselves into rhetorical corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Natural gas: The fracking fallacy As much as I detest fracking for what it does to aquifers, it's fascinating to see the geoeconomic effects of the boom. Thanks largely to this development, the price of oil is crashing--the House of Saud is having to keep up production to maintain market share, and might actually increase production in order to price shale oil out of the market. (Shale is not that cheap to extract and it's possible that all the cost effective supply will be exhausted within a few years.) Meanwhile the crashing prices along with global sanctions and financial idiocy are destroying the ruble and the Russian economy along with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Woo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks out against net neutrality Her arguments were actually interesting. Namely, that some cool future tech, like telemedicine and driverless cars, needed priority over cat videos. I don't know if she persuaded me, and I do still fear the slippery slope, but the argument was not without merit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Wooot... you go Australian scientists! http://techassimilate.com/2014/12/scientists-in-australia-announce-solar-cells-with-40-percent-efficiency/ L. Marcus and Bazza 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks out against net neutrality Her arguments were actually interesting. Namely, that some cool future tech, like telemedicine and driverless cars, needed priority over cat videos. I don't know if she persuaded me, and I do still fear the slippery slope, but the argument was not without merit. Nope. She's not even making me budge on my position. Setting up a tier system and hoping for no abuse is naive at best. I don't claim to know European priorities, but here in America, better stream for pay would go to things like commercials and cutting rivals who couldn't keep up with payments off. It would become legalized extortion by the providers. You want to really speed up the internet all around? Encourage better and quicker infrastructure with faster connection (Something that many companies in the US ALSO fight tooth and nail) Enforcer84, gewing and Pattern Ghost 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 My replies do not seem to be going through properly. Especially with alone lime Vlad at the helm, a collapsing Russian economy is potentially worrisome. I was this king back to the Falklands war... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 On another topic... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/video-grieving-dad-killed-daughter-throws-chair-judge-article-1.2020028 I hope other is some explanation for this ruling other than three people killed by a reckless driver is only a misdemeanor! Even the prosecutor's appeal is only for what, 18 months? Please someone tell me there were a lot of extenuating cir instances, or that the Judge is being g removed from her position! If it had been my son, I fear I might do something un Christlike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Crud... Police clear Martin Place after gunman reported at Lindt Chocolate Cafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Hopeful for a speedy & safe resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Relatively speedy at least. Not sure about safe yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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