Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Maureen
If you have evidence of Summers, Geithner or Bernanke committing fraud, produce it. Otherwise you're accusing them based on your bias with no basis in fact. I'll add any source to my list that tells lies. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Sam wrote: > > Summers, Geithner, Bernanke weren't puni

Re: Neutrinos

2011-10-18 Thread Larry C. Lyons
data not facts. Also unless the alternative model is better at explaining the data than the existing theory then why accept it? In this case the GPS theory makes a lot of sense. Its suggesting that there was a methodological flaw. It also points out the utility of Sagan's rule - extraordinary clai

RE: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Eric Roberts
Blockbuster lost to Netflix and Redbox...not because of the economy... Other than maybe Family Video (funny name considering they have one of the better porn collections in the area lol) and foreign video stores catering to the non-english speaking and non-english as a first language crowd, I see

RE: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Eric Roberts
They could buy the park and then there would be no problems :-D -Original Message- From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:37 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason Ooohhh.so all you have to do to go from the 99% t

RE: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Eric Roberts
You didn't do so well at math, did you G? *grin* -Original Message- From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:30 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason They make most of their money by winning lawsuits filed by people wh

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Sam
Summers, Geithner, Bernanke weren't punished, they were put in charge of making the new rules and dishing out the money. Is Fox your boogeyman? You need to expand your horizons, I hear Newsweek, NYT and WaPo are turning on the hopey-changy thingy. Maybe you can add them to your hate list. . On

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Maureen
It's not about money. It's about how you obtained the money, and if it was obtained by fraud, then punishing those who are guilty. Which in the case of most of the Wall Street firms involved in the financial meltdown, has not happened. This isn't class warfare, no matter how hard Fox and the bo

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Maureen
Westboro is a church. As such, they pay no taxes. Phelps and his minions are funded by their supports, in huge sums, and live tax free. Frankly, I think they are more political organization than church and their tax exemption should be stripped. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:29 PM, GMoney wrote:

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Maureen
Only if you're counting the stupid people. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM, GMoney wrote: > > Isn't Fred Phelps one of the 99% > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Antholo

Re: Occupy Atlanta - Arrests Always Right Around the Corner! - says media

2011-10-18 Thread Maureen
Atlanta has a history of handling protests well. No riots in the 60s. Almost all of the violence came from the other side, like when The Temple was bombed after a dinner was planned to honor Martin Luther King, Jr when he won the Peace Prize, and the firebombing of the offices of the alternative

Re: Neutrinos

2011-10-18 Thread denstar
The scientific community has never resisted change. They're objective, yo! The issue is scientists can be dogmatic, and "true believers" too (sort of the flip of what you are saying, no?). There are no real "facts", right? And yet you'll hear learned individuals say such tripe as "you cannot g

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread PT
Lowes is also buying back their stock, or they were. On 10/18/2011 4:09 PM, Sam wrote: > Lowes closed 20 under-performing but opened 25. > Yup. Lists like those are useless for determining the solvency of a company. > I don't think that list says anything. Just a random useless list.

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > Interesting to compare the two lists. > > http://retailindustry.about.com/od/storeclosingsandopenings/a/2011-Store-Openings-Complete-List-Of-U-S-Retail-Industry-Domestic-Expansion.htm Dunkin is listed at 350 and also at 14. Wikiwikiwhatw

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Sam
Hmmm. Blockbusters losing to kiosks and now fighting that battle, which means the stores are no longer needed. Borders was an overpriced coffee shop, surprised it lasted so long. Lowes closed 20 under-performing but opened 25. RightAid has been shutting down for years, the markets over saturated.

RE: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Rick Eidson
They just opened another Family Dollar here in Independence Mo. Rick -Original Message- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 3:02 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011 yeah, i would love to see

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Erika L. Rich
Here we go ... Interesting to compare the two lists. http://retailindustry.about.com/od/storeclosingsandopenings/a/2011-Store-Openings-Complete-List-Of-U-S-Retail-Industry-Domestic-Expansion.htm On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > yeah, i would love to see that data a

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
yeah, i would love to see that data as well. I would also love to see number of sq feet of retail space built, knocked down, and empty and rented over the course of the year, and in a trend by year, for each county going back in time. (not that I really care what it says about the economy - I ju

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Scott Stewart
Although I think the coolest response was when Westboro picketed Ronnie James Dio's funeral, several thousand metalheads, simply turned their backs to the Westboro protestors. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > They protested in front of Twitter HQ, the best sign was "They S

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Erika L. Rich
What is missing from this list is the amount of stores some of them have opened in 2011. Family Dollar opened 3 that I know of, in the the north Georgia area surrounding us within a 20 minute ride of each other. Heaven knows how many other they added elsewhere... Granted, Family Dollar is defini

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
I don't really know. I'm not sure if ALL the rich are evil, or just some of the rich...and i'm not sure which rich people are evil, and which ones aren't. I mean, not all wall street people are bad people. I'm sure some of them are quite nice fellas, making money completely legit, giving to charit

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
Fascinating. I knew that one of the primary motives for their bullshit was to make money...but I figured it was so they could further their zealotry. The thought that they made up their entire zealotry SOLELY to make money.never occurred to me. Wouldn't surprise me. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Medic
God is a PC. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Dana wrote: > > the doughnuts are a lie ;) > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Scott Stewart > wrote: > > > > They protested in front of Twitter HQ, the best sign was "They Said > > there'd be Doughnuts!!!" > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:53 P

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
snicker, or redistribute the wealth. Seriously, I have no idea what their definition is. I have not been to any of the occupy sites. But isn't that how we define our aristocracy in this country? Money/ On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:37 PM, GMoney wrote: > > Ooohhh.so all you have to do to go fr

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
Ooohhh.so all you have to do to go from the 99% to the 1%, is get rich somehow. I wonder what would happen if a member of one of the occupy protests suddenly won the lottery? Would they have to leave the park??? On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Dana wrote: > > the point is, they have it. >

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
yes, the high school is warning kids about this On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > I read an interesting article basically saying that Phelps and his > crew aren't zealots, but simple con men.. > They have found a formula that almost guarantees to get people riled > up, a

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
lol. Would you not rather know? Twitter actually doesn't seem like a doughnut kind of place, though I have never been there. But yes, that is, I believe, the response that is being discussed. It actually perturbs me most that they are going after high school kids. That's what, three removes? Steve

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Scott Stewart
I read an interesting article basically saying that Phelps and his crew aren't zealots, but simple con men.. They have found a formula that almost guarantees to get people riled up, and then sue anyone who is provoked into action. If you watch video of any of the Westboro protests, you'll hear th

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
the point is, they have it. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:29 PM, GMoney wrote: > > They make most of their money by winning lawsuits filed by people who don't > know any better. > > Not exactly the same as a Wall Street inside trader. > > No, the way I see it, if you want to claim an "us vs. them",

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Scott Stewart
thanks for crushing my spirit :( On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Dana wrote: > > the doughnuts are a lie ;) > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Scott Stewart > wrote: >> >> They protested in front of Twitter HQ, the best sign was "They Said >> there'd be Doughnuts!!!" >> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
but they are not going to be ignored, and the protest and counterprotests will happen whether I go or not. So it boils down to whether I wanna speak up. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM, GMoney wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Dana wrote: > >> >> nah, was just reading up on this. I t

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
They make most of their money by winning lawsuits filed by people who don't know any better. Not exactly the same as a Wall Street inside trader. No, the way I see it, if you want to claim an "us vs. them", and include 99% percent of the population amongst you, you are going to be associating yo

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
the doughnuts are a lie ;) On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > They protested in front of Twitter HQ, the best sign was "They Said > there'd be Doughnuts!!!" > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Dana wrote: >> >> Just heard they're going to picket the Apple campus at 9am

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
naw, if you have the dough to get to a civil rights case to the Supreme Court, you are not in the 99% >> > >> > Occupy Westboro. >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Dana wrote: >> > >> >> nah, was just reading up on this. I think I agree with the people who >> >> say that it's not like t

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
Silicon Valley loves Fred Phelps. Think I'll suggest that for the LED sign. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM, GMoney wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Dana wrote: > >> >> nah, was just reading up on this. I think I agree with the people who >> say that it's not like they will go away

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
Isn't Fred Phelps one of the 99% On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > ahaahahahaha that would be AWESOME! > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Cameron Childress > wrote: > > > > Occupy Westboro. > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Dana wrote: > > > >> nah, was just

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Scott Stewart
They protested in front of Twitter HQ, the best sign was "They Said there'd be Doughnuts!!!" On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Dana wrote: > > Just heard they're going to picket the Apple campus at 9am tomorrow, > because they are miffed by the Steve Jobs memorial. Apparently he > should have pre

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Dana wrote: > > nah, was just reading up on this. I think I agree with the people who > say that it's not like they will go away if we ignore them. Better to > go and be amused by them. > Wrong-o, my friend. They most definitely would go away if we ignored them.

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Ras Tafari
ahaahahahaha that would be AWESOME! On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Occupy Westboro. > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Dana wrote: > >> nah, was just reading up on this. I think I agree with the people who >> say that it's not like they will go away if we ignore

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Cameron Childress
Occupy Westboro. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Dana wrote: > nah, was just reading up on this. I think I agree with the people who > say that it's not like they will go away if we ignore them. Better to > go and be amused by them. ... ~

Re: Occupy Atlanta - Arrests Always Right Around the Corner! - says media

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
I agree. And respect to Atlanta for handling theirs well. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > something inside of me loves these sit-in protests that are taking over. > > my god i hope they can do something constructive out of this. > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Camero

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
nah, was just reading up on this. I think I agree with the people who say that it's not like they will go away if we ignore them. Better to go and be amused by them. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:01 PM, GMoney wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Dana wrote: > >> >> Just heard they're going

Re: Occupy Atlanta - Arrests Always Right Around the Corner! - says media

2011-10-18 Thread Ras Tafari
something inside of me loves these sit-in protests that are taking over. my god i hope they can do something constructive out of this. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > So, speaking of the media's bias for or against the Occupy movement... > > For several nights over

Occupy Atlanta - Arrests Always Right Around the Corner! - says media

2011-10-18 Thread Cameron Childress
So, speaking of the media's bias for or against the Occupy movement... For several nights over the past week(s) the Atlanta news has repeatedly broken into regular television broadcasts to sensationalize the "pending arrests of protesters". Showing TV reporters walking up to protesters who loudl

Re: westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Dana wrote: > > Just heard they're going to picket the Apple campus at 9am tomorrow, > because they are miffed by the Steve Jobs memorial. Apparently he > should have preached the word of God instead of doing all that other > you know, secular humanist, stuff. >

Re: Stat of the Day: 93% of Counties Lost Income in the Last Decade

2011-10-18 Thread Ras Tafari
and my salary increased 250% winner On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > From an AdAge daily alert: > > http://adage.com/article/special-report-american-consumer-project/vanishing-american-middle-class/230455/ > > pretty dramatic map. > > > ~~

Re: Stat of the Day: 93% of Counties Lost Income in the Last Decade

2011-10-18 Thread Sam
A 10% unemployment rate will do that. The article does make it seem gradual though. . On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > From an AdAge daily alert: > > http://adage.com/article/special-report-american-consumer-project/vanishing-american-middle-class/230455/ > > pret

westboro don't need no stinking reason

2011-10-18 Thread Dana
Just heard they're going to picket the Apple campus at 9am tomorrow, because they are miffed by the Steve Jobs memorial. Apparently he should have preached the word of God instead of doing all that other you know, secular humanist, stuff. And before that they'll picket the local high school, whic

Stat of the Day: 93% of Counties Lost Income in the Last Decade

2011-10-18 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
>From an AdAge daily alert: http://adage.com/article/special-report-american-consumer-project/vanishing-american-middle-class/230455/ pretty dramatic map. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adob

Re: I have a favorite new thing: Bad Lip Reading

2011-10-18 Thread Scott Stroz
I damn near peed in my pants. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/bad-lip-reading-with-mitt-romney > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.am

Re: I have a favorite new thing: Bad Lip Reading

2011-10-18 Thread Maureen
The Rick Perry one is funny too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhDhDRvHaGs On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/bad-lip-reading-with-mitt-romney > ~| Order the Adobe C

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > lots of money behind too many stores = glut in the market and > locations too close to each other > or locations in too remote of a place. > > less retail clutter = GOODNESS! Thinning the herd... It happens. That's what a competitive marke

Re: How many Palestinians does it take to equal 1 Israeli?

2011-10-18 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I've been running this through my mind all morning, too. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:45 AM, GMoney wrote: > > 1,000apparently. > > (gasoline? Check. match? Check. Igniterun away :) > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion

How many Palestinians does it take to equal 1 Israeli?

2011-10-18 Thread GMoney
1,000apparently. (gasoline? Check. match? Check. Igniterun away :) ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.hous

Re: Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Ras Tafari
not that crazy... i only use three of them with any sort of regularity: 1. starbucks - lost 7 2. rite aid - there are WAY too many of them anyway 3. pac sun - lost 2 lots of money behind too many stores = glut in the market and locations too close to each other or locations in too remote of a pl

Interesting: List of retail store closings in 2011

2011-10-18 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
http://www.nowpublic.com/style/full-list-retail-store-closings-us-2011-gap-lowes-2849151.html ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive