Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Dana
>From what I have read/heard: possibly Zimmerman genuinely felt threatened. HOWEVER He actually sought out the confrontation. If you're that fearful, man, don't go following people with a gun in your hand. The kid was minding his own business and talking to a girl on his cell phone. He begged

Re: wasn't this just a link?

2012-03-20 Thread Dana
gotta love Texas. The skies are bigger, the smokestacks are smokier, the small towns are smaller On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > A tiny Texas town is trying to ban photography inside city hall because, > y

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Be kind. Keep your snickering to yourself. Or at least in small groups. I haven't found any of the medium-long flowing hair in photos, yet. This is the very end of the long hair, during the last months it was in extreme mullet mode. (Shortly after this I finally had it chopped off and donated to

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Scott Stewart
I must see pictures.. i have a few in my "Hair Metal" days On 3/20/2012 3:24 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > FWIW, I am white. And I used to have long hair. (a hair farmer as my > friends called me) > > And I often got stopped by the police, sometimes with guns drawn. And > avoided with a well-ti

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Scott Stewart
They talked about "non disparagement" agreements also, If a company asked you to sign a non-disparagement agreement they've probably been disparaged online, very possibly with good reason. I've signed one, and it's now become a huge red flag.. On 3/20/2012 8:41 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > What m

RE: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
What makes that worse is it's not just a company, but a the CITY of Bozaman. That's the government asking for that. *Danger Wil Robinson! Danger!* -Original Message- From: PT [mailto:cft...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:07 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Article: Job seeke

wasn't this just a link?

2012-03-20 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
A tiny Texas town is trying to ban photography inside city hall because, you know, public officials have an expectation of privacy while performing their public duties. Violators of this proposed ordinance would be slapped with a $2,000 fine if the ordinance is approved during Tuesday’s city coun

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread PT
You might as well take your name out of the running anyway. On 3/20/2012 8:00 PM, Medic wrote: > > That's a great answer actually. > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Eric Roberts< > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> >> I have read about this before as well. I would say no, that is

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread PT
I have seen others like it. At least it is getting a little press. "Until last year, the city of Bozeman, Mont., had a long-standing policy of asking job applicants for passwords to their email addresses, social-networking websites and other online accounts." E-mail passwords? Fark you guys.

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Medic
That's a great answer actually. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I have read about this before as well. I would say no, that is a violation > of FB TOS...sorry. > > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Medic
Not that one. This one about the same phenomenon http://finance.yahoo.com/news/job-seekers-getting-asked-facebook-080920368.html On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > Wait, you saw THAT article, or one like it on another site? > > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:10 PM, M

RE: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
I have read about this before as well. I would say no, that is a violation of FB TOS...sorry. -Original Message- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:28 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwor

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Wait, you saw THAT article, or one like it on another site? On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Medic wrote: > > Yeah I saw that on linkedIn today. The sad thing is that so many people are > desperate to work they'd likely just fork over the password. When there's a > glut of job seekers people

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Medic
Yeah I saw that on linkedIn today. The sad thing is that so many people are desperate to work they'd likely just fork over the password. When there's a glut of job seekers people hiring can act any way they want. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > WTF? > > > http://th

Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
WTF? http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/20/job-seekers-getting-asked-for-facebook-passwords/ How do you say "Hell no, you creepy bastard" politely in an interview? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.

RE: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
I never claimed to be a democrat. I think most of them are no different than republicans. -Original Message- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:32 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority? Can we please stop wit

RE: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
There was a press release earlier today on this. The Justice Department and the FBI are getting involved since local authorities are essentially refusing to take any action. -Original Message- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:16 PM To:

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
FWIW, I am white. And I used to have long hair. (a hair farmer as my friends called me) And I often got stopped by the police, sometimes with guns drawn. And avoided with a well-timed street-crossing. And pursed-clutched. It's not just about being black. It is also about not matching "the norms"

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Judah McAuley
That Yahoo article and the one it links too keep emphasizing the same thing: "Zimmerman violated several major parts of the Neighborhood Watch handbook"...like don't fucking kill people? Get a sense of perspective, people! The neighborhood watch bit is totally irrelevant. Don't hunt people down an

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Truly unbelievable. And hopefully it won't stand as is. What would I think about someone in a hoodie walking down the street? That they are a New England Patriots head coach? On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Vivec wrote: > > > > After

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Judah McAuley
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Vivec wrote: > > After all...it was a black 17 year old in a hoodie and what do you expect? I'd expect it was my next door neighbor or maybe the kid across the street. Guess I won't be shooting anyone soon. Judah ~~

Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

2012-03-20 Thread Vivec
http://gma.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-killing-friend-phone-teen-death-recounts-063243901--abc-news.html I'm really curious if blacks start policing their neighbourhoods and shooting white pedestrians whether this same defence would stand up to scrutiny? I am at a loss as to why this man has not bee

RE: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
Here's more info on this guys...apparently he is just an asshole... http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-murder-suspect-bales-took-life-savings-says-223 934030--abc-news.html -Original Message- From: Medic [mailto:hofme...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:34 PM To: cf-community Subje

Re: when they made it illegal to import drugs from Canada

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
Maybe it had something to do with preventing this: http://news.yahoo.com/six-arrested-fake-medicine-bust-europol-204954874.html . On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Dana wrote: > > It seems to me that I remember an outcry about the underlying assumption > that Canadian pharmacies were run by fur

Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
More like George Michael dunking on Pee-Wee . On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:40 PM, GMoney wrote: > > Man+100. > > Can't put enough zeroes on there. > > Course, Judah punking Eric is kind of like Michael Jordan dunking on > Pee-wee Herman. > ~

Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
Only you could find good news in a $460 billion increase Still makes it a lie doesn't it? On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > It might also be worth mentioning the further cherry picking of the numbers: > > Gross costs (of just the insurance provisions) have gone up from

Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread GMoney
Man+100. Can't put enough zeroes on there. Course, Judah punking Eric is kind of like Michael Jordan dunking on Pee-wee Herman. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Can we please stop with the Nazi references? Politically-motivated > economic studies are pretty co

Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Medic wrote: > > > > > I don't think that even the villagers would want to do that in the latter > > case. > > > > Really? I tend to disagree. > > Same here. Tell that to the parents and friends of kids who were killed at Virginia Tech.

Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Medic
> > I don't think that even the villagers would want to do that in the latter > case. > Really? I tend to disagree. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?ta

Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Can we please stop with the Nazi references? Politically-motivated economic studies are pretty common, as is picking and choosing the numbers you publicize. Lies, damned lies and Statistics and all that. Propaganda was not invented in Nazi Germany. And next time you get the urge to compare Republ

RE: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
Not to excuse his actions...but there is a difference between doing something criminally and doing something as a result of mental stress induced psychosis. If this guy was just an outright asshat and just went into this village to shoot people up for shits and giggles...then yeah...that would be

RE: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
There is that element...combat fatigue can make you do a lot of things that you might not normally do when you are metally sound. Whether this is just stripping away the veneer of sanity and just revealing the inner psychopath of this individual or it just really messed him up and he went into a

RE: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
That's not the mathematician in you, that is the honest person in you that is tired of the BS, lies, and mistruths coming from Republicans to distort and subvert the political process. Since they can't win on facts, they try to distort and deceive. Herman Goering would be so proud of Republicans

Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Medic
Give him to the village the victims were from. It would likely have the most positive impact on peace and would be very much in line with the Afghan style of punishment. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Vivec wrote: > > He's going to end up in a psyche ward for a while is what I am guessing.

Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Judah McAuley
It might also be worth mentioning the further cherry picking of the numbers: Gross costs (of just the insurance provisions) have gone up from 940 billion (10 years from 2010) to 1,760 billion (10 years from 2012) but Net costs (of just the insurance provisions) have gone up from 790 billion to 1,

Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread GMoney
I'm guessing he will be incarcerated for the rest of his life in a maximum security facility...if he avoids the death penalty. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Vivec wrote: > > He's going to end up in a psyche ward for a while is what I am guessing. > > On 20 March 2012 11:17, GMoney wrote: >

Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Vivec
He's going to end up in a psyche ward for a while is what I am guessing. On 20 March 2012 11:17, GMoney wrote: > > Yes it can. What's your point? You like a different word? use it. > > Any word that suggests a disgusting, sick, perverted, evil, inhumane set of > thoughts and actions.can be

Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Of course Jerry is wrong about the CBO numbers. Given that he gets them from Republican press releases, quell surprise! Here is the actual CBO piece: http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/03-13-Coverage%20Estimates.pdf What Republicans said: They claimed that the original 10 ye

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
The Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which Clinton signed, prohibited it. Bush was able to get around it by using existing lines. . On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > You are entitled to your own opinion, you are not entitled to your own > reality Sam. > ~

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
You are entitled to your own opinion, you are not entitled to your own reality Sam. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Sam wrote: > > You lie... > > No Federal funding was ever used hESC research until Bush made it so > Aug 9, 2001. > > Private funding was always available. > > . > > > On Tue, Ma

RE: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Eric Roberts
LOL *shaking head* -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:09 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program You lie... No Federal funding was ever used hESC research until Bush made it

Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread GMoney
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Can't this explanation be used for every nutjob that decides to shoot and > kill innocents? Or blow them up > Yes it can. What's your point? You like a different word? use it. Any word that suggests a disgusting, sick, perverted, evil, inhumane

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
You lie... No Federal funding was ever used hESC research until Bush made it so Aug 9, 2001. Private funding was always available. . On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > before bush it was almost treated as any other research funding > request, while there were funding

Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier?

2012-03-20 Thread Vivec
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-madness-is-not-the-reason-for-this-massacre-7575737.html "I'm getting a bit tired of the "deranged" soldier story. It was predictable, of course. The 38-year-old staff sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan civilians, including nine chi

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
before bush it was almost treated as any other research funding request, while there were funding restrictions they had some significant exceptions that allowed researchers to do work with human stem cells. After Bush's presidential order only 19 lines of approved stem cells could be used. All fed

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Vivec
Really? And then what would happen to them :-) On 20 March 2012 10:55, GMoney wrote: > if Iraq wants armed US contractors working on infrastructure improvements, > that's their business. They obviously OK'd such arrangement. If not, they > could kick every single American out of there if they w

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread GMoney
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I got my withdrawal from Iraq, that was nice." > > Somewhat. > > The US exchanged troops for armed contractors working for the State > Department. > > Nothing could go wrong with that. > if Iraq wants armed US contractors working on infr

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I got my withdrawal from Iraq, that was nice." Somewhat. The US exchanged troops for armed contractors working for the State Department. Nothing could go wrong with that. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are peop

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
There was no funding. Bush created the funding with limitations. Before that, nothing. Clinton was back and forth about it and finally proposed a go ahead with funding but never approved it. Bush made it so. . On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Who removed the funding? > ~~

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Vivec
Who removed the funding? On 20 March 2012 10:08, Sam wrote: > > President Bush was first in providing funding by the US government for > human stem cell research. > > But you knew that. > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Antho

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
President Bush was first in providing funding by the US government for human stem cell research. But you knew that. . On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Wrong Sam, he forbade any federal funding for stem cell research > except using certain cell lines. And made sure you

Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority?

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"My argument is perfectly reasoned, and your comment below proves my point exactly. " If you say so. "You called the president a liar based on the headline of an opinion piece about numbers purportedly released by the CBO" He is a liar based on the numbers released by the CBO. "None of thos

Re: FW: CEO challenges cap on donations

2012-03-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I do believe that Obama will keep pushing for campaign finance reform. The reason? He ends up better off for it. " I disagree. He could have ran against McCain using public funding only. He didn't need more since McCain pledge to do the same. "Obama has some serious high dollar backers, no

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Wrong Sam, he forbade any federal funding for stem cell research except using certain cell lines. And made sure you had to go through some real ugly hoops before getting the cells lines. Moreover those line were more likely to develop cancers than other non approved lines because of their age. Rem

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Sam wrote: > > Yes, anything to do with Republican or Conservatism is considered > evil. I get it. > > > All politicians are leading us down the path to Marxism and revolution if they keep on neglecting needs of everyone apart from Corporations and Religion. ht

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:08 AM, GMoney wrote: > I got my stem cell research...that was huge. Bush was the first President to pay for Embryonic Stem Cell research > I got my withdrawal from Iraq, that was nice. Nice? 10 years wasted. We turned our back moments before a success. > Afghanistan

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread GMoney
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Sam wrote: > > Well there's Elle MacPherson. > > As for the rest of the non-bulk Obama voters, many got what they > wanted and are happy. > I got my stem cell research...that was huge. I got my withdrawal from Iraq, that was nice. Afghanistan has an end in sig

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
Well there's Elle MacPherson. As for the rest of the non-bulk Obama voters, many got what they wanted and are happy. . On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:52 AM, GMoney wrote: > Can you think of any reason that a person, one who was not lazy and gave > the deal a great bit of thought, could still have

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread GMoney
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Sam wrote: > > I can't pass judgement on such a large group. I imagine there could be > a few evil ones and bunches of misguided folks. But as a group I think > they consist of all sorts. > > Now that I've given it a little more thought, I think the bulk of > fo

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread Sam
I can't pass judgement on such a large group. I imagine there could be a few evil ones and bunches of misguided folks. But as a group I think they consist of all sorts. Now that I've given it a little more thought, I think the bulk of folks that voted for Obama were either misguided or too lazy

Re: GOP...can you explain this? 130k women without health program

2012-03-20 Thread GMoney
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Sam wrote: > > Yes, anything to do with Republican or Conservatism is considered > evil. I get it. > What do you think of Democrats or Liberalism? Evil...or just misguided? ~| Order the Adobe

Re: This is what is wrong with America

2012-03-20 Thread JediHomer
Glad I wasn't the only one noticing that... On 20 March 2012 09:19, Will Swain wrote: > > She might be good at maths (Ok, she's terrible at it), but she's not the > idiot filming her whilst driving a car. > > On 19 March 2012 22:01, Maureen wrote: > >> >> No, she's dumb.  But she's also a prett

Re: This is what is wrong with America

2012-03-20 Thread Will Swain
She might be good at maths (Ok, she's terrible at it), but she's not the idiot filming her whilst driving a car. On 19 March 2012 22:01, Maureen wrote: > > No, she's dumb. But she's also a pretty blonde so likely her > intellect doesn't matter much. > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Ray Cha