Re: It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk

2013-02-20 Thread Cameron Childress
On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk I pity the fool. -B.A. Baracus ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology

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2013-02-20 Thread Judah McAuley
You know, I didn't realize that straight ticket voting was a thing until recently. I saw it on West Wing and it was a joke there and I thought they were just making fun of people who thought they could do that. It was only on this list in the last couple of years that I found out that that exists

Re: It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk

2013-02-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"It's going to take a long time to pay off that degree. Like being owned or something. Modern slavery?" It is certainly not a stretch to make that argument, especially for those poor slobs who chose to go to an Ivy League School on loans in order to get a major in political science. Interestingl

Re: It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk

2013-02-20 Thread Scott Stewart
On 2/20/2013 3:34 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk ( > http://www.cnbc.com/id/100474974 ) > > The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum > requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job. > > Consid

Re: It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk

2013-02-20 Thread Sam
It's going to take a long time to pay off that degree. Like being owned or something. Modern slavery? . On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk ( > http://www.cnbc.com/id/100474974 ) > ~

It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk

2013-02-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk ( http://www.cnbc.com/id/100474974 ) The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job. Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Are you going to call Professor Phil Jones a liar too?" If Brother Phil doesn't toe the Cult of Man Made Global Warming, they will definitely throw him under the bus. Brother Phil has done an admirable job in the past like trying to delete/hide damning emails and such, but this might get him ex

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Sam
Too funny. All these articles mention global warming but not one single article confirms it exists or is caused by man. I get that based on the article, since if any of the articles proved it was happening he would mention them right? Or are we to believe all of the 13,950 articles certify man-ma

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I'm still waiting for him to debunk this study by James Powell: http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/11/15/why-climate-deniers-have-no-credibility-science-one-pie-chart On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:30 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Well, no, he doesn't, but he's still wrong: > http://www.slate.com/blogs/

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Sam
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/13/report-global-warming-stopped-16-years-ago/ Here's a little snip: Some climate scientists, such as Professor Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, last week dismissed the significance of the plateau, saying that

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Sam
It's you. The MET Office announced in October 2012 the "pause" started in 1997 . In October 2013 it's going to go up to 17. Make a note of that. . On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Is it me or does Sam increase the number of years the globe 'hasn't been > warming' each ti

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread William Bowen
Well, no, he doesn't, but he's still wrong: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/01/14/no_global_warming_for_16_years_debunking_climate_change_denial.html On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Is it me or does Sam increase the number of years the globe 'hasn't been

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Well, he HAS been denying it is warming for 15 years. It just seems like more. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Is it me or does Sam increase the number of years the globe 'hasn't been > warming' each time he brings it up in a new thread? > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Scott Stroz
Is it me or does Sam increase the number of years the globe 'hasn't been warming' each time he brings it up in a new thread? On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Sam wrote: > > Global Warming? They haven't called it that in years. Since the globe > hasn't been warming in the past 16 years you have

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Sam
Global Warming? They haven't called it that in years. Since the globe hasn't been warming in the past 16 years you have to account for global cooling so call it "Climate Change" . On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/skating

Re: FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Very cool. Love when people chip in and do stuff out of love, rather than making the government do all the heavy lifting. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > > http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/skating-rinks-monitor-climate-change-130129.htm > > Skating Rinks

FW: Skating rinks monitor climate change

2013-02-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/skating-rinks-monitor-climate-change-130129.htm Skating Rinks Monitor Climate Change Jan 29, 2013 03:32 PM ET // by Sheila M. Eldred In the latest citizen science venture, backyard ice skaters are monitoring climate change in Canada and the northern

Re: Google search for 'completely wrong' yields page of Romney photos - CNN.com

2013-02-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Now republicans are going to start complaining about liberally bis in search engines." Seek and ye shall find (though it's not Republicans saying it): Google has customized results for Obama, but not Romney ( http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57544967-93/google-has-customized-results-for-obama-

Re: Denver Considers Whether To Opt In Or Out Of Amendment 64

2013-02-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Follow the money." Always. "If it's not hidden in blind super pac, you should be able to see who donated to the city council members who are proposing the opt out." It would be an interesting exercise. The good citizens of Denver should have already done so. The reason they haven't? I'll l