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It's both laughable, and very, very sad when white males whine and complain about reverse ...
darthfaja comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Sure, but what is this in reference to?
Does the post have a purpose or just a random observation?
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@darthfaja thank you
darthfaja comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Sure, but what is this in reference to?
Does the post have a purpose or just a random observation?
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@darthfaja thank you
Thought I might show you something from my stone pickings in my fields, I know what it is, do you?
t1nick comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Not enough info. Could use views from other angles and bottom.
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@HeathenFarmer okay
t1nick comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Not enough info. Could use views from other angles and bottom.
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@HeathenFarmer okay
It's both laughable, and very, very sad when white males whine and complain about reverse ...
darthfaja comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Sure, but what is this in reference to?
Does the post have a purpose or just a random observation?
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
Initially random observation. Some clarication below in another post.
darthfaja comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Sure, but what is this in reference to?
Does the post have a purpose or just a random observation?
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
Initially random observation. Some clarication below in another post.
It's both laughable, and very, very sad when white males whine and complain about reverse ...
tkcoy comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Yeah I'm not sure I've ever seen this happen? Got any examples?
Also, I don't think "reverse discrimination" is a thing... Maybe you're talking about sexual discrimination against men, or racial discrimination against European descendants?
Note that discriminating against men or white people ...
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
There have beem multiple legal suits that were lodged in which the claimants used reversed discrimination as the foci of their suit. In the late 1990's, multiple law suits against affirmative action at colleges were couched in the vernacular of reverse discrimination.
The "Me To Movement" has been described as an example of reverse discrimination with women discriminating against white males in particular, but not exclusively. When in fact they are protesting the fact that they are not treated equally, and their concerns about personal safety are ignored.
The "Black Lives Matter" has been described as an example of reverse discrimination, as blacks discriminating against whites, as opposed to the real reason., a protest against unfair social justice.
tkcoy comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Yeah I'm not sure I've ever seen this happen? Got any examples?
Also, I don't think "reverse discrimination" is a thing... Maybe you're talking about sexual discrimination against men, or racial discrimination against European descendants?
Note that discriminating against men or white people ...
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
There have beem multiple legal suits that were lodged in which the claimants used reversed discrimination as the foci of their suit. In the late 1990's, multiple law suits against affirmative action at colleges were couched in the vernacular of reverse discrimination.
The "Me To Movement" has been described as an example of reverse discrimination with women discriminating against white males in particular, but not exclusively. When in fact they are protesting the fact that they are not treated equally, and their concerns about personal safety are ignored.
The "Black Lives Matter" has been described as an example of reverse discrimination, as blacks discriminating against whites, as opposed to the real reason., a protest against unfair social justice.
Thought I might show you something from my stone pickings in my fields, I know what it is, do you?
t1nick comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Not enough info. Could use views from other angles and bottom.
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@HeathenFarmer I used to be an archaeologist, trained and educated at the U of A. I do know what I am wrong about. You asked for opinions, and based on what I see from your pic, I offered up my opinion. I was right about the material, again offered up an opinion of what its function could be. I never once said what it was beyond a shadow of a doubt, just a possibility. I have studied many lithics and I am not wrong in wanting to see more information before making a more informed guess.
t1nick comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Not enough info. Could use views from other angles and bottom.
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@HeathenFarmer I used to be an archaeologist, trained and educated at the U of A. I do know what I am wrong about. You asked for opinions, and based on what I see from your pic, I offered up my opinion. I was right about the material, again offered up an opinion of what its function could be. I never once said what it was beyond a shadow of a doubt, just a possibility. I have studied many lithics and I am not wrong in wanting to see more information before making a more informed guess.
Thought I might show you something from my stone pickings in my fields, I know what it is, do you?
t1nick comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Not enough info. Could use views from other angles and bottom.
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@HeathenFarmer unfortunately not true. It looks like it could be a hammerstone used for chipping flakes off a core to make a projectile point. Cannot tell material, looks like a quartzite or a light colored chert of some kind. A scale would be helpful to determine dimensions. Do you know the geology of the area?
t1nick comments on Mar 8, 2019:
Not enough info. Could use views from other angles and bottom.
t1nick replies on Mar 8, 2019:
@HeathenFarmer unfortunately not true. It looks like it could be a hammerstone used for chipping flakes off a core to make a projectile point. Cannot tell material, looks like a quartzite or a light colored chert of some kind. A scale would be helpful to determine dimensions. Do you know the geology of the area?
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay same key words look for the previous day. I think buyout was the second days reporting.
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay same key words look for the previous day. I think buyout was the second days reporting.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay understand
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay understand
For those who do not believe in "WHITE PRIVILEGE" in American Society and "WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE" in...
altschmerz comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I had to have an account to read the first one. The second and third ones had errors opening the page. But the fourth one was right on.
White people are threatened, I think, when they hear about white privilege, because first of all they take it personally, as if you are attacking them, second ...
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@Closeted
I understood that. No problem.
altschmerz comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I had to have an account to read the first one. The second and third ones had errors opening the page. But the fourth one was right on.
White people are threatened, I think, when they hear about white privilege, because first of all they take it personally, as if you are attacking them, second ...
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@Closeted
I understood that. No problem.
[thehill.
Trajan61 comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I’m for spending more for border security but it’s bad precedence to allow truump to spend money not appropiated by Congress.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@Trajan61
That is not the scenario I've heard. Its mostly an opportunity to say he lived up to a campaign pledge to appease his base. All his own descriptions in public have mostly talked about the wall in the wilderness to stop a steady stream of illegals that do not exist. Most new illegals are families and children seeking official assylum. Illegal wildeness crossings do exist. I know as I worked along the border in the 1970's. But they do not exist in the numbers that Trump is claiming. No way that many. Most are crossing at established border crossings as assylum seekers these days.
Trajan61 comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I’m for spending more for border security but it’s bad precedence to allow truump to spend money not appropiated by Congress.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@Trajan61
That is not the scenario I've heard. Its mostly an opportunity to say he lived up to a campaign pledge to appease his base. All his own descriptions in public have mostly talked about the wall in the wilderness to stop a steady stream of illegals that do not exist. Most new illegals are families and children seeking official assylum. Illegal wildeness crossings do exist. I know as I worked along the border in the 1970's. But they do not exist in the numbers that Trump is claiming. No way that many. Most are crossing at established border crossings as assylum seekers these days.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay
But it s two different arguments. One is about econimic privation due to changing industries and effected all races fairly equally who worked in it.
The other is about a hold over from colonialism that pidgeon-holed people of color and women and constructed institutional obstacles for their success and opportunity ofr equality.
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay
But it s two different arguments. One is about econimic privation due to changing industries and effected all races fairly equally who worked in it.
The other is about a hold over from colonialism that pidgeon-holed people of color and women and constructed institutional obstacles for their success and opportunity ofr equality.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay
the buyout was only half the report. It was the second half of the original report
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay
the buyout was only half the report. It was the second half of the original report
[thehill.
Trajan61 comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I’m for spending more for border security but it’s bad precedence to allow truump to spend money not appropiated by Congress.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@Trajan61 Securing the border does not mean a wall. Its more about border crossing security and technology. The wall is a fools errand and a terrrible waste of tax payer money
Trajan61 comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I’m for spending more for border security but it’s bad precedence to allow truump to spend money not appropiated by Congress.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@Trajan61 Securing the border does not mean a wall. Its more about border crossing security and technology. The wall is a fools errand and a terrrible waste of tax payer money
For those who do not believe in "WHITE PRIVILEGE" in American Society and "WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE" in...
altschmerz comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I had to have an account to read the first one. The second and third ones had errors opening the page. But the fourth one was right on.
White people are threatened, I think, when they hear about white privilege, because first of all they take it personally, as if you are attacking them, second ...
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay
Advantage is not always up front financial. Its preferentail treatment, Its the inability to stand up for yourself without fear of retaliation against you or your family. Its also about being assumed to automatically be violent or a law breaker when you have not acted in such a way. its being asked questions and asked to prove yourself because of your color, while at the same time your white counterpart is taken at face value without having to prove themselves. Its about walking down the street and having to step out of the way because that if you do not you will be physically or verbally abused. it's about having to tell you children that they have to kowtow to authorities, even when you are in the right. Its about hearing whites tell racial and sexist joles, and not being able to defend yourself for fear of retribution. its about a white being believed automatically, while you are automatically questioned and not believed. Its about black face and movie and media coverage portraying you as ignorant, lazy, and/or untrustworthty. All these things and many, many more subtle things comprise white privilege.
altschmerz comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I had to have an account to read the first one. The second and third ones had errors opening the page. But the fourth one was right on.
White people are threatened, I think, when they hear about white privilege, because first of all they take it personally, as if you are attacking them, second ...
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay
Advantage is not always up front financial. Its preferentail treatment, Its the inability to stand up for yourself without fear of retaliation against you or your family. Its also about being assumed to automatically be violent or a law breaker when you have not acted in such a way. its being asked questions and asked to prove yourself because of your color, while at the same time your white counterpart is taken at face value without having to prove themselves. Its about walking down the street and having to step out of the way because that if you do not you will be physically or verbally abused. it's about having to tell you children that they have to kowtow to authorities, even when you are in the right. Its about hearing whites tell racial and sexist joles, and not being able to defend yourself for fear of retribution. its about a white being believed automatically, while you are automatically questioned and not believed. Its about black face and movie and media coverage portraying you as ignorant, lazy, and/or untrustworthty. All these things and many, many more subtle things comprise white privilege.
For those who do not believe in "WHITE PRIVILEGE" in American Society and "WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE" in...
altschmerz comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I had to have an account to read the first one. The second and third ones had errors opening the page. But the fourth one was right on.
White people are threatened, I think, when they hear about white privilege, because first of all they take it personally, as if you are attacking them, second ...
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
Thiry years teaching in marginalized communities, i've seen white privilege at work almost daily.
altschmerz comments on Mar 6, 2019:
I had to have an account to read the first one. The second and third ones had errors opening the page. But the fourth one was right on.
White people are threatened, I think, when they hear about white privilege, because first of all they take it personally, as if you are attacking them, second ...
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
Thiry years teaching in marginalized communities, i've seen white privilege at work almost daily.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay You are correct about the soico-econimic disparity on West Virginia and Virgina. there is a big problem in the coal belt area. But this is a wholly different problem. In the coal belt, its more about the type of job dependence and the loss of those jobs due to changing energy needs and policies changes. This is a false corerlation and does not really relate to white privilege problem. The original problem still exists and has roots longer and deeper than this geographic area.
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay You are correct about the soico-econimic disparity on West Virginia and Virgina. there is a big problem in the coal belt area. But this is a wholly different problem. In the coal belt, its more about the type of job dependence and the loss of those jobs due to changing energy needs and policies changes. This is a false corerlation and does not really relate to white privilege problem. The original problem still exists and has roots longer and deeper than this geographic area.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay It is happening.
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay It is happening.
Now let me think.....
Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 6, 2019:
Tats on fingers are disturbing.... Yucky
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
I like tats, but I agree about tats on fingers.
Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 6, 2019:
Tats on fingers are disturbing.... Yucky
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
I like tats, but I agree about tats on fingers.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay Not if the system is institutionally rigged to insure marginalized communities do not recieve the services needed to allow them upward mobility. This occurs at all governmental levels from local to nstional. This includes funding for education, which marginalized communities are victims of underfunding . This is where residents would learn to become knowledgable with tools necessary for maneuvering the bureaucratic system to get assitance.
Also. enforcement of policies are carried out primarily by whites. The middle management level who decides on the ground about to structure and carry out disaster funding redistribution are also predominantly white.
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay Not if the system is institutionally rigged to insure marginalized communities do not recieve the services needed to allow them upward mobility. This occurs at all governmental levels from local to nstional. This includes funding for education, which marginalized communities are victims of underfunding . This is where residents would learn to become knowledgable with tools necessary for maneuvering the bureaucratic system to get assitance.
Also. enforcement of policies are carried out primarily by whites. The middle management level who decides on the ground about to structure and carry out disaster funding redistribution are also predominantly white.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
TheMiddleWay comments on Mar 5, 2019:
Could you link the report so we can see the particulars of this statistic?
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
I dont know if I know how. Look up National Public Radio for today. It was a lead story. I'll do the same.
TheMiddleWay comments on Mar 5, 2019:
Could you link the report so we can see the particulars of this statistic?
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
I dont know if I know how. Look up National Public Radio for today. It was a lead story. I'll do the same.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay not by the margins reported or the frequency at which peoples are denied. Its too obviously slanted in one direction. The differences in support is startling.
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay not by the margins reported or the frequency at which peoples are denied. Its too obviously slanted in one direction. The differences in support is startling.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay Not necessarily true. If a white dominated society has actuaaly worked to marginalize segments of society because of being non-white, then yes they can be.
More than ample evidence to demonstrate thst this is the case. Most policy is written by whites (only recently have people of color elevated to positions of power high enough to effect policy change). If predominantly whites are writing the policy and policy is definitively discriminatory, then yes white privilege is occurring.
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 6, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay Not necessarily true. If a white dominated society has actuaaly worked to marginalize segments of society because of being non-white, then yes they can be.
More than ample evidence to demonstrate thst this is the case. Most policy is written by whites (only recently have people of color elevated to positions of power high enough to effect policy change). If predominantly whites are writing the policy and policy is definitively discriminatory, then yes white privilege is occurring.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
kiramea comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I had a friend that lost everything back in 98 with Tropical Storm Frances. They applied for FEMA funds, and they were denied. My father on the other hand had officials scrambling to give him money (he didn't take it because he was one of the few covered by insurance and didn't need help)
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
Exactly my point. Thank you.
kiramea comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I had a friend that lost everything back in 98 with Tropical Storm Frances. They applied for FEMA funds, and they were denied. My father on the other hand had officials scrambling to give him money (he didn't take it because he was one of the few covered by insurance and didn't need help)
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
Exactly my point. Thank you.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
It is true. Peoples of the lower economic strata have less experience with knowing how to ask the appropriate questions, how seek out the agencies that control the relief funds, and are not comfortable with filling out forms. They tend to be suspicious of the government agencies due to institutional racism and white privilege discrimenation. They often have less education and are not good at understanding legalise.
jerry99 comments on Mar 5, 2019:
I guess you have to know how to game the system for your benefit. Too bad we don't have anyone gaming the system to help the people who really need it!
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
It is true. Peoples of the lower economic strata have less experience with knowing how to ask the appropriate questions, how seek out the agencies that control the relief funds, and are not comfortable with filling out forms. They tend to be suspicious of the government agencies due to institutional racism and white privilege discrimenation. They often have less education and are not good at understanding legalise.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
It also is reserved mostly for home owners. Often lower income groups can not afford home owbership. This means that people who rent get no relief, as if their hardships and losses carry les import than someone who has a mortgage. No bias there.
UpsideDownAgain comments on Mar 5, 2019:
There's a certain level beneath which if you fall, there is very little help available to you. The people who need it most don't get help.
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
It also is reserved mostly for home owners. Often lower income groups can not afford home owbership. This means that people who rent get no relief, as if their hardships and losses carry les import than someone who has a mortgage. No bias there.
Greater than 85% of disaster releif monies (FEMA & SBA in paricular) go to more affluent white ...
altschmerz comments on Mar 5, 2019:
That’s why Puerto Rico got nada.
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
Agreed, that and Trump is incapable of empathy. That and Trump doesn't like people of color.
altschmerz comments on Mar 5, 2019:
That’s why Puerto Rico got nada.
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
Agreed, that and Trump is incapable of empathy. That and Trump doesn't like people of color.
Who knows her?
t1nick comments on Mar 5, 2019:
Are you thinking Geri Ryan from Star Trek? I don't think that this is her?
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
@Charlene thanks
t1nick comments on Mar 5, 2019:
Are you thinking Geri Ryan from Star Trek? I don't think that this is her?
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
@Charlene thanks
Congressman Gaetz (R -FL) is an example of just how smarmy Trump Republicans have become.
guynoir comments on Mar 5, 2019:
Consider this:Arizona elected a guy named Ev Meacham who was Mormon/LDS, people may have expected good things from him...
Well, guess what happened.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizonas-top-10-disgraced-politicians-8486446
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
Almost all of these charged and covicted felons are Republicans politicians.
guynoir comments on Mar 5, 2019:
Consider this:Arizona elected a guy named Ev Meacham who was Mormon/LDS, people may have expected good things from him...
Well, guess what happened.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizonas-top-10-disgraced-politicians-8486446
t1nick replies on Mar 5, 2019:
Almost all of these charged and covicted felons are Republicans politicians.
[scientificamerican.
t1nick comments on Mar 4, 2019:
Big Pharma has large lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. Quite possibly the largest lobbying effort existing in Washington. The government has made it illegal to negotiate with the drug companies to get better prices. It is all about corruption, with Congress persons accepting big kickbacks for ...
t1nick replies on Mar 4, 2019:
@kenriley Should do. i think they negotiate.
t1nick comments on Mar 4, 2019:
Big Pharma has large lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. Quite possibly the largest lobbying effort existing in Washington. The government has made it illegal to negotiate with the drug companies to get better prices. It is all about corruption, with Congress persons accepting big kickbacks for ...
t1nick replies on Mar 4, 2019:
@kenriley Should do. i think they negotiate.
[scientificamerican.
t1nick comments on Mar 4, 2019:
Big Pharma has large lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. Quite possibly the largest lobbying effort existing in Washington. The government has made it illegal to negotiate with the drug companies to get better prices. It is all about corruption, with Congress persons accepting big kickbacks for ...
t1nick replies on Mar 4, 2019:
@kenriley For one they aren't lobbying. The governments are negotiang directly with the Pharma companies.
t1nick comments on Mar 4, 2019:
Big Pharma has large lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. Quite possibly the largest lobbying effort existing in Washington. The government has made it illegal to negotiate with the drug companies to get better prices. It is all about corruption, with Congress persons accepting big kickbacks for ...
t1nick replies on Mar 4, 2019:
@kenriley For one they aren't lobbying. The governments are negotiang directly with the Pharma companies.
Any moment now?
Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 3, 2019:
She's waiting for the mailman lol
t1nick replies on Mar 3, 2019:
Sure its not the milkman? Lol
Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 3, 2019:
She's waiting for the mailman lol
t1nick replies on Mar 3, 2019:
Sure its not the milkman? Lol
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@TheAstroChuck understand. Thanks. Trajan and Darrell have similar stances.
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@TheAstroChuck understand. Thanks. Trajan and Darrell have similar stances.
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@Lucy_Fehr ok. Thanks
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@Lucy_Fehr ok. Thanks
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@TheAstroChuck Fringe science
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@TheAstroChuck Fringe science
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@TheAstroChuck Trajan and I are on opposite sides of the argument. I'm not sure how you are conflating the two of us together?
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@TheAstroChuck Trajan and I are on opposite sides of the argument. I'm not sure how you are conflating the two of us together?
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@DarrelScott I teach high school biology, college geology and college chemistry. I have observed the data firsthand. I have worked fot NASA measuring greenhouse gasses. I worked with the Univrr3sity of Arizona reconstructing paleoclimates from obtainable data.
Your observations are held by a very small contingency of scientists, less than 10%, most of which are employed by the fossil fuel industry. The raw data is overwhelming in favor of the scientists backing climate change.
It has nothing to do with mass population control. That just paranoid rationalization.
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@DarrelScott I teach high school biology, college geology and college chemistry. I have observed the data firsthand. I have worked fot NASA measuring greenhouse gasses. I worked with the Univrr3sity of Arizona reconstructing paleoclimates from obtainable data.
Your observations are held by a very small contingency of scientists, less than 10%, most of which are employed by the fossil fuel industry. The raw data is overwhelming in favor of the scientists backing climate change.
It has nothing to do with mass population control. That just paranoid rationalization.
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@DarrelScott, @Trajan61. im hlad you do not overgraze. But its not true of all ranching. Better now than in the historical past. Yes agriculture has done its share of destroying the environment.
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@DarrelScott, @Trajan61. im hlad you do not overgraze. But its not true of all ranching. Better now than in the historical past. Yes agriculture has done its share of destroying the environment.
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@DarrelScott. Your comment doesnt make sense. Carbon dioxide is a molecule, not a plant. It is a byproduxt of a chemical reaction. Cattle are not a necessary part of any ecosystem. They are a humanly domesticated animal from a previously indigenous form. The planet would not suffer in their absence.
Yes carbon dioxide levels fluctuate, but evidence abounds that human use of fossil fuels and other activities like cattle ranching have elevated the levels much more quickly and to higher levels than is safe for the planets well being.
The push back about climate change, including cattle ranching has nothing to do with wanting to control of the masses. Its more about making sure that their is a healthy planet for your grandchildren and their grandchildren.
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 28, 2019:
@DarrelScott. Your comment doesnt make sense. Carbon dioxide is a molecule, not a plant. It is a byproduxt of a chemical reaction. Cattle are not a necessary part of any ecosystem. They are a humanly domesticated animal from a previously indigenous form. The planet would not suffer in their absence.
Yes carbon dioxide levels fluctuate, but evidence abounds that human use of fossil fuels and other activities like cattle ranching have elevated the levels much more quickly and to higher levels than is safe for the planets well being.
The push back about climate change, including cattle ranching has nothing to do with wanting to control of the masses. Its more about making sure that their is a healthy planet for your grandchildren and their grandchildren.
Considering they’re small contribution to the global warming picture and the fact that they’re ...
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 27, 2019:
@Trajan61 Im not the misinformed. Just because you want to be so doesn't make ot so. On e again, anecdote by denial over fact.
Buffalo moved and migrated continually giving their rangeland time to recover. We know this to be a fact. The migration routes of historic buffalo herds had a migration cycle following the seasons over hundreds of miles, not acres.
Cattle are usually retained on a limited range eating it over and over, not allowing it to recover. Some intelligent ranchers are now understanding about rotation. It has returned to grass, but not the indigenous varieties of grass that belong there. The grasslands of today are a scant representative of what the original prairie was originally. The modern habitat is much less diverse and healthy as the original tall grass prairie prior to cattle ranching.
t1nick comments on Feb 27, 2019:
Most of your claims are patently false. The carbon budget of cattle and dairy ranching is significant. I worked for NASA in 2010 measuring the methane and ethane output of these industries. Piles of cattle feces in dairies farms and feed lots outgas significant methane. Piles of feed corn on ...
t1nick replies on Feb 27, 2019:
@Trajan61 Im not the misinformed. Just because you want to be so doesn't make ot so. On e again, anecdote by denial over fact.
Buffalo moved and migrated continually giving their rangeland time to recover. We know this to be a fact. The migration routes of historic buffalo herds had a migration cycle following the seasons over hundreds of miles, not acres.
Cattle are usually retained on a limited range eating it over and over, not allowing it to recover. Some intelligent ranchers are now understanding about rotation. It has returned to grass, but not the indigenous varieties of grass that belong there. The grasslands of today are a scant representative of what the original prairie was originally. The modern habitat is much less diverse and healthy as the original tall grass prairie prior to cattle ranching.
It's theory..
powder comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Would add if you say theory is fact, you probably don't understand the scientific method either.
Scientific theory is treated as fact because it works, but so did the flat earth theory as it let us build, find levels etc. But when it was discredited by new theory, it was discarded and replaced.
So...
t1nick replies on Feb 27, 2019:
@powder. a fact in court is not necessarily a fact. My stepson was a lawyer when he was alive. He spoke to his profession. The law is about wordsmithing, not about facts. Its about using language better than your opponent. Its about appearances of information (sort of like frame of reference), not fact.
The difference is the amount of collected and correlated data, along with confirmed repetition that makes a scientific fact a fact. A completely different set of criteria and veracity for acceptance.
powder comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Would add if you say theory is fact, you probably don't understand the scientific method either.
Scientific theory is treated as fact because it works, but so did the flat earth theory as it let us build, find levels etc. But when it was discredited by new theory, it was discarded and replaced.
So...
t1nick replies on Feb 27, 2019:
@powder. a fact in court is not necessarily a fact. My stepson was a lawyer when he was alive. He spoke to his profession. The law is about wordsmithing, not about facts. Its about using language better than your opponent. Its about appearances of information (sort of like frame of reference), not fact.
The difference is the amount of collected and correlated data, along with confirmed repetition that makes a scientific fact a fact. A completely different set of criteria and veracity for acceptance.
It's theory..
powder comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Would add if you say theory is fact, you probably don't understand the scientific method either.
Scientific theory is treated as fact because it works, but so did the flat earth theory as it let us build, find levels etc. But when it was discredited by new theory, it was discarded and replaced.
So...
t1nick replies on Feb 26, 2019:
@powder. The propensity of data makes it a little clearer than mud. The changes are not inconsequential and the technology that allows these changes are themselves generally significant.
powder comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Would add if you say theory is fact, you probably don't understand the scientific method either.
Scientific theory is treated as fact because it works, but so did the flat earth theory as it let us build, find levels etc. But when it was discredited by new theory, it was discarded and replaced.
So...
t1nick replies on Feb 26, 2019:
@powder. The propensity of data makes it a little clearer than mud. The changes are not inconsequential and the technology that allows these changes are themselves generally significant.
It's theory..
powder comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Would add if you say theory is fact, you probably don't understand the scientific method either.
Scientific theory is treated as fact because it works, but so did the flat earth theory as it let us build, find levels etc. But when it was discredited by new theory, it was discarded and replaced.
So...
t1nick replies on Feb 26, 2019:
A theory is the best explanation we have for a phenomenon or event. A hypothesis does not officially become a theory until it has been demonstrated to be consistent and the best explanation given our level of technology and proof. It takes many, many experiments and thousands of consistent data points to be moved from the level of hypothesis to a theory.
Science is dynamic in that it changes and adjusts as the level of technology allows us to make more discrete observations and more precise and accurate measurements. For all intensive purposes it is a fact at this level of our understanding.
powder comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Would add if you say theory is fact, you probably don't understand the scientific method either.
Scientific theory is treated as fact because it works, but so did the flat earth theory as it let us build, find levels etc. But when it was discredited by new theory, it was discarded and replaced.
So...
t1nick replies on Feb 26, 2019:
A theory is the best explanation we have for a phenomenon or event. A hypothesis does not officially become a theory until it has been demonstrated to be consistent and the best explanation given our level of technology and proof. It takes many, many experiments and thousands of consistent data points to be moved from the level of hypothesis to a theory.
Science is dynamic in that it changes and adjusts as the level of technology allows us to make more discrete observations and more precise and accurate measurements. For all intensive purposes it is a fact at this level of our understanding.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
Mooolah comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Charisma or not it is any, any, any Democrat.
t1nick replies on Feb 26, 2019:
??????
Mooolah comments on Feb 26, 2019:
Charisma or not it is any, any, any Democrat.
t1nick replies on Feb 26, 2019:
??????
A dangerous religion that Continues to grow like a putrid cancer.
t1nick comments on Feb 25, 2019:
This is just like Christians using scriptures out of context to justify their arguments. E.g. In the Old Testament: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Just as easily seen as a vengeful and violent religion. Its a weak argument when you take quotes out of context, and an even weaker mind ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@SkepticPower31 no prob.
t1nick comments on Feb 25, 2019:
This is just like Christians using scriptures out of context to justify their arguments. E.g. In the Old Testament: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Just as easily seen as a vengeful and violent religion. Its a weak argument when you take quotes out of context, and an even weaker mind ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@SkepticPower31 no prob.
A dangerous religion that Continues to grow like a putrid cancer.
t1nick comments on Feb 25, 2019:
This is just like Christians using scriptures out of context to justify their arguments. E.g. In the Old Testament: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Just as easily seen as a vengeful and violent religion. Its a weak argument when you take quotes out of context, and an even weaker mind ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@SkepticPower31 agreed
t1nick comments on Feb 25, 2019:
This is just like Christians using scriptures out of context to justify their arguments. E.g. In the Old Testament: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Just as easily seen as a vengeful and violent religion. Its a weak argument when you take quotes out of context, and an even weaker mind ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@SkepticPower31 agreed
A dangerous religion that Continues to grow like a putrid cancer.
t1nick comments on Feb 25, 2019:
This is just like Christians using scriptures out of context to justify their arguments. E.g. In the Old Testament: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Just as easily seen as a vengeful and violent religion. Its a weak argument when you take quotes out of context, and an even weaker mind ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@SkepticPower31 i never said that. My commrnt referred to taking things out of contect and cherry picking quotes. That was the purpose of the example.
t1nick comments on Feb 25, 2019:
This is just like Christians using scriptures out of context to justify their arguments. E.g. In the Old Testament: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Just as easily seen as a vengeful and violent religion. Its a weak argument when you take quotes out of context, and an even weaker mind ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@SkepticPower31 i never said that. My commrnt referred to taking things out of contect and cherry picking quotes. That was the purpose of the example.
RM Tom Cole, R-Okla.
mzbehavin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
You mean he can read? O.O
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@mzbehavin lol. Not just Christians.
mzbehavin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
You mean he can read? O.O
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@mzbehavin lol. Not just Christians.
RM Tom Cole, R-Okla.
mzbehavin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
You mean he can read? O.O
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
Hahahaha. I doubt it. They don't teach reading in Ok as far as I am aware. Lol
mzbehavin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
You mean he can read? O.O
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
Hahahaha. I doubt it. They don't teach reading in Ok as far as I am aware. Lol
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
48thRonin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Yeah well we had someone that could’ve beaten him in 2016 and if allowed will surely beat him in 2020.
Because even though charisma is appealing it’s still only superficial where as having character and substance ( two things that aren’t but should be valued above all ) are the keys to ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@48thRonin Agreed
48thRonin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Yeah well we had someone that could’ve beaten him in 2016 and if allowed will surely beat him in 2020.
Because even though charisma is appealing it’s still only superficial where as having character and substance ( two things that aren’t but should be valued above all ) are the keys to ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@48thRonin Agreed
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
Marine comments on Feb 25, 2019:
We still have time.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
Agree, but we better start acting and planning now. the other side is already organized.
Marine comments on Feb 25, 2019:
We still have time.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
Agree, but we better start acting and planning now. the other side is already organized.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
Denker comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Surely Trump is the bottom of the barrel as far as presidents go.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
Yes, but he has his deplorables fired up and they are showing up at the voting booth.
Denker comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Surely Trump is the bottom of the barrel as far as presidents go.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
Yes, but he has his deplorables fired up and they are showing up at the voting booth.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
48thRonin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Yeah well we had someone that could’ve beaten him in 2016 and if allowed will surely beat him in 2020.
Because even though charisma is appealing it’s still only superficial where as having character and substance ( two things that aren’t but should be valued above all ) are the keys to ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I agree character and intelligence counts, but the electorate doesn't agree unfortunately.
48thRonin comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Yeah well we had someone that could’ve beaten him in 2016 and if allowed will surely beat him in 2020.
Because even though charisma is appealing it’s still only superficial where as having character and substance ( two things that aren’t but should be valued above all ) are the keys to ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I agree character and intelligence counts, but the electorate doesn't agree unfortunately.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
Haemish1 comments on Feb 25, 2019:
We need to get money out of politics. Corporate media comments on the “political race.”
It’s not a race, it’s not a fricking sports contest, it’s not a popularity contest. It shouldn’t be a revenue stream for corporate media.
It should a venue where candidates can share their policy...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I agree. Unfortunately we are not there yet.
Haemish1 comments on Feb 25, 2019:
We need to get money out of politics. Corporate media comments on the “political race.”
It’s not a race, it’s not a fricking sports contest, it’s not a popularity contest. It shouldn’t be a revenue stream for corporate media.
It should a venue where candidates can share their policy...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I agree. Unfortunately we are not there yet.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
RawBacons comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Counter argument:
Democratic voters have real trouble going into 2020. They have several qualified candidates, any of which would be a VAST improvement over the sitting president, but many of the voters are still looking for meaningless attributes such as charisma.
Personality is a bullshit ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I wish it were that easy and it wasn't a popularity contest. Unfortunately. charisma often Trumps (pun intended) substance.
RawBacons comments on Feb 25, 2019:
Counter argument:
Democratic voters have real trouble going into 2020. They have several qualified candidates, any of which would be a VAST improvement over the sitting president, but many of the voters are still looking for meaningless attributes such as charisma.
Personality is a bullshit ...
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I wish it were that easy and it wasn't a popularity contest. Unfortunately. charisma often Trumps (pun intended) substance.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
godef comments on Feb 24, 2019:
Maybe no charisma, but they have credibility. Compared to what the GOP will be offering.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I agree with sibstance part. But substance doesn't always carry the day. Look what we have in there now.
godef comments on Feb 24, 2019:
Maybe no charisma, but they have credibility. Compared to what the GOP will be offering.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
I agree with sibstance part. But substance doesn't always carry the day. Look what we have in there now.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
Novelty comments on Feb 24, 2019:
Sanders doesn't need charisma, the policies he supports has enough charisma to keep him covered.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@Mortal. Agreed in principle. It should be an interesting ride.
Novelty comments on Feb 24, 2019:
Sanders doesn't need charisma, the policies he supports has enough charisma to keep him covered.
t1nick replies on Feb 25, 2019:
@Mortal. Agreed in principle. It should be an interesting ride.
The Dems have real trouble going into 2020.
Novelty comments on Feb 24, 2019:
Sanders doesn't need charisma, the policies he supports has enough charisma to keep him covered.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
Im not sure I agree Mortal. I like Sanders, and he's the initiatir if the new movement, but there is a real desire for youth and new blood. Bernie hilds his own vey well, but is his appeal still strong enough?
Novelty comments on Feb 24, 2019:
Sanders doesn't need charisma, the policies he supports has enough charisma to keep him covered.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
Im not sure I agree Mortal. I like Sanders, and he's the initiatir if the new movement, but there is a real desire for youth and new blood. Bernie hilds his own vey well, but is his appeal still strong enough?
In the biography - Einstein - His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson, the author says that ...
t1nick comments on Feb 24, 2019:
I remember growing up that I was taught that Einstein was an indifferent student in college (much like Charles Darwin). Not that he was failing, but that he was not excited by his collegiate experience. It wasn't until he began working in the Patent Office did he become excited and focused.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
@THHA. The indifference began at an early age. or his focus and motivation began at an early age? Sorry, confused by what you refer to by "it".
t1nick comments on Feb 24, 2019:
I remember growing up that I was taught that Einstein was an indifferent student in college (much like Charles Darwin). Not that he was failing, but that he was not excited by his collegiate experience. It wasn't until he began working in the Patent Office did he become excited and focused.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
@THHA. The indifference began at an early age. or his focus and motivation began at an early age? Sorry, confused by what you refer to by "it".
I think I may invest in a helmet and shoulder protection first... [newstatesman.com]
t1nick comments on Feb 23, 2019:
Just be careful for that one unpredictable angry male. Some males don't like their percieved male entitlement challenged or questioned.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
@Deb57. i agree, male privilege in insecure males can be a dangerous chemistry in some circumstances.
t1nick comments on Feb 23, 2019:
Just be careful for that one unpredictable angry male. Some males don't like their percieved male entitlement challenged or questioned.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
@Deb57. i agree, male privilege in insecure males can be a dangerous chemistry in some circumstances.
Ocasio Cortez is bad news for America and what’s even worse is most of the democrat presidential ...
t1nick comments on Feb 23, 2019:
Ahhh, FOXNEWS, not a legitimate source. Propaganda machine of the illigitimate president.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
@Trajan61. Yes, if one believes in professional journalism. However, if one believes in hack unprofessional journalism, stay with FOX.
Just because you disagree with the more liberal slant doesn't make them unprofessional. However, almost all professional journalistic sources agree that FOX is not a professional news organization. Even it's owner, Murdock acknowledges that FOX and Friends was not meant to be true news. Instead it is listed as an Opinion media that has no obligation to stick to the facts. And it is widely known that the station plays loose and unprofessionally with the facts.
t1nick comments on Feb 23, 2019:
Ahhh, FOXNEWS, not a legitimate source. Propaganda machine of the illigitimate president.
t1nick replies on Feb 24, 2019:
@Trajan61. Yes, if one believes in professional journalism. However, if one believes in hack unprofessional journalism, stay with FOX.
Just because you disagree with the more liberal slant doesn't make them unprofessional. However, almost all professional journalistic sources agree that FOX is not a professional news organization. Even it's owner, Murdock acknowledges that FOX and Friends was not meant to be true news. Instead it is listed as an Opinion media that has no obligation to stick to the facts. And it is widely known that the station plays loose and unprofessionally with the facts.
If it turns out that Trump is proven to be a Russian asset, either by intent or ineptitude, that ...
powder comments on Feb 23, 2019:
He is your baby. He's an American liability so look in the mirror and stop blaming others. He is an asset to wall st only, the mighty $USD.
Educate yourself, look up how many US politicians hold duel passports with Israel. Look how much Israeli money finds its way into US political pockets.
If you...
t1nick replies on Feb 23, 2019:
I do not disagree.
powder comments on Feb 23, 2019:
He is your baby. He's an American liability so look in the mirror and stop blaming others. He is an asset to wall st only, the mighty $USD.
Educate yourself, look up how many US politicians hold duel passports with Israel. Look how much Israeli money finds its way into US political pockets.
If you...
t1nick replies on Feb 23, 2019:
I do not disagree.
Trump had sex with minors at epstein’s Parties according to an under oath deposition.
Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 23, 2019:
The religious right will ignore along with the other cons who just don't care about people.
t1nick replies on Feb 23, 2019:
Agreed.
Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 23, 2019:
The religious right will ignore along with the other cons who just don't care about people.
t1nick replies on Feb 23, 2019:
Agreed.
What U S foreign policy has looked since we could cross an ocean.
t1nick comments on Feb 22, 2019:
Grim colonial reaper. Nation building and interferring. Oil and gas access and revenues driving trend (Libya may be the exception).
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
@48thRonin. Good comments and solid conclusions
t1nick comments on Feb 22, 2019:
Grim colonial reaper. Nation building and interferring. Oil and gas access and revenues driving trend (Libya may be the exception).
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
@48thRonin. Good comments and solid conclusions
Tucson Botanical Gardens posted this photo of the snow they got. “Global Warming is a fallacy.”
t1nick comments on Feb 22, 2019:
I remember snow in Tucson.
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
@Countrywoman Did all the insane drivers come out. Native Tucsonians loose all sense when it snows. Lol
t1nick comments on Feb 22, 2019:
I remember snow in Tucson.
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
@Countrywoman Did all the insane drivers come out. Native Tucsonians loose all sense when it snows. Lol
Tucson Botanical Gardens posted this photo of the snow they got. “Global Warming is a fallacy.”
powder comments on Feb 22, 2019:
Look up the difference between weather event and climate. Extremes becoming more extreme and frequent kinda confirms change is happening.
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
I concur. Snow is uncommon in Tucson, but not rare. I remember multiple events over the years I lived there.
powder comments on Feb 22, 2019:
Look up the difference between weather event and climate. Extremes becoming more extreme and frequent kinda confirms change is happening.
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
I concur. Snow is uncommon in Tucson, but not rare. I remember multiple events over the years I lived there.
A true winter here in California, one we've not seen in years.
t1nick comments on Feb 22, 2019:
Same thing here in New Mexico. Haven't seen a winter like this in over a decade. We need the moisture to recharge the aquifers. Re-energize the ski indusry as well.
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
@ElusiveMoby i can emphasize. Rejoice in our moisture.
t1nick comments on Feb 22, 2019:
Same thing here in New Mexico. Haven't seen a winter like this in over a decade. We need the moisture to recharge the aquifers. Re-energize the ski indusry as well.
t1nick replies on Feb 22, 2019:
@ElusiveMoby i can emphasize. Rejoice in our moisture.
Not a peep from the liberals who suffer from white guilt syndrome
t1nick comments on Feb 21, 2019:
Smollett needs to be accountable for his actions. What he did is inexcusable. The larger problem that he created is a credibility problem for those who have legitimate cases.
The conservatives will glob on to this and use this as an excuse to dismiss other real instances of homophobia and ...
t1nick replies on Feb 21, 2019:
@jondspen hahahaha
t1nick comments on Feb 21, 2019:
Smollett needs to be accountable for his actions. What he did is inexcusable. The larger problem that he created is a credibility problem for those who have legitimate cases.
The conservatives will glob on to this and use this as an excuse to dismiss other real instances of homophobia and ...
t1nick replies on Feb 21, 2019:
@jondspen hahahaha
Not a peep from the liberals who suffer from white guilt syndrome
t1nick comments on Feb 21, 2019:
Smollett needs to be accountable for his actions. What he did is inexcusable. The larger problem that he created is a credibility problem for those who have legitimate cases.
The conservatives will glob on to this and use this as an excuse to dismiss other real instances of homophobia and ...
t1nick replies on Feb 21, 2019:
@jondspen Can"t you do better than "same to you , but more of it". There has been so many examples of conservatives attempting to make an argument based on exceptions over the last 40 years. They usually involve blacks or women. More recently hispanics.
t1nick comments on Feb 21, 2019:
Smollett needs to be accountable for his actions. What he did is inexcusable. The larger problem that he created is a credibility problem for those who have legitimate cases.
The conservatives will glob on to this and use this as an excuse to dismiss other real instances of homophobia and ...
t1nick replies on Feb 21, 2019:
@jondspen Can"t you do better than "same to you , but more of it". There has been so many examples of conservatives attempting to make an argument based on exceptions over the last 40 years. They usually involve blacks or women. More recently hispanics.
We must be doing something right with these memes as some of the leftists on this site are having a ...
t1nick comments on Feb 17, 2019:
Know what you are talking about before you start throwing terms around;
What is Democratic Socialism?
Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To achieve a more just society, many ...
t1nick replies on Feb 21, 2019:
@SpikeTalon hahahaha.
t1nick comments on Feb 17, 2019:
Know what you are talking about before you start throwing terms around;
What is Democratic Socialism?
Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To achieve a more just society, many ...
t1nick replies on Feb 21, 2019:
@SpikeTalon hahahaha.
Absolutely
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. P.S. if you use any of the programs that are listed on the graphic I attached above, you've already bought into and are a part of the collective.
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. P.S. if you use any of the programs that are listed on the graphic I attached above, you've already bought into and are a part of the collective.
Absolutely
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. With all due respect, reducing social responsibility to a fiscal equation reinforces what I stated above about it being a self-centeted philisophy.
"Social responsibility", much like each member of a wolf pack must hold up its end in the hunt, yet is dependent upon all the others to follow suit. So is it true with human societies. Success of any human community depends on the agreement and cooperation by its members. Otherwise it is destined to fail. That why Libertarianism is unsustainzble and a social aberrancy and dysfunction
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. With all due respect, reducing social responsibility to a fiscal equation reinforces what I stated above about it being a self-centeted philisophy.
"Social responsibility", much like each member of a wolf pack must hold up its end in the hunt, yet is dependent upon all the others to follow suit. So is it true with human societies. Success of any human community depends on the agreement and cooperation by its members. Otherwise it is destined to fail. That why Libertarianism is unsustainzble and a social aberrancy and dysfunction
Absolutely
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. Yes and no. The Soviets collasped their own society by overextending their economic system beyond sustainability. They did it to themselves (Soviet war in Afghanistan was the straw), but it is true that Reagan baited them into it.
Don't forget, Reagan brought us the Iran Contra war which was an assault on the Constitution by circumventing Congress by selling arms to Iran to pay for a covert illegal war.
He also started the trend agsint intellectualism in his 1983-84 re-election campaign. Which leads to today's trend to disparage education at all levels. Dumb is in unfortunately.
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. Yes and no. The Soviets collasped their own society by overextending their economic system beyond sustainability. They did it to themselves (Soviet war in Afghanistan was the straw), but it is true that Reagan baited them into it.
Don't forget, Reagan brought us the Iran Contra war which was an assault on the Constitution by circumventing Congress by selling arms to Iran to pay for a covert illegal war.
He also started the trend agsint intellectualism in his 1983-84 re-election campaign. Which leads to today's trend to disparage education at all levels. Dumb is in unfortunately.
Absolutely
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. I do not believe in the viability of Libertarianism. Humans by evolution are social organisms. It was the evolution of society, along with abstract thought processes, advanced communications, and resultant tool making that allowed the himan species to survive a dangerous and tumultuous time in our history.
After a certain population size depence upon a social organizing and controlling organization as a check and balance against aberrant social behaviors becomes necessary. Human social pressure operates successfully up to the tribal level by by means of an agreed upon social norms. Above the tribal size. the population norms break down due to the size and proximity. In order to keep aberrancy from overwhelming society, a larger structure is needed.
Example: 1964 Voters Rights Act which elimenated the overt vestiges of Jim Crow. Without that act, we would still be living under Jim Crow.
By its nature, Libertarianism is a self-centeted movement that seeks to divorce one from their social responsibilities. Libertarianism in in itself a form of social aberrancy.
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. I do not believe in the viability of Libertarianism. Humans by evolution are social organisms. It was the evolution of society, along with abstract thought processes, advanced communications, and resultant tool making that allowed the himan species to survive a dangerous and tumultuous time in our history.
After a certain population size depence upon a social organizing and controlling organization as a check and balance against aberrant social behaviors becomes necessary. Human social pressure operates successfully up to the tribal level by by means of an agreed upon social norms. Above the tribal size. the population norms break down due to the size and proximity. In order to keep aberrancy from overwhelming society, a larger structure is needed.
Example: 1964 Voters Rights Act which elimenated the overt vestiges of Jim Crow. Without that act, we would still be living under Jim Crow.
By its nature, Libertarianism is a self-centeted movement that seeks to divorce one from their social responsibilities. Libertarianism in in itself a form of social aberrancy.
Absolutely
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. I suggest you give up some things if you do not want to be part of the social system.
IAMGROOT comments on Feb 19, 2019:
Spot on! All forms of collectivism are the same thing.
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@IAMGROOT. I suggest you give up some things if you do not want to be part of the social system.
Absolutely
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. Work ethic has gone to hell in this country. It didn't begin in 1980, but exponentially spread beginning with the Reagan Admin. Teaching has changed significantly in the last 40 years with work ethic all but disappearing.
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. Work ethic has gone to hell in this country. It didn't begin in 1980, but exponentially spread beginning with the Reagan Admin. Teaching has changed significantly in the last 40 years with work ethic all but disappearing.
Absolutely
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. I agree with your perspective on gov't officials in general. However, I feel that are enough decent people to offsets the others. I think once we get beyond this facist Administration we presently have, things will swing to the left. Maybe not as far as to becomeva Socialist Capitalism, but closer.
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. I agree with your perspective on gov't officials in general. However, I feel that are enough decent people to offsets the others. I think once we get beyond this facist Administration we presently have, things will swing to the left. Maybe not as far as to becomeva Socialist Capitalism, but closer.
Absolutely
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. I disagree. Zesty I'm disappointed in your generalization of the issue.
t1nick comments on Feb 19, 2019:
To be more specific
t1nick replies on Feb 19, 2019:
@zesty. I disagree. Zesty I'm disappointed in your generalization of the issue.
Liberals and Conservatives React in Wildly Different Ways to Repulsive Pictures
John_Tyrrell comments on Feb 18, 2019:
I'm not clear how "repulsive pictures" is determined. The researchers' views on what is repulsive? Their views may not apply to everyone. Anymore than everyone will concur on where the dividing line (or chasm) between "liberal" and "conservative" is.
While disgust is a universal human emotion, ...
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
A broad determination of what is considered revolting is not really a problem. Responses exist on a continuum. The secret is to look at the gross trends. If two people with different ideologies view the same picture they will respond.
If peoples of the same ideology tend to react in certain portion of the brain as suggested, and the person with a differing ideology reacts in a different part of the brain, it does not matter how intense the response might be. As long as the same cranial areas are triggered and consistent. There is a range of revulsion, some more than others.
My feeling is that you are attempting to find exceptions and use that as an argument to discredit the studies. I could be wrong. Exceptions are exactly that, exceptions. They do not make the rule. They remain as outliers, and there always outliets. Statisticslly insignificant unless your purpose is to identy outliers and studt why they are outliers.
John_Tyrrell comments on Feb 18, 2019:
I'm not clear how "repulsive pictures" is determined. The researchers' views on what is repulsive? Their views may not apply to everyone. Anymore than everyone will concur on where the dividing line (or chasm) between "liberal" and "conservative" is.
While disgust is a universal human emotion, ...
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
A broad determination of what is considered revolting is not really a problem. Responses exist on a continuum. The secret is to look at the gross trends. If two people with different ideologies view the same picture they will respond.
If peoples of the same ideology tend to react in certain portion of the brain as suggested, and the person with a differing ideology reacts in a different part of the brain, it does not matter how intense the response might be. As long as the same cranial areas are triggered and consistent. There is a range of revulsion, some more than others.
My feeling is that you are attempting to find exceptions and use that as an argument to discredit the studies. I could be wrong. Exceptions are exactly that, exceptions. They do not make the rule. They remain as outliers, and there always outliets. Statisticslly insignificant unless your purpose is to identy outliers and studt why they are outliers.
Florida boy arrested after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance in class - Vox
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
He wasn't arrested for not saying the pledge of alligance. He was arrested for the fuss he made after the substitute teacher made a racist remark to him. He raised a ruckus and fought back when securityvtried to remove him.
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@Al-Bundy_59. partially agree and patially disagree. There is no judgement or question if they do not stand. They are not looked upon negatively if they do not as everybody is aware of the sensitivity of their relationship with the gov't.
The Natives do have some choice today, at least the casino tribes do. They have strong lobbies and weild a lot of economic clout. Not true for all tribes. There is still a lot of historic trauma that debilitates many tribes.
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
He wasn't arrested for not saying the pledge of alligance. He was arrested for the fuss he made after the substitute teacher made a racist remark to him. He raised a ruckus and fought back when securityvtried to remove him.
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@Al-Bundy_59. partially agree and patially disagree. There is no judgement or question if they do not stand. They are not looked upon negatively if they do not as everybody is aware of the sensitivity of their relationship with the gov't.
The Natives do have some choice today, at least the casino tribes do. They have strong lobbies and weild a lot of economic clout. Not true for all tribes. There is still a lot of historic trauma that debilitates many tribes.
U.S. presidents ranked.
Bendog comments on Feb 18, 2019:
How could a scale reflect the spectrum of quality of Presidents?
From moron to genius?
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
It all depends upon the criteria they used to quantify it. It can be done scientifically depending on what qualities they use and how measurable they are. If the traits can be quantified, aka legislation they got passed during their term in office, then its not subjective. If its things that cannot be measured easily, then it os open to subjectivity.
Bendog comments on Feb 18, 2019:
How could a scale reflect the spectrum of quality of Presidents?
From moron to genius?
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
It all depends upon the criteria they used to quantify it. It can be done scientifically depending on what qualities they use and how measurable they are. If the traits can be quantified, aka legislation they got passed during their term in office, then its not subjective. If its things that cannot be measured easily, then it os open to subjectivity.
Florida boy arrested after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance in class - Vox
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
He wasn't arrested for not saying the pledge of alligance. He was arrested for the fuss he made after the substitute teacher made a racist remark to him. He raised a ruckus and fought back when securityvtried to remove him.
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@chalupacabre I agree completely. In the subs defense, nobody told her that standing for the pledge is not mandatory at her school or in the Constitution. But she. the security officer and the Principal failed that child and the other children in the class. You are correct in your assessment.
I teach high school in an all Native American high school. We say the pledge of alligiance in English or in Navajo every day. Students are asked to stand and cover their hearts with their hand. It is also not mandatory, but by in large they all do it without being asked.
I have had a couple over the years who refused on political and moral grounds due to past abuses to their people by the US gov't. I can empathize and do not force them. Their parents and grandparents have been among the first to step up and serve when needed. There is a good sense of service within the community.
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
He wasn't arrested for not saying the pledge of alligance. He was arrested for the fuss he made after the substitute teacher made a racist remark to him. He raised a ruckus and fought back when securityvtried to remove him.
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@chalupacabre I agree completely. In the subs defense, nobody told her that standing for the pledge is not mandatory at her school or in the Constitution. But she. the security officer and the Principal failed that child and the other children in the class. You are correct in your assessment.
I teach high school in an all Native American high school. We say the pledge of alligiance in English or in Navajo every day. Students are asked to stand and cover their hearts with their hand. It is also not mandatory, but by in large they all do it without being asked.
I have had a couple over the years who refused on political and moral grounds due to past abuses to their people by the US gov't. I can empathize and do not force them. Their parents and grandparents have been among the first to step up and serve when needed. There is a good sense of service within the community.
...and what is everyone going to do post-Trump?
Novelty comments on Feb 18, 2019:
After Trump the government will make a sharp turn to the left, and the conservatives will make more accusations and noise than ever, just as they did when Obama was in office.
While it's true that a lot of the opposition to Obama was obviously race based it was far more about political philosophy....
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@HomeAloneSunday Until the entitlement that is felt and has been practiced by white male privilege has been brought into check, little will change. Until the full weight of the changing demographics is felt in politics and in economics nothing will change and rebuilding cannot happen. This is not only true of our foreign policy, but our domestic policy as well.
Lets hope that the results of the 2018 are indicative that the change is beginning.
Novelty comments on Feb 18, 2019:
After Trump the government will make a sharp turn to the left, and the conservatives will make more accusations and noise than ever, just as they did when Obama was in office.
While it's true that a lot of the opposition to Obama was obviously race based it was far more about political philosophy....
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@HomeAloneSunday Until the entitlement that is felt and has been practiced by white male privilege has been brought into check, little will change. Until the full weight of the changing demographics is felt in politics and in economics nothing will change and rebuilding cannot happen. This is not only true of our foreign policy, but our domestic policy as well.
Lets hope that the results of the 2018 are indicative that the change is beginning.
Investors Join Calls for Food Revolution to Fight Climate Change | InsideClimate News
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
In the summer of 2010, I worked for NASA in the Central Valley, CA. Our job was to investigate three problems involving atmospheric chemistry. One of the resesrch problems was focused upon measuring VOC's (volatile organic compounds) over the dairy farms in the Central Valley. The target VOC's ...
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@SkotlandSkye. My intake is nominal. Animal protein is part of the human evolution. Out gut bacteria is evolved for protein consumption. Our present dentition pattern has evolved as a result of an omnivorous diet, which inludes meat protein. I am opposed to inhumane rearing and killing practices which abound in the industry. I am supportive of vegan and vegetarian diets and lifestyles, but do not practice myself and do not intend in taking up this lifestyle any time soon.
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
In the summer of 2010, I worked for NASA in the Central Valley, CA. Our job was to investigate three problems involving atmospheric chemistry. One of the resesrch problems was focused upon measuring VOC's (volatile organic compounds) over the dairy farms in the Central Valley. The target VOC's ...
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@SkotlandSkye. My intake is nominal. Animal protein is part of the human evolution. Out gut bacteria is evolved for protein consumption. Our present dentition pattern has evolved as a result of an omnivorous diet, which inludes meat protein. I am opposed to inhumane rearing and killing practices which abound in the industry. I am supportive of vegan and vegetarian diets and lifestyles, but do not practice myself and do not intend in taking up this lifestyle any time soon.
Investors Join Calls for Food Revolution to Fight Climate Change | InsideClimate News
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
In the summer of 2010, I worked for NASA in the Central Valley, CA. Our job was to investigate three problems involving atmospheric chemistry. One of the resesrch problems was focused upon measuring VOC's (volatile organic compounds) over the dairy farms in the Central Valley. The target VOC's ...
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@SkotlandSkye. On a philosophical level I find sympathies with your stand. I am a natural scientist and an animal lover. But... I am also a lover of animal protein. My problem with the cattle industry is the damage it does to the planet. Cattle husbandry is probably the most abused industry practiced on the planet. No other form of food production is as land and resourse consumptive as cattle ranching.
As a result of the cattle industry, huge tracks of needed tropical forest has been cut down to make way for grazing, a habitat incompatible with the biome where its practiced. This usually involves slash and burn techniques that add to the global CO2 budget. This also is responsible for the displacement of many species as their habitat is modified and changed to accomodate cattle.
Cattle ranchers (until recently) have been guilty of overgrazing the areas they select to graze their herds. As a result, the denudation of the landscape has caused massive erosion. Topsoils are rendered unproductive and nearly sterile in some areas associated with ranching. Cattle eat grasses down to the roots, inhibiting grass regrowth.
Down cutting of local arroyo's, streams, and rivers has been unparalleled since the advent of cattle ranching. The Santa Cruz River, in Tucson, AZ, down cut 30 feet in the first decades after the introduction of cattle ranching in the area. This is typical in cattle ranched country. Down cutting prior to this was historically and geologically insignificant prior to this.
t1nick comments on Feb 18, 2019:
In the summer of 2010, I worked for NASA in the Central Valley, CA. Our job was to investigate three problems involving atmospheric chemistry. One of the resesrch problems was focused upon measuring VOC's (volatile organic compounds) over the dairy farms in the Central Valley. The target VOC's ...
t1nick replies on Feb 18, 2019:
@SkotlandSkye. On a philosophical level I find sympathies with your stand. I am a natural scientist and an animal lover. But... I am also a lover of animal protein. My problem with the cattle industry is the damage it does to the planet. Cattle husbandry is probably the most abused industry practiced on the planet. No other form of food production is as land and resourse consumptive as cattle ranching.
As a result of the cattle industry, huge tracks of needed tropical forest has been cut down to make way for grazing, a habitat incompatible with the biome where its practiced. This usually involves slash and burn techniques that add to the global CO2 budget. This also is responsible for the displacement of many species as their habitat is modified and changed to accomodate cattle.
Cattle ranchers (until recently) have been guilty of overgrazing the areas they select to graze their herds. As a result, the denudation of the landscape has caused massive erosion. Topsoils are rendered unproductive and nearly sterile in some areas associated with ranching. Cattle eat grasses down to the roots, inhibiting grass regrowth.
Down cutting of local arroyo's, streams, and rivers has been unparalleled since the advent of cattle ranching. The Santa Cruz River, in Tucson, AZ, down cut 30 feet in the first decades after the introduction of cattle ranching in the area. This is typical in cattle ranched country. Down cutting prior to this was historically and geologically insignificant prior to this.
AOC must be doing something right.
RobertMartin comments on Feb 17, 2019:
If I understand the green new deal correctly, there is a part AOC wants to get rid of cars. If true, then how do people that live in the country get around. Many have to drive 10+ miles to the grocery store, doctor appointments, ect. I have family that live 800+ miles away. I have driven ...
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
Perhaps you are not understanding the Green New Deal correctly. Change of fuel source, not elimination of transportation.
RobertMartin comments on Feb 17, 2019:
If I understand the green new deal correctly, there is a part AOC wants to get rid of cars. If true, then how do people that live in the country get around. Many have to drive 10+ miles to the grocery store, doctor appointments, ect. I have family that live 800+ miles away. I have driven ...
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
Perhaps you are not understanding the Green New Deal correctly. Change of fuel source, not elimination of transportation.
Trump’s Emergency Declaration Shows He Is Unfit for Office
THHA comments on Feb 17, 2019:
I don't think we have had a president that was "fit for office" in a long time, and, it does not really matter given that it is not the president who controls our government, and it is certainly not us citizens.
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
@THHA Interesting post. You are one of the few prople on this site that I would listen to regarding an anti-Obama rant. I know the level of resesrch you do. I do not agree with every conclusion you present. But you opened my eyes somewhat.
I have a question for you. How does Obama stack up against our other presidents regarding unethical, immoral and or unsavory decisions snd policies?
THHA comments on Feb 17, 2019:
I don't think we have had a president that was "fit for office" in a long time, and, it does not really matter given that it is not the president who controls our government, and it is certainly not us citizens.
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
@THHA Interesting post. You are one of the few prople on this site that I would listen to regarding an anti-Obama rant. I know the level of resesrch you do. I do not agree with every conclusion you present. But you opened my eyes somewhat.
I have a question for you. How does Obama stack up against our other presidents regarding unethical, immoral and or unsavory decisions snd policies?
So you're afraid of the new social trend.
Marine comments on Feb 17, 2019:
No one will admit it however.
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
True
Marine comments on Feb 17, 2019:
No one will admit it however.
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
True
Trump’s Emergency Declaration Shows He Is Unfit for Office
THHA comments on Feb 17, 2019:
I don't think we have had a president that was "fit for office" in a long time, and, it does not really matter given that it is not the president who controls our government, and it is certainly not us citizens.
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
@Maindawg. Agreed.
THHA comments on Feb 17, 2019:
I don't think we have had a president that was "fit for office" in a long time, and, it does not really matter given that it is not the president who controls our government, and it is certainly not us citizens.
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
@Maindawg. Agreed.
Know what you are talking about before you start throwing terms around;
What is Democratic ...
DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2019:
It's pretty safe to call me a Democratic Socialist today. I see this stand as fitting the needs of "We The People." What America has right now is "Pacman Capitalism" and that is not what capitalism is all about. I see our fight as between Democratic Socialsm and Corporate Fascism. Trump and his ...
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
Other terms for the present iteration of what proponents refer to as capitalism: "predatory capitalism" and "cannibalistic capitalism" or " parasitic capitalism"
DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2019:
It's pretty safe to call me a Democratic Socialist today. I see this stand as fitting the needs of "We The People." What America has right now is "Pacman Capitalism" and that is not what capitalism is all about. I see our fight as between Democratic Socialsm and Corporate Fascism. Trump and his ...
t1nick replies on Feb 17, 2019:
Other terms for the present iteration of what proponents refer to as capitalism: "predatory capitalism" and "cannibalistic capitalism" or " parasitic capitalism"
?A little light chocolate treat... Come and get it!
t1nick comments on Feb 16, 2019:
I dunno, awful lot of strings attached. Lol
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty what you didn't get it yet? Its in tbe mail. Lol
t1nick comments on Feb 16, 2019:
I dunno, awful lot of strings attached. Lol
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty what you didn't get it yet? Its in tbe mail. Lol
?A little light chocolate treat... Come and get it!
t1nick comments on Feb 16, 2019:
I dunno, awful lot of strings attached. Lol
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty lol. Done. How soon can I expect arrival. Lol
t1nick comments on Feb 16, 2019:
I dunno, awful lot of strings attached. Lol
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty lol. Done. How soon can I expect arrival. Lol
Trump most definitely understands what the term "rule of law" means.
Trajan61 comments on Feb 16, 2019:
Obama did that also. So what’s your point?
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Trajan61 Given that McConnell and the Tea Party swore to block everything Obama proposed, beginning the day after he was inaugurated, what choice did he have. Republicans taught us what "do nothing" and obstructionism is. The "Feedom Caucus morphed out of the Tea Party.
The things Obama did was for the betterment of the world and the nation. Trump is working fulltime to undermine the structure of the democracy and the Constitution. And do not bring up the Iran deal, as you don't even understsnd it, let alone the Paris Accord. Anybody who relies on FOX News and Breitbart has no room to claim a true understanding of world issues.
Trajan61 comments on Feb 16, 2019:
Obama did that also. So what’s your point?
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Trajan61 Given that McConnell and the Tea Party swore to block everything Obama proposed, beginning the day after he was inaugurated, what choice did he have. Republicans taught us what "do nothing" and obstructionism is. The "Feedom Caucus morphed out of the Tea Party.
The things Obama did was for the betterment of the world and the nation. Trump is working fulltime to undermine the structure of the democracy and the Constitution. And do not bring up the Iran deal, as you don't even understsnd it, let alone the Paris Accord. Anybody who relies on FOX News and Breitbart has no room to claim a true understanding of world issues.
Trump most definitely understands what the term "rule of law" means.
Trajan61 comments on Feb 16, 2019:
Obama did that also. So what’s your point?
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
Please be more imaginative than replying "Obama did that too". That is your stock reply to all charges against this present abomination. Obama had his shortcomings, but he did not do half the things this puke did or is doing.
Trajan61 comments on Feb 16, 2019:
Obama did that also. So what’s your point?
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
Please be more imaginative than replying "Obama did that too". That is your stock reply to all charges against this present abomination. Obama had his shortcomings, but he did not do half the things this puke did or is doing.
When Art meets Science.
t1nick comments on Feb 16, 2019:
Clever
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Surfpirate lol. I have to remember this one as an assignment for my infrequent students in detention. Lol
t1nick comments on Feb 16, 2019:
Clever
t1nick replies on Feb 16, 2019:
@Surfpirate lol. I have to remember this one as an assignment for my infrequent students in detention. Lol
Introducing a new mode of transportation.
t1nick comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I remember seeing these all over Oklahoma the last time I there on business.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Trajan61 Thats what you get for trying to think
I warned you previously, you're not very good at it. Lol
t1nick comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I remember seeing these all over Oklahoma the last time I there on business.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Trajan61 Thats what you get for trying to think
I warned you previously, you're not very good at it. Lol
Introducing a new mode of transportation.
t1nick comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I remember seeing these all over Oklahoma the last time I there on business.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Trajan61 But not very intelligent nor sophiticated populace.
t1nick comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I remember seeing these all over Oklahoma the last time I there on business.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Trajan61 But not very intelligent nor sophiticated populace.
Introducing a new mode of transportation.
t1nick comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I remember seeing these all over Oklahoma the last time I there on business.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Trajan61 nope it was Oklahoma.
t1nick comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I remember seeing these all over Oklahoma the last time I there on business.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Trajan61 nope it was Oklahoma.
30-40 years ago Republicans were so virulent anti-Soviet Union, that were synonymous with John ...
Novelty comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I think the United States has always been soft on organized crime, and that's the Putin government a crime syndicate. Obviously the Republican party has become a crime syndicate as well and seem to be all about cooperating with their Moscow counterparts to resolve territorial disputes.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
I concur. Trump has often bragged about his friendships in the NYC Russian mop and syndicate. I suspect that he has been laundering Putin's Russian oligarch friends monies through his businesses. That is the reason for his unnatural deference to Putin.
Novelty comments on Feb 15, 2019:
I think the United States has always been soft on organized crime, and that's the Putin government a crime syndicate. Obviously the Republican party has become a crime syndicate as well and seem to be all about cooperating with their Moscow counterparts to resolve territorial disputes.
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
I concur. Trump has often bragged about his friendships in the NYC Russian mop and syndicate. I suspect that he has been laundering Putin's Russian oligarch friends monies through his businesses. That is the reason for his unnatural deference to Putin.
Are you kidding me?
Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 15, 2019:
She's cute... What's she kidding about lol
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty. You said you were well hung, but you didn't say your were related to a clydesdale. Lol
Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 15, 2019:
She's cute... What's she kidding about lol
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty. You said you were well hung, but you didn't say your were related to a clydesdale. Lol
Are you kidding me?
Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 15, 2019:
She's cute... What's she kidding about lol
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
Three guesses, and the first two don't count? Lol
Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 15, 2019:
She's cute... What's she kidding about lol
t1nick replies on Feb 15, 2019:
Three guesses, and the first two don't count? Lol
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