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FDISK

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« Reply #1035 on: November 15, 2016, 02:36:12 pm »
Oh wait, I think I understand. Carry on the good work!
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« Reply #1036 on: November 15, 2016, 02:40:06 pm »
Oh wait, I think I understand. Carry on the good work!

Yeah I need to learn how to use purple myself . . .


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« Reply #1038 on: November 15, 2016, 02:50:18 pm »
My mother-in-law, a 92 year old holocaust survivor and a US citizen for over 65 years, is frightened for her (and our) safety for the first time.

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« Reply #1039 on: November 15, 2016, 04:17:19 pm »
Even the backwoods hillbilly knows you can't call blacks "apes".

Lol

FDISK

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« Reply #1040 on: November 15, 2016, 04:44:25 pm »
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/white-supremacist-groups-love-stephen-bannon-article-1.2873208

“The racist, fascist extreme right is represented footsteps from the Oval Office,” Republican operative John Weaver, who managed John Kasich’s presidential bid, tweeted. “Be very vigilant, America.”

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« Reply #1041 on: November 15, 2016, 04:53:32 pm »
"Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who runs a local non-profit group in Clay County, referred to the first lady as an "ape".
"It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified first lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels," she said.

Ms Taylor told local news outlet WSAZ, which first carried the story, that she acknowledged her Facebook post could be "interpreted as racist, but in no way was intended to be", and that she was expressing a personal opinion on attractiveness, not the colour of a person's skin."

I mean that seems possible.  I am also purple impaired.

It make sense for those in Clay County, West Virginia, to be upset by this.... all 9,386 (according to the last census).

The rest of us.... not so much.  It is an utterly insignificant backwater effecting no one.

When you have to look for something said by someone in Clay County, West Virginia, in order to get offended, you are working too hard at being offended.
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« Reply #1042 on: November 15, 2016, 05:03:53 pm »
Who's offended?  You are the only person who appears agitated. Simply passing on interesting tidbits others might have missed.

For instance, did you know that North Korea is asking China to quit calling the fat little kid with nucs, fat?

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/15/north-korea-begs-china-to-stop-calling-kim-jong-un-fat.html

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« Reply #1043 on: November 15, 2016, 09:00:29 pm »
Who's offended?  You are the only person who appears agitated

You do understand that "offended" and "agitated" are different words for a reason.... don't you?

Assuming that I am agitated by the posts of others here about the comment (which I am not), that would not mean I am offended by the comment from someone I do not know, in a place I have never heard of (which I am not), which not only makes no difference to me, it is a comment which will not actually cause any harm to anyone in any way.... other than those who wake up in the morning eager to find the next opportunity to be offended.
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FDISK

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« Reply #1044 on: November 15, 2016, 10:24:48 pm »
Obviously not a KKK or Nazi endorsed move.  Good for you Donald. (Although might be against the nepotism law.)

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-requests-security-clearance-son-law-jared-kushner-n684491

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« Reply #1045 on: November 16, 2016, 11:45:44 am »
That is an issue that I have never heard discussed.  I can't imagine that the President's wife does not become privy to a lot of secret information.  Is she given a security clearance. 

For that matter, does the President require a security clearance?

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« Reply #1046 on: November 16, 2016, 12:48:19 pm »
Of course the President requires a clearance. And anyone with a clearance knows better than to divulge information to their spouse, unless, of course, said spouse also has a clearance AND A NEED TO KNOW.
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« Reply #1047 on: November 16, 2016, 12:51:55 pm »
Which brings up the case of Hillary Clinton.  Part of her "defense" was that she didn't realize classified data was not being handled properly.  Clinton had a clearance and was therefor responsible for the proper dissemination of classified data. At that point ignorance is no longer a real excuse.

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« Reply #1048 on: November 16, 2016, 03:25:26 pm »
Those who were on the board back in about 2010 might well remember discussions concerning how soon the world would run out of oil.  The general prediction at that time was about 30 years, although there were some that predicted that extracting oil from shale deposits could double that.

Currently, proven world reserves are estimated at about 100 years, factoring into account the increase of usage through the years.  Mostly because of the oil fields coming on line in Wyoming, North and South Dakota.

Today, the Geological Survey announced the discovery in Texas that is the largest oil discovery ever in the United States, estimated to be a minimum of triple the size of the deposits in Wyoming, North and South Dakota.  Even more important, the cost of extraction, estimated to be on average about 50 dollars per barrel in the north are expected to be about half that in West Texas.  With this discovery, proven oil supplies are now expected to be 300 years or more.

"The U.S. Geological Survey has made its largest discovery of recoverable crude ever under parts of West Texas, the federal agency announced Tuesday.

A recent assessment found the "Wolfcamp shale" geologic formation in the Midland area holds an estimated 20 billion barrels of accessible oil along with 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids. That's three times higher than the amount of recoverable crude the agency found in the Bakken-Three Forks region in the upper midwest in 2013, making it "the largest estimated continuous oil accumulation that USGS has assessed in the United States to date," according to a statement.

“The fact that this is the largest assessment of continuous oil we have ever done just goes to show that, even in areas that have produced billions of barrels of oil, there is still the potential to find billions more,” said Walter Guidroz, program coordinator for the USGS Energy Resources Program.

Guidroz attributed that potential to "changes in technology" — i.e., the advent and perfection of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Such advances "can have significant effects on what resources are technically recoverable," he said.

The announcement comes the same day the U.S. Energy Information Administration said that U.S. drilling activity has become "increasingly concentrated in the Permian Basin," the ancient seabed teeming with hydrocarbons that spans West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. That's even as crude prices have remained in the lower, $40- to $50-per-barrel range.

"The Permian now holds nearly as many active oil rigs as the rest of the United States combined, including both onshore and offshore rigs, and it is the only region in EIA’s Drilling Productivity Report where crude oil production is expected to increase for the third consecutive month," according to the energy administration.

During the oil downturn, the Permian Basin has remained one the most active oil fields in the United States.

That's because extracting fossil fuels from the ground is cheaper to do there than in other places, independent oil producer Don McClure told the Tribune this summer. That means it is generally the last place producers leave and the first place they return to when prices plummet, he said, noting Permian wells also produce for decades longer on average than those in other regions."

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« Reply #1049 on: November 16, 2016, 03:26:40 pm »
Of course the President requires a clearance.

Which brings up an obvious question.  What if the President didn't meet the requirements to get a clearance?