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Piemaster: Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell.
So that's why I had to use a hammer last time I got some of those with shell and all
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TheJoe: Hey come on! I bet you never played Sacrifice .
Fixed for you . :p
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TheJoe: Hey come on! I bet you never played The Guild.
Nope.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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Licurg: Nope.
So we're equal - no need for hate, jeez.

I ain't Sacrificed and you ain't Guildmastered.
Post edited September 02, 2013 by TheJoe
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yyahoo: All politicians and politics suck.
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Nirth: Opinions like these is why being a politician must suck especially for those that are low-profile and don't get proportional rewards for their work.
I'm not sure how it is in other countries, but in the U.S. politics is dominated by the two party system. Politicians seldom have opinions of their own, and when they do, they promptly lose support of their party and thus their seat.

The few politicians that I have ever respected are the ones that represented their perspectives in their campaigns and then followed through with those positions and convictions regardless of what their party wanted them to do. Making promises, representing yourself honestly, and sticking to your promises and convictions? Again, I don't know how that is in other countries, but here in the U.S., it's *extremely* rare. Thus, my stated general opinion.
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yyahoo: I'm not sure how it is in other countries, but in the U.S. politics is dominated by the two party system. Politicians seldom have opinions of their own, and when they do, they promptly lose support of their party and thus their seat.

The few politicians that I have ever respected are the ones that represented their perspectives in their campaigns and then followed through with those positions and convictions regardless of what their party wanted them to do. Making promises, representing yourself honestly, and sticking to your promises and convictions? Again, I don't know how that is in other countries, but here in the U.S., it's *extremely* rare. Thus, my stated general opinion.
Did you know that Duke Nukem Forever took 13 years to develop and was a victim of turbulent office politics and mismanagement. Despite all that, it was released and is the best game ever made.
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yyahoo: I'm not sure how it is in other countries, but in the U.S. politics is dominated by the two party system. Politicians seldom have opinions of their own, and when they do, they promptly lose support of their party and thus their seat.

The few politicians that I have ever respected are the ones that represented their perspectives in their campaigns and then followed through with those positions and convictions regardless of what their party wanted them to do. Making promises, representing yourself honestly, and sticking to your promises and convictions? Again, I don't know how that is in other countries, but here in the U.S., it's *extremely* rare. Thus, my stated general opinion.
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TheJoe: Did you know that Duke Nukem Forever took 13 years to develop and was a victim of turbulent office politics and mismanagement. Despite all that, it was released and is the best game ever made.
I keep glancing at your avatar and thinking it's Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka.
I'll take just one part of your reich-whinge distortion of truth/reality to point out the reality to. Others can pick apart the rest at will :

Context of what she said

“But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what’s in it....”

For Republicans and conservatives, nothing exemplifies government overreach and arrogance more than those 16 words, uttered by then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties in March 2010. Ask her about that comment and the ensuing criticism today and Pelosi fights back.

During a lunch in the Capitol with opinion writers today, House Minority Leader Pelosi was asked about those infamous words. “It’s because we didn’t have a Senate bill,” Pelosi said forcefully before Eleanor Clift of Newsweek even finished asking her a question about the statement’s context. “We were urging the Senate to pass a bill.”

Those ten seconds, immortalized by Fox News leave out what Pelosi said in the lead-up to those infamous words:

You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket. Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting.

The key line is the first one. It’s easy to forget the tumult of that time. There was a lot of frustration with the Senate version of the health care reform bill and consternation over the proposed process to get it through the chamber with minimal Republican votes, reconciliation.
But then, the Reich-Whinge, and FauxNoise are all about misquotes, lies, distortions, misrepresentations....
Whatever happened to "TRUTH, Justice, and the American Way"?
Oh, yeah. Subverted by BIG money.
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Gazoinks: I keep glancing at your avatar and thinking it's Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka.
It is.

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Lone3wolf: Whatever happened to "TRUTH, Justice, and the American Way"?
If you play Duke Nukem Forever - the best game ever made - you'll find out.
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Piemaster: The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah-Mat," which means the king is dead.
Why do english people always have to change shit?

in Polish it's Szach Mat, just like it should be. "checkmate" sounds ridiculous.
low rated
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Lone3wolf: I'll take just one part of your reich-whinge distortion of truth/reality to point out the reality to. Others can pick apart the rest at will :

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Lone3wolf: Context of what she said

“But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what’s in it....”

For Republicans and conservatives, nothing exemplifies government overreach and arrogance more than those 16 words, uttered by then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties in March 2010. Ask her about that comment and the ensuing criticism today and Pelosi fights back.

During a lunch in the Capitol with opinion writers today, House Minority Leader Pelosi was asked about those infamous words. “It’s because we didn’t have a Senate bill,” Pelosi said forcefully before Eleanor Clift of Newsweek even finished asking her a question about the statement’s context. “We were urging the Senate to pass a bill.”

Those ten seconds, immortalized by Fox News leave out what Pelosi said in the lead-up to those infamous words:

You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket. Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting.

The key line is the first one. It’s easy to forget the tumult of that time. There was a lot of frustration with the Senate version of the health care reform bill and consternation over the proposed process to get it through the chamber with minimal Republican votes, reconciliation.
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Lone3wolf: But then, the Reich-Whinge, and FauxNoise are all about misquotes, lies, distortions, misrepresentations....
Whatever happened to "TRUTH, Justice, and the American Way"?
Oh, yeah. Subverted by BIG money.
And that's how leftists (especially Labor Party minions) make their own arguments invalid.

1. Blame everything on Fox News just because it's the only major news network that doesn't lick Obama's ass
2. Accuse conservatives of only relying on Fox News for info
3. Accuse anyone who disagrees with left wing agenda of being bought
4. Bitch about "BIG money" while looking the other way when public sector labor union leaders and union leaders in a general sense donate to left wing candidates or when any big business leader donates to left wing candidates. See George Soros for further detail.

Pitiful Labor Party minion...
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Luisfius: Are you serious.
Are you SERIOUSLY defending Pinochet and his nightmarish regime, instated by the US against the goddamn Chilean sovereignty
Are you seriously doing this.
I will respond to the rest of your post but are you SERIOUSLY condoning Pinochet and his atrocities in the name of the Chilean economy.
That is a staggering lack of perspective there. Jesus christ.
Please give me some time to process this because really.
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Spinorial: He's a political troll. He only appears when there's a Republican vs. Democrat thread and posts gloriously elaborate right-wing posts. Pay it no mind and we'd all be better off.

As to the OP, this is a most disturbing development. Not merely that few scientists identify as Republican, but that the GOP has so severely damaged the conservative brand that scientists can no longer even identify as conservatives. This US political farce is becoming unsustainable and dangerous.
Oh look more ignorant leftists thinking they're worth something. How cute.

Apparently, Luisfius thinks that heavy regulations are wonderful and that people just suck at enforcing them while ignoring that many of the people who supported them included cronies of big time politicians and bureaucrats. Also, many regulations are enforced in archaic ways which is why meat producers sometimes send inspectors to grocery stores to help ensure that their products are sold in a safe manner or why some grocery store send inspectors to meat packing plants.

And Spinorial is just a name-caller. Nothing more.

Leftists = worshipers of government officials and puppets for the political elite
Post edited September 02, 2013 by infinite9
Yay, a political argument! Get out your clawed gloves and start thinking up bitter generalized insults!

Seriously, are people incapable of having civil discussions about politics? Why do they always have to turn into angry groups of politically-aligned cheerleaders trying to our-shout each other, loudly championing their own brand of dysfunctional corrupt politics above all others?
When I saw this topic I was thinking "Boy, the topic title is an obvious flame bait. I bet it only get a page or two before it sink to the bottom."

*Two days later*

Saw the same topic, now with 5 pages filled with angry people arguing about religion and science and politic.

Sigh... I overestimate people a tad bit too much.
50 Shades of Abra Kadaverous 1958 Legend of Rockville Columbia Pictures Quaker Oats Pepper.

In short: You're arguing something that didn't need debating in the first place. People have different opinions. I have mine. You have yours. Others have theirs. To act like a spoiled child in any sense is asinine, and that includes name calling, fear mongering, hate mongering, mud slandering, and it's idiotic to be trying to make a point of "My opinion's better than yours, so fuck you because of it" from anyone.
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RedRagan: When I saw this topic I was thinking "Boy, the topic title is an obvious flame bait. I bet it only get a page or two before it sink to the bottom."

*Two days later*

Saw the same topic, now with 5 pages filled with angry people arguing about religion and science and politic.

Sigh... I overestimate people a tad bit too much.
I think it's just the same 3 or 4, everyone else is trying to post gibberish.
Post edited September 02, 2013 by QC