Recent content by splinter7

This is a great example why many oldies are dummies. They care how people look. They really cared before the 60's and the civil rights movement. Then they didn't complain about the black clothes, instead it was something you couldn't change. Don't trust people over 30.. they are liars and...

For real, if we have hungry people in the states, for shame if you send money to haiti, for shame for the retroactive tax deduction. Personally, i have never met a starving person, even in the third world. Anyone seen the British dumpster diver, he makes use of the left overs. Its pretty...

Some maps are flat, but what about a globe? what a foolio. Plus the projection of a round 3d surface can be laid to a 2d plane with some precision around certain areas and some error around others. Additionally, an assumption is made as to the shape of the 3d surface (spheroid) as some...

A good reason for US to donate to Haiti and not Phillipines is that the phil's are far away where as Haiti is right next door. It could create a completely uncontrolled haven for unsavory groups to reside within striking distance of US. Sort of like Cuba.

Thats why US or any country should use the resources as fast as they can, so others don't get them.

For some reason this reminds me of Pokemon, 'gotta catch 'em all'. If US uses resources faster than everyone else, then we would have put to good use much more of the worlds wealth to our own device before everyone else. We will have paid a good rate, especially given the supply/demand driven...

Defitely spheroid. We use that terms when making maps. For the original poster: it would be good to have a complete information release every so often. If 20 years has passed, then we should be allowed to read the report. If there is a secret that is so important that it can't be read...

I wonder how many home builders just build with no one investing? In my area, the builders take a 30% downpayment to begin which should cover most cost of development. With no business, they don't really lose anything, all contract based, little overhead. I am not sure how a builder...

Don't worry, "California'll be back".

Medicaid or Medicare? Medicare is for old people. Also, are you sure its 100% government funded. My wife works in one, its 10k/month. They do accept the medicare, but its not much of their revenue.

I see perpetual inflation with, like what we saw in the crash, shocks/corrections of deflation to counteract over investing and the derivatives market. Unless you are a trade wizard, volitility is not your friend as with every flux there is a huge transfer of wealth with some winners and a...

that sucks. we really are doomed. Oddly, in my personal life, the lefties I know are readily willing to give their life for any good reason. In fact they all joined the army to help the GOP cause in Iraq. All the righties around me just want to leave, none joined the military. Too busy...

Who cares if they are advanced. They can sit down and shut up. One big difference... When U.S. nuked Japan, they ceded. Real americans would have said 'bring it on' at that point (given we had only 2 nukes they might have come out much better had they not been cowards). I would die...

I wonder if you could just pay the dr with a credit card and then if the services were not rendered correctly have the cc comp just deny the payment. It can be done with every other service. Really, in all other service/goods industries, if you don't deliver what you said, you don't get paid...

tx god for the c-section. Lots of tight pockets still.