Friday Open Thread Vent your well connected geek angst... It's Friday, so take off your shoes, put up your feet, and empty your head into the comment section below.
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  NY TelPremium
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| Time for a drink! This has been a tough but not insurmountable week for me.
I am heading for the wine rack to break open some of my finest 9.99 wine. I found a white wine on-line called "Pure Evil", from the Aussies.
Highly recommend it, or on a Friday night - I recommend any brand.
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|  | | | Re: Time for a drink! I do enjoy the very same vintage, price-wise.
JEERS! my favorite toast | |
| | |  ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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Putnam, CT
kudos:4 | Re: Time for a drink! I will be doing the same thing this evening! Going to grill some nice big scallops...Yum! | |
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Smithtown, NY
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| Re: Time for a drink! said by ptrowski:I will be doing the same thing this evening! Going to grill some nice big scallops...Yum! I "dusted off" the grill last week and am glad it is ready for possible use tomorrow.  | |
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California | Re: Time for a drink! hey, do you think it's too early to use the grill yet... it does rain a tiny bit still, but it's GOOD COOKIN'!
think i'll be waitin until May to use mine (  )
5 MORE DAYS! WHOO!
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| | | | | |  exocet_cmBuckle up, it's the lawPremium
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New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | Re: Time for a drink! we live in new orleans... we never really stop grilling! | |
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| Re: Time for a drink! said by exocet_cm:we live in new orleans... we never really stop grilling! I love to grill but I do not like being out there in the cold weather so I put the cover on it and when the temp goes above 60, I uncover it... | |
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California | Re: Time for a drink! said by NY Tel:said by exocet_cm:we live in new orleans... we never really stop grilling! I love to grill but I do not like being out there in the cold weather so I put the cover on it and when the temp goes above 60, I uncover it... i'm with NY Tel! No reason for grilling if you can't enjoy the waiting time!!
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Houston, TX
kudos:3 | What's wrong with your grills? I think we grilled steaks for Christmas dinner.  | |
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kudos:4 | Mine is used 365 days a year. I am sure I look goofy sometimes when it is a blizzard and I am sitting out there, but there are no better ways to cook a fat steak! | |
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Los Gatos, CA | cranberry Sitting here at work with some Cranberry juice!
Yum! | |
|  ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
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kudos:4 |  Low cost ultra-portables are coming on gangbusters
Over the past six months or so, Asus, Everex, and HP have managed to bring low-cost ultraportable notebooks to market. But dozens of other computer makers have promised to bring out their own mini-notebooks. Some will run Linux, while others will be preloaded with Windows XP or Vista. Some will have flash memory, while others will have hard drives. But every one will be smaller, lighter, and cheaper than most existing laptop computers. Here's a roundup of some of the computers that have been announced or are already available. A list of all the new Ultra portable PCs follows at the above link. Sales of this type and size of computer is exploding.
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Troy, MI | Re: Low cost ultra-portables are coming on gangbusters still not sold on ultra portable until there is a solution (Intel Atom?) that will give me smooth playback of HD video. | |
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kudos:1 | I bought my U810 last November, and it's become my primary mobile computing device! Granted it's not perfect (slow processor, double-mapped keys, Vista), but the convenience factor is overwhelming! Only 1.6 lbs, and easily fits inside a large coat pocket.
With low cost ultraportables about to hit the market, expect to see a lot of these babies show up everywhere, slowly replacing the big and bulky notebook computers we've had for decades now.
My U810 is so convenient, I've used it to write this message while sitting on the toilet! | |
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League City, TX | Gas prices 51 dollars to fill my dads car, 45 for mine, and 33 to fill my mothers. What the hell is going on.
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2 edits | Re: Gas prices ^^ I hear you. I am planning on changing places of work, and moving downtown so a brisk walk will be my commute. Sell the car! No insurance, no gas! Of course a bicycle will be used for my "lengthy trips". :d
(Just a side note, I do drive a very fuel efficient 07 Civic - for now anyhow :d)
And off to the Belgian tavern tonight! I'll be drowning myself in a frothy sour Flemish ale! | |
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League City, TX | Re: Gas prices Yeah going to have to be like that and I'm where the gas prices are considered low 3.39 a gallon.
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1 edit | We are going toward $4+ gas. That's what.
Funny part is that there are no small displacement cars to drive, unless you want a new one.
I commute 60 miles every day... | |
| | | MysticGogetaThe Robot DevilPremium
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League City, TX | Re: Gas prices Whats funny is a few years ago they found the biggest oil deposit ever in the Gulf of Mexico and now you hear nothing of it. I wonder why.. 
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| | | |  KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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1 edit | Re: Gas prices said by MysticGogeta:Whats funny is a few years ago they found the biggest oil deposit ever in the Gulf of Mexico and now you hear nothing of it. I wonder why.. That's because they keep selling you on that this is a supply problem or an Oil Shortage. (IE "We need to Drill Arctic Refuge" for example...) It isn't. There's not an oil shortage at the moment. What there is is carefully managed FUEL supply, ie the refiners and suppliers keep supplies of refined products tight, as this promotes high prices and fat profits. (Which their quarterly earnings reports clearly show, they are making insane money.)
Add this to very stupid energy policy and you have today's situation. Take the ethanol joke (on us!). The argument goes like this:
"Let's put ethanol in gas. We'll use less gas, so we'll need less oil. Prices drop."
OK. Reality check. It takes MORE energy to make a gallon of ethanol then you get back when you burn it... So this actually INCREASES energy usage. 2nd: Ethanol can't be transmitted in the fuel down pipelines like gasoline is, so you have truckloads of ethanol running back and forth like mad so they can add the ethanol to the fuel at the distribution centers before it goes to the stations. All this extra work and expense INCREASES the price per gallon of gasoline with ethanol fuel over just plain gasoline. Plus you get a little less mileage from your vehicle, so you burn a little bit more fuel overall to go the same distance.
Really, the whole thing is a joke, a really bad one.... on us. Oh and let's not forget the Government subsidies to huge agri business to build and operate these ethanol plants.... PLUS the corn they are diverting to ethanol production has driven the price of corn (and as a result, cattle feed up 40%...) which results in meat prices increasing, too.
It's all classic examples of a simple idea with bad science behind it. | |
| | | | |  N3OGHCertified GLG-20Premium
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| Re: Gas prices No shit.
We'll be the first country in the history of mankind to burn our own food supply just to get to soccer practice.
Ethanol is going to end up being a disaster on a global scale. People will end up starving to death over this boondoggle.
I'm not looking to bash anyone in particular, but our government is really f-ed up at this point.
That's all of them. Democrat, Republican, etc. All of them. No one seems to have the best interests of the people in mind anymore. It's all about bringing home the pork and staying in office.
As Nero fiddles, Rome burns.
I fear we are witnessing the end of the great experiment that is the USA.
Oh well, it lasted a lot longer than the dudes who set it up thought it would...
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| | | | | | KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| Re: Gas prices Ethanol is a huge cash cow for agri-business, but economically, it blows for the rest of us.
Our energy policy is so weak. We waste huge amounts, we're weak on conservation, and we're weak on renew-ables, too.
One thing that may come out of these high energy prices (along with the pain and suffering of the consumer) is we *may* actually get other sensible energy technologies moving in a big way... and we may also get much more energy efficient vehicles.... But will we crash our economy first. Signs point to yes, unfortunately.
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League City, TX | Re: Gas prices We need to have a President (Could careless who) to stand up and do something about this VERY weak energy policy. Perhaps go as far as investing hundreds of billions of dollars into Hydrogen and/or Biofuel and just go all out because were so far behind in development. It makes me sick hearing GM and other company's blab about making alternate energy cars.
I think the worse one is the E85 cars the biggest joke I've ever heard. I've seen a hundred or so with in a year in this area and there are ZERO gas stations that carry it in this area.
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Erie, PA | said by KrK:That's because they keep selling you on that this is a supply problem or an Oil Shortage. (IE "We need to Drill Arctic Refuge" for example...) It isn't. You can keep believing that but the reality exists that both China and India have been using more and more oil daily and the supply effectively hasn't increased, and the USA's own use of gasoline has increased as well yet we haven't allowed a refinery refinery to be built in forever. It's likely to get worse in the near future as Mexico's supply reduces to a trickle.
We need to begin using our own resources if for no other reason than to make it so we can't be jerked around as easily (such as I suspect is happening with Mexico). I fear the privilege to whine about the caribou and the scenery ran out 10 years ago and now we're going to pay for it.
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| | | | | | KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| Re: Gas prices Yes, those are true statements... However, there is still not a shortage of oil at the moment. Did you know that we actually have been exporting fuel to Europe and Asia because it's more profitable? Did you know that Oil tankers full of oil often wait for MONTHS parked offshore to dock at the port and offload? (for timing reasons, not due to traffic etc)
Check this out:
January 2008, we exported:
364,000 barrels of crude oil.
4,095,000 barrels of gasoline
1,900,000 barrels of kerosene
10,398,000 barrels of Fuel Oil
Plus tons of byproducts, natural gas products, other petrochemicals, etc etc yadda yadda.
Why did we do that if we have such a shortage? Because we don't really, and they got a higher price from overseas buyers....
Almost all the oil refining and distribution in the USA is now in the hands of just a few, giant players. They can control the supply, and keep stocks tight for economic gain without actually running out of fuel which would cost them money and cause panic.
As for domestic oil production, it's surging. At $120 a barrel those old slow wells are now goldmines again. The boom is apparent. Lots of people with old oil leases or mineral rights are really getting a windfall atm.
As for the refineries, they aren't trying to build new ones... increasing the supply of refined fuels would drive the price down. In fact they actively shutdown old facilities or idle them, even now.... However, they are expanding and modernizing many facilities as well... the oil industry is experiencing a massive boom in construction and expansion at the moment, driven by the record profits.
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| | | | | Only Mexican companies can drill for it. The enviors and congress shut down new dilling in the us. | |
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| | ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
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kudos:4 | said by mcmillan:We are going toward $4+ gas. That's what. Funny part is that there are no small displacement cars to drive, unless you want a new one. Plenty of used Honda Civics around with stick shift that get over 40 MPG.
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| | | | | | Re: Gas prices I mean SMALL. 800 ccm +/- | |
| | | | | ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
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kudos:4 | Re: Gas prices said by mcmillan:I mean SMALL. 800 ccm +/- Well, if you want small, you may have to settle for something like this
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kudos:1 | Re: Gas prices Jimmy, is that you??? | |
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| | | | |  en102Canadian, eh?
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Valencia, CA | Gotta make a Biodiesel version.
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| | | |  rcdaileyDragoonflyPremium
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Rialto, CA | The last time I had a car with an engine that small was in Japan in 1968 and it was a Honda S600. I really liked that car, but it wasn't something I could bring back with me. It had four carbs for four cylinders and they had to be individually tuned. Not only that, but it was right-hand drive. | |
| | | | | | | | Re: Gas prices I leased from gm 3 metro's when they were available. Two of em where geo metro and one chevy metro when gm absorbed the geo name. These cars were made by Suzuki and it was their Swift. 50 miles a gallon. 3 cylinders. Small, but were a great getting around town, going to work car. When I had it, I was commuting 60 miles a day and was filling up once a week. That car would be very handy today. I always wondered why Suzuki quit making them. | |
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| said by MysticGogeta:51 dollars to fill my dads car, 45 for mine, and 33 to fill my mothers. What the hell is going on. I sympathize with You, Next month in June I'll be spending nearly $58 to fill the tank on the Car, this month I only need $30 worth(7.75 gallons of 87 octane gas) and I live in Southern California in the desert and gas here where I live varies between 3.869 to 4.199 right now and that's just for 87 octane.
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| |  MagManLife is simpler when you tell the truth.Premium
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| said by MysticGogeta:51 dollars to fill my dads car, 45 for mine, and 33 to fill my mothers. What the hell is going on. You are going to need some of this new money.
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Santa Cruz, CA | $85.00 to fill my truck ... | |
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Mullica Hill, NJ
kudos:4 | Is AOL traffic growth indicating an AOL turnaround?
AOL announced on Friday that it posted double-digit growth in March, posting new traffic records for the former high-flying Internet darling.
Page views on AOL's programming sites jumped 35 percent in March, compared to a year ago, while unique visitors rose 11 percent to 56.5 million users in the same comparison period, according to ComScore Media Metrix.
"Our strong growth is a direct result of rebuilding each and every one of our vertical Web sites over the past 12 months, with the goal of providing consumers highly relevant and rich experiences that focus on key passion points," Bill Wilson, AOL Vertical Programming executive vice president, said in a statement.
Some of AOL's core sites that received a makeover included Money & Finance, which rose 24 percent in year-over-year page views in March, News, which climbed 20 percent, and Sports, which rose a whopping 148 percent.
During the past year, AOL has launched a number of new sites, ranging from men's site Asylum.com to Spinner.com for Indie music fans to personal finance consumer news site WalletPop.com.
Looks like AOL is actually making a little progress to get from under its horrid decisions of the past to stick with dial-up much longer than they should have.
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Michigan City, IN | gta4 owns all. GTA4 gets a 10/10 at ign
»ps3.ign.com/articles/869/869541p1.html
cant wait till monday night for midnight release w00t
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| Comcast Michigan Comcast Launched a 16/2 internet today for all of the detroit area of michigan | |
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Troy, MI | Re: Comcast Michigan Wait, what, really? | |
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| It says blast is available on the comcast.com order page for $52.95
But I'm still only getting 8/768 with powerboost..
I've power cycled...no luck 
Is anyone getting it yet? I've seen others say in May?? | |
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Troy, MI | Re: Comcast Michigan I've got the 8 package as well; no Powerboost on my end yet. Let me know if/when you're able to get it. I'll do the same | |
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New Albany, IN | Sci-Fi Happy New Doctor Who and BattleStar Galactica shows tonight! | |
| | KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| COMPUSA rises from the Ashes.... .... Seems like COMPUSA is coming back to life after all, with retail stores, not just Online.
I think TigerDirect bought up the name and the some rights, as far as I can tell CompUSA.com and TigerDirect.com now sell the same stuff at the same price.... Anyway, some of the stores have re-opened...
Competition is a good thing, and I'm betting Tiger (or their parent?) got the rights CHEAP. Good way to move into Brick n Mortar....
Store locations:
Florida
Altamonte Springs, FL
Brandon, FL
Clearwater, FL
Deerfield Beach, FL
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Ft. Myers, FL
Jacksonville, FL
S. Jacksonville, FL
Miami Dadeland, FL
Orlando, FL
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Plantation, FL
South Tampa, FL
Texas
McAllen, Texas
Plano, Texas
EL Paso, Texas
Puerto Rico
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
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California | oi... ugh... hairballs suck. | |
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North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:18 | FiOS! I want my FiOS! My downloading and uploading on my 768k/128k DSL line is getting extremely excessive (gaming stuff). | |
| | | Server's Up! Hey, got my Ubuntu Hardy server built and up and running today. Stumbled through it with a few Miller Lites.
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| AquaSportCalifornia - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
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California | why, that needs a prescription, too! if you can get 768K/128K DSL, then why can't you get Cable, Wireless Broadband (Sprint, at&t, etc.), etc.?
I hate the USA!!
no... i'm not a terrorist... i'm an unhappy citizen. There is NO PROGRESS in this country!! Nothing to help people in trouble (housing, health, etc.)... "just let 'em sink and eat your dinner, you'll forget all about this tomorrow.", NOTHING to advance anything technologically (cellular service still sucks - coverage has BARELY expanded since about 2004; Internet service is barely going anywhere - sure, some people can get their 6 Meg connections, others can get 50 Meg connections, but most are still stuck with dial-up or 768K DSL!; No national health care, people are going broke because of medical bills, or non-covered by insurance medical issues or non-covered-by-insurance because of a Pre-Existing condition; and if you wanted me to, I could probably come up with a rather long list of things we need to work on, but aren't).
I'm sorry, but I'm not feeling any hope for the U.S. right now. Call me "UnAmerican", but face it, until someone pushes EXTEREMELY hard for something, like national health care, or something of the like, we aren't going to get anywhere. That's what makes me really sad  .
my "i hate the USA!" quote is only temporary, but it will have to stand until the gridlock is broken; i can't fucking stand (**apologies for swearing, but that's how i feel**) that we aren't doing anything to help anyone in this country, and probably won't be until someone who wants to change all this enters the white house, and instead of sitting on his/her ass watching everything crumble, decides to sit down, sign some papers, make some speeches, and start a revolution to help the country!!!!!!!!
-CM
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| Re: why, that needs a prescription, too! I just was talking with my wife about the very same things. Also, we need to stop putting all the dope smokers and non-violent criminals in prison and start putting them to work!
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kudos:3 | Re: why, that needs a prescription, too! said by Derspankster:Also, we need to stop putting all the dope smokers and non-violent criminals in prison and start putting them to work! Why ? If they are not bothering anybody should they not be left alone ? It is when somebody violates the rights of others that they should be punished. | |
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2 edits | sorry about the length... sorry about my long, evil post, but.. .this is a Friday Open Thread, and I really needed to vent.
i'm starting to feel better, knowing that an election is on the way, and I realized after my anger rage was over, that, no, I don't hate the USA, just the people running it. I hope that's more neutral, so that I don't offend those 17 Bush supporters...
... I know you're out there, so, stay positive!
Have a good evening, everyone!
-CM
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| | rcdaileyDragoonflyPremium
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Rialto, CA | Re: sorry about the length... I believe that there are two things that should be done as soon as possible. One: Adjustable Rate Mortgages for homes should be banned, as should balloon payments, etc. Only simple interest loans should be allowed. Two: No one should be allowed to borrow more than 90 percent of the selling price of a home. Period. If those two rules had been in effect, the mortgage crisis would not have happened. Far fewer people would have been able to buy a home, but would that be so bad? At least, would it not be better than millions going into foreclosure?
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| Gotta hand it to Israel.... they don't screw around You know, when that story broke about how Israeli warplanes had flown into Syria, and dropped bombs on SOMETHING, and perhaps even shot down some Syrian jets, and then Syria was like (Whistle, Whistle) Nothing to see here.... Move along.... (Whistle, Whistle)
And the mainstream media barely covered on it, and where's all the Muslim outrage about "Jewish Aggression!"... ... I knew right then that some serious crap that they weren't supposed to be doing was going on... And the Israelis went in and removed it from existence.
Of course it was rumored at the time to be nuclear related.
Well, it was. North Koreans helped Syria to build a nuclear reactor, which would lead to Syria being the next to develop nuclear weapons....
Israel said... "I don't think so... Kiss it bye bye..." and BOOM BOOM BOOM it disappeared. Just like Saddam's reactor in Iraq in 1981.
See, you gotta hand it to Israel in this regard: When they see a legitimate threat, they don't screw around. Unlike our country, we talk tough and go after the easy targets but when it comes to the real threats we waffle.
Then again, you could say we don't have to take it out if we knew the Israeli's would do it for us...
BEFORE......and After!
Notice how little coverage this got in the US press when it happened? Or that Syria was building a reactor? I'm sure our intelligence agencies knew about it... but did you see Bush or anyone coming out saying anything about it? Would we have attacked Syria? Why do I doubt it?
Thumbs up to Israel. A problem solved. I feel confident that if Iran starts getting close to nuclear weapons, they can expect a Care Package from Israel as well.
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1 edit | I may be getting divorced soon..... Wife and I have been having some challenges in our relationship. Mother in law came down to visit about 2 weeks ago.
I had an issue with MIL and tried talking it out with her but she started cursing me out in my own home. Told her to leave and wife said her mom is not going anywhere because it is her house, too.
Anyway, I ended up leaving for a couple of days and terribly missed my daughter. However, I think that the MIL issue was just the icing on the cake of problems that were going on between me and my wife.
I don't want to break our family up but my head is saying stay and work it out but my heart is saying "I don't want to fight anymore (not physically) and it is time to let it go!"
I am not perfect and have messed up but she has, too. I feel the issue with her mom just drove us further apart but we already had that door opened.
Man, this is one of the toughest things I ever had to deal with in life (welcome to being an adult). This is one thing that can make a grown man cry and it has but when do you get to the point where you say "enough is enough" and it is time to move on??
Divorce is painful to even think about. I want to believe we can work through this but now having MIL angry at me is just compounding the problems.
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| My Muni Wi-FI Adventure I was in Spokane for a little convention last weekend. The Hotel wireless was spotty at best and I was able to connect to Spokane Hot Zone The downtown “free” network from my room but not the Hotel’s network. I can see why muni Wi-Fi will be a failure. First there rationing; I only get two hours a day compare to unlimited form the hotel. Second upload speed is dismal at best; I wanted to upload some pictures form the con to my live journal account. It was no go due to slow speed. Finally from Friday on to Sunday I could connect to the internet 25% of the time. I finally found one of the panel rooms open where I got a good connection to the hotel network.
It just shoes why I believe government should not be in the broadband provider business. Sounds like what government will do with healthcare. | |
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