UConn James

Lot of stuff went down in this ep --- too much for me to even want to try recapping. It's hard to even keep track of who was in what place last time and where they are now. Not a fan of the "you're still racing!" concept. So in the aftermath of the continuation, all hell breaks loose. Kent and Vixen went from almost hopelessly last to contending. That really sucked that they used the U-turn... but I understand it strategically. Such bad luck for Jamie and Cara to have their driver stop for gas to really screw them over for the second time to end a race. If they aren't delayed there, they don't get U'd. But it may not have made a difference given the last task. But I can understand what aj (I think it was aj) wrote at the start that Jamie loses some of her allure when you see her personality. I realize that travel and a race like this can bring out a lot of stress, but there's just the little brusk / offhand comments from her. Also come to realize just how much of her from, say, that recent NFL photo set, is artifice. That dinosaur skeleton challenge was a toughie. Those just seemed too large for one person. Greg and Mallory made exactly the right choice to use the express pass on it.

Umm... you realize that Ghadaffi/Kaddafy/Cadhaphi/Kedafe/Quadaffi/Gedaphfi (Who knows. One (or all) of these may be correct) is still in power over like 90 percent of Libya, right? And that this action is not intended to remove him? If we're intent on protecting these people in these few areas, we're going to need to be there for the rest of Ghadaffi/Kaddafy/Cadhaphi/Kedafe/Quadaffi/Gedaphfi's natural life, and his sons'.

Looking at it again, I can see the point. But he's still a sh--head. Here's an actual case of an elk poacher in the Montana section. So, he committed the crime in Montana, was tried and convicted in Wyoming federal court. The appeals judge in this case acknowledged the conundrum, and then basically told the defendant 'tough sh--.' Unless it's taken up by the Supreme Court, which is highly unlikely, the Congressional bill stands and this case serves as an established precedent of jurisdiction for all Yellowstone cases to be tried in Wyoming federal court. Even if this poaching case or a theoretical murder case were taken up by the Supremes and overturned, the solution would ostensibly be to move for a change of venue as DC Tom wrote, which most any judge will grant, and try in either a Montana or Idaho court.

Then again, I wouldn't go mocking whether seismic activity interferes with whales' innate migration sense. We've just scratched the surface on marine studies. It has been shown that earth's magnetic fields are used by many species as a guide in migration. IIRC remember NOVA showing an experiment involving a pod where scientists attached some kind of magnetic interruption devices to whales, and they went off course in a parallel shape to their normal migration pattern. There is some data that suggests earthquakes are preceded by electromagnetic anomalies. I really wouldn't dismiss it. And by some strange coincidence, 'THE-SKY-IS-FALLING!' earthquake reporting has grown by leaps and bounds as the 24/7 media has become more prolific. Huh... That's weird.

That was a comment based on previous BUSHBAD postings.

I think Tom was going for sarcasm there....

You just admitted you created redundant threads. And just because some other people do it, that makes it all right. BTW, one of the threads doesn't mention a state in the headline. This is like posting one topic as "Senator calls for stricter nuclear regulations" and then starting another as "Lieberman wants tighter nuclear regulations." And next week, it'll be "Kerry, Chambliss look to increase nuclear regulations"? It clogs up the board. But, I'm sure the mods have NOTHING better to do than merge threads for people who can't organize two similar thoughts in their dope-ravaged mind.

Until sometime down the road, this comes around to bite us in the ass when we least expect it, when Ghadaffi/Kaddafy/Cadhaphi/Kedafe/Quadaffi/Gedaphfi or one of his sons, say, orders the bombing of another airliner, or worse. This won't ever be forgotten. Whenever they can get some blowback in, they won't hesitate a second. As you know probably better than anyone here, the idea that we can be involved like this and not get our hands dirty with our drones or jets is the height of arrogance. Our defenses still aren't tight enough to catch everythng, even 10 years on. One might argue they do this anyway behind the curtain. And that was before the $36B in frozen personal assets. Unless Libya never sells another drop of oil, there'll soon be enough money to start some fresh havoc.

In Gene F. style, maybe tomorrow I'll start 50 separate threads on how much each state is in debt or in surplus (if there are any) for their upcoming budget. I'll dedicate Nevada and Delaware to you, Tom.

Well... so much for connor/Frenkle/etc.'s 'At least Obama won't drag us into war with another country!'

In the TBD Terms of Service, under the DO NOT POST section: "posting the same information/opinion in an excessively repetitive manner." So, you're just going to crap all over the board and leave the moderators to clean up after you? Nice. This place depends on us following the rules and keeping discussions grouped accordingly. There's no exemption b/c one person wants to bring more attention to a particular cause.

Further.... This professor is a sh--head.

How could the 6th Amendment be "poorly worded" according to this loophole, when it was ratified before 1791 with the Bill of Rights.... and the National Parks weren't created until the Theo. Roosevelt administration near the turn of the 20th century? It would then be a failure of the parks bill to not allow for a viable means of prosecution for crimes committed w/in the parks at the nearest feasible court. Is this prof just working off of the wording of the Constitution and extending a geographical quirk into a pretty shallowly-researched hypothetical? This would suggest so. NPS Law Enforcement or the FBI (or, this section reads, the Sec't of the Interior can appoint pretty much any enforcement division s/he chooses to) have jurisdiction in the parks, and they can cooperate with state and local enforcement. So, if crimes are investigated by federal enforcement, wouldn't they be prosecuted in federal court --- the 10th Circuit covers all of Yellowstone, even across the state borders --- since it happened on federally-administered property? I found the link above in about 30 seconds, so I'm sure there's a lot more detail on it. I would be a little surprised if something like the establishment of criminal jurisdiction isn't mentioned somewhere in the totality of the parks bill.

A despot pissing on the U.N. "strongest possible measures" language, knowing that they're weak sisters who won't ever actually do anything of consequence? Well that's never happened before.... Seriously now, can we just shut down the U.N. and turn it into low-income housing or something?

Actually, I posted this several years ago, too.... Link I believe that was meant in jest on Lombardi's part.... They don't go into the nature of the tumor, but here's hoping for a swift treatment and recovery.

Just as a board upkeep issue, Gene, are you planning on creating a separate gd thread for each and every state that decides to take this up? Why could this not have been merged into your current embryonic stem cell thread?

There's a hell of a difference b/w losing midterm elections --- which is a very natural thing as the country's political pendulum swings back and forth and depends on a lot more than one man --- and charismatic dithering of a president who's in over his head and has no compass on what he intends to do. Obama is out-Jimmy-Cartering Jimmy Carter. During the campaign, Obama leaned on a speech he 'borrowed' from MA Gov. Deval Patrick titled "Just Words." Basically, it was sarcastically saying that "The only thing we have to fear...," "Ask not what your country can do for you...," etc were just words. The speech's message was that words have some intrinsic power to them. And I think we've definitively found out that they don't. Words without actions or a well-formed plan really are "just words."

We're in the awkward position of seeing where energy production and consumption needs to head, and not having a path to get there. The Democrats are so focused on looking at the peak of Mt. Clean Energy with 99 percent of their gaze the whole time, that they hardly can acknowledge that we need to do quite a bit of climbing to get to the summit, nevermind that every path to get us there is filled with crags and fissures. Some people have and would rather force this country to sit on its hands and wait until a strategy for the mass consumption of clean energy renewables magically appears. In reality, a hydrogen-fuel economy will probably take another 50-60 years --- more, if the Japan perfect-storm incident causes much dithering here. Along the way, there'll be biofuels, etc. But for right now, we need to drill and conserve.

There's plenty of likewise examples in many places/countries that have been overrun with this mindset. That comment was meant in the sense that the Internet is worldwide, therefore people in the U.S. can read and do offer comment on things that happen in other countries, which also happens in their own. Bullying only happens in Australia? Only Australians are allowed to discuss it? There's not a new bullying discourse currently happening in the U.S.? You can stuff the pedantic /lulz/ rhetoric. Far too often, the concept of zero-tolerance is not invoked when the bullying has gone on for however long... it only comes into play when the victim has the audacity to fight back.

According to a certain set in this country, self-defense is/ought to be a crime. Sounds like that mother needs her ass kicked, too.

I fully agree with your argument that people do this. I just fundamentally disagree that having more gilded distractions makes ones life more meaningful, somehow. NYC brings with it many costs, few of them monetary.

All Ralph wanted to talk about were how the prices are still too high on the 4 p.m. senior specials menu.

Purple had to win for Stephanie and Krista to stay. They didn't. I'm not sure Dave would have directed and solved the puzzle faster. Maybe. That doesn't hold Sereta(?), who nominated Stephanie, in good stead with the other 5 after Stephanie is axed. She rubbed them the wrong way with that. But tonight featured the pipe dreams of several players thinking 10 moves ahead in a game where those players very well might be --- and one was --- jumped next. Stephanie and Krista put out feelers to Rob / Yellow that they were free agents when the merge happens. Won't matter a bit if they're gone before that point, which seems likely. Krista's observations at tribal of the two-person 'alliances w/in the alliance' has some impact once it gets down to where those alliances will have to play against each other, and Ralph's idol remains the wild card (he'll wish he kept that secret). That seems a couple of vote-offs away. For now, the Big 6 is alive and well. In Yellow camp, Natalie is still hot. Getting some facial bug-bites. From the next-week preview, it looks like this issue of "girls beach day" will be coming to a head. Philip would seem to be on the wrong side of that... but he's really got nothing left to lose and has to argue that he can offer more in camp work and challenges. Tho, he did try to form an alliance-like bond with Ashley, who despite saying "That was ages ago!" is still feeling a little burned by what happened to Matt. All of that depends on when the merge happens, and when the Redemption player comes back --- and if these happen at the same time or at different points. On the other side of it, especially the bolded, Rob is playing the game like the old vet he is. Everyone is being led around by his little pinkie. So, he has one idol, and now he's got the clue to another. (I didn't know they put two in play at one time. Is that new? Was another idol granted b/c they won the challenge?) He totally played Grant. "Ya gotta hustle to make a dollah. Everybody knows that!" And if the others find out about his deception, he should expect the same treatment as Russell. It doesn't look like that's going to happen, either, and he's potentially going to go into the merge with two idols. And oh, did I mention that Natalie is hot? Dancer. Hmm. At 19 and not particularly petite in ballet terms --- what kind of dancer, do you suppose? Oh, but let's not go down that path....

Yeah. Streets not being plowed for days and days was a problem of success.

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