Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
Messages 1 - 52 of total 52 in this topic |
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 15, 2014 - 05:28pm PT
|
Who rules the news? Add your favorites or those you just miss.
|
|
Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
|
|
Nov 15, 2014 - 05:58pm PT
|
I love your band zBrown...
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 15, 2014 - 06:00pm PT
|
Rock steady!
|
|
Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
|
|
Nov 15, 2014 - 06:28pm PT
|
They've been replaced by Ferguson, Kardashian and Philae.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2014 - 04:56pm PT
|
Maybe the 'news' media is busy trying to figure out what the single most important other item to graph on these graphs might be.
|
|
Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
|
|
Nov 16, 2014 - 07:42pm PT
|
Brownie, once again, I don't see the price of tea in China in there. Whatzzup?!
|
|
mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
|
|
Nov 16, 2014 - 07:57pm PT
|
I think that looks like a great graph of something.
Is there a duck on a string here?
If so, I want to try to win a hundred dollars when we find out just what you are trying to say.
I thought earlier, when I glanced at this thread, that it was going to be about a rock band, knowing your bent.Step on it, son. You're gonna drive me to drinkin'.
I used to boulder with Jim Shirley above his trailer next to his folks' place. We had a longish traverse that he called the Blue Line. There a SoCal connection here?
Should we call in Sherlock Holmes or Mason Williams? Are there facts involved? What the hell are they?
Do you know a big fat guy your age with an electric sled? Has he been laughing at you about your taxation, about the price you pay to take a weekend cruise out into the desert?
Frankly, those graphs with the San Diego above next to the blue line reminds me of a map of the Tarahumara gang's turf.
I can smell adventure. I can smell moose droppings. I cannot imagine what you are trying to show.
Pray, tell. Or if y-y-y-you c-c-c-c-can't s-say it, then s-sing it.
Lightning/Bluebird, Bluebird
http://www.last.fm/music/Lightnin%27+Hopkins/_/Bluebird,+Bluebird/+videos/+6-e-FOq9QN3pw
|
|
Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
|
|
Nov 16, 2014 - 10:01pm PT
|
You want data? Here's some on Ebola as compared to some of the other stuff Americans can die of:
Getting hit from a meteorite is also risky. Your chances are 1/700,000 lifetime.
|
|
Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
|
|
Nov 16, 2014 - 10:06pm PT
|
Hey, I'm not as dumb as I wish I was. So shoot me. Please.
|
|
mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 02:07am PT
|
Sandusky: Subitized.
Sanford: Menisectimized.
Ebola: Found to have a twenty percent greater area of physis than is normal in a late teen male.
All three have a history of gout.
How are the feet doin', cowboy?
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 07:04am PT
|
Tea has really come into disfavor in China, they are much more intent on houses there, ever since the great Pepsodent Wars have ceased.
and, did you see this coming? When yhou [sic] got a lot a houses, you gotta clean 'em, right? I hope you're getting residuals on this Peter.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 07:07am PT
|
I do notice that 9 NFL teams have won 6 games while losing 4, yet, only 5 have won 4 and lost 6.
Is this fair? Should the two groups be taxed differentially.
The rest is left to the reader, but here's a start.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 07:14am PT
|
^Well it doesn't take Alexander Grothendieck (nod to rgold) to figure out that Ebola just might not be the threat that it was played up to be in the news.
In China, they don't even mention Ebola, they're just concerned with finding some breathable air.
Remember: If you're out tonight (at noon?) on your bike, wear white.
|
|
NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 07:14am PT
|
I think the gas price chart is missing the date of elections
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 07:20am PT
|
^You are the only entrant and therefore the winner of the contest. Do you accept paypal? Funnny, cuz' I don't give it.
I think it's time we stop children
What's that sound
Nobody better breathe
What's coming down
(apologies to Neil Young and/or Stephen Stills - there is a rumour that Mr. Stills sometimes looked over Mr. Young's shoulder, which resulted in the breakup)
|
|
survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 07:22am PT
|
The Blazers are 7-3!!
|
|
Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 08:57am PT
|
Does that include the Ebola death(s)?
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 08:59am PT
|
^These appear to be 2013 numbers, so apparently not.
|
|
mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 03:33pm PT
|
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 04:05pm PT
|
From Lorenzo's link:
Medical mistakes — missed diagnoses, medication errors, infections caused by lax hospital procedures — lead to an astounding 400,000 preventable deaths in the United States each year.
Lack of rigor is to blame. Hurried cleaning staff overlook half the items in a hospital room when preparing it for the next patient. The germs are left to linger, causing an infection.
Stressed medical staff frequently fail to clean their hands in between patients, carrying germs from one bed to the next.
Preparing hospitals to cope with Ebola will encourage discipline and attention to correct procedures. That will save lives, even if we’re lucky enough to be spared more cases of this deadly virus.
I may take the time to try to track down that 440,000. The first one I saw said between 210,000 and 420,000. I wonder if this is a case of statistical drift?
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 04:20pm PT
|
I should think that Charles Manson's marriage merits a discussion!
|
|
Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 04:57pm PT
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 04:20pm PT
I should think that Charles Manson's marriage merits a discussion!
Hardly.
At seven murders over the last 25 years that's approaching 1/4 death per year.
And the number is certain to go down.
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:01pm PT
|
I want to discuss his marriage, not his legacy.
|
|
WBraun
climber
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:09pm PT
|
Yes he did .
By proxy.
He was a proxy killer.
Just as US and Israel are doing all over the place ....
|
|
WBraun
climber
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:14pm PT
|
Life never dies.
It's impossible to kill life.
It's never ever been done nor can it ever be done ......
|
|
WBraun
climber
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:29pm PT
|
all individual life dies.
Never ever happens nor can it.
When your coat gets old and worn out (death) you throw it away.
You "think" you are the coat and are dead now.
The material body is not YOU it's only the coat.
That is the illusion, the coat.
YOU can never ever die .....
|
|
fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:36pm PT
|
But you can completely change the behavior of your coat with drugs/surgery/brain tumors/etc. Your coat can go from saint to coat-killer by shifting a few micrograms of brain chemistry around... So the coat, or at least what's in the pockets, is somehow important no?
|
|
Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:46pm PT
|
Werner, the Fifth Manifestation:
|
|
Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:46pm PT
|
So by extrapolation of Werner's Law of Eternity - a little duct tape and one can live forever!
|
|
mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:47pm PT
|
The NUMBER 1 leading cause of DEATH is, LIFE.
LIFE was a magazine, old friend, and it died years ago.
But it killed a zillion flies and bugs before it went.
LIFE was beautiful: especially the later, thinner version, which rolled up better and was more flexible.
|
|
Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 05:47pm PT
|
Brownie, aren't we supposed to do Sandusky next?
|
|
Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 06:21pm PT
|
The Sandusky School for Boys.
Where our motto is "learn to take it like a man".
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 06:44pm PT
|
You never know where things will go, but this is starting to be an interesting digression/diversion.
I noted Manson's marriage over on the What Song ... thread a while back. What amazes me is that someone would consider, let alone do it (i.e. the marriage). Does Manson get conjugal visits?
Peter:
You are something else, can we call that Manifest Destiny?
Just think, Bill Cosby hasn't even made an appearance on the thread.
"The next thing I remember was waking up naked next to Bill Cosby in bed"
I would offer up that she should be at least partially thankful that she didn't wake up next to Manson.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 07:13pm PT
|
Manson's marriage has not happened yet. He or she may be waiting out the 21 day quarantine period.
On the Sandusky front (2012 - are we dated here?):
The untold story, though, is about bare-knuckle Pennsylvania politics, old grudges and perceived slights. It involves a stagnated child sexual abuse investigation that, to some, took a backseat to higher-profile cases and a gubernatorial campaign. It involves a head football coach who knew too little and, still, failed to do enough. It includes a passive school board of trustees that for months ignored a lurking controversy and then, under pressure to preserve Penn State's reputation, quickly fired its legendary coach without ever talking with him.
March, 2014
The jurors poured through everything, including defense arguments and cross-examinations, for a day and a half and finally declared Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of various degrees of abuse. Sandusky, now 70, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years behind bars.
An appeal by Sandusky for a new trial went nowhere and an appeal of that appeal is, legal experts believe, likely to find the same fate. Meanwhile, Sandusky sits isolated for 23 hours a day in a Western Pennsylvania prison cell, running out the clock on his sorry life.
The Sandusky "Truthers" hijacking of this story is an insult to the vast majority of Penn State students, alums, faculty, staff and fans who have approached this with open minds and great responsibility. That includes ones who still have reasonable questions about the culpability of their school and the actions of the Board of Trustees and those who understandably rail against vast NCAA sanctions or treatment by the media.
Read here, if you're so inclined
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tv-interview-with-jerry-sandusky-s-wife-an-insult-to-his-victims-025526818.html
|
|
Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 08:03pm PT
|
the third leading cause of death in the U.S. (behind heart disease and cancer) is preventable medical errors
Therefore it is the duty of every American to vote to have all hospitals demolished and all medical professionals put to death.
That'll bring down that damn death rate!
|
|
Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 08:06pm PT
|
Brownie, thanks for the update on the fool Sandusky. I guess I had fallen behind on this one. Best not to glance that way of course. As with Conrad's Heart of Darkness, "unspeakable rites". And to imagine he et ux still posit his innocence. Crazy, Crazy, Crazy.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2014 - 08:32pm PT
|
Therefore it is the duty of every American to vote to have all hospitals demolished and all medical professionals put to death.
That'll bring down that damn death rate!
Well, technically all those folks were going to die anyway, but it would shift the curve out somewhat if they (the hospitals and med pros) would just pay closer attention to what they are and are not doing?
I don't have them handy, but studies have shown that this latter approach works quite well. Reducing the rates of in-hospital acquired infections is the main one I'm thinking of.
EDIT:
I was changing the wording and removing some, which originally said "A bit too draconian for my taste".
|
|
Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
|
|
Nov 17, 2014 - 08:35pm PT
|
A bit too draconian for my taste
Well. That does it. Turn in your Tea Party card and go somewhere else.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2014 - 07:43am PT
|
Speak of the devil and he just might show up. This gal has been trying to prove Manson's innocence for nine years. Must be a hard proof, too bad she can't enlist the help of Mr. Grothendieck.
Burton, who goes by the name "Star," told the AP that she and Manson will be married next month.
"Y'all can know that it's true," she said. "It's going to happen."
"I love him," she added. "I'm with him. There's all kinds of things."
Yes indeed Star, there is all kinds of things.
Here's one from another point of view.
Tate's sister, Debra, who acts as a spokeswoman for the families of Manson's victims, said the impending marriage is "ludicrous."
"I think it's insane," she said. "What would any young woman in her right mind want with an 80-year-old man?"
As for Manson's motives, she said, "The devil is alive and well."
http://www.annabellakennels.com/wp-content/uploads/LexiePointing-600x420.jpg
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
Nov 18, 2014 - 09:17am PT
|
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am to hear that this marriage will
remain unconsummated, at least on this mortal plane. And it is nice to hear
of a young person like 'Star' who lives on such an ethereal plane.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2014 - 09:52am PT
|
Well co-pilot to co-pilot, your relief is my command.
Can we move on to Jeannie?
|
|
Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
|
|
Nov 18, 2014 - 11:57am PT
|
Charlie and his gushing bride can invite 10 guests from outside the prison. Who should they invite, and if you got an invite what wedding gift would you buy the happy couple?
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
Nov 18, 2014 - 12:09pm PT
|
I think I would give them a copy of The Tibetan Book Of The Dead.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2014 - 08:19am PT
|
Can we get a true bill out now or a bill of attainder?
Bill Clinton - deny, deny, deny ... admit ... retract ...
Bill O'Reilly - deny, deny, deny, pay-off, deny, deny
Bill Cosby - deny, deny, deny, pay-off, threaten, deny
|
|
Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
|
|
Nov 19, 2014 - 09:35pm PT
|
Any bets on how long it will last on the front pages of the cables news shows?
Until whoever the front-runner in the next election is accused of f*#king dead people?
Until Kim Kardashian tweets about tomorrow morning's bowel movement?
Until one of the fired Clif Bar athletes is caught on camera eating a Power Bar?
|
|
fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
|
|
Nov 20, 2014 - 06:00am PT
|
Until they hear another alleged "ping" from that missing airliner 20,000' under the ocean.
Sheeple news... all the time... Be scared Be scared!
|
|
Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
|
|
Nov 20, 2014 - 06:06am PT
|
I get the sense that Sandusky is in his own personal heaven. Locked up with men and boys (relatively), showering with men and boys, sharing meals with men and boys, sharing tight quarters with men and boys.
Living in Pennsylvania, there is a certified way to get in a brawl without the intervention of alcohol. Just say 'Joe Pa turned his back' to a Penn State alum. It's that simple.
|
|
Messages 1 - 52 of total 52 in this topic |
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|