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Pretty much.  It's hard to sell summer audiences on the philosophical meanderings that you would get from an earlier generation films and the series.

That's becoming more and more common.  It grates on me a little, because I always cite my sources.  There are people selling the service, but if I were doing it, I'd be looking for to build my own code solution.

Pack shit, see a concert, move shit.

The source is biased against anything science has improved.  Pasteurization of milk was done to improve public health, as whole milk had been linked to tuberculosis outbreaks.  But they want to call our court system as corrupt because farmers that want to sell whole milk in violation of FDA rules designed to protect public health.  They also have issues with vaccinations.  They advocate the complete sovereignty of the individual over the use of science and the government doing what governments are meant to do, which is protect the public as a whole.  

They might come down on the same side as me on a few issues, but their wholesale rejection of science as "unnatural" and supporting that think they have the right to put others at risk because of "Freedom" means that I will never lend them any direct support.

And I discount the idea that public opinion has any bearing on Supreme Court decisions. 

Go see Iron Man 3 now if you're interested.  Everyone will be watching the new hotness.  You can probably get a Sunday matinee to yourself.

I need to go back and play San Andreas and Vice City.  I never did get through them.  They can be part of my Steam backlog project.

Hopefully they'll clear up most of the issues over the next 2-3 decades before we reach the point where we talk more about our medical problems than our work issues.

I'm glad you liked it, Pete.  It truly is a thing to experience something like that cold.  The ending is a bit odd, but I have yet to hear anyone come up with something that's still in that vein that wouldn't have seemed like a cop-out.

So I should finally order GT5...?

Seeing as the role is filled by a presidential appointment, the request of the Treasury Secretary has no direct power, as there's nothing he could do in response to a refusal.

Sacked usually means fired. He resigned.

Or, you know, like the law actually says, it's for the states to implement, must provide the software to the companies at no charge, and liability is limited for the parties involved.  But let's not let facts get in the way of stuff.  And our states have no problem suing the federal government for transgressions, real or imagined. 

Dallas Observer

The circus that is Taco Bell's marketing team continues: Brand Eating and Foodbeast and soon all the blogs and this one are reporting that Taco Bell is testing/rolling out/releasing upon the world a Waffle Taco. A Waffle Taco, in case you were wondering, is an egg and sausage inside of a waffle that's shaped like a taco. To recap: layer of egg + layer of sausage + waffle folded into taco shape. It's 89 cents, too. They're currently testing it in Southern California. Foodbeast is reporting it comes with a packet of syrup.

I had good success when I was working on it with a recumbent bike that had a targeted HR program.  HR too low, and it would kick up the resistance.  HR spike too high, and it would dial it back.  And I easily saw differences over the course of the few weeks I can ever be bothered to maintain a fitness regimen. 

Ze Germans are an odd people.

Nada.

Don't forget Marky Mark sans Funky Bunch.

When I open it in a new tab, I get an Imageshack interstitial page with a link to "Continue to the Media".  If I click that link, I get a page that indicates the image has been removed.

Jeremy Renner (probably grateful for more exposure)

 

Hurt Locker, Hansel & Gretel, Mission Impossible, and the new Bourne movie, and he needs more exposure?  W.T.F.?

Cool.  Maybe they'll add Season 6 to Netflix so I can finally watch it.

Hey now, elementary school me LOVED Ninja Rap.

Go, ninja, go, ninja GO!

Those controlling the purse strings aren't always willing to use it.

It's a feedback loop of the saps that watch it paying for the products that fund it that pay the networks to air it.  Until the American public gets smarter (which isn't happening), it's just going to continue down the spiral.

The mom and pop stores that can sell online will get a competitive advantage here.  As long as they stay below, I believe, $1M per year, they can sell online without having to make any sales tax adjustments. 

One of the other things I like about the bill is that it puts the onus on the states.  They have to contract with a software provider to generate the software, which has to be provided to businesses free of charge.  There are liability limits so that parties not involved in a screw-up can't be held responsible for it.  And the states are at a strictly opt-in model with a 90 or 180 day lead time depending on when they approve the program. 

How many investigations do we need?

The FBI opened its investigation soon after the attack and it remains ongoing. No arrests have been made. On May 2, 2013, the FBi released photos of three men from the Benghazi attack site, asking for help from the public in identifying the individuals.
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The [State Department] investigation report was released December 20, 2012. It was seen as a sharp criticism of State Department officials in Washington for ignoring requests for more guards and safety upgrades, and for failing to adapt security procedures to a deteriorating security environment. "Systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels within two bureaus of the State Department ... resulted in a special mission security posture that was inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place," said the unclassified version of the report.
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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-MA) opened an investigation in mid October 2012. Their final report was delivered December 31, 2012.  According to the report, "there was a high risk of a 'significant' terrorist attack on U.S. employees and facilities in Benghazi in the months before the September 11, 2012, assault on the Mission, and the State Department failed to take adequate steps to reduce the Mission’s vulnerability."

At what point is it just more politicians just bouncing the rubble in trying to make their own political hay about the issues?

Oh, and for anyone that's interested, WaPo live blogged the hearings.

Support

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever Tuesday, but fewer Americans than ever are benefiting from the stock market boom.

According to Gallup, only 52 percent of Americans own any stock. That is down from a high of 65 percent in 2007 and the lowest number ever reported by Gallup. Meanwhile the richest 5 percent of Americans own 82 percent of all the stock.

Speaking at an investors conference in New York on Wednesday, hedge fund manager Paul Singer blamed the Federal Reserve for boosting stocks and impeding economic recovery. Singer said that quantitative easing has caused a “distorted recovery” and created “a poisonous atmosphere in which to rely upon the private sector to generate growth.”

“Most of the people in this room are doing just fine,” Singer said. “The ordinary person is not experiencing the effective equivalent of Dow Jones 15,000. … The average person is paying a lot of money … for the necessities of life, is worried about his or her job or the job of his or her family … is experiencing an economy that has basically recession-level employment.”

Then yuo need to watch Cabin in the Woods if you haven't.  It's co-written by Joss Whedon and has Fran Kranz in it, formerly Topher of Dollhouse

 

With EA getting the Disney business, we can probably look forward to Sarlaccs vs Stormtroopers now.

Nooooooooooooooo!

Today it was announced that Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney Interactive are entering into a multi-year, multi-title exclusive licensing agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) for the creation of new high quality Star Wars games spanning multiple genres for console, PC, mobile, and tablets.
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While EA studios will develop for the core Star Wars gaming audience, Disney Interactive will focus on delivering new Star Wars games for casual audiences on mobile, social, tablet, and online gaming platforms.
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"Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe," said EA Labels President Frank Gibeau. "Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay."

Apparently there are three people that still don't own it.  And they should.  They really should.

It's rated R, and I'd say it's more true to the horror roots than T&D, but it's certainly not a typical horror film.

Cabin and Dale and Tucker are truly brilliant takes on the genre.  But if you're not at least passing familiar with the history and tropes, you're not going to get it.

Aced it.  But then, I took five science courses to graduate HS and have active subscriptions to Wired, Popular Science, Discover, and Scientific American.

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I told you it was trouble. 

I love this pic,we always knew Yoda was a distant cousin of Kermit,but seeing Jim Henson here(especially in that shirt) is enough to make me smile

Yoda's related to Grover, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Cookie Monster, and Bert.  He's friends with Kermit.

I *finally* found the ultra-rare component I need to build a single hydroelectric plant in Anno 2070.  It's the best energy producer in the game, producing a vast amount electricity with minimal environmental impact, zero chance of disaster, and it slots into a space that cannot be used for any other purpose.  I decided to build it in Gratch Gardens so I can tear down the solar plants and rededicate the space to new agriculture.

That's okay, that dam's going to be destroyed by Chinese hackers.

The move is relatively easy.  I traded money for time.  I don't have to be out of my current place until the end of May, but seeing as the fiancee is already set in the new place, sooner is better rather than later.