Wikipedia's SOPA box

[Prime32]

Split off some discussion of abortions and Ron Paul.

[SolEiji]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/the-wh-loves-aggressive-journalism-abroad-todays-qs-for-os-wh-2222012/

This makes me a little proud.   

[SolEiji]

And this is... interesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/opinion/foreclosure-story-untold-in-hollywood.html?_r=1   

[SolEiji]

And an interesting image within.

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[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

that Glenn Beck ripped off ruthlessly.  Beck just toned down and homogenized

Citation required. Not to be a douche, but if you have ever listened to Beck ... he clearly believes in what he is saying too.

[SolEiji]

Really UN?  Really?   

[SolEiji]

History of hyperinflation in Germany.

[SolEiji]

"I was talking about... the increasing number of children being born out of wedlock in America, teens who are sexually active.... We hear this all the time: cut spending, limit the government, everything will be fine. No, everything's not going to be fine. There are bigger problems at stake in America. And someone has got to go out there--I will--and talk about the things."

Oh Santorum, blow it out your frothy behind...

[X-Codes]

History of hyperinflation in Germany.

You're de-railing the thread again.

Also, who cares?  Just because you double the number of DM in the world, doesn't mean that each individual DM is worth half of what it was.  The reason the definition for inflation changed is because price inflation, pretty much the only effect of currency inflation, is a way more important figure to keep track of for the very same reason that 2x number of DM != each DM is worth half as much.

[bhu]

that Glenn Beck ripped off ruthlessly.  Beck just toned down and homogenized

Citation required. Not to be a douche, but if you have ever listened to Beck ... he clearly believes in what he is saying too.

I have listened to Beck.  Not willingly but I have listened since a great many of my friends adore him for the gods alone knows what reason.  Alex Jones has been around longer than him, spouted much the same paranoid conspiracy theory as him, and often in a pretty similar manner.  The difference is that Jones immediately comes across as a delusionary paranoid, whereas Beck is just a bullshit artist who tapped into an audience he could exploit (and he dumbs it down a little so a mass audience can understand while avoiding the weirder crap Jones eschews).   They've openly been rivals for a bit now: http://www.infowars.com/rolling-stone-glenn-beck-rips-off-alex-jones/ (or at least Jones believes they are).  Beck's even mocked Jones occasionally on his radio program.

Even some comedy websites weigh in on it: http://www.squidoo.com/alex-jones-vs-glenn-beck

Edit: Also for citation, the mainstream news pretty much doesnt cover the two of them.  It's either all little indie sites, blogs, or their own sites that mention their petty squabbles, all of which are prety much biased.

[SolEiji]

History of hyperinflation in Germany.

You're de-railing the thread again.

Also, who cares?  Just because you double the number of DM in the world, doesn't mean that each individual DM is worth half of what it was.  The reason the definition for inflation changed is because price inflation, pretty much the only effect of currency inflation, is a way more important figure to keep track of for the very same reason that 2x number of DM != each DM is worth half as much.

We've been on rails?    I was pretty sure we've been off the original SOPA topic for some time now.

Please don't think I'm trying to be antagonistic.  I'm trying to learn all I can right now.  Admittedly what you say doesn't entirely make sense, but I haven't discounted it.  I'm just trying to get the other side, and of course letting others see what I'm looking at.

And on that matter, this is what I'm watching right now: http://www.tomwoods.com/Inflation/

I don't need to provide a comment, one cause I'm kinda watching it right now, and two cause I want whoever looks to form their own opinion.

[X-Codes]

This is so twilight zone... but Rick Santorum is actually right on this one.

When the Gold Standard was the law, the government somewhat routinely melted down their gold coins, mixed it with cheaper metals like iron, nickel, etc., and then redistributed it at the same price as pure gold, creating more money.  Further, one of FDR's first acts as president was to change the value of an ounce of gold from about $20 to $35, creating instant inflation.

So yes, all this "Gold Standard prevents inflation" bullshit is just that: bullshit.

[bhu]

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/how-remove-your-google-search-history-googles-new-privacy-policy-takes-effect  a lil something for Sol

[X-Codes]

Can someone explain to me why there's outrage over this new privacy policy of Google, anyway?  It doesn't seem like they're gathering anything on you that they didn't before.

[veekie]

The only change is pretty much that they tell you they're now using the data to do Various.

[bhu]

plus they've also consolidated their data allowing their various systems to talk to one another and collate in one place.  Meaning if anyone hacks it somehow, theres a lot more they can steal.

[X-Codes]

If anyone hacks... Google?  Really?

[oslecamo]

If anyone hacks... Google?  Really?

Don't laugh. China broke into gmail a year and something ago.

[X-Codes]

If anyone hacks... Google?  Really?

Don't laugh. China broke into gmail a year and something ago.

Doesn't Google pretty much block everything from China now, though?

[Risada]

If anyone hacks... Google?  Really?

Don't laugh. China broke into gmail a year and something ago.

Doesn't Google pretty much block everything from China now, though?

That may be true, but maybe some kind of proxy might be able to fool them... I guess...