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Nice to see you're part of TTK's personal entourage now. Need a hanky?

Taken together with the context of the rest of his sentence--that I'm stupid--I think it's hilarious.

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With the development of vaccines we have, essentially, killed the wolf that once culled our numbers. A trophic cascade is now well underway. When you think of all the sorrow that has accompanied our move from hunter-gatherers to the farm, it's hard imagine vaccines as a bad thing. And they're not. It's just that there's no free lunch, and I'm not sure technology (or the environment) can keep up with our reproductive rates and our improved mortality.

Fecal transplantation It works, too. 90% success rate in eliminating drug-resistant clostridium, which is fucking amazing. If it was a new drug they'd be happy if it had a 10% success rate. The latest Sci Am had a good overview article. No shit? I mean, shit.

So the guilty pleas from four Democrats never happened? Because Fox reported it? Never mind the rest of the story, are you saying that it never happened? You're not as guilty of this, but just be sure to employ your journalistic standards when j_b starts a thread (like this one) with links to The Guardian, Huffington post, Common Dreams, etc.

+1 It's a shame that so many of my liberal counterparts are total luddites. It's the lack of meat protein in their diets. Makes their skin leathery, their vision poor, their pits smelly, and their brains slow.

Sure. Whatever helps you and yours sleep at night. The fact is that j_b's allegations remain unproven--and likely unprovable. Elsewhere in his wandering links, the felon-voter rights and id requirements are, in fact, laws which have arisen out of the democratic process itself--which explains his contempt. The allegations in the piece from Fox have this thing called evidence to back them up. A difficult concept for you and yours, I'm quite sure. Again, on one hand we have murky statistics bolstered by unfounded suspicion and, quite frankly, left-wing paranoia. On the other hand, we have a clear cut case of election fraud on a massive scale and the woe-is-us cadre (that's you and j_b) are still willing to look away. I might add that listening to someone who, by his own account, participated in questionable ethics after the 2004 governor's race renders his soapbox speech on principles null.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/21/officials-plead-guilty-in-new-york-voter-fraud-case/ A total of four Democratic officials and political operatives have now pleaded guilty to voter fraud-related felony charges in an alleged scheme to steal a New York election. The latest guilty pleas expose the ease with which political insiders can apparently manipulate the electoral system and throw an election their way, by the forging of signatures of unsuspecting voters that are then cast as real votes...

Um, you might want to ask your fellow libtards if they're really in need your self-proclaimed superhero services. Frankly, none of them seem real enthusiastic about your style.

j_bot is finally showing us his true feelings about the death of the glorious leader of the People's Republic of NK... and it only took how many posts for us to see what we already knew? =

In j_bot's Marxist vision capitalism is 'freedumb'. 'Nuf said. You are so lame. It's definitely not worth the effort.

...and that's just his last six posts

I was doing you a favor by saying you're a liar considering the unpleasant alternative (blithering stupidity).

Wow. Behold the paranoid left.

You eventually call everyone you argue with regularly a liar. A harsh judgment to levy, and one I've never meted out so lightly as you. As for the rest of you "support of argument" I don't give a fuck. j_bot has a lot in common with the leadership of the DPRK who, in all likelihood, honestly believe "everyone else" is lying. Sad, really.

Gotta love j_bot's brand of democracy: "There's no need for additional elections. The people have spoken!"

Your combination of lies and getting the basic facts wrong is pathetic (Zelaya wanted to organize a popular vote on the constitution, jackass) And he ordered the military to do it for him. That's why they rebelled. Jackass.

That's rich coming from you, who in all probability haven't found an imperial war of aggression you didn't like. Obviously you didn't read the piece--and haven't heard of Charles Tilly. Remember, pretending to have read isn't the same as actually reading.

http://www.king5.com/news/cities/olympia/State-wasted-nearly-2-million-on-little-or-unused-cell-phones-134152503.html Nov 18 at 4:49 PM Nearly one-third of state-issued cell phones reviewed over a 12-month period by the State Auditor’s Office were used infrequently or not at all at a cost to taxpayers of $1.8 million. More than 2,000 of those phones weren’t touched -- not used at all -- during the audit period of March 2010 through February 2011. The bill for the unused phones was $533,000. The state spent $1.3 million on phones that were only lightly used in the time period. According to the audit, about 4,700 phones were used fewer than 30 minutes a month. The audit also found the state missed opportunities to save money by choosing costly and inefficient cell phone plans. “When we analyzed the use of phones serviced by AT&T, we found the state could save an additional $347,000 by changing most regularly used phones to a prepaid plan,” wrote Sonntag. The audit comes exactly two weeks after Gov. Gregoire issued a directive to all state agencies to cut down on the number of cell phones and cell phone costs. The state’s largest agency, the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), had the largest number of little- or unused phones during the time period. DSHS spent $1.4 million on cell phones in the year’s time on 4,284 phones. Of those, 649 were identified as unused and 1,327 were identified as not used much at all. The cost to taxpayers for those phones was more than $500,000. The auditor recommended that state agencies turn in all unused and little-used cell phones unless they’re required for emergencies. Sonntag also recommended that the Department of Enterprise Services (DIS), which maintains the phone contracts, use more pre-paid plans and offer stipends to employees who use personal cell phones for state business. According to the audit, some state agencies, including the Department of Transportation, already follow this practice. Sonntag commended state agencies that have already cut back on their cell phone expenditures. “I also would like to give credit here to state agencies that, in total, already have taken nearly 2,000 phones out of service and that have changed plans, resulting in an estimated savings of $732,565 so far,” wrote Sonntag. “We are confident others will follow as they work to be good stewards of precious public dollars.”

Good video. Reminds me of Charles Tilly's famous essay: "War Making and State Making as Organized Crime" http://www.scribd.com/doc/2846068/Tilly-War-Making-and-State-Making-as-Organized-Crime