Dag, man. That choked me up a bit. I hope that he doesn't have to go to prison over this horrible mistake.
BTW, you may not want to read the comments on that site. Some people are sometimes so ignorant and careless when they share their opinions.
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Already read 'em. And posted a couple... under the alias of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabbidoo.Big Blue Owl wrote:Dag, man. That choked me up a bit. I hope that he doesn't have to go to prison over this horrible mistake.
BTW, you may not want to read the comments on that site. Some people are sometimes so ignorant and careless when they share their opinions.
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More good news!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy shifted to a higher gear in the spring, growing at its fastest pace in nearly a year as foreign buyers snapped up U.S. exports and tax rebates spurred shoppers at home.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. The revised reading was much better than the government's initial estimate of a 1.9 percent pace and exceeded economists' expectations for a 2.7 percent growth rate.
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I've probably said this dozens of times already, but have you ever noticed that every time we have a story about good economic news it always includes a phrase like "better than experts predictions"? These experts seem to ALWAYS be wrong and should probably be replaced. 
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I do that at work too.Big Blue Owl wrote:Probably so. But there is something to be said about "lowballing." I know I try to do that in some situations so that the end result is less of a disappointment
I've now heard some soundbytes from Biden last night about how dismal the economy currently is. Lest we forget, in 2001 when Bush was sworn in, he was handed an economy that had grown -0.49 percent (that's negtive growth) in the past month. With a growth rate here of +3.3 percent, the next president will be handed a much more robust economy than Dubya was handed.
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Mitt Romney's sister gets Secret Service security sweep
According to sources with strong Michigan ties, the Secret Service has conducted a security sweep of the home of Romney?s sister. Romney was raised in Michigan, where his father served as governor.
However, one campaign operative familiar with the working of a presidential-level campaign cautioned that a sweep of such a location could have been conducted in advance of Romney appearing as a surrogate ? not the vice presidential nominee ? at an upcoming McCain campaign stop in Michigan.
According to sources with strong Michigan ties, the Secret Service has conducted a security sweep of the home of Romney?s sister. Romney was raised in Michigan, where his father served as governor.
However, one campaign operative familiar with the working of a presidential-level campaign cautioned that a sweep of such a location could have been conducted in advance of Romney appearing as a surrogate ? not the vice presidential nominee ? at an upcoming McCain campaign stop in Michigan.
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From the dailytech.com techie news site:
D'oh?The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.
The event is significant as many climatologists now believe solar magnetic activity ? which determines the number of sunspots -- is an influencing factor for climate on earth.
According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory, UCLA, more than an entire month has passed without a spot. The last time such an event occurred was June of 1913. Sunspot data has been collected since 1749.
When the sun is active, it's not uncommon to see sunspot numbers of 100 or more in a single month. Every 11 years, activity slows, and numbers briefly drop to near-zero. Normally sunspots return very quickly, as a new cycle begins.
But this year -- which corresponds to the start of Solar Cycle 24 -- has been extraordinarily long and quiet, with the first seven months averaging a sunspot number of only 3. August followed with none at all. The astonishing rapid drop of the past year has defied predictions, and caught nearly all astronomers by surprise.
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In the past 1000 years, three previous such events -- the Dalton, Maunder, and Sp?rer Minimums, have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called a "mini ice age". For a society dependent on agriculture, cold is more damaging than heat. The growing season shortens, yields drop, and the occurrence of crop-destroying frosts increases.
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EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!11!!!11!!!ONE!!ElfDude wrote:From the dailytech.com techie news site:
D'oh?The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.
The event is significant as many climatologists now believe solar magnetic activity ? which determines the number of sunspots -- is an influencing factor for climate on earth.
According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory, UCLA, more than an entire month has passed without a spot. The last time such an event occurred was June of 1913. Sunspot data has been collected since 1749.
When the sun is active, it's not uncommon to see sunspot numbers of 100 or more in a single month. Every 11 years, activity slows, and numbers briefly drop to near-zero. Normally sunspots return very quickly, as a new cycle begins.
But this year -- which corresponds to the start of Solar Cycle 24 -- has been extraordinarily long and quiet, with the first seven months averaging a sunspot number of only 3. August followed with none at all. The astonishing rapid drop of the past year has defied predictions, and caught nearly all astronomers by surprise.
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In the past 1000 years, three previous such events -- the Dalton, Maunder, and Sp?rer Minimums, have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called a "mini ice age". For a society dependent on agriculture, cold is more damaging than heat. The growing season shortens, yields drop, and the occurrence of crop-destroying frosts increases.
