February 8, 2016

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Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 03:09:48

Below the orgy of Broncos clickbait on the Denver Post website I found this:

16.2% of Boulder County children live below poverty threshold

“In 2014, the most recent year for which figures were available by the time the latest report was completed, an estimated 16.2 percent of Boulder County’s children were in below-poverty households, Greenberg said. That is a 74 percent increase from the 1990 level.

Greenberg said that under a self-sufficiency standard prepared for the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, a Boulder County family of two adults, an infant and a preschooler needs an $86,644 income to meet basic needs, more than three times the official federal poverty level.

The 2014 poverty rate among Boulder County’s Hispanic children and their families was 39.5 percent, almost five times the 8.5 percent rate among white non-Hispanic children.

The poverty rate for female-headed families with children younger than 18 was 30.8 percent, compared with a 6.2 percent poverty rate for married-couple families with children.”

The article does not mention once the cost of housing, but a quick browse of the City-Data website finds this:

“Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $500,700 (it was $272,200 in 2000)”

The 99.99% white, progressive, trustafarian, granola crunchers in Boulder City don’t like brushing elbows with these browns and poors, so they bus them in from Longmont to sweep the floors and scrub the toilets at their artisan bakeries, doggy daycares, and yoga studios.

You can put all the COEXIST stickers you want on your Subaru to go with the Tibetan prayer flags hanging from the front porch of your $700 a square foot shack, but you’re still 99.99% white. Just like Ann Arbor. Just like Madison. Just like Park Slope or Williamsburg. And you hate being so white that the only thing you think you can do about it is to vote Democrat Party for life (Boulder County voted 70% for Obama in 2012).

Forward.

Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 06:00:29

Last night, Peyton looked like Eli. But hey, a ring is a ring. Here’s to NOT doing a Brett Favre.

Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 09:56:50

I wouldn’t put it past Manning to say he’s staying on. Hopefully John Elway will take him aside and tell him “You’re announcing your retirement.”, but I’m not holding my breath.

I was a bit disappointed that Kubiak didn’t put Osweiler in for the final clock eating drive, so he could say he played in the SB. They wouldn’t have make it there without him.

Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 15:15:37

“I was a bit disappointed that Kubiak didn’t put Osweiler in for the final clock eating drive, so he could say he played in the SB.”

To hand the ball off 3 times, I wouldn’t.

“The Miracle at the Meadowlands” - Down 17-12 late in the 4th quarter, Eagles cornerback Herm Edwards recovers a fumble by Giants quarterback Joe Pisarcik and returns it for a touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 19-17 victory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuXyDYT_xO8 - 217k -

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Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 20:41:35

But they were up by 14. not 5.

 
 
 
 
Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 08:11:18

Now, now, Goon. Who would you rather date? A white yoga chick with a “gap” from Boulder or some chubby toilet scrubber from El Longmonto?

 
Comment by cactus
2016-02-08 10:00:46

The book “Flashback” has a funny chapter when the main characters visit Boulder Co.

 
 
Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 03:40:20

Washington Post real journalists provide a narrative of Hillary FAIL:

“On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton’s quest to become the country’s first female president has encountered an unexpected problem: she is having trouble persuading women, young and old, to rally behind her cause.

The latest sign came Sunday, when a new CNN/WMUR survey here showed Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont beating Clinton among women by eight points — which represents a big shift from the results last week in the Iowa caucuses, where Clinton won women by 11 points.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/02/07/8c73740c-c50a-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html

“This sucker could go down” — George W. Bush

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:11:19

Apparently the left-leaning women in my family have switched alliances to the grandfatherly self-proclaimed socialist.

Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:33:51

Women vote on emotions and feelings, not reason and logic, with predictable results: scumbags and bon vivants like Bill Clinton and Barak Obama get elected thanks to the 51% female demographic.

Comment by palmetto
2016-02-08 08:08:04

You’re fuggin’ kiddin’ me. I thought it was the feckless boomers. No, no, wait, the 95% stupid sheeple. Or is it the doo-wopalee? I’m so confused.

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Comment by The Selfish Hoarder
2016-02-08 09:54:06

Mebbe the percent of white male voters out of the 30% who vote is around 20%. That would make 6% of all white males above 18 voters.

 
Comment by The Central Scrutinizer
2016-02-08 09:58:36

SOMEBODY must be blamed!

 
Comment by palmetto
2016-02-08 10:58:10

Well, it certainly isn’t me or thee, although I’m not quite sure about thee. WE are blameless!

 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-09 00:13:49

My vote doesn’t count one iota, cast among millions of California minions for Hillary.

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 03:56:04

New York Times real journalists report on overpriced rentals for gentrifying white progressive Democrat Party for life voters in New York:

Meanwhile in Brooklyn, at 365 Bond Street, a 430-unit, 80-20 building from the Lightstone Group next to the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site, residents will avail themselves of 40,000 square feet of amenity space. Among the offerings are a yoga room, a children’s playroom and a rooftop lounge with barbecue grills.

Market-rate studios there will start in the “low $2,000s,” a spokesman said, adding that “we don’t have concessions finalized yet.”

The building will be by a dock from which kayaks can be launched for paddling the Gowanus, which is scheduled to be cleaned starting this year, said Mitchell C. Hochberg, Lightstone’s president.

“I think Gowanus is one of the most exciting places in the city, like Williamsburg 10 years ago,” Mr. Hochberg said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/realestate/new-yorks-new-high-end-rentals.html

I have an inflatable kayak that takes up 1/4 of my bedroom closet, the last place I’d want to go kayaking is the Gowanus Canal. At least these seafaring Lena Dunham wannabes won’t have to worry about paying for their cancer treatment because with ObamaCare everything is free now.

Forward.

 
Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 04:12:10

Breitbart dot com provides a badge licker narrative, here quoting The Donald:

“Well, there is a divide, but I have to say that the police are absolutely mistreated and misunderstood, and if there is an incident, whether it’s an incident done purposely — which is a horror, and you should really take very strong action — or if it is a mistake, it’s on your newscasts all night, all week, all month, and it never ends.

The police in this country have done an unbelievable job of keeping law and order, and they’re afraid for their jobs, they’re afraid of the mistreatment they get, and I’m telling you that not only, me speaking, minorities all over the country, they respect the police of this country and we have to give them more respect.

They can’t act. They can’t act. They’re afraid for losing their pension, their job. They don’t know what to do. And I deal with them all the time. We have to give great respect, far greater than we are right now, to our really fantastic police.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/07/2962818/

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:17:48

To his credit, Trump has taken the other side of a lot of issues where there should have been a national debate in recent years, but wasn’t. Political correctness tends to stifle views that conflict with the ruling party.

Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:54:18

+1. For years the Republicrat dupoply and their oligarch puppetmasters have given us oligarchy-annointed “choices” that were all neocons, corporate statists, and crony capitalists - all the same candidate, in other words: empty-suit cyphers for the .1%. Trump, by having the ultra-rare capability to self-finance, could at least speak truth to power, and has frequently done so. That doesn’t necessarily mitigate his douch-baggery, but he has definitely given the awake and aware voters a way to flip off the oligarchy-controlled political establishment and their media lapdogs.

Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 07:21:09

“Trump, by having the ultra-rare capability to self-finance, could at least speak truth to power, ”

I said this on HBB, last summer. After being caught up in your manly emotion and feelings about the “95% of the electorate,” I guess you’re finally catching on.

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Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 07:35:47

Hey Donk.

 
Comment by palmetto
2016-02-08 07:56:11

Wait, maybe you’re the one who hasn’t caught on, oxy. Everyone is stupid, except for thee and me, and I’m not so sure about thee.

If people would just___________, then life would be a dream for me and thee.

 
 
 
 
Comment by MightyMike
2016-02-08 07:45:57

So many things boil down to a person’s background. Trump’s attitude is that of a Republican from a big city, a sort of person that we don’t hear from much.

 
Comment by The Selfish Hoarder
2016-02-08 09:55:56

Eric Garner misunderstood the friendly cop who strangled him for selling loosies. Kelly Thimas misunderstood the cops who hugged him to death.

Comment by Prime_Is_Contained
2016-02-08 12:40:22

cop who strangled him

He didn’t die of strangulation or asphyxiation even. He died of a heart attack—because he was obese, out of shape, and probably had a family history to boot, and yet was stupid enough to get into a wrestling match with multiple policemen.

Comment by aNYCdj
2016-02-08 16:11:59

plus he was severely functionally illiterate something all these BLM “victims” have in common

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Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 20:06:46

He didn’t die of strangulation or asphyxiation even. He died of a heart attack—

” The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office attributed Garner’s death to a combination of a chokehold, compression of his chest, and poor health”

-wikipedia

So he had a heart attack as they choked him and held him down. Hardly just a heart attack.

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Comment by Prime_Is_Contained
2016-02-08 23:08:17

So he had a heart attack as they choked him and held him down.

They were hardly choking him; yes, I watched the video many times. The fact that it was not an “approved” maneuver/hold for the officer doesn’t change the fact that he was able to talk clearly during the supposed “choking”. If you’re really being choked, you can’t talk.

And it was their job to “hold him down”, when he has CHOSEN to resist arrest.

He had a heart attack, due to over-exertion—fat, out of shape, and stupid enough to wrestle with multiple police officers at once.

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 04:22:34

Huffington Post real journalists provide a gender-nonconforming narrative:

“It is safe to assume that people are capable of choosing the right restroom for themselves. While it is valiant of you to fluff your cape and turn into Captain Safe-a-Stall, rest assured that 99.9 percent of the time, we are quite competent in our restroom selections. Your nobility is noted but stepping in to notify us of which restroom we have walked into is by no means necessary. You handle your business, we’ll handle ours.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brooke-m-feldman/3-things-gender-nonconfor_b_9165030.html

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:19:52

How did LGBT locker-room equity rise to an issue of national importance worthy of executive branch intervention?

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:36:45

California Governor Signs Landmark Bill for Transgender Students
Transgender students can use preferred bathrooms and facilities based on their gender identity.
By Allie Bidwell Aug 13, 2013

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday that will allow students to compete on sports teams and use facilities like showers and bathrooms based on their gender identity, regardless of what is listed on the student’s records.

Although other states, such as Colorado and Massachusetts, have policies on transgender equity and discrimination, California is the first to have the law written into state codes, mandating that schools must respect students’ preferences for what programs they participate in and what facilities they use. The law, dubbed by some as the “School Bathroom Bill,” will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014.

Assembly member Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, who authored the bill, said Brown’s signature was “terrific” and that it marks an important victory for transgender rights as transgender students “no longer must hide who they are, nor be treated as someone other than who they are.”

Although California law already bans discrimination against transgender students in public schools, the law serves as a clarification so transgender students will not be unfairly denied access to certain programs and facilities.

Ammiano cited a recent case in which a transgender student in Arcadia, Calif., who was born female and identifies as a male, had to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education to resolve a dispute in which the school district denied him access to men’s restrooms and locker rooms on campus.

“This is a powerful affirmation of basic human dignity, and puts California at the forefront of leadership on transgender rights,” said Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, in a statement. “Young transgender Californians should be treated with dignity and respect, and recognized for who they truly feel they are.”

Although the law is meant to give transgender students equal rights and to avoid future lawsuits, Republican lawmakers and religious leaders still strongly opposed the measure, saying it would force co-ed locker rooms and that it infringes on the privacy of other students.

Assemblymember Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills, for example, delivered more than 3,000 of letters of opposition to Brown last week, from members of a church in his district.

“This ‘one size fits all’ approach to something like gender disregards the privacy of our children and the diversity and local authority of school districts in California,” Hagman said in a statement.

Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 07:19:55

Let me see if I’ve got it straight (no pun intended). We used to be outraged at the thought of a gay guy in the men’s locker room.

Now we demand that the gay guys use the men’s locker room.

Progress?

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Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 07:33:09

Better, it’s an evolving narrative.

Did you know that if you earn $30,000+ a year you are part of the top 1% of earners, globally? And that 1/4 of the world’s humanoid population don’t have clean water, let alone indoor toilets over which to debate?

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 07:42:35

if you earn $30,000+ a year you are part of the top 1% of earners, globally? And that 1/4 of the world’s humanoid population don’t have clean water, let alone indoor toilets over which to debate?

Soo…everything is comparatively fine here, and we’re stupid to complain about a gay or transgender kid using the locker room he or she is most comfortable in?

 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 10:28:01

How did LGBT locker-room equity rise to an issue of national importance

After the Supreme Court ruled fully in favor of LGB, the SJW’s ran out of inequality to protest against, so they latched on to the remaining T with vigor. Oddfellow is proving that now.

I agree that transgenders shouldn’t be discriminated against, and that there should be reasonable accommodation like unisex/handicapped showers. However, there should be a clear definition — with concrete markers such as hormone testing — to separate the real trans people in need of protection from the attention hogs, class clowns, or Peeping Toms/Tammys looking to take advantage of mushwords like “self-identify.”

 
Comment by Prime_Is_Contained
2016-02-08 17:58:16

Did you know that if you earn $30,000+ a year you are part of the top 1% of earners, globally?

I think it would be really interesting to see what the income level of the average welfare recipient in the US represents in terms of global income percentile.

 
Comment by Rental Watch
2016-02-08 18:16:25

I’d also be interested in global inequality metrics (and how they’ve changed over time). I seem to remember hearing Gates once say that the past few decades have been very good for the poorest of the poor.

 
 
 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:39:28

Certainly there must have been some reason to set up a system of separate locker room facilities for boys and girls other than a cruel intent to trample on the rights of transgender folks?

Comment by Prime_Is_Contained
2016-02-08 18:00:19

And PB’s comment highlights out the simplest, easiest, and fairest solution of all: one locker-room for all!

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Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 22:06:20

With privacy curtains for everyone!

 
 
 
 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:46:01

Technically speaking, if a child has two X chromosomes and female parts, but claims to feel more comfortable dressing in the boy’s locker room, is the child a girl or a boy? This is so confusing!

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:50:22

FOX 5 San Diego
Parent upset over transgender student using boys’ locker room
Posted 10:52 PM, February 3, 2016, by Jaime Chambers,
Updated at 08:55am, February 4, 2016

RANCHO BERNARDO, Calif. — A biologically female student who identifies as male is currently using the boys’ locker room at Rancho Bernardo High School, and the revelation has a parent outraged.

She says students shouldn’t have to feel uncomfortable because of one transgender student’s wishes.

But school officials say California state law is clear on this issue and states a transgender student has the right to choose the bathroom with which they identify.

“This student is not trying to make a statement by being in the boys’ locker room. He just wants to be a boy. That’s how he identifies,” said Christine Paik, a spokesperson for The Poway Unified School District.

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:56:39

Coming soon to your fifteen-year old daughter’s locker room: a hypersexed heterosexual adolescent boy who “identifies” with pubescent girls. His legal right to ogle your buck naked daughter is protected by California state law!

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Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 06:30:05

Feels before reals, my betters inform, feels before reals.

 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 07:01:35

Well, this just adds insult to injury. As a lad I was never “abused” or “molested” by a hottie teacher of the sort who regularly make the news today. All of my female teachers looked like Ben Franklin. And now the perfect dodge for showering with the babes comes along, years too late to do me any good. I should sue for being denied the fullest possible educational experience.

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 07:14:44

the perfect dodge for showering with the babes comes along,

Selective outrage alert! Selective outrage alert!

(Don’t worry Ray, they won’t get outraged at you. It’s really just an ad hominem attack method, reserved for those whose politics they disagree with.)

Prediction: Not a single straight teenage boy in America will pretend to be cross-gender just to get in the girls’ locker room.

 
Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 07:49:51

lol@lola.

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 08:39:54

lol@lola.

Then where’s the outrage, gollum? Is it…selective?

 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 09:12:01

“Prediction: Not a single straight teenage boy in America will pretend to be cross-gender just to get in the girls’ locker room.”

Your prediction simply HAS to fail. There are way too many cunning heterosexual adolescent boys out there for all of them to miss out on this plum opportunity. I can picture exactly which of the boys who attended my junior high school would have pretended to be transgender for a chance to see the girls dress.

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 09:16:43

Really? They’d wear dresses to school, take on feminine names, the whole nine yards? Too many towel-snappers in school for any but the serious to go through with it, IMHO.

There’s a nude beach in San Diego, isn’t there? Couldn’t they go there and get the same thing, without wearing a dress to school?

 
Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 09:51:08

Really? They’d wear dresses to school, take on feminine names, the whole nine yards?

Will they have to do that? Won’t it be good enough for them to simply show up at the locker room and say they identify as a female?

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 10:03:01

Won’t it be good enough for them to simply show up at the locker room and say they identify as a female?

It will be interesting to see how it is done. I’m assuming you have to fully identify as whatever sex, not just hop in their shower when it suits you.

 
Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 10:51:30

Regardless whether the guys show up in the locker room wearing a dress or not, I expect some females might object to having a dude flaunt his junk in front of them while they undress and shower.

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 11:02:31

Another interesting question: can they play sports in their adopted sex?

 
Comment by anklepants
2016-02-08 11:21:48

This puts a whole new spin on the Porkys shower scene.

 
 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 06:34:37

What is California’s legal definition of “transgender?” Surely it can’t be as subjective as “identifies with.” Shouldn’t there be some objective testable marker?

Meanwhile, for decades women have had to put up with curious little boys — sometimes as old as age 9-10, in the ladies’ room at the mall. So I don’t have much sympathy.

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Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 07:17:15

some objective testable marker

Now you’re being cisgender (a word I didn’t even know existed until a year ago), and probably racist too.

 
Comment by Blue Skye
2016-02-08 08:34:16

I think she meant testacle marker.

 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 22:07:26

“Shouldn’t there be some objective testable marker?”

Such as chromosomes or body parts, for example?

 
 
 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:55:31

Technically speaking, if a child has two X chromosomes and female parts, but claims to feel more comfortable dressing in the boy’s locker room, is the child a girl or a boy? This is so confusing!

Only to you, PB.

Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 07:02:10

The difference between libertarian and progressive is that while you are free to do so, you do not get a trophy for wearing women’s panties.

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Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 07:45:56

So as long as no trophies are being awarded (and there don’t seem to be any), the libertarians agree with the kids using what locker room they’re most comfortable in?

 
Comment by MacBeth
2016-02-08 07:56:20

Not yet, anyway.

 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 08:42:42

“So as long as no trophies are being awarded (and there don’t seem to be any),”

That’s right, there are no trophies being awarded for wearing women’s panties.

Why just last night Cam Newton shied away from diving into a pile after one of his fumbles in a manner that would suggest that he was wearing women’s panties under his uniform and he did not get a trophy.

 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 09:00:04

If Cam was wimping out and didn’t want to be hit, then he has no business being a semi-running back in addition to quarterback. IMO, his mind just blanked out.

 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 09:11:05

“The difference between libertarian and progressive”

After watching Hillary and Barney Sanders debate I think some consideration for changing the term progressive back to Pinko should be given some consideration.

Pinko

From Wikipedia

Pinko is a slang term coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism, though not necessarily a Communist Party member. It has since come to be used, derogatorily, to describe anyone perceived to have leftist or socialist sympathies.

The term has its origins in the notion that pink is a lighter shade of red, a color associated with communism. Thus pink could describe a “lighter form of communism”, purportedly promoted by supporters of socialism who were not themselves actual or “card carrying” communists.

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 09:12:28

IMO, his mind just blanked out.

Concussionball will do that to you.

 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 09:25:04

“Concussionball will do that to you.”

The conversation switched to football, you get back to the stuff you know about like boys wearing dresses.

 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 09:29:45

“If Cam was wimping out and didn’t want to be hit,”

Cam didn’t want to be hit anymore.

He had clearly had enough of that sh#t.

 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 10:57:13

kids using what locker room they’re most comfortable in

There’s that mush-mouth language again: “comfortable.” What about the comfort of everybody else?

IIUC there is a transitioning period going from one gender to another, let’s say male to female. During this time, he shouldn’t use the boy’s room because he’s not a boy (anymore) and he shouldn’t use the girl’s room because he’s not a girl (yet). He should be relegated to the locker room that matches his/her gender, that is, the unisex facility. Shouldn’t that provide reasonable accommodation and adequate comfort?

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 11:09:46

I went to high school back in the paleolithic period, but even then the girls had stalls around their toilets and showers, whereas we had none (in the gym).

Stalls for all would solve it all, right? Easy peasy and no one has to get on their high horse of moralism. Probably more hygienic too.

Problem solved.

 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 14:10:32

I’ve seen everything from individual shower stalls, to a shower room with dividers which didn’t do much, to an open shower room with heads around the walls and no dividers at all. Whatever the shower set up, you still had to walk back and forth from the shower to the open area where the lockers and benches were.

I suppose it would be possible to be fully clothed, carry everything into the curtained shower stall, and emerge fully clothed, but it would take an inordinate amount of time and get everything wet. So women were wandering around in all states of dress and undress.

If anything, the unisex/handicapped facility is the most hygienic for the self-identifier, as so few people use it.

 
Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 14:10:56

There’s that mush-mouth language again: “comfortable.” What about the comfort of everybody else?

As we all know, some protected classes are more equal than others. In this case we know who wins.

 
Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 14:13:48

Stalls for all would solve it all, right?

Last time I checked in my gym you don’t get dressed/undressed in the shower stall. You do that in the locker section.

Why are people so hell bent on having boys in the girls’ locker room (and vice versa)?

 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 14:33:32

Here are your stalls, oddfellow:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/starbucks-responds-sign-banning-women-store-saudi-arabia-n513936

“A Twitter user going by the name “Manar N” tweeted on Feb. 1 that she had recently denied service at a Starbucks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. … Starbucks said in a statement that the particular store “was originally built without a gender wall. That meant it could only accommodate men in accordance with local law.” That meant it could only accommodate men in accordance with local law.”

As a result, “a poster was placed at the store entrance as required by local law,” the statement said.

The store has been renovated to include the “gender wall,” Starbucks spokeswoman Jaime Riley told NBC News on Monday.”
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What’s a poor Self-Identifier to do????!!?

 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 22:08:26

“Stalls for all would solve it all, right? Easy peasy and no one has to get on their high horse of moralism. Probably more hygienic too.”

Who would bear the extra costs?

 
 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 09:16:01

You must have missed the Poway District administrator’s reference to the transgender girl who dresses out with the boys as “he”.

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Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 06:08:12

The Economist print edition
United States
Transgender life
Restroom rumpus
A fault line runs through the stalls
Jan 30th 2016 | CHICAGO

“THESE children have fewer rights than prison inmates,” says Tom Morrison, a Republican state representative in Illinois. Mr Morrison is talking about girls at a high school in his constituency, Palatinate, who share a locker-room with a transgender girl. Late last year the Department of Education ruled that the school had violated anti-discrimination laws by banning a pupil, who was born male but identifies as a girl, from the girls’ locker room. Male prison inmates have successfully argued in court that letting female guards supervise them when they are taking a shower violates their privacy, reasons Mr Morrison, so they now have more rights than Illinois schoolchildren.

The debate in Illinois is part of a national discussion that pits those who think of gender as something a person is born with against those who argue that being male or female can be a choice. Progressives have taken the “choice” side of the argument—in April 2015 the White House added a gender-neutral toilet—prompting conservatives to take the opposing one. In South Dakota a bill similar to Mr Morrison’s is moving forward in the legislature. Last autumn voters in Houston, Texas, rejected a broad anti-discrimination ordinance because its opponents had depicted it as a “bathroom ordinance” that would enable potentially predatory men and even registered sex offenders to enter women’s loos. In Indiana Jim Tomes, a Republican state senator, introduced a bill last December which would make the use of a facility that does not correspond with a person’s birth certificate a misdemeanour, punishable with up to one year in jail and a fine of $5,000. A spokesman for Mr Tomes says the bill will not be submitted to a vote in the legislature, but that does not mean that “similar language in a different bill couldn’t be considered”.

The bigger battle, though, is over multi-stall restrooms and locker rooms, especially in schools. Title IX , an amendment tacked on to the Higher Education Act in 1972, says that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education programme or activity receiving federal financial assistance”. The Obama administration has interpreted this as meaning that transgender pupils must be allowed to use facilities for the gender with which they identify. In October it filed a legal brief in a federal appeals court backing the legal challenge of Gavin Grimm, a transgender boy, to the policy of his school in rural Virginia which bans him from using the boys’ toilets. On January 27th the judges will hear oral arguments in GG v. Gloucester County School Board. It is the first time a federal court will have to weigh up the question.

Comment by MacBeth
2016-02-08 08:01:29

You reap what you sow.

 
 
 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:22:21

When will the bleeding stop?

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 05:26:56

Marketwatch dot com
Dow futures drop 200 points, setting Wall Street up for an ugly start
By Barbara Kollmeyer
Published: Feb 8, 2016 6:27 a.m. ET
J.P. Morgan says it’s too early to buy the recent pullback
Bears are growling for a Monday

U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Monday, indicating Wall Street is set to continue the heavy losses seen last week, as oil prices weakened and investors rushed to the perceived safety of gold.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YMH6, -1.07%) slid 204 points, or 1.3%, to 15,926, while S&P 500 futures (ESH6, -1.09%) dropped 25.05 points, or 1.3%, to 1,850. Nasdaq-100 futures (NQH6, -1.74%) fell 70.25 points, or 1.7%, to 3,952.25.

The losses come on the heels of the biggest weekly drop in a month for U.S. equities. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP, -3.25%) fell 3.3% on Friday and logged a 5.4% weekly drop, its biggest in a month, as the so-called FANG stocks crumbled. Those stocks are Facebook Inc. (FB, -5.81%) Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, -3.28%) Netflix Inc. (NFLX, -7.71%) and Google parent Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL, -3.60%).

A mixed U.S. jobs report and weak oil prices played a role in last week’s dives, which included a 1.6% weekly drop for the Dow industrials (DJIA, -1.29%) and a 3.1% slide for the S&P 500 (SPX, -1.85%) Oil prices lost more than 8% last week, and early Monday, WTI crude (CLH6, -2.53%) fell 78 cents, or 2.5%, to $30.11 a barrel.

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 10:52:11

Did your portfolio get FANGed?

 
 
Comment by I am yuuuge in Burma
2016-02-08 05:40:19

2 to 3 days.

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 06:10:55

It seems to be setting up to last for months to come, if not years. In Japan, it’s been a quarter of a century already with no clear respite.

Comment by azdude
2016-02-08 06:19:13

Didnt it take 2 years for the nasdaq to bottom last time?

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Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 07:37:37

Hey az_Donk

 
 
 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 08:34:15

Actually it’s more like 4-7. Wake up, Pbear! :grin:

 
 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 06:18:25

Why a selloff in European banks is ominous
By Sara Sjolin
Published: Feb 7, 2016 1:23 p.m. ET
Europe’s bank index has posted its longest weekly string of losses since 2008
Everett Collection
Dark clouds are gathering around Europe’s banking sector.

European banks have been caught in a perfect storm of market turmoil, lately.

Lackluster profits and negative interest rates, have prompted investors to dump shares in the sector that was touted as one of the best investment ideas just a few months ago.

The region’s banking gauge, the Stoxx Europe 600 Banks Index (FX7, -3.79%) has logged six straight weeks of declines, its longest weekly losing stretch since 2008, when banks booked 10 weeks of losses, beginning in May, according to FactSet data.

“The current environment for European banks is very, very bad. Over a full business cycle, I think it’s very questionable whether banks on average are able to cover their cost of equity. And as a result that makes it an unattractive investment for long-term investors,” warned Peter Garnry, head of equity strategy at Saxo Bank.

The doom-and-gloom outlook for banks comes as the stock market has had an ominous start to the year.

East or west, investors ran for the exit in a market marred by panic over tumbling oil prices (CLH6, -3.69%) and signs of sluggishness in China. But for Europe’s banking sector, the new year has started even worse, sending the bank index down 20% year-to-date, compared with 11% for the broader Stoxx Europe 600 index.

 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 06:25:51

BloombergBusiness
Bloodied, Not Broken: U.S. Bond Market’s Biggest Bears Die Hard
Susanne Walker Barton
February 7, 2016 — 2:00 PM PST
Updated on February 8, 2016 — 3:54 AM PST
Best start for Treasuries since 2008 can’t last, says Loomis
10-year yields at 1.8% “hard to get excited about,” Wamco says

The biggest bears in the U.S. bond market are standing their ground.

Despite the best start to a year for Treasuries since the credit crisis, Western Asset Management, Loomis Sayles and Franklin Templeton Investments say U.S. government bonds are a losing bet. The firms, which oversee more than $800 billion, contend investors are being driven by irrational fears about China, the commodities collapse and a weakening U.S. economy — and making the mistake of pouring into Treasuries that yield less than 2 percent.

Treasuries are “very expensive,” said Carl Eichstaedt, who manages the $15.4 billion Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund and favors investment-grade company debt and emerging markets. “If you are a Treasury bond bull today, you really have to have a negative picture on the global economy. The U.S is the bright spot. The worst of Europe is behind them and the world is too negative on China’s prospects.”

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 10:17:47

Marketwatch dot com
10-year Treasury yield falls to one-year low
By Anora Mahmudova
Published: Feb 8, 2016 12:02 p.m. ET
Investors flock to bond markets as stocks, oil slide

Treasury prices rallied, pushing yields to a 12-month low on Monday, as investors bid up safe assets such as bonds and gold as stocks skidded yet again.

Some analysts pointed to widening credit default spreads for banks as the trigger for Monday’s moves.

 
 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:36:47

Since I covered most of my tech shorts on Friday, a tech bloodbath from here on out is assured as Da Boyz exit the Fed-Wall Street pump & dump and leave retail “investors” holding the bag.

Comment by azdude
2016-02-08 06:38:35

Will this be the shortest tightening cycle in history?

 
Comment by drumminj
2016-02-08 08:34:40

My stock compensation got destroyed last week.

I feel bad for anyone who didn’t diversify out of their company’s stock (those holding ESPP shares/RSUs/etc for long term cap gains).

Still a lot of open shorts out there..

Comment by Prime_Is_Contained
2016-02-08 23:04:19

I feel bad for anyone who didn’t diversify out of their company’s stock (those holding ESPP shares/RSUs/etc for long term cap gains).

I preach this on a regular basis to those around me, drummin… Some listen, some don’t. But when your largest asset (paycheck annuity) is tied to a single company, it is foolhardy to be carrying more of the same stock than you are required to hold (e.g. unvested shares). Diversification is key.

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Comment by Prime_Is_Contained
2016-02-08 23:12:03

My stock compensation got destroyed last week.

Whoa!!! Just went and looked at your company, drummin—ouch indeed! Glad to hear that you diversified!!

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Comment by drumminj
2016-02-09 08:12:54

Glad to hear that you diversified!!

Not as much as I should have, unfortunately. I’ve been holding a chunk for long-term cap gains treatment, so I’m feeling the pain some as well.

Sometimes you have to re-affirm what you believe in the hard way!

 
 
 
 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:57:52

Our financial system is a house of cards. This could very well be the long-deferred implosion as all the fraud and ficticious valuations built up in the system come crashing down as the financial reckoning day and true price discovery finally assert themselves.

Thank G_D I am not sitting on an outsized mortgage on a soon-to-be-cratering house!

Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 07:10:14

an outsized mortgage

That’s a redundancy.

Debt donkeys gonna donk.

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 09:21:33

Debt donkeys gonna get schlonged.

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Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 09:32:40

I see a definite Head and Shoulders pattern in the S&P 500 chart…without the head!

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 09:35:23

Stocks drop on global growth fears; Dow drops 340 points
By Ellie Ismailidou and Barbara Kollmeyer
Published: Feb 8, 2016 11:20 a.m. ET
FANG stocks see further rout, financials sell off
Bears are growling for a Monday

U.S. stocks tumbled Monday, with the S&P 500 on track for its lowest close in 22 months as a fresh drop in oil prices amid continuing fears of economic slowdown sparked a global flight-to-quality.

 
 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 10:35:59

Has the Chinese flu infected Wall Street?

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 10:37:24

Marketwatch dot com
Resist the urge to buy this stock-market pullback, says J.P. Morgan
By Barbara Kollmeyer
Published: Feb 8, 2016 12:10 p.m. ET
A buying opportunity is tough to see right now
Reuters

It is too soon to look for a bottom for stocks, at least over the medium term, Mislav Matejka, equity strategist at J.P. Morgan, and a team of analysts wrote in a note on Monday.

That buying opportunity is tough to see right now, even as the proportion of S&P 500 (SPX, -1.79%) and European stocks (SXXP, -3.54%) already in a bear market have increased to 40%, the analysts said.

 
 
 
Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 05:53:58

Conflicted on this narrative as I do not like the DHS police state or the ISIS:

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/268282-dhs-ordered-me-to-scrub-records-of-muslims-with-terror

Cultural relativists gonna relate. And badge lickers gonna badge.

Comment by palmetto
2016-02-08 09:33:02

Speaking of scripting a narrative, what are the odds that TWO major MSM publications would publish the more or less same story on Somalian “refugees” in Lewiston, Maine?

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2016/0208/As-US-braces-for-refugees-one-Maine-town-offers-lesson-of-inclusion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/reborn-maine-milling-city-offers-lessons-amid-refugee-crisis/2016/02/08/a8cd9752-ce2b-11e5-90d3-34c2c42653ac_story.html

Awww, they’re offering lessons. Isn’t that special?

Sheer. Propaganda. I notice they don’t have much to say about the citizens of Lewiston who, while out taking solitary walks, get knocked over by the feral progengy of the “refugees”.

If anyone is interested, check out a website called “Refugee Resettlement Watch”. https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/

You’ll learn what a racket refugee resettlement is and how various organizations are making a ton of money off it, courtesy of the taxpayers. And how they just dump the “refugees” on various communities and leave them to deal with the fallout.

Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 18:18:38

Every registered Democrat is an accessory to this.

 
 
 
Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 06:07:47

A Trump torture narrative, no smaller government happening here:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-waterboarding-torture-218901

“We tortured some folks” — Barack Hussein Obama

 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:34:50

“Anyone who says the American economy is in decline is peddling fiction.”

– Barak Obama, 2016 SOTU address.

 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:40:37

Gold looks set to be a moon shot as the flight to quality begins in earnest. With the COMEX levered up at over 542 paper (non-existent) ozs for each oz of real, physical gold in their possession, it’s going to get interesting when gold buyers “stand for delivery” and demand their physical gold (which doesn’t exist but was sold to them anyway).

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-08/gold-surges-4-month-highs

Comment by The Selfish Hoarder
2016-02-08 10:00:35

I cut my losses on Hess oil and sold it all. Too early to buy. Maybe I will go in at $25. I sold off my Swiss francs ETF for. Larger loss, $400. My AUY is making up for the total of two losses.

Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 18:21:35

I bought Hess at 35 and sold at 38. May buy it back if oil drops below $26. Took some of my AUY, SSRI & GSS off the table for a nice profit. Sold FCX at 5.75; will pick up more if it dips below $5 again.

 
 
 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 06:45:02

Vote for corrupt, incompetent Democrats (redundant, I realize) and get bagd governance. Who’d have thunk it. The dolts in places like Detroit, Flint, and Louisiana never learn.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/7/louisiana-northeast-water-woes.html

 
Comment by palmetto
2016-02-08 07:03:40

Christie on Rubio:

‘Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face’. That’s Marco.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/07/christie-on-rubio-everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-hit-in-the-face.html

Comment by azdude
2016-02-08 07:15:21

he stole mike tysons quote.

Comment by palmetto
2016-02-08 07:58:52

He credits Tyson in the article.

 
 
 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 07:13:20

“There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other… [some] don’t understand the importance of why young women have to support Hillary Clinton,” Albright said during a Clinton campaign event on Saturday.

If Anyone’s Going to Hell, It’s Madeleine Albright

As UN ambassador, Albright justified the death of 500,000 children

Paul Joseph Watson - February 8, 2016 59

Madeleine Albright’s warning that women who don’t vote for Hillary are going to hell should probably be taken seriously given that Albright once justified the deaths of half a million Iraqi children, and almost certainly has a special place reserved in hades for herself.

The irony of Clinton constantly touting her feminist credentials is particularly disgusting given her past role in hiring people to terrorize women who alleged they were raped by Bill Clinton.

However, if you believe in the concept of hell, Madeleine Albright is guaranteed to have a one way ticket.

During a 60 Minutes interview in 1996, Albright, then Ambassador to the United Nations, infamously suggested that 500,000 dead Iraqi children due to UN sanctions was a price worth paying.

“We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?” Lesley Stahl asked Albright.

“We think the price is worth it,” Albright responded.

After receiving intense criticism, Albright later tried to back away from the callous comment, but still took time to accuse Stahl of engaging in “Iraqi propaganda” simply for asking the question.

Given that Alright believes that geopolitical motives justify the mass slaughter of children, it’s no surprise that she seems very familiar with the concept of hell as she approaches the age of 80.

Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 07:35:36

InfoWars articles not allowed here. Stick with the New York Times narrative.

 
Comment by inchbyinch
2016-02-08 08:41:15

I would never vote gender bias, regardless of my estrogen dominant status.

 
Comment by oxide
2016-02-08 08:54:41

“Sanctions” and “mass slaughtering” are not the same thing.

Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 09:58:05

“Sanctions” and “mass slaughtering” are not the same thing.”

I wonder if the 500,000 dead Iraqi children knew that?

 
 
Comment by The Central Scrutinizer
2016-02-08 13:29:39

Maybe Hillary is blackmailing the sky wizard into doling out damnation to Sanders supporters.

 
 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 07:47:27

Pentagon orders commanders to prioritize climate change in all military actions

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Updated: 9:12 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 2016

The Pentagon is ordering the top brass to incorporate climate change into virtually everything they do, from testing weapons to training troops to war planning to joint exercises with allies.

A new directive’s theme: The U.S. Armed Forces must show “resilience” and beat back the threat based on “actionable science.”

To four-star generals and admirals, among them the regional combatant commanders who plan and fight the nation’s wars, the directive tells them: “Incorporate climate change impacts into plans and operations and integrate DoD guidance and analysis in Combatant Command planning to address climate change-related risks and opportunities across the full range of military operations, including steady-state campaign planning and operations and contingency planning.”

The directive, “Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience,” is in line with President Obama’s view that global warming is the country’s foremost national security threat, or close to it. Mr. Obama says there is no debate on the existence of man-made global warming and its ensuing climate change. Supporters of this viewpoint label as “deniers” any scientists who disagree.

Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 08:04:08

I thought feminizing the military was Defense Priority #1.

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 08:05:59

The numbers of global warming deniers are shrinking like an ice sheet. Becoming a bit like the creationists denying evolution.

I wonder what the Kochs’ ROI is on their science denying web sites and thunk tanks.

Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 08:24:41

97% of Americans not worried about global warming
much more worried about terrorism, the economy, immigration

By Michael Bastasch on November 25, 2015

While 97 percent of scientists may agree mankind is driving global warming, 97 percent of Americans don’t seem to care about the issue when stacked up against other concerns such as terrorism or the economy, according to a recent Fox News poll.

A November Fox News poll of more than 1,000 registered voters found that only 3 percent listed “climate change” as the most important issue facing the country today, down from 5 percent in August. Americans were much more worried about terrorism, the economy and immigration than global warming.

Even among Democrats concern for global warming was low. The Fox poll found only 6 percent of Democrats listed global warming as their top concern, compared to 1 percent of Republicans. Men were slightly more likely than women to list global warming as their top concern, and whites were more likely than blacks to worry about warming.

Fox released its poll as President Barack Obama prepares to meet other world leaders in Paris next week for a United Nations climate summit. Obama desperately wants countries to sign onto a global agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and make up for his foreign policy failure at Copenhagen in 2009.

But Obama’s climate agenda doesn’t seem to be gaining traction with Americans despite increased efforts to tie global warming to extreme weather, public health concerns and national security.

Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer spent $73 million during the 2014 election cycle backing liberal candidates and trying to make global warming a top tier issue in campaigns — but with little success it would seem.

Steyer, a hedge fund billionaire, has vowed to dump money into getting candidates to talk more about global warming. Steyer held a fundraiser earlier this year for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who later released a plan to build half a billion solar panels by the end of her first term.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/97-of-americans-not-worried-about-global-warming/#ZXdSgTKiyrX5lOk1.99

Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 08:34:26

News Flash! Fox News and World Net Daily say global warming no big deal.

Gosh, I guess that settles it.

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Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 09:17:42

300 scientists send letter to Congress accusing NOAA of cooking the books on climate change

American Thinker ^ | 01/29/2016 | Rick Moran

One of the least reliable sources for data on climate change is the US federal government. Now, a group of 300 scientists and academics want Congress to investigate the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for cooking the books on climate data in order to erase the pause in the rise in temperature cited by, among other sources, the IPCC.

Incredibly, the NOAA accumulated data by measuring the water temperature from the engine intake valves of ocean going cargo ships. The scientists want Congress to investigate whether the agency violated the Data Quality Act, which seeks to insure the accurate dissemination of scientific information to the public.

Daily Caller:

“We, the undersigned, scientists, engineers, economists and others, who have looked carefully into the effects of carbon dioxide released by human activities, wish to record our support for the efforts of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology to ensure that federal agencies complied with federal guidelines that implemented the Data Quality Act,” some 300 scientists, engineers and other experts wrote to Chairman of the House Science Committee, Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith.

“In our opinion… NOAA has failed to observe the OMB [Office of Management and Budget] (and its own) guidelines, established in relation to the Data Quality Act.”

The Data Quality Act requires federal agencies like NOAA to “ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information, including statistical information.”

Smith launched an investigation into NOAA’s study last summer over concerns it was pushed out to bolster President Barack Obama’s political agenda. Democrats and the media have largely opposed the probe into NOAA scientists and political appointees, but Smith is determined to continue investigating. NOAA officials surrendered emails to congressional investigators in December.

 
Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 09:36:55

300 scientists send letter to Congress

Wow, the whole Koch roster, eh?

 
Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 11:32:51

Shouldn’t you be trying on another dress?

 
Comment by The Central Scrutinizer
2016-02-08 13:32:09

“Scientists, engineers, and other experts”

Yeah… 300 climate scientists would be interesting. 300 random people, not so much.

 
Comment by Rental Watch
2016-02-08 14:45:23

“Scientists, engineers and other experts” is not “random”.

I personally think that data integrity is important, especially when the conclusions people draw from NOAA is based on their data.

Why don’t you think so?

On this website (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/maps/us-climate-divisions.php) NOAA posted this link about changes in their data set:

ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/GrDD-Transition.pdf

Note page 4. These graphs show a couple of before and after snapshots for certain regions. The prior data shows effectively no warming trend for these two subsets. The revised data shows a warming trend.

So, before, the data showed no warming trend.
Now the data shows a warming trend.

Given the magnitude of the issue, isn’t it pretty important to understand how/why these adjustments were made?

(by the way, the tool that NOAA had created to allow people to make the comparisons between the before and after data sets is now a dead link)

They note on page 1 that this is an abstract of a longer, peer reviewed manuscript describing how the changes were made…however, they note that it is “in progress”.

I do not know if it has been released, but you’d think if it was, NOAA would have a link to that manuscript, NOT this abstract. They note in section 4 of this abstract that the impacts are “preliminary”.

So an important dataset behind the “settled science” is preliminary? WTF?

Why have they not released the full manuscript describing how these changes were made?

If they have released the full manuscript, I’d love to see it, please post a link.

 
Comment by Prime_Is_Contained
2016-02-09 00:54:21

+infinity, RW…

 
 
 
 
Comment by drumminj
2016-02-08 08:36:17

Pentagon orders commanders to prioritize climate change in all military actions

Shouldn’t they just go home and stop deploying abroad then?

Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 18:22:47

Greater Israel isn’t going to create itself, you know.

 
 
 
Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 07:51:00

William Kristol provides an anti-Trump narrative:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/hes-still-alive/article/2000931

I agree with Ron Paul’s recent statement that there is nobody running worth voting for.

And as far as Kristol is concerned, the Hillary is sufficiently neocon.

Comment by Obama Goons
2016-02-08 08:05:53

Hillaryous is unelectable.

Comment by The Central Scrutinizer
2016-02-08 13:33:10

She would beat your daddy, Trumpling.

 
 
Comment by Red Pill
2016-02-08 10:48:05

The only electable candidate on the right is Trump. So we have to pick one, tyranny or nationalist. I will roll the dice on nationalist.

Comment by palmetto
2016-02-08 12:54:08

Yup, I’m with the nationalist as well.

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 22:10:16

Did you mean to say the national socialist?

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Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 22:13:15

Nazi
See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
Syllabification: Na·zi
Pronunciation: /ˈnätsē/
Definition of Nazi in English:
noun (plural Nazis)
1 historical A member of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
Example sentences
1.1 derogatory A person with extreme racist or authoritarian views.
Example sentences
1.2A person who seeks to impose their views on others in a very autocratic or inflexible way: I learned to be more open and not such a Nazi in the studio

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 09:20:56
 
Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 09:23:37

Labor Force Participation Rate Plummets To 37 Year Low; Jobless Population Soars To Record High

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 09:38:34

Boomers retiring.

Comment by The Selfish Hoarder
2016-02-08 10:06:29

My 60 year old sister told me she anticipates working into her 80s. She is healthier than me (did not inherit a bad heart gene that I inherited).

Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 10:59:50

working into her 80s

I bet she’s not a roofer. Some people have to retire, whether they want to or not, have enough money to or not. Unless they can get that greeter job at walmart.

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Comment by taxpayers
2016-02-08 14:47:20

Only gov workers can retire
Yr 401k = 2014
At best

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Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 10:52:29

Incorrect. Unless all the “boomers” are looking for work.

Are they?

Comment by Oddfellow
2016-02-08 11:12:03

They’re in the 33% that aren’t participating, not the 67% that are.

You still don’t understand the rate, do you?

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Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 11:41:30

Thus excluded from the calculation.

Nice try Lola.

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by Red Pill
2016-02-08 10:21:28

Political Correctness = Tyranny of the soul and mind.

Resist.

Comment by Goon
2016-02-08 11:24:22

The reason they’re called betters is because they’re better than you.

Listen to your betters.

 
 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 11:07:42

Is the dollar currently getting taken down in order to support oil at $30/bbl?

 
Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 11:20:51

Did you short China yet? Why not? We all know it is going down hard.

FXP +5.41%

 
Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 11:23:05

NPR did a story this morning on all the things Bernie and Trump have in common. amazing!!

 
Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 11:48:58

Food Stamp Enrollment At Multi-Decade High; Up 70% Since 2008

http://www.trivisonno.com/wp-content/uploads/Food-Stamps-Yearly-DO-NOT-HOTLINK.jpg

Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 12:02:22

Food stamps $160 a mo

Prison $50k a yr

as a fiscal conservative I like food stamps to keep the zombies from stealing . these people will never be hires, no skills, no teeth

got waste: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/lost-iraq-cash-government-finally-accounts-6-billion_n_1052840.html

Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 12:08:00

“as a fiscal conservative MT-pocketed degenerate gambler I like food stamps.”

Fixt for you.

Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 13:37:24

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/food-stamps-statistics-SNAP-economic-benefits

When food stamps get spent, we all benefit. Despite critics’ focus on the costs of SNAP, research has shown that these dollars are among the best forms of government stimulus. Food stamp spending generates local economic activity, jobs in the farm and retail sectors and beyond.

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Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 14:46:31

When prices fall to dramatically lower and more affordable levels, we all benefit.

 
 
 
Comment by In Colorado
2016-02-08 14:07:28

as a fiscal conservative I like food stamps to keep the zombies from stealing

I think they steal anyway, but perhaps not as much. Still more cost effective than spending 50K to incarcerate them.

 
 
Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 14:59:45

08-2009 was an awful year, Bush was losing 800,000 jobs a month for a long time. O can only fix so much, my God his is only HUMAN! Congress wont do anything, they swore to keep O a one term prez

Comment by drumminj
2016-02-08 15:45:58

my recollection is the job losses were in the 400k-500k range, not 800

Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 16:05:09

During Bush’s final year — the year with the heaviest job losses during his tenure — the monthly net change in jobs bottomed out in the fourth quarter. Between October 2008 and November 2008, the economy shed 803,000 jobs. Between November 2008 and December 2008, the economy lost 661,000 jobs. And between January 2009 and December 2008, the economy lost 818,000 — the highest number of Bush’s tenure (and higher than any monthly loss under Obama).

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Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 16:29:25

And unemployment is still at record levels and rising.

 
Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 17:06:46

gOT MAth skILLS?

 
Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 17:29:26

Data my MT pocketed friend….. data.

Fort Worth, TX Housing Prices Crater 7% YoY

http://www.zillow.com/villages-of-woodland-springs-fort-worth-tx/home-values/

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by rj chicago
2016-02-08 12:28:23

Goon is scripting the narrative on the narrative today - he has been VERY busy.
Smiling at you!! Keep it coming. :)

By the way - the article on girls locker rooms in ILLANNOY….
Don’t move here - you won’t like it.

And cue “Turn out the lights the party’s over”….for Peyton. May he retire in peace.

 
Comment by CHE
2016-02-08 13:25:17

Was out grabbing a drink before the Superbowl yesterday and ran in to a friend of a friend who works in real estate.

Guy comes over and says hi.. and after a little small talk starts pitching me on buying a house! He told me about all the “wonderful loan products” that are affordable and people have more options than they think. He also talked about his friend who he got him a house for 450k and it went up to over 600k in just a year!

Took his card but didn’t have the heart to get in a full-on debate on Sunday Funday. The guy sounded a little desperate - the buyers must be disappearing.

Comment by The Selfish Hoarder
2016-02-08 19:13:39

Had. RE Agent and cult guy at my apartment door a couple years ago asking if I would want to buy a house. Haven’t seen these peole for a couple years. Laundry room has business cards of realtards on the bulletin board.

Why buy when your rent is cheaper than PITI.

Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 19:27:45

“Why buy when your rent is cheaper than PITI.”

Precisely.

 
 
 
Comment by azdude
2016-02-08 13:30:46

FANG

 
Comment by AbsoluteBeginner
2016-02-08 14:37:05

I’d buy the bonds if it was Romano, Pecorino Romano, cheese:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-bonds-parmesan-idUSKCN0VB1OQ

Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 14:51:17

Bonds backed by cheese. Things really are that bad it seems.

On the culinary note, stick with Locatelli my friend. Stick with Locatelli.

Comment by AbsoluteBeginner
2016-02-08 15:40:52

Bond defaults and try to collect?

Nacho cheese.

 
 
 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 15:05:22

Abortion Rights Group Attacks Doritos Super Bowl Ad for ‘Humanizing’ Fetus

Kristinn Taylor Feb 7th, 2016 10:00 pm 102 Comments

The pro-abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America attacked Doritos for “humanizing” a fetus depicted in ultrasound imaging in an ad promoting the popular snack chip that aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

“#NotBuyingIt – that @Doritos ad using #antichoice tactic of humanizing fetuses & sexist tropes of dads as clueless & moms as uptight. #SB50”

Doritos 2016 Super Bowl Commercial - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZnBpmZXBms - 249k -

Comment by CalifoH20
2016-02-08 16:07:40

white trash food, white trash commercial.

Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 16:33:33

Fetch me some Doritos and super size it.

Comment by azdude
2016-02-08 16:47:19

GO AWAY

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Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 17:25:12

data Az_Donk…. stick with the data.

Seattle, WA Housing Prices Crater 7% YoY

http://www.zillow.com/high-point-seattle-wa/home-values/

 
 
 
Comment by phony scandals
2016-02-08 17:28:49

The most popular Super Bowl commercial is…

By Post Staff Report
February 8, 2016 | 11:40am

And the winner is… Doritos.

The snack chip maker’s Ultrasound commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl was the most engaging commercial aired during the game, according to TiVo,

The Ultrasound spot was built around the ultrasound image of a late third trimester fetus that responds as the expectant, but semi-disinterested chip-loving dad waves a Doritos left then right and then left again.

Finally, the exasperated mom-to-be grabs the chip and tosses it across the room — which convinces the fetus to propel himself or herself out of the mom and across the room to get the chip.

Mom, dad and the doctor are all surprised — to say the least.

Each year, TiVo measures 30,000 anonymous households to find which customers were watching which commercials in play speed — and then looking at the spots with the biggest increase in viewership relative to the viewership of the surrounding 15 minutes.

nypost.com/2016/02/08/the-most-popular-super-bowl-commercial-is/ - 232k -

 
 
 
Comment by Senior Housing Analyst
2016-02-08 15:54:50

Littleton, CO Housing Market Craters; Prices Plummet 6% YoY On Looming Housing Inventory

http://www.zillow.com/littleton-co/home-values/

 
Comment by tresho
2016-02-08 16:07:49

NYT: New, Reading-Heavy SAT Has Students Worried.
Some educators fear that the revised test — one of the biggest redesigns ever — will penalize certain students, like immigrants and the poor.

 
Comment by Mafia Blocks
2016-02-08 17:46:44

Long ago we warned to liquidate depreciating assets like houses, pay down debt and hold onto every dollar you’ve got. Now you’re really going to need every last one of those dollars.

“The Bubble Deflates – And Crash Risk Rises”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-08/bubble-deflates-%E2%80%93-and-crash-risk-rises

 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 18:15:47

The people of Mexico have long tolerated corruption and sanctioned it with their votes for corrupt politicians; now they live in a narco-state and a kleptocracy where the rule of law is a sick joke and criminal impunity is almost absolute. Every registered Democrat who has been sanctioning corruption with their votes for Hillary or her ilk at the local, state, and Federal level has no excuse for their complicity in taking our country down the same road to ruin.

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2016/02/introduction-how-to-live-with-el-narco.html

 
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Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 18:46:32

How long can Hillary keep dodging questions about her payola from Goldman Sachs?

http://nypost.com/2016/02/07/hillary-cant-dodge-goldman-sachs-questions-forever/

 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 18:48:23

Nikkei tanking - good thing China markets are closed for the week.

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/nik?countrycode=jp&mod=MW_story_quote

 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 18:55:58

Has the Wall Street-Federal Reserve Ponzi market finally moved into its terminal phase? Are the oligarchs exiting the pump & dump?

http://www.businessinsider.com/harry-dent-looks-like-beginning-of-the-end-2016-2

 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 19:14:52
 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 19:19:35

Ron Paul still slamming Nanny State overreach, while the sheeple graze on obliviously.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-08/ron-paul-slams-government-plan-mandatory-depresssion-screening-all-americans

Comment by clark
2016-02-08 20:16:39

RE: “while the sheeple graze on obliviously.”

Yah, for sure. …Until the two ton heavy thing swings this way.

Timing, is the only question.

 
 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 19:21:40

How’s that NIRP workin’ out for ya, Japan? About the same way hope ‘n change is for us?

http://www.businessinsider.com/japanese-stocks-are-cratering-as-jgb-yields-plunge-to-unprecedented-levels-2016-2

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-09 00:25:37

“Midway through the session the benchmark Nikkei 225 sits at 16290.7, nursing a hefty loss of 4.2%.”

It’s still a long way up from here to the pre-1990 Nikkei high of around 39K.

Coming soon to a stock market where you invest your hard-earned savings:

CR8R.

 
 
Comment by clark
2016-02-08 20:09:19

I kind of feel a bit more liberated from, “you pukes” as Mr. Banker would say (and, the Neverending tit for tat the empire lovers exchange as they huff and puff over their favorite politician) after reading this Bit:

Liberty’s Greatest Enemy Today
Gary North - February 04, 2016

“I won’t go into details other than to say, “Here is a law we can trust: Moore’s. Moore’s law is on our side. What we need now is lone jurors.”

Lone jurors who can say, “Not Guilty.”

What guarantees this happening is, as The Top, and Mr. Bankers friends spiral down upon Mass-Man…

In other words, As The Worm Turns.

[Insert, Def Leppard tune: It Doesn't Matter!" Here X.]

Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 20:57:28

Are you drunk?

 
Comment by The Selfish Hoarder
2016-02-08 21:51:06

IOW we need everyone to be aware of jury nullification. Most people are opposed to criminalization of activities that hurt or threaten no one. We can do far more to free up society by nullifying bad laws than by voting.

 
 
Comment by Raymond K Hessel
2016-02-08 20:55:33

With the dollar tumbling, can Yellen the Felon afford to launch NIRP and QE4?

http://www.kitco.com/news/2016-02-08/Dollar-tumbles-below-115-yen-amid-global-flight-to-safe-havens.html

 
Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 23:14:59

Does it seem like investors all over the globe collectively decided to hit the panic button at the same time?

Comment by Professor Bear
2016-02-08 23:15:59

fastFT
MarketsAustralian bond yields eye record drop
an hour ago

Japanese government bonds have dragged their Australian counterparts along for the ride, putting yields on track for one of their biggest drops and pulling them back toward historic lows.

The yield on the benchmark Australian government 10-year bond yield, at pixel time, has tumbled 18.8 basis points to 2.4 per cent, and its lowest level since mid-April last year, writes Peter Wells in Hong Kong.

That now has it sitting about 15 basis points off the record intraday low yield of 2.257 per cent, hit on April 15 last year.

 
 
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