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>> ^Kevlar:

Jury nullification. Jury nullification. Jury nullification.

You're singing my song.

I'll allow you the honor of *fearing this:

http://videosift.com/video/NV-Women-Sentenced-to-Life-for-Asking-Minor-to-Fondle-Her

Comedic remix: http://politics.videosift.com/video/Sue-Lowden-s-R-NV-ChickenCare-Health-Reform-Plan

More two party bullshit.

Look at it this way.

One problem down, a million to go. There's still the FED, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, taxes, Wall Street and a would suppose a whole slew of other things that the Administration needs to get to work on.

Pat yourself on the back, we may or may not have better health care; that remains to be seen in statistical evidence. I for one hope it helps, even if it only helps a little bit. But I get the feeling it only made things worse.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/22/us-healthcare-bill-passes-congress

The bill is not final, the Democratic House is to pass another with revisions.

Here is a link to the documents. The introduced document and the one that got passed.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3962/text

The most important part of this bill to me is Section 501 "Tax On Individuals Without Acceptable Coverage." Which is an ammendment to Section 59b of the Internal Revenue Code. In my mind this is exactly the problem with our system of Governance. They make up a law then they add, in this case, 5 exceptions to the law. Then they add more hoops to jump through by saying what is Acceptable Coverage.

Which still doesn't resolve my problem with the bill, the punishment of those who do not have health care. It is hardly a step forward when the government makes it compulsory to have health care coverage. It is the same as forcing everyone to have a gun, eat a certain diet, or have sex in missionary under the coercive punishment of taxation; moreover in drastic cases civil litigation, and prosecution.

With all due respect to the other parts of the bill that put restrictions not allowing care for preexisting conditions, discrimination of abortion, and any other good part I missed, this bill and the voters can get fucked. Damn the republicans for not working to revise section 501, and damn the democrats for letting that pass. I guess we never really had freedom of choice.

Roll Call:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll887.xml

                  Ayes    Noes    PRES    NV
Democratic    219    39
Republican    1      176
Independent   
TOTALS         220   215

I of course notice that every single NAY is a republican. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

>> ^Ryjkyj:
FYI, even after this interview there were 30 votes against the bill.
Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY)G raham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS)Sessions (R-AL)Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)
And here I kinda liked McCain.
http://senate.gov/legislativ
e/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00308

FYI, even after this interview there were 30 votes against the bill.

Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY)G raham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS)Sessions (R-AL)Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)

And here I kinda liked McCain.

http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00308

Well... When I proposed to my sugar-pie, honey-bunch I bought two bottles of champagne. One was $90 and it was supposedly their best champagne. The other was I think $45 on sale http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0MJ0ofU-Pk/R3pIrB92crI/AAAAAAAAAsg/TfKAbcEjMN4/s320/duval+leroy+brut+champagne+nv+002.jpg, Duval-Leroy. I can't recommend it more. It was excellent.

I think I can fill out most of the list:

#1. The House Sergeant at Arms (left), and I think he's accompanied by the Senate Sergeant at Arms.
#2. Special guests
#3. From left to right, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Chuck Shumer (D-NY), and in front of them looks like Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito.
#4. From left to right, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner, and HRC herself (Secretary of State).
#5. In the middle is Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), I'm guessing he's with other House Representatives from NY.
#6. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) currently also Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee (kinda important atm)
#7. From left to right, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH). These two are the current Republican House leadership.
#8. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
#9. Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), who had a brief flirtation with being Obama's Commerce Secretary.
#10. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). He's the current Republican Senate leadership.
#11. Earl Devaney, the new Inspector General Obama was talking about seconds before (who helped bust Jack Abramaoff)
#12. Not sure who the guy picking at his ear is, but the other two are Housing and Urban Development Secretary (HUD) Shaun Donovan, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.
#13. Juggs magazine. Or the text of the speech he's listening to. Oh, and it's Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), who's the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee (and former chair).
#14. The infamous Joe Lieberman (I-CT), former Democrat who campaigned for John McCain.
#15. Senator Arlen Spector (R-PA), one of the 3 Republicans to vote for the Stimulus bill.
#16. Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN), and Roland Burris (D-IL) the latter of Blagojevich fame.
#17. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the middle, not sure of anyone else. He's the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
#18. I'm forgetting his name, but he's a House Republican, and most likely so is the woman next to him.
#19. Peter Orszag, new Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel is to his left.
#20. Chuck Shumer again.
#21. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eric Shinseki
#22. Not sure, I think he's a House Republican.
#23. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
#24. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
#25. Don't know.
#26. Don't know. I'll wager a guess it's a House Democrat though.
#27. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
#28. Don't know.
#29. Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN)
#30. Don't recognize him, but he must be an Obama cabinet member, since that's who he's sitting amongst.
#31. Evan Bayh (D-IN) again.
#32. On the left is Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), not sure who's next to him.
#33. Don't know.
#34. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), buddy of John McCain.
#35. From left to right, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Defense Secretary Bob Gates, Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner, and Hillary something or other.
#36. I only know the one on the left, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but those are the *cough* Joint Chiefs of Staff; the heads of the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines (in that order unless I've misidentified the uniforms).
#37. No clue, but it's likely they're part of the JCS organization.
#38. Dunno, but he's sure to be on this list somewhere. To his left is Ted Strickland, Governor of Ohio (D).
#39. Don't know. I think that's the Republican House section, though.
#40. Don't know.
#41. Captain Sully Sullenberger. Pilot of this plane.
#42. Mayor Bob Dixon, from Greensburg, Kansas; the city Obama's talking about.

Phew.

>> ^MrFisk:
It's a felony in AZ. They'll rack up two by charging you with the bag as paraphernalia also. Fuck Arizona. Fuck the War on Drugs.


It used to be a felony in NV as well. Thankfully, the in flux of Californians and other previous state residents have nullified that. Maybe one day, AZ will follow suit.

fav line from the Hispanic woman at the donut shop, after she sees the Martians attack the military welcome at Pahrump, NV
"Maybe they don't liking th' human beeens?"

ELF, such as 60hz power, on the other hand is more likely to be a problem. ELF has been experimentally shown to increase mutations in mono-cellular organisms, both alone, and as a catalyst with other factors.

First of all, effects of anything on single-cell organisms can't be transferred directly to mammals. For example, short-term exposure to radiation on the level of party blacklights can have mutagenic effects on bacteria that humans would never suffer. Such comparisons are shoddy at best. In addition, to the extent of all studies I know of, the claim of ELF increasing actual mutations by itself, and as a "catalyst", has not been satisfactorily demonstrated, nor has an adequate mechanism ever been generally accepted. It would be nice if you backed that up with at least one study. An example of such would be a specific study such as High Density 60 Hz Magnetic Field Has No Effects on Mutagenicity and Growth of the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which does nothing to counter an argument for an overall mutagenic effect for my argument (general negation being impossible with papers like this), but a similar paper demonstrating increase in mutation for any bacteria with causative effect well-established to ELF would be interesting enough to discuss.

Of course, then again, you still have to deal with the fact that epidemiological studies on ELF exposure in humans still trumps bacterial mutation.

I would not discount out of hand any concern about significant increases in electro-magnetic radiation, any more then I would discount concerns about pumping more CO2 into the atmosphere.

Mechanisms for and accounts of environmental damage caused by CO2 increases in the atmosphere have been well-documented, studied and analyzed. The same can't be said for EM radiation of the frequencies we are discussing on humans. Not the same at all.

The fact of the matter is that we are really past the point technologically where high-tension power lines even make sense. Using a less monopolistic energy system with distributed generation is more stable, cheaper, more efficient, and safer in terms of ELF exposure then centralized generation. Even if ELF exposure could be shown to be insignificantly dangerous, high-tension power distribution should still be abandoned.

Separate issue. Epidemiological arguments against ELF don't involve the pragmatics of such power distribution, that's another argument and one I don't have enough knowledge of to take up.

Dag, your my new hero.

Here's to hoping that it gets legalized on the next ballot here in NV. (Actually it needs to get voted 2x successively for legalization in NV, but the last vote was something like 46% vs. 54% against....I like those odds)

List of places shown in the video:
+Sultan the Pit Pony (Wales)
+Atacama Giant (Chile)
+Uffington White Horse (England)
+Area 51 Bomb Target (NV, USA)
+Nazca Lines (Peru)
+Firefox Logo (OR, USA)
+Coca-Cola logo (Chile)
+Alton Barnes White Horse (England)
+Folkestone Horse (England)
+Pintados Geoglyphs (Chile)
+Chiza Geoglyphs (Chile)
+Long Man of Wilmington (England)
+Cerne Abbas Giant (England)
+Barnsley Crop Circles (England)
+Darfield Crop Circles (England)
+Marree Man (Australia)
+Ciudad Juarez White Horse (Mexico)
+Blythe Geoglyphs (CA, USA)
+Traditional Tibetan Mantra (China)
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Music:
"Mars from The Planets"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1999
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Coordinates:
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Sultan the Pit Poney:
51°39'2.63"N, 3°15'22.89"W
Atacama Giant:
19°56'57.06"S, 69°38'2.21"W
Uffington Horse:
51°34'38.96"N, 1°33'59.75"W
Area 51 Bomb Target:
37°39'57.84"N, 116° 1'30.69"W
Nazca Lines:
14°41'27.91"S, 75° 7'3.22"W
Firefox Logo:
45° 7'25.54"N, 123° 6'49.41"W
Coca-Cola logo:
18°31'45.17"S, 70°15'0.04"W
Alton Barnes White Horse:
51°22'21.15"N, 1°50'53.10"W
Folkestone White Horse:
51° 6'3.95"N, 1° 8'22.77"E
Pintados:
20°37'23.96"S, 69°40'4.30"W
Chiza:
19°12'13.42"S, 70° 0'31.19"W
Long Man of Wilmington:
50°48'34.77"N, 0°11'18.77"E
Cerne Abbas Giant:
50°48'47.37"N, 2°28'28.05"W
Crop Circles 1:
53°32'13.22"N, 1°30'17.42"W
Crop Circles 2:
53°31'54.37"N, 1°21'24.19"W
Marree Man:
29°32'3.14"S, 137°28'15.24"E
Ciudad Juárez White Horse:
31°39'44.93"N, 106°35'15.97"W
Blythe:
33°47'43.31"N, 114°32'13.11"W
Tibetan Mantra:
32°54'36.39"N, 97° 2'46.38"E

I read somewhere that it's from 2006
Full Version is not online yet, but the dvd is for sale
http://www.docurama.com/productdetail.html?productid=NV-NVG-9920