Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=55719So you're on SI, and you can read- the thread says "View from the Center and LEFT". If you are right wing, or vote republican, you probably should not post here. If you post on PFP, predominantly, I won't waste time monitoring you- I'll just ban you. It's easier. I don't want to waste a lot of t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5571938013210Dale BakerCoburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset Roll Call: "The tornado damage near Oklahoma City is still being assessed and the death toll is expected to rise, but already Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) says he will insist that any federal disaster aid be paid for with cuts elsewhere."http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289061565/21/2013 7:44:18 AMDale BakerThere is an enormous legal difference between receiving classified information and publishing it and actively conspiring with a federal employee to violate his security clearance and leak something. Allowing that would open the door to all kinds of foreign intelligence services to running false flag operations posing ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289061545/21/2013 7:43:59 AMMetacometJust a god damn shame that this country has so little regard for our children that we allow them to be subjected to things like tornadoes and assault weapons rather than taking common sense steps to protect them ..and I get the dilemma regarding hating Republicans That is the only word that begins to capture my feel...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289061125/21/2013 6:37:30 AMepicurehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058795/20/2013 11:09:52 PMkoanMy governor is a Tea bagger who just gave the oil companies 5 billion of our money supported by a Tea party legislature. I don't know why some can figure things out and some, not so much? Except education seems to be the big variable and helps most people understand things better The ones who really puzzle me are li...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058655/20/2013 10:59:57 PMSamThere has got to be more to this story. If not, the DoJ is running amok with their "leak" plugging. Justice Department’s scrutiny of Fox News reporter James Rosen in leak case draws fire By Ann E. Marimow, Updated: Monday, May 20, 6:55 PM washingtonpost.com  Journalists, First Amendment watchdogs and go...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058605/20/2013 10:58:09 PMSamhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058525/20/2013 10:55:39 PMSamhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058495/20/2013 10:54:20 PMSultanHow is this for progress ? Not sure if this is posted or not.. 'Self-aiming' rifle turns novices into expert snipers newscientist.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058035/20/2013 10:26:33 PMMetacometEvery school in the tornado belt should be built with a storm shelter. Of course The school they are picking thru was flattened...no standing walls remaining As long as these yokels keep buying into the Koch brothers propoganda about no human caused climate change, and you know that in Oklahoma that is probably aroun...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058025/20/2013 8:12:17 PMRonSchools in the midwest/near west have never been built with storm shelters. Maybe this will get their attention. Or perhaps they prefer to offer up the occasional child to the storm god, just as they do to the Gun god...etc.. On the other hand, I know a number of well educated, liberal people from Oklahoma. They are ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289058005/20/2013 8:11:52 PMkoanI heard a guy say : "not too many shelters as the ground is too hard". I guess he never heard of a D-9 cat or any backhoe. What a stupid statement. Ground is it too hard. Every school in the tornado belt should be built with a storm shelter.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289057755/20/2013 7:57:36 PMMetacometNorte Tejas building codes.. Heard the Oklahoma City mayor say that storms haven't been this strong in over a hundred years, so I guess the take away is save the money on building a suitable structure for such an infrequent storm ..will only lose a few dozen kids every hundred years or so anyhow Plenty of time to ma...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289057705/20/2013 7:51:54 PMcosmicforceThe good news is that the world is covered with water. There are a number of designs for desalinization using graphene films. There is good news out there, don't let any one tell you it is all doom and gloom. Here are three really great technologies that are getting ready to come out of the research phase. We need ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289057595/20/2013 7:39:19 PMkoanhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289057575/20/2013 7:38:27 PMepicure"Wingers at it already on the political spin.. Hypocrites on so many levels from all this continues to amaze me.." No surprise there. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289057325/20/2013 7:19:25 PMJohn VosillaThey don't deserve federal disaster relief. Obama will take the high road. Did you know every county goes red in that state? I do always hear positive stories about the people who live there. I imagine OKC metro these days is a far cry from the backward thinking bible belt? Wingers at it already on the politic...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289057205/20/2013 7:16:48 PMSamThey aren't even looking at the real highway robbery. Money is one thing, it can be replaced, deficiencies can be dealt with. Lack of water can't be--Wharf posted a good article on the dwindling aquifers of the US West-- [graphic]Message 28904276 The same thing is happening to aquifers around the world, not to mention...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289057115/20/2013 7:09:53 PMcosmicforceJonathan Swift knew that eating the surplus Irish children was not really the right thing to do. These guys don't - they can go off to the Hamptons or Martha's Vineyard, sipping their Long Island Ice Teas (or whatever) and say (with a straight face) " Yes, the reason we have so much debt is because of medicare dug ben...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289056425/20/2013 6:33:30 PMSamI had forgotten about this: [graphic]Message 28484733 No wonder he didn't mention the tax cuts as a problem--he was the architect of them! These people are simple rationalizers of steep, unconscionable inequality, a fact which is the greatest threat to social stability over time.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289056335/20/2013 6:28:25 PMT L Comiskeyre..Glenn... had to relook him up Mitts..Boot Boy...aside from Lil Georgies.....Econo monkey... kinda sad he was ever born.................................Kinda...Kinda [graphic]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289056215/20/2013 6:18:52 PMSamGlenn Hubbard on Morning Joe talking about the long term "entitlement problem." Asked about what part the Bush admin played in it, he said, Certainly the prescription drug program and the growth in spending played a role in it. Never even mentioned fighting two wars without bothering to even begin paying for them, the...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289056005/20/2013 6:02:22 PMT L Comiskeyhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289055035/20/2013 5:10:42 PMSamTim Johnson is retiring. Another Senator Heads for the Exit Posted on 03/27/2013 by Tamara Lytle | Washington Watch Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), who’s been struggling with speech and using a motorized scooter to get around since sustaining a brain hemorr...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289055015/20/2013 5:10:20 PMSamIsrael is in increasing trouble. Only partly from Arabs, but even more so from internal tensions. The piece below is in reaction to this story: A gunman opened fire in a small Bank Hapoalim branch in Beersheba on Monday killing four people before taking his own life. The shooter, named as 40-year-old Itamar Alon of...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289054835/20/2013 5:03:35 PMSamYeah, this makes sense-- "We will fight in all of Syria because we are fighting the Israeli enemy," said Sheik Mohammed Yazbeck, a member of Hezbollah's highest decision-making body, the Shura Council. Deaths thrust Hezbollah more into Syria civil war 4:11 p.m. EDT May 20, 2013 usatoday.com  BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289054565/20/2013 4:54:45 PMWharf RatDenial Alley Under Assault... see MSNBC Huge tornado appears to touch down south of Oklahoma City, pilot reports usnews.nbcnews.com  They don't deserve federal disaster relief. 31 Senate Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief After Supporting Disaster Aid For Home States thinkprogress.org http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289054465/20/2013 4:51:02 PMJohnMFascinating. Even more reason to read the Jane Mayer's New Yorker piece Ron posted.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289054295/20/2013 4:46:40 PMWharf RatAs Koch Industries Ramps Up Attack On ‘Left-Leaning’ Media, WNET Dumps David Koch From Board By Brad Johnson, Guest Blogger on May 20, 2013 at 3:17 pm by Brad Johnson, campaign manager of Forecast the Facts In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, New York City’s flagship public television station, WNET, has dropped t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289054025/20/2013 4:37:48 PMT L Comiskeyre...But the long term consequences of the drying up of the aquifer are huge. So...no more cake...????....!!!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289053915/20/2013 4:35:36 PMJohnMI don't know whether this NYTimes piece about the consequences of the two year drought in Kansas and surrounds has been posted here or not. But the long term consequences of the drying up of the aquifer are huge. nytimes.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289053695/20/2013 4:28:38 PMJohnMPolitical Animal by Ed Kilgore Hillary Clinton Will Pass the Mark Penn Test Last month Salon's Alex Pareene spoke for a lot of progressive insiders in resisting being carried along in the tide for Hillary 2016 until a key question was answered: The question for someone considering whether or not to sup...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289053475/20/2013 4:23:29 PMJohnMKevin Drum Feed | Mother Jones by Kevin Drum GOP Congressman: Calls for Impeachment "Will Likely Increase" Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R–Utah) talks to National Reviewabout the I-word: Behind the scenes, he says, House Republicans are frustrated by the White House’s evasiveness, and the calls for impeachment will lik...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289053365/20/2013 4:19:24 PMJohnMEzra Klein by Ezra Klein Here's why the 'scandals' aren't affecting Obama's poll numbers If you've been reading the newspapers, you know that the Obama administration has had a very tough week. It was "a bad week for the White House," according to the National Journal. USA Today said it was "one of ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289053265/20/2013 4:17:02 PMJohnMJosh Marshall's blogs Talking Points Memo by David Kurtz Woulda Been Good To Know Last Week Up until now, the White House's handling of the release of the inspector general's report that revealed the IRS targeting of conservative groups has seemed routine and appropriate. But Jay Carney is briefing rep...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289053175/20/2013 4:14:22 PMDale BakerCulture warriors getting swamped by progress.... In U.S., Record-High Say Gay, Lesbian Relations Morally OK Americans' tolerance of a number of moral issues up since 2001 by Frank Newport and Igor Himelfarb ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289052675/20/2013 4:01:10 PMDale Bakerhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289052395/20/2013 3:50:20 PMDale Bakerhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289051505/20/2013 3:15:11 PMepicurehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289051215/20/2013 3:00:11 PMWharf Rathttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289051085/20/2013 2:55:43 PMT L Comiskeyre...the biggy yes..its seems....MIRV...and...Launch on Warning... .just about...Screwed the Poochhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289050975/20/2013 2:52:09 PMSteve Lokness<<<<< We've told you all along that Krugman didn't believe we could borrow forever without consequence. Just that NOW isn't the time to stop.>>>>> That comment doesn't make you laugh? Krugman worrying about us turning into a Banana republic because we are borrowing more than taking in? Since the time of that commen...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289050645/20/2013 2:38:50 PMT L Comiskeyhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289050385/20/2013 2:28:12 PMcosmicforceAnother warning sign - QE3, QE4 and loose credit. People cashing in on 401k to buy homes. finance.yahoo.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289050075/20/2013 2:17:04 PMbentwayChemistry teacher's experiment goes hilariously wrong: videos.digg.com  Not that it wasn't totally educational!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289049275/20/2013 1:45:13 PMbentwayRevisiting the ‘Crack Babies’ Epidemic That Was Not nytimes.com  This week’s Retro Report video on “crack babies” (infants born to addicted mothers) lays out how limited scientific studies in the 1980s led to predictions that a generation of children would be damaged for life. Those predictions turned out to be wrong...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289049125/20/2013 1:39:53 PMepicureyikes I always suspected Regan w et all were complete idiots- and of course Iran Contra proved they were idiots in that context, and there were several other contexts- but this is a biggyhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289049105/20/2013 1:39:39 PMJohnMI see bentway has offered one response which makes sense. The other is that as conditions changed, Krugman refined his views. I would expect it would go as follows. There was no Japanese kind of crisis on the US horizon when he wrote those words. Now, however, even with US interest rates at almost zero levels, there is...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289049045/20/2013 1:38:03 PMbentwayColbert reminds Virginia grads: Jefferson became known for ‘embracing diversity’ By Stephen C. Webster rawstory.com  Monday, May 20, 2013 9:25 EDT Speaking to graduates at the University of Virginia on Saturday, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert quipped that the university’s founder and signatory to the U.S. Consti...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289048925/20/2013 1:34:05 PMbentwayWe've told you all along that Krugman didn't believe we could borrow forever without consequence. Just that NOW isn't the time to stop.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289048145/20/2013 12:59:00 PM