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The TVA gets sued for some reason. More details emerge on the Columbia disaster. What will Warren say at the inauguration? Viacom holds The Daily Show hostage in exchange for a ransom of higher cable bills. The Dems finally show courage by standing up to a non-Bush appointment. Gary Coleman can't get a break. Is China's dairy boss the culprit behind the tainted milk? McCain makes the grammatical no-no list. Be sure to catch the nightly show this New Year's Eve.
I fear they still outsmart the majority of white Americans (burn again Christians).
When I traveled to US during university in the south, it struck me I had so much better conversations and better relations with the blacks who were much more able to put things in perspective and were overall 'smarter' imho. While all the white's (vast majority, not all of them, I did befriend some 'hippies'), who were supposed to be and thought to be the 'smart' ones were so full of shit, contradictions and unable to distinguish between facts and lies, all the while bragging about their higher moral grounds and principles.
By the way I'm as white as the background here at C&C, I studied economics and engineering, so you'd expect a white European elitist to befriend white American elitist... Seems the values of mainstream Europe is closer to your extreme left.
And I did look ackward between all the blacks at their parties, but a great time did I enjoy.
And no, i would not expect an enlightened individual who has not been brainwashed to find anything to talk about with the, "The problem with this country is Welfare" crowd. The steady, unchanging (unchangeable) two dimensional and incorrect political viewpoint prevalent among the vast majority of zombies stumbling around in the darkness across our country is why we are heading into a depression, have no real relevant agenda and are teetering on the edge of extinction.
errrrr... actually I think SAT scores are used frequently as a reference for IQ. IE: an SAT score of 1300 is equivalent to an IQ of 130 give or take a few points.
... with an adaptation that's about to expire. It goes something like this: Q: What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 85? A: Your Honor. Q: What do you call an MBA with an IQ of 85? A: Mr. President.
I think these numbers are all bullshit; just to make you enraged and say: "I'm smarter than that doofus!" and then you take their little test and see all of their lovely advertising.
If a drone kills a child in Kandahar, do the crying parents make a sound?
If you really like these kinds of tests --personality tests-- this site has about 60 very good ones (no advertising.) In my spare time, I've done them all and found them very interesting. (No IQ test though.)
I have decided that I won't miss 2008 one bit. The election was the only upbeat event of the whole year, as far as I can see. I sure do hope 2009 is a Happier Year for everyone.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
An Israeli patrol boat intercepted a yacht carrying three tons of medical supplies to Gaza in international waters early on Tuesday as it attempted to run an Israeli blockade. According to those on board, the patrol boat accused the relief vessel of being involved in terrorist activity and then deliberately rammed it, forcing it to return to port in Lebanon.
Among the yacht’s 16 passengers were doctors, journalists, and human rights activists, including former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA). McKinney spoke to CNN from Lebanon, telling John Roberts, "Our boat was rammed three times, twice in the front and once on the side.
So why is a former Democratic Rep. on their way to Gaza in the wake of this crisis? Some negotiations perhaps? Humanitarian aid? Isn't that Hamas' responsibility? They're (i.e., Hamas) OK with lobbing rockets into Israel just not so good when they are lobbed back.
You keep throwing stones, somebody eventually throws them back.
I'm just sayin'!
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
I just can't stand the part where they're only happy if they are whining about something or another, it only gives the Pukes more ammo at election time to scare the white middle class Puritans to vote for them IMO.
don't test your IQ by following the link. You have to register and give up information. Then you start getting phone calls that are annoying. Google the number and you get:
Info about 3058367371 / 305-836-7371 phone number. Left no message ... They always hang up. the phone number is always out of order. ...
I've reported the number to the Do Not Call but that means nothing.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
time to catch up on zzz's, that is if all the morons don't fire their guns into the air. Never been able to figure that little piece of stupidity out...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
There used to be a guy who lived behind us and he shot his shot gun into the air every new years eve. We could hear the birdshot falling into our bird bath and down on our house.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I remember one New Years Eve while stationed in Geramny back in the early 80s. We had a bottle rocket battle from the barracks against the Germans in the apartments across the street. Lots of fun.
I also remember one summer when I was a kid going on a welding job with my brother. It was just below the Fish and Game Club and they were shooting trap and there was shot falling in the trees around us as my brother was working. Kinda freaky at first but when you realized it was harmless it wasn't so bad. Just don't look up!!
The scientific foundations for IQ tests or academic tests like the SAT are based on the pseudo science that helped create Eugenics, and are based on social integration, where any sub group being tested is compared to a subjective norm. The subjective norm is invariably a white/Eurocentric/Christian group with questions set out of time by referencing information relevant to a generation in the past. So if you’re part of a minority, anything other than European stock, non-Christian, and young, your IQ score will be lower than the white, American-European, Christian, and middle aged person taking the test.
The real underline unexpected result of the testing is the social stratification of a large part of the population that can be dismissed for their supposed lack of intelligence as they are already because of economic suppositions i.e. the poor don’t count either. And poor is anyone that HAS to work for a living.
But they are fun to take.
...is a documentary that many PBS stations have finally gotten around to airing. I happened upon it last night on my PBS station here in Philly. If anyone, anywhere thinks that Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, Yoo, and all of the other disgusting creeps who allowed and even promoted "enhanced interrogation techniques" is not guilty of war crimes, you should search out and see this film - you can watch it on line. It's no wonder most of the folks around the world hate us.
Rather than take these criminals to the Hague, I suggest we just lock them up, chain them naked to the floor, in a freezing cold, windowless, cement room with incessant blaring hard rock music for a few months - just exactly what they did to hundreds of innocent men.
How Obama and everyone else in the Dem party can just overlook this criminal activity is beyond me. Bush and all his buds need to be indicted and prosecuted for their heinous activities.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Lucky for me I don't get my info from the MSP so I've known what a one sided slaughter of innocents this act of terrorism has been and continues to be. Time for liberation and regime change in Israel!
Errrrrrr..... please don't actually take those ads seriously! Somedays they say bushs IQ is 118 and other days they say 125 while the fact is that it's less then 100.
The TVA gets sued for some reason. More details emerge on the Columbia disaster. What will Warren say at the inauguration? Viacom holds The Daily Show hostage in exchange for a ransom of higher cable bills. The Dems finally show courage by standing up to a non-Bush appointment. Gary Coleman can't get a break. Is China's dairy boss the culprit behind the tainted milk? McCain makes the grammatical no-no list. Be sure to catch the nightly show this New Year's Eve.
I fear they still outsmart the majority of white Americans (burn again Christians).
When I traveled to US during university in the south, it struck me I had so much better conversations and better relations with the blacks who were much more able to put things in perspective and were overall 'smarter' imho. While all the white's (vast majority, not all of them, I did befriend some 'hippies'), who were supposed to be and thought to be the 'smart' ones were so full of shit, contradictions and unable to distinguish between facts and lies, all the while bragging about their higher moral grounds and principles.
By the way I'm as white as the background here at C&C, I studied economics and engineering, so you'd expect a white European elitist to befriend white American elitist... Seems the values of mainstream Europe is closer to your extreme left.
And I did look ackward between all the blacks at their parties, but a great time did I enjoy.
And no, i would not expect an enlightened individual who has not been brainwashed to find anything to talk about with the, "The problem with this country is Welfare" crowd. The steady, unchanging (unchangeable) two dimensional and incorrect political viewpoint prevalent among the vast majority of zombies stumbling around in the darkness across our country is why we are heading into a depression, have no real relevant agenda and are teetering on the edge of extinction.
...that those numbers are actually representative of that persons I.Q.
I have seen that same ad many times, ...sometimes with different numbers after the name.
I have seen Obama listed @ 147 one day...then @ 135 on another day.
...congrats on the nomination Bluegal!
audit-prosecute-incarcerate
I thought Bush's number came from many many years ago. Sometime before his brain was pickled.
IQ is a subjective measure of intelligence not based in reality-like the SATs...
errrrr... actually I think SAT scores are used frequently as a reference for IQ. IE: an SAT score of 1300 is equivalent to an IQ of 130 give or take a few points.
... with an adaptation that's about to expire. It goes something like this: Q: What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 85? A: Your Honor. Q: What do you call an MBA with an IQ of 85? A: Mr. President.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
I think these numbers are all bullshit; just to make you enraged and say: "I'm smarter than that doofus!" and then you take their little test and see all of their lovely advertising.
If a drone kills a child in Kandahar, do the crying parents make a sound?
Is suspect. The CIA is almost always on fishing expeditions looking for those to recruit and those to manipulate.
If you really like these kinds of tests --personality tests-- this site has about 60 very good ones (no advertising.) In my spare time, I've done them all and found them very interesting. (No IQ test though.)
http://similarminds.com/personality_tests.html
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
and you should see my posts from below. You will receive calls from someone who will go unidentified! All part of the marketing plan.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
gee...I am actually shocked that he was even above 100....how sad is that ?
I have decided that I won't miss 2008 one bit. The election was the only upbeat event of the whole year, as far as I can see. I sure do hope 2009 is a Happier Year for everyone.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
What a year 2008 has been! The memories of election night and the happy tears of so many will stay with me always.
Happy New Year to one and all!
An Israeli patrol boat intercepted a yacht carrying three tons of medical supplies to Gaza in international waters early on Tuesday as it attempted to run an Israeli blockade. According to those on board, the patrol boat accused the relief vessel of being involved in terrorist activity and then deliberately rammed it, forcing it to return to port in Lebanon.
Among the yacht’s 16 passengers were doctors, journalists, and human rights activists, including former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA). McKinney spoke to CNN from Lebanon, telling John Roberts, "Our boat was rammed three times, twice in the front and once on the side.
"http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cynthia_McKinneys_boat_rammed_by_Israeli_1230.html
audit-prosecute-incarcerate
So why is a former Democratic Rep. on their way to Gaza in the wake of this crisis? Some negotiations perhaps? Humanitarian aid? Isn't that Hamas' responsibility? They're (i.e., Hamas) OK with lobbing rockets into Israel just not so good when they are lobbed back.
You keep throwing stones, somebody eventually throws them back.
I'm just sayin'!
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
...now that we've established the utter bogusness of "IQ tests"...
Hope you all have a safe and healthy New Year.
Peace in 2009. Bring the troops home NOW.
Real IQ tests actually aren't bogus. Just the fake ones used by devious internet scam artists.
Who is Roland Burris and who are the people who are endorsing his questionable appointment to the Senate?
JP
http://giveusthisdayourdailtydread.blogspot.com
Gay Rights Bill, goes largely un noticed by teh gay community.
I guess they only like to snivel about Warren and stir up shit with the Churchies
I think it went unnoticed, because Bush is the last person associated with gay rights.
Yeah Bush is one big contradiction, isn't he.
I just can't stand the part where they're only happy if they are whining about something or another, it only gives the Pukes more ammo at election time to scare the white middle class Puritans to vote for them IMO.
George W. Bush could only get an IQ of 118 if you added in his age and his shoe size.
That still wouldn't get him to 118. Unless you are counting both his shoes plus the 2 that were thrown at him.
Worst consumer confidence ever? Axelrod plays defense on recent Obama decisions.
don't test your IQ by following the link. You have to register and give up information. Then you start getting phone calls that are annoying. Google the number and you get:
Info about 3058367371 / 305-836-7371 phone number. Left no message ... They always hang up. the phone number is always out of order. ...
I've reported the number to the Do Not Call but that means nothing.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
...I must be freakin' Albert Einstein at 135.
* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.
Is probably based on spatial being a progressive to where a Repugnants IQ is based on palatial ;>)
time to catch up on zzz's, that is if all the morons don't fire their guns into the air. Never been able to figure that little piece of stupidity out...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
There used to be a guy who lived behind us and he shot his shot gun into the air every new years eve. We could hear the birdshot falling into our bird bath and down on our house.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
couple blocks from me years ago in SoCal by a .38 slug. For a couple of years, I slept under a heavy oak table on NYE, July 4th, Cinco de Mayo.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Those damn low flying libruls.
I remember one New Years Eve while stationed in Geramny back in the early 80s. We had a bottle rocket battle from the barracks against the Germans in the apartments across the street. Lots of fun.
I also remember one summer when I was a kid going on a welding job with my brother. It was just below the Fish and Game Club and they were shooting trap and there was shot falling in the trees around us as my brother was working. Kinda freaky at first but when you realized it was harmless it wasn't so bad. Just don't look up!!
The scientific foundations for IQ tests or academic tests like the SAT are based on the pseudo science that helped create Eugenics, and are based on social integration, where any sub group being tested is compared to a subjective norm. The subjective norm is invariably a white/Eurocentric/Christian group with questions set out of time by referencing information relevant to a generation in the past. So if you’re part of a minority, anything other than European stock, non-Christian, and young, your IQ score will be lower than the white, American-European, Christian, and middle aged person taking the test.
The real underline unexpected result of the testing is the social stratification of a large part of the population that can be dismissed for their supposed lack of intelligence as they are already because of economic suppositions i.e. the poor don’t count either. And poor is anyone that HAS to work for a living.
But they are fun to take.
That made me laugh. Thanks!
Heres the link:
American-Palestinian comedian Aron Kader impersonates George W. Bush
If Sarah Palin's IQ is 122 mine's 160 and I'll have a cure for AIDS and cancer by the end of the week.
In such as also you betcha.
What's sad is a Miley Cyrus presidency would be the least scary of the 3.
...is a documentary that many PBS stations have finally gotten around to airing. I happened upon it last night on my PBS station here in Philly. If anyone, anywhere thinks that Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, Yoo, and all of the other disgusting creeps who allowed and even promoted "enhanced interrogation techniques" is not guilty of war crimes, you should search out and see this film - you can watch it on line. It's no wonder most of the folks around the world hate us.
Rather than take these criminals to the Hague, I suggest we just lock them up, chain them naked to the floor, in a freezing cold, windowless, cement room with incessant blaring hard rock music for a few months - just exactly what they did to hundreds of innocent men.
How Obama and everyone else in the Dem party can just overlook this criminal activity is beyond me. Bush and all his buds need to be indicted and prosecuted for their heinous activities.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
The first time you'll hear a truthful and balanced perspective on the Israel/Palestine issue.
The UN reports states:
Israel, 4 dead. 30 wounded
Palestine 350-400 dead, 1500-1900 wounded
Hey you lying Israeli bastards - where are all those big bad weapons supplied by Iran and Syria?
Yeah, we thought so.
Lucky for me I don't get my info from the MSP so I've known what a one sided slaughter of innocents this act of terrorism has been and continues to be. Time for liberation and regime change in Israel!
If Sarah Palins IQ is 122 mine is 189.
Errrrrrr..... please don't actually take those ads seriously! Somedays they say bushs IQ is 118 and other days they say 125 while the fact is that it's less then 100.
According to John McCain, Sarah Palin knows more about energy than any other person in the country. Talk about a savant, wow!
I would think that if Sarah Palin's IQ was that high, she could string together words that actually created a complete sentence.
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