bnw wrote:

Because cost efficient oil is what runs a modern society and a modern military. Alternative energies are not cost efficient. Perhaps some day.

Some day will never come unless we make a commitment to ending our reliance on oil. That means we have to go ‘all in’ on alternative energy research and development. The nickel and dime approach we take towards alternative energy right now is a ruse designed to do one thing – to make sure we never develop energy sources that can replace oil. Our government is bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry and Trump the ‘anti-establishment’ president elect will do everything he can to strengthen oil’s death grip on the US.

Renegade Face Book employees battle fake news…

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/renegade-facebook-employees-form-task-force-to-battle-fake-n?utm_term=.scl50JEdm#.dvkzX8p1J

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by nittany ram.

Meanwhile, Fisher stuck to the plan he laid out almost from the moment the Rams made the call to Goff informing him he was their guy seven months ago.

Fisher maintained over and over and over that Goff would not see the field as the Rams’ starter until Fisher and his staff were convinced Goff was fit to succeed and not just hold down the position.

Yeah I’m seeing conspiracy theories on why Goff is finally starting all over the internet.

Everything from this was Stan’s call to Fisher needs to start Goff if he hopes to get an extension, etc etc…

The reality is this was the plan all along. Goff would start when he was ready. It’s as simple as that. There’s no need to come with baseless theories to explain it.

— X — wrote:

Miami will likely use a lot of presnap motion and disguised coverages. They’d be stupid not to. Really need to get the running game going in this one.

Ah, but Miami’s DC must suspect that Boras would know that so he clearly cannot choose to use presnap movement and disguised coverages.

Goff will rain fiery footballs of death upon the blow holes of our enemies.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by nittany ram.

Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

You can’t help but use electricity metaphors, can ya? Gives you away every time.

Now’s the time to start Goff if you think there’s a chance he could turn things around because they are only a game out of the last wildcard spot.

I don’t for a second think the Rams are legitimate playoff contenders and Jeff Fisher probably doesn’t either. They certainly aren’t with Keenum at QB. But Gurley showed some life against the Jets so if you want to find out if there is a playoff run in this team now’s the time to make the switch.

The Rams defense is good. The Rams are 2-1 when they have scored fewer than 10 points. The rest of the league is 0-14-2 when scoring less than 10.

If the Rams can increase their scoring by 5 points a game, they can make the playoffs.

And lose.

But they could make it.

So…what will they draft? OL? WR? Long snapper?

A pass rushing DE, unfortunately. Quinn and Donald are the only good pass rushers on the d-line and who knows what Quinn’s future is?

Agamemnon wrote:

<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>I am way more worried about fresh water reserves, I don’t consider man made climate change an issue, Invader.</span>

I agree that the depleting water reserves issue is a huge problem though obviously I disagree with you on the impact of climate change.

Here’s the thing about climate change. Whether you believe the current episode is being driven by man’s activities or not, climate change ALWAYS leads to large extinction events. So no matter what, it will be an issue.

Well, it seems that those geologists who say they don’t believe in man-made climate change are the ones who have a financial interest for it not to be real…

Link: http://www.skepticalscience.com/Geologists-climate-change-denial.html

Excerpt:
One survey of earth scientists found that while 97 per cent of actively publishing climate scientists agree humans are changing global temperatures, only 47 per cent of economic geologists (those who study geology with a view to its commerical exploitation) concur (pdf). In fact, among all earth scientists, economic geologists are the most sceptical.

Similarly, in response to the consensus on global warming, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists “respects these scientific opinions but wants to add that the current climate warming projections could fall within well-documented natural variations in past climate and observed temperature data”. You’d call that type of endorsement damning with faint praise.

However, the broader community of geologists seems convinced by the evidence that humans are causing global warming. The European Federation of Geologists says climate change is predominantly caused by anthropogenic emissions of CO2 and poses significant risks to human civilisation. The Geological Society of America concurs that “greenhouse gases have been an increasingly important contributor [to global warming] since the mid-1800s and the major factor since the mid-1900s”. The Geological Society of London states that “evidence from the geological record is consistent with the physics that shows that adding large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere warms the world and may lead to: higher sea levels and flooding of low-lying coasts; greatly changed patterns of rainfall; increased acidity of the oceans; and decreased oxygen levels in seawater”.

So climate scepticism seems strongest among geologists closely linked to the mining and fossil fuel industries. Perhaps the words of Upton Sinclair shine some understanding on the forces at play here: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

Question is: Did Keenum do enough to keep his job?

Yes.

Link: http://ramblinfan.com/2016/11/13/jeff-fisher-case-keenum-start-week-11/

Fisher confirms Keenum will start against Miami…

Link: http://ramblinfan.com/2016/11/13/jeff-fisher-case-keenum-start-week-11/

Back in the playoff hunt – kinda, sorta.

So, does Keenum start next week?

Agamemnon wrote:

Kroenke should offer to build him a stadium in St. Louis.

LOL

Billy_T wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Billy_T wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

So Owen is saying he doesn’t like war?

Hard to tell given his bland, non-descriptive verbiage.

He was antiwar. Arguably the two greatest English poets of that war were Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Both were either antiwar going in, or became that way after seeing the slaughter, being gassed, suffering PTSD, etc.

Yeah I know. I was joking. That was about the most descriptive poem about the horrors of war that anyone could possibly write.

Oh, man. You got me.

;>)

See, that’s what happens online when there’s no available “non-verbal communication.”

Hope all is well, Nittany.

All is well. Hope the same is true for you. I just wanted to say I really appreciate all your scholarly knowledge on the humanities and politics that you post here. You are obviously a good student of the human condition, my friend.

Billy_T wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

So Owen is saying he doesn’t like war?

Hard to tell given his bland, non-descriptive verbiage.

He was antiwar. Arguably the two greatest English poets of that war were Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Both were either antiwar going in, or became that way after seeing the slaughter, being gassed, suffering PTSD, etc.

Yeah I know. I was joking. That was about the most descriptive poem about the horrors of war that anyone could possibly write.

“They’re shipping in anarchists, honey!!”

Again, bullshit.

Yeah, that never made any logical sense. First of all, who is the ‘they’? Who do they think is financing the shipping of protesters around the country for the sole purpose of committing violent acts?

The DNC? George Soros? Why? What would it accomplish? It won’t change who the president elect is so what’s the point?