It is in Greece's interest to remain in the Euro Zone, but only in the right circumstances. The Greeks can threaten to default in order to get the best terms possible until someone calls their bluff. At that point, the Greeks need to decide if they are bluffing or not. I don't think Germany, or to a lesser extent France, will allow Greece to default. Instead, they will concede to Greece's demands.

This situation again highlights the problem of "too big to fail" banks. If this was just an issue of allowing Greece to default, very few would care. But, if Greece goes down, it takes Germany's banks with it. Then, the Germans will have to bail out their banks in order to avoid much bigger problems.

If Greece does default and leave the Euro Zone, it will devalue the drachma and increase its exports. Once its back on its feet, the banks will be there with money bags. Bankers aren't not known for passing up a chance to make a buck (or a drachma). Nor, as we have seen much more than we would wish, are they known for avoiding risky loans.

I'd put it a bit differently. Greece should stop letting the bankers call the shots. If Greece defaults, the entire Euro Zone could crumble. Since it's the one holding the cards, Greece should be dictating terms.

It looks like things are just getting worse for Cain. A third employee at the NRA says Cain harassed her, a conservative Iowa talk show host says Cain behaved inappropriately around his female staff, and a Republican pollster has gone on the record to say he witnessed Cain harass an NRA employee. Cain continues to blame liberals who he claims oppose him because he is black. Daily, Cain is reinforcing the message that he is politically inept (along the way he issued a warning that China was pursuing nuclear weapons) and probably up to his ears in sexual harassment incidences. He has promised that his wife will come out of hiding, but at this point he may be hiding from her.

So, as the Cain campaign starts circling the drain, who will be the next anti-Romney?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If IQ does change are there certain environments or exercises (training) that improve IQ? Conversely, are there certain activities (or lack thereof) that may result in diminsihing IQ?


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It is not my job to explain things to you. It is your job to adhere to the forum guidelines. While you may find that difficult, I will find removing your posts to be fairly easy.

Anonymous wrote:If IQ does change are there certain environments or exercises (training) that improve IQ? Conversely, are there certain activities (or lack thereof) that may result in diminsihing IQ?

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Anonymous wrote:
Wait...what channel? The only television/cable news I ever watch is Fox News, when I am on the treadmill at the gym. I don't believe I have ever once seen him on Fox, and I frankly didn't know he was even around anymore. Where have you seen him? Is he the token conservative on some liberal channel? If so, too bad, because I don't think he's representative of a lot of conservatives today.

He seems to live out of "liberal" MSNBC's studio. He is constantly on there. I don't know that he is a token because "liberal" MSNBC has plenty of other conservatives on board. It's good if conservatives are starting to disown him.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]"Jesse Jackson made a bigoted remark. But, I don't think that remark defines him and I wouldn't say that he is a bigot so much as someone who doesn't know when to close his mouth."

Oh come on, there is no way you will give a caucasian a pass like this--nor should you. This double standard is tiresome[/quote]

Wrong. I am perfectly willing to agree with the other poster that George Allen is not a bigot. He made a bigoted remark and there are a few other questionable issues in his past, but I don't think it is fair to call him a bigot. Of course, [i][b]there are a number of other very good reasons to vote against him[/b][/i].
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In order of importance, if you don't mind:[/quote]

1) He is a Republican. I'd like to see the Senate remain in Democratic hands. Really, the list could stop here. The rest, not in order of importance:
2) Based on his previous Senate term, he has a 0% NARAL (pro-choice) rating
3) He supported tax subsidies for companies that move US jobs offshore
4) He supports school vouchers, which I oppose
5) He supports drilling in ANWR
6) 100% Christian Coalition rating -- which means anti-gay among other things
7) He supported the PATRIOT act
8) He is joined at the waist with the oil and gas industry
9) and so on...

Anonymous wrote:"Jesse Jackson made a bigoted remark. But, I don't think that remark defines him and I wouldn't say that he is a bigot so much as someone who doesn't know when to close his mouth."

Oh come on, there is no way you will give a caucasian a pass like this--nor should you. This double standard is tiresome

Wrong. I am perfectly willing to agree with the other poster that George Allen is not a bigot. He made a bigoted remark and there are a few other questionable issues in his past, but I don't think it is fair to call him a bigot. Of course, there are a number of other very good reasons to vote against him.

Anonymous wrote:
I am arguing that (1) we cannot stop global warming unilaterally because our use of CO2 is not going to be the deciding factor. Even if cut emissions to ZERO the global emissions will still increase. So why kill ourselves economically?
(2) pragmatically, if there are negative consequences, it is going to be an engineering problem.

What provides a greater threat to our future: 1) the national debt, or; 2) global warming?

Anonymous wrote:
OK, well I clearly think Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are bigots. Maxine Walters is a bigot. But as far as identifying the random MSNBC talking heads, no I do not know their names. But I found their comments 100% bigoted AND offensive. To me, nothing is more bigoted (by definition, really), then calling someone out SOLELY because of their race. i.e., not sharing the same political views as the majority of a particular ethnic group.

Jesse Jackson made a bigoted remark. But, I don't think that remark defines him and I wouldn't say that he is a bigot so much as someone who doesn't know when to close his mouth. Sharpton has done things that are largely considered to have been bigoted, but I don't know enough about him to say one way or the other. I would like to see you support your contention that Maxine Walters in a bigot.

I find it strange that you believe that "nothing is more bigoted (by definition, really), then calling someone out SOLELY because of their race" when you entered this discussion by saying there was no such thing as race. How can something that doesn't exist -- in your mind -- suddenly become the most important element? Isn't that like saying nothing is more bigoted then calling someone out based on their belief about the color of the Easter Bunny?

But, based on your examples and explanation of what is the most bigoted action, would you concede that Rush Limbaugh is undeniably a bigot? How about George Allen who is running for the Senate in VA? He used a racist term not unlike Jesse Jackson.

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:most of the bigots I see are on the left.

Can you identify one?

I've read or seen several articles/videos regarding Herman Cain that I found really offensive. A few were from MSNBC.

I guess that's a "no"?

Also, being offensive is not the same as being a bigot. According to you, "most" bigots are on the left. Since there are a lot of bigots in the world, and "most" are on the left, can't you do a little better than unnamed people you found offensive?

Anonymous wrote:most of the bigots I see are on the left.

Can you identify one?

It was moved to the relevant forum -- Relationship Discussion (non-explicit).

Anonymous wrote:first, there are no "races".

second, based on IQ testing, it seems clear that chinese and japanese asians are smarter than western europeans, and africans tend to be at the bottom.

but I guess we can also debate the accuracy of IQ testing.

who cares regardless?

I'm pretty sure that Buchanan would dispute your first statement. It would be interesting to hear his reaction to your second. I wouldn't be surprised if it resulted in agreement with your third. I guess if you are a member of a group being accused of having inferior genes, you might care.

Anonymous wrote:I'm most concerned with the transmission of data right now, as the software I use for my actual work is (or at least is marketed as being) secure.

I'll be 100% honest here, you completely lost me at public key cryptography! lol I'm using windows and microsoft outlook. I frequently receive emails from financial institutions that look like regular emails, but they are links to their site where I log on for the secure information. I'm guessing there are companies out there that would do the same for my small business, but I don't even know where to begin in my google search. Do you think it's worth looking into my own S/Mime/PGP (whatever those are) or just outsourcing this? Any recs? My daughter suggested something about Google Cloud, but so far I haven't looked into it.

I figured that you would understand a lot of the vocabulary, but just Google a few terms. What is the software that you use for your work? That company might have some options. I have never investigated outsourcing options because I would simply set up my own system. Does your company have a website? An SSL-enabled website would also allow secure transfer.