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Posts Made By: Dave Snope

October 31, 2012 05:41 AM Forum: My Favorite WIMP.COM or YOUTUBE.COM

Rally Driver Takes Out A Vineyard

Posted By Dave Snope
Well, part of one. You don't disturb a Frenchman's grape vines. Three different views are cool.

Norwegian rally driver Petter Solberg and his co-driver Chris Patterson had a narrow escape during the recent Rallye de France 2012.


http://youtu.be/OtI7Rh9PAGU

Helicopter View:
http://youtu.be/SBAfV8q1xWU

Driver View:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFx4twAvlI&feature=player_embedded

October 31, 2012 05:51 PM Forum: Politics

Why Liberals Think What They Do

Posted By Dave Snope
Prof. Victor Davis Hansen nails down the primary types of elite liberal psychology. He discusses "equality of result", "them", "exemption", "naivete", "anger, envy, and the primordial emotions", and "nihilism".

For example, "naivete":
In the elite liberal mind, there is instead a sort of progressive Big Rock Candy Mountain. Gasoline comes right out of the ground through the nozzle into the car. Redwood 2x4s sprout from the ground like trees. Apples fall like hail from the sky; stainless steel refrigerator doors are mined inches from the surface. Tap water comes from some enormous cistern that traps rain water. Finished granite counter tops materialize on the show room floor. Why, then, would we need Neanderthal things like federal gas and oil leases, icky dams and canals, yucky power plants, and gross chain saws — and especially those who would dare make and use them?

"envy":
So do not discount the envy of the sophisticated elite. The unread coal plant manager, the crass car dealer, or the clueless mind who farms 1000 acres of almonds should not make more than the sociology professor, the kindergarten teacher, the writer, the artist, or the foundation officer. What sort of system would allow the dense and easily fooled to become better compensated (and all for what — for superfluous jet skis and snowmobiles?) than the anguished musician or tortured-soul artist, who gives so much to us and receives so much less in return? What a sick country — when someone who brings chain saws into the Sierra would make more than a UC Berkeley professor who would stop them.

In Summary:

In short, twenty-first century elite liberalism has become a psychological condition, not a serious blueprint on how to solve real problems. The president knows that — and so without ideas has been reduced to name-calling and sermons on Big Bird.

http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/why-liberals-think-what-they-do/?singlepage=true

November 1, 2012 04:46 AM Forum: Politics

Looks Like A Senator Has Hit Underage Hookers

Posted By Dave Snope
Story developing...

Dominican hookers, to be specific. This is what we’re hearing about the sex scandal involving a “powerful senator” in a headline being touted by Drudge, with a story by the Daily Caller promised late tonight.

UPDATE: Shortly after the Drudge Report headline went up, my associate Ali Akbar got a tip that the story involved Sen. Menendez of New Jersey and at least one prostitute with whom he trysted on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Dominican Republic. Within one hour, Akbar had confirmed this with other sources, and we understand that numerous reporters in D.C. have heard similar reports.

UPDATE II: Some online sources are saying underaged Dominican hookers, but Ali’s sources cannot confirm the age of the alleged partner.

UPDATE III: Menendez’s Republican challenger is Joe Kyrillos who, unless I’m mistaken, suddenly became a serious contender.

November 1, 2012 05:42 AM Forum: Politics

LOL

Posted By Dave Snope
We need Change. This admin is being run by the JV cheerleading squad.

Leading from behind. Again.

ZAGREB, Croatia — The Obama administration on Wednesday renounced the proclaimed leaders of the Syrian political opposition and said any group seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad must reject attempts by extremists to “hijack” a legitimate revolution.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Syrian National Council, or SNC, should no longer be considered the “visible leader” of the opposition. That made official what has been the increasingly obvious sidelining of an opposition group led mostly by middle-age Syrian expatriates.

November 2, 2012 12:59 AM Forum: My Favorite WIMP.COM or YOUTUBE.COM

Cool Full Spherical Video Lets You Control View

Posted By Dave Snope
Lets you control looking around while viewing a F1 race car driving around a track.

We are proud to launch the first full spherical 360 video together with our Red Bull friends. The ViewCam 360 video system makes it possible to experience this Red Bull F1 car from angles you have never seen before. You can decide the angles yourself by using the arrows on your keyboard. With the ability to capture full sphere video, it gives you a sensation of hovering over the car by letting you look straight down.



http://www.makingview.no/makingview.no/Hjem.html

November 2, 2012 06:01 PM Forum: Politics

Long Term Unemployment Rate Rises

Posted By Dave Snope
Another black mark for the worst jobs president in American history.

The long-term unemployment rate rose to 40.6 percent in October, up from September’s level of 40.1 percent of the total unemployed, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday.

Long-term unemployment is unemployment lasting for 27 consecutive weeks or longer, according to BLS.

The government reported that just over 5 million people were unemployed for more than six months – 27 weeks – rising from September’s level of 4.8 million.

Long-term unemployment has remained elevated since the end of the recession in 2009. In January 2009, when President Obama took office, there were 2.7 million long-term unemployed Americans. By August of that year – after the recession had ended in June – that number had crossed the 5 million mark.

November 5, 2012 09:08 PM Forum: Politics

Romney, Obama Tied in Latest Poll. LOL.

Posted By Dave Snope
CNNLOL:

CNN has decided to throw in with Marist and Quinnipiac for the ‘Which Pollster Can Be The Most Wrong” contest, funnily enough being decided tomorrow night as well. They’ve got the race tied at 49 all, but with a very interesting sampling number that stands out in their methodology.

Among those likely voters, 41% described themselves as Democrats, 29% described themselves as Independents, and 30% described themselves as Republicans.

You read that right. CNN, the night before the election, has a turnout model in their poll that is 57% higher for the President than it was four years ago. So the economy hasn’t improved, wages haven’t improved, energy production hasn’t improved, the Middle East hasn’t improved, Defense hasn’t improved, health care costs haven’t improved, the debt hasn’t improved, the deficit hasn’t improved, partisanship hasn’t improved, MSNBC’s ratings haven’t improved, Iran hasn’t been deterred from their march towards nuclear weaponry, and we’re still heading towards the entitlement fiscal cliff.

But CNN is happy to report that the country is no longer a 50/50 country, and that the spread in turnout Barack Obama got in all his hopeychangey glory is now half again wider? And the race is still tied?

By the way, Scott Rasmussen finished October with a report that shows party ID favoring the Republicans by 5.6%. That’s almost a 17 point swing from what CNN shows. Just a reminder for today and tomorrow. Do not let what a poll tells you cloud your decision on whether to turn out or not.

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2012/11/05/cnn-polling-2-2-11/

November 6, 2012 03:21 AM Forum: Politics

Why The Polls Are Screwy (Best to Ignore Them)

Posted By Dave Snope
Or, why pundits are predicting a big Romney victory:

So what the hell happened this time? Something doesn’t seem right—poll after poll...after poll keeps showing the President tied with Mitt Romney and even a little ahead—and in some of the swing state polls, you see the President far ahead. Yet the average person thinks “That can’t be right.” Anecdotes, yes, are not data, but by God it sounds like people are turning out in waves to vote for Romney. Lines in GOP-friendly early voting locations are out the door, with cars lined up waiting for a chance to park. Early voting seems to be showing a massive turnout for Romney, unless a Democrat campaign spokesperson is asked; then, the numbers seem to float for Obama. All the pundits who have done this many times in their life, however, seem to anticipate a decisive Romney win—even a landslide. So how can Obama be so close or even ahead?

Here is how they are doing it.

Read the rest here:
http://www.gormogons.com/2012/11/why-polls-are-screwy-best-to-ignore-them.html

November 7, 2012 12:24 AM Forum: Politics

If You Are Watching The Exit Polls...

Posted By Dave Snope
...don't forget that they are skewed D.

Remember: John Kerry Easily Won the Exit Polls In 2004, Leading to the "Seven Hour Presidency"

So the Exit Polls are being leaked now. Drudge headlines "Race tight." You'll be seeing more leaks, with real numbers.

But remember: These are just polls. Surveys. And they skew more Democratic than the actual polls do.

In 2004, Kerry was picking out new curtains for the Oval Office because the exit polls showed him destroying George Bush.

But then people started noting: In the Pennsylvania exits, there were 22% more women surveyed than men. Could that be right?

No, it wasn't right. The exit polls had a massive Democratic skew for several reasons. The people conducting the polls were young college students, for example. Older voters avoided them (figuring they would look down on their vote) and they, in turn, avoided older voters (because older voters are square, man!).

Basically, exit polls have a very high level of self-selection. They are not random. The pollster decides who looks like a nice young Democratic-leaning voter who she might want to date, and chats him up about his vote. And the voters self-select, because they don't really feel like being judged for voting Republican by a 19 year old sociology major.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/334706.php

November 14, 2012 06:29 PM Forum: Politics

Fiscal Cliff Impact on You

Posted By Dave Snope
Graphic from USA Today showing the direct costs to you.

Of course this doesn't show the effects on you of the resulting recession, loss of 2 million more jobs, loss of investments, loss of retirement income, price increases, further housing market degradation...

And this is just what's on the table right now. Remember that Obama said his plan was to have $1 of tax increases for every $3 of spending cuts? Now he's talking about $3 of tax increases for every $1 in cuts. He's full of BS.

Maybe he'll say something today, now that he's back from golfing and having his first face-to-face with the WH Press Corp in eight months.


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