John McCain won the Arizona primary because he was the lesser of two evils when compared to J.D. Hayworth, in my opinion. John McCain has flipped flopped back and forth on more issues than you can shake a stick at, which in my mind, is simply him doing whatever it takes to reposition himself to try and save his political neck - and damn the American people in the process. In other words, don't stick to your once ethical conservative principles, but instead, conveniently flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop... ad nauseam - looking out for "number one" simply to get reelected - while the American people (and America itself??) are way down on the totem pole by contrast. At least that's how I, and I would assume millions of other true conservative Americans perceive John Sidney McCain III. As a self seeking flip flopper doing whatever it takes when the next reelection cycle comes around to try and get himself reelected. On the other hand, maybe it's just me... I dunno.
But when will "THE LEFT" ever stop bashing Sarah Palin?!?!? Now they're harping on her education! Well... let's look at a liberal pupil by comparison shall we? Attorney General Eric Himpton Holder. Eric Holder received a bachelor's degree in American history from Columbia University. Tim Geithner can be sure he won't be hounded about his tax-dodging by his colleague Eric Holder, US Attorney General. Eric Holder has a miserable record which includes: obstructing an FBI investigation into the theft of nuclear secrets from Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory; rejecting multiple requests for an independent counsel to investigate alleged fundraising abuses by then-Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton White House; undermining the criminal investigation of President Clinton by Kenneth Starr in the midst of the Lewinsky investigation; and planning the violent raid to seize then-six-year-old Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint in order to return him to Castro's Cuba. Moreover, there is his soft record on terrorism. Holder bypassed Justice Department procedures to push through Bill Clinton's scandalous presidential pardons and commutations, including those for 16 members of FALN, a violent Puerto Rican terrorist group that orchestrated approximately 120 bombings in the United States, killing at least six people and permanently maiming dozens of others, including law enforcement officers. His record in the current administration is no better. As he did during the Clinton administration, Holder continues to ignore serious incidents of corruption that could impact his political bosses at the White House. For example, Holder has refused to investigate charges that the Obama political machine traded VIP access to the White House in exchange for campaign contributions-a scheme eerily similar to one hatched by Holder's former boss, Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The Holder Justice Department also came under fire for dropping a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party. On Election Day 2008, Black Panthers dressed in paramilitary garb threatened voters as they approached polling stations. Holder has also failed to initiate a comprehensive Justice investigation of the notorious organization the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which is closely tied to President Obama. There were allegedly more than 400,000 fraudulent ACORN voter registrations in the 2008 campaign. And then there were the journalist videos catching ACORN Housing workers advising undercover reporters on how to evade tax, immigration, and child prostitution laws. Holder's controversial decisions on new rights for terrorists and his attacks on previous efforts to combat terrorism remind many of the fact that his former law firm has provided and continues to provide pro bono representation to terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Holder's politicization of the Justice Department makes one long for the days of Alberto Gonzales. >> Moral of story? Give me a true conservative in Sarah Palin over the liberal Democratzi Eric Himpton Holder any day of the week. Or flip-flopper John Sidney McCain III for that matter too. End of story.
As for John McCain, we'll see how Mr. Vanity does the next time around if indeed he wins the general election. But if he forsakes his recent conservative "conversion" and backtracks to his old "me me me" backstabbing ways it will serve him right if he happens to end his political career on a somewhat sour note. God only knows what that might entail. Stick to your conservative principles John! and quit trampling on the American people i.e. QUIT PLAYING GAMES!! AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (instead of only yourself) for once! You might find it rather refreshing! We can only hope...
by Susana Polo | 4:09 pm, September 12th, 2010
There have been many effects of Eve Online’s decision to deal a large blow to the black market for their in-game currency by essentially making it purchasable for real money. The one that we like the most, however, is that it is now really easy to quantify actions in Eve Online to people who don’t play the game. Case in point:
In-game business machinations have lead to a player known as Bad Bobby walking away from a gutted in-game corporation with items worth $45,000. And it was all game legal.
The plan was to set up an in-game business that turned a profit by selling copies of blueprints for Titan class starships. 90% of the profits would go to the shareholders who had bankrolled the founding of the company in the first place. The location of the originals would be kept secret, but their ownership would be controlled by five trustees, ensuring that they could not be taken without all trustees in agreement. Bad Bobby was a founding member of the company, Titans4U, and one of the trustees.
From Massively:
All of this security hinged on the fact that Bobby would not have access to over 50% of the company’s shares and so couldn’t vote to unlock the blueprints on his own. For over a year, this system worked amicably. In the background, however, Bobby was slowly scheming to get his hands on more shares.
To complete the scam, Bobby initiated a vote to create more shares under the guise of adding more trustees… the vote passed and more shares were created.
The other trustees presumably expected Bobby to hand over the shares when the new trustees were appointed. Instead, Bobby, with access to 50% of the shares, called for a vote to place the blueprints in his ownership at a time when only three of the other four trustees could log on to veto his request, stealing the blueprints.
According to Massively, the virtual goods were worth 850 billion Interstellar Kredits, which can be translated into a value of $45,000 US dollars, which can purchase 214 years of game time.
And yes, Eve Online is at heart an economic simulator as well as a space tactics simulator. The game’s curators permit in-game thievery, smuggling, elaborate cons, pirates, market manipulation, bounty-hunting, corporate espionage, and racketeering; they simply warn their players to be aware of the risks and careful with their in-game possessions. Bobby’s actions were all within the rules of the game. The only thing he has sacrificed is his in-game reputation.
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John McCain won the Arizona primary because he was the lesser of two evils when compared to J.D. Hayworth, in my opinion. John McCain has flipped flopped back and forth on more issues than you can shake a stick at, which in my mind, is simply him doing whatever it takes to reposition himself to try and save his political neck - and damn the American people in the process. In other words, don't stick to your once ethical conservative principles, but instead, conveniently flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop... ad nauseam - looking out for "number one" simply to get reelected - while the American people (and America itself??) are way down on the totem pole by contrast. At least that's how I, and I would assume millions of other true conservative Americans perceive John Sidney McCain III. As a self seeking flip flopper doing whatever it takes when the next reelection cycle comes around to try and get himself reelected. On the other hand, maybe it's just me... I dunno.
But when will "THE LEFT" ever stop bashing Sarah Palin?!?!? Now they're harping on her education! Well... let's look at a liberal pupil by comparison shall we? Attorney General Eric Himpton Holder. Eric Holder received a bachelor's degree in American history from Columbia University. Tim Geithner can be sure he won't be hounded about his tax-dodging by his colleague Eric Holder, US Attorney General. Eric Holder has a miserable record which includes: obstructing an FBI investigation into the theft of nuclear secrets from Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory; rejecting multiple requests for an independent counsel to investigate alleged fundraising abuses by then-Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton White House; undermining the criminal investigation of President Clinton by Kenneth Starr in the midst of the Lewinsky investigation; and planning the violent raid to seize then-six-year-old Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint in order to return him to Castro's Cuba. Moreover, there is his soft record on terrorism. Holder bypassed Justice Department procedures to push through Bill Clinton's scandalous presidential pardons and commutations, including those for 16 members of FALN, a violent Puerto Rican terrorist group that orchestrated approximately 120 bombings in the United States, killing at least six people and permanently maiming dozens of others, including law enforcement officers. His record in the current administration is no better. As he did during the Clinton administration, Holder continues to ignore serious incidents of corruption that could impact his political bosses at the White House. For example, Holder has refused to investigate charges that the Obama political machine traded VIP access to the White House in exchange for campaign contributions-a scheme eerily similar to one hatched by Holder's former boss, Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The Holder Justice Department also came under fire for dropping a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party. On Election Day 2008, Black Panthers dressed in paramilitary garb threatened voters as they approached polling stations. Holder has also failed to initiate a comprehensive Justice investigation of the notorious organization the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which is closely tied to President Obama. There were allegedly more than 400,000 fraudulent ACORN voter registrations in the 2008 campaign. And then there were the journalist videos catching ACORN Housing workers advising undercover reporters on how to evade tax, immigration, and child prostitution laws. Holder's controversial decisions on new rights for terrorists and his attacks on previous efforts to combat terrorism remind many of the fact that his former law firm has provided and continues to provide pro bono representation to terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Holder's politicization of the Justice Department makes one long for the days of Alberto Gonzales. >> Moral of story? Give me a true conservative in Sarah Palin over the liberal Democratzi Eric Himpton Holder any day of the week. Or flip-flopper John Sidney McCain III for that matter too. End of story.
As for John McCain, we'll see how Mr. Vanity does the next time around if indeed he wins the general election. But if he forsakes his recent conservative "conversion" and backtracks to his old "me me me" backstabbing ways it will serve him right if he happens to end his political career on a somewhat sour note. God only knows what that might entail. Stick to your conservative principles John! and quit trampling on the American people i.e. QUIT PLAYING GAMES!! AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (instead of only yourself) for once! You might find it rather refreshing! We can only hope...
by Susana Polo | 4:09 pm, September 12th, 2010
There have been many effects of Eve Online’s decision to deal a large blow to the black market for their in-game currency by essentially making it purchasable for real money. The one that we like the most, however, is that it is now really easy to quantify actions in Eve Online to people who don’t play the game. Case in point:
In-game business machinations have lead to a player known as Bad Bobby walking away from a gutted in-game corporation with items worth $45,000. And it was all game legal.
The plan was to set up an in-game business that turned a profit by selling copies of blueprints for Titan class starships. 90% of the profits would go to the shareholders who had bankrolled the founding of the company in the first place. The location of the originals would be kept secret, but their ownership would be controlled by five trustees, ensuring that they could not be taken without all trustees in agreement. Bad Bobby was a founding member of the company, Titans4U, and one of the trustees.
From Massively:
All of this security hinged on the fact that Bobby would not have access to over 50% of the company’s shares and so couldn’t vote to unlock the blueprints on his own. For over a year, this system worked amicably. In the background, however, Bobby was slowly scheming to get his hands on more shares.
To complete the scam, Bobby initiated a vote to create more shares under the guise of adding more trustees… the vote passed and more shares were created.
The other trustees presumably expected Bobby to hand over the shares when the new trustees were appointed. Instead, Bobby, with access to 50% of the shares, called for a vote to place the blueprints in his ownership at a time when only three of the other four trustees could log on to veto his request, stealing the blueprints.
According to Massively, the virtual goods were worth 850 billion Interstellar Kredits, which can be translated into a value of $45,000 US dollars, which can purchase 214 years of game time.
And yes, Eve Online is at heart an economic simulator as well as a space tactics simulator. The game’s curators permit in-game thievery, smuggling, elaborate cons, pirates, market manipulation, bounty-hunting, corporate espionage, and racketeering; they simply warn their players to be aware of the risks and careful with their in-game possessions. Bobby’s actions were all within the rules of the game. The only thing he has sacrificed is his in-game reputation.
robert shumake
Phil Pruitt Joins Yahoo! <b>News</b> As Politics Editor
USA Today Deputy Managing Editor/News Phil Pruitt has left the newspaper to join Yahoo! News as its new Politics editor.
Official Google Blog: Google <b>News</b> turns eight
Today we celebrate the eighth birthday of Google News. Not long after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, we started building and testing Google News with the aim of helping you find current events from a wide variety of global and ...
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Phil Pruitt Joins Yahoo! <b>News</b> As Politics Editor
USA Today Deputy Managing Editor/News Phil Pruitt has left the newspaper to join Yahoo! News as its new Politics editor.
Official Google Blog: Google <b>News</b> turns eight
Today we celebrate the eighth birthday of Google News. Not long after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, we started building and testing Google News with the aim of helping you find current events from a wide variety of global and ...
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