tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4153646306514717415..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Knowing the Difference Between a Veteran a Hero a Victim and a FraudDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3354896887539706662015-11-06T01:36:22.508-05:002015-11-06T01:36:22.508-05:00The Galaxies with No Stars
Posted by Ross Pomeroy...<br />The Galaxies with No Stars<br /><br />Posted by Ross Pomeroy<br /><br />"There are in fact a hundred billion other galaxies. Each of which contains something like a hundred billion stars."<br /><br />Carl Sagan was quite accurate in this learned approximation when he uttered it in the early 1980s. The galactic and stellar populations of the Universe are staggering! But if the eloquent astrophysicst were alive today, he would be eager to share an equally fascinating development: that there may -- in fact -- be countless galaxies essentially devoid of stars!<br /><br />Dark galaxies, as they are fittingly called, are still in the realm of hypothesis, but observational evidence is increasingly weaving them into reality. Composed of only hydrogen gas, dust, and dark matter, and without visible stars, they are nearly impossible to detect. The best evidence for their existence arrived just three years ago. Astronomers aligned with the European Southern Observatory spotted a quasar -- an unimaginably massive and radiant stellar object formed by galaxy collisions -- illuminating twelve large collections of hydrogen gas, causing the gas in each to faintly fluoresce. The astronomers interpreted those gas collections as dark galaxies.........<br /><br />http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/11/the_galaxies_with_no_stars.htmlCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55444544115043358332015-11-06T01:23:55.698-05:002015-11-06T01:23:55.698-05:00The Demorats are beginning to fear Carson. You can...The Demorats are beginning to fear Carson. You can see it in the behavior of their attack machine. Kareem 'Abdul' -Jabbar says he would be bad for black people. ! They are searching searching searching Dr. Carson's past, looking for something, anything.....their attacks will sharpen on this good man.....Democrats at their shameless worst....Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67971955115969934942015-11-06T01:17:06.480-05:002015-11-06T01:17:06.480-05:00Your reply is, actually, a sign of progress.
You ...Your reply is, actually, a sign of progress.<br /><br />You did <i>not</i> say: "I don't need help"<br /><br />You have implicitly admitted you do need help, but, just not in Idaho.<br /><br />It's this type of warped irrational animosity I am hoping to cure, but you <i>have</i> made baby step in the right direction.<br /><br />Now we need to build on that.....<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84337743403675695472015-11-06T01:05:20.274-05:002015-11-06T01:05:20.274-05:00Uncle Bob's Dream Ticket:
Carson/Palin
and
...Uncle Bob's Dream Ticket:<br /><br />Carson/Palin<br /><br />and<br /><br />it <i>could</i> happen......<br /><br />and has, in my dreams......Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17975633775656501042015-11-06T00:30:06.212-05:002015-11-06T00:30:06.212-05:00.
You are consistent, WiO, I'll give you that....<br /><br />You are consistent, WiO, I'll give you that.<br /><br />Six year old level all the way. You go girl.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24295483859530491832015-11-05T23:43:23.073-05:002015-11-05T23:43:23.073-05:00Funny?
Naw.
Just tired of your hand job.Funny?<br /><br />Naw.<br /><br />Just tired of your hand job.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5943901334962882832015-11-05T23:29:49.187-05:002015-11-05T23:29:49.187-05:00.
More Climate Change Controversy
Anyway, a seco....<br /><br /><b>More Climate Change Controversy</b><br /><br /><i>Anyway, a second piece this week, “The Next Climate Scandal” from Holman W. Jenkins Jr. in the Wall Street Journal, reminds us of how easy it is to manipulate the global temperature numbers. Jenkins writes, “By the count of researcher Marcia Wyatt in a widely circulated presentation, the U.S. government’s published temperature data for the years 1880-2010 has been tinkered with sixteen times in the past three years.” This is politics at its worst: With 16 recounts, you can rig any outcome. Jenkins also highlights Rep/ Lamar Smith’s (R-Tex.) quest to determine how and why U.S. government employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) took a second look at global warming data and subsequently determined there had been no cessation in global warming for the last 15 years, “eliminat[ing] the ‘pause’ in global warming seen in most temperature studies.” Remarkable. And even more remarkably — although I suppose not that surprising, since it fits nicely with the Democrats’ governing style these days — is how government agencies are hiding from congressional oversight. Specifically, they’re refusing to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas. NOAA spokeswoman Ciaran Clayton, a federal government employee, actually said they did not need to comply because, “We have provided all of the information the Committee needs to understand this issue.” That sums up the Obama administration’s condescending view of legal compliance when it comes to its pet causes. Of course if you or I had that attitude about subpoenas, we would be in prison. Period...</i><br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/11/04/the-insiders-inconvenient-numbers-for-the-global-warming-crowd/<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41426150442641322312015-11-05T22:59:22.842-05:002015-11-05T22:59:22.842-05:00Damn, let it be true.Damn, let it be true.galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33528931653245727402015-11-05T22:58:30.497-05:002015-11-05T22:58:30.497-05:00Baby With Incurable Leukemia Cured With Designer I...<b>Baby With Incurable Leukemia Cured With Designer Immune Cells</b><br /><br />"Her leukemia was so aggressive that such a response is almost a miracle."<br /><br />Reuters By Kate Kelland<br /><br />LONDON (Reuters) - A baby whom doctors thought almost certain to die has been cleared of a previously incurable leukemia in the first human use of an "off-the-shelf" cell therapy from Cellectis that creates designer immune cells.<br /><br />One-year-old Layla had run out of all other treatment options when doctors at Britain's Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) gave her the highly experimental, genetically edited cells in a tiny 1-milliliter intravenous infusion.<br /><br />Two months later, she was cancer-free and she is now home from hospital, the doctors said at a briefing about her case in London on Wednesday.<br /><br />"Her leukemia was so aggressive that such a response is almost a miracle," said Paul Veys, a professor and director of bone marrow transplant at GOSH who led the team treating Layla.<br /><br />"As this was the first time that the treatment had been used, we didn't know if or when it would work, so we were over the moon when it did."<br /><br />The gene-edited cell treatment was prepared by scientists at GOSH and University College London (UCL) together with the French biotech firm Cellectis, which is now funding full clinical trials of the therapy due to start next year.<br /><br />It is designed to work by adding new genes to healthy donated immune cells known as T-cells, which arm them against leukemia.<br /><br />Using a gene-editing technology called TALEN, which acts as "molecular scissors," specific genes are then cut to make the T-cells behave in two specific ways: Firstly, they are rendered invisible to a powerful leukaemia drug that would usually kill them and secondly they are reprogrammed to only target and fight against leukemia cells.<br /><br />Other drugmakers including Novartis, Juno Therapeutics and Kite Pharma have tested genetically modified T-cells extracted from an individual patient. However, this is the first time cells from a healthy donor have been used in a process could lead to a ready off-the-shelf supply for use in multiple patients.<br /><br />Some scientists have questioned Cellectis' approach because of potential problems with patients rejecting foreign cells.<br /><br />But the French biotech, working with the U.S. giant Pfizer, as well as Novartis believes its method is faster and cheaper than creating single patient-specific gene therapies.<br /><br />Results from Layla's case were due to be presented at the American Society of Hematology's annual meeting in Orlando on Wednesday.<br /><br />"This is a landmark in the use of new gene engineering technology and the effects for this child have been staggering," said Waseem Qasim, a professor of Cell and Gene Therapy at UCL and immunologist at GOSH who worked on her medical team.<br /><br />If the success in this case is sustained and replicated in other patients, he said, the therapy "could represent a huge step forward in treating leukaemia and other cancers."<br /><br />Matt Kaiser, head of research at the leukemia and lymphoma charity Bloodwise, said that while the concept of editing immune cells to recognize and hunt out leukemia cells is "very exciting," patients and their families should note that the technique is still in the very early stages of development.<br /><br />"We need to establish whether it can offer a long-term cure, whether there are any side effects and which patients are most likely to benefit from it," he said.<br /><br />Also on HuffPost: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/baby-with-incurable-leukemia-cured-with-designer-immune-cells_563bf870e4b0411d3070759a" rel="nofollow">Huffpost</a>galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71591024261934414142015-11-05T22:54:26.021-05:002015-11-05T22:54:26.021-05:00.
And then there were 8 (well, and 4).
Republic....<br /><br />And then there were 8 (well, and 4).<br /><br /><i> Republicans Lindsey Graham, George Pataki and Jim Gilmore did not make the cut.<br /><br />On the main stage of the Fox Business Network debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin will be:<br /><br /> Donald Trump<br /> Ben Carson<br /> Marco Rubio<br /> Ted Cruz<br /> Jeb Bush<br /> Carly Fiorina<br /> John Kasich<br /> Rand Paul<br /><br />In the earlier debate will be:<br /><br /> Chris Christie<br /> Mike Huckabee<br /> Bobby Jindal<br /> Rick Santorum</i><br /><br />http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/chris-christie-miss-main-stage-next-gop-debate-n458326<br /><br />.<br /> Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60434396725549802492015-11-05T21:33:22.040-05:002015-11-05T21:33:22.040-05:00.
No Quirk, your holding Israel to one standard a....<br /><br /><i>No Quirk, your holding Israel to one standard and no-one to any standard is anti-semitic.</i><br /><br />More silliness. I put up posts critical of most countries at one time or another. Within the last few days I have put up posts critical of the US, Turkey, the Kurds, Indonesia, and yes, Israel. Now, admittedly since I usually put up posts on Israel when the current government there criticizes or insults the government of the US or when you post some sort of nonsense, I do put up a lot of posts on Israel.<br /><br /><br /><i>Your words, over the last couple of years, have painted a picture of a classic anti-semite.<br /><br />Dont like it?</i><br /><br />When it’s coming from you? You got to be kidding. I could care less.<br /><br /><br /><i>You have made it clear you hate israel…</i><br /><br />I don’t see how.<br /><br /><br /><i> You have made it clear you hate it's elected leaders…</i><br /><br /><br />The word hate makes it sound a little too personal. I would prefer the word disdain or even utter disdain, and then, only for Bibi and some of his cabinet and right wing allies.<br /><br /><i> the fact that it insists on being called a Jewish state...</i><br /><br /><br />Actually, my main concern isn’t with Israelis or Jews in general calling Israel a Jewish state. They can call themselves anything they want just as Iran can call itself an Islamic republic. However, I do object to the Israeli government demanding that other states ‘recognize’ them as a Jewish state. The majority of states in the world and the UN recognize Israel as a state. That should be sufficient for any state. I am not aware of many states that recognize Israel as a Jewish state.<br /><br />However, a state or a Jewish state? What’s in a name? But when it gets to what Israeli Zionists mean by a Jewish state, I do admit I generally object to the concept as it doesn’t IMO meet Western ideals of a secular society with full separation of church and state, equal rights for all, and not a bifurcated society divided into Jews and non-Jews. <br /><br /><br /><i>In the end it's easy to see, you hate Israel..</i><br /><br /><br />Only, to those unqualified to debate the issues and unwilling to put the time in to learn.<br /><br /><br /><i>And by hating Israel? You are admitting to hating the Jews.</i><br /><br /><br />Logic has never been your strong suit, WiO<br /><br /><br /><i>lets ask the POPE</i><br /><br /><br />The Pope?<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />Try reading the Pope’s statement, WiO. Now, again, slowly. Now, one more time.<br /><br />You are accusing me of saying the State of Israel doesn’t have every right to exist?<br /><br />Heck, even the PLO and the PA have stated Israel has the right to exist.<br /><br />You are a funny man, WiO.<br /><br />.<br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5794626840786081642015-11-05T21:17:44.042-05:002015-11-05T21:17:44.042-05:00Deuce says: Sorry, Israel is an outpost of instab...Deuce says: Sorry, Israel is an outpost of instability, a 20 century colonial construct.<br /><br />So what?<br /><br />What right does any nation have to be?<br /><br />If you dismiss Israel's right?<br /><br />You dismiss everyone else's rights as most nations existence is far less credible..<br /><br />By what right Palestine? Jordan? Pakistan? United States? any arab nation that came into being in the 20th century because of the Brits?<br /><br />No deuce you have classic jew hatred.<br /><br />One standard for the Jews, no standards for anyone else.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40224280304342529882015-11-05T20:32:08.119-05:002015-11-05T20:32:08.119-05:00Deuce cannot bring himself to say that the Jews de...Deuce cannot bring himself to say that the Jews deserve self determination, he only can deride and defame it's results.<br /><br />What right deuce do you have to live in America? <br /><br />What right do the arabs have to live in Jerusalem and not be forced back to small areas of Arabia whence they came?<br /><br />Should blacks be moved back to africa?<br /><br />What rights do arabs have to live in Dearborn?<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49627602892766303442015-11-05T20:29:54.670-05:002015-11-05T20:29:54.670-05:00Well by your logic?
America is an outpost of porn...Well by your logic?<br /><br />America is an outpost of porn, immorality and instability to the world, a 18th century colonial construct.<br /><br />Except that Jews, unlike the Americans, have never left their ancestral home completely.<br /><br />America is an invading force that genocided the natives to set up it's country, where you are a proud occupier.<br /><br />Israel is liberated lands. <br /><br />The dispersed have returned and Israel has been reborn, not born.<br /><br />You dismiss the Jews that were from the middle east and Jerusalem as dust.<br /><br />But they do not forget.<br /><br />Nor do they forgive the invaders from arabia, or turkey or persia or more.<br /><br />But King of Persia, send many of us back to our lands, Cyrus was his name.<br /><br />You call the Jews of Europe a fraud.<br /><br />Just who are you to say this if NOT an Jew hater?<br /><br />We were good enough for your kin to shove in ovens as Jews......<br /><br />Sorry Deuce, you are on the wrong side of morality and history.<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15097237261828862172015-11-05T20:02:56.087-05:002015-11-05T20:02:56.087-05:00Name one of the dozens.Name one of the dozens.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23662524009275771622015-11-05T20:02:01.409-05:002015-11-05T20:02:01.409-05:00Israel is an investment in regional stability.
Yo...<i>Israel is an investment in regional stability.<br /><br />Your lack of comprehension of what a valued ally is is amazing...</i><br /><br />Sorry, Israel is an outpost of instability, a 20 century colonial construct.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55260468905917064812015-11-05T19:43:03.833-05:002015-11-05T19:43:03.833-05:00Deuce you don't believe Israel has a right to ...Deuce you don't believe Israel has a right to exist.<br /><br />periodWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20294605150808333022015-11-05T19:01:20.711-05:002015-11-05T19:01:20.711-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88746497268929180092015-11-05T18:58:42.432-05:002015-11-05T18:58:42.432-05:00QuirkThu Nov 05, 02:42:00 PM EST
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And it ain'... QuirkThu Nov 05, 02:42:00 PM EST<br />.<br /><br />And it ain't up to you or Bibi's toadiie to redefine it either.<br /><br />The constant use of the term along with Nazi, Holocaust, and all the rest by Bibi and his cohorts to describe anyone who disagrees with them about anything, diminishes and trivializes the term to the point of meaninglessness.<br /><br /><br /><br />AH your knee jerk reaction comes to the surface again..<br /><br />No Quirk, your holding Israel to one standard and no-one to any standard is anti-semitic.<br /><br />Your words, over the last couple of years, have painted a picture of a classic anti-semite.<br /><br />Dont like it?<br /><br />Too bad, why can you not be honest?<br /><br />You have made it clear you hate israel. You have made it clear you hate it's elected leaders, what it stands for, the fact that it insists on being called a Jewish state...<br /><br />No quirk, you are not simple critical of Israel's actions.<br /><br />you are an antisemite.<br /><br />now if the title bothers you?<br /><br />how about "jew hating prick"?<br /><br />That fits snugly<br /><br /><br />In the end it's easy to see, you hate Israel..<br /><br />Embrace it you coward..<br /><br />And by hating Israel? You are admitting to hating the Jews.<br /><br />Don't like my opinion?<br /><br />lets ask the POPE<br /><br />The Pope said today, in effect, that anti-zionism equals anti-semitism. His words:<br />‘To attack Jews is anti-Semitism, but an outright attack on the State of Israel is also anti-Semitism,’ the Pope told a World Jewish Congress delegation. ‘There may be political disagreements between governments and on political issues, but the State of Israel has every right to exist in safety and prosperity.’<br />- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/10/pope-francis-anti-israel-attacks-are-anti-semitic/#sthash.hq0LwJrx.dpuf<br /><br /><br />Go fuck yourself quirk "the Jew hater"What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46104318994182318902015-11-05T18:53:43.625-05:002015-11-05T18:53:43.625-05:00Horse shit, Israel is a military and political lia...Horse shit, Israel is a military and political liability. Name one thing that Israel has ever done for the US since thee 1967 assault on the USS Liberty when Israel killed 35 American seamen.<br /><br />Israel is an investment in regional stability.<br /><br />Your lack of comprehension of what a valued ally is is amazing...<br /><br />Are you renouncing your citizenship soon and moving to the mullah's paradise of Iran?What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3562173305017280152015-11-05T18:52:15.783-05:002015-11-05T18:52:15.783-05:00We have named dozens, but you refuse to listen...
...We have named dozens, but you refuse to listen...<br /><br />Maybe you should move to Iran, after all they celebrated yesterday the 36 year anniversary of the Embassy takeover...<br /><br />They shouted "death to america' and burned flags...<br /><br />kinda makes you all warm and fuzzy?What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42318730336411108892015-11-05T18:50:50.239-05:002015-11-05T18:50:50.239-05:00Now that's an example of a bullshit question.
...Now that's an example of a bullshit question.<br /><br />Israel does pay it's bills.<br /><br />At last check receiving "aid" is not not paying it's bills.<br /><br />Once again Deuce your lack of standards shines thru.<br /><br />But to infer that the 3 billion in military aid to catch Israel up after America gives weapons to Israel's enemies is specious.<br /><br />AND couple that with America unfreezing 100 billion dollars to Iran, a nation that burns the US flag in the streets, JUST YESTERDAY.... <br /><br />Israel gets military aid from the USA (less than 1% of the GDP of Israel) to offset the USA's appeasement of the savages of Iran and the PA.<br /><br /><br />"are they broke or just spongers", Deuce have you stopped beating your persian girlfriend?<br /><br />You are de-evolving into quite the cartoon character of evilWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63415880665270985562015-11-05T17:19:36.698-05:002015-11-05T17:19:36.698-05:00.
No thanks, I've seen the deleterious effect....<br /><br />No thanks, I've seen the deleterious effects of Idaho air on brain cells.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89023031814038226502015-11-05T17:09:47.156-05:002015-11-05T17:09:47.156-05:00Why does not Israel pay its
’s own bills?
Why?
A...Why does not Israel pay its<br />’s own bills?<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Are they broke or just spongers? Why doesn’t Israel pay it’s own bills?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45968184450870339992015-11-05T17:07:55.360-05:002015-11-05T17:07:55.360-05:00What is "Occupation"Thu Nov 05, 11:52:00...<i>What is "Occupation"Thu Nov 05, 11:52:00 AM EST<br />Your example is wonderful but non-responsive.<br /><br />Military AID to Israel is an investment.<br /><br />Again don’t deflect, stay on topic.</i><br /><br /><br />Horse shit, Israel is a military and political liability. Name one thing that Israel has ever done for the US since thee 1967 assault on the USS Liberty when Israel killed 35 American seamen.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com