Yes, but a lot of conservatives I've heard have put it in terms of race. That's what I'm saying.

You're right. Fannie May and Freddie Mac were established by congress. In a roundabout way there's some truth in that position. Predatory lenders love black people.

No, the conservatives think God did it.
Really? I got it right? Well I guess I did watch Too Big To Fail and a few other films.

It's mindbending to try to understand all the economic ends and outs but it was like the same guys who caused the crash bet on the crash and then used retirement funds to pay themselves the winnings. Sort of like if two guys bet on the date of someone's death then murdered him that day then robbed the dead guy's mom to pay the bet and then split what was left over.

How the **** is even anybody supposed to understand all this ****? Clearly no one who had any hand in the crash did.

I think the people who caused it modeled it after the bubble in Japan but tweaked it to milk it for even more.

You need to watch that movie. ****ing eye-opening. And stomach-turning.

Hertha Berlin players 'take a knee' before match against Schalke - BBC Sport

:confused:

Didn't help them win did it?
Cue Trump with a comment about Hitler soon...

Dunno who they think they are tbh? Donald Trump has never heard of Hertha Berlin. It's just for show. Why would a no mark team in a different sport in a different country think it's a good idea to jump on that bandwagon? :D

Cos they get publicity?

Yeah but it's still very odd. I doubt there are clubs in the conference now thinking about it just to get attention.

Cool move by the Adolfs!

Selling off all of their assests before the rest of the market discovers they are worseless.



http://infocult.typepad.com/.a/6a00d...7a92970c-800wi

I was actually talking about this movie, which really explains everything quite well.

Death toll from blast in Somalia's capital rises to 189

Totally believable.

It'll only be unbelievable to me if Larry actually ends up having to pay someone the $10 million.

Around 90% of Puerto Rico is still without power. People are drinking bad water and not receiving medication.

I'm not sure where California's wild fires rank historically but those are some big ****ing fires.

Following your image URL

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard...lifornia-fires

Damn!

The Tubb's fire (the one that hit Santa Rosa) is the deadliest fire in California history. Idk when it comes to size but I think the largest ever was in 2012.

What is this due to? Is the weather so hot and dry there, even now in the depths of winter? Or is there some human agency at work?

The depths of winter? It's only October. I don't know the details of these particular fires, but California is a pretty dry state in general so it's prone to forest fires. Sometimes they're caused by human activity, sometimes they're caused by natural events.

What don't you understand? It's October. It's winter. It's cold. Is it not so in Californ-eye-ay?

I guess you have to live in Ireland, to see the rain pissing down and how cold and miserable it is, to feel like you're in winter already. DST at the end of this month will plunge us into darkest night by 6:30 pm. Sure feels like winter to me!

It is fall. It is fall all around the northern hemisphere. It will not be winter until December 21.

We had a lot of rains at the end of last year and the beginning of this year which caused an increase in vegetation. Drought conditions made that all dry out and die. Then we had the fast and dry Santa Ana winds come through and it was a recipe for disaster. I had a friend in Eureka whose wife couldn't leave the house because the winds literally knocked her down when the Santa Anas started a couple of weeks ago.

It's too early to tell if it's arson. My money is on natural causes/accidents.

Also California winters are pretty tame.

Global warming and encroaching human population. Pre-endless-urban-sprawl periodic lightning strikes would burn portions of the forests enriching the soil with nutrients like nitrogen. Now people try to contain wild fires while maintaining the ecosystem with controlled burns. But it's not nice to try to fool Mother Nature.

"Rain" is not a word I associate with winter. Where I grew up, winter meant ice and snow or occasionally being so frigid that it would no longer snow.

According to the internet it's 59F (15C) in Dublin right now. That sounds prefect to me actually.

I know it's your territory and tame is a relative word and this is anecdotal but one time I was driving from Portland to Palo Alto and bumped into some ****ing crazy snow in N. Cal. The cops wouldn't let you pass without chains on your tires. They had people selling chains on the spot. I didn't have a clue how to put snow chains on my tires but I finally worked it out.

Delicious. It's been hot for so long here the whole state is on suicide watch.

A few times when I was living in San Jose I had put on a light jacket when I went out in the evening. It was crazy.

Ja mountainous Norcal gets some winters. So do the Sierra Nevadas. The other ~80% of California just gets a bit chiller than normal.

That would be autumn then, over here. ****ing feels like winter, and will feel more so when yer wan arrives tomorrow! Not looking forward to that!
I see. Thanks for the explanation. Wow.
Indeed. A lot of factors then.
Ah, what does the internet know? Let the internet come and try to live in Dublin, see how smart it is then! Yeah, it's actually not cold but the rain makes it seem so, and tomorrow we're all gonna be ****ed anyway.
:shycouch:

I know Philly is cold.

Never been there but the wet winds funneling down between the buildings on a street in NYC will rip right through you.

I would love to come and try to live in Dublin, honestly. I'm convinced that Ireland or the Pacific Northwest over here is pretty much my ideal climate. I love cool weather with overcast skies and rain.

Philly can get pretty cold, but it also can get pretty hot. This summer was miserably hot and seemed like it wouldn't end.

Word.

People around here seem to love hot weather for some weird reason.