The Off Topic Topic

[Barrister]

The State Department just okayed the Keystone pipeline.

Why is the state department involved? Wouldn't the department of the interior, energy or the EPA be more appropriate?

Because it crosses an international border.

The reasons it was held up though had nothing to do with foreign policy though, it was about American environmental concerns.

You asked why the State Department is involved.  I told you.

[Eddie Teach]

Also, who has a flip phone these days?

Me

[CountDeMoney]

Also, who has a flip phone these days?

Obviously a single mother who doesn't have somebody to share that MOMA experience with other than the most important person in the world to her, a brief moment with a priceless work of art, and somebody who forgoes the trappings of the latest cellphone as she's pouring every available dollar she has into her baby, because it's just the two of them in this world.   You judgmental whore.

[CountDeMoney]

The State Department just okayed the Keystone pipeline.

Why is the state department involved? Wouldn't the department of the interior, energy or the EPA be more appropriate?

Because it crosses an international border.

The reasons it was held up though had nothing to do with foreign policy though, it was about American environmental concerns.

You need to go stuff your head in a pipeline.

[derspiess]

Obamaphone!

[jimmy olsen]

The State Department just okayed the Keystone pipeline.

Why is the state department involved? Wouldn't the department of the interior, energy or the EPA be more appropriate?

Because it crosses an international border.

The reasons it was held up though had nothing to do with foreign policy though, it was about American environmental concerns.

You asked why the State Department is involved.  I told you.

Ok, I understand why they're involved. A better phrased question would have been, why is the State Department the one issuing the go ahead, when the issue at hand is environmental.

[derspiess]

Why are most of the kid song videos on YouTube sung by foreigners? Lola just listened to some Kraut dude singing "Fazzuh finguh, fazzuh finguh, verr ah you?"

[garbon]

Also, who has a flip phone these days?

Obviously a single mother who doesn't have somebody to share that MOMA experience with other than the most important person in the world to her, a brief moment with a priceless work of art, and somebody who forgoes the trappings of the latest cellphone as she's pouring every available dollar she has into her baby, because it's just the two of them in this world.   You judgmental whore.

Darling, I have the cheapest phone that AT&T allows you to currently purchase. It isn't even a flip phone.

[Neil]

Not allowing it makes it even worse. The more you make it harder to remember a password the more likely it's going to be written down.

It's a pain, for sure.  But data security is a huge priority where I work given the nature of the data we process and it's required for certain certifications we hold, so I can't argue.  They give us an easy-to-use password management application and it's not too painful to get help resetting your password if you get locked out.

Paul Brown's secret vault of plays is serious business.

[garbon]

I forgot to mention that the MoMA had an exhibit on various video games (some of which could be played like Flow and Katamari Damacy). They also had a video of someone playing SimCity 2000.

[Barrister]

The State Department just okayed the Keystone pipeline.

Why is the state department involved? Wouldn't the department of the interior, energy or the EPA be more appropriate?

Because it crosses an international border.

The reasons it was held up though had nothing to do with foreign policy though, it was about American environmental concerns.

You asked why the State Department is involved.  I told you.

Ok, I understand why they're involved. A better phrased question would have been, why is the State Department the one issuing the go ahead, when the issue at hand is environmental.

State isn't issueing the go ahead.  They just issued a report.  Obama is the one issueing the go ahead.

As to why?  Because Keystone XL has become absurdly politicized.

[Syt]

The Kunstkammer at Kunsthistorisches Museum has opened yesterday after being closed for 10 years for renovations. I will check out their collection either his weekend or next.

The Kunst- und Wunderkammern (arts and natural wonders rooms) of the Renaissance and Baroque periods were encyclopaedic, universal collections that attempted to reflect the entire knowledge of the day. Particularly desirable were rare, curious and unusual objects. Thus princes and kings collected exotic and uncommon materials, to which they often ascribed magical powers, such as precious stones, ostrich eggs, coral and shark's teeth, which were considered to be dragon's tongues. From these natural products, artists created virtuoso works of art.

The Kunstkammer Wien is unique in the world. Its objects are of extraordinary quality, given the fact they were commissioned or purchased by the emperor or members of the imperial family.

Among the highlights in the Kunstkammer Wien are outstanding works of the goldsmith's art, such as the famous Saliera by Benvenuto Cellini, first-rate specimens of sculpture, such as the Krumau Madonna, masterly bronze statuettes, filigree and bizarre ivory objects and virtuoso stone vessels as well as precious clocks, complicated automatons, remarkable scientific instruments, precious games and much more.

The famous saliera was stolen a few years ago, but recovered. They made a special exhibition for that. It's rather gaudy for something that's functionally a salt container for the dinner table, but still rather magnificent.

[katmai]

Also, who has a flip phone these days?

Obviously a single mother who doesn't have somebody to share that MOMA experience with other than the most important person in the world to her, a brief moment with a priceless work of art, and somebody who forgoes the trappings of the latest cellphone as she's pouring every available dollar she has into her baby, because it's just the two of them in this world.   You judgmental whore.

Darling, I have the cheapest phone that AT&T allows you to currently purchase. It isn't even a flip phone.

doesnt mean you still can't get flip phone from AT&T

[Phillip V]

The State Department just okayed the Keystone pipeline.

The State Department only issued a revised environmental impact statement for the pipeline that makes no recommendation about whether the project should be built, but also presents no conclusive environmental reason it should not be.

Publication of the document next week starts a 45-day public comment period and then a protracted review before a final impact statement is issued, meaning a presidential decision on the project is still months away.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/us-report-sees-no-environmental-bar-to-keystone-pipeline.html

[Syt]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverlick,_Kentucky

Beaverlick is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. Beaverlick is located along U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 127 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Walton. The community was established as a fur trading site between 1780 and 1820; its post office opened in 1853. The community's name came from its location at the source of the Beaver Branch of Big Bone Creek.