shirgall

As jpahmad said, thoughtcrime is not an action. We all briefly consider but do not act on all sorts of things. While mens rea is necessary to distinguish manslaughter from murder you still need to kill someone for it to be considered at all.

The 1922 Encyclopedia Britannica termed inflation before "The World War" as an increase in circulation of paper money: So, "classical" is poisoning the well, here, implying that the Austrians invented or championed an alternative definition, when it fact the term has its roots in the concept of debasing a currency. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1922_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Inflation

Lending money on reserve produces an apparent increase in money supply, and when some loans can be decades-long, it can have pretty long term effects as well.

If we needed to name another SI unit for a quanta of political action, I nominate the name "Argh" as in "the leak of the TPP text produced 30 kiloarghs/second." In all seriousness, the minimum unit for political thought or action is an individual.

Simple strategy. By harping on this comparison, it makes it harder to harp on the same comparison with Bernie's statements.

What I don't get is that there haven't been references to the real violence in 1968, and only the barest of references to Bill Ayers, admitted Weather Underground terrorist, being at the Chicago Trump riot.

It's that cheerleader training of hers. Go, team, go... never mind why.

An inability to find virtue in anything other than "cuteness" in themselves doesn't exactly yield a fertile ability to find virtue in anything other than "cuteness" in anything else. Devotion, eagerly reciprocated attention, and simple needs are icing on the cake.

Rippetoe is a strength coach, but he doesn't do a lot to be big. Instead he works to be strong. In Starting Strength he asserts, "Physical Strength is the most important thing in life." Chapter 1. First sentence. He goes on to write, "Our strength, more than any other thing we possess, still determines the quality and the quantity of our time here in these bodies." Personally I would put "health" in that sentence rather than "strength" and, to me, health is a combination of acclimation--if not optimization--to our surroundings (both mental and physical). I'm curious about his perspective, as well as the perspective of many other pundits on health. That's why I brought him forward as a counterpoint and as a way to help focus on the definition of "healthy". He thinks strength is a key component of health, and he is clearly strong, is he healthy? After all, we don't go to a fat guy for weight loss advice. Do we go to Rippetoe as a health coach?

Part of the problem is that the effects of health decisions are cumulative and self-reinforcing, and habits are incredibly hard to change if they are long-standing.

As a software developer, I'm always hoping that potential customers provide useful bug reports. Perhaps if you called in about the problems you are seeing and flesh it out with our customer support representative and development lead?

https://fee.org/articles/5-economic-myths-that-just-wont-die/

And, again, the reason I brought up Rippetoe in particular is his position that training for real strength prevents a lot of avoidable injury in the later years of life, and is therefore an important part of a healthy lifestyle. rippetoe is not a powerlifter. He focuses on training, not performance. Powerlifting is performance. I was trying to get to the definition of "healthy". I have not seen a proper definition of the goal in this thread. It's kinda important, isn't it? Is your definition of healthy, then "someone who does not knowingly contribute to the increased personal risk of dying, and who does not suffer from disease"? Am I paraphrasing properly? I don't deserve any vitriol for anything you imagine I said. I merely asked if I was offering an example of healthy.

My point is that water weight has nothing to do with calories. Early weight loss on many diets involves getting rid of water weight. Weight has many components and the calories story is hardly sufficient. I was not claiming perfection or ideals, only asking for a agreed-to shared definition of "healthy". Name-calling and citing unrelated points are not arguments or definitions. Are you saying that all people that have eaten meat, eggs, or dairy necessarily unhealthy? Is that part of your definition?

I think you are underscoring the key point about those who insist one should act ethically when in prison or when taxed by the state to pay for immigration.

How many calories do you consume when you drink a gallon of water? What's your weight difference? (By the way, that's more like a one in a billion strongman, he set a world record.) Meat, eggs, and dairy are no bad for your long term health in and of themselves. Plenty of people over the centuries have eaten them and have been fine. My argument is that before you can claim some things are healthy and other things are not is to arrive at some sort of agreement on what "healthy" really means.

http://retractionwatch.com/2016/03/07/were-using-a-common-statistical-test-all-wrong-statisticians-want-to-fix-that/

Unfortunately, NACALT (Not All Calories Are Like That) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UZNSC2 Meanwhile, this guy looks a little bulky (unhealthy?), and set a world record 1026 pound deadlift:

The point of my postings about him was to highlight the problems with the question "Is he healthy?" It always comes back to "Compared to what?" He is undoubtedly strong. But he has a gut.

I've read Rippetoe, and he seems pretty methodical and empirical and definitely understands the difference between training (lifting to get stronger) and performance (lifting to impress girls). Why is he nuts?

Determinism is off-topic for the forums because the comments are pretty predictable.

Not only do certain components of foods lead to sugar spikes and downs, but being tired leads to snacking. Vicious cycle.

Most famous from that, but it's actually a bastardization of a quote from Temujin (Ghengis Khan): "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters."

The drive to survive predates the invention of deities by about 4 billion years.

He wasn't kicking you out, he was wondering why you would be interested in participation in the forum if you are rejecting the reasoning behind that particular position.