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October 15, 2014
Intel iMac question:
When I got my iMac some years ago, I found that one can use half the hard drive to run a Mac OS and by using BootCamp can work with a Windows OS.
Can't operate both at the same time, but can shut down one and do work on the other. I haven't done that, but I have a question about this process. I see nothing about it \online or in books or instructions.
My older Mac OS has features that I will lose if I upgrade. I have the disc for the upgrade, but have not used it. Because I bought an identical disc for another computer and upgraded. After I saw what happened, such as losing a lot of iTunes and Quick Times functions, I refused to upgrade my computer.
In fact, I'm considering setting the other machine back to the older OS. Of course, I was unable to get my current versions of iTunes and Quick Time to interface with the new OS and I hate it. But I'm really getting behind on updates now and want to run both.
Anyone who knows if I can do this, please post.
I will have to call and pay Apple for a Tech call at $30 per problem as this iMac is out of warranty and need to specify what it is I am trying to do. They aren't trained to deal with such questions, they keep trying to get me to buy an upgrade. And therein lies my problem.
TIA.
October 15, 2014
Victoria Nuland's Nazi Cookies!
Quite a tangled web, that is. However, you neglected the crucial elment:
Victoria Nuland's Nazi Cookies!
October 14, 2014
http://wideawakegentile.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/fuck-you-victoria-nuland-and-fuck-your-whole-miserable-neocon-zionist-family/
That's about the level of discourse some days on the internet. And it's not getting any better. All of that is merely the product of millions of precious little snowflakes.
Classic DU headline, generous use of the F word:
FUCK YOU VICTORIA NULAND AND FUCK YOUR WHOLE MISERABLE NEOCON ZIONIST FAMILYhttp://wideawakegentile.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/fuck-you-victoria-nuland-and-fuck-your-whole-miserable-neocon-zionist-family/
That's about the level of discourse some days on the internet. And it's not getting any better. All of that is merely the product of millions of precious little snowflakes.
October 14, 2014
I didn't see anyone of his intellectual caliber in the race. Voting for Obama after watching the 2008 competition was simply a no brainer.
Just as it was in 2012:
They never made any sense in 2008 with that. Obama was the best candidate, period. She lost me in
the primary debates with her style, and he won me with his. He was willing to learn and think ahead.I didn't see anyone of his intellectual caliber in the race. Voting for Obama after watching the 2008 competition was simply a no brainer.
Just as it was in 2012:
October 14, 2014
Basil is a horrid man.
He says what I feel at times.
I prefer physical comedy. My favorite example of thrashing:
Basil is a horrid man.
He says what I feel at times.
October 14, 2014
Jones is said to be the reincarnation of Bill Hicks. I was a fan of his, and watched Jones during the Bush years. But after a while it didn't work for me, but gospel to some.
A head implosion would be an improvement. Hey! NSFW:
Jones is said to be the reincarnation of Bill Hicks. I was a fan of his, and watched Jones during the Bush years. But after a while it didn't work for me, but gospel to some.
October 13, 2014
The Sheeples are watching you now:
Clowns to the Left of Me:
Jokers to My Right:
Here I am, Stuck in the Middle with You.
October 13, 2014
Saw another thread dripping with venom toward Obama, calling supporters names. That's all there was Sunday morning. Some stories are over a year old, well honed hatred. It masquerades as passion, but one wonders when words that mention peace and justice, come from those that have hate in their hearts and are unfair.
The technique is using Warren and Sanders in classic Segretti style, when one is a Democrat and the other caucuses with Democrats. Their statements are taken out of context. But I don't even fault Warren for this interview. It was like the one she was on with Todd on MTP, trying to blame Obama. She dodged and weaved the accusations, just as she mainly did with this one. She has a message to get out.
It is not 'Vote for ME!' or 'Obama the Traitor!', it is what the big money is doing to us all, including blocking the POTUS. The vitriol is at an all time high. The primaries are over. Yet the anti-Dem hate is full blast, the distortions are OTT because this is going to be a bigger election than 2010 was, and it worked then, too.
I feel bad for those who have become influenced by the toxicity is from well coordinated media attacks designed to get people to take the Koch brothers' cause as their own, not in words, but in results. Koch brothers money is effective. But no one will admit they might be wrong. Nothing new.
And yes, the Koch's put in Scott Brown, then ran him against Warren, and now is funding him in another state. And they want EW out of office there in MA. One less Senator to fight what they intend to do, to destroy the legacy she has fought for:
A GOP Senate's First Target - Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Protection Agency
For years, House Republicans have been trying to gut her greatest accomplishment.
By Erika Eichelberger - Sep. 26, 2014
If the GOP wins the Senate, they'll no doubt use the opportunity to push through a range of measures that are kryptonite to Democratic voters—new abortion restrictions, limits on the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to combat climate change, a relaxation of the rules reining in Wall Street's worst excesses...
Yet people blame Obama.
The bureau's job is to make sure Americans aren't getting screwed by mortgage lenders, credit card companies, debt collectors, and other financial institutions. It's the first federal agency designed specifically to protect everyday consumers from financial wrongdoing, and Republicans have done everything in their power to hobble the agency—including fighting the confirmation of its director, Richard Cordray. Winning the Senate in November could be their best chance to roll back Warren's greatest accomplishment...
Half of their work is already done. The House has passed a bill that would limit the bureau's power by replacing its director with a five-member panel, and subjecting its budget to the congressional appropriations process—meaning that hostile lawmakers could starve it to death. (Unlike most federal agencies, the bureau is bankrolled by the Federal Reserve, an effort to free it from the whims of partisan politics.) House Republicans have also introduced legislation to let other financial regulators overturn CFPB rules, to eliminate a fund the bureau uses to compensate consumers who've been defrauded by an institution that's gone belly-up, and to restrict the kind of data the bureau may collect from consumers. (Republicans have charged that the CFPB's collection of credit data is a violation of privacy, even though the bureau does not collect any personal details the consumer doesn't volunteer.)
Yet people hate the Federal Reserve, and want to effect a Ron Paul and Libertarian plan to eliminate it. A lot more on what they'll do to destroy Warren's work if Democrats buy the Segretti technique:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/republican-senate-would-gut-elizabeth-warren-consumer-protection-bureau
This is so glaringly obvious, and affects so many, it's impossible to discuss of the RL online.
I posted what 1SBM said, along with others here:
"Electing more Democrats... accomplishes nothing good." Glenn Greenwald.
That's right--Glenn, who has worked for the Kochs, and apparently does not want people like Elizabeth Warren to be elected, said this....
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/15/1262880/-Glenn-Greenwald-advocates-letting-Republicans-destroy-the-country#
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post5
Your perfect reply:
All part of the plan ...
Posted earlier:
And "Mission Accomplished" ...
could be heard whispered throughout the land. (It seems)
GOP: "Government doesn't work" ... Check!
Libertarians (right and left): "Government is evil" ... Check!
Tea Party: "Government doesn't work and there is no difference between establishment republicans and establishment Democrats" ... Check!
"Liberals/Progressives": "Government is evil and there is no difference between establishment republicans and establishment Democrats" ... Check!
The media has played this narrative on a 7-day, 24-hour loop.
Result: Only 15% of the American people pay close attention to the only mechanism for change.
Nicely played, Oligarchs!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post14
That piece and the posts objecting to it on KOS, deserve a full read. The post was objected to on the basis of personality and not the political issue and real life effects, which would lead to some honest and intelligent discussion. I posted the poll from the KOS link:
Poll results on question:
http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1708001/vote
29% wanna stand by and watch government, and many of us, burn.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post24
An excellent reply to me:
I voted 'No." But now it's up to 27.6%. WTF.
People are wrongwrongwrong.There will be NO revolution.
They will turn this country into a big version of current tax havens -- plantation life for the rich with an archipelago of little Dubai's -- namely, entertainments, tours, two-leveled transportation, infrastructure, and service/servants quarters. No schools or medical care except for the rich.
How could our own sell us out?!! Goddammit!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post47
None of us object to saying what we think on what's essential. I read the 'don't vote, will not vote for various causes or to have a revolution, etc.' posts every day.
The fact that we are past the primary season isn't discouraging the don't vote contingent anywhere. There are many reasons given, but it's all about the media atmosphere, which has been cultivated from all sides with millions spent every month.
Our vote is being pooped on while the Teabaggers will be there to vote. At least they believe in voting for themselves, and work daily to deny us a vote. So who's dumber?
Their vote suppression work proves just how very powerful our vote is. For that reason alone, even if one does not care about those who died to get us the vote, I think people should make the effort to vote against suppression and oppression by the purveyors of Jim Crow and feudalism.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025646840#post102
Try this, sheshe:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014916302#post4Saw another thread dripping with venom toward Obama, calling supporters names. That's all there was Sunday morning. Some stories are over a year old, well honed hatred. It masquerades as passion, but one wonders when words that mention peace and justice, come from those that have hate in their hearts and are unfair.
The technique is using Warren and Sanders in classic Segretti style, when one is a Democrat and the other caucuses with Democrats. Their statements are taken out of context. But I don't even fault Warren for this interview. It was like the one she was on with Todd on MTP, trying to blame Obama. She dodged and weaved the accusations, just as she mainly did with this one. She has a message to get out.
It is not 'Vote for ME!' or 'Obama the Traitor!', it is what the big money is doing to us all, including blocking the POTUS. The vitriol is at an all time high. The primaries are over. Yet the anti-Dem hate is full blast, the distortions are OTT because this is going to be a bigger election than 2010 was, and it worked then, too.
I feel bad for those who have become influenced by the toxicity is from well coordinated media attacks designed to get people to take the Koch brothers' cause as their own, not in words, but in results. Koch brothers money is effective. But no one will admit they might be wrong. Nothing new.
And yes, the Koch's put in Scott Brown, then ran him against Warren, and now is funding him in another state. And they want EW out of office there in MA. One less Senator to fight what they intend to do, to destroy the legacy she has fought for:
A GOP Senate's First Target - Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Protection Agency
For years, House Republicans have been trying to gut her greatest accomplishment.
By Erika Eichelberger - Sep. 26, 2014
If the GOP wins the Senate, they'll no doubt use the opportunity to push through a range of measures that are kryptonite to Democratic voters—new abortion restrictions, limits on the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to combat climate change, a relaxation of the rules reining in Wall Street's worst excesses...
Yet people blame Obama.
The bureau's job is to make sure Americans aren't getting screwed by mortgage lenders, credit card companies, debt collectors, and other financial institutions. It's the first federal agency designed specifically to protect everyday consumers from financial wrongdoing, and Republicans have done everything in their power to hobble the agency—including fighting the confirmation of its director, Richard Cordray. Winning the Senate in November could be their best chance to roll back Warren's greatest accomplishment...
Half of their work is already done. The House has passed a bill that would limit the bureau's power by replacing its director with a five-member panel, and subjecting its budget to the congressional appropriations process—meaning that hostile lawmakers could starve it to death. (Unlike most federal agencies, the bureau is bankrolled by the Federal Reserve, an effort to free it from the whims of partisan politics.) House Republicans have also introduced legislation to let other financial regulators overturn CFPB rules, to eliminate a fund the bureau uses to compensate consumers who've been defrauded by an institution that's gone belly-up, and to restrict the kind of data the bureau may collect from consumers. (Republicans have charged that the CFPB's collection of credit data is a violation of privacy, even though the bureau does not collect any personal details the consumer doesn't volunteer.)
Yet people hate the Federal Reserve, and want to effect a Ron Paul and Libertarian plan to eliminate it. A lot more on what they'll do to destroy Warren's work if Democrats buy the Segretti technique:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/republican-senate-would-gut-elizabeth-warren-consumer-protection-bureau
This is so glaringly obvious, and affects so many, it's impossible to discuss of the RL online.
I posted what 1SBM said, along with others here:
"Electing more Democrats... accomplishes nothing good." Glenn Greenwald.
That's right--Glenn, who has worked for the Kochs, and apparently does not want people like Elizabeth Warren to be elected, said this....
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/15/1262880/-Glenn-Greenwald-advocates-letting-Republicans-destroy-the-country#
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post5
Your perfect reply:
All part of the plan ...
Posted earlier:
And "Mission Accomplished" ...
could be heard whispered throughout the land. (It seems)
GOP: "Government doesn't work" ... Check!
Libertarians (right and left): "Government is evil" ... Check!
Tea Party: "Government doesn't work and there is no difference between establishment republicans and establishment Democrats" ... Check!
"Liberals/Progressives": "Government is evil and there is no difference between establishment republicans and establishment Democrats" ... Check!
The media has played this narrative on a 7-day, 24-hour loop.
Result: Only 15% of the American people pay close attention to the only mechanism for change.
Nicely played, Oligarchs!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post14
That piece and the posts objecting to it on KOS, deserve a full read. The post was objected to on the basis of personality and not the political issue and real life effects, which would lead to some honest and intelligent discussion. I posted the poll from the KOS link:
Poll results on question:
http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1708001/vote
29% wanna stand by and watch government, and many of us, burn.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post24
An excellent reply to me:
I voted 'No." But now it's up to 27.6%. WTF.
People are wrongwrongwrong.There will be NO revolution.
They will turn this country into a big version of current tax havens -- plantation life for the rich with an archipelago of little Dubai's -- namely, entertainments, tours, two-leveled transportation, infrastructure, and service/servants quarters. No schools or medical care except for the rich.
How could our own sell us out?!! Goddammit!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025642630#post47
None of us object to saying what we think on what's essential. I read the 'don't vote, will not vote for various causes or to have a revolution, etc.' posts every day.
The fact that we are past the primary season isn't discouraging the don't vote contingent anywhere. There are many reasons given, but it's all about the media atmosphere, which has been cultivated from all sides with millions spent every month.
Our vote is being pooped on while the Teabaggers will be there to vote. At least they believe in voting for themselves, and work daily to deny us a vote. So who's dumber?
Their vote suppression work proves just how very powerful our vote is. For that reason alone, even if one does not care about those who died to get us the vote, I think people should make the effort to vote against suppression and oppression by the purveyors of Jim Crow and feudalism.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025646840#post102
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