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$40k investment to turn into a $110 million contract... AWESOME ROI. I am really in the wrong business.

Not only that, but "for profit prisons", across the board, have longer sentences due to reduced amount of prisoners getting out early for good behaviour. What incentive would a corporation have to grant early parole, if they are no longer making money from an inmate if they release them... Interesting article and link to a study here: https://news.wisc.edu/study-finds-private-prisons-keep-inmates-longer-without-reducing-future-crime/ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2523238 "The research found that prisoners in private facilities had an increase in their sentence of four to seven percent, which equaled 60 to 90 days for the average prisoner. With the average contractual payment to private prison operators in Mississippi being $50 for each bed occupied, an extra 60 days added to a prisoner’s sentence leads to an average additional cost per prisoner of about $3,000. That added expense erodes about half of the projected cost savings offered by private prisons in the state. Fueling the increase in time served is the widespread use of prison conduct violations in private facilities. Mukherjee found that prisoners in every demographic, offense, and sentence length category accumulated more infractions if they were assigned to a private prison. Overall, inmates in private prisons received twice as many infractions as those in public prisons. In Mississippi, infractions are used by the state parole board in assessing whether a prisoner should be granted early release."

The three strike rule effectively takes the sentencing discretion away from Judges.

Every time I see more news of these water cycle phenomena, I keep recalling Jeremy Rifkin's quote: "Ours is a watery planet. The Earth’s diverse ecosystems have evolved over geological time in direct relationship to precipitation patterns. Each rise in temperature of 1 degree Celsius results in a 7 percent increase in the moisture-holding capacity of the atmosphere. This causes a radical change in the way water is distributed, with more intense precipitation but a reduction in duration and frequency. The consequences are already being felt in ecosystems around the world. We are experiencing more bitter winter snows, more dramatic spring storms and floods, more prolonged summer droughts, more wildfires, more intense hurricanes (category 3, 4 and 5), a melting of the ice caps on the great mountain ranges and a rise in sea levels. The Earth’s ecosystems cannot readjust to a disruptive change in the planet’s water cycle in such a brief moment in time and are under increasing stress, with some on the verge of collapse.' Thanks for the link!

WHo is scurrying like mice? I think stampeding is a little strong- but I think Clapper Brennan and Comey, welcome the investigations and are fine with them. which I think is a mistake... corrupt investigators with a history of lying about reports and finds will- lie about their findings to fit their narrative. I don't see any of them claiming it's a "WITCH HUNT", "NOTHING TO SEE HERE!" and what ever trump obstructionism... It is a total show trial.

I don't agree with most of his policies, but he is spot on about this:

Pfft... Pearl Anniversary, duh. Just messing with you- We take it this year. I foresee some really entertaining football and some serious blow outs by us. This year it seems that there are no real question marks going into the season. We're good in all phases of the game it seems. We have upgraded EVERYwhere I can think there was a concern in the off season... I think we are going to see a very dominant Blue Bombers team in all three facets of the game this year...

You can chalk that one up to our awesome volunteer mods.

You have not been in the political threads I see...

Yup, and that is why I am in next year country already. I think a Grey Cup win on the pearl anniversary of our drought is much better than pearl anniversary-minus one... Has a much better sound to it. So let us all look to next year!!!! WOOHOO GC2020!

Deniers ALWAYS cherry pick data and point out what scientists get wrong while never acknowledging what it gets right. Here is a nice article that sums things up. https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-long-term-climate-predictions-are-accurate-to-within-1-20th-of-a-degree/amp "In this new study, NASA scientists analyzed the GISTEMP data to see if past predictions of rising temperatures were accurate. They needed to know that any uncertainty within their data was correctly accounted for. The goal was to make sure that the models they use are robust enough to rely on in the future. The answer: Yes they are. Within 1/20th a degree Celsius. Kudos. "Uncertainty is important to understand because we know that in the real world we don't know everything perfectly," said Gavin Schmidt, director of GISS and a co-author on the study. "All science is based on knowing the limitations of the numbers that you come up with, and those uncertainties can determine whether what you're seeing is a shift or a change that is actually important." This is scientific rigour at its finest. To a climate change denier, it may seem like ammo. But the reverse is true. NASA is determined to understand their GISTEMP data to the best of their capability, and they acknowledge, like all scientists should, any weakness in their own data and then seek to quantify it."

Yes, but we only started to put stock in your posts after the 3019th one.

Amash at it again. This time taking aim at AG Barr. Click for full thread- it's a good read as it lays out all the issues with Barr in a concise fashion.

Oh yeah that is him.

I actually remember a time when the entire page 1 of Blue Bombers Discussion section was FULL of avatars of those ******* chimps with shades. It was a little much.

Not a far leap of logic. Putin asked: Cease military maneuvers around south Korea. Leave Syria Ease sanctions on oligarchs To which trump acquiesced to.

Wait. What? Putin instructed trump to do That? When?

HOLY ****. That is crazy frightening. No just of qhatvqas laid out in that article, but that it is totally plausible...

Interesting Take on this issue... Can you provide any facts to back up this talk of flooding districts with illegal immigrants, please? Because that sounds like a serious issue that should be addressed. I remember Lou Dobbs claiming that "many" Illegal immigrants voted in 2018... but there is no evidence at all... and since the absence of proof, we need to go on the credibility of Lou Dobbs... who has a very spotty past with the truth. Here is quick article on that issue. https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/nov/16/lou-dobbs/no-evidence-many-illegal-immigrants-voted-midterm-/ But gerrymandering... that is a real thing, not made up **** like thousands of illegals voting. besides... why shouldn't illegal immigrants vote? Are they not part of the political discussion?

I thought the same thing when I saw this article:

trick play? that is their bread and butter. it's the only way they can move all that ****.

Agreed- I was baffled at Ontario when they elected Ford... Well- let em suffer, maybe they will learn for the next time.

Usually it's those at the top that make these spurious claims, knowingly they are blatantly false, let the echo chamber take hold and those down the line parroting the misinformation because they don't understand the issue. That has been my observation.

I read this same article earlier- it is SWAMPY... That is unreal.

Excellent article- thanks for sharing.