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Yeah, I believe they said that because of the lack of bandwidth, the full compressed data won't be done transmitting until some time in 2016.

I haven't looked into it much and was just going off the pictures and their relationship in size/distance to each other at first glance, but I did hear that Charon (like our Moon faces Earth) always has the same side facing Pluto.

Trout definitely has his share of 'haters' and they tend to center around the Harper 'fanboy' crowd.

The look on Thomas's face towards Rose during that little FOX sit-down at the stadium was priceless.

Here's the link to the image gallery which should be updated as soon as new pics are released. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/images/index.html Charon:

While our gas prices have been rising, the price of oil has been dropping. It dropped to $50.98 per barrel after the announcement of the Iran deal, but finished the day at $53.04 a barrel. http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/14/investing/crude-oil-prices-iran-deal/ How is it we're paying the same price for gas as when it was at $100.00+ per barrel?? If gas went back to $110.00 per barrel, we'd paying about $9.00 per gallon right now. Of course the fix is in! There's no way to justify these prices. It makes zero sense. Like KCAL said the other day, our oil companies are being accused of keeping our supply intentionally low to inflate the price of gas. That's the only logical answer considering they also said our exports have increased over the same time.

It was just last year that someone was able to get a camera into a 'civil asset forfeiture training seminar' for the police that discussed things like 'wishlists' and 'little goodies' they should all be on the lookout for. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/us/police-use-department-wish-list-when-deciding-which-assets-to-seize.html?_r=2&referrer

Is it just me or is Todd Frazier a dead ringer for Peyton Manning?

Negreanu made the final 27? Would be cool to see him make and play the final table.

They've already likened that big bright spot to a heart. I believe the close-up pictures of the fly-by won't be available until Wednesday.

Tsipras and his Syriza party just pulled the rug out from under their people's feet. I'm sure some have heard by now that Greece has agreed to ALL demands from the troika which for the most part is privatization, privatization, and more privatization And did I mention privatization? Just like the "hitman" said was the plan for Greece, and the rest of the world for that matter, all along. Anyway, here are some links: http://www.wsj.com/articles/eurozone-leaders-reach-unanimous-agreement-on-greece-says-eus-tusk-1436771076 On privatization: http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/07/13/how-will-the-greek-privatization-work-the-short-answer/ Good overall assessment of what just happened: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/13/the-problem-of-greece-is-not-only-a-tragedy-it-is-a-lie/

They said on KCAL last night, which I was surprised to see any mention of this on local or mainstream news, that our gas prices should be much much lower than it is right now. They basically said if the price of our gasoline was adjusted to match the actual drop in oil prices to its current level, gas should cost us about $2.13/gallon for regular right now. They went on to say while our exports have significantly increased, our oil companies are being accused of keeping our own supply/reserves artificially low to inflate local prices. In other words, we're flooding the market like the Saudis to drive down oil prices abroad (cold war style) while keeping our prices at home inflated so as not to negatively effect the economy. Oil price manipulation at its finest.

Just seen someone post this on facebook the other day. I don't watch MTV anymore, but just when you thought MTV couldn't get any worse, they come out with shit like this. This whole "white guilt" and "white privilege" subject is getting beyond ridiculous. http://www.infowars.com/new-mtv-show-publicly-shames-white-people-for-what-theyve-done-in-america/

Pluto and Charon have a similar relationship to us and our own Moon. I wonder if Charon has given life, in a geological sense, to Pluto's core causing things like tectonic movement.

Just the other day, Dustin Hoffman called today's cinema the worst he has seen in 50 years. “I don’t think that has anything to do with whether you are good or not, it’s just about whether your films make money or not.” ^^^^^ Sums up movies like this perfectly. As for the little screen, he calls it the best he has seen. http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/dustin-hoffman-cinema-is-worst-it-has-been-in-50-years/ar-AAcBW9D

If they are in fact able to increase exports because of it, it's still not nearly enough to make up for their lost exports to Russia resulting from the bullshit sanction game we (according to Biden) "embarrassed" and pressured the EU into doing. They estimate the EU can lose up to $100 billion euros this year due to these sanctions because of lost exports, and the majority of that will come from Germany. The irony of it all - the USA has INCREASED exports to Russia this year. Things that make you go Hmmm............ if your the EU. If any money were to leave Greece, it would be mostly from the people taking out their 'own' money and converting it into other currencies and depositing it into foreign banks outside of Greece, and also to buy up hard assets like cars and boats. However, that can be something the Greek government might be encouraging as this article suggested a week or two ago: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/29/the-greek-debt-crisis-and-crashing-markets/print "Late Friday night and into the early Saturday morning hours, Greeks ran to the ATM machines to convert their checking and savings deposits into euro notes, expecting that the end game would involve a likely 30% depreciation of the drachma – and that indeed, the ECB would stop lending to support Greek banks (the only role the ECB wanted to play). Syriza had no love for the banks. They were the vehicles through which the oligarchs controlled the Greek economy, after all. For a month, they had been discussing how to separate the banks into “good bank” and “bad bank,” either nationalizing them (wiping out stockholders) or creating a Public Option alternative. Most important, once out of the eurozone, Greece could create its own Treasury to monetize its spending. The Institutions called this “scrip,” but the Greeks could establish it as their national currency. They would escape from euro-austerity – except, of course, to the extent that the ECB waged economic war on Greece by imposing its own capital controls. By going through the sham negotiations with The Institutions, Syriza gave Greeks enough time to protect what savings and cash they had – by converting these bank deposits into euro notes, automobiles and “hard assets” (even boats). Businesses borrowed from local banks where they could, and moved their money into eurozone banks or even better, into dollar and sterling assets. Their intention is to pay back the banks in depreciated drachma, pocketing a 30% capital gain."

What's happened to Greece and to most of the European Union can be considered predatory lending. The IMF and European Central Bank (Europe's Fed) over-lend to all the countries with their worthless funny money to the point they know it'll never be repaid. Its purpose is to create an enormous and unpayable debt. This forces these countries to sell off their 'hard' assets to the corporations for pennies on the dollar. They'd rather be repaid in resources than with their own worthless money. The only way they'll accept their own money for repayment is by creating more debt. That's been one of the main key issues with the Greek government. They want to use any new loans/bailout to invest in their economy and create more jobs whereas the bankers only want them to use the new loans to repay old loans. Also, the reason why Greece closed the banks is because they don't have the liquidity. The IMF and ECB are refusing to give them cash for withdrawal which gave them no choice but to close the banks. The IMF and ECB are obviously trying to create a panic to force the government go back on their word and accept a shitty deal that will impose more austerity, higher taxes, and more cuts to pensions. It's all about the privatization of resources and economies. It's basically a looting process by the bankers and corporations. Take it from the "hitman" himself. From an interview last year with the former economic hitman: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26112-an-economic-hit-man-speaks-out-john-perkins-on-how-greece-has-fallen-victim-to-economic-hit-men

There are two other deals that go along with the TPP deal which are called the TTIP and TISA. It's basically a package deal that covers all aspects of what they're trying to achieve. This is about emerging economies giving up their economic sovereignty via their puppet governments, and nothing more. This brings in Monsanto, Big Pharma, and fracking into these countries. It also re-writes cyber, environmental, and intellectual property laws. It basically expands the Corporate-American empire. It gives corporations the right to bypass foreign laws and even sue countries they consider to be negatively impacting their profits. Wikileaks just recently released cables on the TISA part of the deal. TISA is said to be the most important leg of this triple-headed monster package people have referred to as being NAFTA on steroids. Wikileaks summary and analysis of TISA core text: https://wikileaks.org/tisa/core/analysis/page-1.html

Looks a little like Mars, no?

Pluto beginning to come into focus. http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pluto-from-new-horizons-july-8-2015

What about Larry Beinfest? He did well for the Marlins with a very limited budget. Well known for maximizing his returns.

The reason I'd like to see Trout behind Pujols is because I believe Pujols needs the protection more so than Trout does, especially over the long haul. Pujols is hot right now, but I don't see it lasting over the entire season with Freese/Calhoun/Joyce hitting behind him. Pujols has 5 intentional walks right now, and that number will rise significantly the longer Freese/Joyce are hitting behind him. With Trout behind him, those walks will be offset. Trout will hit regardless of who's behind him, so I think he should be protecting Pujols, and with both among the league leaders in extra base hits, I don't think Pujols will be clogging the bases all that often. I just don't want to see Pujols fall back into an extended slump to the point he can't recover. With Trout protecting him, any slump should be short lived.

Yeah, I'm sure the HD cameras are safely tucked away until the time comes to enter orbit. I just like the orbital movement. You can literally see the moon 'pulling' on Pluto. Can't wait for mid-late July to see the high resolution shots.

If Pujols is holding up Trout, hitting behind him should free him up.