The Judge has the power to decide on things like this because in the United States the President does not have absolute authority over the United States.
When Katrina hit the Gulf Coast the President of the United States couldn't send military forces and aid to Louisiana because the Governor of that state didn't authorize Federal troops to act in a law enforcement role.
As for this being a "great national emergency", the President has not authorized an exclusion to the Posse Comitatus Act nor has the Attorney General requested that the Secretary of Defense provide emergency assistance if civilian law enforcement is inadequate to address certain types of threats involving the release of nuclear materials, such as potential use of a nuclear or radiological weapon.
So, the Legislative, Judicial and Executive branches still have separation of powers.
The United States feels the strain by having to import a lot of oil from unstable regions. China and Japan are completely dependent on oil imports, but Europe is doing themselves no favor by committing to more energy imports from unstable or potentially unstable regions.
The only currently stable states in North Africa are Morocco, Tunisia and Libya. However both Tunisia and Libya are authoritarian governments with no real succession plan other than "keep it in the family."
While it's a good idea to move solar into the desert, this isn't a good plan for long term stability, unless the EU is ready to intervene in North Africa if this is ever threatened.
Utah had ruled it inhumane, but prisoners sentenced to death before that ruling had the choice of method, this guy decided a couple months ago he wanted to be shot.
The Attorney General who posted this is not " AG of the great democracy, USA", but the Attorney General of the State of Utah.
Utah is not the United States of America. If you don't know the difference between Utah (or one of the other 49 states and numerous territories, Tribal Governments and possessions) then you shouldn't be editorializing.
Tweeting a legal and properly appealed capital conviction is the "all-time low for internet use", but I suppose that using the internet to distribute Jihad snuff films like Daniel Pearl or using the internet to recruit racial and religious hate is just fine.
They took a risk when they invested in BP. Here in the US investment companies always tack this on to claims - "Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results".
All the fund and pension managers could have brought up BP's glaring safety record at share holder meetings or moved money to other companies. But they didn't because they thought past performance was indicative of future results. And now they are screwed.
A blog post by a "a high-end cyber security consulting company" is going to settle it?
Do we know if they've consulted with Google? If a "high-end oil industry consulting company" came out and said the Deepwater Horizon wasn't really BP's fault would we believe them? Or if a "high-end automotive industry consulting company" said that Toyota's unintended acceleration issue wasn't a car problem but due to user error would we be giving them a pass?
Hell this is slashdot, its Apple's fault when AT&T doesn't encrypt their 3G data.
Christian Iconoclasm during the first millennium only happened in the East though, which is what your link plainly states.
"As with other doctrinal issues in the Byzantine period, the controversy over iconoclasm was by no means restricted to the clergy, or to arguments from theology. The continuing cultural confrontation with, and military threat from, Islam probably had a bearing on the attitudes of both sides. Iconoclasm seems to have been supported by many from the East of the Empire, and refugees from the provinces taken over by the Muslims."
Iconoclasm is unique to the Eastern Churches, which you would see if you'd read your own link. It's not endemic to all Christianity.
Originally Christianity spread through converts, voluntary converts, not conversion by the sword, however it did happen later, as you point out.
But if we look at the early Church, say the first 300 years, there wasn't conversion by war, even Constantine didn't force the Roman territories he controlled to convert, contrast that to the first three hundred years of Islam.
From Wiki, scroll down to the map of the spread of Christianity
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If ballots are secret, then talking about and advertising whom you support shouldn't be done.
Votes should be public record.
Secret ballot wasn't universal in US Presidential Elections until 1892.
The Judge has the power to decide on things like this because in the United States the President does not have absolute authority over the United States.
When Katrina hit the Gulf Coast the President of the United States couldn't send military forces and aid to Louisiana because the Governor of that state didn't authorize Federal troops to act in a law enforcement role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_government_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina#Louisiana
As for this being a "great national emergency", the President has not authorized an exclusion to the Posse Comitatus Act nor has the Attorney General requested that the Secretary of Defense provide emergency assistance if civilian law enforcement is inadequate to address certain types of threats involving the release of nuclear materials, such as potential use of a nuclear or radiological weapon.
So, the Legislative, Judicial and Executive branches still have separation of powers.
Well, when you donate money to the men in charge, the US Government doesn't get so upset at you.
http://theweek.com/article/index/202679/Do_BPs_big_donations_to_Obama_matter
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/06/rahm-emanuel-bp-gul-oil-spill.html
No. I am using examples of people the US government goes out of their way to find and deal with
How about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Weaver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh
Better links?
The United States feels the strain by having to import a lot of oil from unstable regions. China and Japan are completely dependent on oil imports, but Europe is doing themselves no favor by committing to more energy imports from unstable or potentially unstable regions.
The EU imports 75% of its natural gas from unstable or potential enemies (Algeria and the Russian Federation).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dependence_on_Russian_energy
The only currently stable states in North Africa are Morocco, Tunisia and Libya. However both Tunisia and Libya are authoritarian governments with no real succession plan other than "keep it in the family."
While it's a good idea to move solar into the desert, this isn't a good plan for long term stability, unless the EU is ready to intervene in North Africa if this is ever threatened.
Age discrimination in the workplace is discrimination just like race or gender.
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/age.html
The Whistleblower is already in custody.
When it comes to pissing off the United States Government, well getting big and public doesn't always work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Milosevic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley
Some were big, really big and one went public, and it didn't help them.
The Sierra Club isn't known for being a pro-coal lobby.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/23665394/detail.html
Replace "very young" with "white" and "I'm married" with "I'm black". Or "very young" with "male" and "I'm married" with "I'm a woman".
Now are the a bad company?
Since my last front license plate was curved like a bowl, I'd say that yea, license plates get dinged up.
What are rocks, water, snow, salt, sand heat and cold going to do to these things?
Utah had ruled it inhumane, but prisoners sentenced to death before that ruling had the choice of method, this guy decided a couple months ago he wanted to be shot.
Like how well is Les Misérables selling?
"?" telegraphed with a reply of "!" telegraphed back.
The Attorney General who posted this is not " AG of the great democracy, USA", but the Attorney General of the State of Utah.
Utah is not the United States of America. If you don't know the difference between Utah (or one of the other 49 states and numerous territories, Tribal Governments and possessions) then you shouldn't be editorializing.
The AG of the United States is Eric Holder.
Tweeting a legal and properly appealed capital conviction is the "all-time low for internet use", but I suppose that using the internet to distribute Jihad snuff films like Daniel Pearl or using the internet to recruit racial and religious hate is just fine.
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They took a risk when they invested in BP. Here in the US investment companies always tack this on to claims - "Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results".
All the fund and pension managers could have brought up BP's glaring safety record at share holder meetings or moved money to other companies. But they didn't because they thought past performance was indicative of future results. And now they are screwed.
Google owns You Tube it is and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google.
That's different from owning stock in a company. You Tube doesn't issue stock, but Google does.
A blog post by a "a high-end cyber security consulting company" is going to settle it?
Do we know if they've consulted with Google? If a "high-end oil industry consulting company" came out and said the Deepwater Horizon wasn't really BP's fault would we believe them? Or if a "high-end automotive industry consulting company" said that Toyota's unintended acceleration issue wasn't a car problem but due to user error would we be giving them a pass?
Hell this is slashdot, its Apple's fault when AT&T doesn't encrypt their 3G data.
Christian Iconoclasm during the first millennium only happened in the East though, which is what your link plainly states.
"As with other doctrinal issues in the Byzantine period, the controversy over iconoclasm was by no means restricted to the clergy, or to arguments from theology. The continuing cultural confrontation with, and military threat from, Islam probably had a bearing on the attitudes of both sides. Iconoclasm seems to have been supported by many from the East of the Empire, and refugees from the provinces taken over by the Muslims."
Unforced conversion, at least in Cortes's expedition and conquest of Mexico.
Cortes, Prescott, Bernal Díaz del Castillo don't describe it as forced or convert or die.
I could be wrong, I focused on the military campaign when I was in grad school.
Then the scientists should chase storms in an authoritarian country where the government can dictate who can and can't be on the roads during storms.
Or they can shut up and share the roads with everyone else who has a right and interest in the storms.
Iconoclasm is unique to the Eastern Churches, which you would see if you'd read your own link. It's not endemic to all Christianity.
Originally Christianity spread through converts, voluntary converts, not conversion by the sword, however it did happen later, as you point out.
But if we look at the early Church, say the first 300 years, there wasn't conversion by war, even Constantine didn't force the Roman territories he controlled to convert, contrast that to the first three hundred years of Islam.
From Wiki, scroll down to the map of the spread of Christianity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_Christianity
Compare and contrast that to the spread of Islam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_islam
One was by voluntary conversion and people moving around and one was spread by forced conversion and warfare, which is which?
Gee, I think she died of freedom of choice.
So, a country that calls itself free can't ban murder, manslaughter, torture, mutilation or untested medical experimentation?
By that definition Nazi Germany was "free" with Dr Mengele as a minister of science.
So the FDA, product recalls are all infringing on freedom?