I don't understand the hate towards pipelines, it seems like the pipeline will not affect the amount of oil consumed, but rather decrease the amount of energy and risk of transporting it via conventional methods..
The hate is very simple to explain: whenever a pipeline leaks (and they leak pretty often), it takes a long time for the operators to notice, and in the meanwhile, the spill gets quickly disastrous. By comparison, when an oil train derails, a lot less oil gets spilled. And there is no way in hell that the rail industry will let the conditions that led to the Megantic disaster ever materialize again; for one thing, that wreck simply killed dead the idea of one-man train crews...
Fuck the police. All the time I have needed them, they have been less than helpful, and when I actually helped them (once by yanking off a woman who was pummelling a cop's back, and once by holding open a subway train doors so they could catch their perp), I never got as little as a "thank you".
Fuck those entitled assholes. They really think we are shit, so let’s return the compliment.
The napalm girl showed in stark imagery the horrors of the Vietnam Nam war and the hardships the USA was inflicting on the Vietnamese people over ideology
Actually, no. Kim Phuk was bombed by South-Vietnamese bombers; that hardship was inflicted on Vietnamese by Vietnamese.
Better yet, importing pr0n is illegal in Canada, so you put a big honking folder labelled "pr0n" on the desktop, and you only put SFW Swimsuit Issue pictures on it, and enjoy the border agent wasting hours going through every single one of them
Canadian here. It’s the same thing. Border agents are revenue collection agents, so they look for taxable items.
The only time I was sent for secondary screening, I had declared two bottles of wine. I had the good fortune to queue behind some black guy with sugar cane in his suitcase, so when it was my turn, the girl said "well, it’s okay, but next time, you’ll know that you’re just allowed one bottle"
My father looks like Saddam Hussein, and the only time he was hassled (on a tour bus), the older agent he was sent to for "further checking" told him "oh, that [young] agent is just batshit crazy, sorry about that"
6 months after 9/11, I go to the US with a friend, riding shotgun. At the border, the immigration agent did not even look at my face, even though my father looks just like Saddam Hussein. Total stop time? 30 seconds, and that includes looking in the trunk where there was a single 12-pack of beer for the friend we were going to visit.
The most trouble I ever had was when I was on the train, without a return ticket, going for a long week-end to meet a friend and drive up with him. When he saw I had more than enough cash, he told me to have a nice trip.
I once crossed along by car with 2 French citizens, and we had to go inside. Once they saw my medicare card (we didn’t need a passport back then - this was in June 2001), they totally lost interest with me, only being mildly amused when the French guys bursted out laughing at the "Are you a member of a terrorist organization" on the immigration form they had to fill
But the best was when I was regularly travelling with European diplomats with diplomatic passports, those crossings simply took no time at all.
It’s like the story of the guy who goes accross the border on his Harley every other day. He’s been doing this for five years solid, and the border agent feels something, but can’t pin it down, and, of course, any search is always negative.
So, after 5 years, the border agent pleads "allright, I know you’re up to something. Please, I can’t handle it anymore. What are you smuggling?"
Everytime I've flown to the States they've been interested in whether I have enough cash money for my stay.
On my very first solo trip to the US, the very inquisitive and suspicious immmigration officer became extremely friendly and wished me a nice trip once he saw that I had plenty of money for my trip
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I have no idea - I buy German.
Found the Volkswagen owner If he had a BMW, he would say so...
Your mom’s computer.
And we'd like to put everyone in jail, for their safety.
I don't understand the hate towards pipelines, it seems like the pipeline will not affect the amount of oil consumed, but rather decrease the amount of energy and risk of transporting it via conventional methods..
The hate is very simple to explain: whenever a pipeline leaks (and they leak pretty often), it takes a long time for the operators to notice, and in the meanwhile, the spill gets quickly disastrous. By comparison, when an oil train derails, a lot less oil gets spilled. And there is no way in hell that the rail industry will let the conditions that led to the Megantic disaster ever materialize again; for one thing, that wreck simply killed dead the idea of one-man train crews...
Fuck the police. All the time I have needed them, they have been less than helpful, and when I actually helped them (once by yanking off a woman who was pummelling a cop's back, and once by holding open a subway train doors so they could catch their perp), I never got as little as a "thank you". Fuck those entitled assholes. They really think we are shit, so let’s return the compliment.
How can a 25 year old be expected to pay $194,000? Is he going to be a slave for the rest of his life?
Actually, mentoring is a good reason.
Mentoring doesn’t last the whole duration of the employment of the mentoree
You are assuming that moronic bosses will calculate this. Hint: they won’t. That’s why their moronic bosses.
Nope. The real reason is bosses that are not competent enough to measure work done without having their cattle in front of them.
I solved most of my programming problems while soaking in the bathtub.
Just respectful of the fact that not every single entity wants to be plugged in the the electronic super highway.
Dodos don’t deserve any respect.
You do know that bank transfers are not a europe specific thing
Yes, but in Europe, it’s not an expensive, cabalistic song and dance like it is in North America.
Basically, a lot like North Korea
The napalm girl showed in stark imagery the horrors of the Vietnam Nam war and the hardships the USA was inflicting on the Vietnamese people over ideology
Actually, no. Kim Phuk was bombed by South-Vietnamese bombers; that hardship was inflicted on Vietnamese by Vietnamese.
Teaser available here.
The first question when I go to a doctor is 'How can I help you' not, 'Lemmie see your insurance card'.
It's the secretary who asks you for the medicare card. And, believe me, you won't go past her if you don't have it...
Better yet, importing pr0n is illegal in Canada, so you put a big honking folder labelled "pr0n" on the desktop, and you only put SFW Swimsuit Issue pictures on it, and enjoy the border agent wasting hours going through every single one of them
if the ASGs think they have a legitimate need to see it; they can goto a real LEO
ASGs are REAL LEOs. They are more than real LEOs, because they don’t need probable cause to search you.
In fact I'd dearly love to see Border Services brought up on charges of accessing PHI
And how can you be allowed to have PHI on your own phone?
The only time I was sent for secondary screening, I had declared two bottles of wine. I had the good fortune to queue behind some black guy with sugar cane in his suitcase, so when it was my turn, the girl said "well, it’s okay, but next time, you’ll know that you’re just allowed one bottle"
My father looks like Saddam Hussein, and the only time he was hassled (on a tour bus), the older agent he was sent to for "further checking" told him "oh, that [young] agent is just batshit crazy, sorry about that"
The most trouble I ever had was when I was on the train, without a return ticket, going for a long week-end to meet a friend and drive up with him. When he saw I had more than enough cash, he told me to have a nice trip.
I once crossed along by car with 2 French citizens, and we had to go inside. Once they saw my medicare card (we didn’t need a passport back then - this was in June 2001), they totally lost interest with me, only being mildly amused when the French guys bursted out laughing at the "Are you a member of a terrorist organization" on the immigration form they had to fill
But the best was when I was regularly travelling with European diplomats with diplomatic passports, those crossings simply took no time at all.
So, after 5 years, the border agent pleads "allright, I know you’re up to something. Please, I can’t handle it anymore. What are you smuggling?"
— Motorcyles.
Everytime I've flown to the States they've been interested in whether I have enough cash money for my stay.
On my very first solo trip to the US, the very inquisitive and suspicious immmigration officer became extremely friendly and wished me a nice trip once he saw that I had plenty of money for my trip