if I were an IOC member and had to choose between watching beautiful Brazilian women wearing thong bikinis on the beach, or getting robbed and beaten up or shot in the face in downtown Chicago, the vote would be a no-brainer.
This thread seems to nicely demonstrate the national arrogance..
Could it possibly be that Rio won rather than the USA losing it?
After all, it's not like you deserved it at all. Invading lots of countries to do who-knows-what isn't consistent with the spirit of international harmony spread by the Olympics.
Feel free to mod me troll for telling it like it is:D
It seems only fair that if it's so difficult to get in, it should be just as difficult to get out! Just say no to USAnians travelling around the rest of the world!
The second part, concerning the enduring destiny of Israel will also be fulfilled, despite the hateful ramblings of their enemies.
1) Group A separates itself from others and descends into madness; all valid ideas must be taken from Text A. 2) Group B attempts to warn Group A of their mistake, out of compassion. 3) Group A check Text A to determine how to proceed; Text A makes no mention of such a situation; Group B must therefore be the enemy. 4) goto (1)
I couldn't watch it all. Couldn't keep attentive to the drivel...
Me either. Given the amount of money they've got I'm always wondering when watching that kind of video if it's full of subliminal messages which will turn me into one of the four soccer moms there:-(
Just wait, we will see people going on mass killing sprees over this.
Or just steal their technophobic neighbour's broadband... until they get three strikes for their neighbour too:D
Re. your main point, maybe CPU's may be modifed as for the TPM to incorporate download-authorization awareness (DAA). All software which uses TCP/IP will similarly need DAA to obtain a licence?
In-fact i don't remember target body weight being a factor in deciding whether or not to use the taser.
Maybe not - I randomly chose parameters which seemed to me to be relevant.
The point of the taser is an attempt to minimize deaths.
That may well be the marketing line but the underlying message is that the holder can remove their fear of those they try to coerce into particular action by simply pressing a button.
A more lasting solution would involve addressing the fundamental imbalances within all levels of society and indeed across the globe; removal of the need for elite-level hypocrisy simply to get through the day without feeling debilitating guilt.
But who determines how much is too much? The bank? According to your views, they've been screwing up and can't be trusted to assess loans.
No; according to my views their ability to assess loans hasn't changed; what's changed is their willingness to give loans to those they know cannot repay.
It all boils down to risk/reward. Are you going to dump tons of money on someone who might just screw you over? If the potential reward is big enough you will. That's what banks are doing.
Isn't there feedback though? The more onerous the reward to the banks, the higher the risk of them getting screwed. Seems like Achilles and the tortoise... So what they're really doing is guaranteeing that they'll have to take their customer's house and sell it plus they get a tidy bonus on top for the few months they were paid.
Only idiots buy $250,000 houses that are really worth $150,000 when all they can afford is $100,000.
Idiots with willfully-negligent loan advisors.
When did the government get the power to take money from me for the bad decisions of banks and sub-prime borrowers?
As someone else insightfully pointed out, banks only take responsibility for their financial successes... It's only fair.. Oh wait.. Perhaps because the banks don't actually have anything backing the loans they offer? The whole system is a scam which depended upon an increasing number of new suckers to take credit every year; if the bubble hadn't burst, after sub-prime, dead people would have been taking credit they couldn't afford to repay.
One doesn't hurt but two kills a fifteen year old boy?
Admit it, this is another instance of the problem experienced whenever someone tries to make 'one rule for all'. People are physically very different - they are able to sustain different levels of electrical shock based on their age, body mass, cardiovascular health, levels of aggression and no doubt several other factors. Attempting to fabricate some device which stuns every victim by the appropriate amount seems flawed for this reason, unless there is some feedback.
Also, whatever happened to the idea that it is wrong to solve every problem with violence? Violence breeds violence.
Yet further, not enough is being done to ensure that appropriate levels are achieved across the board with respect to the educational-level and demeanour of officers given carte-blanche to use 'accidentally' deadly force.
Are you saying hands-down that a bank should refuse to loan me money for a new car?
No, I'm saying that if you can only afford to pay back a $5000 loan then they shouldn't offer you a $50000 loan...
For what it's worth, I'm similarly screwed after winning the cutback-lottery at my previous employer's:D Although, on the up-side, I've never been so happy (in all but the financial aspect.)
You obviously haven't been tasered before, doesn't hurt at all. Just debilitating. Like losing control of your body or something. It's a very odd feeling. But the sound and speed of the weapon makes it scary. You are afraid of something you don't understand, Mr. AC.
The fucking Brits have been so humiliated by the loss of their empire that they have to hang on like a dog with a bone to the last remaining scraps -- Northern Ireland and the Falklands. Cocksucking rapacious bastards.
As a Brit I can totally agree with you.
Recently the film linked in my sig brought back memories from the 70's of the hunger strikes and so on... Isn't it great to be a westerner:-(
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...and soon, socialized healthcare :P
I don't have first-hand knowledge of your ghoulish 'health'-care system but was disturbed by Michael Moore's (*) 'Sicko'
To those who've seen it, does it seem representative of the US 'health'-care system?
(*) Cue ghoulish howls of 'liberal!'
LoL.
Sorry, I know we're not supposed to feed 'em..
+20 i-have-mod-points-every-other-day-but-not-today-:(
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No, Ergo, Rio only got it because the US didn't want it.
If one's been conditioned to think that five or six weeks per year of free time is 'normal' then sure..
Me, I like free time :D
Chicago?
How about the one that's only whispered? "No acts of war within memory of having received the Olympic 'OK'" ?
This thread seems to nicely demonstrate the national arrogance..
Could it possibly be that Rio won rather than the USA losing it?
After all, it's not like you deserved it at all. Invading lots of countries to do who-knows-what isn't consistent with the spirit of international harmony spread by the Olympics.
Feel free to mod me troll for telling it like it is :D
It seems only fair that if it's so difficult to get in, it should be just as difficult to get out! Just say no to USAnians travelling around the rest of the world!
Guilty of having more holidays than her?
You're the corporate troll saying that it's OK to limit people's freedom.
If you buy a chair, does some asshole try to tell you what you can do with it after they've exchanged it for money?
Why is the minimum score -1 ?
1) Group A separates itself from others and descends into madness; all valid ideas must be taken from Text A.
2) Group B attempts to warn Group A of their mistake, out of compassion.
3) Group A check Text A to determine how to proceed; Text A makes no mention of such a situation; Group B must therefore be the enemy.
4) goto (1)
I guess bankers aren't people.
Of the 212 years since 1798, the US has had troops on foreign soil for 188 of them.
*looks at watch* What time do you make it? :P
Me either. Given the amount of money they've got I'm always wondering when watching that kind of video if it's full of subliminal messages which will turn me into one of the four soccer moms there :-(
Obviously anyone who likes cake is being paid to like cake.
Or just steal their technophobic neighbour's broadband... until they get three strikes for their neighbour too :D
Re. your main point, maybe CPU's may be modifed as for the TPM to incorporate download-authorization awareness (DAA). All software which uses TCP/IP will similarly need DAA to obtain a licence?
Maybe not - I randomly chose parameters which seemed to me to be relevant.
That may well be the marketing line but the underlying message is that the holder can remove their fear of those they try to coerce into particular action by simply pressing a button.
A more lasting solution would involve addressing the fundamental imbalances within all levels of society and indeed across the globe; removal of the need for elite-level hypocrisy simply to get through the day without feeling debilitating guilt.
No; according to my views their ability to assess loans hasn't changed; what's changed is their willingness to give loans to those they know cannot repay.
Isn't there feedback though? The more onerous the reward to the banks, the higher the risk of them getting screwed. Seems like Achilles and the tortoise... So what they're really doing is guaranteeing that they'll have to take their customer's house and sell it plus they get a tidy bonus on top for the few months they were paid.
Idiots with willfully-negligent loan advisors.
As someone else insightfully pointed out, banks only take responsibility for their financial successes... It's only fair.. Oh wait.. Perhaps because the banks don't actually have anything backing the loans they offer? The whole system is a scam which depended upon an increasing number of new suckers to take credit every year; if the bubble hadn't burst, after sub-prime, dead people would have been taking credit they couldn't afford to repay.
One doesn't hurt but two kills a fifteen year old boy?
Admit it, this is another instance of the problem experienced whenever someone tries to make 'one rule for all'. People are physically very different - they are able to sustain different levels of electrical shock based on their age, body mass, cardiovascular health, levels of aggression and no doubt several other factors. Attempting to fabricate some device which stuns every victim by the appropriate amount seems flawed for this reason, unless there is some feedback.
Also, whatever happened to the idea that it is wrong to solve every problem with violence? Violence breeds violence.
Yet further, not enough is being done to ensure that appropriate levels are achieved across the board with respect to the educational-level and demeanour of officers given carte-blanche to use 'accidentally' deadly force.
No, I'm saying that if you can only afford to pay back a $5000 loan then they shouldn't offer you a $50000 loan...
For what it's worth, I'm similarly screwed after winning the cutback-lottery at my previous employer's :D Although, on the up-side, I've never been so happy (in all but the financial aspect.)
I'm sure we can all agree with you that it doesn't hurt at all.
As a Brit I can totally agree with you.
Recently the film linked in my sig brought back memories from the 70's of the hunger strikes and so on... Isn't it great to be a westerner :-(