I'll clarify what I think was the point of the post you're responding to: Trump isn't a career politician. He hasn't arranged his every waking moment to look squeaky clean to the American electorate. Up until this point, he hadn't any political aspirations, and therefore, it would have been pointless.
This is just a fancy way of saying that career politicians are artificial as a side effect of trying to get elected repeatedly. Trump has never run for elected office before, and so he hasn't been fake -- at least not in the same ways that an experienced politician would.
As to whether or not he'll be graded on a curve... that's really for the voters to decide.
I only have two Logitech gaming devices (G15 keyboard and a wired gamepad), neither of which I would describe as poor quality. I've also had few to zero issues with just about every Logitech device I've owned, save headsets. Obviously, YMMV.
You clearly don't understand the term "accelerating" then. Think of driving a car. Even when you're "decelerating," you're still traveling forward, but your speed is slowing. The same applies to population, but replace the word "speed" with "growth," and it's equally accurate.
I'm assuming (always dangerous to do) you were being facetious, but this idea isn't new. The problem is violence predates language. The idea will never be foreign because all manners of organisms use violence to compete and survive, even should they not have a language per se.
It's not unfettered capitalism, but government regulations designed to squelch competition that are causing thus problem. Because of the DMCA -- a federal law -- nobody can _legally_ reverse engineer the electronics in the tractor, and thus allow independent mechanics the ability to fix them. Once again, federal regulations act as protectionism for those firms that can financially convince a bunch of congresspeople to play ball.
No bullshit, in Japan they actually call Phillips and flat head screwdrivers Purasudoraibaa ("plus driver") and Mainasudoraibaa ("minus driver") respectively.
"The Federal Communications Commission is making another $2.15 billion available for rural broadband projects..."
Shorter version: Whether the federal government is redistributing our tax dollars to the middle of nowhere (see also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...) or to telecoms, its cronyism all the way down.
The first problem is getting money out of politics. The Citizens United case was probably the most damaging ruling in Supreme Court history in terms of the strength of our democracy. Super PACs desperately need regulation as they are perverting the process.
The Citizen's United case was judged correctly. The laws that existed prior to the ruling violated the 1st Amendment protection of freedom of speech and freedom of association. The laws in actual practice were regulating political speech. Anybody should be able to advertise for their preferred candidate or political cause without government interference. Period.
I believe you're referencing this:
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." --Sun-Tsu, "The Art of War"
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The numbers answer the "what," not the "why."
I'll clarify what I think was the point of the post you're responding to: Trump isn't a career politician. He hasn't arranged his every waking moment to look squeaky clean to the American electorate. Up until this point, he hadn't any political aspirations, and therefore, it would have been pointless. This is just a fancy way of saying that career politicians are artificial as a side effect of trying to get elected repeatedly. Trump has never run for elected office before, and so he hasn't been fake -- at least not in the same ways that an experienced politician would. As to whether or not he'll be graded on a curve... that's really for the voters to decide.
Yes. And for statist government types, such a change has the added benefit of hindering *people's* freedom of movement.
I only have two Logitech gaming devices (G15 keyboard and a wired gamepad), neither of which I would describe as poor quality. I've also had few to zero issues with just about every Logitech device I've owned, save headsets. Obviously, YMMV.
You clearly don't understand the term "accelerating" then. Think of driving a car. Even when you're "decelerating," you're still traveling forward, but your speed is slowing. The same applies to population, but replace the word "speed" with "growth," and it's equally accurate.
I'm assuming (always dangerous to do) you were being facetious, but this idea isn't new. The problem is violence predates language. The idea will never be foreign because all manners of organisms use violence to compete and survive, even should they not have a language per se.
The 2nd Amendment is the law, and attempts to abrogate it are the opposite of the rule of law.
And get off my lawn!
It's not unfettered capitalism, but government regulations designed to squelch competition that are causing thus problem. Because of the DMCA -- a federal law -- nobody can _legally_ reverse engineer the electronics in the tractor, and thus allow independent mechanics the ability to fix them. Once again, federal regulations act as protectionism for those firms that can financially convince a bunch of congresspeople to play ball.
No bullshit, in Japan they actually call Phillips and flat head screwdrivers Purasudoraibaa ("plus driver") and Mainasudoraibaa ("minus driver") respectively.
That's because of the various construction workers' unions...
"The Federal Communications Commission is making another $2.15 billion available for rural broadband projects..."
Shorter version: Whether the federal government is redistributing our tax dollars to the middle of nowhere (see also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...) or to telecoms, its cronyism all the way down.
The government-funded intertubes should be tied.
Would it surprise you to find out not every language has plural forms in its language? Japanese is one example.
Also, ending subsidies for fossil fuel companies would open up the question: Why does Tesla need a subsidy now?
We all use valuable oil.
The first problem is getting money out of politics. The Citizens United case was probably the most damaging ruling in Supreme Court history in terms of the strength of our democracy. Super PACs desperately need regulation as they are perverting the process.
The Citizen's United case was judged correctly. The laws that existed prior to the ruling violated the 1st Amendment protection of freedom of speech and freedom of association. The laws in actual practice were regulating political speech. Anybody should be able to advertise for their preferred candidate or political cause without government interference. Period.
I believe you're referencing this: "All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." --Sun-Tsu, "The Art of War"
Who has time to read hundreds of pages of poorly written dribble?
Apparently, not Congresspeople. "We have to pass the bill in order to find out what's in it," like it's a Cracker Jack prize.
Having principles is an alien concept to establishment politicians, so they don't think anyone else does either. FIFY. :)
Because it's easier to roll back an odometer dial than to spoof telemetry data?
There's always jury nullification.
Also, executed isn't incarcerated.
This deserves a +1, not a down vote...