That is truly fascinating revisionist history, there.
. I seem to remember this president proposing something and oh yeah has his name on it. Oh yeah Obamacare
Obama did not propose this law. Congress wrote it and he signed it, but he did not propose it. He proposed having a single-payer option, but congress refused to allow it to even be an option. It was initially called "Obamacare" by fox news and other such "news" sources, and eventually after enough repetition the name stuck.
Mind you it's a tax on just being alive.
Actually, it's worse than that. It is the largest corporate handout in the history of government.
None of his liberal proposals have become law to date. Now he's just trying to pretend to be a liberal so we won't pin the conservative laws that he has signed on his presidential legacy.
The surveys found broad support for government to spend money on science
And in spite of that, the budgets for NIH, NSF, and DOE - the three largest funding agencies from the federal government for scientific research - has been consistently flat or declining in real dollars over the past decade-plus. If the people support it, they aren't communicating it well through their congressional representatives.
The challenge is in the accuracy. Generally a very small part of the brain has to be stimulated. Miss it and you could end up with a problem worse than the one you were trying to solve. When we figure out a way to more precisely target the right regions - a method that will likely take the surgeon out of the most precise part of the procedure - then we'll really be making great progress.
I'm surprised it took 25 minutes for someone to mention Obama in the discussion for this story. Clearly, this had Obama Conspiracy written all over it.
Maybe some of the programmers who worked on that page could fix this mess? Yeah it's far from the greatest page in the history of the interwebs but it is more functional than this one. I'll bet its administrators are more responsive to user feedback as well.
I used to read it regularly when flying. This was primarily because reading skymall was free, while buying a magazine at the airport was expensive (and I inevitably would forget to pick one up some place less expensive before going to the airport). While it wasn't exactly bursting at the seams with good deals, there were some things selling at reasonable prices in there. The more novel feature of it was that it was a pretty random selection of products; one page might be garden supplies while the next might be pool toys then power tools then kitchen accessories.
Now did I ever buy anything from it? No. So I am in part responsible for its demise as well.
I'm more concerned about the possibility of this becoming an excuse for the airlines to raise fares yet again. If skymall paid the airlines even $3 per seat to have their catalog in every seat back, the airlines will tell us that losing that contribution will increase the cost of every ticket by at least $20 (expect this to show up as an a la carte fee along with pillows, blankets, snacks, and seat belts).
Don't be like the disgusting majority of windows users who log in everytime as admin. Login with regular user access and half the viruses become helpless.
I'm sorry that you can't be bothered to actually read the sources that you link to. Well, actually the source you link to, as one is just a blog post. The WashPo article actually discredits your conspiracy conjecture, but since you couldn't be bothered to read it you don't know that.
Anyone with the slightest shred of common sense realizes that the IRS was doing their job. In case you have forgotten, the role of the IRS is to collect taxes. If they get an application for tax exempt status from a group that is vehemently opposed to taxation and known for making statement encouraging people to cheat on their taxes, they should put extra scrutiny on that application.
This is no different from the DEA aiming to work harder investigating NORML and other such pro-drug organizations.
In other words, find a different conspiracy for your anger. This one isn't worth shit.
I was wondering how long it would take before the slashdot conservative majority brought out that conspiracy conjecture again. I see it took less than 20 comments and less than 15 minutes.
is the insurance industry spent half a billion dollars in 1 year on anti-single payer campaigns.
And that was just on money that went straight from the industry to politicians, in the form of campaign contributions or outright bribes. Imagine how much they would have spent if they didn't already own congress and had to play fair...
Seriously Google, don't mess with the insurance industry. Don't mess with any part of it. They will make you pay. Look at what happened in 2010; we thought we were going to finally get a single-payer option for Americans and instead the federal government handed out the largest corporate handout in the history of government to the health insurance industry.
If Google tries to disrupt the insurance industry we soon will have no Google.
These two houses are in full compliance with the relevant national standards
National standards in China are not what they are in most western nations. If manufacturing standards are what were applied these buildings could have been printed with asbestos and leaded paint (amongst other things that would not be allowed here) and the structural rigor of the design and material might well not be what would be viewed as acceptable here.
That said, it is a good start. Now if we could 3d print a house that is safe for human occupation, that would be an even more significant step.
The commercial shows the kid playing Mike Tyson's Punch-Out with the Power Glove. The problem, though is it was completely, utterly, worthless for that game. Sure, moving like a punch would have your player punch. But pulling back your fist? That used a power punch (which would pretty much never land correctly as a result).
This might be an error (or perhaps their server has a guilty conscience from a crime it did not commit?) but for now if you want to see the full text, there it is.
I'm not going to name the city specifically, as it was my home town. I will say it is one of the 50 most populous cities in the US. As much as organized crime exists in that city, purveyors of it fear this towing company as well. For a while said towing company was one of the first called by the city police to impound vehicles (any time the police could provide an excuse to not use the city's impound facilities, at least) so they almost certainly were on the take.
Years ago a private towing company in the city where I lived stole my car from my own contract parking spot and held it for ransom. The police outright refused to get involved, and the city towing inspector wouldn't touch it. The court system utterly failed me on it as well as the civil courts insisted it was a criminal matter so they would refuse to pass judgment even when I laid out all the information in front of them. Those assholes had a decades-long reputation for stealing cars at will and raping their owners in the same way and nothing ever changed.
Sure, a lot of money is lost through the civil forfeiture that this story is discussing, but it doesn't impact that many people. Legalized car theft hits a much larger number of individuals.
They have small stores in failing malls scattered all over the country, which are stocked mostly with cell phone accessories. We already have kiosks full of the same stuff in the same malls, which have less overhead.
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. I seem to remember this president proposing something and oh yeah has his name on it. Oh yeah Obamacare
Obama did not propose this law. Congress wrote it and he signed it, but he did not propose it. He proposed having a single-payer option, but congress refused to allow it to even be an option. It was initially called "Obamacare" by fox news and other such "news" sources, and eventually after enough repetition the name stuck.
Mind you it's a tax on just being alive.
Actually, it's worse than that. It is the largest corporate handout in the history of government.
Yeah that liberal horseshit became law.
Horseshit? Yeah. Liberal? Not in the least.
None of his liberal proposals have become law to date. Now he's just trying to pretend to be a liberal so we won't pin the conservative laws that he has signed on his presidential legacy.
I heard they called one of them a "slashdot reader".
If there was, then that means that free will means nothing and everything is determined by fate.
The surveys found broad support for government to spend money on science
And in spite of that, the budgets for NIH, NSF, and DOE - the three largest funding agencies from the federal government for scientific research - has been consistently flat or declining in real dollars over the past decade-plus. If the people support it, they aren't communicating it well through their congressional representatives.
The challenge is in the accuracy. Generally a very small part of the brain has to be stimulated. Miss it and you could end up with a problem worse than the one you were trying to solve. When we figure out a way to more precisely target the right regions - a method that will likely take the surgeon out of the most precise part of the procedure - then we'll really be making great progress.
Clearly this was orchestrated by his illuminati in their interest of global domination. They'll be at your door soon for your mandatory abortion.
I'm surprised it took 25 minutes for someone to mention Obama in the discussion for this story. Clearly, this had Obama Conspiracy written all over it.
Maybe some of the programmers who worked on that page could fix this mess? Yeah it's far from the greatest page in the history of the interwebs but it is more functional than this one. I'll bet its administrators are more responsive to user feedback as well.
I used to read it regularly when flying. This was primarily because reading skymall was free, while buying a magazine at the airport was expensive (and I inevitably would forget to pick one up some place less expensive before going to the airport). While it wasn't exactly bursting at the seams with good deals, there were some things selling at reasonable prices in there. The more novel feature of it was that it was a pretty random selection of products; one page might be garden supplies while the next might be pool toys then power tools then kitchen accessories.
Now did I ever buy anything from it? No. So I am in part responsible for its demise as well.
I'm more concerned about the possibility of this becoming an excuse for the airlines to raise fares yet again. If skymall paid the airlines even $3 per seat to have their catalog in every seat back, the airlines will tell us that losing that contribution will increase the cost of every ticket by at least $20 (expect this to show up as an a la carte fee along with pillows, blankets, snacks, and seat belts).
Don't be like the disgusting majority of windows users who log in everytime as admin. Login with regular user access and half the viruses become helpless.
I'm sorry that you can't be bothered to actually read the sources that you link to. Well, actually the source you link to, as one is just a blog post. The WashPo article actually discredits your conspiracy conjecture, but since you couldn't be bothered to read it you don't know that.
Anyone with the slightest shred of common sense realizes that the IRS was doing their job. In case you have forgotten, the role of the IRS is to collect taxes. If they get an application for tax exempt status from a group that is vehemently opposed to taxation and known for making statement encouraging people to cheat on their taxes, they should put extra scrutiny on that application.
This is no different from the DEA aiming to work harder investigating NORML and other such pro-drug organizations.
In other words, find a different conspiracy for your anger. This one isn't worth shit.
That this forces simplification of the tax code.
Since when does the IRS decide what the Federal Tax laws are?
That is easily the most insightful comment in this discussion so far.
I was wondering how long it would take before the slashdot conservative majority brought out that conspiracy conjecture again. I see it took less than 20 comments and less than 15 minutes.
is the insurance industry spent half a billion dollars in 1 year on anti-single payer campaigns.
And that was just on money that went straight from the industry to politicians, in the form of campaign contributions or outright bribes. Imagine how much they would have spent if they didn't already own congress and had to play fair...
They were fighting for their lives, and they won.
And the rest of America lost.
Seriously Google, don't mess with the insurance industry. Don't mess with any part of it. They will make you pay. Look at what happened in 2010; we thought we were going to finally get a single-payer option for Americans and instead the federal government handed out the largest corporate handout in the history of government to the health insurance industry.
If Google tries to disrupt the insurance industry we soon will have no Google.
These two houses are in full compliance with the relevant national standards
National standards in China are not what they are in most western nations. If manufacturing standards are what were applied these buildings could have been printed with asbestos and leaded paint (amongst other things that would not be allowed here) and the structural rigor of the design and material might well not be what would be viewed as acceptable here.
That said, it is a good start. Now if we could 3d print a house that is safe for human occupation, that would be an even more significant step.
The commercial shows the kid playing Mike Tyson's Punch-Out with the Power Glove. The problem, though is it was completely, utterly, worthless for that game. Sure, moving like a punch would have your player punch. But pulling back your fist? That used a power punch (which would pretty much never land correctly as a result).
Best game for the glove? Hands down, Top Gun.
The last phone I rooted only had rooting tools available in Chinese. It seems to have worked, but ...
A solution in search of a drone, in search of a problem
(too long to fit in the subject line)
From home I can click through to the full text as HTML but if I try to click through to the PDF it wants me to pay.
This might be an error (or perhaps their server has a guilty conscience from a crime it did not commit?) but for now if you want to see the full text, there it is.
I'm not going to name the city specifically, as it was my home town. I will say it is one of the 50 most populous cities in the US. As much as organized crime exists in that city, purveyors of it fear this towing company as well. For a while said towing company was one of the first called by the city police to impound vehicles (any time the police could provide an excuse to not use the city's impound facilities, at least) so they almost certainly were on the take.
Years ago a private towing company in the city where I lived stole my car from my own contract parking spot and held it for ransom. The police outright refused to get involved, and the city towing inspector wouldn't touch it. The court system utterly failed me on it as well as the civil courts insisted it was a criminal matter so they would refuse to pass judgment even when I laid out all the information in front of them. Those assholes had a decades-long reputation for stealing cars at will and raping their owners in the same way and nothing ever changed.
Sure, a lot of money is lost through the civil forfeiture that this story is discussing, but it doesn't impact that many people. Legalized car theft hits a much larger number of individuals.
Did anyone else see that as "PORN-PORN" instead of "POM-POM"? Not easy to distinguish in the lower case...
They have small stores in failing malls scattered all over the country, which are stocked mostly with cell phone accessories. We already have kiosks full of the same stuff in the same malls, which have less overhead.