Is Hollywood sending too much money to Congress and we're not sending enough?
No, the problem is that money is how voting gets done these days. Those that have more money get more voting power.
Rather than allowing voices to actually be heard, bank accounts now speak loudest. Until that is changed, democracy in the United States is dead. People advocating funds for lobbyists to stand in opposition to this (and any other proposed laws) are just as guilty as companies funding Congressmen/women.
There isn't any way to "fix" this problem. This has gone far beyond the point of no return, a serious and significant reset must happen before anything can be accomplished. I am in fear for our future and I can see no way to avoid it.
We as United States citizens now blithely accept violations that in the past have destroyed political careers, started the revolution and the civil war in our country. Remember the 4 boxes? How many are left that haven't been completely compromised?
and just like today, the Republican response (courtesy of Herbert Hoover) was to send in troops to beat them up.
Republican? Try Political response. Republican, Democrat, it doesn't matter and hasn't mattered a damn for years now.
While I agree with a large part of your statement, don't put this on any one particular group - aside from rhetoric, there is no fundamental difference between the two parties.
Obama is a moderate Republican and Romney is a moderate Republican - regardless of with which parties they affiliate themselves.
I read about this sort of thing before only it wasn't testing hyper velocity it was the JRV Nagoya, which is testing top-secret weapons and stealth systems that use the latest developments in quantum physics.
I hope the timeline doesn't shift today, I've just gotten the last hold-outs in my family to install Linux! -- Wait, could this be the shift in the timeline? Why else would non-technical consumers migrate willingly to Linux Mint? Uh-oh!
In truth, there are civilian applications that can use the knowledge gleaned from these sorts of tests. While the weapon is potentially a significant balance shift, I don't think that this is remotely ready to deploy. In many cases, this sort of thing never makes it into the field. Yet the science is neutral, once discovered, it can be used for non-military applications as well.
Within the last 5 hours there have been 7 quakes of 3.0 or greater. I lived in that general region for several years and never saw or heard of any activity (not that I was glued to the USGS or anything).
Of course the largest earthquake recorded was on April 4th, 1952 around El Reno, Oklahoma. However, if you discount the last 24 hours, there doesn't seem to have been much recentactivity of note in that region of the state (some of the source material is quite dated). Here is more information on the region.
As early as the mid-1800's the trusts and tycoons had been trying, without success, for decades to have the SCOTUS declare corporations people. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886), the Supreme Court recognized corporations as persons for the purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment.
In 2003, the SCOTUS declared corporate funding cannot be limited under the First Amendment, in 2010 SCOTUS declared money to be speech and removed all limits to corporate spending on lobbying.
The corporate person-hood aspect of the campaign finance debate turns on Buckley v. Valeo (1976) and Citizens United (2010): Buckley ruled that political spending is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech, while Citizens United ruled that corporate political spending is protected, holding that corporations have a First Amendment right to free speech.
Result: corporations, government licensed creatures, now have become the government, by using their wealth to "unfairly influence elections." This lead to the first stirrings of unrest in the civil populous, most notably the 'Occupy Wall Street' demonstrations, citing no faith in their elected officials because of the undue power wielded by corporations and special interest groups to influence law makers.
Now, protected by the very institutions that had been in place to protect people, citizens of the United States are denied at least two of the traditional corner stones of a democracy. Those foundations stones being the Ballot and Jury box.
Timeline:
-Tillman Act of 1907, banned corporate political contributions to national campaigns.
-Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, landmark campaign financing legislation.
-Buckley v. Valeo (1976) upheld limits on campaign contributions, but held that spending money to influence elections is protected speech as in the first amendment.
-First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti (1978) upheld the rights of corporations to spend money in non-candidate elections (i.e. ballot initiatives and referendums).
-Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990) upheld the right of the state of Michigan to prohibit corporations from using money from their corporate treasuries to support or oppose candidates in elections, noting that "[c]orporate wealth can unfairly influence elections."
-Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain–Feingold), banned corporate funding of issue advocacy ads that mentioned candidates close to an election.
-McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003), substantially upheld McCain–Feingold.
-Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2007) weakened McCain–Feingold, but upheld core of McConnell.
-Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) the Supreme Court of the United States held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment, overruling Austin (1990) and partly overruling McConnell (2003).
I once had very similar feelings about this issue.
Nothing bad will happen, until it does. When the information is used and a horrible thing occurs, you'll kick yourself for not protecting your loved ones. It has happened to me and it will happen to many others.
In my own experience, it wasn't "Big Brother" - it was a tech-savvy business partner and I spent half a year in jail, accused of a "capital" crime I didn't commit - then 4 years and ten's of thousands of dollars fighting for my freedom in courts. My "friend" got me out of the business, which is still a large and profitable company today.
Hey, walking around with on all fours with no pants and your ass in the air seems to be the cool thing these days. So, have fun. Just don't cry when you get raped.
Actually, If he was a true "Geek", he'd be on an Android phone, as they are the hackable device now a days, not on the walled garden of Apple and all it regulates. Get your facts, and thoughts straight before you post such fanboi gibberish next time.
God Damn! You are a total hater dude, did he piss in your Cheerios or something? This is the second hate filled post you've made that doesn't mean anything. I don't own any apple products, but I sort of like Woz and appreciate his antics and his philanthropic gestures. Let the cat have some frackin' fun without shitting all over him.
Excelerate? I think you mean this Oh, and by the way, you are mistaken in your assessment of the United States declining into the '3rd world' as well. I suggest that you do a bit more reading on the topic. If we were on the gold standard the US dollar would currently be worth more that any other currency in the world.
The typical users will quickly learn how to set their DNS providers if this comes to pass.
Say rather that the users who are interested will quickly learn.
ISPs will not be able to improve DNS security using DNSSEC, a system for cryptographically signing DNS records to ensure their authenticity, as the sort of manipulation mandated by PROTECT-IP is the type of interference DNSSEC is meant to prevent.
We shouldn't forget the massive amounts of users that are oblivious to nearly any of this. DNS, IP Addresses, Routing protocols and all the rest of the "magic" of the Internet is well past their horizon.
Please keep in mind how reasonable this would appear to the average Jane and Joe Six-Pack.
The measure allows courts to require Internet service providers to redirect or block queries for a domain deemed to be infringing on IP laws.
On the surface this looks like a great thing. Understanding the technology or anything past double-clicking the blue "e", or perhaps clicking a link in their e-mail, is not something a more advanced user should expect.
While we can understand the potential difficulties and pitfalls that come with this sort of meddling, I don't think we should see them as so obvious that the basic user will also see them.
I am under no obligation to comply with the illegal and unconstitutional wishes of evil leaders or states.
As a citizen of the United States, I am morally bound to oppose the unconstitutional wishes of said leadership. Personally, I believe that the armed forces of the United States are bound by oath to stand up against those that would promote illegal and unconstitutional actions like this.
Yep, you can tell the recovery is in full swing when helium skills demand is sky-rocketing.
More likely is that you're nearing peak in the selected region when unessential or even unimportant jobs begin to balloon (and isn't balloon the precursor to burst bubbles?)
There is no personal responsibility for any of the actions of a corporation and therefore there is absolutely no accountability for their actions.
Corporations may not be individuals, but they are run by a board of directors that is ultimately responsible for the actions of the company. If individual wrongdoers within the corporate 'body' are not handed over to the authorities, then the board would be held responsible. If this were the case, you'd see a lot less evil in the business world. If generals are held responsible for the actions of their troops during wartime, then surely we can hold the leadership of a corporation responsible for the actions of the corporation.
Maybe not, but it makes me feel better to think so.
I suggest it be called: The Nobel (We Hope You Support) Peace Prize....or at least don't start any new wars for the next couple of weeks, if you don't mind.
With this nomination, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. With some US congressmen calling WikiLeaks a treasonous organization and with the tangential evidence that WikiLeaks was a large contributor to the political changes ongoing throughout the Middle East. This could be an interesting situation.
VBS2 has this feature... The OP obviously was trying to be cute about the very real life and death roles our uniformed citizens face, but the truth is that with proper use the virtual combat arena the soldier increases his situational awareness by between 8 to 14% (Paul Roman, Associate Professor, Royal Military College of Canada). By training his "mental muscle memory" to be aware of sounds and reactions, his chance survival in a very hostile world increases measurably. Studies have shown substantial improvement in pass rates and higher standards throughout the organization. Not only do the teams learn to work together, but many of the usual variables that increase cost and create delays, are removed. Live exercises are expensive, difficult to coordinate and dependent upon weather, time of year and other external variables. The lesson is not to save half the training time in an evolution, it is to take that time to improve the overall standards of your force.
http://appliedstudiesgroup.com/ shows some numbers on training.
Also look at http://battlegroundsims.com/ for some interesting information from various sources.
The pharmacy is a good one, but the jewelry counter (unless it is right out in the open) or automotive center is also good.
--The location of the pharmacy for one, usually in a less traveled section of the store. --Less people check out there for two, so there are fewer eyes on you as you are getting your stuff checked out. --It usually has at least some soft cover or concealment for three. --Also, it is an unexpected location to be checking out (never take the same route twice).
I read a few books on his theories many years ago, the thing that stuck with me the most was his concept on the transmission frequency. He postulated that it would actually be healthful. I don't that frequency was ever mentioned, but I also recall that it was supposedly at the "resonant frequency of the earth." His concept was to give out free electrical power, that had health benefits. Most importantly, to me, is that he honestly believed he could do it.
A recent History Channel show mentioned that his lab was still intact, used as a storage facility and that the tower was gone, destroyed by the people who owned the property at one time or another, although, the foundation of the tower was still intact.
A similar situation happened to me, I was discussing CounterStrike tactics with a friend at a party and another "friend" overheard and called the police. They charged me with conspiracy to commit capital murder. It took 3 years and over $13,000 in legal fees and $25,000 for bail.
Don't be fooled, the phrase isn't innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, it is guilty until proven innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt. It eventually worked out for me, but within six months my buddy plead out and took a felony and 5 years supervised probation. We have never played a FPS since then and I never talk to people about those games in a public environment.
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Is Hollywood sending too much money to Congress and we're not sending enough?
No, the problem is that money is how voting gets done these days. Those that have more money get more voting power.
Rather than allowing voices to actually be heard, bank accounts now speak loudest. Until that is changed, democracy in the United States is dead. People advocating funds for lobbyists to stand in opposition to this (and any other proposed laws) are just as guilty as companies funding Congressmen/women.
There isn't any way to "fix" this problem. This has gone far beyond the point of no return, a serious and significant reset must happen before anything can be accomplished. I am in fear for our future and I can see no way to avoid it.
We as United States citizens now blithely accept violations that in the past have destroyed political careers, started the revolution and the civil war in our country. Remember the 4 boxes? How many are left that haven't been completely compromised?
and just like today, the Republican response (courtesy of Herbert Hoover) was to send in troops to beat them up.
Republican? Try Political response. Republican, Democrat, it doesn't matter and hasn't mattered a damn for years now.
While I agree with a large part of your statement, don't put this on any one particular group - aside from rhetoric, there is no fundamental difference between the two parties.
Obama is a moderate Republican and Romney is a moderate Republican - regardless of with which parties they affiliate themselves.
I read about this sort of thing before only it wasn't testing hyper velocity it was the JRV Nagoya, which is testing top-secret weapons and stealth systems that use the latest developments in quantum physics.
I hope the timeline doesn't shift today, I've just gotten the last hold-outs in my family to install Linux! -- Wait, could this be the shift in the timeline? Why else would non-technical consumers migrate willingly to Linux Mint? Uh-oh!
In truth, there are civilian applications that can use the knowledge gleaned from these sorts of tests. While the weapon is potentially a significant balance shift, I don't think that this is remotely ready to deploy. In many cases, this sort of thing never makes it into the field. Yet the science is neutral, once discovered, it can be used for non-military applications as well.
Once they get FDA Approval
I suppose we could say it is related to hemispheric warming. I prefer the term Summer, however.
Within the last 5 hours there have been 7 quakes of 3.0 or greater. I lived in that general region for several years and never saw or heard of any activity (not that I was glued to the USGS or anything).
Of course the largest earthquake recorded was on April 4th, 1952 around El Reno, Oklahoma. However, if you discount the last 24 hours, there doesn't seem to have been much recent activity of note in that region of the state (some of the source material is quite dated). Here is more information on the region.
Please allow me to expand upon this a little bit:
As early as the mid-1800's the trusts and tycoons had been trying, without success, for decades to have the SCOTUS declare corporations people. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886), the Supreme Court recognized corporations as persons for the purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment.
In 2003, the SCOTUS declared corporate funding cannot be limited under the First Amendment, in 2010 SCOTUS declared money to be speech and removed all limits to corporate spending on lobbying.
The corporate person-hood aspect of the campaign finance debate turns on Buckley v. Valeo (1976) and Citizens United (2010): Buckley ruled that political spending is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech, while Citizens United ruled that corporate political spending is protected, holding that corporations have a First Amendment right to free speech.
Result: corporations, government licensed creatures, now have become the government, by using their wealth to "unfairly influence elections." This lead to the first stirrings of unrest in the civil populous, most notably the 'Occupy Wall Street' demonstrations, citing no faith in their elected officials because of the undue power wielded by corporations and special interest groups to influence law makers.
Now, protected by the very institutions that had been in place to protect people, citizens of the United States are denied at least two of the traditional corner stones of a democracy. Those foundations stones being the Ballot and Jury box.
Timeline: -Tillman Act of 1907, banned corporate political contributions to national campaigns. -Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, landmark campaign financing legislation. -Buckley v. Valeo (1976) upheld limits on campaign contributions, but held that spending money to influence elections is protected speech as in the first amendment. -First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti (1978) upheld the rights of corporations to spend money in non-candidate elections (i.e. ballot initiatives and referendums). -Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990) upheld the right of the state of Michigan to prohibit corporations from using money from their corporate treasuries to support or oppose candidates in elections, noting that "[c]orporate wealth can unfairly influence elections." -Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain–Feingold), banned corporate funding of issue advocacy ads that mentioned candidates close to an election. -McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003), substantially upheld McCain–Feingold. -Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2007) weakened McCain–Feingold, but upheld core of McConnell. -Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) the Supreme Court of the United States held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment, overruling Austin (1990) and partly overruling McConnell (2003).
I'll take cheap and plentiful.
So long as by cheap you mean poor quality. Because if that is what you mean, then china sounds to have met your expectation.
Personally, I'll take decent quality and plentiful.
So, really, what bad thing will happen?
I once had very similar feelings about this issue.
Nothing bad will happen, until it does. When the information is used and a horrible thing occurs, you'll kick yourself for not protecting your loved ones. It has happened to me and it will happen to many others.
In my own experience, it wasn't "Big Brother" - it was a tech-savvy business partner and I spent half a year in jail, accused of a "capital" crime I didn't commit - then 4 years and ten's of thousands of dollars fighting for my freedom in courts. My "friend" got me out of the business, which is still a large and profitable company today.
Hey, walking around with on all fours with no pants and your ass in the air seems to be the cool thing these days. So, have fun. Just don't cry when you get raped.
Me, I'll try to keep my pants (mostly) on.
Actually, If he was a true "Geek", he'd be on an Android phone, as they are the hackable device now a days, not on the walled garden of Apple and all it regulates. Get your facts, and thoughts straight before you post such fanboi gibberish next time.
God Damn! You are a total hater dude, did he piss in your Cheerios or something? This is the second hate filled post you've made that doesn't mean anything.
I don't own any apple products, but I sort of like Woz and appreciate his antics and his philanthropic gestures. Let the cat have some frackin' fun without shitting all over him.
That whole university system is almost as crazy politically-correct as Berkley. [and etc.]
elrous0's comment should be +5 funny. The prof in question is just what he's railing against and the "mall cop" is the conservative.
Excelerate? I think you mean this Oh, and by the way, you are mistaken in your assessment of the United States declining into the '3rd world' as well. I suggest that you do a bit more reading on the topic. If we were on the gold standard the US dollar would currently be worth more that any other currency in the world.
My point is that they will not see the need.
The typical users will quickly learn how to set their DNS providers if this comes to pass.
Say rather that the users who are interested will quickly learn.
ISPs will not be able to improve DNS security using DNSSEC, a system for cryptographically signing DNS records to ensure their authenticity, as the sort of manipulation mandated by PROTECT-IP is the type of interference DNSSEC is meant to prevent.
We shouldn't forget the massive amounts of users that are oblivious to nearly any of this. DNS, IP Addresses, Routing protocols and all the rest of the "magic" of the Internet is well past their horizon. Please keep in mind how reasonable this would appear to the average Jane and Joe Six-Pack.
The measure allows courts to require Internet service providers to redirect or block queries for a domain deemed to be infringing on IP laws.
On the surface this looks like a great thing. Understanding the technology or anything past double-clicking the blue "e", or perhaps clicking a link in their e-mail, is not something a more advanced user should expect. While we can understand the potential difficulties and pitfalls that come with this sort of meddling, I don't think we should see them as so obvious that the basic user will also see them.
I am under no obligation to comply with the illegal and unconstitutional wishes of evil leaders or states.
As a citizen of the United States, I am morally bound to oppose the unconstitutional wishes of said leadership. Personally, I believe that the armed forces of the United States are bound by oath to stand up against those that would promote illegal and unconstitutional actions like this.
Google's are even easier to remember: 8.8.8.8 and 4.4.4.4.
UltraDNS also offers an OpenDNS-like service with the IPs of 156.154.70.1 and 156.154.71.1 .
Quick correction, Google's are: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/
Yep, you can tell the recovery is in full swing when helium skills demand is sky-rocketing.
More likely is that you're nearing peak in the selected region when unessential or even unimportant jobs begin to balloon (and isn't balloon the precursor to burst bubbles?)
There is no personal responsibility for any of the actions of a corporation and therefore there is absolutely no accountability for their actions.
Corporations may not be individuals, but they are run by a board of directors that is ultimately responsible for the actions of the company. If individual wrongdoers within the corporate 'body' are not handed over to the authorities, then the board would be held responsible. If this were the case, you'd see a lot less evil in the business world. If generals are held responsible for the actions of their troops during wartime, then surely we can hold the leadership of a corporation responsible for the actions of the corporation. Maybe not, but it makes me feel better to think so.
I suggest it be called: The Nobel (We Hope You Support) Peace Prize. ...or at least don't start any new wars for the next couple of weeks, if you don't mind.
With this nomination, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. With some US congressmen calling WikiLeaks a treasonous organization and with the tangential evidence that WikiLeaks was a large contributor to the political changes ongoing throughout the Middle East. This could be an interesting situation.
VBS2 has this feature ... The OP obviously was trying to be cute about the very real life and death roles our uniformed citizens face, but the truth is that with proper use the virtual combat arena the soldier increases his situational awareness by between 8 to 14% (Paul Roman, Associate Professor, Royal Military College of Canada). By training his "mental muscle memory" to be aware of sounds and reactions, his chance survival in a very hostile world increases measurably. Studies have shown substantial improvement in pass rates and higher standards throughout the organization. Not only do the teams learn to work together, but many of the usual variables that increase cost and create delays, are removed. Live exercises are expensive, difficult to coordinate and dependent upon weather, time of year and other external variables. The lesson is not to save half the training time in an evolution, it is to take that time to improve the overall standards of your force.
http://appliedstudiesgroup.com/ shows some numbers on training.
Also look at http://battlegroundsims.com/ for some interesting information from various sources.
The pharmacy is a good one, but the jewelry counter (unless it is right out in the open) or automotive center is also good.
--The location of the pharmacy for one, usually in a less traveled section of the store.
--Less people check out there for two, so there are fewer eyes on you as you are getting your stuff checked out.
--It usually has at least some soft cover or concealment for three.
--Also, it is an unexpected location to be checking out (never take the same route twice).
I read a few books on his theories many years ago, the thing that stuck with me the most was his concept on the transmission frequency. He postulated that it would actually be healthful. I don't that frequency was ever mentioned, but I also recall that it was supposedly at the "resonant frequency of the earth." His concept was to give out free electrical power, that had health benefits. Most importantly, to me, is that he honestly believed he could do it. A recent History Channel show mentioned that his lab was still intact, used as a storage facility and that the tower was gone, destroyed by the people who owned the property at one time or another, although, the foundation of the tower was still intact.
Or China, it would seem ... http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/15 1897110/article.pl
A similar situation happened to me, I was discussing CounterStrike tactics with a friend at a party and another "friend" overheard and called the police. They charged me with conspiracy to commit capital murder. It took 3 years and over $13,000 in legal fees and $25,000 for bail. Don't be fooled, the phrase isn't innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, it is guilty until proven innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt. It eventually worked out for me, but within six months my buddy plead out and took a felony and 5 years supervised probation. We have never played a FPS since then and I never talk to people about those games in a public environment.
I was pretty sure TFA would be linked to The Onion...