Vaccines are a bunch of horseshit much of the time because they are backed not by a desire to cure, but by profit motive.
Which ultimately means that if a company CAN get away with cutting corners, it will. And quality being anything but the highest priority with something as vital as a vaccine...well call me skeptical but I don't trust them.
Look at Nutrasweet's aspartame scandal if you need an example of how unrestrained greed can gum up the works.
The higher ups call the shots and it's your job to get out of the way.
Seriously, with the dog-eat-doggery of capitalism pushing the top people on the food chain to near breaking point, is it any wonder that the same competitive tension filters down to the rank and file?
The only reason a baby isn't legally alive until born is because pro-choicers forced the issue in their favor and got that little loophole put into the books. I don't believe for a minute that they would have stopped if the supremes had gone against them.
Get a little political power and you can get away with&^#@*&$^*#~~NO CARRIER
The problem is that people think that the availability of contraceptives and whatnot thinks that makes it ok to do whatever the hell they want to with their own bodies, including irresponsible sex that produces unwanted babies.
Seriously, if you don't want a kid, don't screw. It's as simple as that and only uncontrolled selfish visceral lust complicates it.
I'm amazed at how many folks think that "a relationship between two consenting adults" is perfectly fine and are perfectly willing to plug their ears and sing the la-la's when someone tries to mention the possibility of the impact on society.
On one hand they never did have to give a reason because they reserved "we can do whatever the fuck we want to and our decisions are final and not subject to appeal of any kind".
On the other hand people insert that clause so often yet use it so little that it's only there for blatant saving grace CYA when someone wants to abuse it.
I think the insurance industry needs the same sort of backing that the FDIC gives our banking system.
At a minimum I think it would be prudent to require an insurance company to carry a government backed surety bond to ensure that clients get paid their settlements even if the company goes tits up.
I say government backed because asking the insurance industry to insure itself is a circular nightmare.
...there are sheeple out there that still think the likes of the RIAA actually care about whether or not you get to enjoy your content whether you purchase it or not...or even how many times you purchase it.
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Vaccines are a bunch of horseshit much of the time because they are backed not by a desire to cure, but by profit motive.
Which ultimately means that if a company CAN get away with cutting corners, it will. And quality being anything but the highest priority with something as vital as a vaccine...well call me skeptical but I don't trust them.
Look at Nutrasweet's aspartame scandal if you need an example of how unrestrained greed can gum up the works.
Lawyers?
The higher ups call the shots and it's your job to get out of the way.
Seriously, with the dog-eat-doggery of capitalism pushing the top people on the food chain to near breaking point, is it any wonder that the same competitive tension filters down to the rank and file?
I hate to say it, but maybe it is a good thing that the higher up you go the uglier you get.
Stabbing your buddies in the back is good practice for when you're at the top slugging it out with the competition.
Which just goes to show you.
Good management cannot make up for bad leadershit...er, ship
You bring up an interesting point.
How good are PHP-generated pages at marking themselves properly for cacheability?
The only reason a baby isn't legally alive until born is because pro-choicers forced the issue in their favor and got that little loophole put into the books. I don't believe for a minute that they would have stopped if the supremes had gone against them.
Get a little political power and you can get away with&^#@*&$^*#~~NO CARRIER
The problem is that people think that the availability of contraceptives and whatnot thinks that makes it ok to do whatever the hell they want to with their own bodies, including irresponsible sex that produces unwanted babies.
Seriously, if you don't want a kid, don't screw. It's as simple as that and only uncontrolled selfish visceral lust complicates it.
I'm amazed at how many folks think that "a relationship between two consenting adults" is perfectly fine and are perfectly willing to plug their ears and sing the la-la's when someone tries to mention the possibility of the impact on society.
On one hand they never did have to give a reason because they reserved "we can do whatever the fuck we want to and our decisions are final and not subject to appeal of any kind".
On the other hand people insert that clause so often yet use it so little that it's only there for blatant saving grace CYA when someone wants to abuse it.
I think the insurance industry needs the same sort of backing that the FDIC gives our banking system.
At a minimum I think it would be prudent to require an insurance company to carry a government backed surety bond to ensure that clients get paid their settlements even if the company goes tits up.
I say government backed because asking the insurance industry to insure itself is a circular nightmare.
Then it appears that the carriers are the real enemy here.
It's not a free market at all because of everyone being in bed with each other.
It's like a gridiron field full of beefy quarterbacks.
Without the authority of a strong team of referees, the game would quickly be won as a wrestling match instead of as a football game.
It's the same reason we as a society have a police force.
Even more ridiculous is the notion that microsoft expects gamers to tell the truth when there's an advantage to be had by lying.
Thanks to HIPAA it's not like they're going to be able to verify anything.
Indeed. The only reason I don't approve of this idea is that, while good in theory, I don't trust scumbag companies not to abuse it.
And...to be frank, I'm never signing the HIPAA release they'll need to get my health information anyway.
Because the environment is still fantasy. It might still be you, but you're in spaaaaace, or something.
You could call it a virtual vacation.
Anyone who thinks that a business represents the interests of its people, is stupid.
If you don't believe me, then next time you go to work just try and have an opinion your boss doesn't like. ...oh I'm sorry, I mean your ex-boss.
Because NOTHING will protect you if ANY CORPORATION comes after you with a lawsuit.
Lawsuits are just economic nukes. If you don't like someone and you're richer, just SLAPP them silly until you get your way.
The problem with global warming is that everyone has something to gain by cheating on any agreement that might be made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
They don't want to sell you the glasses, they just want to...
- ...LICENSE them to you!
...there are sheeple out there that still think the likes of the RIAA actually care about whether or not you get to enjoy your content whether you purchase it or not...or even how many times you purchase it.
Facts cannot be copyrighted.
Yuck.
Being an asshole is no excuse for the guards to go gung ho and willfully jump to conclusions.
Recently we had an incident with a package of mislaid seafood that was mistaken for a bomb.
We had to let it turn rotten before it was found to be benign.
Maybe better safe than sorry but there is such a thing as competence.
I think shooting the laptop's battery could have caused quite a bit of damage.
there's only 2 reasons I take advantage of the disable ads option.
1. I have no disposable income to spend anyway.
2. The ads slow the site down.