It's both. The Review-Journal is extremely Republican in all things. It would never, ever endorse a Democrat. It will always endorse a Republican. Nothing matters beyond political affiliation.
I managed a movie theater for a few years in the '90s. It cost about $60 to show a movie -- primarily in utilities and employee costs. Tickets were $5 a piece for an adult, but most of that went to the studios. So if 12 people came to a movie and all bought something at the concession stand (which made about $5 on average per person), we broke even. Of course, since most of the shows had about 125 people in them, it was a money-making machine. The vast majority of our money came from selling overpriced popcorn and soda.
Today, the theaters themselves are the ones who get paid off of pre-movie advertising -- that's on top of vast mark-ups on concession items. Meanwhile, ticket costs have tripled in the last 15 years, and movie studios are making record profits -- particularly given that there are additional revenue streams like product placement, DVD sales/rental, fees from TV, etc.
So no, ticket costs without showing ads would certainly not be more that $10. In fact, pre-movie ads are almost entirely unrelated to ticket prices.
I was expecting to read about how jaded and eager they were to press buttons at the drop of the hat, but what I found was the opposite... We have people halfway around the globe pushing buttons to kill people about whom we have reams of (video) evidence showing hostile behavior.
You mean like this? Yeah, some of those guys take the job seriously, and some have even been treated for PTSD. But some are just plain douchebags, blowing shit up like it's HALO.
Of course, no one says a word until there's a leak.
Actually, Air America did a lot less mocking than Limbaugh (unlike you, I often listened to both). Air America (at least the Franken show) was surprisingly balanced, often having conservatives and Republicans on to talk about their views. Yes, there was quite a bit of humor and certainly some mocking involved, but there was also thoughtful responses, and serious alternatives being suggested.
Compare this to most right wing radio, which is entirely devoted to mocking and complaining. If anything, Air America failed because it took a (generally) positive position, rather than a generally mocking position.
(Yes, I'm a conservative who realizes that the comedians like Limbaugh and the Fox "news" team have pretty much gutted the Republican party of any ideas it may have once had.)
Lemme guess? You're not exactly a Constitutional scholar?
Perhaps when your understanding of Constitutional law advances beyond that of a 4th-grader, your ridiculous and easily disproven opinions on this will be worth something. Until then, I'll just read the above comment as, "Gee, you've proven me utterly wrong and I'm sorry."
I see broadband more as a utility than as a consumer good. The price of my electricity has gone up. THe price of my water has gone up. It's not surprising to me that the price of my broadband has also risen.
OTOH, I'm still getting the same old water and electricity I was 5 years ago, while my broadband speed has increased somewhat. So in that way, it's a better deal.
1) In many places in the U.S., getting caught drinking Mad Dog in your car -- even in the backseat, and even in your own driveway -- will get you a DUI (unfortunate but true).
2) The airways are public, just as roads are public, so any plane using them is subject to certain rules and regulations.
For the size of his work force you would expect about that number of suicides in the general population anyway.
Across the general population, yes. But the general population doesn't work in a factory. "General population" includes an awful lot of people who can't work in a factory, including children, babies, the elderly, the infirm, and even people who live too far away from any factory to work in one.
Add in the fact that teens have a disproportionate number of suicides, and that old people also kill themselves, and it's not difficult to realize that a small subset of the population having a suicide rate equal to that of the general population is an anomaly worth investigating.
The majority of movies completely debunk your theory.
The majority of movies don't make money, so that doesn't debunk anything. But if you'd like to argue that the majority of money-making movies suck, that would be something else altogether.
I happily obey a copyright term of 7 years in order to reward innovation, creativity, and production of things I enjoy. Anything older than that is fair game.
As someone with a degree in Music History, I can assure you you're wrong. "Works for hire" are actually fairly rare in the history of music. More often (at least for the past 300 years or so) musicians had a patron who supported them financially so that they could create their art. In this model, the composer isn't selling their work; they are driven to create, and a rich patron who appreciates that work has made it easier by supporting them. There is no modern equivalent in pop music.
In Bach's case, he was just a craftsman who was hired to practice his craft by the church (among others). But he vastly surpassed what he was actually remunerated for. Chopin also often wrote music without expectation of remuneration.
So it's a vast simplification to call music throughout history a "commercial endeavor". Historically, it's been an artistic endeavor that is occasionally profitable, or a craft no different than glass-blowing or shoe-fixing. A job, yes. But one with very little in common with today's "job." Certainly the idea of becoming wealthy for an hour's worth of music that's basically aping what everyone else is doing would never have occurred to any composer you can name.
He thinks that all those 700000 odd patents on backlog represent American jobs that aren't being created
He doesn't believe that. But "jobs" is the new "terrorism", where if you want funding, you make your case using that as a starting point. The guy's a top-notch beaurocrat, who knows where his bread is buttered.
Not sure why you were modded Off Topic. Yes, "Move" isn't much of a solution considering that driving tests all over the country are something of a joke. But the OP's problem really is a lack of driver skill and education, not lack of law enforcement. The roads near where I work are crawling with cops, yet there are accidents ALL. THE. TIME.
The test to be allowed to pilot a 2-ton metal projectile down a poorly constructed, crowded roadway is among the easiest you'll take in your life. This is not okay.
OP should consider lobbying for stricter driving tests. That would have roughly the same possibility of success (nearing zero), but at least it's a way to solve the problem.
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It's both. The Review-Journal is extremely Republican in all things. It would never, ever endorse a Democrat. It will always endorse a Republican. Nothing matters beyond political affiliation.
Right.... until they start adding commercials to books as electronic readers start becoming more mainstream.
So stick to paper books -- you know, the ones with pages. And get them from the library.
They still have commercials in the form of product placement; you're not getting anything for free by bit torrenting.
I managed a movie theater for a few years in the '90s. It cost about $60 to show a movie -- primarily in utilities and employee costs. Tickets were $5 a piece for an adult, but most of that went to the studios. So if 12 people came to a movie and all bought something at the concession stand (which made about $5 on average per person), we broke even. Of course, since most of the shows had about 125 people in them, it was a money-making machine. The vast majority of our money came from selling overpriced popcorn and soda.
Today, the theaters themselves are the ones who get paid off of pre-movie advertising -- that's on top of vast mark-ups on concession items. Meanwhile, ticket costs have tripled in the last 15 years, and movie studios are making record profits -- particularly given that there are additional revenue streams like product placement, DVD sales/rental, fees from TV, etc.
So no, ticket costs without showing ads would certainly not be more that $10. In fact, pre-movie ads are almost entirely unrelated to ticket prices.
Nazi Germany was not at all socialist. Today's China is barely socialist.
Education is your friend.
This is the best ranking method I have ever encountered - I would subscribe to your site in a second, and never use any other.
Kudos!
I was expecting to read about how jaded and eager they were to press buttons at the drop of the hat, but what I found was the opposite ... We have people halfway around the globe pushing buttons to kill people about whom we have reams of (video) evidence showing hostile behavior.
You mean like this? Yeah, some of those guys take the job seriously, and some have even been treated for PTSD. But some are just plain douchebags, blowing shit up like it's HALO.
Of course, no one says a word until there's a leak.
They have to provide a reason for why the contract should be nullified, else the other company can sue for breach.
Obviously, this depends on on the terms of the contract. If you don't happen to have a copy, your opinions on what constitutes breach is worthless.
Actually, Air America did a lot less mocking than Limbaugh (unlike you, I often listened to both). Air America (at least the Franken show) was surprisingly balanced, often having conservatives and Republicans on to talk about their views. Yes, there was quite a bit of humor and certainly some mocking involved, but there was also thoughtful responses, and serious alternatives being suggested.
Compare this to most right wing radio, which is entirely devoted to mocking and complaining. If anything, Air America failed because it took a (generally) positive position, rather than a generally mocking position.
(Yes, I'm a conservative who realizes that the comedians like Limbaugh and the Fox "news" team have pretty much gutted the Republican party of any ideas it may have once had.)
Lemme guess? You're not exactly a Constitutional scholar?
Perhaps when your understanding of Constitutional law advances beyond that of a 4th-grader, your ridiculous and easily disproven opinions on this will be worth something. Until then, I'll just read the above comment as, "Gee, you've proven me utterly wrong and I'm sorry."
I see broadband more as a utility than as a consumer good. The price of my electricity has gone up. THe price of my water has gone up. It's not surprising to me that the price of my broadband has also risen.
OTOH, I'm still getting the same old water and electricity I was 5 years ago, while my broadband speed has increased somewhat. So in that way, it's a better deal.
2 things:
1) In many places in the U.S., getting caught drinking Mad Dog in your car -- even in the backseat, and even in your own driveway -- will get you a DUI (unfortunate but true).
2) The airways are public, just as roads are public, so any plane using them is subject to certain rules and regulations.
For the size of his work force you would expect about that number of suicides in the general population anyway.
Across the general population, yes. But the general population doesn't work in a factory. "General population" includes an awful lot of people who can't work in a factory, including children, babies, the elderly, the infirm, and even people who live too far away from any factory to work in one.
Add in the fact that teens have a disproportionate number of suicides, and that old people also kill themselves, and it's not difficult to realize that a small subset of the population having a suicide rate equal to that of the general population is an anomaly worth investigating.
So America can't join.
Police reports are hearsay?
What other alternatives exist? List some. Walmart is minimum wage so it's not an alternative. Mc Donalds is minimum wage so it's not an alternative.
There are other employers in the U.S. besides Walmart and McDonalds. Presumably, the vast majority of /. work for those others.
There are tons of opportunities out there for people who bother to look for them.
afterwards you'll probably be living in a ghetto with other people receiving section 8.
If only this were true. Section 8 is often purposedly located in middle class neighborhoods -- the whole purpose is to get OUT of the ghetto.
The unfortunate side effect is increased crime in neighborhoods with higher degrees of Section 8 housing (see Summerlin, Las Vegas).
That being said, I find it hard to take many Oscar wins seriously after 'Shakespeare in Love' beat out 'Elizabeth'
Dances With Wolves beat out Goodfellas. Nuff said about the Academy.
The majority of movies completely debunk your theory.
The majority of movies don't make money, so that doesn't debunk anything. But if you'd like to argue that the majority of money-making movies suck, that would be something else altogether.
I happily obey a copyright term of 7 years in order to reward innovation, creativity, and production of things I enjoy. Anything older than that is fair game.
Additionally: The Mythbusters take on the Hindenburg.
I think he meant apply the label at the time the tube is used. It already will be open at that point.
As someone with a degree in Music History, I can assure you you're wrong. "Works for hire" are actually fairly rare in the history of music. More often (at least for the past 300 years or so) musicians had a patron who supported them financially so that they could create their art. In this model, the composer isn't selling their work; they are driven to create, and a rich patron who appreciates that work has made it easier by supporting them. There is no modern equivalent in pop music.
In Bach's case, he was just a craftsman who was hired to practice his craft by the church (among others). But he vastly surpassed what he was actually remunerated for. Chopin also often wrote music without expectation of remuneration.
So it's a vast simplification to call music throughout history a "commercial endeavor". Historically, it's been an artistic endeavor that is occasionally profitable, or a craft no different than glass-blowing or shoe-fixing. A job, yes. But one with very little in common with today's "job." Certainly the idea of becoming wealthy for an hour's worth of music that's basically aping what everyone else is doing would never have occurred to any composer you can name.
He thinks that all those 700000 odd patents on backlog represent American jobs that aren't being created
He doesn't believe that. But "jobs" is the new "terrorism", where if you want funding, you make your case using that as a starting point. The guy's a top-notch beaurocrat, who knows where his bread is buttered.
Not sure why you were modded Off Topic. Yes, "Move" isn't much of a solution considering that driving tests all over the country are something of a joke. But the OP's problem really is a lack of driver skill and education, not lack of law enforcement. The roads near where I work are crawling with cops, yet there are accidents ALL. THE. TIME.
The test to be allowed to pilot a 2-ton metal projectile down a poorly constructed, crowded roadway is among the easiest you'll take in your life. This is not okay.
OP should consider lobbying for stricter driving tests. That would have roughly the same possibility of success (nearing zero), but at least it's a way to solve the problem.