The manipulation of paper ballots requires entirely too much work to redistribute precinct results in a fashion random enough to avoid unduly upsetting the exit pollsters.
We wouldn't be Republicans if we wanted to pay overtime, now would we?
If we want to use this thing in Iraq, it will have to fly clear to Saudi Arabia to find a reliably functioning power line. Maybe they should add a flip-up sign to it that says "Will spy for batteries!" in case of emergency.
Aren't the voting results returned by phone? And isn't the Administration even now working diligently to get the big Telcos immunity for doing anything they ask them to do - or anything they think of themselves that the Administration likes?
It is like dealing with bullies when you were young - although the other kid may have been much larger than you, his desire to attack you could be greatly reduced by making him aware that, at a minimum, he was going to get a bloody nose.
The flip side of the coin, of course, is that those children who could not or would not put up a fight found themselves being constantly bullied...
Re: Disarmament. Putin pulled out of the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty yesterday. From Pravda:
"Suspension of the treaty, which limits deployment of tanks, aircraft and other heavy weapons across the continent, takes effect Dec. 12. Under the moratorium, Russia will halt NATO countries' inspections and verifications of its military sites and will no longer be obligated to limit the number of conventional weapons deployed west of the Urals."
Putin and China both realize that since the U.S. has offshored its industrial base it can no longer fight more than a small scale war, and it can't even do that well - witness the overstretched U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It is big news because we - the U.S., as a nation - are in an era where we are increasingly controlled by entities that will not do anything that does not return a significant profit in the near term - regardless of the negative effects such thinking may and are having on the nation.
If humanity is ever to escape this rock, then it will require the efforts of a nation such as the China that is capable of having thoughts that aren't bounded by the craven desire for instant gratification.
Ok, pass this bill. That is, as long as it has a paragraph that states that if any member of the MPAA is caught evading taxes or any other law, every member of the MPAA is imprisoned.
I can see it now - people who are otherwise not malicious at all will see this for being what it is - yet another attack on the Constitution - and a whole new generation of spambots will hit the web that don't do anything but generate email messages containing whatever their author's best guess is that a terrorist would say.
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The manipulation of paper ballots requires entirely too much work to redistribute precinct results in a fashion random enough to avoid unduly upsetting the exit pollsters.
We wouldn't be Republicans if we wanted to pay overtime, now would we?
If we want to use this thing in Iraq, it will have to fly clear to Saudi Arabia to find a reliably functioning power line. Maybe they should add a flip-up sign to it that says "Will spy for batteries!" in case of emergency.
What does the security of the machines matter?
Aren't the voting results returned by phone? And isn't the Administration even now working diligently to get the big Telcos immunity for doing anything they ask them to do - or anything they think of themselves that the Administration likes?
It is like dealing with bullies when you were young - although the other kid may have been much larger than you, his desire to attack you could be greatly reduced by making him aware that, at a minimum, he was going to get a bloody nose. The flip side of the coin, of course, is that those children who could not or would not put up a fight found themselves being constantly bullied...
Re: Disarmament. Putin pulled out of the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty yesterday. From Pravda:
"Suspension of the treaty, which limits deployment of tanks, aircraft and other heavy weapons across the continent, takes effect Dec. 12. Under the moratorium, Russia will halt NATO countries' inspections and verifications of its military sites and will no longer be obligated to limit the number of conventional weapons deployed west of the Urals."
Putin and China both realize that since the U.S. has offshored its industrial base it can no longer fight more than a small scale war, and it can't even do that well - witness the overstretched U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Better start giving your troops ammo again.
It is big news because we - the U.S., as a nation - are in an era where we are increasingly controlled by entities that will not do anything that does not return a significant profit in the near term - regardless of the negative effects such thinking may and are having on the nation. If humanity is ever to escape this rock, then it will require the efforts of a nation such as the China that is capable of having thoughts that aren't bounded by the craven desire for instant gratification.
Ok, pass this bill. That is, as long as it has a paragraph that states that if any member of the MPAA is caught evading taxes or any other law, every member of the MPAA is imprisoned.
Maybe he let some external organization or other access internal Microsoft records for some purpose or other...
I can see it now - people who are otherwise not malicious at all will see this for being what it is - yet another attack on the Constitution - and a whole new generation of spambots will hit the web that don't do anything but generate email messages containing whatever their author's best guess is that a terrorist would say.