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  1. Re:Isn't it empty? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    It's funny that when the shooter turns out to not be a right-wing, anti-government, tea-partier, we never do find out what their true motivations are.

  2. Re:Isn't it empty? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    Don't be silly. The People's Republic of China is a Communist movement. Their intentions are good, and that's the only thing that really matters.

  3. Re:Isn't it empty? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 1

    What if it's a federally employed security guard shooting an unarmed woman in front of her child? Is that a terrorist?

  4. Re:tragedy of errors? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 0

    No, stop being reasonable and skeptical. She was obviously a right-wing, tea-partier who was trying to overthrow the US Government by attacking the president.

  5. The dissapointing thing... on Tour Houston's Texas-Sized Hackerspace (Video 1 of 2) · · Score: 1

    ...about hackerspaces, is that there are always a few members who are the Elite, and are somehow allowed to break the rules. In this case it appears to be "Mark", who has managed to fill an entire bay with obsolete junk, depriving others of desirable and useful bench space.

  6. Re:Of course not. on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 1

    At least until the fire reached the highly combustible contents of the fuel tank...oh.

  7. Re:Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    Makes sense. Who would patronize a private education system when the government option is so much better? Answer: wealthy people and politicians.

  8. Re:Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    Optional doesn't mean what you think it means.

  9. Re:Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    If it's so good, dispense with the totalitarianism, and make it optional. If it's that good, people will choose to use it.

  10. Re:Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    I don't think you can impose a NHS on a people that also have a 2nd Amendment.

  11. Re:Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    The house passed three different CR's. Every one of them was a compromise. The senate and the admin outright rejected them all. So no, only one party refuses to negotiate.

  12. Re:The Blame Game on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    Very true. But tax revenue is plenty to pay the debt service. When you can't pay the debt service, that is when you default.

  13. Re:The Blame Game on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1, Insightful

    As long as people keep paying their taxes, the federal government has plenty of income to service the debt, and even pay most entitlements. Default does not mean what you think it means.

  14. Re:That's weird... on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 0

    No, I'm pretty sure I wont.

  15. Re:Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Passing a yearly budget would prevent this from happening. But then of course they would have to admit that they aren't actually passing budgets anymore.

  16. That's weird... on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...I don't feel any different at all.

  17. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 1

    That's a good question. Many ACA supporters have been claiming costs are already coming down. The President included.

  18. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 1

    ...per month.

  19. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 1

    I am currently paying $200 out of pocket for a pretty decent individual plan. I am self-employed, 35 and healthy.

  20. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 1

    Please include the reference ID below if you wish to contact us at 1-800-318-2596 for support. Error from: https%3A//www.healthcare.gov/marketplace/global/en_US/registration%23signUpStepOne Reference ID: 0.cd27c517.1380600402.14aaced9

    Are we actually supposed to read that reference id into the phone? And if we do, what exactly does the operator do with it?

  21. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 1

    The System is down at the moment. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Please try again later.

  22. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 2

    The whole purpose of the AFFORDABLE Care Act, was to "bend the cost curve downward". Did it work?

  23. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 0

    My rates are predicted to triple on January 1st. Why is that? When has that happened before?

  24. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If I run a hose into your bedroom at night while you are sleeping, and you choose to breathe the carbon monoxide I'm pumping through it, that of course is your choice. Not my fault at all.

  25. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 1

    On another note, do you actually think you are going to be able to access that site in 30 minutes?