Because otherwise the one hand of the moderate left would be worth the same as the one hand of the fascist right.
I'm all for proportional representation; I despise the first-past-the-post system we have at the moment, but as you say they all vote for the party line anyway.
Fringe (far right) parties already get large portions of votes. UKIP second to Tories, BNP sixth in 2009 European elections. That's two seats for the fascists.
I have a very low regard for the vox populi when it comes to important decisions. As George Carlin said (paraphrased) "Think of how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are more stupid than that."
So is the retention of DNA of arrested individuals never charged with a crime in England. Nobody gives a shit about European law. Not even European politicians.
When Europe has the balls / jurisdiction to indict heads of state over the transgressions of member states, maybe we'll see some countries brought into line. Right now, however, expect at least England to sign up for this no matter what Europe say.
It's a tough situation. On one side, you have your kid who's now stuck with either putting up with chapped lips (I get this badly in cold weather, so sympathise) or potentially embarrassing him by heading up to the school with the letter and tearing the headteacher a new one.
Knowing what I do now, I'd go for the latter. Eating food with your lips falling apart is one of the most uncomfortable things I've ever done. I never leave home without a jar of Carmex in the winter months (to the point that I have one in every coat I own. I'm a little forgetful).
Indeed. I have a facebook account. It has my full name (quite unique), my date of birth, and a rough geographical location. It's one of the few instances which appears when I search for my full name (only one page on google). It basically states in a field viewable to anyone that it's my account, this is my only account, and no others accounts which report to be mine are genuine.
I've never used it. It's there so nobody can impersonate me on facebook (a big issue, considering the whole online bullying / suicide case a while ago).
I bought Sins of a Solar Empire for exactly this reason. I don't think I've ever played it, but maybe my money will keep Stardock trading, and they might make a game I enjoy.
Sorry bud, the "kill yourself" instruction would never work over the pond. We have the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Act.
There are historical documents which can be cited for requiring the first born child of every family, though. You can find one in any hotel room bedside table.
It's not law yet. They'll tell you what the law is when it becomes law and they're good an' sure you can't wiggle out of it with pesky issues such as "habeas corpus" and "constitutional rights."
RIAA are going after grandparents and children with no link to file sharing of any kind, just because a private company with demonstrably poor investigative methods say so.
If guilt by association is good enough for RIAA and its members, it's good enough for me. Their business partners, subsidiaries, and associates suffer from the bad market image their partners portray.
In this environment, I've no other way to get my message heard.
... [T]he knowledge that the US could, in 20 years, not only knock out all of your incoming warheads, but unleash its own reprisal would effectively end the threat of a large scale nuclear conflict between state actors.
Did you think about what you just said? You want the US to be the only nuclear power.
That would make everybody else extremely edgy. Bad, bad idea.
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Because otherwise the one hand of the moderate left would be worth the same as the one hand of the fascist right.
I'm all for proportional representation; I despise the first-past-the-post system we have at the moment, but as you say they all vote for the party line anyway.
20 goto 10
Yes, but only half of it will be observed.
Fringe (far right) parties already get large portions of votes. UKIP second to Tories, BNP sixth in 2009 European elections. That's two seats for the fascists.
I have a very low regard for the vox populi when it comes to important decisions. As George Carlin said (paraphrased) "Think of how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are more stupid than that."
So is the retention of DNA of arrested individuals never charged with a crime in England. Nobody gives a shit about European law. Not even European politicians.
When Europe has the balls / jurisdiction to indict heads of state over the transgressions of member states, maybe we'll see some countries brought into line. Right now, however, expect at least England to sign up for this no matter what Europe say.
I'd like to be well hung too.
I'll get my coat.
It's already got class action status, trial by jury. The filed suit
I've not heard of Craphound.com either, but the link is from this article
Nicotine rush.
It's a tough situation. On one side, you have your kid who's now stuck with either putting up with chapped lips (I get this badly in cold weather, so sympathise) or potentially embarrassing him by heading up to the school with the letter and tearing the headteacher a new one.
Knowing what I do now, I'd go for the latter. Eating food with your lips falling apart is one of the most uncomfortable things I've ever done. I never leave home without a jar of Carmex in the winter months (to the point that I have one in every coat I own. I'm a little forgetful).
No, he's super! Thanks for asking. All things considered, he couldn't be better, I must say.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Or it didn't.
There's always room for :(){ :|:& };:
Blake's 7.
I find your ideas interesting and would like to subscribe to your newsletter letter of news.
if you can't spot the conflict of interest you need to turn in your critical thinking hat.
That would be the Black hat Ironically, those are the perpetrators of the cyber attacks!
Is Chuck Norris really defeated by changing the admin password on your home router?!
That would have made Bruce Lee's job a lot easier.
Chuck Norris has no need of a router. He simply stares at an inexpensive hub until it starts packet switching out of fear.
His last hub was only rebooted once. Rebooted into the sun.
Indeed. I have a facebook account. It has my full name (quite unique), my date of birth, and a rough geographical location. It's one of the few instances which appears when I search for my full name (only one page on google). It basically states in a field viewable to anyone that it's my account, this is my only account, and no others accounts which report to be mine are genuine.
I've never used it. It's there so nobody can impersonate me on facebook (a big issue, considering the whole online bullying / suicide case a while ago).
I bought Sins of a Solar Empire for exactly this reason. I don't think I've ever played it, but maybe my money will keep Stardock trading, and they might make a game I enjoy.
Sorry bud, the "kill yourself" instruction would never work over the pond. We have the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Act.
There are historical documents which can be cited for requiring the first born child of every family, though. You can find one in any hotel room bedside table.
It's not law yet. They'll tell you what the law is when it becomes law and they're good an' sure you can't wiggle out of it with pesky issues such as "habeas corpus" and "constitutional rights."
The tighter you gripped, the more it slipped away. The grip is so tight here now that you've dropped the soap.
Prepare for a shafting.
(I have no idea where I was going with this.)
RIAA are going after grandparents and children with no link to file sharing of any kind, just because a private company with demonstrably poor investigative methods say so.
If guilt by association is good enough for RIAA and its members, it's good enough for me. Their business partners, subsidiaries, and associates suffer from the bad market image their partners portray.
In this environment, I've no other way to get my message heard.
... [T]he knowledge that the US could, in 20 years, not only knock out all of your incoming warheads, but unleash its own reprisal would effectively end the threat of a large scale nuclear conflict between state actors.
Did you think about what you just said? You want the US to be the only nuclear power.
That would make everybody else extremely edgy. Bad, bad idea.
You could accomplish more by rotating the missile in flight fast enough for no one area to heat to the point of structural failure.
Hell, combine both methods!