I just don't have any faith in our government to navigate a complex issue like this in a way that would yield a better result that what would naturally occur. My family has been in the oil business since the 70s. That link doesn't reflect available oil only current purchasing patterns. Trust me, the issue isn't supply it is demand. Production companies in the US are sitting on insane reserves and there are.. reasons they haven't drilled yet. Personally I don't want a bunch of new drilling in my backyard and would prefer cleaner alternatives but it is there.
I realize this is a complex issue but I always come back to: Pull out of the region and let them and Israel/Saudi settle their own disputes. Who cares? We can produce all the oil needed domestically now anyway thanks to fracking tech.
For the life of me I cannot understand what material they need. We have 100+ years of education text books most of them are likely public domain by now. Why doesn't the state just self publish the damn books for $1 a piece? Why are we paying text book publishers? Has k-12 reading, writing and math really changed that much in that last 100 years? When I was a kid in rural kentucky we'd go to the fair every year and the library would sell donated books. I got awesome stuff from the early 1900s. Latin readers, geometry etc. Those books were heads and shoulders above the text books I had in school.
I think in a sane world we would need to articulate a very detailed and compelling reason to go to war. In this world the onus would not be on those skeptical of actions like this to justify not going to war. Doesn't that seem like a world worth working towards if most of the cost to each of us is simply pausing to take a breath and honestly listen to the other side?
Here are a few reasons I believe this should not be happening 1) congress has not approved it. 2) the refugee crisis in Europe caused by this and our previous actions in Libya. 3) What reason do we have to think that overthrowing another secular ruler will result in anything other than the crap we've seen in Iraq and Libya? A rather comprehensive list of our work to date: master list
I don't know many people that voted for Hillary and I don't know anyone at all that voted for Donald that regrets it. This narrative that Russia got him elected.. take a look at this map of voting by county in the US for the 2016 election map pic by county.
Sadly.. this isn't far off the mark. The thing is most of the people around me are beginning to wake up. Everyone I knew supported the original Iraq war. I haven't really spoke with anyone that supports this crap in Syria and I live in rural America. Most everyone including me is Republican.
If you think the average person or even a poor person in the US has a low standard of living compared to the a random person in China... you really need to do an honest review of the model you use to understand the world.
They may end up pissing China off enough to finally do something about them with all this nuclear testing. See this story today. Apparently they collapsed the mountain they've been using to test their nuclear weapons and created a volcano that may spew radiation to nearby countries. http://www.scmp.com/news/china...
I live in a red state (Kentucky) in a deep red county. Many people I know were swinging between Bernie and Trump. Hell, I hate anything that smacks of marxism but I still liked Bernie and given the way the GOP treated Ron Paul in previous elections.. I might have been persuaded to vote for him if only as a protest or some flailing attempt at least change something in Washington.
As has previously been pointed out it is virtually impossible for anyone to survive scrutiny by a prosecutor. Especially when you're running businesses and involved in constant deals. Odds are you and I also fall into that category of "complicit in that illegal activity" as well.
Iceland contains some of the world's healthiest people and the population also drinks ungodly amounts of soft drinks as I understand it. That doesn't indicate to me that pepsi is good for you. Italy's health numbers have been going down a bit lately but their health stats are due to a mediterranean diet that can include some portion of pasta.
Wait... there are only 262 work days in a year. If you get 120 days paid off a year then you're essentially only working half the year. I realize of course that vacation is generous to the point where things often shut down part of the year in the EU but... that seems excessive.
It was formed by a retired Chinese military officer and doesn't even call itself a private company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Excerpt:
Huawei classifies itself as a "collective" and does not refer to itself as a private company. Richard McGregor, author of The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, said that this is "a definitional distinction that has been essential to the company's receipt of state support at crucial points in its development
Youtube does not have the capacity to censor you. They are never going to censor you, because they can't. If they spend a million dollars in an effort to censor you, they will fail and you will effortlessly defy their million dollar effort even if you are dirt poor. The worst they can do, is kick you off their site so that you have to host it yourself or find a Youtube competitor to host it.
Censorship is not exclusive to the government putting their boot on your throat. It is quite correct to say that Youtube is censoring topics or creators if they are curating their content in such a way as to suppress their videos. It may not be a first amendment violation but that is also debatable to a degree in the following. If Youtube doesn't want to be liable for the content on its site that it does not upload, perhaps platforms of this size should be given the choice of liability or common carrier status. If they choose a status like this then in fact free speech would apply and they would be indemnified to a degree from whatever offensive content they may host. I'm not 100% sure where I stand on this but I think I could debate with a degree of security either position.
There is also no legal requirement for you to take your hat off indoors or offer to take your shoes off when entering someones home. I still expect people to do both though.
Most farmers don't have the resources to do a lot of watering unless that is just a requirement of the crop. I don't do any produce type farming but I can't think of a single friends farm that gets water other than rainfall. Sometimes you have a bad year but that's what crop insurance is for.
I just don't see the point of this. People can grow microgreens enough to feed their families in window sills... I'd be more interested in yams or other calorie dense options like that.
I don't know that you will ever fix this problem top/down. The problem is one of demand. Poor people prefer low cost staple foods. It is also true that we don't have much of a cooking culture in all poor communities in this day and age.. possibly providing a supply of fresh foods would generate or tap some unmet demand in those communities but... I'm just not confident of that. Might be better to just cut ag subsidies.
Seems likely early risers correlate to more responsible lifestyles in general. It would be more interesting if they'd at least controlled for conscientious behavior in other areas of their lives and did the comparison at that level. Everyone I know that calls themselves night owls are just rather lazy. I say that as... something of a night owl myself.
Reddit or Facebook or whoever legally censor topics on their website. That doesn't mean they can claim at the same time if they do to be honoring any notion of freedom of speech. However, at the same time if I am actively curating content, it is possible then that I can no longer claim no responsibility when hosting content that is illegal in nature.. so I think these platforms may wish to decide what sort of environment they are. Either they are somewhat equivalent to common carriers and have special protections or that are not and can do whatever they want... with the accompanying liability.
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I just don't have any faith in our government to navigate a complex issue like this in a way that would yield a better result that what would naturally occur. My family has been in the oil business since the 70s. That link doesn't reflect available oil only current purchasing patterns. Trust me, the issue isn't supply it is demand. Production companies in the US are sitting on insane reserves and there are.. reasons they haven't drilled yet. Personally I don't want a bunch of new drilling in my backyard and would prefer cleaner alternatives but it is there.
I realize this is a complex issue but I always come back to: Pull out of the region and let them and Israel/Saudi settle their own disputes. Who cares? We can produce all the oil needed domestically now anyway thanks to fracking tech.
For the life of me I cannot understand what material they need. We have 100+ years of education text books most of them are likely public domain by now. Why doesn't the state just self publish the damn books for $1 a piece? Why are we paying text book publishers? Has k-12 reading, writing and math really changed that much in that last 100 years? When I was a kid in rural kentucky we'd go to the fair every year and the library would sell donated books. I got awesome stuff from the early 1900s. Latin readers, geometry etc. Those books were heads and shoulders above the text books I had in school.
Here are a few reasons I believe this should not be happening 1) congress has not approved it. 2) the refugee crisis in Europe caused by this and our previous actions in Libya. 3) What reason do we have to think that overthrowing another secular ruler will result in anything other than the crap we've seen in Iraq and Libya? A rather comprehensive list of our work to date: master list
I don't know many people that voted for Hillary and I don't know anyone at all that voted for Donald that regrets it. This narrative that Russia got him elected.. take a look at this map of voting by county in the US for the 2016 election map pic by county.
Sadly.. this isn't far off the mark. The thing is most of the people around me are beginning to wake up. Everyone I knew supported the original Iraq war. I haven't really spoke with anyone that supports this crap in Syria and I live in rural America. Most everyone including me is Republican.
It's a shame you were modded down. There is nothing you've written here that anyone especially a Chinese person would content is factually untrue.
If you think the average person or even a poor person in the US has a low standard of living compared to the a random person in China... you really need to do an honest review of the model you use to understand the world.
They may end up pissing China off enough to finally do something about them with all this nuclear testing. See this story today. Apparently they collapsed the mountain they've been using to test their nuclear weapons and created a volcano that may spew radiation to nearby countries. http://www.scmp.com/news/china...
I live in a red state (Kentucky) in a deep red county. Many people I know were swinging between Bernie and Trump. Hell, I hate anything that smacks of marxism but I still liked Bernie and given the way the GOP treated Ron Paul in previous elections.. I might have been persuaded to vote for him if only as a protest or some flailing attempt at least change something in Washington.
As has previously been pointed out it is virtually impossible for anyone to survive scrutiny by a prosecutor. Especially when you're running businesses and involved in constant deals. Odds are you and I also fall into that category of "complicit in that illegal activity" as well.
Iceland contains some of the world's healthiest people and the population also drinks ungodly amounts of soft drinks as I understand it. That doesn't indicate to me that pepsi is good for you. Italy's health numbers have been going down a bit lately but their health stats are due to a mediterranean diet that can include some portion of pasta.
I'm guessing you're in public education. Meritocracy isn't a label I'd normally assign to such an august institution.
Wait... there are only 262 work days in a year. If you get 120 days paid off a year then you're essentially only working half the year. I realize of course that vacation is generous to the point where things often shut down part of the year in the EU but... that seems excessive.
Excerpt:
Huawei classifies itself as a "collective" and does not refer to itself as a private company. Richard McGregor, author of The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, said that this is "a definitional distinction that has been essential to the company's receipt of state support at crucial points in its development
Are victims of human trafficking slaves or indentured servants?
Youtube does not have the capacity to censor you. They are never going to censor you, because they can't. If they spend a million dollars in an effort to censor you, they will fail and you will effortlessly defy their million dollar effort even if you are dirt poor. The worst they can do, is kick you off their site so that you have to host it yourself or find a Youtube competitor to host it.
Censorship is not exclusive to the government putting their boot on your throat. It is quite correct to say that Youtube is censoring topics or creators if they are curating their content in such a way as to suppress their videos. It may not be a first amendment violation but that is also debatable to a degree in the following. If Youtube doesn't want to be liable for the content on its site that it does not upload, perhaps platforms of this size should be given the choice of liability or common carrier status. If they choose a status like this then in fact free speech would apply and they would be indemnified to a degree from whatever offensive content they may host. I'm not 100% sure where I stand on this but I think I could debate with a degree of security either position.
If you extort me for money, I'm pretty upset. If you extort me for money then use the money to fund the murder of others, I'm very very upset.
There is also no legal requirement for you to take your hat off indoors or offer to take your shoes off when entering someones home. I still expect people to do both though.
I really hope they don't run creepy Joe. I could accept just about anyone before Joe Biden.
Most farmers don't have the resources to do a lot of watering unless that is just a requirement of the crop. I don't do any produce type farming but I can't think of a single friends farm that gets water other than rainfall. Sometimes you have a bad year but that's what crop insurance is for.
I just don't see the point of this. People can grow microgreens enough to feed their families in window sills... I'd be more interested in yams or other calorie dense options like that.
I don't know that you will ever fix this problem top/down. The problem is one of demand. Poor people prefer low cost staple foods. It is also true that we don't have much of a cooking culture in all poor communities in this day and age.. possibly providing a supply of fresh foods would generate or tap some unmet demand in those communities but... I'm just not confident of that. Might be better to just cut ag subsidies.
Seems likely early risers correlate to more responsible lifestyles in general. It would be more interesting if they'd at least controlled for conscientious behavior in other areas of their lives and did the comparison at that level. Everyone I know that calls themselves night owls are just rather lazy. I say that as... something of a night owl myself.
Reddit or Facebook or whoever legally censor topics on their website. That doesn't mean they can claim at the same time if they do to be honoring any notion of freedom of speech. However, at the same time if I am actively curating content, it is possible then that I can no longer claim no responsibility when hosting content that is illegal in nature.. so I think these platforms may wish to decide what sort of environment they are. Either they are somewhat equivalent to common carriers and have special protections or that are not and can do whatever they want... with the accompanying liability.