For-profit bail-bond providers make most of their revenue from communities of color and low-income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable, including through opaque financing offers that can keep people in debt for months or years,
But if white people are getting ripped off by a service, then it's OK? PC people these days don't even realize how ridiculous they sound sometimes...
Landlines also have the exact same caller ID and voicemail functions as a cell phone, so why would you feel sorry for people with a landline like me? I don't answer unknown numbers on my landline, just like I don't on my cellphone.
Only a fucking moron would be disappointed by 3.5 years of pre-ordered backlog
...of a product that you have yet to make money on. And you better get that backlog cleared before the other automakers have similar/better options available. I could go grab a Chevy Bolt today... or a Tesla 3 3-4 (or more) years from now?
...demonstrated profitability...
Demonstrated WHAT? You're joking, right?
with no expected future borrowing
Musk has said this before. And he'll be back begging for more money in a few quarters.
But the door closes by itself after the exact same amount of time as holding the button. I've never seen it actually close the door any faster than just waiting.
ALL Ponzi Schemes are 'pay-as-you-go'. The only reason social security is still going is because you get to legally force the next group of suckers to 'invest', whether they want to or not.
Gigantic pensions, for starters. These things are eating our budgets alive. And before you go blaming the 07-08 crash, realize that markets and tax receipts have mostly recovered from that And there STILL isn't enough money to pay these pensions.
Kids in middle-class neighbourhoods get great education, those in poorer ones get terrible education.
Why is that?
But that would mean helping poor people which isn't really a thing in US politics.
Seriously? There are entire constituencies built around government welfare programs that politicians fight over.
They'd rather let poor people starve and fend for themselves (boot-straps mentality) and see their economy decline because of it:
Show me where people are staving in this country. And, no, not 'food challenged' or whatever they are calling it when you don't get three meals a day, every day.
The Senate Tuesday quietly confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee...
What do you mean 'quietly'? Are you implying that they were trying to hide it? I hate how news organizations have started using this phrase haphazardly to try to make it seem like something nefarious is going on...
This note is legal tender for all debts public and private.
So, if I order a meal, sit down eat it, and then go to pay in cash... what does the restaurant do? If I hand them cash that covers the bill, haven't I paid my 'debt'?
So, are you going to have cops sitting at the entrance and exit of this neighborhood, recording everyone that enters, relaying that information to the exit cop, and then having them try to match any cars that drove through?
...when the AI self-driving system starts giving your warning messages about its inability to cope with the current road conditions that you should pay attention to it.
Where did it state that the AI was giving warnings about not being able to cope with the current road conditions? It mentioned giving warnings about not paying attention, not that it was having any particular troubles with the road.
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For-profit bail-bond providers make most of their revenue from communities of color and low-income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable, including through opaque financing offers that can keep people in debt for months or years,
But if white people are getting ripped off by a service, then it's OK? PC people these days don't even realize how ridiculous they sound sometimes...
"NASA is supposed to be a risk-taking organization,"
Yeah, but....
...they load it up with propellant at super-cold temperatures to shrink its size, allowing them to pack more of it into the tanks.
Taking risks just so you can save some money by making smaller tanks is an unnecessary risk.
Landlines also have the exact same caller ID and voicemail functions as a cell phone, so why would you feel sorry for people with a landline like me? I don't answer unknown numbers on my landline, just like I don't on my cellphone.
Only a fucking moron would be disappointed by 3.5 years of pre-ordered backlog
...of a product that you have yet to make money on. And you better get that backlog cleared before the other automakers have similar/better options available. I could go grab a Chevy Bolt today... or a Tesla 3 3-4 (or more) years from now?
...demonstrated profitability...
Demonstrated WHAT? You're joking, right?
with no expected future borrowing
Musk has said this before. And he'll be back begging for more money in a few quarters.
But the door closes by itself after the exact same amount of time as holding the button. I've never seen it actually close the door any faster than just waiting.
I'm not dismissing food insecurity, I'm just saying that nobody is 'starving' in this country, as you asserted.
ALL Ponzi Schemes are 'pay-as-you-go'. The only reason social security is still going is because you get to legally force the next group of suckers to 'invest', whether they want to or not.
It is likely that your quality of life would improve if you paid significantly MORE taxes.
I think the quality of life for government employees would improve. I would still be stuck with the same crappy roads and schools.
Gigantic pensions, for starters. These things are eating our budgets alive. And before you go blaming the 07-08 crash, realize that markets and tax receipts have mostly recovered from that And there STILL isn't enough money to pay these pensions.
Kids in middle-class neighbourhoods get great education, those in poorer ones get terrible education.
Why is that?
But that would mean helping poor people which isn't really a thing in US politics.
Seriously? There are entire constituencies built around government welfare programs that politicians fight over.
They'd rather let poor people starve and fend for themselves (boot-straps mentality) and see their economy decline because of it:
Show me where people are staving in this country. And, no, not 'food challenged' or whatever they are calling it when you don't get three meals a day, every day.
Top problems with US education
1. Uninvolved/unhelpful parents
2. Teachers unions
3. Lack of funding
..At 25% margins...
For my next trick, I will pull even MORE made up, fantasy numbers out of my ass! Behold!
Oh yes that "flashy distraction" of actually selling more electric cars than he can make to people who want one.
Whether or not he can SELL his electric cars is not the question. Can he MAKE MONEY doing it? That is the real question.
FYI, the Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) system is in some cars today, by 2020 all new cars must have them.
Where did you get the 2020 date? Their website states that they have made no such mandate yet:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/v2v-statement
"The Department of Transportation and NHTSA have not made any final decision on the proposed rulemaking concerning a V2V mandate."
Which 'cash'?
Then use the phrase "without objection"? It would do wonders for journalists to write more clearly, because quietly can mean a lot of things.
Accept what?
...the country that doesn't have two shits to give about civil rights. Why is this news?
The Senate Tuesday quietly confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee...
What do you mean 'quietly'? Are you implying that they were trying to hide it? I hate how news organizations have started using this phrase haphazardly to try to make it seem like something nefarious is going on...
Except we aren't in Canada.
This note is legal tender for all debts public and private.
So, if I order a meal, sit down eat it, and then go to pay in cash... what does the restaurant do? If I hand them cash that covers the bill, haven't I paid my 'debt'?
So, are you going to have cops sitting at the entrance and exit of this neighborhood, recording everyone that enters, relaying that information to the exit cop, and then having them try to match any cars that drove through?
Unions can be more then about the pay.
They can be, but they almost never are...
you clearly don't know what an autopilot in a plane does. ask a pilot.
You clearly don't know that we are talking about cars, not planes. And cars don't require highly trained pilots. What's your point?
...when the AI self-driving system starts giving your warning messages about its inability to cope with the current road conditions that you should pay attention to it.
Where did it state that the AI was giving warnings about not being able to cope with the current road conditions? It mentioned giving warnings about not paying attention, not that it was having any particular troubles with the road.