Just because all the speech that needs protecting offends someone doesn't mean all offensive speech should have protection. Threats, libel, slander, fraud and perjury are all forms of speech.
You're getting speech confused with the consequences - or lack thereof - of said speech. Two separate issues.
this time Chief of Staff Matthew Berry, speaking at the National Conference of State Legislatures, has endorsed states' right to ban municipal broadband networks
He's endorsed the right of the people in each state to get bent over by massively-corrupt telcos with their monopolistic behaviors - by reinforcing their monopolies - all in the name of a free market (despite the fact that it's anything but).
Perhaps there's no "economic toilet" on paper... but those figures hardly tell the whole story: the profits from all that "growth" are hardly reaching the average citizen, all those IT jobs don't look quite so lucrative when you factor in California's cost of living, there's been a steady outpouring to other states of the [virtually-nonexistent] middle class and people on fixed incomes... Hell, it's gotten to the point in Oklahoma and other [Southern shitholes with low cost of living] where the number of California license plates is growing by leaps and bounds. There's a reason for that.
Californians are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this shit: they've got state regulations that do a better job (at least better than anywhere else in the US, with the possible exception of Hawaii) of limiting their exposure to nasty, carcinogenic shit, environmentally-devastating corporate irresponsibility, etc etc... but as long as there are cheaper places with less regulations to run a business (Texas, Mexico, China...), that's where industry's going to go. And California will continue it's steady slide down the economic toilet.
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Or make some female very happy...
but it'll never work right until...
It'll never work right, period.
FTFY
Just because all the speech that needs protecting offends someone doesn't mean all offensive speech should have protection. Threats, libel, slander, fraud and perjury are all forms of speech.
You're getting speech confused with the consequences - or lack thereof - of said speech. Two separate issues.
Even climatologists that support the theory of man influenced climate change
Which is to say, what, 99.8% of them??
If we made hydrocarbon fuels (e.g. dimethyl ether [wikipedia.org]) from electricity in a carbon-neutral way
Insert Scottish voice:
We can directly convert energy to mass, Captain!!
(Yes, I knew what you meant.) ;)
Whoever modded this insightful was either a shill or a drooling idiot. The "reasoning" (more like lack thereof) doesn't stand up to critical analysis.
this time Chief of Staff Matthew Berry, speaking at the National Conference of State Legislatures, has endorsed states' right to ban municipal broadband networks
He's endorsed the right of the people in each state to get bent over by massively-corrupt telcos with their monopolistic behaviors - by reinforcing their monopolies - all in the name of a free market (despite the fact that it's anything but).
FTFY.
Can we use it to shoot Congress into Space?
That sounds like a waste of a perfectly good payload. If we could use them as reaction mass, on the other hand...
HW Bush made Clean Air Act tougher and that reduced acid rain and smog at the time
Here's a thought: let's mod people up as long as they soundauthoritative...
51% of Computer Users Share Passwords
In other words, "49% of Computer Users Aren't Stupid." (I suspect that's grossly overoptimistic, however.)
Do you feel smarter now that you've become aware of this? :)
Bingo.Break them the fuck up.
unless charged with the espionage act, thrown into gitmo, or blown up by drone strike
You left out the [currently] most relevant:
unless charged and convicted by the media
Soylent voltage?
And something positive about radiation is ... ?
Spiderman, the Hulk and microwave ovens all come to mind... ;)
Exactly. That's how you know this isn't about that silly, trumped-up bullshit in Sweden.
If the words out of their mouths are any indication, they're guaranteed to taste like shit.
Gee, I wonder who the culturally-insecure douche was who'd mod down what was arguably one of the funniest things I've come up with on here...? :)
Perhaps there's no "economic toilet" on paper... but those figures hardly tell the whole story: the profits from all that "growth" are hardly reaching the average citizen, all those IT jobs don't look quite so lucrative when you factor in California's cost of living, there's been a steady outpouring to other states of the [virtually-nonexistent] middle class and people on fixed incomes... Hell, it's gotten to the point in Oklahoma and other [Southern shitholes with low cost of living] where the number of California license plates is growing by leaps and bounds. There's a reason for that.
collaqialsmisms
Colloquialisms?!
but we're far and away net positive.
If that were even remotely true, usage of modern collaqialsmisms would be proportional to intelligence (hint: any fool can see that it isn't...).
Maybe they can send up a dog...
it's
Apostrophe not intended... :p
Californians are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this shit: they've got state regulations that do a better job (at least better than anywhere else in the US, with the possible exception of Hawaii) of limiting their exposure to nasty, carcinogenic shit, environmentally-devastating corporate irresponsibility, etc etc... but as long as there are cheaper places with less regulations to run a business (Texas, Mexico, China...), that's where industry's going to go. And California will continue it's steady slide down the economic toilet.
Presumably, you meant the ecliptic
No. From reference.com:
elliptic. 1. pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse.