How is it that a generation ago we declared that students do not shed their rights at the schoolhouse gate and now we are trying to decide if the limited rights follow them home?
The Creme Brulee is tasty, but makes for a terrible breakfast drink. One of the local bars has a nice brunch and I thought I'd grab a drink to go with it, way to heavy for morning.
Then you need to get with the killing. People, who meet most definitions of mental health, are exerting pressure on the legal system to reduce your freedoms.
That would be an ideal option if groups like this didn't wield real power. Without active vocal opposition we cede freedoms that actually matter. Sometimes you have to defend petty, juvenile, immoral, or other unpalatable acts to safeguard the things that matter.
And as much as it has grown in power the EU is still not a single nation. That leaves the US at number one. It only seems like we make very little because the small low value consumer items are produced elsewhere. So the little labels people see all say some place in east Asia. Manufacturing jobs were mostly lost to automation and improved efficiency. Cleveland, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, all cities deeply linked to US manufacturing still have among the highest GDPs of any cities on the planet. They come in at 55, 23, and 57 on Earth respectively. They simultaneously have dealt with a near total collapse of their middle class as jobs were lost to automation and the loss of the lower end of manufacturing.
Nothing left to offer the world but entertainment? The US is still the largest manufacturing nation on the planet and the third largest agricultural producer. According to QS the US has 6 of the top 10 universities on the planet. According to ARWU it is 8 of the top 10. The US may not have the complete dominance it once had in many fields, but to say it produces nothing but entertainment is silly.
Have they really though? The threats may be different, France isn't all that likely to march up from the south after all, but there are plenty of things states and blocks of states may not want to put up with. Given an easy way out what stops a state like Texas or California, with a large population and political views that are good deal more to one side of the spectrum than the nation as a whole, from walking out or threatening to as a veto preventing any large polarizing issue from going forward.
Actually there was a pretty strong reason put forward in the federalist papers on why the union had to be an all or nothing permanent situation. Basically it came down to the fact that they didn't want states getting them benefits of defense when it suits them and dropping out when they had to pull their share.
"Anthropogenic global warming is a very, very new theory. Remember, back in the 70s, the climate scientists were telling us all that we were going to go into a massive ice age at any minute. Now, when people bring that up, the excuse is that "well, back then, climate science was in its infancy". Ok, fine, but it's only 30 years later."
Well I can't vouch for the 70's, but by 1980, when Cosmos came out, people were already discussing the greehouse effect. It played a role in episode 4 "Heaven and Hell" of that series. So even a year out of the 70's even popular science works were discussing global warming. That seems to imply it wasn't the newest cutting edge science.
They drew profits directly from the operation of this well. Even if they aren't legally bound they are morally bound for not performing enough due diligence to ensure that the Louisiana wetlands didn't take on a lovely rainbow hue.
Honestly what would it matter if the law did apply to them. They would have to give themselves $5000 per record compromised, tell themselves about it, and tell the affected party (probably covered under different disclosure laws).
You are saying that he isn't a hero, because he was and asshole. I'm saying that when it comes to fights with law enforcement pretty much only assholes get a chance to be a hero. He continued a fight with no direct gain for himself, and a pretty decent cost to protect the legal rights of people in his area and in the process uncovered an even larger problem that needs correction. I would say that falls squarely in the hero column.
You may have signed a waiver, but did the guy on the flight 20 flights later when some of the damage catches up sign one. Sure there was a risk of catastrophic failure and your waiver would have covered that, but there was also the risk of greatly reduced engine lifespan and your waiver wouldn't cover that.
Part of what makes anthrax such a dream biological agent is that it isn't highly virulent. There isn't the risk of an epidemic spreading to your own troops and citizens and you tie up the medical infrastructure of your enemy much better than something Ebola, where the host is killed quickly.
Assume the worst. Even if he had been the guy who hit the passerby, and if it had been intentional, and if it had been a brick instead of a foam ball, it wouldn't change the facts. He wasn't arrested for any form of impact with anything. He was arrested for something that in that locale is not a crime. When his lawyer filed a valid discovery request the cops lied and claimed the tapes did not exist. Repeat the process with an open records request. Now we as a society have solid evidence of police misconduct, that if the article is accurate, was not an isolated incident. Someone who brings that to light and allows us to fix it is a hero, even if it all started over drunken douchebaggery. It can be really hard to catch police for misconduct if you require all witnesses to their actions to be free from any taint.
Quote from your first source
"Boylan said the suspected lab was new, dating from some time after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The Bush administration cited evidence that Saddam Hussein's government was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction as the main justification for the invasion. No such weapons or factories were found. "
Link two is about pre war reports of the non existant mobile chemical labs from the notorious UN speech and a single truck filled with dual use equipment.
A few quotes from that
"Our missile experts have no explanation for how such a trailer could function to refurbish antiaircraft missiles and judge that such a use is unlikely based on the scale, configuration, and assessed function of the equipment.
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"These laboratories could be used to support a mobile BW production plant but serve legitimate functions that are applicable to public heath and environmental monitoring, such as water-quality sampling."
I would hardly call that a smoking gun.
Following the sources of the third article leads to this http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,103631,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS
"It contains this useful quote about the weapons in question.
The munitions addressed in the report were produced in the 1980s, Maples said. Badly corroded, they could not currently be used as originally intended, Chu added. "
So where are the factories you claim were found, because they aren't present in your sources.
He probably meant Kowloon walled city, the densest settlement in human history, free from any central governing body, and still had a lower homicide rate than Hong Kong. It was bulldozed in 94.
Cleveland is a rotting cesspool, but it is also one of America's greatest cities. The same is true of Pittsburg and Chicago. Cleveland excels in healthcare, has a killer art museum, and a world class orchestra. In fact one of Cleveland's suburbs comes in at number three in per capita income, while in an incredibly cheap metro area. What you are seeing in the Great Lakes area is a huge wealth disparity. Each of those cities is basically two worlds one filled with crushing poverty and endless despair, and the other representing the elite of American society.
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/in-search-of-the-worlds-most-livable-cities-106/tab/article/
I know that some public school systems do just that. Most of the systems in the greater Cleveland area, including the wretched Cleveland City Schools, are involved in a partnership with either the nearest community college or one of the state schools.
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How is it that a generation ago we declared that students do not shed their rights at the schoolhouse gate and now we are trying to decide if the limited rights follow them home?
The Creme Brulee is tasty, but makes for a terrible breakfast drink. One of the local bars has a nice brunch and I thought I'd grab a drink to go with it, way to heavy for morning.
We get harmed either way, at least this way some of the pain hits the companies that have been sodomizing us for decades.
Then you need to get with the killing. People, who meet most definitions of mental health, are exerting pressure on the legal system to reduce your freedoms.
That would be an ideal option if groups like this didn't wield real power. Without active vocal opposition we cede freedoms that actually matter. Sometimes you have to defend petty, juvenile, immoral, or other unpalatable acts to safeguard the things that matter.
City, not country. Vientiane is a city. Laos is a country.
And as much as it has grown in power the EU is still not a single nation. That leaves the US at number one. It only seems like we make very little because the small low value consumer items are produced elsewhere. So the little labels people see all say some place in east Asia. Manufacturing jobs were mostly lost to automation and improved efficiency. Cleveland, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, all cities deeply linked to US manufacturing still have among the highest GDPs of any cities on the planet. They come in at 55, 23, and 57 on Earth respectively. They simultaneously have dealt with a near total collapse of their middle class as jobs were lost to automation and the loss of the lower end of manufacturing.
Nothing left to offer the world but entertainment? The US is still the largest manufacturing nation on the planet and the third largest agricultural producer. According to QS the US has 6 of the top 10 universities on the planet. According to ARWU it is 8 of the top 10. The US may not have the complete dominance it once had in many fields, but to say it produces nothing but entertainment is silly.
Have they really though? The threats may be different, France isn't all that likely to march up from the south after all, but there are plenty of things states and blocks of states may not want to put up with. Given an easy way out what stops a state like Texas or California, with a large population and political views that are good deal more to one side of the spectrum than the nation as a whole, from walking out or threatening to as a veto preventing any large polarizing issue from going forward.
Actually there was a pretty strong reason put forward in the federalist papers on why the union had to be an all or nothing permanent situation. Basically it came down to the fact that they didn't want states getting them benefits of defense when it suits them and dropping out when they had to pull their share.
"Anthropogenic global warming is a very, very new theory. Remember, back in the 70s, the climate scientists were telling us all that we were going to go into a massive ice age at any minute. Now, when people bring that up, the excuse is that "well, back then, climate science was in its infancy". Ok, fine, but it's only 30 years later." Well I can't vouch for the 70's, but by 1980, when Cosmos came out, people were already discussing the greehouse effect. It played a role in episode 4 "Heaven and Hell" of that series. So even a year out of the 70's even popular science works were discussing global warming. That seems to imply it wasn't the newest cutting edge science.
Standard thin cardboard sleeve with a small silver adhesive strip. I've never seen one broken, but our stuff is delivered competently.
Or they were showing him being really into the game and acting like a retard. We have all seen people twist (non motion sensitive) controllers.
They drew profits directly from the operation of this well. Even if they aren't legally bound they are morally bound for not performing enough due diligence to ensure that the Louisiana wetlands didn't take on a lovely rainbow hue.
Honestly what would it matter if the law did apply to them. They would have to give themselves $5000 per record compromised, tell themselves about it, and tell the affected party (probably covered under different disclosure laws).
You are saying that he isn't a hero, because he was and asshole. I'm saying that when it comes to fights with law enforcement pretty much only assholes get a chance to be a hero. He continued a fight with no direct gain for himself, and a pretty decent cost to protect the legal rights of people in his area and in the process uncovered an even larger problem that needs correction. I would say that falls squarely in the hero column.
You may have signed a waiver, but did the guy on the flight 20 flights later when some of the damage catches up sign one. Sure there was a risk of catastrophic failure and your waiver would have covered that, but there was also the risk of greatly reduced engine lifespan and your waiver wouldn't cover that.
Part of what makes anthrax such a dream biological agent is that it isn't highly virulent. There isn't the risk of an epidemic spreading to your own troops and citizens and you tie up the medical infrastructure of your enemy much better than something Ebola, where the host is killed quickly.
Assume the worst. Even if he had been the guy who hit the passerby, and if it had been intentional, and if it had been a brick instead of a foam ball, it wouldn't change the facts. He wasn't arrested for any form of impact with anything. He was arrested for something that in that locale is not a crime. When his lawyer filed a valid discovery request the cops lied and claimed the tapes did not exist. Repeat the process with an open records request. Now we as a society have solid evidence of police misconduct, that if the article is accurate, was not an isolated incident. Someone who brings that to light and allows us to fix it is a hero, even if it all started over drunken douchebaggery. It can be really hard to catch police for misconduct if you require all witnesses to their actions to be free from any taint.
Quote from your first source "Boylan said the suspected lab was new, dating from some time after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The Bush administration cited evidence that Saddam Hussein's government was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction as the main justification for the invasion. No such weapons or factories were found. " Link two is about pre war reports of the non existant mobile chemical labs from the notorious UN speech and a single truck filled with dual use equipment. A few quotes from that "Our missile experts have no explanation for how such a trailer could function to refurbish antiaircraft missiles and judge that such a use is unlikely based on the scale, configuration, and assessed function of the equipment. " "These laboratories could be used to support a mobile BW production plant but serve legitimate functions that are applicable to public heath and environmental monitoring, such as water-quality sampling." I would hardly call that a smoking gun. Following the sources of the third article leads to this http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,103631,00.html?ESRC=coastgnews.RSS "It contains this useful quote about the weapons in question. The munitions addressed in the report were produced in the 1980s, Maples said. Badly corroded, they could not currently be used as originally intended, Chu added. " So where are the factories you claim were found, because they aren't present in your sources.
He probably meant Kowloon walled city, the densest settlement in human history, free from any central governing body, and still had a lower homicide rate than Hong Kong. It was bulldozed in 94.
Cleveland is a rotting cesspool, but it is also one of America's greatest cities. The same is true of Pittsburg and Chicago. Cleveland excels in healthcare, has a killer art museum, and a world class orchestra. In fact one of Cleveland's suburbs comes in at number three in per capita income, while in an incredibly cheap metro area. What you are seeing in the Great Lakes area is a huge wealth disparity. Each of those cities is basically two worlds one filled with crushing poverty and endless despair, and the other representing the elite of American society. http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/in-search-of-the-worlds-most-livable-cities-106/tab/article/
I know that some public school systems do just that. Most of the systems in the greater Cleveland area, including the wretched Cleveland City Schools, are involved in a partnership with either the nearest community college or one of the state schools.
There are countless intermediate forms walking, flying, floating, and slithering around today. We are one of them. Evolution hasn't stopped.