That's a whole different discussion, and we're still not even talking about the widespread practice of companies running a credit check on prospective employees and rejecting them if they don't score high enough.
my relation had a cash ISA with the bank - it took a politely worded threat of changing accounts and ISA to a competitor
I still remember the time I had a major bank screw up and erroneously charge me something like $150 in service fees. The entire thing was completely and entirely their fault, but their "policy" was not to reverse the charges in cases like this.
I calmly explained to the branch manager that I would pull everything out of the bank if they persisted in their decision. At the time, this included a chequing account, two savings accounts, a retirement investment portfolio, and a term deposit that was (rather fortuitously) coming up for renewal. The manager must have thought I was bluffing because she said there's nothing more she could do.
It took me about 4 weeks to thoroughly unwed myself from that bank and move every last penny to a competing institution, but I must say it was some of the most enjoyable and emotionally satisfying paperwork I've ever done.
msgmonkey at the pub: "Hey, why don't you give me your number, I'd like to give you a call sometime." hot chick at the pub: "Sure, I'd love to get together and do something." msgmonkey: "Cool, let me put you in my mobile. I just really, really hope you're number doesn't contain the digit 6."
The environment has, and will continue to, have the ability to regenerate itself. The interesting question is whether it can do so in a way that allows the continued existence of 7+ billion highly exploitative bipeds with a complex economic and agricultural system.
Barring some sort of global cataclysm, the "earth" and the "environment" will definitely still be here in a thousand years. Millions of species will be here, actively filling their various ecological niches. Whether humanity is one of those species is a matter for some debate, but the earth will be doing just fine, thanks.
Anybody who truly believes in liberty would wear that arrest like a badge of honor. You stood-up against the Nobility and won. It's a victory for the People against tyranny.
The problem is, you'll be wearing that badge of honour in a trailer park somewhere, earning minimum wage while working at a gas station or convenience store. An arrest record - whether warranted or not - will present a barrier to employment in many, many industries and companies.
the pro argument has been "The science is over. It's a fact. The sky's about to fall, and the only way we can hope to stop it is to roll back the industrial revolution"
My, what a cute strawman! I love the fact you've used different coloured buttons for each of the eyes and that his sweater is tucked into his pants.
I'd be curious to know your views on the costs of action on climate change - specifically reengineering our industrial economies to be less carbon and methane intensive. Often times, I hear people talk about how catastrophically expensive it will be to wean ourselves off fossil fuels. But since you seem comfortable with the costs associated with moving America's two largest cities (along with all the attached economic infrastructure) to new locations, I'm betting you have a unique notion of costs compared to some other folks.
"Refuting" your statements? You make it sound as if you presented a series of sound, rational arguments that demand a point-by-point rebuttal.
What you did in actuality was to toss around a few smug insults and then go on to deny the existence of the reams or peer-supported research that exist on this issue.
You don't deserve a refutation. You deserve to be sent to the corner and made to wear a pointy hat.
Here in Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper campaigned back in 2006 on a platform of "transparency and accountability." Since taking office, he has proceeded to dismantle numerous democratic checks and balances, closed down programs that facilitate public scrutiny, shut down media access to important information, and is now running the most secretive government in Canadian history.
Politicians lie. They say things to get elected and then do the exact opposite. It's what they do.
Because nobody would watch a 3-minute video of an iPhone sitting untouched on a table somewhere... and for some people, getting attention is their primary motivator.
Not unless you build special duckies that are suspended at 50m, 100m, 150m, 200m, etc. all the way down to 1500m below the surface. This spill is manifesting itself in 3 dimensions.
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they lack the range to be useful outside of a commuter scenario
And that scenario only makes up, what, about 80% of the passenger car miles driven in North America?
Why does this seem like something that would appear in the plot of a Simpsons or South Park episode?
FFTFYFFS
That's a whole different discussion, and we're still not even talking about the widespread practice of companies running a credit check on prospective employees and rejecting them if they don't score high enough.
my relation had a cash ISA with the bank - it took a politely worded threat of changing accounts and ISA to a competitor
I still remember the time I had a major bank screw up and erroneously charge me something like $150 in service fees. The entire thing was completely and entirely their fault, but their "policy" was not to reverse the charges in cases like this.
I calmly explained to the branch manager that I would pull everything out of the bank if they persisted in their decision. At the time, this included a chequing account, two savings accounts, a retirement investment portfolio, and a term deposit that was (rather fortuitously) coming up for renewal. The manager must have thought I was bluffing because she said there's nothing more she could do.
It took me about 4 weeks to thoroughly unwed myself from that bank and move every last penny to a competing institution, but I must say it was some of the most enjoyable and emotionally satisfying paperwork I've ever done.
So I assume that's a "no" then?
msgmonkey at the pub: "Hey, why don't you give me your number, I'd like to give you a call sometime."
hot chick at the pub: "Sure, I'd love to get together and do something."
msgmonkey: "Cool, let me put you in my mobile. I just really, really hope you're number doesn't contain the digit 6."
So tell me, do you have mouths to feed? Mortgage or rent payments to make? It's real easy to be idealistic when you don't have responsibilities.
The environment has, and will continue to, have the ability to regenerate itself. The interesting question is whether it can do so in a way that allows the continued existence of 7+ billion highly exploitative bipeds with a complex economic and agricultural system.
Barring some sort of global cataclysm, the "earth" and the "environment" will definitely still be here in a thousand years. Millions of species will be here, actively filling their various ecological niches. Whether humanity is one of those species is a matter for some debate, but the earth will be doing just fine, thanks.
Anybody who truly believes in liberty would wear that arrest like a badge of honor. You stood-up against the Nobility and won. It's a victory for the People against tyranny.
The problem is, you'll be wearing that badge of honour in a trailer park somewhere, earning minimum wage while working at a gas station or convenience store. An arrest record - whether warranted or not - will present a barrier to employment in many, many industries and companies.
if the cops arrest you with no reason don't you then turn around and sue them for false arrest?
I don't know, why don't you ask the hundreds of people who were falsely arrested during the G20 in Toronto?
Make it illegal for communities to have only single providers of service.
How does this work exactly?
the pro argument has been "The science is over. It's a fact. The sky's about to fall, and the only way we can hope to stop it is to roll back the industrial revolution"
My, what a cute strawman! I love the fact you've used different coloured buttons for each of the eyes and that his sweater is tucked into his pants.
I'd be curious to know your views on the costs of action on climate change - specifically reengineering our industrial economies to be less carbon and methane intensive. Often times, I hear people talk about how catastrophically expensive it will be to wean ourselves off fossil fuels. But since you seem comfortable with the costs associated with moving America's two largest cities (along with all the attached economic infrastructure) to new locations, I'm betting you have a unique notion of costs compared to some other folks.
"Refuting" your statements? You make it sound as if you presented a series of sound, rational arguments that demand a point-by-point rebuttal.
What you did in actuality was to toss around a few smug insults and then go on to deny the existence of the reams or peer-supported research that exist on this issue.
You don't deserve a refutation. You deserve to be sent to the corner and made to wear a pointy hat.
“Vapor gives us hope”
Isn't this the tagline from the upcoming Duke Nukem promo material?
And?
Here in Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper campaigned back in 2006 on a platform of "transparency and accountability." Since taking office, he has proceeded to dismantle numerous democratic checks and balances, closed down programs that facilitate public scrutiny, shut down media access to important information, and is now running the most secretive government in Canadian history.
Politicians lie. They say things to get elected and then do the exact opposite. It's what they do.
http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2010-04-02/
You mean to say Apple chose form over function?
Rule 34?
Because nobody would watch a 3-minute video of an iPhone sitting untouched on a table somewhere ... and for some people, getting attention is their primary motivator.
How do you police the photos uploaded (and tagged) by others?
Not the same, but equally cool:
http://www.google.com/mars/
1. Recruit disaffected mutants as "sales" force.
2. ???
3. PROFIT!!!
Hey, it works for door-to-door energy retailers.
Not unless you build special duckies that are suspended at 50m, 100m, 150m, 200m, etc. all the way down to 1500m below the surface. This spill is manifesting itself in 3 dimensions.