It used to be the case that Nazis wanted to (and more importantly, actively worked towards) exterminating all the jews...
Now the definition of a Nazi has shifted to include.... pretty much whoever you want to punch...
For example: a bay area antifa group published a "most wanted" poster labeled "Know your Nazi". Their stretched definition of "Nazi" included figures such as Joey Gibson, a conservative agitator who publicly denounces white supremacists. Antifa sources consider Gibson guilty by association because white supremacists regularly show up at his rallies.
Can you explain why it should be acceptable to punch someone like Joey Gibson?
Yup, it's definitely obstructing a public right of way. And while you're under no obligation to put yourself at risk by walking in the road, you also have no authority to do anything about the obstruction other than report it to the proper authorities. Just like when the Fedex truck is double parked in front of a building: while it definitely is obstructing a public right of way, you're not allowed to move the truck yourself...
And if you were to *accidentally* knock it over as you squeezed past, that wouldn't likely be an issue. It also wouldn't be the actions described by DogDude, which entail intentionally "launching" the thing...
Sure it is. More practical considerations aside, how exactly would someone be able to tell the difference between "Trump spouting nonsense" and "Trump spouting intentionally fake nonsense"?
When you discover a recording device or a phone tap, you don't necessarily want to simply disconnect or destroy it...
After all, someone has to *listen* to the results of that bug/tap. So instead of signaling that you've found and disabled their listening device, just flood it with misinformation. Tie up their resources, confuse their intelligence agencies, and so on....
Property left in the middle of a public sidewalk is not abandoned. It *might* be abandoned. It might also be lost, or mislaid. It might even be *authorized* to be there. All of these usually have different laws attached how someone who finds such property may deal with it...
Property is generally deemed to have been abandoned if it is found in a place where the true owner likely intended to leave it, but is in such a condition that it is apparent that he or she has no intention of returning to claim it. This doesn't appear to fit what's happening with the scooters. Given the amount of tech installed to prevent people from stealing it, it's pretty clear the true owner has an intention of returning to claim it. Thus, it would be hard to convince anyone the scooters are "abandoned"...
Furthermore, whether or not the property left in the sidewalk is abandoned doesn't make your actions any less illegal...
I find it interesting you declare that there's "no good reason for anyone to use Windows anymore", and then talk about "the majority of users" when confronted with the idea of a Windows-only niche...
The article doesn't appear to be talking about anxiety disorders. These aren't kids with a note from their doctor or something diagnosed. They're near-adults complaining that âoeNobody should be forced to do something that makes them uncomfortable"
Further, isn't âoeExposure therapyâ commonly used as a behavior therapy to help treat anxiety disorder?
I know it really upsets you anti-SJW people, but the truth is it's not that hard to make accommodations for students who are made up a little differently from the rest of us.
Whether or not it's difficult is irrelevant. Is it in the best interests of the student to do so?
Some of our most brilliant authors, scientists, mathematicians, etc were people who had crushing social anxiety and it would be a damn shame to penalize them so early in the game because of it.
It would be an even bigger damn shame to have brilliant authors, scientists, and mathematicians unable to function in a social environment, given that we're a social species. Also, how is this penalizing?
Yes, there will be lazy-ass bonespur children who just use this as an excuse to get out of a difficult assignment, but chances are they're not going to amount to much anyway unless they inherit some money, so I'd rather see ten of them skate than to lose one really talented student.
Some of our most brilliant authors, scientists, mathematicians, etc were people who were lazy...
I'm coming at this from the point of view of a lifelong teacher in higher education (and elsewhere). It's your job to help out the students, not to crush their souls under your Jordan Peterson-esque boot heel.
If making someone read a sheet of paper in front of 30 other people crushes their soul, they're not going to amount to much anyway....
It's really baffling that these energy tablets have caffeine in the first place. Isn't it obvious that including that ingredient is specifically done to create addiction?
The vast majority of veterans these days see no combat and are generally in less danger than many civilian jobs.
The difference between these "no combat" veterans and many civilian jobs is, unlike the civilian jobs, these guys signed a blank check to the American people for up to and including their lives at a moment's notice.
When you sign up to be an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary, you know what your job's going to like fairly indefinately. When you sign up to "sit in Germany filing paperwork for 5 years", you occasionally get told to pack your shit, leave your family behind, and go wander the desert with a rifle.
If you don't like what your boss asks you to do as an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary: you can refuse, and generally the worst that can happen is you get fired. If you refuse or try to quit from a military commitment, you can go to jail, have your pay garnished, and so on...
That's why they get more respect than fishermen and secretaries: they volunteered to sacrifice something we all hold near and dear for our benefit.
Here's the thing: while it is entirely true that technological and sociological advances will change many of the dynamics of the country, that doesn't mean we should suddenly interpret laws differently. Rather, it means we should adjust the laws.
I noticed a funny thing when I worked IT for the county school district: every teacher I worked with, despite being some of the leftest leaning folks you ever met, would always vote "NO" on any tax increase earmarked for school funding.
If you asked them why, their answer was simple: that money would never filter down to the classroom. It would get wasted on some pilot program for fancy new tech in the classroom (that would never get implemented), while they struggled to keep paper in stock.
I personally watched as the higher ups tried to explain how they were *saving* money by giving all the superintendents a raise. During a spending freeze....
Credit card fraud is an AMERICAN problem. In other countries I can't spend your money just by providing semi-public information. Only Americans believe that is "the way it is supposed to be".
And then, when it comes to debit card fraud, the United States comes in fourth place with 20% of consumers there reporting fraud in the last five years. That's behind 25% in Mexico, 24% China and 21% in India. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2012/10/22/countries-with-the-most-card-fraud-u-s-and-mexico/#6adaafb14708)
A: Because it is inifinitely easier to murder tens of people with a gun than with a knife.
If you're worried about someone intent on killing multiple people, why assume a knife? After all, the worst school attack in US history wasn't a shooting. The worst night club attack in US history wasn't a shooting. The worst terrorist attack in US history wasn't a shooting...
the National Fair Housing Alliance et al (NFHA) need to step back and breath. I don't see Facebook as having done anything wrong if NFHA managed to give Facebook a neutrally worded ad with filters restricting whom the ads were being shown to. Yes, that would be a sneaky underhanded technique, but claiming that "Facebook broke the law! Give me money!" for falling for that technique would be equivalent to a landlord putting up advertisements in local papers in neighborhoods that omit protected groups. Or for that matter, having a landlord put up any advertisement in any media, and omitting selected medias for the purpose of making it so that protected groups are unlikely to see the advertisement in the first place. I just browsed the Fair Housing Act and I don't see any where in it that claims that you have to target your ads to the entire population, I do see that you can't have an ad that states that protected groups are not wanted, but there's nothing there that says that you have to make certain that the ad is available to everyone.
Actually, limiting where you put up the advertisements in order to omit protected groups would clearly be a violation under 109.25 Selective use of advertising media or content.
https://www.hud.gov/sites/docu...
Facebook is the advertising *venue*, not the advertiser in this case. Facebook doesn't own the property for sale/rent. The people violating the Fair Housing Act in this case would be the (fake) real estate company...
Only #1 in external debt, and only in raw numbers. If you do it by public debt, it's Japan. If you do it by percentage of GDP, it's Luxembourg
Republic of Seychelles is #1 in incarceration rate
#1 for mass shootings is apparently Yemen, according to studies
According to Gallop, #1 for climate change denial is Tanzania
While I'm not sure there's a good study for "#1 in letting our infrastructure collapse under our feet", I'm pretty sure some poor African country has us beat (apparently it's a huge problem in Nigeria). However, since various infrastructure ratings (such as World Bank's Logistics Performance Index) put the US in a stable position in the top ten for several years running. It appears we're not #1 at letting our infrastructure crumble...
Nope, we're not #1 for letting poor people die due to lack of medical insurance. Having trouble finding number one, but I can tell that Turkmenistan and Grenada are worse than us according to various amenable mortality studies...
While "bankrupting people who go to our universities" is a bit of a oddly specific thing to look up stats for, I assume you're referring to something student debt related, in which case the UK might have edged us out for average student debt depending on source...
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The land is right on the Truckee River...
Instead of decommissioning it, why not open it up to amateurs? They won't mind where it's pointed for the chance to play with it...
It used to be the case that Nazis wanted to (and more importantly, actively worked towards) exterminating all the jews...
Now the definition of a Nazi has shifted to include.... pretty much whoever you want to punch...
For example: a bay area antifa group published a "most wanted" poster labeled "Know your Nazi". Their stretched definition of "Nazi" included figures such as Joey Gibson, a conservative agitator who publicly denounces white supremacists. Antifa sources consider Gibson guilty by association because white supremacists regularly show up at his rallies.
Can you explain why it should be acceptable to punch someone like Joey Gibson?
Yup, it's definitely obstructing a public right of way. And while you're under no obligation to put yourself at risk by walking in the road, you also have no authority to do anything about the obstruction other than report it to the proper authorities. Just like when the Fedex truck is double parked in front of a building: while it definitely is obstructing a public right of way, you're not allowed to move the truck yourself...
And if you were to *accidentally* knock it over as you squeezed past, that wouldn't likely be an issue. It also wouldn't be the actions described by DogDude, which entail intentionally "launching" the thing...
Sure it is. More practical considerations aside, how exactly would someone be able to tell the difference between "Trump spouting nonsense" and "Trump spouting intentionally fake nonsense"?
When you discover a recording device or a phone tap, you don't necessarily want to simply disconnect or destroy it...
After all, someone has to *listen* to the results of that bug/tap. So instead of signaling that you've found and disabled their listening device, just flood it with misinformation. Tie up their resources, confuse their intelligence agencies, and so on....
Property left in the middle of a public sidewalk is not abandoned. It *might* be abandoned. It might also be lost, or mislaid. It might even be *authorized* to be there. All of these usually have different laws attached how someone who finds such property may deal with it...
Property is generally deemed to have been abandoned if it is found in a place where the true owner likely intended to leave it, but is in such a condition that it is apparent that he or she has no intention of returning to claim it. This doesn't appear to fit what's happening with the scooters. Given the amount of tech installed to prevent people from stealing it, it's pretty clear the true owner has an intention of returning to claim it. Thus, it would be hard to convince anyone the scooters are "abandoned"...
Furthermore, whether or not the property left in the sidewalk is abandoned doesn't make your actions any less illegal...
I find it interesting you declare that there's "no good reason for anyone to use Windows anymore", and then talk about "the majority of users" when confronted with the idea of a Windows-only niche...
The article doesn't appear to be talking about anxiety disorders. These aren't kids with a note from their doctor or something diagnosed. They're near-adults complaining that âoeNobody should be forced to do something that makes them uncomfortable"
Further, isn't âoeExposure therapyâ commonly used as a behavior therapy to help treat anxiety disorder?
I know it really upsets you anti-SJW people, but the truth is it's not that hard to make accommodations for students who are made up a little differently from the rest of us.
Whether or not it's difficult is irrelevant. Is it in the best interests of the student to do so?
Some of our most brilliant authors, scientists, mathematicians, etc were people who had crushing social anxiety and it would be a damn shame to penalize them so early in the game because of it.
It would be an even bigger damn shame to have brilliant authors, scientists, and mathematicians unable to function in a social environment, given that we're a social species. Also, how is this penalizing?
Yes, there will be lazy-ass bonespur children who just use this as an excuse to get out of a difficult assignment, but chances are they're not going to amount to much anyway unless they inherit some money, so I'd rather see ten of them skate than to lose one really talented student.
Some of our most brilliant authors, scientists, mathematicians, etc were people who were lazy...
I'm coming at this from the point of view of a lifelong teacher in higher education (and elsewhere). It's your job to help out the students, not to crush their souls under your Jordan Peterson-esque boot heel.
If making someone read a sheet of paper in front of 30 other people crushes their soul, they're not going to amount to much anyway....
which makes one wonder why he felt to need to point out it's not just the "drug administration", it's the "FOOD & drug administration"
(and then, what drug is a nicotine-free drug? Wouldn't the FDA have to regulate all fog machines at concerts if that's the case?)
Does a cloud of mist that one inhales qualifies as "food"?
It's really baffling that these energy tablets have caffeine in the first place. Isn't it obvious that including that ingredient is specifically done to create addiction?
The vast majority of veterans these days see no combat and are generally in less danger than many civilian jobs.
The difference between these "no combat" veterans and many civilian jobs is, unlike the civilian jobs, these guys signed a blank check to the American people for up to and including their lives at a moment's notice.
When you sign up to be an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary, you know what your job's going to like fairly indefinately. When you sign up to "sit in Germany filing paperwork for 5 years", you occasionally get told to pack your shit, leave your family behind, and go wander the desert with a rifle.
If you don't like what your boss asks you to do as an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary: you can refuse, and generally the worst that can happen is you get fired. If you refuse or try to quit from a military commitment, you can go to jail, have your pay garnished, and so on...
That's why they get more respect than fishermen and secretaries: they volunteered to sacrifice something we all hold near and dear for our benefit.
Why, exactly?
Here's the thing: while it is entirely true that technological and sociological advances will change many of the dynamics of the country, that doesn't mean we should suddenly interpret laws differently. Rather, it means we should adjust the laws.
I noticed a funny thing when I worked IT for the county school district: every teacher I worked with, despite being some of the leftest leaning folks you ever met, would always vote "NO" on any tax increase earmarked for school funding.
If you asked them why, their answer was simple: that money would never filter down to the classroom. It would get wasted on some pilot program for fancy new tech in the classroom (that would never get implemented), while they struggled to keep paper in stock.
I personally watched as the higher ups tried to explain how they were *saving* money by giving all the superintendents a raise. During a spending freeze....
Credit card fraud is an AMERICAN problem. In other countries I can't spend your money just by providing semi-public information. Only Americans believe that is "the way it is supposed to be".
Not really: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/c...
And then, when it comes to debit card fraud, the United States comes in fourth place with 20% of consumers there reporting fraud in the last five years. That's behind 25% in Mexico, 24% China and 21% in India. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2012/10/22/countries-with-the-most-card-fraud-u-s-and-mexico/#6adaafb14708)
A: Because it is inifinitely easier to murder tens of people with a gun than with a knife.
If you're worried about someone intent on killing multiple people, why assume a knife? After all, the worst school attack in US history wasn't a shooting. The worst night club attack in US history wasn't a shooting. The worst terrorist attack in US history wasn't a shooting...
the National Fair Housing Alliance et al (NFHA) need to step back and breath. I don't see Facebook as having done anything wrong if NFHA managed to give Facebook a neutrally worded ad with filters restricting whom the ads were being shown to. Yes, that would be a sneaky underhanded technique, but claiming that "Facebook broke the law! Give me money!" for falling for that technique would be equivalent to a landlord putting up advertisements in local papers in neighborhoods that omit protected groups. Or for that matter, having a landlord put up any advertisement in any media, and omitting selected medias for the purpose of making it so that protected groups are unlikely to see the advertisement in the first place. I just browsed the Fair Housing Act and I don't see any where in it that claims that you have to target your ads to the entire population, I do see that you can't have an ad that states that protected groups are not wanted, but there's nothing there that says that you have to make certain that the ad is available to everyone.
Actually, limiting where you put up the advertisements in order to omit protected groups would clearly be a violation under 109.25 Selective use of advertising media or content. https://www.hud.gov/sites/docu...
Facebook is the advertising *venue*, not the advertiser in this case. Facebook doesn't own the property for sale/rent. The people violating the Fair Housing Act in this case would be the (fake) real estate company...
Depending on where they were taken, the upskirt images are likely perfectly legal: http://helloflo.com/perfectly-...
Now, did anyone bother to find out if such microplastics in the water posed some sort of... problem?
You know, health wise?
Because the article just pointed out these microplastics are in our tap water too. Should we also be worried about that?
In a discussion revolving around whether or not the US is turning into a third world country, it would be hard not to...
Only #1 in external debt, and only in raw numbers. If you do it by public debt, it's Japan. If you do it by percentage of GDP, it's Luxembourg Republic of Seychelles is #1 in incarceration rate #1 for mass shootings is apparently Yemen, according to studies According to Gallop, #1 for climate change denial is Tanzania While I'm not sure there's a good study for "#1 in letting our infrastructure collapse under our feet", I'm pretty sure some poor African country has us beat (apparently it's a huge problem in Nigeria). However, since various infrastructure ratings (such as World Bank's Logistics Performance Index) put the US in a stable position in the top ten for several years running. It appears we're not #1 at letting our infrastructure crumble... Nope, we're not #1 for letting poor people die due to lack of medical insurance. Having trouble finding number one, but I can tell that Turkmenistan and Grenada are worse than us according to various amenable mortality studies... While "bankrupting people who go to our universities" is a bit of a oddly specific thing to look up stats for, I assume you're referring to something student debt related, in which case the UK might have edged us out for average student debt depending on source...
Much like Obama became the greatest gun salesman of all time, it appears like Trump might actually save the environment.... by trying to ignore it.