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  1. Re:Why not? on 2 US Senators Propose 12-Cent Gas Tax Increase · · Score: 1

    "The tax-per-gallon is over 2x as much as the oil companies themselves get from it in profit"
    so what? Why does that matter one bit?
    The things the taxes god to support ahve gotten more expensive, and they tax hasn't gone up in over 20 years.. 20 years where MPG has gone up as well as costs.

    "*and* jack up prices for everything "
    I didn't know congress raised the prices of all things.

    Everything in your post is irrelevant to raising the tax. You're just an angry person who just looks for any excuse to be angry.

    And yes, we have recovered. I have no idea why you think otherwise.

    Stop being a dummy.

  2. Re:First-class mail down but parcels up on US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things' · · Score: 1

    The why do they hire nurses to ensure physical safety in the workplace?

  3. Re:simple on US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things' · · Score: 1

    You really and truly have no clue what having a post means, do you?

  4. Re:What is the internet of things? on US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things' · · Score: 1

    Thanks for letting us know you have no idea what either means and instead you relieving yourself of the burden of ignorance, you just make fun of people.

  5. Re:What is the internet of things? on US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things' · · Score: 1

    The Cloud has specfic meaning, just like the internet of things.

    You people are so short sighted.
    And there are more things then people on the internet already.
    See: Phones.

  6. Re:Reasons to use Snail Mail on US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things' · · Score: 1

    " your grandchildren (great or not) don't and won't,"
    You're projecting, stop it. You may not giver a crap about the lives of you GP or GGP, but many people do care about their GP and GGP. Why do you think genealogy has such a huge amateur following?

    Also, there are historian who wold like to archive specifically because you are a boring average person.

    "for the rest you use a courier service."
    Or spend less money with a higher degree of accuracy and use USPS.

    "And the living address you get from where?"
    Don't be a myopic ass.
    http://www.whitepages.com/

  7. Re:Reasons to use Snail Mail on US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things' · · Score: 1

    No, I have every important email I ahve every gotten. And I've been getting them since before people used the @ symbol.
    Not conveniently searchable. the last 8 years are the res you would need to open up with different tools.

    Today, when you look at social media, most peoples writings are digital.

  8. Re:Reasons to use Snail Mail on US Wants To Build 'Internet of Postal Things' · · Score: 2

    A lot of people care, and for different reasons.
    Historians care, because traditionally average goings on in a society get lost.
    Family cares becasue they want to remember.

  9. Re:You show me yours, I'll show you mine on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    evidence do you have to support the non-existence of a god ?

    The fact that you typed that sentence tells everyone here you have no clue what science is, or how it works.

    I really, really hope you are some neck beard troll laughing at how he got us. Because otherwise it means you are really, really., really stupid.

  10. Re:Ignorance usually leads to inequity on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    OR, he has new evidence. . . hahaha.
    He doesn't, but as rational and critical think people, we need to look at any new scientific evidence. To be honest, I think we've covered and shown every pro-creationism argument to be false. but maybe has something new.

  11. Re:Science is not consensus on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 2

    Riddle me this , Batman.
    "by looking for the necessary and sufficient falsifiable hypothesis statement."
    well, here are 6.
    1) Visible Light strikes the earth. Falsifiable and tested.
    2) When Visible light strike something, IR is generated. Falsifiable and tested.
    3) CO2 is invisible to visible light. Falsifiable and tested.
    4) CO2 absorbs energy from IR. Falsifiable and tested.
    5) The amount of CO2 in the air exceeds what can be absorbed.Falsifiable and tested.
    6) The Amount of CO2 in the air is rising due to human output.Falsifiable and tested.

    So, where is the energy going? If it isn't cause the total energy trapps ot go up(heat) going up because of the excess CO2, it must be going somewhere. Well, where?
    I look forward to you well tested and falsifiable paper that win you the noble prize for completely changing how we understand fundamental science.

    You sir, are a fucking idiot. AGW is a solid science. As solid as chemistry.

  12. Re:A minority view? on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    The Unicode is wrong*. Technically, in English, there should be a space between each dot. So don't use 2026

    *well, it's more technical then that but frankly I don't want to lay out the history of Unicode.

  13. Re:A minority view? on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    " the power of the Holy Spirit is proof of God's existence"
    prove the Holy Spirit is real? ah, you can't. Hence Blind Faith.

    Read this, then return and apologies to us by naming all you logical fallacies:
    http://www.theskepticsguide.or...

    Evolution makes predictions.
    BTW: Learn the difference between making up stories and science. There is nothing made up in the science of evolution.

    " it's more like detective work.
    So is all science.

  14. Re:A minority view? on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    I hate that statement. It's a factually lie. We have science, we will know it's science based and we will figure it out.

  15. Re:A minority view? on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 1

    The idea is that there was some thing behind the unknowable is what he is talking about.

    It's great that you can parse written words, try to learn to actually read what the mean..

  16. Re:A minority view? on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wow. There isn't a better post one could write as an example of cognitive dissonance.

    I feel sad for you. Trapped in a belief system that you will see you dead family again instead of actually moving on.

  17. Re:HALLELUJAH! :D :D :D on Teaching Creationism As Science Now Banned In Britain's Schools · · Score: 0

    The bullshit in US politics isn't dearly as bad as you think it is. In fact it's far better then most every country.
    You may now return to your programmed narrative.

  18. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    I would like to see 0 percent interest loans of college.
    We are likle to make more tax revenue later form a good education.
    I wold also like to see fully funded government colleges.
    Everything you like was built on education.

  19. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    Let me know when we remove the insurance companies from the equation. Then we can begin to think about comparing the American Health care system to good health care systems

  20. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    No, it isn't. You conclusion is far from logical, and you have no clue what socialism means.

    American capitalistic anti-Russian propaganda from the 50s-70's is still at work, it seems.

      Henri de Saint-Simon came up with socialism as an opposite to individualism. Individualism being the false dea that everyone is isolated and don't impact the lives of others.

    Karl Marx, note the 'K', came up with, wait for it...Marxism. dun dun duuuuuun

    I learned the in public school. I guess that's the advantage of being educated in the American Public system before 'conservatives' started spreading lies and FUD in order to stop funding it properly.
    To compensate for inflation, the average cost per child should be double what it currently is.

  21. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    Yes, thats why the government should spend when the economy is bad, and reduces when ti's good.

    We have centuries of data showing that in several large economic power houses.
    But when uneducated pundits get involved misinforming people it has become a political topic as opposed to a fact based decision.

  22. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's becasue BBCodes are the lamest and most unnecessary product of the internet?

  23. Re:In civilized countries... on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    That's you response?
    Yeah, Putin a power hungry expansionist, clearly that was caused by social education programs.

    That tells me you don't really have an argument.

  24. Re:BSES on Starbucks Offers Workers 2 Years of Free College · · Score: 1

    "... require more skill than at other fast-food restaurants,.."
    no, no it doesn't. I could argue it's less skill.

    Everything is push button, and you never have to deal with grease.

  25. Re:Once you go electric, you never go back :-) on Are US Hybrid Sales Peaking Already? · · Score: 1

    DId you miss the point where he had to burn off gas? That would imply if has a gas tank, uses gas and thus can drive great distance.