How fortunate that a potentially major scientific discovery happens on President Bush's watch. His keen intellect, intense curiousity of the natural world, and scientific rationality has been such a boon to our country and indeed our world.
That's not how it works. The judge in this case approved a conditional class, but never granted a final class certification. They were supposed to be doing class discovery, which means do factual investigation about whether the plaintiffs really should be certified as a class. Last year Rockstar filed an objection to class certification, then while that was pending decided to negotiate a settlement. Don't blame the judge for their mistake.
Flaimbait, to me, is when people spout racist slurs or are overly rude. They may only be trying to provoke a response (in which case, you could argue it's also a troll), or they may be poorly socialized individuals who, protected by anonymity, are simply out of line.
I'm a well-socialized individual who occasionally trolls to get those impulses out of my system. The thing that really triggers my troll-reflex is the self-satisfied zealot, of which the internet is way too full. The ideal troll target is the kind of person who just cannot stand being disagreed with or contradicted, and who have the utmost contempt for anyone who disagrees with their view of the world. That's why big-l Libertarians, right-wing neoconservatives, and objectivists make such tempting targets, and lord knows there are enough of them on slashdot.
The Supreme Court's already said that at the border the border patrol can search whatever they want, without any requirement of reasonable suspicion. Hopefully the SCOTUS changes it mind and puts in at least some reasonable suspicion requirement (or at least the minimal "articulable suspicion" test they made for Terry v. Ohio), but at the moment its legal under current caselaw.
This will almost certainly keep them out of the state Bar for a long period of time if not indefinitely. Even legally protected speech can be grounds for denial of bar membership.
What happened to her was a robbery. It was debatably an armed robbery, since the cop had a visible gun strapped to his hip when he robbed her. Now, not only did the offending officer commit a serious crime. The other officer that was having coffee with him ALSO committed serious crimes. He also accepted the eventual bribe from the restaurant manager, but he also was an accomplice in the original robbery.
I don't think it was technically robbery; first of all you need force or the fear of force, and did your wife really expect him to physically force her to let him leave without paying? It probably violates an anti-bribery law, but it's not a theft crime: even larceny can be negated by intent, and the coffee wasn't the property of your wife, it was property of the restaurant.
there is no expectation of privacy in a traditional motor vehicle.
Well, there's a reduced expectation of privacy in a traditional motor vehicle.
At that point, you have an entirely different interaction with law enforcement. That's not going to save you on the street, of course, but it might reclaim rights in the subsequent court case.
Wait until the Supreme Court abolises the exclusionary rule. Your "rights" will end up being solely to bring a civil action against the police.
Congress doesn't really have the authority to override the Constitution except through Constitutional amendment, so I think the law itself is unconstitutional.
Never mind that almost everyone else in Congress and even the previous administration believed the same "lie" and actively repeated it.
Oh, I don't think Bush should be impeached for lying. I think he should be impeached for violating the law and the Constitution with warrantless wiretapping.
When I was in law school they announced at one point that they were adding some restrictions to our lexis accounts because some people were using it in an "inappropriate" manner, apparently looking up private information on people.
And Gitmo? Seriously? If you're going to be a U.S. hater, at least say something credible. There is some legitimate debate to be had about whether it's fair to detain enemies captured on fields of battle in a place like Gitmo without due process, but that is wholly irrelevant to somebody who is going to be extradited according to treaty and tried in the courts with all of the constitutional due process protections that a citizen has.
Actually the Bush administration has had a weird mix of very sharp, skilled lawyers, and incompetent zealots. Probably more zealots than good lawyers, though.
Goodling as an example wasn't really qualified for the lofty position she held. She was a graduate of Jerry Fallwell's Grade C law school which placed more importance on your Christian background than academic ability or knowledge of the law.
Nicely put. It also explains why I viciously troll right wingers instead of arguing with them in a reasonable manner.
Not too hard to do, considering the amount of personal flaws most right wingers on slashdot have, from stupidity to personal cowardice. And they're probably kind of ugly too.
get a fair shake from bureaucrats who like education the way it is -- flawed and therefore always needing more money?
I know I'll be in the minority here on slashdot for saying this, but society isn't divided into us (virtuous, intelligent, benevolent, and wise) and them (stupid, malicious, dishonest, and greedy). I think there are very few bureaucrats twirling their moustaches and gleefully chortling over the failures of the modern educational system. One of the symptoms of the failure of education is lack of critical thinking and objective reasoning, and one of the hallmarks of that is the kneejerk reaction that every bureaucrat is by nature evil and dishonest.
What about Cable? He's just as responsible. At least we won't ever see him in the movies.
You're completely right, he epitomized the problem, but I always considered him as a sort of spiritual successor to the more uninteresting aspects of wolverine's character.
Because he was "cool." And Marvel figured out that all they had to do was put him on the cover of a comic book it would sell. And if you made 3 different versions of the cover, people would buy all three. So then they figured they needed more Wolverine-like characters to sell more comics, so they started making them, and they tended to suck. Then they started letting the comics artists become celebrities, at which point they started to demand their own series. And most of them couldn't write. It was kind of a chain reaction thing.
he has already transitioned the day-to-day operation to his younger brother, Raúl.
Come on, that's not fair, Castro and Jobs are plenty different. One is a maniacal, autocratic, narcissistic dictator/zealot who rules his followers with an iron fist and who is admired only by scruffy underemployed socialists who spend all their time in coffee shops, and the other was president of Cuba.
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How fortunate that a potentially major scientific discovery happens on President Bush's watch. His keen intellect, intense curiousity of the natural world, and scientific rationality has been such a boon to our country and indeed our world.
That's not how it works. The judge in this case approved a conditional class, but never granted a final class certification. They were supposed to be doing class discovery, which means do factual investigation about whether the plaintiffs really should be certified as a class. Last year Rockstar filed an objection to class certification, then while that was pending decided to negotiate a settlement. Don't blame the judge for their mistake.
ME TOO PLS!!!!
Flaimbait, to me, is when people spout racist slurs or are overly rude. They may only be trying to provoke a response (in which case, you could argue it's also a troll), or they may be poorly socialized individuals who, protected by anonymity, are simply out of line.
I'm a well-socialized individual who occasionally trolls to get those impulses out of my system. The thing that really triggers my troll-reflex is the self-satisfied zealot, of which the internet is way too full. The ideal troll target is the kind of person who just cannot stand being disagreed with or contradicted, and who have the utmost contempt for anyone who disagrees with their view of the world. That's why big-l Libertarians, right-wing neoconservatives, and objectivists make such tempting targets, and lord knows there are enough of them on slashdot.
The Supreme Court's already said that at the border the border patrol can search whatever they want, without any requirement of reasonable suspicion. Hopefully the SCOTUS changes it mind and puts in at least some reasonable suspicion requirement (or at least the minimal "articulable suspicion" test they made for Terry v. Ohio), but at the moment its legal under current caselaw.
This will almost certainly keep them out of the state Bar for a long period of time if not indefinitely. Even legally protected speech can be grounds for denial of bar membership.
What happened to her was a robbery. It was debatably an armed robbery, since the cop had a visible gun strapped to his hip when he robbed her. Now, not only did the offending officer commit a serious crime. The other officer that was having coffee with him ALSO committed serious crimes. He also accepted the eventual bribe from the restaurant manager, but he also was an accomplice in the original robbery.
I don't think it was technically robbery; first of all you need force or the fear of force, and did your wife really expect him to physically force her to let him leave without paying? It probably violates an anti-bribery law, but it's not a theft crime: even larceny can be negated by intent, and the coffee wasn't the property of your wife, it was property of the restaurant.
I'm sure some lawyer can tell me why this doesn't work, but I seem to recall reading it in the newspaper that way.
Unfortunately that's exactly how it works.
This story is so fantastic, I have a difficult time believing it. Don't you guys have the equivalent of the ACLU over there in England?
Stiff upper lip and all that.
there is no expectation of privacy in a traditional motor vehicle.
Well, there's a reduced expectation of privacy in a traditional motor vehicle.
At that point, you have an entirely different interaction with law enforcement. That's not going to save you on the street, of course, but it might reclaim rights in the subsequent court case.
Wait until the Supreme Court abolises the exclusionary rule. Your "rights" will end up being solely to bring a civil action against the police.
Congress doesn't really have the authority to override the Constitution except through Constitutional amendment, so I think the law itself is unconstitutional.
Never mind that almost everyone else in Congress and even the previous administration believed the same "lie" and actively repeated it.
Oh, I don't think Bush should be impeached for lying. I think he should be impeached for violating the law and the Constitution with warrantless wiretapping.
When I was in law school they announced at one point that they were adding some restrictions to our lexis accounts because some people were using it in an "inappropriate" manner, apparently looking up private information on people.
And Gitmo? Seriously? If you're going to be a U.S. hater, at least say something credible. There is some legitimate debate to be had about whether it's fair to detain enemies captured on fields of battle in a place like Gitmo without due process, but that is wholly irrelevant to somebody who is going to be extradited according to treaty and tried in the courts with all of the constitutional due process protections that a citizen has.
Tell that to Jose Padilla.
Actually the Bush administration has had a weird mix of very sharp, skilled lawyers, and incompetent zealots. Probably more zealots than good lawyers, though.
Cool. She wants to be an artist/geologist.
Two socially useful vocations? She definitely isn't right for business school.
My daughter's first grade class had a few weeks on Power Point application use. I hope this doesn't lead to her becoming a business major.
Sounds like she's already overqualified for business school, so you're probably safe.
I can't get into the headspace of that sort of person, but I can easily see people who "think" like that.
There are about 20% of the country who will support Bush no matter what he does, because he "talks to God." They will never change.
Goodling as an example wasn't really qualified for the lofty position she held. She was a graduate of Jerry Fallwell's Grade C law school which placed more importance on your Christian background than academic ability or knowledge of the law.
Wow, you're inflating the grade there I think.
Nicely put. It also explains why I viciously troll right wingers instead of arguing with them in a reasonable manner.
Not too hard to do, considering the amount of personal flaws most right wingers on slashdot have, from stupidity to personal cowardice. And they're probably kind of ugly too.
I remember sitting in front of a computer for hours playing infocom games, and I still benefit from the analytical skills I gained.
get a fair shake from bureaucrats who like education the way it is -- flawed and therefore always needing more money?
I know I'll be in the minority here on slashdot for saying this, but society isn't divided into us (virtuous, intelligent, benevolent, and wise) and them (stupid, malicious, dishonest, and greedy). I think there are very few bureaucrats twirling their moustaches and gleefully chortling over the failures of the modern educational system. One of the symptoms of the failure of education is lack of critical thinking and objective reasoning, and one of the hallmarks of that is the kneejerk reaction that every bureaucrat is by nature evil and dishonest.
What about Cable? He's just as responsible. At least we won't ever see him in the movies.
You're completely right, he epitomized the problem, but I always considered him as a sort of spiritual successor to the more uninteresting aspects of wolverine's character.
How do you figure that?
Because he was "cool." And Marvel figured out that all they had to do was put him on the cover of a comic book it would sell. And if you made 3 different versions of the cover, people would buy all three. So then they figured they needed more Wolverine-like characters to sell more comics, so they started making them, and they tended to suck. Then they started letting the comics artists become celebrities, at which point they started to demand their own series. And most of them couldn't write. It was kind of a chain reaction thing.
he has already transitioned the day-to-day operation to his younger brother, Raúl.
Come on, that's not fair, Castro and Jobs are plenty different. One is a maniacal, autocratic, narcissistic dictator/zealot who rules his followers with an iron fist and who is admired only by scruffy underemployed socialists who spend all their time in coffee shops, and the other was president of Cuba.