How about the facts that the 50 Democratic senators need him to pass any legislation, and the Republicans would love to have him block Democratic proposals?
First of all, on most issues he was pretty solidly left of center. Second of all, there are many moderate Republicans who are just as willing to cross the aisle going the other way.
I would expect fewer party line votes with things so close to even in the Senate.
Perhaps they are just continuing in the footsteps of NCR's founder, John Patterson, who was notorious for firing some of the greatest inventors of the time from NCR for misdeeds as simple as riding a horse imperfectly at company events. (They were sometimes re-hired the next day by someone else).
A polygraph is more often used as a scare tactic on the part of police. Many times they might hook someone up to a polygraph and ask them questions and then tell the person they know they are lying to see if the person will admit to the crime.
Government lawyers don't work on billable hours, they're paid a set salary. So really, unless the government hired outside counsel or more attorneys to deal with the problem, they didn't cost taxpayers much.
Of course, the state of Indiana recently gave a lot of money to the speaker of the Indiana House's old law firm buddy to help the state appeal a ruling regarding prayer in the statehouse.
It seems to me that this might conflict with the Environmental Science merit badge. After all, we all know that a lack of pirates is the main reason for global warming. Boy Scouts should be punished for not being pirates, and being a pirate should be a prerequisite to earning the Environmental Science merit badge.
Yes, I realize the article is not about a merit badge, and that environmental science is different than environmentalism
The word was coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)
My dictionary disagrees. "Origin: 1575-85; F portemanteau lit., (it) carries (the) cloak;"
And if you think hard enough, you'll realize that Carroll didn't even give it a new meaning, he just adapted its already existing meaning to a new realm.
The federal building I work in has these keypads on every secure door within the building. (Exterior doors have manned guards and RF card access for employees).
Another nice feature is that the numbers that are randomly displayed in different places are only visible when viewed straight on; so the guy standing next to you might see where your fingers go, but he won't see what number was displayed on that key at that time.
Your friend is contemplating cheating on the SAT. Write a letter to dissuade him/her from doing so.
The idea is to give them a prompt without a right or wrong answer, forcing them to evaluate both positions and come to a conclusion. The ideal essay then would explore the benefits and detriments of each possible answer and out of that decide whether one or the other is the better response.
The best way to improve your writing is by reading other people's good writing. This means read less blogs, and read more classics and well-edited periodicals.
I had an interesting experience with Comcast not too long ago. I have had Vonage for quite some time now, and have my Internet service with Comcast. A few months ago, my Internet and Television service randomly stopped working one evening. I called up Comcast and had a recording saying service was out in some places in my area, so I didn't bother waiting on hold. The next time, the service was still out, and so after quite awhile I got through. (All the while, on my cell phone, which has limited minutes, since I got tired of paying so much for it when I have more than enough minutes with Vonage).
Comcast tells me they can get someone out to fix it, but it will be about 4-5 days. Okay fine, I'll get a credit for the time and I guess that's good enough. It turns out they had accidently disconnected my service while connecting a neighbor.
The amusing part of it all, is that while the guy is telling me it is going to this long to get fixed, the guy tried to sell me their VoIP service. (I never told them I had Vonage). I should have responded, "So, you want me to sign up for your phone service, so the next time this happens I won't be able to call and complain?"
Maybe if you have Comcast's VoIP service they put you at the front of the service queue?
The question is whether YouTube qualifies for the DMCA Safe Harbor provision.
(A) As used in subsection (a), the term "service provider" means an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications, between or among points specified by a user, of material of the user's choosing, without modification to the content of the material as sent or received.
I'll let you decide. There's a little bit of case law on the topic out there as well.
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How about the facts that the 50 Democratic senators need him to pass any legislation, and the Republicans would love to have him block Democratic proposals?
First of all, on most issues he was pretty solidly left of center. Second of all, there are many moderate Republicans who are just as willing to cross the aisle going the other way.
I would expect fewer party line votes with things so close to even in the Senate.
you just made Independent Joe Lieberman the most powerful man in the Senate
That's assuming the Dems let him on any committees. Otherwise he could be the least powerful person in the Senate.
Bozo is not amused.
The higher you go, the smaller the object you need to block a great amount of the light.
White roads = blinded drivers anytime the sun is out = death.
Also, reflecting from the surface doesn't guarantee it is reflected out of the atmosphere. Most of what you reflect will be bounced right back at you.
Perhaps they are just continuing in the footsteps of NCR's founder, John Patterson, who was notorious for firing some of the greatest inventors of the time from NCR for misdeeds as simple as riding a horse imperfectly at company events. (They were sometimes re-hired the next day by someone else).
A polygraph is more often used as a scare tactic on the part of police. Many times they might hook someone up to a polygraph and ask them questions and then tell the person they know they are lying to see if the person will admit to the crime.
I've heard it's pretty effective.
After network card dongles went out of style I always wondered if there would ever be a time when the jokes came back.
Government lawyers don't work on billable hours, they're paid a set salary. So really, unless the government hired outside counsel or more attorneys to deal with the problem, they didn't cost taxpayers much.
Of course, the state of Indiana recently gave a lot of money to the speaker of the Indiana House's old law firm buddy to help the state appeal a ruling regarding prayer in the statehouse.
Isn't it possible that the ACLU's arguments were just bunk and the lawyers decided it was better to cut and run?
Or they see some change happening in Congress in the near future and decided that might be a better way to fix the problem.
WTF is "reauthorized" meant to mean?
Authorized again.
At least in the U.S. most diamonds are not "conflict" diamonds. That doesn't mean they don't have some other problematic past.
It seems to me that this might conflict with the Environmental Science merit badge. After all, we all know that a lack of pirates is the main reason for global warming. Boy Scouts should be punished for not being pirates, and being a pirate should be a prerequisite to earning the Environmental Science merit badge.
Yes, I realize the article is not about a merit badge, and that environmental science is different than environmentalism
This is just the same research that was proposed to prevent black people from enrolling as aviators in WWII.
Well, if you're fat, then your ass is not going to fit into any military airplane cockpit anyway.
Even all of Chicagoland is only 28,000 km2.
The word was coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)
My dictionary disagrees. "Origin: 1575-85; F portemanteau lit., (it) carries (the) cloak;"
And if you think hard enough, you'll realize that Carroll didn't even give it a new meaning, he just adapted its already existing meaning to a new realm.
It doesn't take long to figure out how to say or spell Yahoo
I think I have heard Yahoo pronounced about 10 different ways.
Animals have been doing it for a long time. Those that doubt some animals are gay check this article that ran in Reuter's today.
Engaging in "homosexual activity" and "being gay" are two very different things.
An $11,000,000 judgment against someone with no money is worthless.
The incident rate for Hemophilia is about 1:16,666. A more common, similar disease is von Willebrand disease; which affects about 1:150 people.
ScrmablePad.
The federal building I work in has these keypads on every secure door within the building. (Exterior doors have manned guards and RF card access for employees).
Another nice feature is that the numbers that are randomly displayed in different places are only visible when viewed straight on; so the guy standing next to you might see where your fingers go, but he won't see what number was displayed on that key at that time.
Your friend is contemplating cheating on the SAT. Write a letter to dissuade him/her from doing so.
The idea is to give them a prompt without a right or wrong answer, forcing them to evaluate both positions and come to a conclusion. The ideal essay then would explore the benefits and detriments of each possible answer and out of that decide whether one or the other is the better response.
The best way to improve your writing is by reading other people's good writing. This means read less blogs, and read more classics and well-edited periodicals.
I had an interesting experience with Comcast not too long ago. I have had Vonage for quite some time now, and have my Internet service with Comcast. A few months ago, my Internet and Television service randomly stopped working one evening. I called up Comcast and had a recording saying service was out in some places in my area, so I didn't bother waiting on hold. The next time, the service was still out, and so after quite awhile I got through. (All the while, on my cell phone, which has limited minutes, since I got tired of paying so much for it when I have more than enough minutes with Vonage).
Comcast tells me they can get someone out to fix it, but it will be about 4-5 days. Okay fine, I'll get a credit for the time and I guess that's good enough. It turns out they had accidently disconnected my service while connecting a neighbor.
The amusing part of it all, is that while the guy is telling me it is going to this long to get fixed, the guy tried to sell me their VoIP service. (I never told them I had Vonage). I should have responded, "So, you want me to sign up for your phone service, so the next time this happens I won't be able to call and complain?"
Maybe if you have Comcast's VoIP service they put you at the front of the service queue?
The question is whether YouTube qualifies for the DMCA Safe Harbor provision.
(A) As used in subsection (a), the term "service provider" means an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications, between or among points specified by a user, of material of the user's choosing, without modification to the content of the material as sent or received.
I'll let you decide. There's a little bit of case law on the topic out there as well.