Oil will never be back into the triple digits until the natural pace of inflation puts them there, or there is some kind of natural disaster, or the Feds do something stupid.
As soon as the prices inches back up, Frackers, Wildcatters, etc will start back up. We know how to produce cheap oil now and if the MidEast gets greedy, we'll just start producing more according to the price points.
You own a business that the Government does not like. The Government then starts a program, maybe one called Operation Choke Point that pressures banks to withhold services from YOU, thereby making it near impossible for you to do business.
That is pretty much the Government forcing you out of business, or censoring you, in effect, by using a third party.
And in case you wondering, it goes like this with the banks..."That's a nice bank you have there. It'd be a shame if we had to do a top to bottom audit. Who knows what we'd find, how much it would cost you, or how long it would take. But we could avoid that if you did us a favor..."
It's like a home owner who says the contractor didn't give him what he wanted. So he knocked a few holes in the wall, pounded in some 2x4s and a bit of plywood and Shazaaam! Remodel!
I always told my kids it takes longer to drive north because it's all uphill.
Interesting to watch their reactions over the years go from unquestioning acceptance, to cognitive dissonance. to enlightened disagreement, to "Daaaaaaad!!!", to "When are we stopping to dinner?'.
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You wanted Net Neutrality. What you are going to get is wholesale regulation.
Scientist and Educator.
He can teach her over the course of six months than the Public Schools can teach her in several years...all time with him.
Take her out of school, go on the road and educate her about life.
You can do a lot in two months, even more in six.
Take a vacation. See things you both have wanted to see.
Impart your wisdom in person while admiring the view at Yellowstone, Yosemite, from the deck of the Empire State Building, or the Eiffel Tower.
One second with her in person = years of films.
You ant wit? Here's some wit.
Fuck You Asshole.
You say that, but you have no idea what they are about to do.
Don't you wonder why they don't release the proposed regulations? Not even a bit curious?
Camel, Meet Tent.
I think that most people here on Slashdot will rue the day these regulations go into affect.
Price is a function of Supply.
Same here. Fucking Cats.
Oil will never be back into the triple digits until the natural pace of inflation puts them there, or there is some kind of natural disaster, or the Feds do something stupid.
As soon as the prices inches back up, Frackers, Wildcatters, etc will start back up. We know how to produce cheap oil now and if the MidEast gets greedy, we'll just start producing more according to the price points.
I heard an Oil Train just derailed and blew up the other day.
At least the Oil Clean Up crews and probably funeral homes will have increased business.
Wonder what the Justice Department has to hold over their heads.
How soon before they find something to hold over the heads of UPS?
Just don't eat eggs...whatever you do.
Wait...
Never mind.
Ditto.
She's 23 and going strong.
Helicopter Parents. Protecting them from everything and anything.
Let them play in the mud, eat their own boogers, scrap their knees, eat bugs, roll in the grass and leaves even though the dogs poo there, etc.
When you grow up in a plastic bubble, everything is your enemy.
About $26k a year?
Consider:
You own a business that the Government does not like.
The Government then starts a program, maybe one called Operation Choke Point that pressures banks to withhold services from YOU, thereby making it near impossible for you to do business.
That is pretty much the Government forcing you out of business, or censoring you, in effect, by using a third party.
And in case you wondering, it goes like this with the banks..."That's a nice bank you have there. It'd be a shame if we had to do a top to bottom audit. Who knows what we'd find, how much it would cost you, or how long it would take. But we could avoid that if you did us a favor..."
The Feds have been effectively censoring/destroying entire industries by getting banks to withhold services via Operation Choke Point.
Make you wonder what the Feds may have to hold over Google's head.
It's like a home owner who says the contractor didn't give him what he wanted. So he knocked a few holes in the wall, pounded in some 2x4s and a bit of plywood and Shazaaam! Remodel!
I've seen code written by "science guys".
It sucks. It is worse than suck. And to make it the ultimate suck, try telling someone with a PhD in anything that their code sucks.
Let's say the Feds set up an illegal surveillance program (what? never happen!).
They illegally spy on people but you don't know who. They may have spied on you, but you can't prove it.
So YOU can't file a lawsuit against the feds because YOU haven't been spied on.
Do you see how ridiculous "Standing" is in this situation?
What's more, the only *actual injury* she's sustained has been fixed already
So, if I take pot shots at you, miss and then say, "sorry, my bad", you are good with that. No need to involve the police?
And I'm saying the the Standing Rule needs to be looked at and revised. not tossed.
Wait...when did they start teaching US History and Civics again?
I thought they replaced it with Diversity or some bullshit like that decades ago.
Twelve, just in New York City.
When It Comes To The Constitution, Many Police Ignore it All Together.
Fixed.
The concept of Standing has to be the most abused notions in the legal system, especially with regards to the government.
You should not have to prove you have been specifically injured in order to make the government follow the law.
I always told my kids it takes longer to drive north because it's all uphill.
Interesting to watch their reactions over the years go from unquestioning acceptance, to cognitive dissonance. to enlightened disagreement, to "Daaaaaaad!!!", to "When are we stopping to dinner?'.