So, was there some kind of proof that Bush had ANYTHING to do with this? Did he order the torture of these people? Did he personally pull this guy's fingernails?
When the torture was exposed, Bush ordered the program ended. Wouldn't it follow that perhaps he didn't know what the military/CIA was doing?
Sorry, but the mentally deficient and condescendingly pessimistic won't be invited when the colony ship is sent. So, it looks like your chances are zero of ever leaving the planet, since no one wants to be in such close proximity to you.
If people would stop fighting nuclear plant construction out of a false sense of the danger, it would be even cheaper.
Fusion can be had right now in your garage, but until the funding is put into it, it will be perpetually in the future. The quote you are referring to was that fusion was 50 years out if it get $x funding, which it hasn't even gotten a tenth of over that time period.
Flying cars? They are called helicopters, you can get a license and pick one up right now if you like.
Leisure society, we are there.
Supersonic passenger transport? You mean like the Concorde, that actually ran for a number of years? If you are willing to pay, and find a couple hundred friends, it can be done, but it was found that there aren't enough people that need it, and frankly the internet replaced the need.
Yep, space better look out, since we have a settlement already there.]
If seems like you are the nutter, not the people who look at these things and talk about the actual challenges and how to solve them.
So, you are saying no one would want to live on the Cloud city of Bespin, but in domes on Mars (or caves which is the better solution). Personally, I think the Cloud city of Bespin is a great idea, and I would volunteer to be the computer guy on the mission.:)
As far as the plants, wouldn't it just be easier with those kinds of solar radiance to just use grow lights in an enclosed room? That way you can better control the day/night cycle and the color of the light, and it isn't like you are lacking for power resources on Venus.
Because clearly, Malaysia has authority in these matters. It is nice to see that trying someone in absentia in a country that no one recognizes as authoritative is totally the same as trying someone in the hague for war crimes.
Again, what laws were broken, and what crimes were committed. You need to give examples, or you are just blowing hot air again.
The actual reason for the subsidies is that they avoid the building of new polluting power plants that nobody wants, which would be subsidized by tax breaks or rate increases or both.
Except that if you look into it, the exact opposite is happening. Germany has increased the building of polluting Coal and Oil power plants to balance out the variability of the Wind and Solar power, while decommissioning "scary" nuclear plants that would be much cleaner even when melting down.
These times are actually signs of a major issue, if the overcapacity of power generation from renewables hits those levels, it means that the variability of the power generation is causing issues.
Doesn't one have to actually do something wrong to be considered a war criminal? I suppose you could call Obama a war criminal for intentionally causing ISIS by pulling out of Iraq, but the Iraqi president didn't really give him much of a choice on the matter.
If you are trying to claim that Bush is a war criminal, I would like for you to point to exactly what laws were broken, and by who exactly. After all, congress declared both wars under his presidency, so everyone in congress (which was mostly D at the time) is just a fallible for believing Saddam's claim that he had WMD and was refusing entry to weapons inspectors. Though I suppose if you had some kind of time machine, you might be able to stop the war, but frankly, when so many believe that the weapons exist, how would you stop it?
Oh, and the weapons that we thought were there, they were found, and they really were there, but don't let facts get in the way of your sound bite.
Though on reflection, you could have just as easily been speaking of many other presidents that oversaw wars, I don't think any president of the US has ever committed war crimes though.
In fact, I don't know that many presidents ever even served in any wars...but I could be wrong.
So, two surveys and you are already calling him a winner? Also, how was the GOP destructive? The Recession was caused by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was signed into law by a Democrat.
I see, so you have a reading impediment. I am sorry to hear that.
He wasn't proposing a solution, he was saying it is crazy to default on the debt when there are other ways to deal with it. It is hard to default on debt when the debt is in your own currency.
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So, was there some kind of proof that Bush had ANYTHING to do with this? Did he order the torture of these people? Did he personally pull this guy's fingernails?
When the torture was exposed, Bush ordered the program ended. Wouldn't it follow that perhaps he didn't know what the military/CIA was doing?
Sorry, but the mentally deficient and condescendingly pessimistic won't be invited when the colony ship is sent. So, it looks like your chances are zero of ever leaving the planet, since no one wants to be in such close proximity to you.
Nuclear power is cheap, much cheaper than other forms of power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If people would stop fighting nuclear plant construction out of a false sense of the danger, it would be even cheaper.
Fusion can be had right now in your garage, but until the funding is put into it, it will be perpetually in the future. The quote you are referring to was that fusion was 50 years out if it get $x funding, which it hasn't even gotten a tenth of over that time period.
Flying cars? They are called helicopters, you can get a license and pick one up right now if you like.
Leisure society, we are there.
Supersonic passenger transport? You mean like the Concorde, that actually ran for a number of years? If you are willing to pay, and find a couple hundred friends, it can be done, but it was found that there aren't enough people that need it, and frankly the internet replaced the need.
Yep, space better look out, since we have a settlement already there.]
If seems like you are the nutter, not the people who look at these things and talk about the actual challenges and how to solve them.
AC already gave the quote:
"problematic" or "impractical"
So, you are saying no one would want to live on the Cloud city of Bespin, but in domes on Mars (or caves which is the better solution). Personally, I think the Cloud city of Bespin is a great idea, and I would volunteer to be the computer guy on the mission. :)
No worries, great post.
As far as the plants, wouldn't it just be easier with those kinds of solar radiance to just use grow lights in an enclosed room? That way you can better control the day/night cycle and the color of the light, and it isn't like you are lacking for power resources on Venus.
You do realize that all these numbers are quite easy to look up right?
http://www.davemanuel.com/hist...
I have trouble believing that Bush had the highest deficits ever when Obama clearly had the largest ever.
Bush:
Year Actual number Inflation Adjusted
2001 $127.3 Billion Surplus $172.26 Billion Surplus
2002 $157.8 Billion Deficit $210.12 Billion Deficit
2003 $377.6 Billion Deficit $491.67 Billion Deficit
2004 $413 Billion Deficit $524.11 Billion Deficit
2005 $318 Billion Deficit $390.18 Billion Deficit
2006 $248 Billion Deficit $294.89 Billion Deficit
2007 $161 Billion Deficit $186.13 Billion Deficit
2008 $459 Billion Deficit $511.14 Billion Deficit
Obama:
Year Actual number Inflation adjusted
2009 $1413 Billion Deficit $1578.77 Billion Deficit
2010 $1294 Billion Deficit $1421.98 Billion Deficit
2011 $1299 Billion Deficit $1384.86 Billion Deficit
2012 $1100 Billion Deficit $1148.23 Billion Deficit
2013 $680 Billion Deficit $699.59 Billion Deficit
2014 $485 Billion Deficit $490.89 Billion Deficit
2015 $438 Billion Deficit $438 Billion Deficit
Because clearly, 4 years of more than $1 trillion deficits is so much lower than less than half a trillion max!
Because clearly, Malaysia has authority in these matters. It is nice to see that trying someone in absentia in a country that no one recognizes as authoritative is totally the same as trying someone in the hague for war crimes.
Again, what laws were broken, and what crimes were committed. You need to give examples, or you are just blowing hot air again.
The actual reason for the subsidies is that they avoid the building of new polluting power plants that nobody wants, which would be subsidized by tax breaks or rate increases or both.
Except that if you look into it, the exact opposite is happening. Germany has increased the building of polluting Coal and Oil power plants to balance out the variability of the Wind and Solar power, while decommissioning "scary" nuclear plants that would be much cleaner even when melting down.
http://www.slate.com/articles/...
Are you sure about that?
These times are actually signs of a major issue, if the overcapacity of power generation from renewables hits those levels, it means that the variability of the power generation is causing issues.
To be fair, I am often told I am young despite being a bit older than he was.
Those cameras are like 8 feet in the air, how does that even work? Were the girls flying?
So he's the Finn?
http://williamgibson.wikia.com...
What excuse did Japan have?
Doesn't one have to actually do something wrong to be considered a war criminal? I suppose you could call Obama a war criminal for intentionally causing ISIS by pulling out of Iraq, but the Iraqi president didn't really give him much of a choice on the matter.
If you are trying to claim that Bush is a war criminal, I would like for you to point to exactly what laws were broken, and by who exactly. After all, congress declared both wars under his presidency, so everyone in congress (which was mostly D at the time) is just a fallible for believing Saddam's claim that he had WMD and was refusing entry to weapons inspectors. Though I suppose if you had some kind of time machine, you might be able to stop the war, but frankly, when so many believe that the weapons exist, how would you stop it?
Oh, and the weapons that we thought were there, they were found, and they really were there, but don't let facts get in the way of your sound bite.
http://www.iraqwatch.org/gover...
http://politics.slashdot.org/c...
http://www.thepoliticalinsider...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Though on reflection, you could have just as easily been speaking of many other presidents that oversaw wars, I don't think any president of the US has ever committed war crimes though.
In fact, I don't know that many presidents ever even served in any wars...but I could be wrong.
So, two surveys and you are already calling him a winner? Also, how was the GOP destructive? The Recession was caused by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was signed into law by a Democrat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
He solved the GOP's Great Recession
Back right off that one. Who deregulated the banking industry which directly led to the mortgage crisis?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Last I checked, Bill Clinton signed that law, despite very good reasons to prevent mortgage speculation.
deficit reduction
What? Last I heard he doubled the national debt, did he somehow undo that damage in the last couple of years?
Also, it is quite comical to see the mortgage crisis blamed on Bush, when Clinton signed the law that removed the regulations that prevented it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
But, we can't have reality impinge on this anti-Bush rhetoric the AC is engaging in.
Perhaps he should apologize for the millions we saved by dropping a couple of bombs to stop a war?
Do the Chinese also product Gundam style shows? I thought it was only the Japanese that did that.
To be fair, I totally expected the loaders from Aliens. I figured at that price, that would be about all that could be built.
http://grammarist.com/spelling...
Perhaps you should keep saying it, since it seems the grammarians disagree with you.
Oh, and keep tilting at those windmills, maybe some day you will win a battle...lol
I see, so you have a reading impediment. I am sorry to hear that.
He wasn't proposing a solution, he was saying it is crazy to default on the debt when there are other ways to deal with it. It is hard to default on debt when the debt is in your own currency.
If it rained here I would loose connection if it rained in Syracuse, NY where my gateway was I would loose connection.
You really should tighten that loose connection, a loose coax connection can play havoc with satellite or cable internet connections.