One should always keep enough storage of Non-perishable Food Rations and Water to last at least a week.
There's no such thing as "non-perishable", if you keep special food for such an occasion it will invariably be spoiled and inedible when you most need it
What you need to do is keep larger rotating stocks of the food that you do actually eat, so that you can rotate through your stocks of food before they go stale. When the bad days arrive you will have plenty of the same food you've been eating all along.
Assuming for the moment that you are correct, where does the research non-profit get its funding from if the media portion has been sold to hostile interests?
Plus, while you might think the editorial pages are right-wing, their rabid support for amnesty for illegals + open borders is very much a leftist position.
tell that to the all those rural republican farmers who use illegal aliens to pick their crops
So what regulations are causing the consolidation of media brands, exactly?
=Smidge=
Really? You really don't understand this? There may not be a regulation that says "you are not allowed to drive the wrong way down Walnut St" but there is a regulation that says "you can't drive the wrong way down a street that has one-way street signs on it" and you are the person who says "yes but where does the law mention Walnut St"
you can't afford it monthly either. Seriously, Altough it is damn expensive for a phone, it is really cheap compared to a car or a house. I don't see why anyone would need to finance it. If you do, you should be buying a cheaper phone anyways.
"afford" is not the criteria. corporations can "afford" to pay a lot of money, that doesn't mean that they do.
According to the New York Times, in the 1960s and 1970s, the typical car reached its end of life around 100,000 miles, but due to manufacturing improvements such as tighter tolerances and better anti-corrosion coatings, in the 2000s the typical car lasts closer to 200,000 miles.
If corporate america really thinks you NEED a new car, then why have they halved the sales by doubling the lifespan?
Another first rule of business is "don't sweat the small stuff". If you lease a phone then have so much less to worry about. You don't have to worry about repairs or loss or an obsolete old phone. When you are making lots of money there is really no time to screw around with these things. Why do you think that companies lease cars and trucks? It's because they don't want to deal with upkeep and maintenance. They can write a fixed check every month for a fixed service and they can rely on it.
I think the drive to replace your phone at least once a year is shallow and an example of what's wrong with people in general.
That's what YOU think.
I think there are a lot of corporations and working people out there who feel that the current generation of phones is holding them back. They don't have enough storage capacity, they are too slow, they don't have the required features for their work.
But now a new phone comes along, it's quicker and does more. Remember these are working people who are making lots of money. Their phone is just a tool for them to use in their money-making tasks. The price of the phone is really quite small compared to the money being made. The increase in functionality provided by a new phone, will increase the ability to make money. If the phones really are getting better and better every year, then YES, there are a whole lot of people out there for whom it makes very good sense to get a new phone every year.
If there's one damn thing right my parents taught me, it's about owning my own shit.
My family taught me that owning a house is a total and major drag.
My father was forced to relocate on his job to a different office, about a three hour drive away from home. The job market was not good at the time and he was an older man, it was not possible for him to resign and take another position. He had recently purchased a new home and there was no possibility of selling it and moving in the required time frame. His only choice was to get a studio apartment in the new town and live there on the weekdays. The house that he worked so hard to purchase turned into a total nightmare for all of us.
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We put our candidates through mud slinging and name calling very much on purpose, to see how they react.
mcafee lost his in the bottom of a bottle of pills
You accept the blame for everything that happens during the next 4 years
Is this your way of saying that George W Bush is not responsible for the disaster in Iraq?
he'll run the country like he runs his casinos... into the ground
Woman was created from Adam's Rib
liberal policies are destroying moral values witch are in turn destroying the planet
the planet really doesn't care about morals, your body decomposes the same either way
One should always keep enough storage of Non-perishable Food Rations and Water to last at least a week.
There's no such thing as "non-perishable", if you keep special food for such an occasion it will invariably be spoiled and inedible when you most need it
What you need to do is keep larger rotating stocks of the food that you do actually eat, so that you can rotate through your stocks of food before they go stale. When the bad days arrive you will have plenty of the same food you've been eating all along.
Assuming for the moment that you are correct, where does the research non-profit get its funding from if the media portion has been sold to hostile interests?
Same place they did before - donors.
donors who like what they read in the magazine
Plus, while you might think the editorial pages are right-wing, their rabid support for amnesty for illegals + open borders is very much a leftist position.
tell that to the all those rural republican farmers who use illegal aliens to pick their crops
Absolutely, it's so much easier to control fewer media companies and this is about control.
correction, it's easier for a media entity to control the government as it gets bigger and bigger
the tax laws that make it cheaper for corporations to allow themselves to be bought out
So what regulations are causing the consolidation of media brands, exactly?
=Smidge=
Really? You really don't understand this? There may not be a regulation that says "you are not allowed to drive the wrong way down Walnut St" but there is a regulation that says "you can't drive the wrong way down a street that has one-way street signs on it" and you are the person who says "yes but where does the law mention Walnut St"
I am on the other side and think it is ludicrous to think the government will NEVER abuse such authority.
when government abuses its authority there is at least a theoretical ability to push back
when corporations abuse their authority there is NO WAY to push back
we've all heard this joke before
you can't afford it monthly either. Seriously, Altough it is damn expensive for a phone, it is really cheap compared to a car or a house. I don't see why anyone would need to finance it. If you do, you should be buying a cheaper phone anyways.
"afford" is not the criteria. corporations can "afford" to pay a lot of money, that doesn't mean that they do.
I understand that poor people can't easily spend $20k at once on a car.
Where is the straw man you are talking with, who says that everyone must lease a car, and there are no other alternatives?
2008 macbooks are still supported in the latest OSX
You NEED a new car.
According to the New York Times, in the 1960s and 1970s, the typical car reached its end of life around 100,000 miles, but due to manufacturing improvements such as tighter tolerances and better anti-corrosion coatings, in the 2000s the typical car lasts closer to 200,000 miles.
If corporate america really thinks you NEED a new car, then why have they halved the sales by doubling the lifespan?
It is got nothing to do with renting, or brand loyalty, iphone users are one of the most loyal. It is about killing the 2nd hand market.
the second hand market has already decided to not pay full price, they're just going to get android phones instead.
does this apply to car leases as well?
Another first rule of business is "don't sweat the small stuff". If you lease a phone then have so much less to worry about. You don't have to worry about repairs or loss or an obsolete old phone. When you are making lots of money there is really no time to screw around with these things. Why do you think that companies lease cars and trucks? It's because they don't want to deal with upkeep and maintenance. They can write a fixed check every month for a fixed service and they can rely on it.
Let's get that out there.
I think the drive to replace your phone at least once a year is shallow and an example of what's wrong with people in general.
That's what YOU think.
I think there are a lot of corporations and working people out there who feel that the current generation of phones is holding them back. They don't have enough storage capacity, they are too slow, they don't have the required features for their work.
But now a new phone comes along, it's quicker and does more. Remember these are working people who are making lots of money. Their phone is just a tool for them to use in their money-making tasks. The price of the phone is really quite small compared to the money being made. The increase in functionality provided by a new phone, will increase the ability to make money. If the phones really are getting better and better every year, then YES, there are a whole lot of people out there for whom it makes very good sense to get a new phone every year.
If there's one damn thing right my parents taught me, it's about owning my own shit.
My family taught me that owning a house is a total and major drag.
My father was forced to relocate on his job to a different office, about a three hour drive away from home. The job market was not good at the time and he was an older man, it was not possible for him to resign and take another position. He had recently purchased a new home and there was no possibility of selling it and moving in the required time frame. His only choice was to get a studio apartment in the new town and live there on the weekdays. The house that he worked so hard to purchase turned into a total nightmare for all of us.
there are plenty of benign ads, here is one:
buy fresh vegetables today
If they can't get paid through advertising, then it's apps or paywalls or something but not free.
why do sites HAVE to use an advertising service? why can't they run their own ads?
what can stop people from using a proxy service that removes that ads?