The Hindenburg isn't an aircraft. Well, not any more anyway. I know Slashdot is a bit slow reporting news but it caught fire and crashed 80 years ago.
Every damn "biggest" ship, plane, tower or building that we've constructed in the past 50 years has been bigger, usually MUCH bigger than anything built 80 or more years ago, so what exactly is your point? The legendary structures of yesteryear are ordinary or unremarkable compared to what we're capable of building now. The Titanic *might* land somewhere in the bottom half of 100 biggest ever cruise ships; the storied (sorry) Empire State Bldg is 30th tallest
"pollution has gotten lower than it has ever been in my life time"
It hasn't "gotten lower" - laws were passed that FORCED individuals & industry to clean up or not a a horrible mess in the 1st place. If those laws aren't enforced or if they are repealed as more than a few politicians have been trying to do, you'll be living in your grandparent's mess.
You are probably just being funny, but the FBI does have a habit of looking the other way when a person with money or power breaks the law. The sad part is that if Hillary becomes President, she will never have to pay for her crimes.
That's only true if she dies in office. Hillary is widely disliked and the GOP can nurse a grudge. The only way they'll back off is if their own panties have plenty of stains.
If you're anywhere within 100 miles of a US border, the constitution doesn't apply, and any US customs agent can do anything they want to you, at any time, for whatever reason.
I think my Canadian relatives, almost all of whom are within 100 miles of a US border may take serious exception to that.
"The single dad working 2 jobs to care for his children and cant afford more in taxes" there are plenty people like that all across America and many of them won't vote for Trump. As for his remarks on Mexicans, I spent a couple weeks in CA 2 years ago and saw a LOT of Mexicans everywhere - and every fucking one of them was WORKING. I don't know how many, if any, were illegal, but they weren't raping or dealing drugs, they all had jobs. The lady and young man who greeted me at the hotel around 11:30 pm - Mexicans The large, broad-shouldered man with the calm, deep voice in charge of the crew serving breakfast for thousands at the convention the following morning - Mexican
All but a handful of the people he was supervising - Mexicans More than a few of the staff at the diner-style restaurant across the road from my hotel - Mexicans In all the time I spent, the only homeless or panhandlers I saw were either white or black - not a Mexican that I could see. I can't say if Mexico is sending their best but they sure as shit aren't sending their laziest.
"now compare them to the people on the other side. yeah, ill take trumps supporters (the real ones, not the handful that get pushed around, snap and than called evil by the retarded ass media) over the occupy wallstreet/BLM crowd that makes up the democrat whiners party" The Occupy Wall St people had it right in calling attention to the biggest criminals in America. Everyone's shitting themselves over the scary man of the wrong color who may kill or rob you but he's more likely to harm someone who looks like him than someone of a different race. Meanwhile, a handful of already-very-fucking-wealthy but unbelievably greedy men can make decisons that can & has crashed the economy more than once and you take issue with those who want to prevent that??
I don't approve of a lot the BLM strategy but the cops need to restrain themselves and this is better than a return to the days when - and this is before the Civil Rights Act - hundreds or thousands of minorities would show up to prevent arrests. Or there can be not one, two or ten but a HUNDRED Rodney King style riots every week. That's not a fight the cops can win, even with the National Guard behind them. And plenty of others who don't support BLM will take advantage of the chaos to loot, pillage & plunder. And don't think everyone on the right will support the police unconditionally - conservative think-thanks have been warning about a staggering rise no-knock warrants and increased incidental fatal shootings resulting from these as well as the amount of battlefield equipment that police forces have been accumulating.
I actually hope Trump wins so that the cretins support him will learn what a colossal mistake they've made. But I'm sure that the Party of Personal Responsibility will quickly find someone else to blame
For a LOT of people, their "mainstream desktop" or the device they most depend on is either their smartphone or tablet. And hundreds of millions of those run Linux
Oh, I think we understand him just fine. Take a good look at the Trump supporters especially the ones who've been showing up at all the raillies and then look at ones who've supported the previous GOP candidates.
You want a old white billionaire to run for President? Fine - ask Buffett, Bloomberg or even Perot. At least we know they're truly self-made billionaires and not likely to dicker, duck, dance, dive and dodge over releasing their tax returns. I'm sure theirs are just as huge, beautiful, complex and interesting as Teh Dahnald's and while it's very hard to pin down the exact worth of a vast diversified fortune, I don't know of any other actual billionaire's whose value fluctuates according to their feelings
And one man who has seen at least some of those returns, thinks we all should see them, too.
"You do know that agriculture depends on fossil fuels, right? " As do a great number of industrial processes which makes the wasteful burning of such a precious resource so fucking stupid.
The people who believe in human-influenced global warming are usually NOT the same who believe in the sky-fairies and the Great Spirit.
"To think that man could be capable of effecting change on such an enormously huge scale is the height of arrogance. Sounds like you need to lay off the weed and granola"
Man? A single man probably doesn't stand a chance but millions, hundred of millions, billions? I'm afraid so. It takes a long time but once there's enough heat built-up and stored, the effects will persist for decades, perhaps even longer.
"a whole solar system's worth of evidence to suggest that it's a natural occurrence" the processes are natural and the Sun is the single biggest driver - but think of Old Sol as a nuclear plant, delivering steady, predictable baseload. Once the plant is in operation, it just keeps humming along, provided there's enough cooling but if that diminishes, it quickly spins out of control.
So the GHGs, natural and man-made, are retaining more of the solar heat and storing it in the oceans and at some point, that stored heat is going to be released and we'll have a very bad couple of decades at best.
Some of our Windows systems that run proprietary software are only allowed to have updates approved by the respective vendors or our service contract for that system can be voided.
Funny, but when I read about Trump's plan, that was exactly what he proposed. He wanted to ban all people coming from Syria. But I guess when you hate someone, you just need to find reasons for your hate, and not actually look at things for yourself.
Does that include not looking at Trump's own website?? How exactly does "total & complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" equate "all people coming from Syria"? BTW, Syria has millions of Christians how does banning them protect America from Muslim hate?
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION
(New York, NY) December 7th, 2015, -- Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on. According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population. Most recently, a poll from the Center for Security Policy released data showing "25% of those polled agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad" and 51% of those polled, "agreed that Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to Shariah." Shariah authorizes such atrocities as murder against non-believers who won't convert, beheadings and more unthinkable acts that pose great harm to Americans, especially women.
Mr. Trump stated, "Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine. Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life. If I win the election for President, we are going to Make America Great Again." - Donald J. Trump"
While some Islanders are definitely unhappy, plenty more welcome this. Honestly, I'd be annoyed if this were my view and am surprised they weren't built further out as it's not only possible but already planned for a larger installation 15-20 miles out. But the dispute is far more nuanced than your claim that "this project was rammed down the throats....."
I know about as much about financials as the typical banker knows about IT but I also know that greed is a disease and that "too big to fail", left unchecked, will soon become "so much too much bigger to fail" - and when *that* blows up, we in NorthAm will be envious of the situation in Greece.
"and trump said in clear as day wording that he wants to block immigration from countries where terrorism is rampant. big difference from banning all muslims"
That's what he's saying *now*. I imagine that flip-floppin', loose-lipped bozo will change his tune again before the election.
"In a semantic softening of his previous position restricting immigrants or visitors from Muslim-majority countries, Trump said he would “temporarily suspend immigration from some of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism.”
The problem is that too many think the race card is played anytime anyone complains about being discriminated or mistreated *because* of their race, even if it may well be perfectly legitimate.
"And nothing, nothing out of this administration should be taken at face value when it touches on race"
That's been very true of a great number of police departments. Sadly, it remains true to this day.
And you need to extend your skepticism to administrations other than merely the current one.
Please include the notable figures that talk about "blah" people and say things about the President such as "we know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like – the anti-war government nig er, America, uh, was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong"
He banned a SPECIFIC country's citizens who were extremely likely to be Muslim. He likely would have done the same if they were extremely likely to be Buddhist, maybe even Xtian. Saudi Arabian Muslims - not banned, Iraqi Muslims - not banned, Yemeni Muslims - not banned, Nigerian Muslims - not banned
It occurs to me that if the authorities had been deploying Stingrays around Wall St and other financial districts, not only would they have found plenty of mostly-white criminals, they might have saved a grateful country from huge losses in money & jobs.
"Lets just give it up and acknowledge the race card has been overused and no longer holds any merit"
Let's not. Even if it appears that way *in some cases*, the cops have been mistreating minorities to a greater degree for a long time and it's not improved much.
The recent DOJ report on the Baltimore PD is even more damning and backs up what black residents have been complaining about for DECADES as well as what former Baltimore cop and ex-Marine Michael Wood has been saying for years about police culture and behavior.
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Gah, made a few typos in that post. Need to do less multitasking, more proofreading.
should be "or not make such a horrible mess in the 1st place"
and thanks for the upvotes.
The Hindenburg isn't an aircraft. Well, not any more anyway. I know Slashdot is a bit slow reporting news but it caught fire and crashed 80 years ago.
Every damn "biggest" ship, plane, tower or building that we've constructed in the past 50 years has been bigger, usually MUCH bigger than anything built 80 or more years ago, so what exactly is your point?
The legendary structures of yesteryear are ordinary or unremarkable compared to what we're capable of building now.
The Titanic *might* land somewhere in the bottom half of 100 biggest ever cruise ships; the storied (sorry) Empire State Bldg is 30th tallest
"pollution has gotten lower than it has ever been in my life time"
It hasn't "gotten lower" - laws were passed that FORCED individuals & industry to clean up or not a a horrible mess in the 1st place.
If those laws aren't enforced or if they are repealed as more than a few politicians have been trying to do, you'll be living in your grandparent's mess.
They call this thing the world's largest aircraft but it's TINY compared to the Hindenburg
You are probably just being funny, but the FBI does have a habit of looking the other way when a person with money or power breaks the law. The sad part is that if Hillary becomes President, she will never have to pay for her crimes.
That's only true if she dies in office. Hillary is widely disliked and the GOP can nurse a grudge. The only way they'll back off is if their own panties have plenty of stains.
If you're anywhere within 100 miles of a US border, the constitution doesn't apply, and any US customs agent can do anything they want to you, at any time, for whatever reason.
I think my Canadian relatives, almost all of whom are within 100 miles of a US border may take serious exception to that.
"The single dad working 2 jobs to care for his children and cant afford more in taxes"
there are plenty people like that all across America and many of them won't vote for Trump.
As for his remarks on Mexicans, I spent a couple weeks in CA 2 years ago and saw a LOT of Mexicans everywhere - and every fucking one of them was WORKING. I don't know how many, if any, were illegal, but they weren't raping or dealing drugs, they all had jobs.
The lady and young man who greeted me at the hotel around 11:30 pm - Mexicans
The large, broad-shouldered man with the calm, deep voice in charge of the crew serving breakfast for thousands at the convention the following morning - Mexican
All but a handful of the people he was supervising - Mexicans
More than a few of the staff at the diner-style restaurant across the road from my hotel - Mexicans
In all the time I spent, the only homeless or panhandlers I saw were either white or black - not a Mexican that I could see.
I can't say if Mexico is sending their best but they sure as shit aren't sending their laziest.
"now compare them to the people on the other side. yeah, ill take trumps supporters (the real ones, not the handful that get pushed around, snap and than called evil by the retarded ass media) over the occupy wallstreet/BLM crowd that makes up the democrat whiners party"
The Occupy Wall St people had it right in calling attention to the biggest criminals in America. Everyone's shitting themselves over the scary man of the wrong color who may kill or rob you but he's more likely to harm someone who looks like him than someone of a different race.
Meanwhile, a handful of already-very-fucking-wealthy but unbelievably greedy men can make decisons that can & has crashed the economy more than once and you take issue with those who want to prevent that??
I don't approve of a lot the BLM strategy but the cops need to restrain themselves and this is better than a return to the days when - and this is before the Civil Rights Act - hundreds or thousands of minorities would show up to prevent arrests. Or there can be not one, two or ten but a HUNDRED Rodney King style riots every week. That's not a fight the cops can win, even with the National Guard behind them. And plenty of others who don't support BLM will take advantage of the chaos to loot, pillage & plunder.
And don't think everyone on the right will support the police unconditionally - conservative think-thanks have been warning about a staggering rise no-knock warrants and increased incidental fatal shootings resulting from these as well as the amount of battlefield equipment that police forces have been accumulating.
I actually hope Trump wins so that the cretins support him will learn what a colossal mistake they've made. But I'm sure that the Party of Personal Responsibility will quickly find someone else to blame
For a LOT of people, their "mainstream desktop" or the device they most depend on is either their smartphone or tablet.
And hundreds of millions of those run Linux
Oh, I think we understand him just fine.
Take a good look at the Trump supporters especially the ones who've been showing up at all the raillies and then look at ones who've supported the previous GOP candidates.
You want a old white billionaire to run for President? Fine - ask Buffett, Bloomberg or even Perot. At least we know they're truly self-made billionaires and not likely to dicker, duck, dance, dive and dodge over releasing their tax returns.
I'm sure theirs are just as huge, beautiful, complex and interesting as Teh Dahnald's and while it's very hard to pin down the exact worth of a vast diversified fortune, I don't know of any other actual billionaire's whose value fluctuates according to their feelings
And one man who has seen at least some of those returns, thinks we all should see them, too.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view...
That has to be one of the most insightful AC comments I've read in a long time.
"You do know that agriculture depends on fossil fuels, right? "
As do a great number of industrial processes which makes the wasteful burning of such a precious resource so fucking stupid.
The people who believe in human-influenced global warming are usually NOT the same who believe in the sky-fairies and the Great Spirit.
"To think that man could be capable of effecting change on such an enormously huge scale is the height of arrogance. Sounds like you need to lay off the weed and granola"
Man? A single man probably doesn't stand a chance but millions, hundred of millions, billions?
I'm afraid so. It takes a long time but once there's enough heat built-up and stored, the effects will persist for decades, perhaps even longer.
"a whole solar system's worth of evidence to suggest that it's a natural occurrence"
the processes are natural and the Sun is the single biggest driver - but think of Old Sol as a nuclear plant, delivering steady, predictable baseload.
Once the plant is in operation, it just keeps humming along, provided there's enough cooling but if that diminishes, it quickly spins out of control.
So the GHGs, natural and man-made, are retaining more of the solar heat and storing it in the oceans and at some point, that stored heat is going to be released and we'll have a very bad couple of decades at best.
Some of our Windows systems that run proprietary software are only allowed to have updates approved by the respective vendors or our service contract for that system can be voided.
Funny, but when I read about Trump's plan, that was exactly what he proposed. He wanted to ban all people coming from Syria. But I guess when you hate someone, you just need to find reasons for your hate, and not actually look at things for yourself.
Does that include not looking at Trump's own website?? How exactly does "total & complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" equate "all people coming from Syria"?
BTW, Syria has millions of Christians how does banning them protect America from Muslim hate?
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/p...
"- DECEMBER 07, 2015 -
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION
(New York, NY) December 7th, 2015, -- Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on. According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population. Most recently, a poll from the Center for Security Policy released data showing "25% of those polled agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad" and 51% of those polled, "agreed that Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to Shariah." Shariah authorizes such atrocities as murder against non-believers who won't convert, beheadings and more unthinkable acts that pose great harm to Americans, especially women.
Mr. Trump stated, "Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine. Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life. If I win the election for President, we are going to Make America Great Again." - Donald J. Trump"
While some Islanders are definitely unhappy, plenty more welcome this. Honestly, I'd be annoyed if this were my view and am surprised they weren't built further out as it's not only possible but already planned for a larger installation 15-20 miles out. ....."
But the dispute is far more nuanced than your claim that "this project was rammed down the throats
I know about as much about financials as the typical banker knows about IT but I also know that greed is a disease and that "too big to fail", left unchecked, will soon become "so much too much bigger to fail" - and when *that* blows up, we in NorthAm will be envious of the situation in Greece.
"and trump said in clear as day wording that he wants to block immigration from countries where terrorism is rampant. big difference from banning all muslims"
That's what he's saying *now*. I imagine that flip-floppin', loose-lipped bozo will change his tune again before the election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
"In a semantic softening of his previous position restricting immigrants or visitors from Muslim-majority countries, Trump said he would “temporarily suspend immigration from some of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism.”
The problem is that too many think the race card is played anytime anyone complains about being discriminated or mistreated *because* of their race, even if it may well be perfectly legitimate.
"And nothing, nothing out of this administration should be taken at face value when it touches on race"
That's been very true of a great number of police departments. Sadly, it remains true to this day.
And you need to extend your skepticism to administrations other than merely the current one.
Please include the notable figures that talk about "blah" people and say things about the President such as "we know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like – the anti-war government nig er, America, uh, was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong"
He banned a SPECIFIC country's citizens who were extremely likely to be Muslim. He likely would have done the same if they were extremely likely to be Buddhist, maybe even Xtian.
Saudi Arabian Muslims - not banned, Iraqi Muslims - not banned, Yemeni Muslims - not banned, Nigerian Muslims - not banned
Carter banned Muslims from entering the country .
No, he didn't. He banned Iranian nationals for a time, regardless of their religion and explicitly as a pressure tactic because of the hostage crisis.
It occurs to me that if the authorities had been deploying Stingrays around Wall St and other financial districts, not only would they have found plenty of mostly-white criminals, they might have saved a grateful country from huge losses in money & jobs.
"Lets just give it up and acknowledge the race card has been overused and no longer holds any merit"
Let's not. Even if it appears that way *in some cases*, the cops have been mistreating minorities to a greater degree for a long time and it's not improved much.
The stop-and-frisk reports from the NYPD during the Bloomberg years shows that clearly.
http://www.nyclu.org/content/s...
The recent DOJ report on the Baltimore PD is even more damning and backs up what black residents have been complaining about for DECADES as well as what former Baltimore cop and ex-Marine Michael Wood has been saying for years about police culture and behavior.
which is quite appropriate and ironic, given his stance towards Mexican immigrants
Have a look - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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