If electronics were really worth recycling, private parties would gladly pay us money for said electronics. The fact that the government has to charge a compulsory fee is all one needs to know about the integrity of the recycling movement.
I read through 3/4ths of a website about traditional Japanese swords before I realized it was nothing but a shill for a line of Chinese reproductions sold by the website author. What's funny is that a lot of the information was legitimate. I probably would've bought one of his products if I hadn't felt like I had been conned.
What's sad is that it's partially true. Our federal tax system is so burdensome that it's often easier to channel money through pork projects, rather than prevent them from taking it out of our wallets in the first place. It isn't the ideal solution. It's a pragmatic solution- a symptom of a much bigger problem. State and local governments have become partially or wholly dependent on federal tax dollars for many things. The situation will only get worse, unless the states start saying no to federal tax dollars.
I don't plan to hold my breath in anticipation of that.
And this is why global warming is a religious cult. It's the same 'OH NOES TEH WORLD IS ENDING' crap that the catholic church spewed several hundred years ago in order to dupe people into turning their property over to the church. No thanks. Your beliefs about global warming have no place outside of a temple or the pages of a comic book.
It wasn't well thought out. I saw a vintage newsreel of them 'preparing' the car for storage. They put some sort of foil (aluminium?) over the engine block. I've no idea how that was supposed to thwart corrosion. I saw no evidence of cosmoline or any other petroleum-based preservative. Chrysler products of that era were not particularly good at resisting rust in the first place. They chose a lousy model to bury.
Archiving that particular model of car is doubly hard, as they were prone to rust, even when properly maintained. Chrysler got a reputation in the 1950s for building cars that were flashy, but prone to premature corrosion.
I wasn't aware that there are any 'societal' costs of gasoline. I've never have a can of WD-40 come between me and a woman, either. If we're going to tax things because they 'pollute the environment' then food should be taxed more heavily than anything else sold today.
The right to bear arms is a universal right not given by men, as are all the rights described in the original ten Amendments to the Constitution. They are inaliable rights. That's something almost everyone (particularly and sadly, Americans) forget or have never been taught in the first place.
Yes, but I fail to see how your inability to compose a concise description of an anachronistic ray gun without the use of trendy slang addresses my annoyance. It only exemplifies it.
Did an entire generation of people fail to learn basic words like 'archaic' and 'anachronistic' in high school? Maybe 'mechanical' was also missing from the vocabulary list.
Yes, it's obviously leftist political bunkum. What saddens me is the negative effect it's going to have on legitimate science for decades to come. When I was a teenager, the idea that people were stupid enough to fall for things like Global Warming was laughable. We all looked back on discredited ideas like phrenology and laughed. We never thought science would hit such a deeply regressive trend again.
I couldn't agree more. The worst math teacher I ever had was a Yale graduate. He was a great mentor for the 2% or so portion of the student body that understood and enjoyed math at his level. For the rest of us, his classes were a nighmarish obstacle. I wasn't mature enough to realize it at the time, but a lot of otherwise great students including myself failed the 10th grade because he didn't have the ability to teach anything to anyone but other advanced math nerds.
Based on your command of grammar and orthography, as well as your vocabulary and general writing skills, I scincerely hope you decide to pull that stick out of your ass. Big words don't make you a Mr. Smarty Man.
The Iraqi insurgents are giving our military hell with rifles and marksmanship skills highly inferior to what is possessed by the average American gun nut. So I'd say the 2nd Amendment is still pretty damned relevent insofar was resisting the government with force is concerned. Yes, they're also using IEDs, but an IED is something almost anyone could learn how to build if they had the motivation.
HSUS and SPCA have been creeping towards nutty PETA-ish behavior for several years. Go to their home pages if you don't think I'm being honest. I've dealt with their rank and file. Most of them could easily be mistaken for the lunatic fringe that makes up PETA's dues-paying body.
Oleg Maddox and his company, 1C, are Russian. They know precious little about U.S. law, and received bad legal advice from UbiSoft. They entered into an agreement with Northrup Grumman that they needn't have signed. No one told them this until it was too late. Fortunately the IL-2 franchise is almost obsolete- 1C is releasing a new flight sim this Christmas. And they won't be bound to refrain from using NG products in it.
But Turner doesn't have much of a choice. The level of corruption in a state like MA means Mayor Mumbles and his cronies might go after Turner in a number of shady ways. Their cable franchise could suddenly suffer an 'unforseen' bureaucratic snafu. Cable regulation bills that put Turner at a disadvantage might start mysteriously popping up like weeds in the state legislature. They'd lose a hell of a lot more money than $2m USD if that happened.
The tomorrow of the 1970s! My state has had machines like this since I was a toddler.
But a few counties did jump on the "OMG GWB WAS ELECTED TEH MACHINES IS DEFECTIVE!11" bandwagon in 2001 and replace their old system with new machinery. All of them encountered problems in the next state election. One county lost 4,000+ votes due to the defective design of their shiny new techno-marvels. They had no verifiable record to rely on for a recount.
The Republicans haven't exactly had an iron grip on Massachusetts for the past few decades, in case you haven't noticed. But your point is, sadly, still valid. The only difference between the GOP and the DNC these days is which way they want to screw us first, and how fast.
You do have the right to own an M60 machine gun. And you can still buy one. But you'll need to fill out some unconstitutional paperwork, pay an unreasonably high tax, and pay an artificially inflated price for it.
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What's odd, to me, is that toys from the 2nd series were sold in America. I still have my red 2nd series robot. I think it was purchased at Toys-R-Us.
If electronics were really worth recycling, private parties would gladly pay us money for said electronics. The fact that the government has to charge a compulsory fee is all one needs to know about the integrity of the recycling movement.
I read through 3/4ths of a website about traditional Japanese swords before I realized it was nothing but a shill for a line of Chinese reproductions sold by the website author. What's funny is that a lot of the information was legitimate. I probably would've bought one of his products if I hadn't felt like I had been conned.
What's sad is that it's partially true. Our federal tax system is so burdensome that it's often easier to channel money through pork projects, rather than prevent them from taking it out of our wallets in the first place. It isn't the ideal solution. It's a pragmatic solution- a symptom of a much bigger problem. State and local governments have become partially or wholly dependent on federal tax dollars for many things. The situation will only get worse, unless the states start saying no to federal tax dollars.
I don't plan to hold my breath in anticipation of that.
And this is why global warming is a religious cult. It's the same 'OH NOES TEH WORLD IS ENDING' crap that the catholic church spewed several hundred years ago in order to dupe people into turning their property over to the church. No thanks. Your beliefs about global warming have no place outside of a temple or the pages of a comic book.
It wasn't well thought out. I saw a vintage newsreel of them 'preparing' the car for storage. They put some sort of foil (aluminium?) over the engine block. I've no idea how that was supposed to thwart corrosion. I saw no evidence of cosmoline or any other petroleum-based preservative. Chrysler products of that era were not particularly good at resisting rust in the first place. They chose a lousy model to bury.
Archiving that particular model of car is doubly hard, as they were prone to rust, even when properly maintained. Chrysler got a reputation in the 1950s for building cars that were flashy, but prone to premature corrosion.
I wasn't aware that there are any 'societal' costs of gasoline. I've never have a can of WD-40 come between me and a woman, either. If we're going to tax things because they 'pollute the environment' then food should be taxed more heavily than anything else sold today.
Punitive taxation to satisfy personal agendas? Nice!
Why are you scared of a defensive weapon? It makes as much sense as being scared of an old lady with a can of mace.
The right to bear arms is a universal right not given by men, as are all the rights described in the original ten Amendments to the Constitution. They are inaliable rights. That's something almost everyone (particularly and sadly, Americans) forget or have never been taught in the first place.
Yes, but I fail to see how your inability to compose a concise description of an anachronistic ray gun without the use of trendy slang addresses my annoyance. It only exemplifies it.
Did an entire generation of people fail to learn basic words like 'archaic' and 'anachronistic' in high school? Maybe 'mechanical' was also missing from the vocabulary list.
Yes, it's obviously leftist political bunkum. What saddens me is the negative effect it's going to have on legitimate science for decades to come. When I was a teenager, the idea that people were stupid enough to fall for things like Global Warming was laughable. We all looked back on discredited ideas like phrenology and laughed. We never thought science would hit such a deeply regressive trend again.
I couldn't agree more. The worst math teacher I ever had was a Yale graduate. He was a great mentor for the 2% or so portion of the student body that understood and enjoyed math at his level. For the rest of us, his classes were a nighmarish obstacle. I wasn't mature enough to realize it at the time, but a lot of otherwise great students including myself failed the 10th grade because he didn't have the ability to teach anything to anyone but other advanced math nerds.
Based on your command of grammar and orthography, as well as your vocabulary and general writing skills, I scincerely hope you decide to pull that stick out of your ass. Big words don't make you a Mr. Smarty Man.
I'm sure John 'Man of the People' Edwards ponders the problem for hours on end as he sits around his mansion in the gated community he calls home.
That would be a helpful note if it wasn't false. Check out the national crime statistics for the relevent years and try again. Thanks.
The Iraqi insurgents are giving our military hell with rifles and marksmanship skills highly inferior to what is possessed by the average American gun nut. So I'd say the 2nd Amendment is still pretty damned relevent insofar was resisting the government with force is concerned. Yes, they're also using IEDs, but an IED is something almost anyone could learn how to build if they had the motivation.
HSUS and SPCA have been creeping towards nutty PETA-ish behavior for several years. Go to their home pages if you don't think I'm being honest. I've dealt with their rank and file. Most of them could easily be mistaken for the lunatic fringe that makes up PETA's dues-paying body.
Oleg Maddox and his company, 1C, are Russian. They know precious little about U.S. law, and received bad legal advice from UbiSoft. They entered into an agreement with Northrup Grumman that they needn't have signed. No one told them this until it was too late. Fortunately the IL-2 franchise is almost obsolete- 1C is releasing a new flight sim this Christmas. And they won't be bound to refrain from using NG products in it.
Yes, it is a very bad legal precedent.
But Turner doesn't have much of a choice. The level of corruption in a state like MA means Mayor Mumbles and his cronies might go after Turner in a number of shady ways. Their cable franchise could suddenly suffer an 'unforseen' bureaucratic snafu. Cable regulation bills that put Turner at a disadvantage might start mysteriously popping up like weeds in the state legislature. They'd lose a hell of a lot more money than $2m USD if that happened.
The tomorrow of the 1970s! My state has had machines like this since I was a toddler.
But a few counties did jump on the "OMG GWB WAS ELECTED TEH MACHINES IS DEFECTIVE!11" bandwagon in 2001 and replace their old system with new machinery. All of them encountered problems in the next state election. One county lost 4,000+ votes due to the defective design of their shiny new techno-marvels. They had no verifiable record to rely on for a recount.
The Republicans haven't exactly had an iron grip on Massachusetts for the past few decades, in case you haven't noticed. But your point is, sadly, still valid. The only difference between the GOP and the DNC these days is which way they want to screw us first, and how fast.
You do have the right to own an M60 machine gun. And you can still buy one. But you'll need to fill out some unconstitutional paperwork, pay an unreasonably high tax, and pay an artificially inflated price for it.