What I find odd is that our society has a hang-up over viewing members of our species' bodies unclothed. It really doesn't make sense; no other species has such an issue, and some do choose clothing (hermit crabs, etc).
I like to think that he was committing two types of protests here, and is even more of a hero.
There's a part of me that thinks that this behavior might be useful to the rulers: make us think we are "more robot, less nature" and we can be more easily led to kill. But, perhaps that's just analysis going overboard with the lizard fear reaction...
I used Walgreens until recently; the insurance that my company provides no longer allows prescriptions to be filled there. I wonder if the issues that you are experiencing are a result of this policy change? (I.e., perhaps other insurance carriers dropped them for similar reasons, and they can no longer adequately staff their pharmacies? Of course it's also possible that their lack of staff led to these cancellations -- I'm not privy to the root cause, just part of the data.)
[...] and since they can't entirely stop students from sharing eTextbooks, well, they just build it in to your fucking tuition now. Remember when you could go to the library and borrow an expensive textbook you couldn't afford as you needed it and 'get by'? No more of that communist bullshit allowed, am I right?
You just gave me a great idea, which I'm sharing with the world; hopefully some college/university administrators are reading.
The university purchases (or produces, even better) books for their students. These books are kept in the library, one per student signed up for a specific class. At the beginning of the year, students check their books out; at the end of the year, students return the books.
"Even better" is the better choice, because then the school can determine when the curriculum needs to be updated. Not some middle-man with incentive to fix a typo and resell...
And, of course, now that everybody has a computer in their pocket, electronic distribution seems to be the way to go. And if the school doesn't need to purchase from a third party, then free electronic distribution would be the way.
Or americans buying canadian drugs at a cheaper price when they know that they only have to travel a few hours to get there?
My cousin is (hopefully) recovering from cancer, with the help of international drugs because the domestics were either too expensive or not available. It seems like this whole "free trade" agreement, isn't.
Your comment flows nicely into your signature: we have the right to alter our consciousness (it's not in the Constitution, nor an amendment, so the current ban on mind-altering substances is not constitutional). Having a right to do something (alerting consciousness) is not the same as being right in doing it (your anecdote about abuses; of course, the denigrating name calling seems a little less positive).
It sounds like you aren't clear on the actual history; it was William Randolph Hearst who wanted to eliminate competition for the forests he had just purchased, in order to supply to his newspapers. Pot produces pulp about 4 times as fast, per acre, so like the Military Industrial Complex that enriches the few rich while it kills the many poor, this was corporations using the government against the people. The arguments used can be seen in the historic film, "Reefer Madness", as well as from researching Wikipedia (it wasn't "big media" back then, although they have bought into it). This really happened; it's a shame so few know about it. Also watch "What if Cannabis Cured Cancer?"; the short answer: it does.
Excellent advice. Keep in mind, though, it's not always about fear; there are some anti-social individuals who e.g. put items on the train tracks just to watch the carnage...
For example, do you believe that the scientific method is a good way to learn about the universe? If so, then what proof do you have that such might be the case?
Yes I do. The proof? Science makes falsifiable predictions. Religion doesn't. With science, I can tell you based on observation what is about to happen. With religion, not so much.
My peripheral vision caught the ending quote first and mangled it, but I really want to share what it thought it saw: "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you (need|should be on) medication." It's a similar sentiment.:)
"designed" humans with a windpipe crossing the food pipe and a reproductive system crossing the waste elimination system.
Understood that you were going for humor. However: the windpipe is helpful for dislodging stuck food, without the need to vomit. And the waste elimination system helps clear away some of the sticky residue. So both are features, not bugs...
I hope you get help. You maintain that it is "stupid and impossible" to bend a piece of paper back on itself so that your expressed two points A and B then have no distance between them? And, yes, we will take your challenge and attempt to "fold space faster than the speed of light"; that is what experiments with other dimensions are for. My AC sibling and I agree, you need both tutoring and charm school.
The police have been very careful to dot their i's and cross their t's because they cant afford a mis-step in large part due to the over-amped media attention to this.
Interesting take; my take is, I wish they were always this careful.
I get the feeling you've never been the victim of serious crime or witnessed death at the hands of violent teenagers before.
Not death, but I do recall being rather traumatized by the actions of three teenagers, violently beating down and kicking another, in an arcade at the Coral Sky Mall in Coral Springs, FL, back around 1996 or so. I was playing a game, and recall having to step forward (somewhat into the game) as they passed by me, but they were not apparently attacking randomly, they had gotten their target and then scattered.
A true libertarian would want to forbid any government from interfering, regardless of whether it's federal, state, or local.
Is a "true libertarian" like a "true Scotsman"? Because the Constitution says that the powers not granted to the Feds are reserved to the States. So the Feds are prevented from interfering, but the States are able to, based on our sovereign laws. Why would you think to prevent the state and local statutes? We want to prevent the Feds from overreaching. And we're the bad guys?
How else can one say it is libertarian to simply move a decision from Federal to State control.
Not sure about libertarian, but can definitely say that is Constitutional. If the Constitution does not grant the power to the Federal government, then by definition it is restricted to the states. How can you argue against that?
I was searching for "gatling gun used on workers" so I could demonstrate that, actually, business owners did murder their workers for profits. What I found listed that, but it was listed as part of a compilation of May Day issues.
So, I have more than one instance, and I learned something about history (we tried to rename "May Day" to both "Americanism Day" and "Loyalty Day", but the people will remember -- for now, anyway). Thanks!
In 1855 the Chicago police used Gatling guns against the workers who protested the closing of the beer gardens. In the Bread Riot of 1872 the police clubbed hungry people in a tunnel under the river. In the 1877 railway strike, Federal troops fought workers at "The Battle of the Viaduct." These troops were recently seasoned from fighting the Sioux who had killed Custer. Henceforth, the defeated Sioux could only "Go to a mountain top and cry for a vision." The Pinkerton Detective Agency put visions into practice by teaching the city police how to spy and to form fighting columns for deployment in city streets. A hundred years ago during the street car strike, the police issued a shoot-to-kill order.
If you're an idiot or insane. For normal functional human beings who are not either semi-retarded or sociopaths, he's what you might call a very dangerous, foolish, ignorant man.
I realize that was sarcasm, but I would applaud that effort: it would put us on a manufacturing level with the rest of the world. Sure, there would be some issues but the economy as a whole would be much better. Rather than having someone on welfare whose skills could benefit an employer by X-Y (where X is the minimum wage and Y is some delta, which could even be a penny), that individual will be able to work. Working confers benefits that sitting idle at home does not, even with the same income.
Or, argue the other way, as an ex did: "If the minimum wage is such a great idea, why not make it $200/hour?!?!"
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I'm with you; not traveling until the apparatus is gone. Unless it's to leave. And then I'll fly out of Canada.
What I find odd is that our society has a hang-up over viewing members of our species' bodies unclothed. It really doesn't make sense; no other species has such an issue, and some do choose clothing (hermit crabs, etc).
I like to think that he was committing two types of protests here, and is even more of a hero.
There's a part of me that thinks that this behavior might be useful to the rulers: make us think we are "more robot, less nature" and we can be more easily led to kill. But, perhaps that's just analysis going overboard with the lizard fear reaction...
I used Walgreens until recently; the insurance that my company provides no longer allows prescriptions to be filled there. I wonder if the issues that you are experiencing are a result of this policy change? (I.e., perhaps other insurance carriers dropped them for similar reasons, and they can no longer adequately staff their pharmacies? Of course it's also possible that their lack of staff led to these cancellations -- I'm not privy to the root cause, just part of the data.)
NAFTA was about a thousand pages. My ex said it best: "It was way too long. It should have been one word: 'go'!"
[...] and since they can't entirely stop students from sharing eTextbooks, well, they just build it in to your fucking tuition now. Remember when you could go to the library and borrow an expensive textbook you couldn't afford as you needed it and 'get by'? No more of that communist bullshit allowed, am I right?
You just gave me a great idea, which I'm sharing with the world; hopefully some college/university administrators are reading.
The university purchases (or produces, even better) books for their students. These books are kept in the library, one per student signed up for a specific class. At the beginning of the year, students check their books out; at the end of the year, students return the books.
"Even better" is the better choice, because then the school can determine when the curriculum needs to be updated. Not some middle-man with incentive to fix a typo and resell...
And, of course, now that everybody has a computer in their pocket, electronic distribution seems to be the way to go. And if the school doesn't need to purchase from a third party, then free electronic distribution would be the way.
Or americans buying canadian drugs at a cheaper price when they know that they only have to travel a few hours to get there?
My cousin is (hopefully) recovering from cancer, with the help of international drugs because the domestics were either too expensive or not available. It seems like this whole "free trade" agreement, isn't.
Your comment flows nicely into your signature: we have the right to alter our consciousness (it's not in the Constitution, nor an amendment, so the current ban on mind-altering substances is not constitutional). Having a right to do something (alerting consciousness) is not the same as being right in doing it (your anecdote about abuses; of course, the denigrating name calling seems a little less positive).
It sounds like you aren't clear on the actual history; it was William Randolph Hearst who wanted to eliminate competition for the forests he had just purchased, in order to supply to his newspapers. Pot produces pulp about 4 times as fast, per acre, so like the Military Industrial Complex that enriches the few rich while it kills the many poor, this was corporations using the government against the people. The arguments used can be seen in the historic film, "Reefer Madness", as well as from researching Wikipedia (it wasn't "big media" back then, although they have bought into it). This really happened; it's a shame so few know about it. Also watch "What if Cannabis Cured Cancer?"; the short answer: it does.
Excellent advice. Keep in mind, though, it's not always about fear; there are some anti-social individuals who e.g. put items on the train tracks just to watch the carnage...
Ambiguity is fun to play with, but so are hand grenades.
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? OR JUST WASTING OUR TIME? hi, i'm the lameness filter, wasting your and my time as well.
For example, do you believe that the scientific method is a good way to learn about the universe? If so, then what proof do you have that such might be the case?
Yes I do. The proof? Science makes falsifiable predictions. Religion doesn't. With science, I can tell you based on observation what is about to happen. With religion, not so much.
Why is that it is a Buyer Beware instead of a Seller Beware conversation?
Because products are often low quality. However, money is very rarely counterfeit.
My peripheral vision caught the ending quote first and mangled it, but I really want to share what it thought it saw: "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you (need|should be on) medication." It's a similar sentiment. :)
"designed" humans with a windpipe crossing the food pipe and a reproductive system crossing the waste elimination system.
Understood that you were going for humor. However: the windpipe is helpful for dislodging stuck food, without the need to vomit. And the waste elimination system helps clear away some of the sticky residue. So both are features, not bugs...
I hope you get help. You maintain that it is "stupid and impossible" to bend a piece of paper back on itself so that your expressed two points A and B then have no distance between them? And, yes, we will take your challenge and attempt to "fold space faster than the speed of light"; that is what experiments with other dimensions are for. My AC sibling and I agree, you need both tutoring and charm school.
The police have been very careful to dot their i's and cross their t's because they cant afford a mis-step in large part due to the over-amped media attention to this.
Interesting take; my take is, I wish they were always this careful.
I get the feeling you've never been the victim of serious crime or witnessed death at the hands of violent teenagers before.
Not death, but I do recall being rather traumatized by the actions of three teenagers, violently beating down and kicking another, in an arcade at the Coral Sky Mall in Coral Springs, FL, back around 1996 or so. I was playing a game, and recall having to step forward (somewhat into the game) as they passed by me, but they were not apparently attacking randomly, they had gotten their target and then scattered.
It helps to be civil, especially when attacking someone with greater knowledge.
Don't forget the person responsible for "Google Santorum" was also responsible for "It Gets Better".
A true libertarian would want to forbid any government from interfering, regardless of whether it's federal, state, or local.
Is a "true libertarian" like a "true Scotsman"? Because the Constitution says that the powers not granted to the Feds are reserved to the States. So the Feds are prevented from interfering, but the States are able to, based on our sovereign laws. Why would you think to prevent the state and local statutes? We want to prevent the Feds from overreaching. And we're the bad guys?
How else can one say it is libertarian to simply move a decision from Federal to State control.
Not sure about libertarian, but can definitely say that is Constitutional. If the Constitution does not grant the power to the Federal government, then by definition it is restricted to the states. How can you argue against that?
I was searching for "gatling gun used on workers" so I could demonstrate that, actually, business owners did murder their workers for profits. What I found listed that, but it was listed as part of a compilation of May Day issues.
So, I have more than one instance, and I learned something about history (we tried to rename "May Day" to both "Americanism Day" and "Loyalty Day", but the people will remember -- for now, anyway). Thanks!
In 1855 the Chicago police used Gatling guns against the workers who protested the closing of the beer gardens. In the Bread Riot of 1872 the police clubbed hungry people in a tunnel under the river. In the 1877 railway strike, Federal troops fought workers at "The Battle of the Viaduct." These troops were recently seasoned from fighting the Sioux who had killed Custer. Henceforth, the defeated Sioux could only "Go to a mountain top and cry for a vision." The Pinkerton Detective Agency put visions into practice by teaching the city police how to spy and to form fighting columns for deployment in city streets. A hundred years ago during the street car strike, the police issued a shoot-to-kill order.
If you're an idiot or insane. For normal functional human beings who are not either semi-retarded or sociopaths, he's what you might call a very dangerous, foolish, ignorant man.
Hi Martian. How do explain the record crowds? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsg7a-Ok8Q&feature=youtu.be Ron Paul 2012.
That's not the point. The point is that the rules benefit the system. Not the people.
The minimum wage is next!
I realize that was sarcasm, but I would applaud that effort: it would put us on a manufacturing level with the rest of the world. Sure, there would be some issues but the economy as a whole would be much better. Rather than having someone on welfare whose skills could benefit an employer by X-Y (where X is the minimum wage and Y is some delta, which could even be a penny), that individual will be able to work. Working confers benefits that sitting idle at home does not, even with the same income.
Or, argue the other way, as an ex did: "If the minimum wage is such a great idea, why not make it $200/hour?!?!"