Poverty doesn't cause it, most likely has to do with poor Nutrition.
Which is why, if I were in charge, Food Stamps would be for Fruits, Veggies, Meat, and Milk only. If you add anything else, it is abused. Cereal? FruitLoops is a cereal, and currently counts as "food".
Of course you're 100% correct. The GP post is typical hand wringing of many (not all) liberals who want EVERYONE to be treated "nice", even as the attackers try to kill people. It is how you get deals with Iran after all.
Nobody can "steal" my identity. I can prove who I am. What they can do is identity fraud, which I blame on those accepting FALSE identity information. If someone doesn't know me, and they accept paperwork and "trust" the person submitting it, that purports to be me, it is them that have failed, not me. I should be able to sue them into oblivion for lack of due diligence and recover all costs as well as "pain and suffering".
My identity is unique, it isn't my name (others have the same), it isn't my phone (others have one just like mine), it isn't SSN (which isn't identification), it isn't any ONE or few pieces of information. If all it takes to commit major fraud is my name, and a few other pieces of information, that just about anyone can find, then we are doomed. It is time that we stop relying on passwords and secret IDs, and rather build a web of trust, which is something no hacker can generate quickly nor easily.
We have given up security for convenience sake, and we are less for it.
Why don't we charge everyone involved, not just the two Peons who got "caught". Oh wait, the government will just call it "Taxes" and then stealing is legal.
If you break something and hurt yourself few people will blame the inanimate object.
You obviously haven't experienced the US Justice system much. Not only do they blame inanimate objects, they blame those that make them for the stupid stuff that people do with those objects.
There is a reason why hair curling irons have this warning: "Do no attempt to curl eyelashes with this product. Serious injury is likely" (or similar). It is because someone did it, hurt themselves, and blames the hair curling iron manufacturers for their idiocy.
RE: Assassination attempts on Presidents, do a little research and find the political persuasion of those would be assassins. I won't tell you the results, because 1/2 of/. would call me a troll for simply pointing out facts. Which should tell you about name calling as well.
I think watching cars go in circles for hours is kind of boring. Excitement is when people crash (often terrifying) and a little less so when there is a pit stop. But mostly it is just boring. It isn't thrilling at all.
I know racing has helped engineering in cars over the years, and honestly, that is probably the best thing that can be said about racing. So, I support forcing racing to newer technology, improving technology.
Not a troll. They are ALREADY trying to figure out how to stifle free speech. Net Neutrality the concept is great. Net Neutrality as defined by Politicians and the current laws is so screwed up as to be dangerous.
And with the President's penchant for "executive orders", just imagine how the next one will screw it up even more.
It isn't what was promised, is having crushing problems. Even if you want Universal Healthcare, this is not what this is. It was doomed to fail. And don't give me any leftwing excuses and anecdotal evidence as proof that it is working. It isn't.
Worry beads also help. I used to have a hand mouth habit, but kept getting sick. Substituted worry beads (something to fiddle with) and I stopped getting sick. Do not underestimate the power of keeping your fingers away from your mouth.
If you believe the government is doing this for "net neutrality" reasons, you're both blind and stupid. What the government passed was NOT Net Neutrality. It was dressed up like it, but putting lipstick on a pig doesn't make it a whore. And this is very much like putting lipstick on a pig, in the end, you're gonna get Sausage instead of a nice blowjob.
Never underestimate the ability of government to fix something until it doesn't work at all.
Here's the problem, you fear the guy filming YOU, when you're being filmed by everyone. There is no difference except your feelings on on the subject.
Lets say you're in a bar, and you get drunk and do something drunken. Does it matter if it is Surveillance camera or Google Glass that captures the moment and gets posted to YouTube for all to see?
The difference between being illuminated by an LED and having a torch shoved in your face is not the same as camera or a camera. But if that is how you look at it, then good luck to you.
What Greenpeace and others say is they support whatever, as long as it doesn't impact the environment. And since EVERYTHING impacts the environment, they oppose it on those grounds.
It is not a strawman when you compare rhetoric to actions. And while saying one thing, and doing another is hypocritical, it is also excused by people like yourself. Let me know when Greenpeace isn't opposing, but is actually supporting the next dam, wind farm, nuclear plant or solar farm. I won't hold my breath.
In my neck of the woods, making a lane change, and slamming the brakes is considered "unsafe lane change" and is a moving violation. It happened to me, and the other driver was cited for that among other charges. That and I am (was??) a good driver, and almost missed him completely. The skid marks on the road, showing me maintaining control of my car, was enough for the police to rule right there that I was not at fault.
The media has a decidedly left viewpoint, even if it has moments that seem right leaning. Pointing to odd cases of seemingly "right" leaning events, doesn't change anything.
And if you as me about the press' coverage leading up to the war, it is easy to see why. Then Sen Hillary was a war proponent making all the same claims as GWB. The press was giving her deference, which happened to line up with GWB.
By the time she ran for president, the press was more towards BHO, and that definitively helped him get elected. I mean, he was elected essentially for not being "white" and not being "Bush". He had no qualifications and it shows to this day.
So are a lot of things the police are too busy to even show up for. Unless there is a dead body, or some politically correct class is involved, don't even bother calling, as nothing will ever happen.
Why not have a Mac or WinTel machine and put VM software on it to run LINUX, you're likely to have much better compatibility once you go into a VM and it provides the best of both worlds.
A nice big SSD, and 16 GB Ram should suffice, even if you have to get them elsewhere.
There is a simple problem that Socialism never accounts for. When a government agency is the last provider of a service, it is never allowed to fail. It just gets more money, run by the same people, who couldn't do it right.
Socialism, by necessity, obliterates the opportunity to find alternatives in quality, price and service, you get what you get, no more, no less, and for price that is more than it should be.
My recent example is the DMV. I recently had to go to our local "Monopoly" government agency, to register my vehicle (special case). I had to wait for two hours, for a 3 minute window visit. I mean, I spent no more than three minutes at the window. You're telling me, that government provides this wonderful service is the most efficient? Private enterprise offering this stellar service would be out of business.
There is no way, you're going to convince me that government is efficient, simply because there is no pressure to be efficient. The only inefficient markets are the ones that have government interference.
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Poverty doesn't cause it, most likely has to do with poor Nutrition.
Which is why, if I were in charge, Food Stamps would be for Fruits, Veggies, Meat, and Milk only. If you add anything else, it is abused. Cereal? FruitLoops is a cereal, and currently counts as "food".
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Of course you're 100% correct. The GP post is typical hand wringing of many (not all) liberals who want EVERYONE to be treated "nice", even as the attackers try to kill people. It is how you get deals with Iran after all.
Nobody can "steal" my identity. I can prove who I am. What they can do is identity fraud, which I blame on those accepting FALSE identity information. If someone doesn't know me, and they accept paperwork and "trust" the person submitting it, that purports to be me, it is them that have failed, not me. I should be able to sue them into oblivion for lack of due diligence and recover all costs as well as "pain and suffering".
My identity is unique, it isn't my name (others have the same), it isn't my phone (others have one just like mine), it isn't SSN (which isn't identification), it isn't any ONE or few pieces of information. If all it takes to commit major fraud is my name, and a few other pieces of information, that just about anyone can find, then we are doomed. It is time that we stop relying on passwords and secret IDs, and rather build a web of trust, which is something no hacker can generate quickly nor easily.
We have given up security for convenience sake, and we are less for it.
Why don't we charge everyone involved, not just the two Peons who got "caught". Oh wait, the government will just call it "Taxes" and then stealing is legal.
Please suggest a way to do that without a clutch.
Electric Motor.
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Stop calling it a Moat then.
Call it a "reflection pool" or some other term.
If you break something and hurt yourself few people will blame the inanimate object.
You obviously haven't experienced the US Justice system much. Not only do they blame inanimate objects, they blame those that make them for the stupid stuff that people do with those objects.
There is a reason why hair curling irons have this warning: "Do no attempt to curl eyelashes with this product. Serious injury is likely" (or similar). It is because someone did it, hurt themselves, and blames the hair curling iron manufacturers for their idiocy.
RE: Assassination attempts on Presidents, do a little research and find the political persuasion of those would be assassins. I won't tell you the results, because 1/2 of /. would call me a troll for simply pointing out facts. Which should tell you about name calling as well.
I think watching cars go in circles for hours is kind of boring. Excitement is when people crash (often terrifying) and a little less so when there is a pit stop. But mostly it is just boring. It isn't thrilling at all.
I know racing has helped engineering in cars over the years, and honestly, that is probably the best thing that can be said about racing. So, I support forcing racing to newer technology, improving technology.
Not a troll. They are ALREADY trying to figure out how to stifle free speech. Net Neutrality the concept is great. Net Neutrality as defined by Politicians and the current laws is so screwed up as to be dangerous.
And with the President's penchant for "executive orders", just imagine how the next one will screw it up even more.
Add in Government Control of the Internet via "Net Neutrality" and yeah, same boss = old boss.
The FCC is doing this to grow the bureaucratic power of the federal government. That is what they (government agencies) do.
We are slowly slipping into tyranny, and the frogs aren't noticing the water is getting hotter.
ObamaCare
It isn't what was promised, is having crushing problems. Even if you want Universal Healthcare, this is not what this is. It was doomed to fail. And don't give me any leftwing excuses and anecdotal evidence as proof that it is working. It isn't.
Worry beads also help. I used to have a hand mouth habit, but kept getting sick. Substituted worry beads (something to fiddle with) and I stopped getting sick. Do not underestimate the power of keeping your fingers away from your mouth.
If you believe the government is doing this for "net neutrality" reasons, you're both blind and stupid. What the government passed was NOT Net Neutrality. It was dressed up like it, but putting lipstick on a pig doesn't make it a whore. And this is very much like putting lipstick on a pig, in the end, you're gonna get Sausage instead of a nice blowjob.
Never underestimate the ability of government to fix something until it doesn't work at all.
Again, they say the support the "technology" but let me know when they actually support a build-out of that technology.
NOT a strawman.
Here's the problem, you fear the guy filming YOU, when you're being filmed by everyone. There is no difference except your feelings on on the subject.
Lets say you're in a bar, and you get drunk and do something drunken. Does it matter if it is Surveillance camera or Google Glass that captures the moment and gets posted to YouTube for all to see?
The difference between being illuminated by an LED and having a torch shoved in your face is not the same as camera or a camera. But if that is how you look at it, then good luck to you.
I Assume I'm being recorded when in public. It is more likely to be true than not these days.
If you have an issue with being filmed, stay in you mom's basement.
And you actually believe they would SUPPORT a Solar Farm, a Hydro Electric Damn, a Nuclear Power Plant, or Windmill Farm?
It is one thing to "say" you support something, and another when it actually comes around.
1) Solar Farms destroy ________ habitat
2) Hydro Dams destroy ________ habitat
3) Nuclear is scary dangerous
4) Windmills kill ______ birds.
What Greenpeace and others say is they support whatever, as long as it doesn't impact the environment. And since EVERYTHING impacts the environment, they oppose it on those grounds.
It is not a strawman when you compare rhetoric to actions. And while saying one thing, and doing another is hypocritical, it is also excused by people like yourself. Let me know when Greenpeace isn't opposing, but is actually supporting the next dam, wind farm, nuclear plant or solar farm. I won't hold my breath.
In my neck of the woods, making a lane change, and slamming the brakes is considered "unsafe lane change" and is a moving violation. It happened to me, and the other driver was cited for that among other charges. That and I am (was??) a good driver, and almost missed him completely. The skid marks on the road, showing me maintaining control of my car, was enough for the police to rule right there that I was not at fault.
The media has a decidedly left viewpoint, even if it has moments that seem right leaning. Pointing to odd cases of seemingly "right" leaning events, doesn't change anything.
And if you as me about the press' coverage leading up to the war, it is easy to see why. Then Sen Hillary was a war proponent making all the same claims as GWB. The press was giving her deference, which happened to line up with GWB.
By the time she ran for president, the press was more towards BHO, and that definitively helped him get elected. I mean, he was elected essentially for not being "white" and not being "Bush". He had no qualifications and it shows to this day.
So are a lot of things the police are too busy to even show up for. Unless there is a dead body, or some politically correct class is involved, don't even bother calling, as nothing will ever happen.
Why not have a Mac or WinTel machine and put VM software on it to run LINUX, you're likely to have much better compatibility once you go into a VM and it provides the best of both worlds.
A nice big SSD, and 16 GB Ram should suffice, even if you have to get them elsewhere.
There is a simple problem that Socialism never accounts for. When a government agency is the last provider of a service, it is never allowed to fail. It just gets more money, run by the same people, who couldn't do it right.
Socialism, by necessity, obliterates the opportunity to find alternatives in quality, price and service, you get what you get, no more, no less, and for price that is more than it should be.
My recent example is the DMV. I recently had to go to our local "Monopoly" government agency, to register my vehicle (special case). I had to wait for two hours, for a 3 minute window visit. I mean, I spent no more than three minutes at the window. You're telling me, that government provides this wonderful service is the most efficient? Private enterprise offering this stellar service would be out of business.
There is no way, you're going to convince me that government is efficient, simply because there is no pressure to be efficient. The only inefficient markets are the ones that have government interference.