Guess what, humans move when climate changes. See... "Great Land Bridge" for example. Because we have built huge cities on coasts to house large populations is OUR human problem. We'll pick up and move when the time comes. And LA and Miami will become great coral reefs teeming with life. You can see bad or good in just about everything;)
Not only that, but HRC campaign colluded with Ukrainian Government against Trump
A veteran DNC operative who previously worked in the Clinton White House, Alexandra Chalupa, worked with Ukrainian government officials and journalists from both Ukraine and America to dig up Russia-related opposition research on Trump and Manafort. She also shared her anti-Trump research with both the DNC and the Clinton campaign, according to the Politico report.
Both R and D are doing whatever it takes to win an election. No story here, unless you're equally outraged at "collusion" between Hillary and Ukraine, this is a nothing story.
The problem is, both sides are in deep, but we only hear about Trump.
The logic is, if it can be tied to AGW, it is and is "Climate Change". If it doesn't fit AGW, it is "weather".
And if it is something we humans haven't seen before in recorded history, it is AGW, but only if it fits the narrative. Record Snow falls, never before seen before... not so much. And Recorded history being... about 200 years or so.
This is why it is hard to have rational discussions on the merits of AGW, causes and effects. The Greening Of Africa is another great example ignored. http://news.nationalgeographic...
as people are quite capable of identifying party without having to look at what's on the ballot papers
Your faith in the electorate is stronger than mine. There are far more people who vote "Party Line" without paying any attention to the actual names on the ballot.
Electoral College was to keep California / New York from dominating the national landscape for President. You don't want the Presidential Candidates to be only campaigning in four states. We are a Republic, not a Democracy. Democracies are dangerous mobs, and I don't trust them a single bit.
Net Neutrality is a function of Last Mile Monopolies. Fix the last mile problem, and you won't need Net Neutrality rules foisted on us by Government and all the special interest groups paying to have their interests represented in DC, at the cost of the electorate's interests.
Seriously, do you think, even for a second, that the Politicos in DC care a shit about Net Neutrality, even when they claim they do? They care about lining their pockets with Special Interest Cash to next years campaign and vacations.
We keep thinking Top Down is the ONLY solution to our problems, and the result is more problems.
Here is my Last Mile Solution: Last mile is run by local municipalities. Every house has a run back to a COLO facility where SEVERAL ISP offer their products and services. Every Individual has the right to pick the services and products of their choice. Netflix can offer "NET n FLIX" package where they give you all the Netflix and internet you want. Comcast can offer their "Triple Play" Voice/TV/Internet Package, and Direct TV/ATT, Verizon/Yahoo, and all the rest can offer up whatever they want.
Net Neutrality becomes a non-issue at that point. Because if Comcast blocks/throttles Netflix, then people leave to go to "NET n FLIX" package from Netflix. Problem solved without Government Decree that has serious unintended consequences. And all the unintended consequences in my proposal get sorted out by market and consumer choice forces.
The bonus side effect is that there will be people offering Creative offerings that are impossible now (a la carte programming)
Venture Capital should be offering more than just money, and often doesn't offer anything. I prefer capital that has a concern in the business beyond money/interest. Sometimes, it helps to have someone who knows where to go when you need something, and can open doors otherwise closed.
To be successful requires more than a customer (you need that too). If your customers are draining resources, your D is going to be your death. You have to have a profit, or at least a path to profitability.
My answer would be F) All of the Above, in one way or another. Customers without a plan is a recipe for disaster. Like most things in life, it takes a balance.
You have 100 units to spend gambling. You can spend 100 units at the casino, and will eventually end up with nothing, or extremely lucky. OR you can spend 10 units on 10 different startups, and if only ONE is successful (likely), you'll get your 100 units back and own a large % of a successful company. If you're better than that, you'll get your 100 and then some back.
10% success rate looks terrible, but in High Risk, there is High Reward for success.
To be honest, the "dumb" is largely the result of the general population's ignorance (i.e. "dumb") of key issues.
As you say, both parties are "dumb". Hell, I've said the same thing about the Libertarian Party being "dumb" (it is too much of the time).
What you see as "dumb" is the result of single issue voters, who seem to only care about that "one thing" they think matters most in the world. And most of the time, it boils down to "I hate ________ (fill in with D or R or whatever) because they don't care about #mysingleissue"
It causes the cognitive dissonance where people ignore huge character flaws to get what they want in candidates (see Hillary and Donald for example), while only seeing character flaws in their opponents (see Donald and Hillary for example). This is why negative campaigns tend to work better than positive ones.
Which is why I support removing all party affiliations from all government voting material. It is easy to paint (D) or (R) or (L) or (S) candidates as a whole, but much harder if none of that was available.
Microsoft has been trying for the subscription model for years now, and still haven't figured out that people don't want to keep paying for a one time purchase.
She is a fine example of an empowered woman! After all he biggest claim to fame is being Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriends husband. Everything after that was based on that. Senator? SoS? All based on being Billy's Wife.
But then again, she thought "wiping" a server was "with a cloth".
Those that mod me down are kneejerking emotional babies. My analysis is correct, they like entitlements, just not all of them. I happen to like less entitlements than they like.
My question I left was also correct. Who decides which entitlements people are entitled to? We have elected officials who are happy to dole out the public's monies to stay in office. Rich, Poor doesn't matter as long as they can stick it to the middle class.
These are the same "unnamed sources" that said that Comey was going to tell everyone that Trump was a big fat liar, and he was always under investigation? Those "unnamed sources" ?
In other news, Trump shook hands with Putin which is all I need to show the RUSSIANS HACKED THE ELECTION!!!!!
If you don't oppose all entitlements then how do you distinguish between one and another? See the problem is, that you like entitlements, you just don't like all of them.
Personally, I would be happy with no entitlements at the Federal Level, or even at the state level. If municipalities want to have them, it is easy enough to move out of town, once it has gone to hell.
The nearest country from me is about 700 miles away. The next nearest is closer to 900. I haven't been to one of them, and the other I last visited about 4 years ago, while on a cruise ship (I didn't need a car). The nearest "big" city is 90 miles away, and takes nearly 5 hours by train (in the middle of the night). An Uber there and back would cost a minor fortune. The next nearest "big" city is a 3 + hour drive. No, there are no flights, or trains. I have to drive.
The thing about America is, it is a vast land, bigger than all of Europe. Europeans have this interesting view of the world. I know, because I have French cousins. Living in California, they used to think LA and SF are just an hour or two apart from each other, not 400 miles. It was a shocking surprise for them to find that it was a seven hour drive.
Heck, many people on the East Coast beltway have a distorted view of how big America actually is.
Slashdot Mirror
Guess what, humans move when climate changes. See ... "Great Land Bridge" for example. Because we have built huge cities on coasts to house large populations is OUR human problem. We'll pick up and move when the time comes. And LA and Miami will become great coral reefs teeming with life. You can see bad or good in just about everything ;)
The Pee Memos and the Russian Attorney are linked to the same Democratic Party black ops company, FusionGPS.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Not only that, but HRC campaign colluded with Ukrainian Government against Trump
A veteran DNC operative who previously worked in the Clinton White House, Alexandra Chalupa, worked with Ukrainian government officials and journalists from both Ukraine and America to dig up Russia-related opposition research on Trump and Manafort. She also shared her anti-Trump research with both the DNC and the Clinton campaign, according to the Politico report.
Both R and D are doing whatever it takes to win an election. No story here, unless you're equally outraged at "collusion" between Hillary and Ukraine, this is a nothing story.
The problem is, both sides are in deep, but we only hear about Trump.
Emacs is closer to being AI than Vim will ever be. ;)
The logic is, if it can be tied to AGW, it is and is "Climate Change". If it doesn't fit AGW, it is "weather".
And if it is something we humans haven't seen before in recorded history, it is AGW, but only if it fits the narrative. Record Snow falls, never before seen before ... not so much. And Recorded history being ... about 200 years or so.
This is why it is hard to have rational discussions on the merits of AGW, causes and effects. The Greening Of Africa is another great example ignored. http://news.nationalgeographic...
as people are quite capable of identifying party without having to look at what's on the ballot papers
Your faith in the electorate is stronger than mine. There are far more people who vote "Party Line" without paying any attention to the actual names on the ballot.
Electoral College was to keep California / New York from dominating the national landscape for President. You don't want the Presidential Candidates to be only campaigning in four states. We are a Republic, not a Democracy. Democracies are dangerous mobs, and I don't trust them a single bit.
Net Neutrality is a function of Last Mile Monopolies. Fix the last mile problem, and you won't need Net Neutrality rules foisted on us by Government and all the special interest groups paying to have their interests represented in DC, at the cost of the electorate's interests.
Seriously, do you think, even for a second, that the Politicos in DC care a shit about Net Neutrality, even when they claim they do? They care about lining their pockets with Special Interest Cash to next years campaign and vacations.
We keep thinking Top Down is the ONLY solution to our problems, and the result is more problems.
Here is my Last Mile Solution: Last mile is run by local municipalities. Every house has a run back to a COLO facility where SEVERAL ISP offer their products and services. Every Individual has the right to pick the services and products of their choice. Netflix can offer "NET n FLIX" package where they give you all the Netflix and internet you want. Comcast can offer their "Triple Play" Voice/TV/Internet Package, and Direct TV/ATT, Verizon/Yahoo, and all the rest can offer up whatever they want.
Net Neutrality becomes a non-issue at that point. Because if Comcast blocks/throttles Netflix, then people leave to go to "NET n FLIX" package from Netflix. Problem solved without Government Decree that has serious unintended consequences. And all the unintended consequences in my proposal get sorted out by market and consumer choice forces.
The bonus side effect is that there will be people offering Creative offerings that are impossible now (a la carte programming)
F) all of the above. Getting lucky on Customers is nice, but long term sucks as a plan.
Venture Capital should be offering more than just money, and often doesn't offer anything. I prefer capital that has a concern in the business beyond money/interest. Sometimes, it helps to have someone who knows where to go when you need something, and can open doors otherwise closed.
To be successful requires more than a customer (you need that too). If your customers are draining resources, your D is going to be your death. You have to have a profit, or at least a path to profitability.
My answer would be F) All of the Above, in one way or another. Customers without a plan is a recipe for disaster. Like most things in life, it takes a balance.
You have 100 units to spend gambling. You can spend 100 units at the casino, and will eventually end up with nothing, or extremely lucky. OR you can spend 10 units on 10 different startups, and if only ONE is successful (likely), you'll get your 100 units back and own a large % of a successful company. If you're better than that, you'll get your 100 and then some back.
10% success rate looks terrible, but in High Risk, there is High Reward for success.
To be honest, the "dumb" is largely the result of the general population's ignorance (i.e. "dumb") of key issues.
As you say, both parties are "dumb". Hell, I've said the same thing about the Libertarian Party being "dumb" (it is too much of the time).
What you see as "dumb" is the result of single issue voters, who seem to only care about that "one thing" they think matters most in the world. And most of the time, it boils down to "I hate ________ (fill in with D or R or whatever) because they don't care about #mysingleissue"
It causes the cognitive dissonance where people ignore huge character flaws to get what they want in candidates (see Hillary and Donald for example), while only seeing character flaws in their opponents (see Donald and Hillary for example). This is why negative campaigns tend to work better than positive ones.
Which is why I support removing all party affiliations from all government voting material. It is easy to paint (D) or (R) or (L) or (S) candidates as a whole, but much harder if none of that was available.
Microsoft has been trying for the subscription model for years now, and still haven't figured out that people don't want to keep paying for a one time purchase.
it's tactless. It is without taste. It's poor manners.
Welcome to the age of the internet troll.
She is a fine example of an empowered woman! After all he biggest claim to fame is being Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriends husband. Everything after that was based on that. Senator? SoS? All based on being Billy's Wife.
But then again, she thought "wiping" a server was "with a cloth".
Those that mod me down are kneejerking emotional babies. My analysis is correct, they like entitlements, just not all of them. I happen to like less entitlements than they like.
My question I left was also correct. Who decides which entitlements people are entitled to? We have elected officials who are happy to dole out the public's monies to stay in office. Rich, Poor doesn't matter as long as they can stick it to the middle class.
Its still a Socialist Shithole, where bread lines are a sign of equality (Thanks Bernie for that explanation)
These are the same "unnamed sources" that said that Comey was going to tell everyone that Trump was a big fat liar, and he was always under investigation? Those "unnamed sources" ?
In other news, Trump shook hands with Putin which is all I need to show the RUSSIANS HACKED THE ELECTION!!!!!
It's the presidential election that has triggered the most concern
Yeah, democrats don't give a shit about elections, until they lose. Just ask Bernie about being "electioneered" out of a chance to win.
If you don't oppose all entitlements then how do you distinguish between one and another? See the problem is, that you like entitlements, you just don't like all of them.
Personally, I would be happy with no entitlements at the Federal Level, or even at the state level. If municipalities want to have them, it is easy enough to move out of town, once it has gone to hell.
Right, because CNN threatening people to shut them down is nothing like rioting to shut people down.
Since I am not a "Trump Supporter" (Libertarian), I could agree with you more. However, ignoring the violence of the left is what the left does best.
Antifa
BLM
Race Riots
Chicago
Bernie Bros
Cop Assassinations
Let me know when the "Right" gets that dangerous.
You're right, they couldn't move to another country, or move their business overseas. My bad /sarcasm
The nearest country from me is about 700 miles away. The next nearest is closer to 900. I haven't been to one of them, and the other I last visited about 4 years ago, while on a cruise ship (I didn't need a car). The nearest "big" city is 90 miles away, and takes nearly 5 hours by train (in the middle of the night). An Uber there and back would cost a minor fortune. The next nearest "big" city is a 3 + hour drive. No, there are no flights, or trains. I have to drive.
The thing about America is, it is a vast land, bigger than all of Europe. Europeans have this interesting view of the world. I know, because I have French cousins. Living in California, they used to think LA and SF are just an hour or two apart from each other, not 400 miles. It was a shocking surprise for them to find that it was a seven hour drive.
Heck, many people on the East Coast beltway have a distorted view of how big America actually is.
I prefer to drive my own car. It is less expensive, more reliable, and I love the driver.
What you dumb fucks forget is that you live in a society.
Example of your "society": collecting Rain Water is now a crime. But Rioting Antifa idiots are okay!