Replace "Hacked the democratic process" with "Exposed Democratic(DNC) process to hack the election" and you'd be right.
The HRC loss can be firmly placed on HRC, The Democrats, the MSM and a few RINOs, By all measures, Trump should have lost, and "bigly", but enough people hated HRC, the Democrats and the MSM to... actually... not vote for them. I know, it is SHOCKING that Trump won. But consider that HRC was the ONLY candidate the DNC could have put up that he could actually beat.
This isn't the Russians fault at all. But keep on blaming them all you can, and you'll never really understand why the Democrats keep losing... bigly.
So, by "hacking the elections", which is pure hyperbole, meaning "hacked the democrates, the DNC, HRC campaign and exposing the collusion with the MSM and even some Republicans, the criminal enterprise known as the Clinton Foundation, you're saying that all of that was.. done by the Russians to help Trump?
So, the Russians made the democrats, Hillary and all the rest do all those unsavory (criminal??) things just to get Trump elected. You're a special kind of person aren't you.
Sorry, but the Hillary loss can be placed at the feet of Hillary, the Democrats, the MSM and the RINOs who were conspiring against the american people. But yeah, keep blaming the Russians!
Assange is the press. Unlike the MSM (which I assume, correct me if I am wrong, you call the "press"), which is nothing short of political democrats wrapped up in faux "Impartiality". The difference is, Wikileaks has a PERFECT record of reporting actual "Facts", while the MSM is still lying to us about "Russian Hacking" the election.
AT BEST, Russia hacked the DNC and Democrats, and they came out looking like the assholes they are. IF that influenced the election, the DNC and Democrats have nobody else to blame but themselves. And guess who is helping cover up the ineptitude of Hillary, the DNC, and the rest? The complicit MSM was also implicated in the massive collaboration to derail Bernie even before Trump got the nomination.
Wikileaks just published everything it had, didn't hold back info, and has a perfect record of not getting anything wrong on things it has "leaked". So, if you want to compare Wikileaks to the "press", I am sure you'll find the MSM press lacking. Unless you're a democrat douchebag bootlicker.
Lets deconstruct the terms, so that we have understanding.
Gender = Social constructs (societal roles). Not scientific. Sex = Biological and Physiological reproduction characterizations (Scientific)
Manning was born Male (XY). Had functional Male parts (penis, testes).
Society said he was a Man, science said he was male. He participated in life as a Man, joined the Military as a Man. Only when his/her life went to shit did his mental state appear to change. Anything he said about how he "felt" growing up is irrelevant to any discussion, because there is NO way to verify any of it.
Science is about proof. There is NO proof that s/he is anything but a fucked up mentally ill man. You can blame it on Genetics or whatever. In nature (natural) there is no "fix" for this. Scientifically we can kind of sort of make things appear differently, but that doesn't really change what facts we have. Pretending that being Transgendered is some sort of hero state by default may be doing a HUGE disservice to someone that is mentally ill (if that is what it is). But being politically correct is more important than facts.
One, Compelling a person to say things is kind of tyrannical, isn't it? We have completely disintegrated as a society by placing the "feelings" of everyone above everyone else's feelings. Sorry cupcake, but YOUR feelings do not trump (no pun intended) my feelings.
I have no respect for Manning, because he deserves none. She has got exactly what it wanted out of his surgery, sympathy from a sycophantic cult of "Gender Identity", who view her as some sort of "hero" for having some gender make believe surgery. I don't care if it wants to be called anything, traitor is what he is.
Felons by default do not have full rights as citizens, including RKBA and Voting. That is what happens when you commit a felony. Sucks to be a felon, so don't commit felonies.
You seem to think the recession started just before Obama took office, I'd argue that it actually started on 9/11. The economy was rough all through GWB's tenure and his polices are part of the reason why the economy sucks to this day. Obama didn't help any, and quite frankly, didn't do anything useful. People are tired of 16 years of crappy economy after Reagan - Clinton's economy (20 years).
Improper Government is bad. Just that most modern governements are involved in way more than they should be (arresting people for serving food to the homeless??? WTF??)
My solution is much more simple. Government manages not just the Conduit, but the actual Fiber in it. Bring it all back to a COLO facility where the competition happens. The "cable" companies no longer control the cable, only the content. And since each customer can get the services they want, from the provider(s) they want, it is all open to anyone who want access to those customers. All they need is a feed from the COLO to whatever they are offering.
I would even go so far as to suggest that monopolies are natural part of the system, that drives even more innovation. I doubt very much that Linux could exist in a world were there was no natural monopoly (Microsoft), as there would be no need for it if there was proper competition. This perspective is overshadowed by all the people crying "there ought to be a law" without thinking about why there ought not to be a law.
Or think about it this way, with Standard Oil having a monopoly, how many wars would have been fought over oil? And who would have fought for them? And maybe perhaps we would have solar / nuclear / "whatever we can't think of" instead of stupid dinojuice fueling our dreams.
Its a bitch when you bribe enough people, run enough tests to get a drug that kills people through the system, and there is almost no recourse by the public to sue the government for lack of proper due diligence. How many drugs have been recalled because they were worse than the diseases they were trying to solve.
I'd much rather have placebo effect snake oil than harmful Big Pharma drugs that pass FDA approval. How about you?
The problem isn't the drug, it is the delivery system is patented. Use a different delivery method (syringe) and you're fine. The problem is that Epipen has not competition. Price point where it is now, will create competition... and you are seeing that right here.
Remember kids, this is an artificial monopoly with a couple different barriers (patent, FDA approval) that prevent competition.
Actually, the only system that allocates resources according to scarcity by need is... capitalism. By raising prices on scarce items, it promotes usefulness (and alternative) resources.
Once upon a time (briefly) Aluminum (refined) was very scarce. It was used in very limited ways, and many "rich" people bought all kinds of aluminum products because it was scarce. Demand increased and someone figured a better way to smelt the ore to get aluminum out easier, more efficiently, and it became a commodity, and all those expensive aluminum dining plates became all but worthless. Now, that it is used just about everywhere for everything, prices have started to climb (albeit slowly). Eventually, some other commodity will replace it (carbon Nano fibers/tubes).
All resources are scarce, until they are not. They they are not, until the are again. The world is more dynamic than a simple game can replicate.
I don't know about "as always". I am one of those people who think we are better off without kings, because they always tend towards tyranny. I am also confused with "Conservatives" because I value the kinds of liberty they often claim (but rarely deliver). Likewise, I am confused with "Liberals" (though to a lessor degree) because I value the kinds of liberty they often claim (but rarely deliver).;)
I don't faithfully trust anyone. Period. All that power the Liberals are worried Trump might abuse, is the same power that Obama DID abuse. They just liked his abuses of power (damn Conservative troglodytes!) Meanwhile, all the Conservatives are drooling over the idea of abusing all those same powers they were complaining about for the last eight years by Obama.
The game never changes, it is the same. You bad, Me good binary polarization. And like a nice game of Global Thermonuclear War, the only way to win is to not play the game.;)
This is socialism. If Monopoly was a socialist propaganda, it fails right here, because that is not a failing of capitalism (which would build more houses as needed), but a failing of socialism and "central planning" (YOU CAN'T BUILD HERE)
All possible by un-regulations under the guise of regulations such as "Dodd/Frank", and other such.
Personally, as a Libertarian, I am all for Corporate death penalty, and the criminal prosecution of CxOs and entire board of directors for violation of the trust granted to them by their stakeholders. We don't need regulations if we use the criminal and civil laws that are already on the books. The problem was further exasperated by the "solution" which was "hey, lets use the same idiots that got us in this mess to fix it!!!" (yes, bankers, congress, etc)
Instead of making things way more complicated than they need to be, lets just uncomplicate things and require people to do their jobs correctly. I am convinced that the complication of things is designed to keep the criminals out of jail... "I didn't know", "Not my job", "Committee decision" should not be excuses to allow crimes to happen.
Exceptions suck don't they? But while we're on it, you didn't address my problem, which is more real than your problem, mainly because there are way more perverts than there are Transgendered people. And even some "transgendered" people are perverts. But we can't say anything about any of it because someone might get "offended" (and by extension, get leprosy). And that makes everyone a "hater" and "bigoted" for wanting women to feel safe from the perverts of the world.
And as a real man, I am not endangered by a former female manly looking hybrid in my bathroom. My wife is endangered by a former (or still) man who is a pervert using liberal logic to gain perverted peeks at women who want a few minutes without being harassed by a dude. .
One the other hand, that would make you a misogynist if my intuition is right. See how easy it is to twist what others say to make them look like assholes and douchebags.
But Normal People are being told that they are a "hater" if they want to stop "creepy dude" from going in the woman's bathroom, simply because he claims he identifies as a lesbian trapped in a man's body. Bathrooms should fit biology, not mental status nobody can verify.
They seek "Participation trophies" that most sports do not have after Junior High. And there are no participation trophies for working out on your own. Fitbit, has you getting participation trophies though. Everyone gets an award!
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Replace "Hacked the democratic process" with "Exposed Democratic(DNC) process to hack the election" and you'd be right.
The HRC loss can be firmly placed on HRC, The Democrats, the MSM and a few RINOs, By all measures, Trump should have lost, and "bigly", but enough people hated HRC, the Democrats and the MSM to ... actually ... not vote for them. I know, it is SHOCKING that Trump won. But consider that HRC was the ONLY candidate the DNC could have put up that he could actually beat.
This isn't the Russians fault at all. But keep on blaming them all you can, and you'll never really understand why the Democrats keep losing ... bigly.
So, by "hacking the elections", which is pure hyperbole, meaning "hacked the democrates, the DNC, HRC campaign and exposing the collusion with the MSM and even some Republicans, the criminal enterprise known as the Clinton Foundation, you're saying that all of that was .. done by the Russians to help Trump?
So, the Russians made the democrats, Hillary and all the rest do all those unsavory (criminal??) things just to get Trump elected. You're a special kind of person aren't you.
Sorry, but the Hillary loss can be placed at the feet of Hillary, the Democrats, the MSM and the RINOs who were conspiring against the american people. But yeah, keep blaming the Russians!
Are you suggesting Manning be released to general population? I'd love to see what happens there.
The thing about being a "unique" case, is that there are no rules for people like you set up. You get to be all by yourself. Sucks doesn't it.
Assange is the press. Unlike the MSM (which I assume, correct me if I am wrong, you call the "press"), which is nothing short of political democrats wrapped up in faux "Impartiality". The difference is, Wikileaks has a PERFECT record of reporting actual "Facts", while the MSM is still lying to us about "Russian Hacking" the election.
AT BEST, Russia hacked the DNC and Democrats, and they came out looking like the assholes they are. IF that influenced the election, the DNC and Democrats have nobody else to blame but themselves. And guess who is helping cover up the ineptitude of Hillary, the DNC, and the rest? The complicit MSM was also implicated in the massive collaboration to derail Bernie even before Trump got the nomination.
Wikileaks just published everything it had, didn't hold back info, and has a perfect record of not getting anything wrong on things it has "leaked". So, if you want to compare Wikileaks to the "press", I am sure you'll find the MSM press lacking. Unless you're a democrat douchebag bootlicker.
When did another person's feelings become more important than other people's feelings?
Lets deconstruct the terms, so that we have understanding.
Gender = Social constructs (societal roles). Not scientific.
Sex = Biological and Physiological reproduction characterizations (Scientific)
Manning was born Male (XY). Had functional Male parts (penis, testes).
Society said he was a Man, science said he was male. He participated in life as a Man, joined the Military as a Man. Only when his/her life went to shit did his mental state appear to change. Anything he said about how he "felt" growing up is irrelevant to any discussion, because there is NO way to verify any of it.
Science is about proof. There is NO proof that s/he is anything but a fucked up mentally ill man. You can blame it on Genetics or whatever. In nature (natural) there is no "fix" for this. Scientifically we can kind of sort of make things appear differently, but that doesn't really change what facts we have. Pretending that being Transgendered is some sort of hero state by default may be doing a HUGE disservice to someone that is mentally ill (if that is what it is). But being politically correct is more important than facts.
One, Compelling a person to say things is kind of tyrannical, isn't it? We have completely disintegrated as a society by placing the "feelings" of everyone above everyone else's feelings. Sorry cupcake, but YOUR feelings do not trump (no pun intended) my feelings.
I have no respect for Manning, because he deserves none. She has got exactly what it wanted out of his surgery, sympathy from a sycophantic cult of "Gender Identity", who view her as some sort of "hero" for having some gender make believe surgery. I don't care if it wants to be called anything, traitor is what he is.
Snowden and Assange deserve the pardons.
Felons by default do not have full rights as citizens, including RKBA and Voting. That is what happens when you commit a felony. Sucks to be a felon, so don't commit felonies.
You seem to think the recession started just before Obama took office, I'd argue that it actually started on 9/11. The economy was rough all through GWB's tenure and his polices are part of the reason why the economy sucks to this day. Obama didn't help any, and quite frankly, didn't do anything useful. People are tired of 16 years of crappy economy after Reagan - Clinton's economy (20 years).
You really should do the George Costanza tick and doing the exact opposite of what you think it right.
Improper Government is bad. Just that most modern governements are involved in way more than they should be (arresting people for serving food to the homeless??? WTF??)
My solution is much more simple. Government manages not just the Conduit, but the actual Fiber in it. Bring it all back to a COLO facility where the competition happens. The "cable" companies no longer control the cable, only the content. And since each customer can get the services they want, from the provider(s) they want, it is all open to anyone who want access to those customers. All they need is a feed from the COLO to whatever they are offering.
Yes, you can actually get a "cloth or something"
http://www.bleachbit.org/cloth...
I bet he can wipe a server ... like with a cloth.
I would even go so far as to suggest that monopolies are natural part of the system, that drives even more innovation. I doubt very much that Linux could exist in a world were there was no natural monopoly (Microsoft), as there would be no need for it if there was proper competition. This perspective is overshadowed by all the people crying "there ought to be a law" without thinking about why there ought not to be a law.
Or think about it this way, with Standard Oil having a monopoly, how many wars would have been fought over oil? And who would have fought for them? And maybe perhaps we would have solar / nuclear / "whatever we can't think of" instead of stupid dinojuice fueling our dreams.
Its a bitch when you bribe enough people, run enough tests to get a drug that kills people through the system, and there is almost no recourse by the public to sue the government for lack of proper due diligence. How many drugs have been recalled because they were worse than the diseases they were trying to solve.
I'd much rather have placebo effect snake oil than harmful Big Pharma drugs that pass FDA approval. How about you?
The problem isn't the drug, it is the delivery system is patented. Use a different delivery method (syringe) and you're fine. The problem is that Epipen has not competition. Price point where it is now, will create competition ... and you are seeing that right here.
Remember kids, this is an artificial monopoly with a couple different barriers (patent, FDA approval) that prevent competition.
they thrive when you spray them with it
Plants Crave Electrolytes
Actually, the only system that allocates resources according to scarcity by need is ... capitalism. By raising prices on scarce items, it promotes usefulness (and alternative) resources.
Once upon a time (briefly) Aluminum (refined) was very scarce. It was used in very limited ways, and many "rich" people bought all kinds of aluminum products because it was scarce. Demand increased and someone figured a better way to smelt the ore to get aluminum out easier, more efficiently, and it became a commodity, and all those expensive aluminum dining plates became all but worthless. Now, that it is used just about everywhere for everything, prices have started to climb (albeit slowly). Eventually, some other commodity will replace it (carbon Nano fibers/tubes).
All resources are scarce, until they are not. They they are not, until the are again. The world is more dynamic than a simple game can replicate.
I don't know about "as always". I am one of those people who think we are better off without kings, because they always tend towards tyranny. I am also confused with "Conservatives" because I value the kinds of liberty they often claim (but rarely deliver). Likewise, I am confused with "Liberals" (though to a lessor degree) because I value the kinds of liberty they often claim (but rarely deliver). ;)
I don't faithfully trust anyone. Period. All that power the Liberals are worried Trump might abuse, is the same power that Obama DID abuse. They just liked his abuses of power (damn Conservative troglodytes!) Meanwhile, all the Conservatives are drooling over the idea of abusing all those same powers they were complaining about for the last eight years by Obama.
The game never changes, it is the same. You bad, Me good binary polarization. And like a nice game of Global Thermonuclear War, the only way to win is to not play the game. ;)
Soon the game will run out of houses
This is socialism. If Monopoly was a socialist propaganda, it fails right here, because that is not a failing of capitalism (which would build more houses as needed), but a failing of socialism and "central planning" (YOU CAN'T BUILD HERE)
All possible by un-regulations under the guise of regulations such as "Dodd/Frank", and other such.
Personally, as a Libertarian, I am all for Corporate death penalty, and the criminal prosecution of CxOs and entire board of directors for violation of the trust granted to them by their stakeholders. We don't need regulations if we use the criminal and civil laws that are already on the books. The problem was further exasperated by the "solution" which was "hey, lets use the same idiots that got us in this mess to fix it!!!" (yes, bankers, congress, etc)
Instead of making things way more complicated than they need to be, lets just uncomplicate things and require people to do their jobs correctly. I am convinced that the complication of things is designed to keep the criminals out of jail ... "I didn't know", "Not my job", "Committee decision" should not be excuses to allow crimes to happen.
Exceptions suck don't they? But while we're on it, you didn't address my problem, which is more real than your problem, mainly because there are way more perverts than there are Transgendered people. And even some "transgendered" people are perverts. But we can't say anything about any of it because someone might get "offended" (and by extension, get leprosy). And that makes everyone a "hater" and "bigoted" for wanting women to feel safe from the perverts of the world.
And as a real man, I am not endangered by a former female manly looking hybrid in my bathroom. My wife is endangered by a former (or still) man who is a pervert using liberal logic to gain perverted peeks at women who want a few minutes without being harassed by a dude. .
One the other hand, that would make you a misogynist if my intuition is right. See how easy it is to twist what others say to make them look like assholes and douchebags.
Not everyone is equal in capability, some capabilities are more desired than others, why shouldn't we optimize our inputs to get to those results?
But Normal People are being told that they are a "hater" if they want to stop "creepy dude" from going in the woman's bathroom, simply because he claims he identifies as a lesbian trapped in a man's body. Bathrooms should fit biology, not mental status nobody can verify.
They seek "Participation trophies" that most sports do not have after Junior High. And there are no participation trophies for working out on your own. Fitbit, has you getting participation trophies though. Everyone gets an award!