"It's part of the UK law that allows the embassy to exist in the first place." No, that would be the second place. The first place would be the international law that the UK is signatory to.
"I've also stopped using shampoo, and my hair is now less greasy than before." I find that really hard to believe. Is it your personal observation or you at least asked all the people around you?
I bet it's biological: the same reason women - on average - are more easily scared, startled, grossed out, etc. than men. Their health/safety is just more important for our species (or at least used to be). Which often leads to excess.
It always amazes me how people smart in one field can be utterly uneducated and lame in a lot of others. I guess his high school and college didn't teach anything besides math and economics. Or, he's just not interested in anything that doesn't directly bring profit.
"...he was influenced by Ayn Rand's ideas to get into politics, but that he's decided to stick with some of her ideals, but reject her overall personal philosophy?" So, where exactly did he say that "he's decided to stick with some of her ideals"? Paul Ryan: "I reject her philosophy"? Mmm, no, not here... "“It’s an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview."? I don't see it here either... " If somebody is going to try to paste a person’s view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas."? Not here... "Don’t give me Ayn Rand.”"? Ummm, look at that, not here either.
What a surprise. You and your four mods fail at reading comprehension and basic logic.
This is terrible, but utterly biased. You're trying to prove the statistics wrong by providing your anecdotal experience. Meaningful to you doesn't necessarily mean statistically significant. I can add all of my friends to the list of men who never harmed women. It won't make the numbers lower, will it?
"...the people managing the Outlook server..." Are you one of those coders whose understanding of system/network management is limited to "Outlook server", "That's not a cup holder" and "Did you try turning it off and on again"? I have a surprise for you:)
"much of 20th century history involved the US cleaning up after the messes left behind when European colonial powers walked away from their colonies" Like what countries exactly?
"But no one just decided, "hey, fuck, let's bomb some brown people and steal their oil!"" No, it was more like "hey, fuck, let's bomb some people if we don't have it our way!"
"The slower I'm going, the less attention I'm paying. If it was legal to go 90, I'd be paying pretty damn close attention to the road!" I'd be very interested to see you stop at a stop sign. Must be a hilarious show.
Also, I think you should be allowed to go 200 anywhere. You'll be the safest driver on the road!
"speeding is the cause of near zero traffic accidents. It merely magnifies other causes (and effects)." Sure. And shooting yourself in the mouth with a gun isn't the cause of death. It merely magnified the effect of the bullet.
"The cause isn't speed, it's drivers exceeding their skill envelope." Do you mean that, let's say, NASCAR drivers should be allowed to drive at 200mph on normal roads? They're within their skill envelope after all.
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Yes, and I'm pretty sure the UK did whatever was required for the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to take effect.
Do you know anyone with a law degree? Ask them. Maybe you'll believe their answer :)
"It's part of the UK law that allows the embassy to exist in the first place."
No, that would be the second place. The first place would be the international law that the UK is signatory to.
"I've also stopped using shampoo, and my hair is now less greasy than before."
I find that really hard to believe. Is it your personal observation or you at least asked all the people around you?
I bet it's biological: the same reason women - on average - are more easily scared, startled, grossed out, etc. than men. Their health/safety is just more important for our species (or at least used to be). Which often leads to excess.
"Until such time, it works, provably and repeatably."
Really? There other people who were taught to do the same? Care to provide any proof?
You really can't think of any other possible explanation to that, can you? I envy you so much.
Probably because of this - https://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185834&topic=1099588&ctx=topic#gvoice
It always amazes me how people smart in one field can be utterly uneducated and lame in a lot of others. I guess his high school and college didn't teach anything besides math and economics. Or, he's just not interested in anything that doesn't directly bring profit.
"...he was influenced by Ayn Rand's ideas to get into politics, but that he's decided to stick with some of her ideals, but reject her overall personal philosophy?"
So, where exactly did he say that "he's decided to stick with some of her ideals"?
Paul Ryan:
"I reject her philosophy"? Mmm, no, not here...
"“It’s an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview."? I don't see it here either...
" If somebody is going to try to paste a person’s view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas."? Not here...
"Don’t give me Ayn Rand.”"? Ummm, look at that, not here either.
What a surprise. You and your four mods fail at reading comprehension and basic logic.
This is terrible, but utterly biased. You're trying to prove the statistics wrong by providing your anecdotal experience. Meaningful to you doesn't necessarily mean statistically significant. I can add all of my friends to the list of men who never harmed women. It won't make the numbers lower, will it?
"...the people managing the Outlook server..." :)
Are you one of those coders whose understanding of system/network management is limited to "Outlook server", "That's not a cup holder" and "Did you try turning it off and on again"? I have a surprise for you
I'm pretty sure the English, French and Russians would know about this and the latter would use it for the anti-US propaganda.
"much of 20th century history involved the US cleaning up after the messes left behind when European colonial powers walked away from their colonies"
Like what countries exactly?
"But no one just decided, "hey, fuck, let's bomb some brown people and steal their oil!""
No, it was more like "hey, fuck, let's bomb some people if we don't have it our way!"
Do you think the North Vietnamese were convinced that the US would keep their word?
"The Chernobyl disaster was more destructive than German bombs and artillery of World War II..."
What braindead monkey modded this "Informative"?
"You're assuming that the advantage has no disadvantages."
The biggest disadvantage of that advantage is that the advantage doesn't exist.
Remember: when you're arguing with an idiot, he/she is doing the same. ;)
The most idiotic thing I've heard today.
Yes, I guessed that much, but is it really that noticeable?
"The slower I'm going, the less attention I'm paying. If it was legal to go 90, I'd be paying pretty damn close attention to the road!"
I'd be very interested to see you stop at a stop sign. Must be a hilarious show.
Also, I think you should be allowed to go 200 anywhere. You'll be the safest driver on the road!
"speeding is the cause of near zero traffic accidents. It merely magnifies other causes (and effects)."
Sure. And shooting yourself in the mouth with a gun isn't the cause of death. It merely magnified the effect of the bullet.
"The cause isn't speed, it's drivers exceeding their skill envelope."
Do you mean that, let's say, NASCAR drivers should be allowed to drive at 200mph on normal roads? They're within their skill envelope after all.
How exactly does the tire size affect the perception of the speed you're driving at?
It does happen in the US too, but on a much smaller scale.