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  1. Re:Not enough cash to bail out Greece and Italy? on Hamburg To Fine Facebook Over Facial Recognition Feature · · Score: 1

    Obviously. Taxes are indeed high, though as long as you keep buying our resources, we won't have any shortage of money.

  2. Re:Statistics on Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets · · Score: 1

    Might be a good idea, except in some cases where they're bolted into the cars, and all you take is a hand terminal that's linked to it.

  3. Re:Not enough cash to bail out Greece and Italy? on Hamburg To Fine Facebook Over Facial Recognition Feature · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So what will you whine about when Canada does the same thing? The privacy commissioner launched a similar investigation into this as well, though our fine could be in the several million dollar range.

  4. Re:what will happen: on IEA Warns of Irreversible Climate Change In 5 Years · · Score: 2

    No thanks. I refuse to buy "wind power" at 60-80c/KWH which is above the 3-4c/KWH that I pay for nuclear power.

  5. Re:Conservatives on Bipartisan Internet Sales Tax Bill Introduced · · Score: 1

    "Partisan Hack" is the part that makes him want to point.

  6. Re:Statistics on Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets · · Score: 1

    Not at all.

    Police don't use clipboards for anything anymore. Because most of them in the western world have moved to terminals of some kind, with very few exceptions where the dinosaurs are hanging on at the top trying to stop things from going forward.

    As for the comment about cops not wearing bullet proof vests all the time? They wear them all the time, at least in Canada. They have to, it's required under the officer code of conduct. And yes, they're heavy, and bulky, and they weigh you down. But it's much better that, than some punk taking a stab at you, especially with the new ones that are puncture resistant.

  7. Re:News for haters? on End Bonuses For Bankers · · Score: 1

    My reference to $34k/year is correct, individuals who believe that this is a strawman, have no concept of exactly how lucky they are to live in the current state that they are living, and wish for more. Either taking it, or stealing it. Rather than earning it themselves.

    Wealth isn't more evenly distributed across any of those nations you listed. In fact the gap between the poor, rich, and super rich is so vast it's the same as me at the top at the grand canyon, and you at the very bottom, with the super rich standing on Mt. Everest. Reality, is one thing, understanding that is another. The occupy movement might be rallying against the upper 1% in the US(they actually have no clear message besides that), but they are the upper 1% in the rest of the world.

    Ignorance to understanding how the world works isn't an excuse to blame your failures on someone else. Which is what they're doing.

  8. Re:News for haters? on End Bonuses For Bankers · · Score: 1

    Uh-huh. And you're sucking at the propaganda pretty good. How about a read from someone else? If you're making $34k/yr or more, you are the 1%.

    http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/motley/8371350/attention-protestors-youre-probably-part-of-the-1

    These protesters are simple leftist whiners who want free stuff through socialist wealth redistribution.

  9. Re:News for haters? on End Bonuses For Bankers · · Score: 1

    It is? I guess so, especially if you make more than $34k a year, in which case you're the "1%" Lets be honest here, this isn't stuff that matters. This is an opinion, written by someone with an axe to grind.

  10. Re:Wow on Obama To Veto Anti-Net-Neutrality Legislation · · Score: 1

    Or when he had the DoJ turn his back on race baiting and the thugish actions of the NBP at polling stations?

    The healthcare reform thing is a monstrosity and should die. And I say that as someone who lives under a healthcare system that operates on the principle that the federal government shouldn't dictate shit. It should be left to each state to determine how to do it best.

  11. Re:Israel is running out of allies... on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Ethnically cleansed my ass. They're jordanian, with a mix of egyptian and syrian.

  12. Re:Mmkay... on FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert · · Score: 1

    Yep. Because we all know that on the face, everything is equal. And if you're that blinded by being a partisan hack, you'll always be a partisan hack. Don't worry Doc, you'll learn one day. It's a never ending process after all.

  13. Re:Mmkay... on FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert · · Score: 0

    Yeah. I mean democrats sure picked a winner, the US hasn't seen a president this bad since Carter.

  14. Re:first year on Why Do So Many College Science Majors Drop Out? · · Score: 1

    I went to a college here in Canada that did it the same way. We lost 20% of the class the first term, and 30% by the 3rd term. It was practical and theoretical law applications of law. If people didn't learn the material, and didn't understand what was taught, or ask questions on how it was applied and turned into practical applications the failed, and failed hard.

    It was similar to the person asking, why are we learning psychology? To weed out the people who don't want to study.

  15. Re:The legal system at it's finest. on No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube · · Score: 1

    In other news, person equates physical punishment to slavery. Moral quandary's are broken world wide as their value system seems to be fundamentally broken.

    Tip: If you haven't looked in africa, or arab countries, or most muslim countries, or various parts eastern eroupe. Slavery still exists, between hidden and fully open.

  16. Re:The legal system at it's finest. on No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a difference between beating and spanking with a belt, or hitting with a belt. I'm glad you can't see, or know the distinction.

  17. Re:The legal system at it's finest. on No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Obviously in this part of the world(Canada), better behaved then the kids in most of the US and europe if the current events of the world are any indication.

  18. Re:The legal system at it's finest. on No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Funny. A belt is child abuse these days. In my day, that was considered 'punishment' for fucking up.

  19. Re:Well on StreetScooter: The $7000 Open-Source Modular Electric Vehicle · · Score: 0

    Yes, I do. And it's still about triple what the market will be able to bare in 2013.

  20. Well on StreetScooter: The $7000 Open-Source Modular Electric Vehicle · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That seems kinda pricy to me. Especially looking to Europe for 2013, and the current state of their fiscals and the general shakiness all around. If it was oh $1500, maybe it would be viable. $2000 would be tolerable, but $7k? Not a chance unless you're looking for a status symbol.

  21. Re:5 Step Program on DOJ Drops FOIA Rule To Permit Lying · · Score: 1

    Hope n' change baby! Even worse than the previous guy.

  22. Re:idiots. on Belgium To Give Up Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    Why do you want to bury energy? You know outside of the US, we make fuel out of this "waste".

  23. Re:idiots. on Belgium To Give Up Nuclear Power · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pretty hard with old reactors. You require something catastrophic to happen. Pretty close to impossible for new designs that use passive cooling systems.

  24. Re:USA against the World? on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 1

    I'll take more of what you're smoking.

    They are part of 'trans-jordan' the majority are jordanian. Many of them were egyptian, or syrian back in '48. They decided to roll up and run away hoping that when the arabs came through and wiped out all the jews they could have everything. They lost, and land gained in defensive wars is not illegal to build on, or have, or take. In fact, Israel could have kept the entire Sinai legally.

    There's no apartheid beyond what the media is telling you there is. And as a useful tip: "Palestinian" isn't a race.

  25. Re:Good on the Palestinians for taking this action on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 2

    They have a homeland, it's called Jordan. Many got kicked out of it because they tried to overthrow the monarchy there. The rest bailed when the other arab countries tried to wipe Israel off the map and Israel won. Land gained in defensive wars is not illegal, and people who flee on the belief that the systematic genocide of another people will entitle them to that land don't deserve it either.