OK, I'll take the bait. What has religion got to do with anything in this discussion? Are you from China? I get the logic of what you say and agree to some degree but the syntax is a bit confusing.
This is all I got on the crappy Newsday site that showed a giant dildo shaped graphic ad (took a while to load so all I could see was a graphic tool shape):
"Samantha Garvey was overjoyed. She didn't think a kid living in a homeless shelter would have a chance in the national Intel science competition, but the 17-year-old Brentwood High School senior was named a semifinalist Wednesday. Garvey, who spent 2 1/2 years on a marine-life study, is one of 61 Long Islanders with a shot at Intel's top prize: $100,000.
"It's amazing," she said, after..."
Surely this is not flamebait. Come on mods! It is humourous, sarcastic and indeed satirical in a good way. It invites rebuttal and that's a good thing too. I just wish the poster was not AC. I'm guessing he/she is a regular on/. that didn't want to get burned.
I have to say that the welfare system in the US is seriously fucked up. The problem is so often that those who know how to game the system do so and often live better than people trying to do it the honest way. Then the people who most need the justified (in my opinion) help and hand outs often have no clue how to get what they need and fall by the wayside. Or they somehow don't qualify for what they should get for whatever reason. The welfare system here should be reformed but the danger in that is that it would just get further cut back without actually addressing the real issues of abuse of the system by undeserving welfare recipients.
And, I'm guessing now, but most urban or suburban places in the US have a lot of vacant dwellings of various sorts. But of course it would take labelling homelessness as an emergency situation to enable local government to temporarily allocate such vacant and financially useless dwellings for homeless housing. Understandable from the point of view of the private owner but still. Is it really necessary to have people living in shelters? - those that otherwise might make a go of it and at least subsist. Getting rich as some idiot suggested is not the issue, but to survive with potential to thrive in the future. Hard to do if you have no place to call home.
I'd mod you up but I've already commented. Well said. And I might add, the homeless people that people see are the ones they loathe - the ones on the street, begging, the unwashed, the crazy. Just because that is the visible side of homelessness does not mean that all of the other homeless people are like this. This is a heartless country, it has to be said.
Why would a country with a population of 4.6 million need 7,000 voting machines? Even if all of that number were eligible to vote (which they are not, but I haven't been able to find the actual number anywhere) that would mean one machine for every 657 voters. This was clearly a scam from the outset and I'm guessing some Fianna Fail gangsters got some nice 'incentives' from the machine manufacturers. Business as usual, sadly.
Guessing he could have damaged his ulnar nerve. Which could have been compromised by repetitive stress and the heavy weight was the final injury that put his arm out of commission. Just guessing as I said.
"Britain's schoolchildren have had compulsory ICT (information and communications technology) lessons for some time, but they are hated by staff and pupils alike..." - so why, oh why do the staff and pupils hate Britain's schoolchildren? Are they perhaps jealous of their ICT lessons?
Jeez, that's sad about the ingredients. I agree with your points and have to say that the AC you are responding to is making what I regard as a fundamental mistake: Separating so called 'vocational' subjects from other subjects. It seems to be a common error in this thread. Who is to say what is vocational? I think kids should be exposed to as much of everything as possible (within reason) and have some say in choosing what they are interested in. Regarding cooking in particular - if you can't do some basic cooking then as a human being you (not you!) have bigger problems. It really is not hard. I love cooking but I am glad I never had to take any classes.
I was 'too brainy' to be allowed to take carpentry as part of my curriculum and jumped at the chance to take the classes after school. That and technical drawing. Still really glad I did.
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OK, I'll take the bait. What has religion got to do with anything in this discussion? Are you from China? I get the logic of what you say and agree to some degree but the syntax is a bit confusing.
Huh?
mmmm, soft shell crabs. Delicious! Soft shell mussels? - nah, I'll pass on those. Thanks
I'd mod you up but I've already commented (more than once). Well said.
Rubbish. Start to finish. Rubbish.
Surely this is not flamebait. Come on mods! It is humourous, sarcastic and indeed satirical in a good way. It invites rebuttal and that's a good thing too. I just wish the poster was not AC. I'm guessing he/she is a regular on /. that didn't want to get burned.
In Soviet Russia, ending homelessness realizes you!
I have to say that the welfare system in the US is seriously fucked up. The problem is so often that those who know how to game the system do so and often live better than people trying to do it the honest way. Then the people who most need the justified (in my opinion) help and hand outs often have no clue how to get what they need and fall by the wayside. Or they somehow don't qualify for what they should get for whatever reason. The welfare system here should be reformed but the danger in that is that it would just get further cut back without actually addressing the real issues of abuse of the system by undeserving welfare recipients.
And, I'm guessing now, but most urban or suburban places in the US have a lot of vacant dwellings of various sorts. But of course it would take labelling homelessness as an emergency situation to enable local government to temporarily allocate such vacant and financially useless dwellings for homeless housing. Understandable from the point of view of the private owner but still. Is it really necessary to have people living in shelters? - those that otherwise might make a go of it and at least subsist. Getting rich as some idiot suggested is not the issue, but to survive with potential to thrive in the future. Hard to do if you have no place to call home.
I'd mod you up but I've already commented. Well said. And I might add, the homeless people that people see are the ones they loathe - the ones on the street, begging, the unwashed, the crazy. Just because that is the visible side of homelessness does not mean that all of the other homeless people are like this. This is a heartless country, it has to be said.
Well said. It doesn't make a damn bit of sense what goes on here.
Oh you shellfish bastard!
I take it this AC is a wonderfully wealthy douchebag. Anyone else?
Why would a country with a population of 4.6 million need 7,000 voting machines? Even if all of that number were eligible to vote (which they are not, but I haven't been able to find the actual number anywhere) that would mean one machine for every 657 voters. This was clearly a scam from the outset and I'm guessing some Fianna Fail gangsters got some nice 'incentives' from the machine manufacturers. Business as usual, sadly.
24 beers in two hours? Awesome feat! I think you'd die from water poisoning before the alcohol would even have a chance to get into your bloodstream.
Nonsense.
That's right music industry, kick them while they're down! Next on the list, Greece and Portugal.
Guessing he could have damaged his ulnar nerve. Which could have been compromised by repetitive stress and the heavy weight was the final injury that put his arm out of commission. Just guessing as I said.
"Britain's schoolchildren have had compulsory ICT (information and communications technology) lessons for some time, but they are hated by staff and pupils alike..." - so why, oh why do the staff and pupils hate Britain's schoolchildren? Are they perhaps jealous of their ICT lessons?
Jeez, that's sad about the ingredients. I agree with your points and have to say that the AC you are responding to is making what I regard as a fundamental mistake: Separating so called 'vocational' subjects from other subjects. It seems to be a common error in this thread. Who is to say what is vocational? I think kids should be exposed to as much of everything as possible (within reason) and have some say in choosing what they are interested in. Regarding cooking in particular - if you can't do some basic cooking then as a human being you (not you!) have bigger problems. It really is not hard. I love cooking but I am glad I never had to take any classes.
I was 'too brainy' to be allowed to take carpentry as part of my curriculum and jumped at the chance to take the classes after school. That and technical drawing. Still really glad I did.
Ha, ha! Good point. I should have said it has no positive association with typography - or something similar.
I watched the films and enjoyed them, mostly. I never read the books. I couldn't get past the ridiculous names. Do I win a prize?
Huh? You forgot Zeppelin man!