The US has a shitload of black gang bangers running around too. As someone who's lived around poor blacks (in the Southeast) and poor Hispanics (in Arizona), I'd rather take the poor Hispanics any day -- they are far less likely to stab me and take my wallet.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be any "vetting at the border". I'm saying that Pedro the Plumber ought to be able to fix my sink legally.
There are many American citizens who do not carry auto insurance. I've lived in Alabama (in a city with a large poor legal population) and Tucson (a city with a large poor illegal population). Believe me, the poor cause FAR fewer problems here in Tucson.
The taxes they don't pay? They do pay income taxes if they can get jobs that are "on record", and they pay sales taxes regardless. The only reason they pay fewer income taxes than the legal poor is because they can't get "on the books" jobs. Offer them citizenship and they'll pay more tax.
I live sixty miles from the Mexican border. We have a bunch of undocumented/illegal aliens here. They are not terrorist threats; only very few are criminals. Most of them are ordinary people who just want a chance to live like anybody else.
I imagine you could make a seeker for a primitive SAM using a Canon compact camera and CHDK firmware. They make one with an angular resolution of about 5 arcseconds per pixel, image stabilization, and a cost of a few hundred bucks.
The whole "well-regulated militia" bit likely intends to give citizens the right to be sufficiently well-armed to constitute a significant military force -- that's what a militia is. At the time, that consisted of rifles and pistols, but any modern significant military force would necessarily include RPG's, MANPADS, and the like.
If you really want the Second Amendment to mean what it originally was intended to mean, then yes -- private ownership of these weapons is Constitutionally guaranteed. I don't think this is a good idea, but this position requires changing the meaning of the 2nd.
In a society that will refuse to hire you if they find out you do not believe in their faerie tales, one assumes Christians are hostile until proven otherwise -- since they usually are.
Students with poor English abilities who need dictionaries can bring a dictionary to class, as long as it is made out of paper. What's wrong with that?
I know how to use computers to do computations. But I can also use a book of log tables to multiply if I need to.
Whatever Japanese orchestra and choir you heard, it's certainly not true for all of them.
There is a recording of the Mahler 2nd symphony, this huge massive thing for choir, enormous orchestra, and organ, by the Tokyo Philharmonic and some Tokyo choir. They are fucking *badass*.
Orchestras are not going to put live performances out of business. You can go get a public domain recording of the German Requiem off of Wikipedia (and it's not a bad recording), but professional orchestras still play it all the time.
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Artillery wasn't necessary to be a significant military force at the time. They were useful on the battlefield but hardly necessary.
Some means of dealing with helicopter gunships and tanks, though, is absolutely necessary to fight a standing army these days.
The US has a shitload of black gang bangers running around too. As someone who's lived around poor blacks (in the Southeast) and poor Hispanics (in Arizona), I'd rather take the poor Hispanics any day -- they are far less likely to stab me and take my wallet.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be any "vetting at the border". I'm saying that Pedro the Plumber ought to be able to fix my sink legally.
There are many American citizens who do not carry auto insurance. I've lived in Alabama (in a city with a large poor legal population) and Tucson (a city with a large poor illegal population). Believe me, the poor cause FAR fewer problems here in Tucson.
The taxes they don't pay? They do pay income taxes if they can get jobs that are "on record", and they pay sales taxes regardless. The only reason they pay fewer income taxes than the legal poor is because they can't get "on the books" jobs. Offer them citizenship and they'll pay more tax.
I said "Only a very few are criminals". I've had my car stolen by one of the few that is, fyi.
Most of them, though, are ordinary blue-collar workers, just like any number of white Americans.
I live sixty miles from the Mexican border. We have a bunch of undocumented/illegal aliens here. They are not terrorist threats; only very few are criminals. Most of them are ordinary people who just want a chance to live like anybody else.
I imagine you could make a seeker for a primitive SAM using a Canon compact camera and CHDK firmware. They make one with an angular resolution of about 5 arcseconds per pixel, image stabilization, and a cost of a few hundred bucks.
The intent behind it does, really.
The whole "well-regulated militia" bit likely intends to give citizens the right to be sufficiently well-armed to constitute a significant military force -- that's what a militia is. At the time, that consisted of rifles and pistols, but any modern significant military force would necessarily include RPG's, MANPADS, and the like.
If you really want the Second Amendment to mean what it originally was intended to mean, then yes -- private ownership of these weapons is Constitutionally guaranteed. I don't think this is a good idea, but this position requires changing the meaning of the 2nd.
Here the summary is a verbatim copy of TFA.
This is not cool.
As I understand it the pirate versions actually involve *less* bullshit than a copy bought from Microsoft.
Because this requires real policing skill rather than the ability to operate a LIDAR device.
Most of them don't down here in Pima County, in the sane part of the state.
If we weren't strongly taking sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict we'd have fewer people trying to kill Americans on our hands.
If we didn't get into aggressive wars for no reason we'd have fewer casualties, too.
Turns out that not sending your soldiers to war unless absolutely necessary is a good way to make them not die.
And there's precedent -- see the Pentagon Papers.
Because it's a general principle throughout history that people knowing more generally results in better, not worse, outcomes.
The point of a democracy is that I, or due process of law, decide what is harmful to national security -- not some random people at the Pentagon.
Not "all currently sold CD's". Recordings of classical music and related genres seem just fine.
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I thought the line "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" was related to coordinate substitution in a rotating frame, not lasers.
Where are you from?
I have been asked by a prospective employer in Alabama what church I went to.
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In a society that will refuse to hire you if they find out you do not believe in their faerie tales, one assumes Christians are hostile until proven otherwise -- since they usually are.
"Innocent until proven guilty" applies to the trial of people in criminal court.
It does not apply to deciding whether or not my government is doing something slimy, in the court of public opinion.
Students with poor English abilities who need dictionaries can bring a dictionary to class, as long as it is made out of paper. What's wrong with that?
I know how to use computers to do computations. But I can also use a book of log tables to multiply if I need to.
Why do they need gizmos for their notes?
I took a graduate-level quantum field theory class last year. Professor gave us one page of notes, hand-written, per exam.
Whatever Japanese orchestra and choir you heard, it's certainly not true for all of them.
There is a recording of the Mahler 2nd symphony, this huge massive thing for choir, enormous orchestra, and organ, by the Tokyo Philharmonic and some Tokyo choir. They are fucking *badass*.
Orchestras are not going to put live performances out of business. You can go get a public domain recording of the German Requiem off of Wikipedia (and it's not a bad recording), but professional orchestras still play it all the time.