Well here's the spin I just heard on MSNBC (you can decide how accurate it is). "The standard price for ebooks was $9.99 but when Apple started selling them, they colluded with the publishers and raised that price to 14.99 or even 19.99. So claims the DOJ."
If that is true, it's called price-fixing and forming a cartel. It is illegal under U.S. Consumer Protection Laws (antitrust).
Last time the DOJ sued a cartel (CD companies), I and several family members got $25 each for refunds. It was the punishment for overcharging and price-fixing.
>>>Since the Republican primary is only for Republicans,
False.
Oh and by the way Paul has done quite well in the Democrat primary too. I'm not sure why people are voting for Paul on the D ballot, but I guess it doesn't really matter. (shrug). So far he's taken 2nd place after Obama in every Democrat primary to date (the ones that allow write-ins).
Ron Paul is hardly a religous nut. If he were, he wouldn't be supporting legalization (by the State Legislatures under the 10th amendment) of marijuana, gay marriage, and prostitution.
>>>is it an american thing that something must be specifically said in legislature in order for people to understand it to be illegal?
No. It also operates the same in most EU states too. Human activities like same sex, smoking weed, selling guns, etc is assumed to be "allowed" until a law is passed which makes it criminal.
>>>It's not a matter of children vs. adults; it's a matter of individuals vs. employers, which sometimes are large corporations.
This is why the U.S. has whistleblower laws, OSHA, and other protective measures to restrain the power of the corporations. (Of course the proper response should be to just terminate the corporate license when they break these laws, but no politician has the balls to do that.)
>>>Can we all just admit NOW that the PS4 was a failure?..... pretty obvious that the PS4 can be called the loser...... Now look at the PS4, the Blu Ray caused them to take a HUGE bath on every unit sold (some estimates have the real cost of the PS4 at $1000 at launch >>>
That awkward moment when you realize you erased ALL credibility with the readers by referring to a "PS4" console that does not exist. I suspect you have no idea what you're talking about when you refer to Sega Saturns and PS1 "COTS" parts and Xboxes.
I've had cases where amazon said, "No need to return the defective item," and just gave me back the money or sent me a 2nd item immediately. It's a good company which is why I've been shopping there since the 90s.
>>>>>He has 70% support among people 18 to 35.... >> >>[Citation doubtful]
Look at the breakdown of the primary results. Ron Paul has won among that age group in almost every state..... And of course he is waaaay more popular than any other candidate on facebook/twitter which is a youth-dominated medium..... Plus being filling-up small stadiums at college campuses all over the U.S.
I mean really -- did you need a citation Anon. Coward? Ron Paul's popularity with the youth is self evident to anyone who's paid attention since December 2011. Santorum/Romney/Gingrich wish they had that kind of young support.
No such thing as public business (unless it's public-owned like Amtrak or the Water/sewar company). MY business is wholly private since I'm the sole owner and is, in fact, inside my actual home.
The U.S. Congress has no authority to tell me I have to let white people inside my black-dominated business. Or home. Or church. Per the 10th amendment. (On the other hand the State Legislature does have the authority, again per the 10th.)
Constitutional law only applies to the U.S. Government (and by extension of SCOTUS case law... State governments). It has no application to private entities. That is why neither Congress not the Legislature may limit your free speech, but this website, your employer, or a private store/business most certainly can.
There are probably laws that forbid employers from asking for PINs to your credit card or bank account. Perhaps you could prosecute them for asking for your "PIN" on facebook, but I have no idea. It might not get far.
The Maryland government police were asking for facebook passwords. Then it was discovered some private employers do the same, so the Legislature stepped forward and did its job (banned the practice). Now we just need to get the other 49 Member States of the union to do the same.:-)
>>>These groups want a device that is highly secure,
"Cloudapps" and "secure" are not two words that belong together. The Chrome laptops I saw advertised were NOT aimed at enterprises, but at Joe or Jill Sixpack who just wants to turn-on a laptop and 5 seconds later the web is running with tons of free google software (Mail, Docs, etc). Kinda like how cellphones work but with the full functionality of a keyboard and screen.
The latest CBS polling shows that Romney will lose to Obama by 4 percent, whereas Ron Paul would defeat the current president by 5. Maybe YOU hate him but Paul has crossover appeal to independents and Democrats that Romney lacks.
- So if you like Obama and want 4 more years, hope Romney is the republican candidate. - If you dislike Obama and want him out, then Paul is who you should be backing. The D's and I's like him more than they like Obama, and will put him into the white house.
Well I'm surprised. Santorum had enough delegates to negotiate a spot as vice-president. Maybe the Republican Party sat down with him and pressured him to dropout, in hopes those delegates would go to Romney.
That now firmly puts RON PAUL in the second place position..... about 200 behind Romney's total. (Counting the caucus states where Paul scored more delegates than Romney.) Romney can't win without Paul's delegates, and Congressman Paul says he will run to the end, just like he did in 2008.
(a) Nonsense. (And if you think you're right, then quote Mr. Paul where he said "I want to nullify the 14th." You won't find it.)
(b) We're already on the gold standard. At least the world banks are. They are hoarding gold at a rapid pace, because they know the dollar will lose ~20% of its value in just one decade (thanks to the Fed's rampant running of the printing press). A dollar is paper and has lost 95% of its value since 1920, whereas prior to that, from 1800, it hadlost none (because it was tied to gold).
(c) Is wrong. He wants to reduce the military to be a DEFENSIVE force, protecting our east and west coasts, rather than an offensive force that has killed or maimed over million innocent civilians during the last decade.
(d) is also wrong since he voted *against* the Constitutional Amendment to declare life begins at conception.
(e) He is right. The Congress has no authority to regulate who we must, or must not, allow into our private homes. Or force us to buy insurance we don't want. Said power is reserved to the Member States and the People thereof. (Read the 10th amendment sometime.)
(f) But that works both ways. States ALSO have the right to INCREASE personal freedoms, like legalized prostitution, or legalized marijuana, or legalized homosexual marriage (or even multi-partner marriage). For example Ron Paul supports California's legalization of medical marijuana, while no other president ever has. (Even now Obama's admin is arresting californians with weed.)
Outdated ideology? Peace and a balanced budget is outdated? Hardly. He has 70% support among people 18 to 35..... it's a *youthful* ideology not an outdated one.
>>>racist past?
Well let's ask some black people. Professor Walter E. Williams do you think Ron Paul racist? "Haahaha. That's ridiculous. I've known Dr. Paul for many years and he is definitely not a racist. On the contrary he's the most egalitarian person I know in Washington, as you would expect from someone who follows libertarian principles." (Quoting from youtube video when W.E.W. was guest hosting Rush Limbaugh.)
How about you, Bruce S. Gordon, former head of the NAACP? "Not in the slightest. I've known Congressman Paul for decades and he is in no way a racist. People who say that makes themselves look foolish." (quoting from radio interview)
And what Ron Paul's black volunteers? Well there are millions of them so I can't quote them here but you can certainly find their homemade videos on youtube. They think the charge is ridiculous, because they know the Drug Prohibition is the true racist policy (more blacks in jail than whites) and that Congressman Paul is the only one who vowed to end the prohibition as unconstitutional (10th amendment).
Forgot to add to my post below: No hassle buying from amazon/paypal is why online retailers are succeeding, and restrictive buying is why Best Buy is failing. Buyers want an easy experience for returns, not a hard one.
If the item is genuinely defective, stores have credit card agreements that REQUIRE them to accept the item for return or exchange. No exceptions.
Even if the store still refuses, you can just mail the item back to the store, use delivery confirmation, and then provide the DC number to your credit card. You will get refunded the money. And the store will lose the money regardless of any 90 day or 3-strike policy.
BTW this is why I like amazon and ebay/paypal - no hassles. Though I've received a lot of junk over the years from dishonest sellers, so far I've not lost any money (except for return postage). Just recently I bought a used Wii that was never delivered and amazon gave me a $105 gift card only two days later. I already spent that cash on another item (kindle w/ web browser).
I was flipping through those channels over the weekend, while sitting in my hotel.
Basically there was nothing worth watching, which is why I don't send comcast $1000/year. Besides there are a lot of over-the-air equivalents to Discovery (PBS), TVland (Retro/antennaTV), TNT/AMC (thisTV/other movie channels), 24 hour news (france24, RT, BBC, and the daily FOX,NBC,CBS,ABC news), and so on.
The only thing I want but can't get is Syfy's various shows, but Hulu fills-in that gap. Overall I don't miss the cable one bit. OTA + internet is good enough and cheap ($15/month).
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Well here's the spin I just heard on MSNBC (you can decide how accurate it is). "The standard price for ebooks was $9.99 but when Apple started selling them, they colluded with the publishers and raised that price to 14.99 or even 19.99. So claims the DOJ."
If that is true, it's called price-fixing and forming a cartel. It is illegal under U.S. Consumer Protection Laws (antitrust).
Last time the DOJ sued a cartel (CD companies), I and several family members got $25 each for refunds. It was the punishment for overcharging and price-fixing.
Ditto. I bought the e-ink Kindle Keyboard because it comes with free web surfing (via the 3G connection). The other kindles do not.
>>>Since the Republican primary is only for Republicans,
False.
Oh and by the way Paul has done quite well in the Democrat primary too. I'm not sure why people are voting for Paul on the D ballot, but I guess it doesn't really matter. (shrug). So far he's taken 2nd place after Obama in every Democrat primary to date (the ones that allow write-ins).
As I said Paul has cross-party support.
Ron Paul is hardly a religous nut. If he were, he wouldn't be supporting legalization (by the State Legislatures under the 10th amendment) of marijuana, gay marriage, and prostitution.
>>>is it an american thing that something must be specifically said in legislature in order for people to understand it to be illegal?
No. It also operates the same in most EU states too. Human activities like same sex, smoking weed, selling guns, etc is assumed to be "allowed" until a law is passed which makes it criminal.
>>>It's not a matter of children vs. adults; it's a matter of individuals vs. employers, which sometimes are large corporations.
This is why the U.S. has whistleblower laws, OSHA, and other protective measures to restrain the power of the corporations. (Of course the proper response should be to just terminate the corporate license when they break these laws, but no politician has the balls to do that.)
>>>Can we all just admit NOW that the PS4 was a failure? ..... pretty obvious that the PS4 can be called the loser ...... Now look at the PS4, the Blu Ray caused them to take a HUGE bath on every unit sold (some estimates have the real cost of the PS4 at $1000 at launch
>>>
That awkward moment when you realize you erased ALL credibility with the readers by referring to a "PS4" console that does not exist. I suspect you have no idea what you're talking about when you refer to Sega Saturns and PS1 "COTS" parts and Xboxes.
I've had cases where amazon said, "No need to return the defective item," and just gave me back the money or sent me a 2nd item immediately. It's a good company which is why I've been shopping there since the 90s.
>>>>>He has 70% support among people 18 to 35....
>>
>>[Citation doubtful]
Look at the breakdown of the primary results. Ron Paul has won among that age group in almost every state..... And of course he is waaaay more popular than any other candidate on facebook/twitter which is a youth-dominated medium..... Plus being filling-up small stadiums at college campuses all over the U.S.
I mean really -- did you need a citation Anon. Coward? Ron Paul's popularity with the youth is self evident to anyone who's paid attention since December 2011. Santorum/Romney/Gingrich wish they had that kind of young support.
No such thing as public business (unless it's public-owned like Amtrak or the Water/sewar company). MY business is wholly private since I'm the sole owner and is, in fact, inside my actual home.
The U.S. Congress has no authority to tell me I have to let white people inside my black-dominated business. Or home. Or church. Per the 10th amendment. (On the other hand the State Legislature does have the authority, again per the 10th.)
Constitutional law only applies to the U.S. Government (and by extension of SCOTUS case law... State governments). It has no application to private entities. That is why neither Congress not the Legislature may limit your free speech, but this website, your employer, or a private store/business most certainly can.
There are probably laws that forbid employers from asking for PINs to your credit card or bank account. Perhaps you could prosecute them for asking for your "PIN" on facebook, but I have no idea. It might not get far.
Oh and the 27 states of the European union (just to be thorough).
The Maryland government police were asking for facebook passwords. Then it was discovered some private employers do the same, so the Legislature stepped forward and did its job (banned the practice). Now we just need to get the other 49 Member States of the union to do the same. :-)
>>>These groups want a device that is highly secure,
"Cloudapps" and "secure" are not two words that belong together. The Chrome laptops I saw advertised were NOT aimed at enterprises, but at Joe or Jill Sixpack who just wants to turn-on a laptop and 5 seconds later the web is running with tons of free google software (Mail, Docs, etc). Kinda like how cellphones work but with the full functionality of a keyboard and screen.
One other thought:
The latest CBS polling shows that Romney will lose to Obama by 4 percent, whereas Ron Paul would defeat the current president by 5. Maybe YOU hate him but Paul has crossover appeal to independents and Democrats that Romney lacks.
- So if you like Obama and want 4 more years, hope Romney is the republican candidate.
- If you dislike Obama and want him out, then Paul is who you should be backing. The D's and I's like him more than they like Obama, and will put him into the white house.
Well I'm surprised. Santorum had enough delegates to negotiate a spot as vice-president. Maybe the Republican Party sat down with him and pressured him to dropout, in hopes those delegates would go to Romney.
That now firmly puts RON PAUL in the second place position..... about 200 behind Romney's total. (Counting the caucus states where Paul scored more delegates than Romney.) Romney can't win without Paul's delegates, and Congressman Paul says he will run to the end, just like he did in 2008.
(a) Nonsense. (And if you think you're right, then quote Mr. Paul where he said "I want to nullify the 14th." You won't find it.)
(b) We're already on the gold standard. At least the world banks are. They are hoarding gold at a rapid pace, because they know the dollar will lose ~20% of its value in just one decade (thanks to the Fed's rampant running of the printing press). A dollar is paper and has lost 95% of its value since 1920, whereas prior to that, from 1800, it hadlost none (because it was tied to gold).
(c) Is wrong. He wants to reduce the military to be a DEFENSIVE force, protecting our east and west coasts, rather than an offensive force that has killed or maimed over million innocent civilians during the last decade.
(d) is also wrong since he voted *against* the Constitutional Amendment to declare life begins at conception.
(e) He is right. The Congress has no authority to regulate who we must, or must not, allow into our private homes. Or force us to buy insurance we don't want. Said power is reserved to the Member States and the People thereof. (Read the 10th amendment sometime.)
(f) But that works both ways. States ALSO have the right to INCREASE personal freedoms, like legalized prostitution, or legalized marijuana, or legalized homosexual marriage (or even multi-partner marriage). For example Ron Paul supports California's legalization of medical marijuana, while no other president ever has. (Even now Obama's admin is arresting californians with weed.)
Outdated ideology? Peace and a balanced budget is outdated? Hardly. He has 70% support among people 18 to 35..... it's a *youthful* ideology not an outdated one.
>>>racist past?
Well let's ask some black people. Professor Walter E. Williams do you think Ron Paul racist? "Haahaha. That's ridiculous. I've known Dr. Paul for many years and he is definitely not a racist. On the contrary he's the most egalitarian person I know in Washington, as you would expect from someone who follows libertarian principles." (Quoting from youtube video when W.E.W. was guest hosting Rush Limbaugh.)
How about you, Bruce S. Gordon, former head of the NAACP? "Not in the slightest. I've known Congressman Paul for decades and he is in no way a racist. People who say that makes themselves look foolish." (quoting from radio interview)
And what Ron Paul's black volunteers? Well there are millions of them so I can't quote them here but you can certainly find their homemade videos on youtube. They think the charge is ridiculous, because they know the Drug Prohibition is the true racist policy (more blacks in jail than whites) and that Congressman Paul is the only one who vowed to end the prohibition as unconstitutional (10th amendment).
I did say "as a buyer" I've not had problems with Paypal.
Paypal for sellers is a bit of a headache, though there are ways to protect yourself from thieves (such as always using delivery confirmation).
Those are all on the net (either free, or via netflix). Again: No need for ~$1000 per year cable.
What was wrong with the Kindle tablet?
Forgot to add to my post below: No hassle buying from amazon/paypal is why online retailers are succeeding, and restrictive buying is why Best Buy is failing. Buyers want an easy experience for returns, not a hard one.
Well said.
If the item is genuinely defective, stores have credit card agreements that REQUIRE them to accept the item for return or exchange. No exceptions.
Even if the store still refuses, you can just mail the item back to the store, use delivery confirmation, and then provide the DC number to your credit card. You will get refunded the money. And the store will lose the money regardless of any 90 day or 3-strike policy.
BTW this is why I like amazon and ebay/paypal - no hassles. Though I've received a lot of junk over the years from dishonest sellers, so far I've not lost any money (except for return postage). Just recently I bought a used Wii that was never delivered and amazon gave me a $105 gift card only two days later. I already spent that cash on another item (kindle w/ web browser).
I was flipping through those channels over the weekend, while sitting in my hotel.
Basically there was nothing worth watching, which is why I don't send comcast $1000/year. Besides there are a lot of over-the-air equivalents to Discovery (PBS), TVland (Retro/antennaTV), TNT/AMC (thisTV/other movie channels), 24 hour news (france24, RT, BBC, and the daily FOX,NBC,CBS,ABC news), and so on.
The only thing I want but can't get is Syfy's various shows, but Hulu fills-in that gap. Overall I don't miss the cable one bit. OTA + internet is good enough and cheap ($15/month).
Netscape actually did beat Microsoft in the antitrust case. (Unfortunately it bankrupted them, and forced Netscape to sell-off to AOL.)