>>>For example the financial firms gave to both sides.
Doesn't change my point that corporations expect to be repaid by the Congressmen or presidents in the form of favorable legislation.
>>>"corporations are people" thing was pure spin, the court never said that
You couldn't be more wrong. They did say that, back in a case of the 1890s, and that precedent of treating a corporation as a person has been carried forward ever since.
And as for whether corporations should have a right to speak? No. They are an artificial government-created entity (via a license) and have no more natural-given right to speak than this building I'm sitting in. Yes the building is filled with lots of humans, and those humans each carry an individual right to speak, but the building itself? No. Neither dod trees or rocks have a right to speak. Rights belong to individuals, not inanimate objects called "Oak tree" or "The Muir Building" or "Microsoft Corporation".
(quoting from memory): "The thinking power we call an idea appears purposefully designed by nature to be shared with all humans. I can share my idea with others, without depriving its usefulness to myself, just as I can light your tapir with my own fire, without darkening myself. There cannot then be, in nature, a right to exclusive ownership of ideas."
Should people make money off their artistic works? Sure. Should they have the power to break-into your private home w/ false pretenses? Absolutely not.
>>>This is the same as an art appraiser or insurance company representative being present for the recovery of stolen works, or a bank representative being present for financial crimes. >>> That only happens in movies. In real life it is illegal to touch the evidence. It's called tampering.
The MPAA is totally out of control. What we need is some Congressman, Senator, or other 'man of the People' to run the shop and keep them honest. "On March 1, 2011, the Motion Picture Association of America announced that Senator Chris Dodd will head that organization." --- Well %@#$!
We have more "democracy" over corporations than we do over our own government. Every dollar we cast is another vote for a business we like (and not casting dollars == driving the business out of the market; like we did with Circuit Shitty).
Naive'. The politicians then "pay back" the corporations that funded them during the campaign. Example: Obama paying back his insurance company donors by giving them ~50 million new customers (via the mandated purchase). Example 2: Bush giving his defense corporate donors a massive war. Example 3: Giving bailouts to financial corporations that gave donations. Example 4: Rewarding Hollywood corporations by signing ACTA, installing a copyright czar, and pushing for SOPA/CISPA passage.
Citizens United is about speech, yes, but that speech is backed by dollars and the corporations expect the politicians to repay those dollars w/ favorable legislation.
As Bush, Obama, and now Romney have shown. I can't believe we got such lousy anti-Bill of Rights, pro-killing, pro-debt spending people in a row. The only explanation is that the De'mos (the People) are easily manipulated. Maybe the Founders were correct in NOT having the president chosen by a direct vote... maybe the job really should be left to the Electoral congress (chusen by the States) or the U.S. Congress (parliamentary style).
I think it would be workable. We could simply make the House a true People's branch --- Keep the representatives, allowing them to craft laws and write bills, but when it's time for the "ayes and nays" have the reps stand-aside and submit the bill to the People for a direct referendum.
And keep the Senate as is (a house representing the 50 Member States). If we had such a system the TARP Bailout Bill never would have passed the House, and 1 trillion not transferred as corporate welfare.
More democracy Mr. Kaspersky? Okay. Keep the representatives, allowing them to craft laws and write bills, but when it's time for the "ayes and nays" have the reps stand-aside and submit the bill to the People for a direct referendum.
Also keep the Senate as is (a house representing the 50 Member States). If we had such a system the TARP Bailout Bill never would have passed the House, and 1 trillion not transferred to the top 0.1% as corporate welfare.
I suspect humans are pulling water out of the ground that would normally remain underground. That's causing a slow but measurable transfer of H2O into the ocean and higher levels.
As for "disappearing rivers" that's only true in the western desert areas. In the central and east part of the U.S. the rivers have greater flows than before and often set high tide records. This is a result of humans sucking water out of the ground & then dumping it into the rivers.
>>> I was hoping someone was going to tell me who added that drop down first
Opera browser. It's almost always Opera that comes-up with an idea first (like tabs... or online storage of bookmarks), and then the other folks copy it.
>>>Has anyone got evidence of any other activity done with this "profile"?
Google supports CISPA. CISPA mandates companies turn-over collected data to the DHS. Therefore the use of the profile is sinister. (Even before CISPA passed, google and others were routinely turning data over to the government via FBI or CIA requests.)
>>>What can we do about these bastards in our SCOTUS? Can we impeach them?
Just because the Supreme Court issues a ruling on a single case, does not mean lower level courts have to listen. The judges can still follow their own oath to the Constitution and the law.
Similarly the States can also ignore the Supreme Court and just pass their own laws directly. Per the 10th amendment. That was used by the Northern States to provide asylum to runaway slaves; they simply refused to give them back.
FINE put it in my backyard..... buried a mile deep in sealed canisters. I don't care as long as it's not sitting in a pool of water, just watiing for a leak. Keeping a dangerous radioactive fuel in that fashion is stupidity.
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>>>First, is that people believe that our nuclear waste is safer than it really is where it currently is
Well that's dumb. I'd rather have it buried underground in a safe manner, than sitting literally ~30 miles from my house in a pool of water, just waiting for an accident.
>>>Second, people believe that our nuclear waste is extremely dangerous when transported and will radiated all over the place
Also dumb. I've seen tests where nuclear cannisters were blown-up, and nothing happened. The cannister didn't even crack. (Again: Safer than leaving it in a pool of water 30 miles from my house.)
>>>finally people would rather not think about it at all
Well they must be doing SOME thinking, or they wouldn't be protesting Yucca Mountain disposal.
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QUOTE: "That is why I proposed the creation of a Blue Ribbon Commission of experts to make credible, scientifically sound recommendations for a new approach to nuclear waste. I am pleased that President Obama and Secretary Chu agree with this approach, and on March 3, 2010, announced the creation of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Americaâ(TM)s Nuclear Future. The commission includes distinguished nuclear energy experts, geologists, policymakers, and environmental policy experts. The panel has published draft recommendations and is scheduled to present their final report on the best alternatives to Yucca in January 2012."
They didn't come up with crap.
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It appears to be just as good a place as any to dispose of nuclear waste..... certainly better than leaving it in the plants, waiting for a disaster (like Fukushima where some of the stored waste was washed out to sea). Stupid politicians. Yucca has been shown to be stable. Just do it.
Or not. I rarely used IE. It was Mosaic, then Netscape, then Firefox as my main browsers, and all of them appeared to render everything just fine.
Irony - My dialup ISP is called "Netscape". But they have never supported netscape or its sequel Mozilla. Only IE. I'm surprised they never supported their own browser but maybe it's because they are owned by AOL.
>>>The IE monopoly might very well have lasted a lot longer with concerted effort and government support.
You accidentally hit the nail on the head. The only way for a monopoly to survive is via Government protectionism of said monopoly. (Example: Comcast in my county is protected by government grant of monopoly.) In a free market a monopoly will only last as long as it keeps customers happy, but if the monopoly abuses its customers, then they will flee to other alternatives. Like how they fled from Microsoft Explorer to Google Chrome. Or from Kmart (once THE dominant retail chain) to Walmart.
I just re-read my post, and there is NOTHING in there about either the D or R party. Perhaps you were referring to my word "demos"? That means PEOPLE in greek and is where the word democracy came from.
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>>>For example the financial firms gave to both sides.
Doesn't change my point that corporations expect to be repaid by the Congressmen or presidents in the form of favorable legislation.
>>>"corporations are people" thing was pure spin, the court never said that
You couldn't be more wrong. They did say that, back in a case of the 1890s, and that precedent of treating a corporation as a person has been carried forward ever since.
And as for whether corporations should have a right to speak? No. They are an artificial government-created entity (via a license) and have no more natural-given right to speak than this building I'm sitting in. Yes the building is filled with lots of humans, and those humans each carry an individual right to speak, but the building itself? No. Neither dod trees or rocks have a right to speak. Rights belong to individuals, not inanimate objects called "Oak tree" or "The Muir Building" or "Microsoft Corporation".
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Hmmm.
A post about a SEARCH on an article about SHARABLE SEARCHES is "offtopic" how?
NBC News isn't any better:
Too Hot To Work at a Lingerie Shop? (No I'm just too old.)
http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/22/11812107-too-hot-to-work-at-a-lingerie-shop?lite
No.
There are some things about my friends I'd rather not know.
You mean "communists" like Thomas Jefferson?
(quoting from memory): "The thinking power we call an idea appears purposefully designed by nature to be shared with all humans. I can share my idea with others, without depriving its usefulness to myself, just as I can light your tapir with my own fire, without darkening myself. There cannot then be, in nature, a right to exclusive ownership of ideas."
Should people make money off their artistic works? Sure. Should they have the power to break-into your private home w/ false pretenses? Absolutely not.
>>>This is the same as an art appraiser or insurance company representative being present for the recovery of stolen works, or a bank representative being present for financial crimes.
>>>
That only happens in movies. In real life it is illegal to touch the evidence. It's called tampering.
The MPAA is totally out of control. What we need is some Congressman, Senator, or other 'man of the People' to run the shop and keep them honest. "On March 1, 2011, the Motion Picture Association of America announced that Senator Chris Dodd will head that organization." --- Well %@#$!
Dodd threatens to cutoff donations to Obama campaign
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/19/exclusive-hollywood-lobbyist-threatens-to-cut-off-obama-2012-money-over-anti
MPAA at Cannes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/christopher-dodd-extends-mpaas-reach-at-cannes/2012/05/21/gIQANSDJgU_blog.html
We have more "democracy" over corporations than we do over our own government. Every dollar we cast is another vote for a business we like (and not casting dollars == driving the business out of the market; like we did with Circuit Shitty).
Naive'. The politicians then "pay back" the corporations that funded them during the campaign. Example: Obama paying back his insurance company donors by giving them ~50 million new customers (via the mandated purchase). Example 2: Bush giving his defense corporate donors a massive war. Example 3: Giving bailouts to financial corporations that gave donations. Example 4: Rewarding Hollywood corporations by signing ACTA, installing a copyright czar, and pushing for SOPA/CISPA passage.
Citizens United is about speech, yes, but that speech is backed by dollars and the corporations expect the politicians to repay those dollars w/ favorable legislation.
>>>Not hard to manipulate that.
As Bush, Obama, and now Romney have shown. I can't believe we got such lousy anti-Bill of Rights, pro-killing, pro-debt spending people in a row. The only explanation is that the De'mos (the People) are easily manipulated. Maybe the Founders were correct in NOT having the president chosen by a direct vote... maybe the job really should be left to the Electoral congress (chusen by the States) or the U.S. Congress (parliamentary style).
I think it would be workable. We could simply make the House a true People's branch --- Keep the representatives, allowing them to craft laws and write bills, but when it's time for the "ayes and nays" have the reps stand-aside and submit the bill to the People for a direct referendum.
And keep the Senate as is (a house representing the 50 Member States). If we had such a system the TARP Bailout Bill never would have passed the House, and 1 trillion not transferred as corporate welfare.
More democracy Mr. Kaspersky? Okay. Keep the representatives, allowing them to craft laws and write bills, but when it's time for the "ayes and nays" have the reps stand-aside and submit the bill to the People for a direct referendum.
Also keep the Senate as is (a house representing the 50 Member States). If we had such a system the TARP Bailout Bill never would have passed the House, and 1 trillion not transferred to the top 0.1% as corporate welfare.
I suspect humans are pulling water out of the ground that would normally remain underground. That's causing a slow but measurable transfer of H2O into the ocean and higher levels.
As for "disappearing rivers" that's only true in the western desert areas. In the central and east part of the U.S. the rivers have greater flows than before and often set high tide records. This is a result of humans sucking water out of the ground & then dumping it into the rivers.
>>>don't stamp your feet and say you don't like CISPA
Why not? That approach worked well for Google and others when they opposed SOPA. They killed the bill.
>>> I was hoping someone was going to tell me who added that drop down first
Opera browser.
It's almost always Opera that comes-up with an idea first (like tabs... or online storage of bookmarks), and then the other folks copy it.
>>>Has anyone got evidence of any other activity done with this "profile"?
Google supports CISPA.
CISPA mandates companies turn-over collected data to the DHS.
Therefore the use of the profile is sinister. (Even before CISPA passed, google and others were routinely turning data over to the government via FBI or CIA requests.)
>>>What can we do about these bastards in our SCOTUS? Can we impeach them?
Just because the Supreme Court issues a ruling on a single case, does not mean lower level courts have to listen. The judges can still follow their own oath to the Constitution and the law.
Similarly the States can also ignore the Supreme Court and just pass their own laws directly. Per the 10th amendment. That was used by the Northern States to provide asylum to runaway slaves; they simply refused to give them back.
FINE put it in my backyard..... buried a mile deep in sealed canisters. I don't care as long as it's not sitting in a pool of water, just watiing for a leak. Keeping a dangerous radioactive fuel in that fashion is stupidity.
>>>First, is that people believe that our nuclear waste is safer than it really is where it currently is
Well that's dumb. I'd rather have it buried underground in a safe manner, than sitting literally ~30 miles from my house in a pool of water, just waiting for an accident.
>>>Second, people believe that our nuclear waste is extremely dangerous when transported and will radiated all over the place
Also dumb. I've seen tests where nuclear cannisters were blown-up, and nothing happened. The cannister didn't even crack. (Again: Safer than leaving it in a pool of water 30 miles from my house.)
>>>finally people would rather not think about it at all
Well they must be doing SOME thinking, or they wouldn't be protesting Yucca Mountain disposal.
QUOTE: "That is why I proposed the creation of a Blue Ribbon Commission of experts to make credible, scientifically sound recommendations for a new approach to nuclear waste. I am pleased that President Obama and Secretary Chu agree with this approach, and on March 3, 2010, announced the creation of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Americaâ(TM)s Nuclear Future. The commission includes distinguished nuclear energy experts, geologists, policymakers, and environmental policy experts. The panel has published draft recommendations and is scheduled to present their final report on the best alternatives to Yucca in January 2012."
They didn't come up with crap.
It appears to be just as good a place as any to dispose of nuclear waste..... certainly better than leaving it in the plants, waiting for a disaster (like Fukushima where some of the stored waste was washed out to sea). Stupid politicians. Yucca has been shown to be stable. Just do it.
>>>To view those pages you had to use IE,
Or not. I rarely used IE. It was Mosaic, then Netscape, then Firefox as my main browsers, and all of them appeared to render everything just fine.
Irony - My dialup ISP is called "Netscape". But they have never supported netscape or its sequel Mozilla. Only IE. I'm surprised they never supported their own browser but maybe it's because they are owned by AOL.
>>>The IE monopoly might very well have lasted a lot longer with concerted effort and government support.
You accidentally hit the nail on the head. The only way for a monopoly to survive is via Government protectionism of said monopoly. (Example: Comcast in my county is protected by government grant of monopoly.) In a free market a monopoly will only last as long as it keeps customers happy, but if the monopoly abuses its customers, then they will flee to other alternatives.
Like how they fled from Microsoft Explorer to Google Chrome.
Or from Kmart (once THE dominant retail chain) to Walmart.
True but there is another law called FATCA that has the same effect of letting the U.S. collect taxes from ex-patriots.
>>>partisanship
I just re-read my post, and there is NOTHING in there about either the D or R party. Perhaps you were referring to my word "demos"? That means PEOPLE in greek and is where the word democracy came from.