For those who replied, notice that I said "almost always". I don't know you, so I don't have any opinion about what makes you tick.
But when you look at public figures, almost all the self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives are all too happy to piss money down the drain. They just want to use a different drain - one that fills rich men's pocketbooks.
Also, I've commented before on the bizarre referenda in the 90s, where people would come down hard in favor of a proposition that limits a state's or city's ability to tax and spend, but in the same trip to the polls voted themselves a new stadium so the ball team wouldn't move to another town.
It's a fact that most fiscal conservatives, when asked what they would have the government cut
"I'm a fiscal conservative" is almost always a euphemism for "I don't like paying taxes, and I damn sure don't like having my tax money spent on things that benefit people from the lower classes."
Just what we need - another regressive tax to bail us out of a recession caused by the shortsighted greed of the richest people in the country.
And as an added bonus, some rich man will get even richer by selling us all the required electronic devices, which of course will be made in China.
But, uhm, remind me why all vehicles should be treated equally? I mean, other than the fact that it would favor the people who can afford to buy and operate gas guzzlers?
Please do enlighten us with more recent knowledge. I'm well away from archaeology; the last word I know is Jared Diamond's, which was: even if Clovis culture wasn't the first one in North America, it was the first widespread one, and so predecessors are merely interesting curiosities. Much like L'Anse aux Meadows: it's impressive that the Norse made it that far, but it didn't really go anywhere.
The problem is, anomalous dates are found scattered all over the two continents, suggesting that the precursor population wasn't just a minor thing.
Assuming the anomalous dates are actually correct...
Yes, didn't some Europeans boat along the edge of the Atlantic pack ice during the last ice age (pre-Bering strait land bridge) and land in Eastern North America? I thought the found some ceremonial spear points somewhere that matched ones in France, but predated the land bridge migration.
I don't recall about the spear points, but there is an oddity regarding a population-tracking mutation that occurred in Europe showing up among the native American populations. And just those in the eastern part of North America, IIRC.
I don't think it has been as thoroughly discredited as you say. (Or maybe I should say, the discrediting isn't broadly enough accepted for you to state it as you did).
However, a steady sequence of anomalies has popped up, mostly in the past decade or so, so that people who argue for an earlier settlement are no longer dismissed as a lunatic fringe. I suspect there will eventually be a consensus on an earlier settlement, though it's too soon to say what the new mainstream view will state.
Frankly, if the Texas Democratic Party can't take the buffoonery of the Texas Republican Party and make votes out of it, then they deserve what they get.
The same can be same about national politics. But Democratic politicians are too stupid and/or gutless to make hay out of it.
If the typical D politician had half the brains & balls of the typical R politician, this would be a very different country.
Don't worry, it's a well-known fact that radiation exposure will bring you back as a zombie.
And since everyone else will be zombies too, you won't have to worry about what kind of impression you'll make. (That hot chick's ears will be falling off too.)
I'd kind of like to be a pro-nuke non-hysteric, but alas, it seems that our species lacks either the brains or the willpower to use designs that are proof against earthquakes and Soviet-quality engineering, or to plan ahead on what we're going to do with all the spent fuel and other nasty sh*t that you wouldn't want them dumping in you back yard.
1- Create life- done.; the polio virus has been synthetically produced
I was astonished to learn that biologists don't consider viruses to be "life". They don't meet some of the criteria of the common definition(s) of life.
I'm curious as to whether these results have been revisited--or replicated--since the 1950s. This article seems to indicate that people have been talking about the experiment without really revisiting the science for more than half a century.
I don't know why no one else has done it, but for my money it's not very interesting anymore. We've since discovered that amino acids form even in deep space. It's just organic chemistry. The interesting question is how do we narrow down all the conjectures about how life might have gotten started, to the one(s) that actually happened.
Biology is not my area of expertise, but I have to wonder why we haven't managed to "create life" yet (or have we?).
I haven't read anything about it for a few years, but we're probably within a few years of it. Several well-funded teams have been working on it.
However, AFAIK none of them are working on life "as we know it". They're just taking the common biological definition (metabolism, reproduction, etc.) and trying to build a minimal chemical system that does it.
Somewhere I've seen a chart of the reactions one team had designed, but as of then they didn't have all of it actually working.
Now we can kill civilians without having to see them.
FYI, we've been killing several hundred innocent bystanders a year with our drones. (People were delighted that last year was down 25% from the previous year. Unfortunately the total for that previous year was 440, so we "only" killed 330 innocent bystanders in a "good" year.)
Won't be long 'till we've killed as many innocent people with drones as OBL's thugs killed on 9/11.
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Corporate "profit" goes towards either creating jobs
...in China.
There's a difference between playing it smart and investing a lot of money in getting the laws changed to keep your tax bill down.
One is an obligation of a business to keep tax down and profits up. The other is immoral and (IMHO) should be illegal.
Over the past 30 years, greed has become the highest civic virtue in the USA.
Paying taxes is unpatriotic (if not outright treasonous!) because it is in contradiction with that higher virtue.
For those who replied, notice that I said "almost always". I don't know you, so I don't have any opinion about what makes you tick.
But when you look at public figures, almost all the self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives are all too happy to piss money down the drain. They just want to use a different drain - one that fills rich men's pocketbooks.
Also, I've commented before on the bizarre referenda in the 90s, where people would come down hard in favor of a proposition that limits a state's or city's ability to tax and spend, but in the same trip to the polls voted themselves a new stadium so the ball team wouldn't move to another town.
Ooops, pasted an old buffer in.
Why can't Windows adopt a simple swipe-and-paste mechanism like X has offered since forever?
How about they do something a little more useful, like impose a moratorium on new expenditures until the economic crisis is over?
Perhaps you can find solace in the fact that you don't need to drive something really big to compensate for something else that's really little.
That being, that they (State and federal governments) are spending too much money already.
Do you offer this as fact or opinion?
How about they do something a little more useful, like impose a moratorium on new expenditures until the economic crisis is over?
Funny thing is, we can always afford wars half-way around the world and tax cuts for billionaires, but can't afford to keep the country running.
And that's with a "liberal" in the White House.
It's a fact that most fiscal conservatives, when asked what they would have the government cut
"I'm a fiscal conservative" is almost always a euphemism for "I don't like paying taxes, and I damn sure don't like having my tax money spent on things that benefit people from the lower classes."
If you can dream it, we can tax it.
My neighbor's tits?
Just what we need - another regressive tax to bail us out of a recession caused by the shortsighted greed of the richest people in the country.
And as an added bonus, some rich man will get even richer by selling us all the required electronic devices, which of course will be made in China.
But, uhm, remind me why all vehicles should be treated equally? I mean, other than the fact that it would favor the people who can afford to buy and operate gas guzzlers?
Please do enlighten us with more recent knowledge. I'm well away from archaeology; the last word I know is Jared Diamond's, which was: even if Clovis culture wasn't the first one in North America, it was the first widespread one, and so predecessors are merely interesting curiosities. Much like L'Anse aux Meadows: it's impressive that the Norse made it that far, but it didn't really go anywhere.
The problem is, anomalous dates are found scattered all over the two continents, suggesting that the precursor population wasn't just a minor thing.
Assuming the anomalous dates are actually correct...
Yes, didn't some Europeans boat along the edge of the Atlantic pack ice during the last ice age (pre-Bering strait land bridge) and land in Eastern North America? I thought the found some ceremonial spear points somewhere that matched ones in France, but predated the land bridge migration.
I don't recall about the spear points, but there is an oddity regarding a population-tracking mutation that occurred in Europe showing up among the native American populations. And just those in the eastern part of North America, IIRC.
That theory has been long ago discredited.
I don't think it has been as thoroughly discredited as you say. (Or maybe I should say, the discrediting isn't broadly enough accepted for you to state it as you did).
However, a steady sequence of anomalies has popped up, mostly in the past decade or so, so that people who argue for an earlier settlement are no longer dismissed as a lunatic fringe. I suspect there will eventually be a consensus on an earlier settlement, though it's too soon to say what the new mainstream view will state.
Wouldn't an inverse woosh be a thud?
No, it would be a "shoe".
Frankly, if the Texas Democratic Party can't take the buffoonery of the Texas Republican Party and make votes out of it, then they deserve what they get.
The same can be same about national politics. But Democratic politicians are too stupid and/or gutless to make hay out of it.
If the typical D politician had half the brains & balls of the typical R politician, this would be a very different country.
OMG, we're all gonna die!
Don't worry, it's a well-known fact that radiation exposure will bring you back as a zombie.
And since everyone else will be zombies too, you won't have to worry about what kind of impression you'll make. (That hot chick's ears will be falling off too.)
I am not an anti-nuke hysteric.
I'd kind of like to be a pro-nuke non-hysteric, but alas, it seems that our species lacks either the brains or the willpower to use designs that are proof against earthquakes and Soviet-quality engineering, or to plan ahead on what we're going to do with all the spent fuel and other nasty sh*t that you wouldn't want them dumping in you back yard.
Like all other moments in life, there is a Simpsons quote that sums it up:
Sorry, but you also have to provide an xkcd and a reference from LoTR or Dr. Who.
That could really put a spin on things. Evolution ~ Creationism. Humm...
No amount of evidence would convince creationists that they're wrong.
As the saying goes, you can't use reason to leverage someone out of an opinion that wasn't acquired by reason.
1- Create life- done.; the polio virus has been synthetically produced
I was astonished to learn that biologists don't consider viruses to be "life". They don't meet some of the criteria of the common definition(s) of life.
I'm curious as to whether these results have been revisited--or replicated--since the 1950s. This article seems to indicate that people have been talking about the experiment without really revisiting the science for more than half a century.
I don't know why no one else has done it, but for my money it's not very interesting anymore. We've since discovered that amino acids form even in deep space. It's just organic chemistry. The interesting question is how do we narrow down all the conjectures about how life might have gotten started, to the one(s) that actually happened.
Biology is not my area of expertise, but I have to wonder why we haven't managed to "create life" yet (or have we?).
I haven't read anything about it for a few years, but we're probably within a few years of it. Several well-funded teams have been working on it.
However, AFAIK none of them are working on life "as we know it". They're just taking the common biological definition (metabolism, reproduction, etc.) and trying to build a minimal chemical system that does it.
Somewhere I've seen a chart of the reactions one team had designed, but as of then they didn't have all of it actually working.
I'm of the understanding that the origin of life can be traced back (in theory) to hydrothermal vents deep within the ocean.
No, it can't be traced back to any origin. Hydrothermal vents represent one of many conjectures of what kind of environment let it happen.
Or am I meant to channel Sarah Connor and murmur darkly about skynet
Channel her? No, we want you to bonk her, and get the resistance started.
but more information would prevent killing civilians as often.
s/would/should/
Back in reality, I don't think our Drone Wars ratio of terrorists/civilians killed is something our Administration and Pentagon want to brag about.
Now we can kill civilians without having to see them.
FYI, we've been killing several hundred innocent bystanders a year with our drones. (People were delighted that last year was down 25% from the previous year. Unfortunately the total for that previous year was 440, so we "only" killed 330 innocent bystanders in a "good" year.)
Won't be long 'till we've killed as many innocent people with drones as OBL's thugs killed on 9/11.
I for my part wil boycott this App!
There's probably another app that will make you quit using it.