Once again, Trump is stating the obvious. He is absolutely correct and his detractors are only mad, because they've long made it a rule, that certain giant pink elephants are not to be talked about.
And I am sure it will be a very significant tax hit, which I will duly pony up
You do know, you can already "pony up" whatever you wish to help others directly or via a charity of your choice? And if you don't think, private efforts can do it, the US Treasury would gladly accept your voluntary contribution too.
But that's just not good enough for you, is it? "Voluntary" is for wussies, right? Like a good Collectivist — with an internal Authoritarian screaming to get out — you want to see other people compelled into doing the same.
Because fuck them, the greedy selfish cunts — whoever does not want to help others, ought to be forced to help others. Did I get the gist of your world-view correctly, uhm? I bet, I did...
You do know that UBI isn't to the tune of 10 grand a month, yes?
Why should not it be? If it is Ok to compel Peter to pay for Paul's comfort at all, why shouldn't they both live equally comfortable regardless of whatever they are doing?
In most states getting a long gun is as simple as going to a gun shop, picking one out, filling out a 4473 and having them run a quick background check with the feds
In NJ one needs a personal permit, and then a separate one for each firearm. This state makes possession of a slingshot without "explainable lawful purpose" illegal — however you obtained it — so, I fear, possessing an actual firearm may be worse...
Besides, I'd rather not appear on any centralized listings either — was it "Red Dawn", where the invaders obtain just such a list and make the listed gun-owners their top priority?
That's a fascinating read, thank you. I've been meaning to get a gun myself, but the bureaucratic process is just overwhelming (by design).
The only question is, once I follow the steps and manage to finish the remaining 20% of the lower receiver myself, would it be legal for me to transport this firearm — such as to a range to test it (and myself)?
Or will any cop be able to confiscate it — and put me away for a long time — because of the simple possession?
In reality, you have 1 to 3 plans your employer signed up for
Yes, the inexplicable connection between employment and health-insurance, which the federal government caused back in the 1940ies with its price-controls, and continues to encourage today with tax-credits, ought to end. Adding more government will not fix it.
all from the same insurance company with the same provider network
This sucks, but if a particular provider becomes too abusive, your employer is likely to change them. There is still some need for them to listen to customer feedback. On contrast, if the glorious "single payer" system is ever implemented, you'll be stuck with the same no matter who you are or what you do. To put into the terms you're sure to understand: Do you want President Trump to run your healthcare?
We already have the public school monopoly — for which we now pay 4 times more than 50 years ago without any improvement in quality...
Medicare is the only insurance program in the US with a >50% approval rating in polls
Curiously, you aren't citing anything to back up this claim.
there's an overwhelming torrent of complaints backed up by undercover investigations
You are citing remarkably few examples for something you claim to exist in "overwhelming" number. Are you so easily overwhelmed, the mere thought of such things indicates sniffing salts?
Nothing funny about it, it's because Amazon warehouses are even worse than working at Walmart
Oh, it is funny. Hysterically funny, how the same crowd, who claim poor Americans — with nothing to lose but their chains — forced to toil at Amazon for lack of better alternatives, while also contending, we need more immigrants, because there are jobs Americans just would not do.
How long have the vague accusations of "treason" been unsubstantiated by evidence nor even any plausible details? Two years?
Now, when Trump simply states the obvious — and, indeed, admitted by Facebook themselves — the Left turn back to the most rigorous standards of evidence.
No one would be, where they are, if a better alternative were available. No one.
It happens all the damn time.
If this really were as wide-spread a phenomenon, you would've cited examples. You didn't. Ergo, you are wrong. And you knew — or should've known — you are wrong. Ergo, you lied. Remember to logout, liar.
so further discussion with you is pointless.
I hope, for your sake, some day you'll learn to concede with more grace. But, graceful or not, I'll accept your surrender anyway. Run along...
However, how Amazon operates affects the lives of the people in the surrounding communities
Exactly, what I mean by Collectivist Bullshit.
then the government-run health and workers compensation programs will be burdened
Yes, a good argument against government-run health and workers compensation programs, thank you.
the community should be able to voice their concerns
Everyone is entitled to voice concerns. But there are loud calls to force Amazon to change... From the same people, who've sung praises to dictators forcing such changes on others. Because that's the way to Worker's Paradise.
It is those calls, that must be rejected. And not so much for the sake of Amazon, who is is rich and big enough to fight its own battles, but for all of us.
Maybe, that's because work at Amazon is not actually bad, huh?
Amazon warehouses have been in operation for years now
Yes, and for all those years your kind were spreading these accusations against Walmart. Not so much any more, for some reason — now Amazon is the main target. Speak of "funny"...
If there were better jobs available to these workers you think they'd be there?
No one would be, where they are, if a better alternative were available. No one.
People who are scraping by
The US is both a free and a fabulously rich country. The stuff of dreams of immigrants world-wide, who come here — legally and otherwise — and manage to not only earn a living, but to also support extended families back home. Whoever is born and raised in the US — without the immigrants' handicaps — has only himself to blame for being unable to afford whatever he wishes to afford by adulthood.
public tax dollars are going to subsidize corporate profits
The closest thing to a legal alternative is to squat on land
More Marxist bullshit. No. The closest thing to a legal alternative is to find another employer — one who'd be happy to retain the services if the hard-working and dedicated employee, treated so unfairly and harshly by Amazon.
Why, they can pay you the same and win you over just by treating you better!
None of this is any of our business. Whether those people are happy or unhappy working there, the only things that might legitimately concern those of us without AMZN-stock, is: "are they there voluntarily?"
Until you can no longer legally quit your job for some reason, your not leaving is proof, the job-conditions are Ok.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) kept the phone for more than 120 days before returning it to Ms Lazoja
Whether this was done deliberately to punish her with the abuse of process, or simply another manifestation of government ineptitude, does not matter. The lesson here is, pigs will be pigs — and I don't use the term to refer to just law enforcement, but to all government employees.
Don't kid yourself, it will not be any better in the government-run hospitals, that certain political movements keep demanding. The second a service-provider is deprived of a legitimate interest in getting paid by the service-buyer, the quality of the service goes right into that deep malodorous cavity under an outhouse — ask any ex-Soviet for more examples.
who is a Muslim woman and wears a hijab
That's not actually relevant. They'd do it to anyone making a principled stand.
Exactly. It didn't have to be that way — and whatever shortcomings there were, weren't due to any inherent deficiencies of the protocols.
Instead of throwing it all out, we could've improved the clients. Indeed, the NNTP-client still built into Thunderbird is not any less friendly, than the rest of the application. Likewise, Pidgin and other modern instant-messengers offer perfectly decent IRC implementations.
What makes it "by geeks for geeks" is the absence of marketing — there is no single entity to offer Apple, for example, a large sum of money to put an IRC-client on every iPhone. There are no other problems...
There was some censorship — some groups were moderated, the moderators chosen by mutual consensus. The consensus was not binding on the non-consenting, however, and so could not itself become too abusive.
both of those platforms were so ridden with viruses (pre-malware vandalism)
Totally not a problem today, is it?..
What, precisely, did IRC and Usenet offer as a firewall against advertisement, government snooping and manipulation, and trolling?
What they offer is the diversity. Standing up your own IRC or NNTP server was and remains trivial. The like-minded could join your network with their own servers, carrying your channels and/or newsgroups. The early Internet's optimistic promise of "routing around censorship" would hold...
Slashdot Mirror
If they are augmenting the searches for hot political topics in the US, they ought to do it in China too.
For equality and the Greater Good[tm], which are the Chinese government's top concerns just as they are for Google's management and employees.
A pigeon claiming victory? Something is seriously wrong with your choice of metaphor — and the rest of your non-argument. Remember to logout.
It does not. But I accept your surrender...
Once again, Trump is stating the obvious. He is absolutely correct and his detractors are only mad, because they've long made it a rule, that certain giant pink elephants are not to be talked about.
Eventually, his truths will set us all free.
You do know, you can already "pony up" whatever you wish to help others directly or via a charity of your choice? And if you don't think, private efforts can do it, the US Treasury would gladly accept your voluntary contribution too.
But that's just not good enough for you, is it? "Voluntary" is for wussies, right? Like a good Collectivist — with an internal Authoritarian screaming to get out — you want to see other people compelled into doing the same.
Because fuck them, the greedy selfish cunts — whoever does not want to help others, ought to be forced to help others. Did I get the gist of your world-view correctly, uhm? I bet, I did...
Why should not it be? If it is Ok to compel Peter to pay for Paul's comfort at all, why shouldn't they both live equally comfortable regardless of whatever they are doing?
In NJ one needs a personal permit, and then a separate one for each firearm. This state makes possession of a slingshot without "explainable lawful purpose" illegal — however you obtained it — so, I fear, possessing an actual firearm may be worse...
Besides, I'd rather not appear on any centralized listings either — was it "Red Dawn", where the invaders obtain just such a list and make the listed gun-owners their top priority?
But you will be forced — at gun point, which is how all taxes are collected — to pay for somebody else doing it.
That's a fascinating read, thank you. I've been meaning to get a gun myself, but the bureaucratic process is just overwhelming (by design).
The only question is, once I follow the steps and manage to finish the remaining 20% of the lower receiver myself, would it be legal for me to transport this firearm — such as to a range to test it (and myself)?
Or will any cop be able to confiscate it — and put me away for a long time — because of the simple possession?
Yes, the inexplicable connection between employment and health-insurance, which the federal government caused back in the 1940ies with its price-controls, and continues to encourage today with tax-credits, ought to end. Adding more government will not fix it.
This sucks, but if a particular provider becomes too abusive, your employer is likely to change them. There is still some need for them to listen to customer feedback. On contrast, if the glorious "single payer" system is ever implemented, you'll be stuck with the same no matter who you are or what you do. To put into the terms you're sure to understand: Do you want President Trump to run your healthcare?
We already have the public school monopoly — for which we now pay 4 times more than 50 years ago without any improvement in quality...
Curiously, you aren't citing anything to back up this claim.
Another unsubstantiated claim...
You are citing remarkably few examples for something you claim to exist in "overwhelming" number. Are you so easily overwhelmed, the mere thought of such things indicates sniffing salts?
Oh, it is funny. Hysterically funny, how the same crowd, who claim poor Americans — with nothing to lose but their chains — forced to toil at Amazon for lack of better alternatives, while also contending, we need more immigrants, because there are jobs Americans just would not do.
Whether that's true or not — and you aren't citing any supporting evidence — it is not for dearth of jobs available.
My point stands: if conditions at Amazon really were as horrible as the haters contend, they'd be having a hard time finding and retaining employees.
How long have the vague accusations of "treason" been unsubstantiated by evidence nor even any plausible details? Two years?
Now, when Trump simply states the obvious — and, indeed, admitted by Facebook themselves — the Left turn back to the most rigorous standards of evidence.
This is exactly why Usenet and IRC are — and always have been — a better alternative.
If this really were as wide-spread a phenomenon, you would've cited examples. You didn't. Ergo, you are wrong. And you knew — or should've known — you are wrong. Ergo, you lied. Remember to logout, liar.
I hope, for your sake, some day you'll learn to concede with more grace. But, graceful or not, I'll accept your surrender anyway. Run along...
Exactly, what I mean by Collectivist Bullshit.
Yes, a good argument against government-run health and workers compensation programs, thank you.
Everyone is entitled to voice concerns. But there are loud calls to force Amazon to change... From the same people, who've sung praises to dictators forcing such changes on others. Because that's the way to Worker's Paradise.
It is those calls, that must be rejected. And not so much for the sake of Amazon, who is is rich and big enough to fight its own battles, but for all of us.
Maybe, that's because work at Amazon is not actually bad, huh?
Yes, and for all those years your kind were spreading these accusations against Walmart. Not so much any more, for some reason — now Amazon is the main target. Speak of "funny"...
I know, and this is bad. But, at least, there are several of those to choose from, and they are still interested in my (or my employer's) money.
Switching to the "single payer" — a dog-whistle for "government run" — would make it even worse.
No one would be, where they are, if a better alternative were available. No one.
The US is both a free and a fabulously rich country. The stuff of dreams of immigrants world-wide, who come here — legally and otherwise — and manage to not only earn a living, but to also support extended families back home. Whoever is born and raised in the US — without the immigrants' handicaps — has only himself to blame for being unable to afford whatever he wishes to afford by adulthood.
More collectivist bullshit...
More Marxist bullshit. No. The closest thing to a legal alternative is to find another employer — one who'd be happy to retain the services if the hard-working and dedicated employee, treated so unfairly and harshly by Amazon.
Why, they can pay you the same and win you over just by treating you better!
None of this is any of our business. Whether those people are happy or unhappy working there, the only things that might legitimately concern those of us without AMZN-stock, is: "are they there voluntarily?"
Until you can no longer legally quit your job for some reason, your not leaving is proof, the job-conditions are Ok.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Whether this was done deliberately to punish her with the abuse of process, or simply another manifestation of government ineptitude, does not matter. The lesson here is, pigs will be pigs — and I don't use the term to refer to just law enforcement, but to all government employees.
Don't kid yourself, it will not be any better in the government-run hospitals, that certain political movements keep demanding. The second a service-provider is deprived of a legitimate interest in getting paid by the service-buyer, the quality of the service goes right into that deep malodorous cavity under an outhouse — ask any ex-Soviet for more examples.
That's not actually relevant. They'd do it to anyone making a principled stand.
"Unreasonable" is a giant loophole, however, you can march a brigade of goons through it... See Border Search Exception...
Exactly. It didn't have to be that way — and whatever shortcomings there were, weren't due to any inherent deficiencies of the protocols.
Instead of throwing it all out, we could've improved the clients. Indeed, the NNTP-client still built into Thunderbird is not any less friendly, than the rest of the application. Likewise, Pidgin and other modern instant-messengers offer perfectly decent IRC implementations.
What makes it "by geeks for geeks" is the absence of marketing — there is no single entity to offer Apple, for example, a large sum of money to put an IRC-client on every iPhone. There are no other problems...
There was some censorship — some groups were moderated, the moderators chosen by mutual consensus. The consensus was not binding on the non-consenting, however, and so could not itself become too abusive.
Totally not a problem today, is it?..
What they offer is the diversity. Standing up your own IRC or NNTP server was and remains trivial. The like-minded could join your network with their own servers, carrying your channels and/or newsgroups. The early Internet's optimistic promise of "routing around censorship" would hold...
Now, try standing up your own Facebook...