Exaggerate much? Republicans don't want to get rid of the minimum wage.
You should try paying attention.
"I think it's outlived its usefulness," said Rep. Joe Barton of Texas. "It may have been of some value back in the Great Depression. I would vote to repeal the minimum wage."
So just because a bill is called the Clear Skies Act, you think it helps the environment and hurts corporations? Apparently you're the reason that consultants like Frank Luntz make the big bucks. My friend worked for him when he came up with that name. It was a total giveaway to corporate interests. That does nothing to contradict my post.
Nixon was much more centrist and pragmatic on a lot of issues than people remember. Also, that EPA bill was passed by a Democratic Congress. The GOP really started their anti-environment push with Reagan- who immediately had the solar panels removed from the White House. It went into high gear starting in 1994 with Newt Gingrich.
The companies manufacturing the phones are not the ones subsidizing them. Samsung doesn't care if you pay $600, or you pay $200 and the carrier pays $400.
I just checked Galaxy S5 prices in the UK, France, and Germany, and they were all higher than the US unsubsidized price. I don't know how much of that is taxes.
The "Environmental Movement" is not one homogeneous group of people. There are tons of sensible, evidence-based people like myself that have always been pro-nuclear. Then there are the non-evidence based folks who are terrified of "radiation" and rub crystals of themselves to cleanse their chakra.
I would like to think that I'm in the mainstream and they're the fringe.
Be careful what you ask for. In their minds "better execution" means "more convictions"
You're confusing Prosecutors (who are part of the Executive Branch) and Judges. Nobody cares about a judge's conviction rate. And even if they did, a jury is deciding most of the cases.
What we really need - but will never have - is some sort of independent civilian oversight group designed to make sure these sorts of programs operate within some specific narrow parameters
That's what the Judicial Branch is supposed to do. We don't need an entirely new structure. We just need better execution from them.
Yes, intent is important in charges like Murder and Assault (premeditation and all that).
The core of the charges against Snowden are that he gave classified materials to someone without the appropriate clearance. He is definitely guilty of that.
Committing acts of war undermining the infrastructure of a country that congress hasn't declared war on...hmm
The entire purpose of this system is retaliatory. It will only attack systems that are the source of an attack. It's not going to bring down a country's power grid.
What Snowden did, by it's nature is Treason sadly enough
The reason that Snowden wasn't charged with Treason is that it would be a big stretch to prove that he provided "aid and comfort" to our enemies without any sort of active collaboration with anyone.
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That does not make it a campaign.
So you don't know what a "platform" is? Cool. Have a good day.
I submitted my previous post to soon. You could dismiss one Congressman as not representative of the party.
So here is the official 2014 platform of the Republican Party of Texas.
Minimum Wage Repeal- We believe the Minimum Wage Law should be repealed.
Prevailing Wage Law- We urge Congress to repeal the Prevailing Wage Law and the Davis
Bacon Act.
Workers Compensation- We urge the Legislature to resist making workers’ compensation
mandatory for all Texas employers
http://www.texasgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-Platform-Final.pdf
Exaggerate much? Republicans don't want to get rid of the minimum wage.
You should try paying attention.
"I think it's outlived its usefulness," said Rep. Joe Barton of Texas. "It may have been of some value back in the Great Depression. I would vote to repeal the minimum wage."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/can-obama-unilaterally-raise-the-minimum-wage-20131205
On on Slashdot could an increase in manufacturing jobs be used as evidence of "middle class collapse".
What the shit?
Your reading comprehension is seriously terrible. See the other replies for details about why you're an idiot.
Democrat, Republican, where's the difference?
That was literally the entire point of my post that you're replying to.
So just because a bill is called the Clear Skies Act, you think it helps the environment and hurts corporations? Apparently you're the reason that consultants like Frank Luntz make the big bucks. My friend worked for him when he came up with that name. It was a total giveaway to corporate interests. That does nothing to contradict my post.
Nixon was much more centrist and pragmatic on a lot of issues than people remember. Also, that EPA bill was passed by a Democratic Congress. The GOP really started their anti-environment push with Reagan- who immediately had the solar panels removed from the White House. It went into high gear starting in 1994 with Newt Gingrich.
Who controlled Congress for all of those things?
So why has every environmental initiative in the past 40 years been pushed by the Democrats and resisted by the Republicans?
Why did "mega-corporate bitch" Obama introduce new carbon emissions rules in June that will cost energy producers a fortune?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/us/politics/epa-to-seek-30-percent-cut-in-carbon-emissions.html
The companies manufacturing the phones are not the ones subsidizing them. Samsung doesn't care if you pay $600, or you pay $200 and the carrier pays $400.
I just checked Galaxy S5 prices in the UK, France, and Germany, and they were all higher than the US unsubsidized price. I don't know how much of that is taxes.
But if you change the meaning of Socialism to "stuff I don't like", then all kinds of things can become "Socialist".
Citation from a site that's not Breitbart.com?
More than 7 million people now have insurance because of Obamacare.
That's 7 million more people than would be insured under the Republic plan of "Fuck you. Walk it off."
Nope.
The only laptop on Newegg under $250 is a refurbed Thinkpad with 2GB of RAM.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317733
There are some solid selections in the $300-$325 range, but that's a decent price jump from where HP is talking about.
Seriously.. my cell phone has 2 GB of ram.
Your phone costs two or three times as much as this computer.
The "Environmental Movement" is not one homogeneous group of people. There are tons of sensible, evidence-based people like myself that have always been pro-nuclear. Then there are the non-evidence based folks who are terrified of "radiation" and rub crystals of themselves to cleanse their chakra.
I would like to think that I'm in the mainstream and they're the fringe.
Be careful what you ask for. In their minds "better execution" means "more convictions"
You're confusing Prosecutors (who are part of the Executive Branch) and Judges. Nobody cares about a judge's conviction rate. And even if they did, a jury is deciding most of the cases.
What we really need - but will never have - is some sort of independent civilian oversight group designed to make sure these sorts of programs operate within some specific narrow parameters
That's what the Judicial Branch is supposed to do. We don't need an entirely new structure. We just need better execution from them.
Yes, intent is important in charges like Murder and Assault (premeditation and all that).
The core of the charges against Snowden are that he gave classified materials to someone without the appropriate clearance. He is definitely guilty of that.
I pretty sure that the NSA is aware that IPs can be spoofed.
You got me backwards. Ralph Wiggam, the guy supporting the NSA is the traitor.
LOL. I love Slashdot. If you don't 100% agree with me, then you're a traitor who supports the NSA.
Snowden would never get anything resembling a fair trial before a jury of his peers.
Snowden openly acknowledges doing pretty much everything he's been charged with.
Yes. We all remember when Ron Paul said that.
Committing acts of war undermining the infrastructure of a country that congress hasn't declared war on...hmm
The entire purpose of this system is retaliatory. It will only attack systems that are the source of an attack. It's not going to bring down a country's power grid.
What Snowden did, by it's nature is Treason sadly enough
The reason that Snowden wasn't charged with Treason is that it would be a big stretch to prove that he provided "aid and comfort" to our enemies without any sort of active collaboration with anyone.