Snowden made no effort to follow established whistleblower protocols. Only judges have the authority to interpret the spirit of the constitution. Snoweden chose to do something illegal because he thinks it's the right thing to do, and that's perfectly noble. But it does not excuse him from punishment for those illegal actions. I have not seen anyone argue that what he did wasn't illegal.
The laws of supply and demand apply to all economic systems across the world in every time period we know of. They are as close to natural law as economics gets.
When human societies try to defy or influence supply and demand, on either side, it creates inefficiencies, which often lead to grey or black markets.
Because labor is subject to the same fundamental laws of supply and demand as any other resource. The pool of unskilled labor has a whole lot of supply.
Wow. That is so insightful and original. I have never seen that on the internet before. I wish I could think up things that are so brilliant and insightful.
If you know the exact distance where the solar system ends, please inform the people working on the Voyager program and save them the trouble. The fact that a human-made object is actively exploring the edges of our solar system and returning data to Earth is amazing.
You think that the FBI and ATF are staffed, trained, and equipped to patrol federal parks? The park service law enforcement becomes non-essential as soon as you close the parks. It is in no way "essential" for a person to visit a park.
And federal monuments are in federal parks and federal parks are often designated as monuments.
The government, after the shutdown, spent money to rent barricades to close off national monuments that are normally open 24x7 with no means of closing access
Yeah, so those parks don't get covered in trash, graffiti, and meth labs while nobody is available to patrol them.
The article mentions that people have created hydrocarbons like this before. The problem is always scaling up from lab scale to industrial scale. If the price of oil doubles, this kind of technology might be cost competitive. If oil stays anywhere close to where it is now, I seriously doubt we'll see this make any impact.
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I think that speeding laws are unjust. Should I be able to drive as fast as I want?
I damn well think it should; the people who should be arrested are the politicians who supported this and everyone directly involved in the NSA.
Then you don't believe in the rule of law. If you want the laws to be changed, there are plenty of ways to accomplish that.
The laws we have now disagree with you.
Snowden made no effort to follow established whistleblower protocols. Only judges have the authority to interpret the spirit of the constitution. Snoweden chose to do something illegal because he thinks it's the right thing to do, and that's perfectly noble. But it does not excuse him from punishment for those illegal actions. I have not seen anyone argue that what he did wasn't illegal.
Snowden wasn't indicted for criticizing the government. He was indicted for leaking classified information. That is illegal in every country.
Snowden has been charged with leaking classified information. That's illegal in every country and has been for a century.
Assange has not been charged with anything by the US government and nobody with authority has proposed doing so.
China is jailing people for criticizing their government. The US is not.
Driving your car is not the place to be reading restaurant reviews
I travel for work a lot and like to find good food in unfamiliar places. My car is exactly where I want restaurant reviews.
The laws of supply and demand apply to all economic systems across the world in every time period we know of. They are as close to natural law as economics gets.
When human societies try to defy or influence supply and demand, on either side, it creates inefficiencies, which often lead to grey or black markets.
Avoid what? The laws of supply and demand?
Are these graduates taking low paying jobs that require the skills they just learned in college or jobs that do not?
Knowing how to own the right things at the right time definitely is a valuable skill.
Your post is based on the premise that any person is capable of doing any job if given sufficient training. That is clearly not true.
Why can't companies pay better wages?
Because labor is subject to the same fundamental laws of supply and demand as any other resource. The pool of unskilled labor has a whole lot of supply.
So roaches live everywhere on Earth except suburban London? Interesting.
People who have never killed a roach in their life are free to throw the first stone.
Anyone?
Anyone?
I wouldn't believe breitbart.com if it told me that the sky was blue.
Wow. That is so insightful and original. I have never seen that on the internet before. I wish I could think up things that are so brilliant and insightful.
How many billions of dollars are you willing to pay for this internet built to your specifications?
If you know the exact distance where the solar system ends, please inform the people working on the Voyager program and save them the trouble. The fact that a human-made object is actively exploring the edges of our solar system and returning data to Earth is amazing.
You think that the FBI and ATF are staffed, trained, and equipped to patrol federal parks? The park service law enforcement becomes non-essential as soon as you close the parks. It is in no way "essential" for a person to visit a park.
And federal monuments are in federal parks and federal parks are often designated as monuments.
Wait...you're saying that's a bad idea?
State and local law enforcement services are not staffed, trained, or equipped to patrol massive parks.
The government, after the shutdown, spent money to rent barricades to close off national monuments that are normally open 24x7 with no means of closing access
Yeah, so those parks don't get covered in trash, graffiti, and meth labs while nobody is available to patrol them.
Are you referring to Syria? Syria exports less oil than Belgium or Thailand. The war there has no impact on global prices.
The article mentions that people have created hydrocarbons like this before. The problem is always scaling up from lab scale to industrial scale. If the price of oil doubles, this kind of technology might be cost competitive. If oil stays anywhere close to where it is now, I seriously doubt we'll see this make any impact.