The last two major regulatory issues these companies have faced are net neutrality and the merger- and they've lost both. So at least recently, they don't seem to be buying any of the government any of the time.
Cox is Las Vegas is 100/20 with very good uptime. Netflix ranked Cox one of the fastest ISPs. I think the only faster ones were Google, and one or two tiny little ISPs.
Nobody really talked about how totally illegal the raid to get Bin Laden was. If civilians had been killed, and particularly if Bin Laden hadn't, things would have been very bad for the President. Obama deserves credit for a ballsy decision.
If the US is an oligarchy controlled by the rich and powerful, and the Obama administration is full of corporate shills- then why didn't this merger get approved?
Let's remember that to date, no one has done jail time for rigging LIBOR. A crime that is exponentially more serious than this one.
Dozens of trials on in process in multiple jurisdictions. The US has charged 11 people. I'm sorry if the criminal justice system isn't fast enough for you.
Can we take a second and thank the person who came up with the fantastic backronym "Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging" for MESSENGER.
For those that don't know, Mercury was the messenger of the Gods.
Those are the general guidelines. They don't really mean anything. As you note, the meaning of "religious organization" is unworkably vague. So are the meanings of "charitable" and "educational" groups.
Here's the IRS form you fill out to become tax exempt-
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1023.pdf
The important parts are the questions like "Does your organization attempt to influence legislation", and the details of your finances. If you answer those correctly, they don't really care if you're a church, or a cult, or just a group of people who don't like wearing pants.
Churches are tax exempt because they're churches. If they satisfy the requirements of a tax exempt non-profit or charity, that's great. If not, pay your taxes.
That makes no sense. The 501(c)3 tax code doesn't mention churches or religion at all. So, no, churches are in no way tax exempt because they're churches. They're tax exempt because they meet the requirements of 501(c)3- just like the Sierra Club and the Humane Society.
There is absolutely no constitutional way to make churches pay taxes without also requiring the Sierra Club to pay taxes. The only way to make Scientology lose their tax exempt status is to show that they violate the existing rules.
We love to make fun of the useless "suits". But that's a situation where you need good executive management and good lawyers. They need to negotiate good contracts up front, and then make sure the contracts are abided by.
Seasons 1 through 4 diverge some from the books. Season 5 apparently diverges a lot, since they're setting up for a season 6 with no book to work from.
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you have to count the 90% that make less than $65,000 a year.
58% of Americans have a household income less than $65k.
Don't bother trying to bring logic into this. Here on Slashot, ESPN/Disney is evil and sports are evil.
The CIA and NSA forced Airbus to build huge planes that nobody wants, over budget and behind schedule? Wow. They're really good.
The last two major regulatory issues these companies have faced are net neutrality and the merger- and they've lost both. So at least recently, they don't seem to be buying any of the government any of the time.
Cox is Las Vegas is 100/20 with very good uptime. Netflix ranked Cox one of the fastest ISPs. I think the only faster ones were Google, and one or two tiny little ISPs.
The point is that Charter is not buying Time Warner.
Nobody really talked about how totally illegal the raid to get Bin Laden was. If civilians had been killed, and particularly if Bin Laden hadn't, things would have been very bad for the President. Obama deserves credit for a ballsy decision.
Charter may be spreading money around to scuttle the deal so it can gobble up Time Warner on the rebound.
Time Warner has 3 times the revenue of Charter. They're not going to be "gobbled up".
They just need to regroup, figure out who to buy off, and do it again.
So you don't think that Comcast knows who is responsible for approving the merger?
If the US is an oligarchy controlled by the rich and powerful, and the Obama administration is full of corporate shills- then why didn't this merger get approved?
Let's remember that to date, no one has done jail time for rigging LIBOR. A crime that is exponentially more serious than this one.
Dozens of trials on in process in multiple jurisdictions. The US has charged 11 people. I'm sorry if the criminal justice system isn't fast enough for you.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-20/ex-ubs-trader-darin-loses-bid-to-dismiss-libor-charge
Google isn't working on a car. They're working on an autonomous driving system that would be added to someone else's car.
Can we take a second and thank the person who came up with the fantastic backronym "Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging" for MESSENGER.
For those that don't know, Mercury was the messenger of the Gods.
Drop the religious exemption from 501, and done. Sierra Club meets the definition for other reasons.
You're wrong. I don't care enough to get into it. Mod me however you want.
That's the summary, not the actual code. What is the definition of a "religious", or "charitable" group?
Those are the general guidelines. They don't really mean anything. As you note, the meaning of "religious organization" is unworkably vague. So are the meanings of "charitable" and "educational" groups.
Here's the IRS form you fill out to become tax exempt-
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1023.pdf
The important parts are the questions like "Does your organization attempt to influence legislation", and the details of your finances. If you answer those correctly, they don't really care if you're a church, or a cult, or just a group of people who don't like wearing pants.
Churches are tax exempt because they're churches. If they satisfy the requirements of a tax exempt non-profit or charity, that's great. If not, pay your taxes.
That makes no sense. The 501(c)3 tax code doesn't mention churches or religion at all. So, no, churches are in no way tax exempt because they're churches. They're tax exempt because they meet the requirements of 501(c)3- just like the Sierra Club and the Humane Society.
There is absolutely no constitutional way to make churches pay taxes without also requiring the Sierra Club to pay taxes. The only way to make Scientology lose their tax exempt status is to show that they violate the existing rules.
The point is, you have to push back.
We love to make fun of the useless "suits". But that's a situation where you need good executive management and good lawyers. They need to negotiate good contracts up front, and then make sure the contracts are abided by.
Anathem was pretty brilliant. The first 300 pages seemed really boring at the time, but later you realize that they have to be there.
Only if you live in Italy. It was developed and built by the Italian Space Agency.
So workstations on an airgapped network can never get software upgrades?
The situation changed quite a bit when they recently launched HBO Now. For non-cable subscribers, piracy used to be the only option. Now it's not.
Seasons 1 through 4 diverge some from the books. Season 5 apparently diverges a lot, since they're setting up for a season 6 with no book to work from.
They just launched HBO Now, so your complaint is moot.
Sure it is. An "air gap" is a network configuration- e.g. there is no wire connecting the network to the outside world.
I have heard that many air gapped networks also put super glue in the USB ports, but that's not required.