That's correct, however it's dangerous and completely unnecessary for a giant like us to send such a signal to NK. They already know that we can and will wipe them out if the try to nuke us.
Unfortunately this is what the US folks want. What they forgot is that because they elect the president, they're responsible for a huge nuclear arsenal. It's a very large minority that is batshit crazy.
Nobody pretended they didn't exist. What got us to this point is that we stopped talking to them out of anger, when we had a deal in place to prevent plutonium production.
They were secretly trying to enrich Uranium, and the Bush admin stopped talking to them, essentially walking away from the Plutonium deal. NK went back to the Plutonium and had a bomb in short order.
Do you recall Bush's Axis of Evil speech after 9/11, which for some reason mentioned Iran, Iraq and North Korea? The administration proceeded to invade Iraq, and tried to gin up an invasion of Iran. There were leaks suggesting they'd have liked to invade North Korea, too.
Would that be stupid? Yes. Would it be murderous? Yes. Would it turn the world against us? Yes. But all of that was true about Iraq and Iran to a lesser extent.
They are in conflict. If I make my own Lord of the Rings movie, for example, because I dislike Peter Jackson's trilogy, that's speech that would be free under the first amendment, but is prohibited by copyright.
Speech that doesn't fall under fair use is still speech.
"Productivity improvements not only bring prosperity and rising living standards, they are the only thing that will do so"
Far from the only things. Any efficiency improvement will tend to raise living standards. That could be on the demand side as well as the production side. So will opening new lands, perhaps by global warming.
"Maybe, but why is it assumed that that money only went one way?"
Because that's what our intelligence agencies have found out. There was a decision made to support Trump. Our agencies did not infer this from detected actions, but have direct evidence of this. Maybe they are lying!
"Even if Russia tried to collude with Trump, they didn't do it for Trump."
There isn't any possibility Russia would do this if it weren't in there interest.
The only reason they would try to play the field is if they thought there was a chance to compromise Clinton. Presumably if they were going to try that, they already would have done it when she was SoS. In any case, you're just postulating a scenario for which there is no evidence. Obama took a strong stance against Russian interests and Clinton would have continued that stance. The "Russian Reset" was just propaganda.
Trump is anti-democratic, has weakened NATO, opposes the EU, has sown doubt in our partnerships in East Asia, will probably do nothing about Ukraine, has not promised to protect Eastern Europe. That's plenty of reason for Putin to prefer him.
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Maybe not. These bots would probably beat 90+% of humans even if we were all trained in Starcraft.
It's simple. Consider the following thought process:
"I've got a presence in three counties, I wonder if I can register in all three and get away with it? "
"I can! Should I actually try to vote in all three?"
"Well, it's an important elections and would triple my voting power. Ok, lets do it, just..this..once."
That man is a Republican.
Here's an equivalent Democratic thought process.
"I've got a presence in three counties, I wonder if .... forget it, too much risk, too little gain."
What are the odds that Trump voters can follow the math?
Why would the US want political instability in NK? That would increase the chance of war.
That's correct, however it's dangerous and completely unnecessary for a giant like us to send such a signal to NK. They already know that we can and will wipe them out if the try to nuke us.
"I'm Crazy" Isn't a good deterrent. It's the opposite. If you think your opponent is truly crazy, you should go with the first strike.
Unfortunately this is what the US folks want. What they forgot is that because they elect the president, they're responsible for a huge nuclear arsenal. It's a very large minority that is batshit crazy.
Nobody pretended they didn't exist. What got us to this point is that we stopped talking to them out of anger, when we had a deal in place to prevent plutonium production.
They were secretly trying to enrich Uranium, and the Bush admin stopped talking to them, essentially walking away from the Plutonium deal. NK went back to the Plutonium and had a bomb in short order.
Diplomacy run by idiots.
Why do you think that?
Do you recall Bush's Axis of Evil speech after 9/11, which for some reason mentioned Iran, Iraq and North Korea? The administration proceeded to invade Iraq, and tried to gin up an invasion of Iran. There were leaks suggesting they'd have liked to invade North Korea, too.
Would that be stupid? Yes. Would it be murderous? Yes. Would it turn the world against us? Yes. But all of that was true about Iraq and Iran to a lesser extent.
That's because the entire Washington Establishment hates Assad more than ISIS.
We wouldn't be able to maintain high levels of production for long without trade.
This is why you'll see companies that pay their workers minimum wage come down in favor of raising the minimum wage.
You are 100% correct. The simplest solution is the easiest. Elect people that will outlaw this practice.
They are in conflict. If I make my own Lord of the Rings movie, for example, because I dislike Peter Jackson's trilogy, that's speech that would be free under the first amendment, but is prohibited by copyright.
Speech that doesn't fall under fair use is still speech.
He's an idiot who asks if we shouldn't use nuclear weapons, what do we have them for? Out loud, several times.
Then you made him president. You just keep thinking that electing a dumbshit makes you a rebel.
To flip it around ... I guess you're ok with the unmasking?
I take Russian meddling far more seriously than a group trying to cause a ruckus at the inauguration, just my opinion though.
The independence of the judiciary is pretty well grounded in the Constitution.
So is equal protection under the law, prohibitions against religious persecution, limitations to the scope of the amendments, etc.
"Productivity improvements not only bring prosperity and rising living standards, they are the only thing that will do so"
Far from the only things. Any efficiency improvement will tend to raise living standards. That could be on the demand side as well as the production side. So will opening new lands, perhaps by global warming.
Aren't amendments supposed to be superior to the original text of the Constitution?
Why doesn't the first amendment greatly restrict copyright law?
I don't think anyone else noticed.
There's an old game called "matrem" out there that can create those graphs pretty well, I think. It's lions eating cows.
"Maybe, but why is it assumed that that money only went one way?"
Because that's what our intelligence agencies have found out. There was a decision made to support Trump. Our agencies did not infer this from detected actions, but have direct evidence of this. Maybe they are lying!
"Even if Russia tried to collude with Trump, they didn't do it for Trump."
There isn't any possibility Russia would do this if it weren't in there interest.
The only reason they would try to play the field is if they thought there was a chance to compromise Clinton. Presumably if they were going to try that, they already would have done it when she was SoS. In any case, you're just postulating a scenario for which there is no evidence. Obama took a strong stance against Russian interests and Clinton would have continued that stance. The "Russian Reset" was just propaganda.
Trump is anti-democratic, has weakened NATO, opposes the EU, has sown doubt in our partnerships in East Asia, will probably do nothing about Ukraine, has not promised to protect Eastern Europe. That's plenty of reason for Putin to prefer him.
Why aren't you sure? Do you doubt his explanation?
Yes, but the same technique will probably work on the rest.
Antibodies are Os?
But the muties are all good swimmers at least.