The Kentucky state legislature never seceded from the Union. Hence, "Union state." Of course there were mixed public support in Kentucky and a number of other states. Even in the deep south, there were pockets of Union support (and vice versa).
Legislators want ACT to make a Kentucky-specific ACT test
Sorry, hillbillies. We're not making a separate test for you just because you're a bunch of bible-thumping idiots. We're also not making a separate test for Muslims which women are forbidden to take, or a separate Scientology test with science questions involving Thetan levels, or a separate test for North Koreans where the correct answer to every question is A. Our Supreme Leader, Praised Be His Name!
Everyone gets the same test (well, okay, we can do braille and language translations, but THAT'S IT). And studying for it is going to involve reading more than the Bible, or Koran, or Talmud, or whatever the fuck holy text you happen to be thumping.
Besides, you need real science in Kentucky. That meth isn't going to cook itself, you know.
Why in the world would you even try to do it? What is the goal of this endeavour?
When I first got into Mac, it was still a rare thing. And so that made me better than everyone else. I got to look down on PC users and call everyone who came after me poseurs. Then, as Mac's became more and more popular, I started noticing that EVERYONE was carrying them. I even saw people using them in Starbuck's, for Christ's sake (as I passed by the window on my way to an indie coffee shop that you've probably never heard of).
This forced me to do something to set myself once more off from the pack, so that I might reaffirm my moral and intellectual superiority. Obviously, I couldn't go to Windows. So naturally I turned to Linux, and an obscure distro than only a few of us know about (if you have to ask which one, don't bother).
It was perfect. Now when people saw I was using a Mac and asked me about it, I could tell them "Yeah, it's a Mac, but not the kind YOU'RE using" and blow off any subsequent questions with "I could tell you more, but you wouldn't get it." Once more, I was whole!
I would talk more about it, but I've got to get to a Semertian Poetry reading. Not that I expect you to know what Semertian Poetry is.
If the UK storms their embassy, Ecuador won't be holding British embassy staff as hostages, but as POW's or war criminals. It's perfectly legitimate to arrest and detain embassy staff of a foreign power that has declared war on you (as the U.S. did with Japanese embassy staff after Pearl Harbor).
Marching into an embassy to abduct someone is an invasion in exactly the same way marching into a small town in any other country to abduct someone is also an invasion.
Which will be followed in turn by the Ecuadorian government revoking the British embassy's diplomatic immunity and charging in there to arrest the staff for an act of war.
And some idiots still think all this is just about some sex abuse allegation in Sweden. That the UK is willing to risk a WAR over some mere minor legal issue. Must be nice to be so happy and naive.
It's not quite the same as threatening to sent the paratroopers in.
So, I presume they're going to knock politely, offer roses, and ask for him kindly? I mean, since according to you they're not going in by force with armed police or military.
If there is some sort of certificate or recognition, then allowing cheating makes said certificate even more worthless than it already is. It essentially makes it impossible for legitimate students to gain any recognition for their REAL work. It's the same reason that a big cheating scandal at an accredited school ultimately cheapens, at least a little, the degrees from all institutions accredited by the same organization.
The problem is that you have to be careful how you use fecal matter in a lot of rural areas, or it can end up in the water supply. It's not as simple as collecting shit in a bag and using it as fertilizer. If you're not careful where and how you use it (and how it's composted), it can wash into rivers and seep into the water table.
Oh yes. Why would you need to reinvent the toilet when all rural areas in third world countries obviously have the same access to municipal water and sewer systems just like we have here in the first world?
I know the typical/. response is to either make a "Windows Sucks!" crack or to launch into some conspiracy theory about how this is part of some secret agenda to foist MS-brand proprietary toilets on the world. But I'm going to applaud his efforts instead.
But if you have to have a crack, here's one: This beats the crap out of anything Steve Jobs ever did for the third world.
Believe what you want. Hopefully this will end with him in Ecuador. Then it won't matter whether the U.S. controls the UK and Sweden or not, because the U.S. certainly doesn't control Ecuador.
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The Kentucky state legislature never seceded from the Union. Hence, "Union state." Of course there were mixed public support in Kentucky and a number of other states. Even in the deep south, there were pockets of Union support (and vice versa).
No, you're free to teach your kids whatever the hell you want. You just can't do it with MY taxpayer money.
The last time I checked, the ACT wasn't administered by the U.S. government.
Well, according to South Park, the correct answer is "Mormon."
Kentucky was a Union state. You're stuck with them either way.
Legislators want ACT to make a Kentucky-specific ACT test
Sorry, hillbillies. We're not making a separate test for you just because you're a bunch of bible-thumping idiots. We're also not making a separate test for Muslims which women are forbidden to take, or a separate Scientology test with science questions involving Thetan levels, or a separate test for North Koreans where the correct answer to every question is A. Our Supreme Leader, Praised Be His Name!
Everyone gets the same test (well, okay, we can do braille and language translations, but THAT'S IT). And studying for it is going to involve reading more than the Bible, or Koran, or Talmud, or whatever the fuck holy text you happen to be thumping.
Besides, you need real science in Kentucky. That meth isn't going to cook itself, you know.
You know you're big when a new connector for one of your devices is front page news on every website.
Why in the world would you even try to do it? What is the goal of this endeavour?
When I first got into Mac, it was still a rare thing. And so that made me better than everyone else. I got to look down on PC users and call everyone who came after me poseurs. Then, as Mac's became more and more popular, I started noticing that EVERYONE was carrying them. I even saw people using them in Starbuck's, for Christ's sake (as I passed by the window on my way to an indie coffee shop that you've probably never heard of).
This forced me to do something to set myself once more off from the pack, so that I might reaffirm my moral and intellectual superiority. Obviously, I couldn't go to Windows. So naturally I turned to Linux, and an obscure distro than only a few of us know about (if you have to ask which one, don't bother).
It was perfect. Now when people saw I was using a Mac and asked me about it, I could tell them "Yeah, it's a Mac, but not the kind YOU'RE using" and blow off any subsequent questions with "I could tell you more, but you wouldn't get it." Once more, I was whole!
I would talk more about it, but I've got to get to a Semertian Poetry reading. Not that I expect you to know what Semertian Poetry is.
If the UK storms their embassy, Ecuador won't be holding British embassy staff as hostages, but as POW's or war criminals. It's perfectly legitimate to arrest and detain embassy staff of a foreign power that has declared war on you (as the U.S. did with Japanese embassy staff after Pearl Harbor).
If Assange were to be extradited, I assume it would be via a proper legal mechanism.
Reminds me of that dialogue in The Outlaw Josey Wales:
[upon seeing his men massacred]
Fletcher: Senator, you promised me these men were to be properly treated!
Senator: Those men *were* properly treated. They were properly fed, and they were properly shot.
They're just visiting...with guns and armored assault vehicles.
Marching into an embassy to abduct someone is an invasion in exactly the same way marching into a small town in any other country to abduct someone is also an invasion.
It's also a clear act of war.
nothing more is required than an arrest warrant.
Well, that and a large armed force to overcome the Ecuadorian guards and soldiers assigned to protect their embassy from just this sort of attack.
Which will be followed in turn by the Ecuadorian government revoking the British embassy's diplomatic immunity and charging in there to arrest the staff for an act of war.
And some idiots still think all this is just about some sex abuse allegation in Sweden. That the UK is willing to risk a WAR over some mere minor legal issue. Must be nice to be so happy and naive.
It's not quite the same as threatening to sent the paratroopers in.
So, I presume they're going to knock politely, offer roses, and ask for him kindly? I mean, since according to you they're not going in by force with armed police or military.
If there is some sort of certificate or recognition, then allowing cheating makes said certificate even more worthless than it already is. It essentially makes it impossible for legitimate students to gain any recognition for their REAL work. It's the same reason that a big cheating scandal at an accredited school ultimately cheapens, at least a little, the degrees from all institutions accredited by the same organization.
Oh man, try going to rural China sometime. You're lucky to get a hole in the floor and don't even THINK about getting toilet paper.
They can always have another go.
So, go number 2?
Push them all and strap yourself in, of course.
The problem is that you have to be careful how you use fecal matter in a lot of rural areas, or it can end up in the water supply. It's not as simple as collecting shit in a bag and using it as fertilizer. If you're not careful where and how you use it (and how it's composted), it can wash into rivers and seep into the water table.
Oh yes. Why would you need to reinvent the toilet when all rural areas in third world countries obviously have the same access to municipal water and sewer systems just like we have here in the first world?
I think the toilet superiority scale goes something like this:
Japan > U.S. (pre low-flow) > U.S. (post low-flow) > Europe > Third world
I know the typical /. response is to either make a "Windows Sucks!" crack or to launch into some conspiracy theory about how this is part of some secret agenda to foist MS-brand proprietary toilets on the world. But I'm going to applaud his efforts instead.
But if you have to have a crack, here's one: This beats the crap out of anything Steve Jobs ever did for the third world.
There are no "leaders who might change things." Sucker. bet.
Believe what you want. Hopefully this will end with him in Ecuador. Then it won't matter whether the U.S. controls the UK and Sweden or not, because the U.S. certainly doesn't control Ecuador.