besides, you're cherry picking one quote from one scientist who isn't a climate scientist out of context, and he never called it rubbish. in fact, he does NOT actually reject climate science, or even AGW. he is at most a reluctant skeptic (a TRUE skeptic, not a denier that hides behind the word skeptic). and Dyson is also a member (founding?) of the very same group the article is even about, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
and a personal request: if you're going to be so ignorant, don't do it under the name of the best Wayne movie ever made.
The problem with comparing the US to other advanced countries is that with the social services and money that is spent on them in those countries, even when you are born into a poor family in Sweden lets say, you are immediately and profoundly more wealthy than your American counterpart. This wealth isn't judged in dollars, cents and purchasing power however in excellent public transportation, strong workers rights, disability programs, top notch education for all, excellent first world healthcare, retirement benefits and more.
Societal wealth makes all the difference here. A better comparison to America would be a country like Saudi Arabia. You have a handful of disgustingly wealthy people who control almost all of the actionable power and wealth in society, a single digit percentage of REAL middle class (and I mean the real definition of middle class not this bogus American definition that was created for political expediency). If you are REALLY middle class then you are afforded modern conveniences and a level of financial, retirement, educational and healthcare security to where you don't have to frequently worry too hard about being poor in the near or long term future.
Also just like Saudi Arabia, the rest of the society is so broke they're broken, so poor they can't even pay attention.
quoted for emphasis, because this, a million times this, this is what is the issue.
the US is a third world country that currently, for now, still has first world wealth. but don't worry, because we are quickly fixing that.
rich kid private schools are more likely to pay well, better than local public schools.
catholic diocese schools are more likely to not pay well, worse than local public schools. unless they're both in a well-off/rich area AND supported by tithes from the associated parish church.
B.S. wife is a teacher. its not the unions that tie teacher's hands and dictate classroom activities. it's the idiotic rules barring deviation from schedules determined by someone else (other than the teacher) and continuous test prep / high stakes testing.
why quote something if youre not even going to read it? from your own quote: "a growing number of British Muslims are being barred from the US without being told the reason for their exclusion".
and at the same time people say we shouldnt be concerned about the open carry of firearms (even though there is currently no way to tell the difference between a good guy with a gun and a bad guy with a gun, other than waiting until they start shooting), and no required background checks or required training, cause it's their right.
more accurately, Debbie Wassermann Shultz has decided, as she continues to do everything she can to ensure a Hillary nomination, and ignore everything else, such as state and local elections. which is ultimately is what is has been helping the GOP take over nearly every state legislature in the country: unlike the RNC which assists party wide and at all levels, the DNC is continually laser focused on the national level, specifically on the Presidential race, and treats everything else as secondary or even inconsequential. it will be their downfall, and all of us much the worse for it.
seems like the Safe Harbor concept could end up in the supreme court.
Probably a bad thing if the Robert's court handles it.
But if it doesn't get there until after Obama is on the court (you know he's a constitution law scholar right? and the perfect choice for Hillary to nominate when Scalia steps down), then it could be a good thing.
that "some effort" you talk about, involves a 3 hour drive, in both directions, for some of the folks in Texas. also, learn some history about how this is extremely similar to how black folks were kept from voting for decades. all that's changed is they found a new way to deny the vote to people who would vote against them. that disenfranchisement isn't a bug, its a feature. it is the designed intent of the laws.
what we need is the power for our public servants in medicare/Medicaid to negotiate/control drug prices, something most other countries take for granted in their government insurance programs, yet ours are banned from doing. it works, and is a big part of what keeps their costs down. so naturally we don't do it. instead we talk about decreasing medicare/Medicaid coverage, and increasing their premiums.
just wait a few minutes and some of our/. libertarian pseudointellectuals will be by to tell how you this is the worst thing, government cant be trust to do it right, the market is better, etc etc, all while ignoring the growing number of cities that have done it already (successfully), let alone that the reason this happens in the first place is due to cities compensating for market failures.
you think being an opinion somehow makes it not hate speech? you're a fool, but then I shouldn't be surprised considering you're also the same fool who regularly engages of dog whistle racism (ie, hate speech) of his own. you think you're somehow enlightened by saying these things, but really you're just a bigot apologist, and a bigot yourself from your own past dog whistles.
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even Dyson can get one wrong.
besides, you're cherry picking one quote from one scientist who isn't a climate scientist out of context, and he never called it rubbish. in fact, he does NOT actually reject climate science, or even AGW. he is at most a reluctant skeptic (a TRUE skeptic, not a denier that hides behind the word skeptic). and Dyson is also a member (founding?) of the very same group the article is even about, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
and a personal request: if you're going to be so ignorant, don't do it under the name of the best Wayne movie ever made.
The problem with comparing the US to other advanced countries is that with the social services and money that is spent on them in those countries, even when you are born into a poor family in Sweden lets say, you are immediately and profoundly more wealthy than your American counterpart. This wealth isn't judged in dollars, cents and purchasing power however in excellent public transportation, strong workers rights, disability programs, top notch education for all, excellent first world healthcare, retirement benefits and more.
Societal wealth makes all the difference here. A better comparison to America would be a country like Saudi Arabia. You have a handful of disgustingly wealthy people who control almost all of the actionable power and wealth in society, a single digit percentage of REAL middle class (and I mean the real definition of middle class not this bogus American definition that was created for political expediency). If you are REALLY middle class then you are afforded modern conveniences and a level of financial, retirement, educational and healthcare security to where you don't have to frequently worry too hard about being poor in the near or long term future.
Also just like Saudi Arabia, the rest of the society is so broke they're broken, so poor they can't even pay attention.
quoted for emphasis, because this, a million times this, this is what is the issue.
the US is a third world country that currently, for now, still has first world wealth.
but don't worry, because we are quickly fixing that.
BS.
depends on the type.
rich kid private schools are more likely to pay well, better than local public schools.
catholic diocese schools are more likely to not pay well, worse than local public schools.
unless they're both in a well-off/rich area AND supported by tithes from the associated parish church.
First sentence was correct, only it applies to your own post, not the GP.
B.S.
wife is a teacher.
its not the unions that tie teacher's hands and dictate classroom activities.
it's the idiotic rules barring deviation from schedules determined by someone else (other than the teacher) and continuous test prep / high stakes testing.
why quote something if youre not even going to read it?
from your own quote: "a growing number of British Muslims are being barred from the US without being told the reason for their exclusion".
There can be only one.
Bwahahahahhahhhahhahhahhahhahhahha
and at the same time people say we shouldnt be concerned about the open carry of firearms (even though there is currently no way to tell the difference between a good guy with a gun and a bad guy with a gun, other than waiting until they start shooting), and no required background checks or required training, cause it's their right.
it has more to do with DWS wanting to ensure a Hillary nom at any and all costs, regardless of any actual electoral outcomes at other levels.
more accurately, Debbie Wassermann Shultz has decided, as she continues to do everything she can to ensure a Hillary nomination, and ignore everything else, such as state and local elections. which is ultimately is what is has been helping the GOP take over nearly every state legislature in the country: unlike the RNC which assists party wide and at all levels, the DNC is continually laser focused on the national level, specifically on the Presidential race, and treats everything else as secondary or even inconsequential. it will be their downfall, and all of us much the worse for it.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
its common industry practice.
a few day before and after his jacking up prices other companies had done it too several times.
he just got caught being a d--- about it.
seems like the Safe Harbor concept could end up in the supreme court.
Probably a bad thing if the Robert's court handles it.
But if it doesn't get there until after Obama is on the court (you know he's a constitution law scholar right? and the perfect choice for Hillary to nominate when Scalia steps down), then it could be a good thing.
that "some effort" you talk about, involves a 3 hour drive, in both directions, for some of the folks in Texas.
also, learn some history about how this is extremely similar to how black folks were kept from voting for decades.
all that's changed is they found a new way to deny the vote to people who would vote against them.
that disenfranchisement isn't a bug, its a feature.
it is the designed intent of the laws.
we don't need drugs from abroad.
what we need is the power for our public servants in medicare/Medicaid to negotiate/control drug prices, something most other countries take for granted in their government insurance programs, yet ours are banned from doing. it works, and is a big part of what keeps their costs down. so naturally we don't do it. instead we talk about decreasing medicare/Medicaid coverage, and increasing their premiums.
majority in both houses + presidency = pass any damn fool law they want
just wait a few minutes and some of our /. libertarian pseudointellectuals will be by to tell how you this is the worst thing, government cant be trust to do it right, the market is better, etc etc, all while ignoring the growing number of cities that have done it already (successfully), let alone that the reason this happens in the first place is due to cities compensating for market failures.
And here's Mi.
And of course he supports the bigoted BS trump spews forth.
Trump's support is real.
And so is the stupidity and bigotry that forms the basis of that support.
Speaking of which I've got a meeting to get to.
damn! I've said too much
yeah no sorry, not flamebait.
it is hate speech and it is exactly what this is about, no matter how much you want to use your sockpuppets to bury it by modding the truth flamebait.
you think being an opinion somehow makes it not hate speech?
you're a fool , but then I shouldn't be surprised considering you're also the same fool who regularly engages of dog whistle racism (ie, hate speech) of his own. you think you're somehow enlightened by saying these things, but really you're just a bigot apologist, and a bigot yourself from your own past dog whistles.
bugger off troll.
who see their country raped by foreigners
now see?
that's exactly the kind of hate speech we're talking about.
thanks for providing the example.
now crawl back under your rock.