Who are "we"? Do you have a point to make other than trying to position yourself as a spokesperson for unnamed third parties? If you were trying to ignore me, you are doing a lousy job of it.
I had a major problem with a Chromecast. I contacted them in February for support. It literally took them until July to fix the problem. The communications back and forth were simply maddening. They asked the same things over and over in e-mail. When I finally called on the phone, they promised resolutions that never happened. I had to threaten to post the whole sorry/tragic/unprofessional saga on-line before they finally sent me a new unit. Even the new one is far more of a PITA than my old Roku. I cannot recommend buying any kind of hardware from Google.
As you note, raw numbers are pretty much meaningless. Most EOs are to direct executive branch agencies to implement laws passed by congress, and are part of the business of running the government. Others, like when BHO implements the Dream Act after explicit rejection by the senate, are simply lawless and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, i.e. impeachment.
No, you are the moron if you think borders don't matter. You hide behind cynicism and ridicule as if they make you sound intelligent. They don't. You sound childish. Grow up.
OK, then maybe you can tell us why BHO is so intent on enabling illegal immigration. It couldn't be to solve the problems of teenage unemployment, prison overcrowding, or crime. In your response, please clarify why you think it is that BHO sues states that pass immigration laws identical to federal laws, refuses to enforce federal laws, has pulled ICE off large swaths of the border, and refuses to prosecute sanctuary cities.
So I actually live in Idaho and have a close personal relationship with several people in the legislature who are also farmers and ranchers. I haven't read the NY daily news article because the odds of them getting it right are vanishingly small. There was no systematic abuse of dairy cattle before, and there is none now. The cameras were installed to protect the farmers by detecting animal rights wackos staging incidents of animal cruelty. The video is retained at the farm, not streamed to Mercy for Animals. The only real change is that many dairy operators are now requiring new employees to sign non-disclosure agreements.
At least one member of a group called Mercy for Animals got a job at the Bettencourt dairy. They filmed for several weeks with hidden cameras and didn't find any abuse, which is what you would expect. Happy cows are productive cows, and productive cows are profitable. Anyone who has spent any time on a dairy farm knows this. So the undercover coached the workers to abuse the cattle without the owners knowing. This was a setup from the beginning to the end. The owners of the dairy were as upset by the video as anyone.
CO2 is not smog. CO2 is not a pollutant. CO2 is a trace gas without which there would be no plant life on this planet. CO2 is just as critical to animal, and therefore human, life as oxygen. These are scientific facts, which the left somehow ignores in their rush to destroy the civil society. "Destroy the civil society?" you ask? Yes, that is the goal and the entire reason for fixation on CO2. Control CO2 and you control every aspect of modern life. So are you a useful idiot or do you fantasize about being one of the elite philosopher-kings lording over the rest of us?
Well that is certainly one creative way of interpreting events. Not one that I share by the way. I mean, what country invades another for oil, then doesn't take it?
Any sentient being with two brain cells to rub together can see the difference between pre-1965 and post-1965 immigration. Before the welfare state, people came to America for opportunity. Now we take in illiterates and criminals and give them craploads of free stuff, courtesy of the Chinese and our grandchildren.
People are not responding to Trump because he is Trump. They are responding to the two card monte that the Rs and Ds are playing on us. For instance, Immigration. Immigration, both legal and illegal, is destroying our country. In Texas alone, illegals have been charged with over 177,000 serious crimes since 2008, including almost 3,000 homicides. Trump is the only one willing to point out the insanity of bringing millions of low-skilled and illiterate people here from third world shitholes and then giving them welfare benefits. A few mentally ill people shoot innocents, and the Ds start lecturing us on giving up our civil rights. Illegals kill tens of thousands, and nary a peep about the border. Insanity. And this is only one example. Abuse of political amnesty, "Free trade" etc. are similar issues. I just hope he does not run as a third party candidate. If he is the R nominee, I will most definitely vote for him.
It will cost us billions and is expected to have an effect that is within the statistical measuring error. What a deal. Of course this is from the guy who traded four high ranking enemy combatants for a deserter, so maybe he thinks it is a good deal. Please oh please can we elect an adult next time? Someone who has actually accomplished something other than getting elected?
Sure electric vehicles might replace commuter vehicles at some point. But what about all the tractor trailers, delivery vehicles, construction vehicles, pickups pulling boats or horse trailers or camping trailers, landscapers, etc. These kinds of vehicles will need to buy liquid fuel for quite some time. Also, the average age of cars in the US is around 12 years. People aren't going to get rid of perfectly good cars just because. Gas stations are going to be around for quite some time.
What exactly is she talking about? Every company has to follow GAAP accounting. Expenses are deducted from earnings to arrive at profits, which are taxed at rates set by federal law. Depreciation schedules are also set by law. Is she talking about requiring gas and oil companies to follow more punitive tax laws, which have not been written or passed? Is it even legal to treat some companies differently than others depending on their product?
The General Welfare clause does not have anything to do with giving free money to one citizen, which money was first confiscated by force from another citizen. How exactly would giving some citizens free money result in zero cost to taxpayers? That is an economic impossibility, fiat currency notwithstanding.
Slashdot Mirror
I assert that on August 31, 1398 there were seven major hurricanes in the Pacific ocean. Disprove me.
Who are "we"? Do you have a point to make other than trying to position yourself as a spokesperson for unnamed third parties? If you were trying to ignore me, you are doing a lousy job of it.
Le me be the first to point out that our recorded meteorological data for Pacific hurricanes is pretty much meaningless in terms of geologic time.
B. Sanders is a democrat in name only. He actually self-identifies as a socialist, which seems to be the way the D party is going these days anyway.
Proving once again that liberalism is a mental disease.
The only votes Mrs. Clinton should be soliciting are from a jury.
I had a major problem with a Chromecast. I contacted them in February for support. It literally took them until July to fix the problem. The communications back and forth were simply maddening. They asked the same things over and over in e-mail. When I finally called on the phone, they promised resolutions that never happened. I had to threaten to post the whole sorry/tragic/unprofessional saga on-line before they finally sent me a new unit. Even the new one is far more of a PITA than my old Roku. I cannot recommend buying any kind of hardware from Google.
As you note, raw numbers are pretty much meaningless. Most EOs are to direct executive branch agencies to implement laws passed by congress, and are part of the business of running the government. Others, like when BHO implements the Dream Act after explicit rejection by the senate, are simply lawless and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, i.e. impeachment.
No, you are the moron if you think borders don't matter. You hide behind cynicism and ridicule as if they make you sound intelligent. They don't. You sound childish. Grow up.
Typical Alinskyite. Responds to serious questions with ridicule. See Rule #5. Fail.
OK, then maybe you can tell us why BHO is so intent on enabling illegal immigration. It couldn't be to solve the problems of teenage unemployment, prison overcrowding, or crime. In your response, please clarify why you think it is that BHO sues states that pass immigration laws identical to federal laws, refuses to enforce federal laws, has pulled ICE off large swaths of the border, and refuses to prosecute sanctuary cities.
If illegals voted 80% for Rs, the Ds would seal the border tomorrow.
So I actually live in Idaho and have a close personal relationship with several people in the legislature who are also farmers and ranchers. I haven't read the NY daily news article because the odds of them getting it right are vanishingly small. There was no systematic abuse of dairy cattle before, and there is none now. The cameras were installed to protect the farmers by detecting animal rights wackos staging incidents of animal cruelty. The video is retained at the farm, not streamed to Mercy for Animals. The only real change is that many dairy operators are now requiring new employees to sign non-disclosure agreements.
At least one member of a group called Mercy for Animals got a job at the Bettencourt dairy. They filmed for several weeks with hidden cameras and didn't find any abuse, which is what you would expect. Happy cows are productive cows, and productive cows are profitable. Anyone who has spent any time on a dairy farm knows this. So the undercover coached the workers to abuse the cattle without the owners knowing. This was a setup from the beginning to the end. The owners of the dairy were as upset by the video as anyone.
The analysis I have seen mentioned that illegals are about 6X times as likely to commit murder compared to the rest of us.
CO2 is not smog. CO2 is not a pollutant. CO2 is a trace gas without which there would be no plant life on this planet. CO2 is just as critical to animal, and therefore human, life as oxygen. These are scientific facts, which the left somehow ignores in their rush to destroy the civil society. "Destroy the civil society?" you ask? Yes, that is the goal and the entire reason for fixation on CO2. Control CO2 and you control every aspect of modern life. So are you a useful idiot or do you fantasize about being one of the elite philosopher-kings lording over the rest of us?
Well that is certainly one creative way of interpreting events. Not one that I share by the way. I mean, what country invades another for oil, then doesn't take it?
Any sentient being with two brain cells to rub together can see the difference between pre-1965 and post-1965 immigration. Before the welfare state, people came to America for opportunity. Now we take in illiterates and criminals and give them craploads of free stuff, courtesy of the Chinese and our grandchildren.
People are not responding to Trump because he is Trump. They are responding to the two card monte that the Rs and Ds are playing on us. For instance, Immigration. Immigration, both legal and illegal, is destroying our country. In Texas alone, illegals have been charged with over 177,000 serious crimes since 2008, including almost 3,000 homicides. Trump is the only one willing to point out the insanity of bringing millions of low-skilled and illiterate people here from third world shitholes and then giving them welfare benefits. A few mentally ill people shoot innocents, and the Ds start lecturing us on giving up our civil rights. Illegals kill tens of thousands, and nary a peep about the border. Insanity. And this is only one example. Abuse of political amnesty, "Free trade" etc. are similar issues. I just hope he does not run as a third party candidate. If he is the R nominee, I will most definitely vote for him.
It will cost us billions and is expected to have an effect that is within the statistical measuring error. What a deal. Of course this is from the guy who traded four high ranking enemy combatants for a deserter, so maybe he thinks it is a good deal. Please oh please can we elect an adult next time? Someone who has actually accomplished something other than getting elected?
Care to give examples of when a company which spends the GDP of a small country on R&D has ever overhyped technology or not delivered a product?
This isn't some silicon valley startup, or some small PhD student turned patent holder hiding in some dingy lab at a university we're talking about.
Cypress wasted a billion on developing MRAM. Not that Cypress can be considered in the same category as Micron/Intel.
Sure electric vehicles might replace commuter vehicles at some point. But what about all the tractor trailers, delivery vehicles, construction vehicles, pickups pulling boats or horse trailers or camping trailers, landscapers, etc. These kinds of vehicles will need to buy liquid fuel for quite some time. Also, the average age of cars in the US is around 12 years. People aren't going to get rid of perfectly good cars just because. Gas stations are going to be around for quite some time.
Why not? I don't think that the fraction of voters that work in the oil and gas industry is very significant.
Newsflash: The supply chain for food production is 100% dependent on oil and gas production. We all work for the oil and gas industry.
What exactly is she talking about? Every company has to follow GAAP accounting. Expenses are deducted from earnings to arrive at profits, which are taxed at rates set by federal law. Depreciation schedules are also set by law. Is she talking about requiring gas and oil companies to follow more punitive tax laws, which have not been written or passed? Is it even legal to treat some companies differently than others depending on their product?
The General Welfare clause does not have anything to do with giving free money to one citizen, which money was first confiscated by force from another citizen. How exactly would giving some citizens free money result in zero cost to taxpayers? That is an economic impossibility, fiat currency notwithstanding.