It's scary how true that is. I witnessed that in Austin when hurricane Rita hit the Texas coast. This is Austin, hundreds of miles from the coast, and people were mobbing the grocery store for supplies. There were people IN TEARS because they had run short of bottled water. In the end we did not even get any rain out of it.
I deeply and truly don't want to believe people are that stupid and panicky, but wow. If something really dangerous ever happens, I'll be more worried about the resulting stampede than the root cause.
They could cut and splice existing Terminator dialog like they did in South Park for Chef after Isaac Hayes went goofy with scientology. Or mabye have Seth MacFarlane do the voice ala Stewie. That would be cool.
I have politics blocked from my slashdot front page...
Slashdot politics is like a carnival ride. You go round and round, end up in the same place, and often vomit. But the tickets are free and the headlines seductive!
...no one in the top 5% has ever worked a hard day in their life.
For 2006, top 5% = $153K+. That's good money, but people probably still work pretty hard in that range. Top 1% = $388K+. Still not necessarily idle rich.
If you get 1 million plus a year in interest, dividends, capital gains, and tax payer bailouts then yes you are probably free of any calluses or stress.
This read more like a 'If programming language X was a car then it would be a Y' type lists. Good for a brief chuckle, but not particularly enlightening.
...all it would take to kill this is for Obama to publicly state that he will veto this bill.
I'm not sure that would kill it outright. He should wait for it to be brought to the floor first so he can address the details and not speculation, but your central thesis that he should publicly take a stand is valid albeit missing from your original post.
...there is a damn good chance that Obama will sign this bill
Hmmm... speculation. I've been hearing about all sorts of horrible things Obama might do: take away all guns, outlaw religion, destroy capitalism etc. I prefer to judge his actions or at the very least specific policy declarations.
True. So your complaint is not that Obama is leading this effort (which he is not) or that he has broken his pledge on taxes (which he has not), but that he has not already vetoed a bill that has not been passed and sent to his desk?
President Obama does not control state sales tax. President Obama's plan does not introduce legislation to allow collecting state sales tax on internet purchases.
So within the realm of what President Obama can control and what he has proposed, he has completely fulfilled his pledge.
...someone makes a game where you get to eat babies.
Maybe something with a Battlestar Galactica theme. Since Cylon fetus tissue has such miraculous properties, that could become the main 'power up' as you go around fighting. You could call it 'Toaster Strudel'. "Scored me some strudel, fresh from the oven!"
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TFA: "...best defenses against an annual invasion of Mormon crickets"
Mormons and Zeppelin don't mix?
Tuscarorans are preparing once again to get out their extension cords, array their stereos in a quarter-circle and tune them to rock station KHIX
Sounds like another Burning Man festival.
Did I mention they are IMAGINARY?
It may be irrational to believe they are real, but he expresses what he feels is a transcendental truth.
It doesn't take much to startle them.
It's scary how true that is. I witnessed that in Austin when hurricane Rita hit the Texas coast. This is Austin, hundreds of miles from the coast, and people were mobbing the grocery store for supplies. There were people IN TEARS because they had run short of bottled water. In the end we did not even get any rain out of it.
I deeply and truly don't want to believe people are that stupid and panicky, but wow. If something really dangerous ever happens, I'll be more worried about the resulting stampede than the root cause.
Interesting that this pops up shortly after the release of this book.
The United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) was created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on July 26, 1775...
First post!
If they had this in the US, I would upload video of my ATT phone/wireless/internet bill.
They could cut and splice existing Terminator dialog like they did in South Park for Chef after Isaac Hayes went goofy with scientology. Or mabye have Seth MacFarlane do the voice ala Stewie. That would be cool.
My money is on unionized workers...
I think it was management, upset that so few people wore Hawaiian shirts on casual Friday.
Apply directly to the forehead!
...and a pocket full of Fripptonite.
Either that or ear splitting banjo music.
I have politics blocked from my slashdot front page...
Slashdot politics is like a carnival ride.
You go round and round, end up in the same place, and often vomit.
But the tickets are free and the headlines seductive!
For 2006, top 5% = $153K+. That's good money, but people probably still work pretty hard in that range.
Top 1% = $388K+. Still not necessarily idle rich.
If you get 1 million plus a year in interest, dividends, capital gains, and tax payer bailouts then yes you are probably free of any calluses or stress.
What would be the effects on health from this...
Erections lasting longer than four hours, shortness of breath, loose stools... the usual.
This read more like a 'If programming language X was a car then it would be a Y' type lists.
Good for a brief chuckle, but not particularly enlightening.
TWC CEO: Well, there's crap egg sausage and crap, that's not got much crap in it.
I'm not sure that would kill it outright. He should wait for it to be brought to the floor first so he can address the details and not speculation, but your central thesis that he should publicly take a stand is valid albeit missing from your original post.
Hmmm... speculation. I've been hearing about all sorts of horrible things Obama might do: take away all guns, outlaw religion, destroy capitalism etc. I prefer to judge his actions or at the very least specific policy declarations.
...kindle to kindling?
The President has veto power over that bill.
True.
So your complaint is not that Obama is leading this effort (which he is not) or that he has broken his pledge on taxes (which he has not), but that he has not already vetoed a bill that has not been passed and sent to his desk?
Thanks for clearing that up.
President Obama does not control state sales tax.
President Obama's plan does not introduce legislation to allow collecting state sales tax on internet purchases.
So within the realm of what President Obama can control and what he has proposed, he has completely fulfilled his pledge.
US visitors ... can no longer afford to take vacations anywhere, let alone Canada
Yeah, with our craptastic health care system a moose bite can bankrupt you.
Maybe something with a Battlestar Galactica theme. Since Cylon fetus tissue has such miraculous properties, that could become the main 'power up' as you go around fighting. You could call it 'Toaster Strudel'. "Scored me some strudel, fresh from the oven!"
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Apparently the paper companies need 8 billion dollars and the government has the ability to pay it. :-P
I must have hoisted one too many this fine Easter morning, I'm seeing double.
Wow. Absolute judgment on the lives of others based on the programming language they use?
Evil plans spread through /. sigs!
How sneaky!