I've noticed it's the other way around: When liberals say something crappy, we're supposed to take it in the spirit, not the letter. But when conservatives say the same crappy thing, we're supposed to take it as the letter, not the spirit. Oh, and when a liberal says something over the top, it's just hyperbole, but when a conservative says the same thing, it's literal.
If conservatives are insisting that their words be taken at face value, maybe it's because they're tired of liberals twisting 'em like this.
And the sexism/racism seems to be almost exclusively the province of the SJWs, and they're very public about it, but woe unto anyone else saying the same things.
I think you're being disingenuous. We not only don't want someone picked on the basis of their skin color, we don't want "liberal" justices, and we're not going to fall for this bait-and-switch.
And did a quick skim through his Wikipedia entry and nope, I don't want Merrick Garland either, I don't care if he's black, white, green, or plaid. Go find someone who judges per the Constitution, not from the regulatory POV.
Pretty much what I've observed as well. Have you seen the videos on this topic from Black Pigeon Speaks? They lay out how women mostly vote for security over liberty (which is just biology at work, security being more important for maximal offspring survival), and that this eventually erodes and curtails liberty. -- BPS doesn't just rant, he links documentation.
Well, there's a case in point: Slashdot appended a / to the URL that I typed, apparently believing that it couldn't be real. (No, I didn't typo it, I checked.)
One of the sillier ones that used to exist was http://walmart.horse/ Tried to put that on a forum so someone else could share the nonsense and turns out the forum wouldn't allow it as a URL. Wonder how often that's going to happen with some of these irregular TLDs.
The info I've paid attention to on long-term symptoms experienced by astronauts has all pointed at one thing: low-level thyroid damage, probably due to cosmic bombardment making some of the body's iodine radioactive (which in turn kills bits of the thyroid gland). Probably worth testing a protective "collar", as well as shielding stuff like iodized salt and seafood.
"rather than even considering sci-fi which may have concepts well beyond the critics' understanding."
This has been my observation as well. You won't see many people of average or lower intelligence reading SF. And I'll never forget one such average-IQ person's evaluation of a SF book she didn't understand.
I don't have a problem with turning it into oil. We're going to use oil anyway; might as well be from a recycled resource when we can manage it.
I do think it's ridiculous to think in terms of a collector 100km across. Seems to me a large number of small units would be a lot less disruptive, vastly cheaper, and would have good failure tolerance. Figure out how to make 'em stay in the gyre so they don't need anchoring.
Tho I think they may discover that the whole thing becomes a barnacle nest anyway, making the plastics unrecoverable.
I was gonna ask, how does this compare to the mass of other organic trash suspended in the ocean? (Remembering that the top layer has a lot of algae.) At a WAG, maybe 1%, tho wouldn't surprised if it's less.
That's funny, because the first time I messed with KDE -- by the time I got done tweaking and customizing, I'd quite accidentally recreated the Win95 desktop.
I also prefer KDE to the other *NIX desktops, tho I liked 4.x a lot better than 5.previous.
I stopped blindly trusting fact-checkers a long time ago; I don't care whose it is. Good as another point of reference, but there's no rule that says their reporting has to be any more accurate than anyone else's, especially now that some have a specific "debunk the other side" agenda... some more obviously than others.
And at this point it's mostly a curiosity, because it no longer matters, but I don't really have a firm opinion on BO's country of birth. However, the released birth certificate scan-image had definitely been edited; anyone with reasonable experience at same could see it.
I don't know if he had anything to do with Bengazi, but Hillary certainly did, per what documents I've seen.
Because the Democrats haven't figured out how to get more taxes out of the middle class without losing too many votes.
When there's no longer an alternative, watch what happens to taxes (and their bastard cousin, regulatory fees)... see California for a realworld example.
Like I've said before, Trump IS the "third party candidate" -- IMO he only ran as a Rep because that was the field he was most likely to beat. He's not beholden to either party.
And what's good for Trump is good for America, simply because when America is prosperous, business prospers. Trust the selfish motive even if you don't trust the man.
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I've noticed it's the other way around: When liberals say something crappy, we're supposed to take it in the spirit, not the letter. But when conservatives say the same crappy thing, we're supposed to take it as the letter, not the spirit. Oh, and when a liberal says something over the top, it's just hyperbole, but when a conservative says the same thing, it's literal.
If conservatives are insisting that their words be taken at face value, maybe it's because they're tired of liberals twisting 'em like this.
And the sexism/racism seems to be almost exclusively the province of the SJWs, and they're very public about it, but woe unto anyone else saying the same things.
Heads we win, Tails you lose.
I think you're being disingenuous. We not only don't want someone picked on the basis of their skin color, we don't want "liberal" justices, and we're not going to fall for this bait-and-switch.
And did a quick skim through his Wikipedia entry and nope, I don't want Merrick Garland either, I don't care if he's black, white, green, or plaid. Go find someone who judges per the Constitution, not from the regulatory POV.
Thomas Sowell:
http://thefederalistpapers.int...
Libs: We want so-and-so because he's black.
Everyone else: We don't want him because he's too liberal.
Libs: You just hate him because he's black.
It's like the libs don't even HEAR the arguments that don't support the current narrative.
What I could find on short notice (first I'd heard of this):
http://pamelageller.com/2016/0...
http://www.westernfreepress.co...
Note that "jihad of the sword" is the least important of the several types of jihad. Economic and educational jihad are considered more important.
Pretty much what I've observed as well. Have you seen the videos on this topic from Black Pigeon Speaks? They lay out how women mostly vote for security over liberty (which is just biology at work, security being more important for maximal offspring survival), and that this eventually erodes and curtails liberty. -- BPS doesn't just rant, he links documentation.
Well, there's a case in point: Slashdot appended a / to the URL that I typed, apparently believing that it couldn't be real. (No, I didn't typo it, I checked.)
One of the sillier ones that used to exist was http://walmart.horse/ Tried to put that on a forum so someone else could share the nonsense and turns out the forum wouldn't allow it as a URL. Wonder how often that's going to happen with some of these irregular TLDs.
The info I've paid attention to on long-term symptoms experienced by astronauts has all pointed at one thing: low-level thyroid damage, probably due to cosmic bombardment making some of the body's iodine radioactive (which in turn kills bits of the thyroid gland). Probably worth testing a protective "collar", as well as shielding stuff like iodized salt and seafood.
"rather than even considering sci-fi which may have concepts well beyond the critics' understanding."
This has been my observation as well. You won't see many people of average or lower intelligence reading SF. And I'll never forget one such average-IQ person's evaluation of a SF book she didn't understand.
Her: "It's stupid."
Me: "Why?"
Her: "It just is."
I don't have a problem with turning it into oil. We're going to use oil anyway; might as well be from a recycled resource when we can manage it.
I do think it's ridiculous to think in terms of a collector 100km across. Seems to me a large number of small units would be a lot less disruptive, vastly cheaper, and would have good failure tolerance. Figure out how to make 'em stay in the gyre so they don't need anchoring.
Tho I think they may discover that the whole thing becomes a barnacle nest anyway, making the plastics unrecoverable.
Haha, yes, I had the same thought...it's probably someone from the outfit that owns the camera. (Watch the legs.... pants.)
Watch the legs. You can see pant legs swinging back and forth as he moves, which skin-with-fur doesn't do. So it's a human in a furry costume.
Pretty good job of trolling the camera, tho. Someone knew exactly what it's range and focus are, and where the nest wouldn't interfere.
Get a government grant to let 'em truck it to the hinterlands and foist it on some unsuspecting landfill.
Holy markup, Batman... We are in the wrong business. Time to start selling my tired jeans instead of wearing 'em til they completely fall apart.
Irony: an environmental organization wasting electricity via this wasted bandwidth.
I was gonna ask, how does this compare to the mass of other organic trash suspended in the ocean? (Remembering that the top layer has a lot of algae.) At a WAG, maybe 1%, tho wouldn't surprised if it's less.
That's funny, because the first time I messed with KDE -- by the time I got done tweaking and customizing, I'd quite accidentally recreated the Win95 desktop.
I also prefer KDE to the other *NIX desktops, tho I liked 4.x a lot better than 5.previous.
"Yay, propoganda works!"
Apparently so. /irony
I stopped blindly trusting fact-checkers a long time ago; I don't care whose it is. Good as another point of reference, but there's no rule that says their reporting has to be any more accurate than anyone else's, especially now that some have a specific "debunk the other side" agenda... some more obviously than others.
And at this point it's mostly a curiosity, because it no longer matters, but I don't really have a firm opinion on BO's country of birth. However, the released birth certificate scan-image had definitely been edited; anyone with reasonable experience at same could see it.
I don't know if he had anything to do with Bengazi, but Hillary certainly did, per what documents I've seen.
And for the record, I never watch Fox News.
Trouble is there are so many slanted "Fact checks" that at this point they have to earn my trust; they don't get it just for claiming to do so.
Good point... let's all sing along!
"I'm proud to be a deplorable..."
I recall when the same nuclear-war hyperbole was floated about Reagan. How'd that work out for ya??
Because the Democrats haven't figured out how to get more taxes out of the middle class without losing too many votes.
When there's no longer an alternative, watch what happens to taxes (and their bastard cousin, regulatory fees)... see California for a realworld example.
Like I've said before, Trump IS the "third party candidate" -- IMO he only ran as a Rep because that was the field he was most likely to beat. He's not beholden to either party.
And what's good for Trump is good for America, simply because when America is prosperous, business prospers. Trust the selfish motive even if you don't trust the man.
Maybe, but...
http://www.breitbart.com/clint...
It's worth a watch no matter what side you're on.
Not exactly an unbiased source itself. It's run by a newspaper; which way do most newspapers lean?
One sample:
http://www.newsbusters.org/blo...