Regular and ongoing military operations are generally what is considered being "at war". Certainly by the people who are subject to the regular attacks that, incidentally, kill 50 innocents for every terrorist. Obama has started wars in Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan. We didn't have any regular and ongoing operations in any of those countries before he came in to office. Maybe Pakistan, I could be wrong about that one.
How many times during the Bush years did we hear things like.. "you gotta git em where they are, rather than dealin' with em here!" or the very memorable "civilian casualties are an unavoidable part of war, quit being a bleeding heart" etc etc etc... This is why I hate partisanship, there's no set moral compass, a partisans position changes with the weather. Now we have "peace loving" conservatives who seem so very concerned about civil rights. I as a liberal, find things being done during the Obama admin *highly* questionable, but I can't help but wonder if there would be such protests from the conservative side of the spectrum if the administration happened to be conservative.
"This is when the workers should band together and try to find positions at other companies. Losing a whole bunch of critical people at once will cripple their business, and the sub-par talent they hire to replace them will tank the company"
So basically unionize, strike, and hope the scabs are incompetent.
Two things man is exceptionally good at with great consistency; overestimating his progress in the future and underestimating the resilience of nature.
Actually, I don't think the parent topic is actually off topic.. when we do in fact decipher a genes function, it doesn't necessarily mean we will get the more subtle nuances of how they function as part of the whole orgamism, in other words, we could read specific functionality literally but misinterpret functionality of the whole..
It's a very male dominated field of course women are going to be crossing every "t" and dotting every "i". Take any field where a particular gender is going to have a hard time as a peer and I can guaranDAMNtee you that gender will have a lower rate of misconduct.
That's true, but also not my point. I wasn't talking about tools... and while most if not all cars have a km/h on the speedometer.. I can pretty much guarantee you that pretty much no US citizen pays it a grain of attention, and my point still stands about mpg as well.. which is on the sticker for the car.. not km/l.
You will never get rid of the imperial system in the US for automobiles.. I can guarantee you Americans will balk at switching to km/h to say nothing of buying gas by the liter! mph and the price of a "gallon of gas" are hallmarks of US culture. Plus you have a segment of the population who's mindset is... "Metric!? what are we, Europe!?... and Europe is socialism!!!!!"
Doesn't bother me if you can't face the most simple of truths... Peace isn't possible for *you* because you don't believe it's possible, hence you don't try, thus it doesn't come to fruition. Peace is *made* by people. War is also *made* by people... It's just a matter of choosing the side you believe in.
This is Timmy's mother, Timmy won't be able to come to school today because he's feeling well and the other parents are afraid that his general well being will cause autism in the other children.
It's a series of images that, when stitched, conveniently exclude the arm.
It seems to be excluding any shadow of any arm as well, The shadows for everything are plainly visible almost a straight down angle as if the sun is almost directly overhead... There's not even a shadow for an arm.
they need to be held to account legally and ethically instead of excusing them by saying "corporations are functionally sociopathic" - only if we let them.
Hold them accountable to what? The regulations we don't need? Ever see a rich or powerful man just own up to his organizations BS...? For every 1 you see there's probably 999,999 who took the "FU I'm not going to be held accountable path"
The only way we can hold people accountable is if we have guidelines ie regulation that we can point to and say we as a nation find your behavior unacceptable and you need to make recompense.
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Capitalism IS a form of government...
There is always some sob story to justify a little more, and any reduction in spending, even a sliver, is met with accusations of genocide.
Except when that spending cut is the holy military, then you hear sob stories from those who demand those cuts.... It's all relative.
Regular and ongoing military operations are generally what is considered being "at war". Certainly by the people who are subject to the regular attacks that, incidentally, kill 50 innocents for every terrorist. Obama has started wars in Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan. We didn't have any regular and ongoing operations in any of those countries before he came in to office. Maybe Pakistan, I could be wrong about that one.
How many times during the Bush years did we hear things like.. "you gotta git em where they are, rather than dealin' with em here!" or the very memorable "civilian casualties are an unavoidable part of war, quit being a bleeding heart" etc etc etc... This is why I hate partisanship, there's no set moral compass, a partisans position changes with the weather. Now we have "peace loving" conservatives who seem so very concerned about civil rights. I as a liberal, find things being done during the Obama admin *highly* questionable, but I can't help but wonder if there would be such protests from the conservative side of the spectrum if the administration happened to be conservative.
"Around a billion." I'll believe that when I see it...
"This is when the workers should band together and try to find positions at other companies. Losing a whole bunch of critical people at once will cripple their business, and the sub-par talent they hire to replace them will tank the company" So basically unionize, strike, and hope the scabs are incompetent.
Two things man is exceptionally good at with great consistency; overestimating his progress in the future and underestimating the resilience of nature.
Actually, I don't think the parent topic is actually off topic.. when we do in fact decipher a genes function, it doesn't necessarily mean we will get the more subtle nuances of how they function as part of the whole orgamism, in other words, we could read specific functionality literally but misinterpret functionality of the whole..
It's a very male dominated field of course women are going to be crossing every "t" and dotting every "i". Take any field where a particular gender is going to have a hard time as a peer and I can guaranDAMNtee you that gender will have a lower rate of misconduct.
If only Lex Luthor had made his chains from Copyright instead of Kryptonite!
Journalism does have ethics, just because *journalists* don't follow them all the time doesn't mean they don't exist.
That's true, but also not my point. I wasn't talking about tools... and while most if not all cars have a km/h on the speedometer.. I can pretty much guarantee you that pretty much no US citizen pays it a grain of attention, and my point still stands about mpg as well.. which is on the sticker for the car.. not km/l.
You will never get rid of the imperial system in the US for automobiles.. I can guarantee you Americans will balk at switching to km/h to say nothing of buying gas by the liter! mph and the price of a "gallon of gas" are hallmarks of US culture. Plus you have a segment of the population who's mindset is... "Metric!? what are we, Europe!?... and Europe is socialism!!!!!"
First legal weed and now this!!! Damn Seattle is becoming a greater place to live!
Doesn't bother me if you can't face the most simple of truths... Peace isn't possible for *you* because you don't believe it's possible, hence you don't try, thus it doesn't come to fruition. Peace is *made* by people. War is also *made* by people... It's just a matter of choosing the side you believe in.
..why not? World peace begins by *believing* that it's possible.
This is Timmy's mother, Timmy won't be able to come to school today because he's feeling well and the other parents are afraid that his general well being will cause autism in the other children.
It's a series of images that, when stitched, conveniently exclude the arm.
It seems to be excluding any shadow of any arm as well, The shadows for everything are plainly visible almost a straight down angle as if the sun is almost directly overhead... There's not even a shadow for an arm.
"Self shot and BOT!"
Well I'm certainly glad, "your side" doesn't complain when the "other guy" is in power and makes excuses for "your side" when they're in power.
The first verdict in this thread came from some "other" AC....
...is eternal vigilance. Seems to ring pretty true.
Won't somebody think of the saplings!
If you saw an alien version of 4chan and had the power to destroy a planet.. would you hesitate?
Yeah... and it's pronounced "tom-MAH-toe" not "to-MAE-to"!!!!
they need to be held to account legally and ethically instead of excusing them by saying "corporations are functionally sociopathic" - only if we let them.
Hold them accountable to what? The regulations we don't need? Ever see a rich or powerful man just own up to his organizations BS...? For every 1 you see there's probably 999,999 who took the "FU I'm not going to be held accountable path" The only way we can hold people accountable is if we have guidelines ie regulation that we can point to and say we as a nation find your behavior unacceptable and you need to make recompense.