How blatant do the lies have to be before it's justified? How can someone lie to you so much and so often yet you...apparently...seem to still support them?
That's the question I kept asking through the Clinton years...
Apparently, if you're a Democrat, the lies are never blatant enough.
This is Slashdot, where you can be praised to the stars one week and subject to "Two Minute Hate" the next. As far as contributions go, the conventional "wisdom" is that they always corrupt, no exceptions. Therefore, we should only elect people who have enough money to afford the election. Wait, no, we should never allow people to contribute to campaigns. No, wait, wait, we should only allow campaign contributions from the "right" people. Hm, well, we should all be taxed to pay for anyone and everyone who wants to run for office. Um, that is, not *everyone* or *anyone*, only the ones who "qualify" to run.
Anyway, Boucher is now one of the "bad guys" because he took money from the current "bad guys". Next week we will be at war with Eastasia again...
Actually, if I was enterprising enough, and lived in the area, I'd open up a bunch of used CD stores just over the border in Georgia near the main Interstates, and advertise like crazy in Florida. "Selling your old CDs, but don't want to feel like a criminal? We'll make it worth your while to drive that extra mile!"
Their decision was to file no charges "yet". They left him with the idea that they still could file charges in future, which is why he's keeping a low profile about this whole thing. If I got such a reaction from doing the same things he did, I'd keep my mouth shut for years, not even giving interviews, because there's no indication what would cause them to decide to file later. The amount of information that is public about this is just enough to cause people to restrict their own previously-allowed speech.
It's gone from "don't cry 'fire' in a crowded theater" to "don't talk about 'crying fire in a crowded theater'". Fear of workplace shootings has led to fear of talking about workplace shootings at work. And now, there is the fear of being fired for talking about workplace shootings at work. I'm certainly going to think twice before I say just about anything that could remotely cause fear in anyone who might be overhearing, because there's no way of knowing what could cause someone to be afraid of me, and no way of knowing how the company will react to that person's fear. I can't afford to lose my job or possibly be arrested for saying the wrong thing, especially since I don't know exactly what the 'wrong thing' might be.
Apples don't naturally graft branches of themselves to other apple trees, that's a purely human method of creating more "Red Delicious apple trees" and while not exactly cloning, is pretty darn close. Pretty much all the Red Delicious apples (and other varieties) you eat are genetically identical, i.e., the same as clones.
it was a matter of a leftish organization waiting for a conservative radio talk show host to say something that they could use politically.
Is that a "conservative radio talk show host" as in "campaigned for John Kerry", and a "registered Democrat"?
That's the way it works, as soon as he said something that was racist and insulting, he became a "conservative", because everyone knows "liberals" aren't racist and don't insult minorities.
You need to pay more attention to the bulletins from MiniTru...
The way some employers pay, a "working vacation" might be the only way to be able to pay to go to some faraway locale. It does partially defeat the purpose of "getting away" but there is a definite fiscal advantage. The other reason would be to avoid using vacation time, or "personal leave" or whatever they call it nowadays.
So, the Kuiper Belt has been moved to inside the orbit of Neptune? Cool, that makes other objects orbiting Neptune not satellites, but Kuiper Belt objects, too. And if a gas giant is discovered in the Kuiper Belt, then we can downgrade Neptune as well.
Pluto is what it is, and now a randomly selected arbitrary body is voting to label it something, after another arbitrarily selected body voted to change the label last year.
I just wish the people in charge of hiring understood this. I'm into month 6 after my last contract, and all I get is la-de-da and "we'll contact you when my hiring manager give the okay" and "oh, that project was put on hold" and "well, we can only pay $30/hour for a senior developer (which I would take in a hearbeat now, BTW). The positions I'm seeing claim to want senior people, which would imply may years experience, but they're unwilling to pay more than entry-level or slightly better wages for that experience. Frustrating. I'm seriously looking to try finding a job at Wal-Mart or McDonalds or somewhere, just to pay the rent.
I'd like to see the litmus test you'd apply to prevent the "wrong" people from signing up. Would you also prevent media that contained or mentioned religious belief from being received by the base? If someone who wasn't an atheist managed to slip past your guards, would they be deported or spaced upon discovery of their "taint?" What about an atheist who uses sacreligious speech, such as G_ddamn, or if they said "bless you" when someone sneezed, would that constitute "forcing beliefs on others" and require their expulsion? Or would you have some place there for them to go so that they could be taught the error of their ways? Some place where they could be "re-educated" into the right way of thinking, and of not believing?
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Apparently, if you're a Democrat, the lies are never blatant enough.
... and lost.
This is Slashdot, where you can be praised to the stars one week and subject to "Two Minute Hate" the next. As far as contributions go, the conventional "wisdom" is that they always corrupt, no exceptions. Therefore, we should only elect people who have enough money to afford the election. Wait, no, we should never allow people to contribute to campaigns. No, wait, wait, we should only allow campaign contributions from the "right" people. Hm, well, we should all be taxed to pay for anyone and everyone who wants to run for office. Um, that is, not *everyone* or *anyone*, only the ones who "qualify" to run.
Anyway, Boucher is now one of the "bad guys" because he took money from the current "bad guys". Next week we will be at war with Eastasia again...
Actually, if I was enterprising enough, and lived in the area, I'd open up a bunch of used CD stores just over the border in Georgia near the main Interstates, and advertise like crazy in Florida. "Selling your old CDs, but don't want to feel like a criminal? We'll make it worth your while to drive that extra mile!"
I even remember when they were "78's"...
And if they each made their own chairs...
Their decision was to file no charges "yet". They left him with the idea that they still could file charges in future, which is why he's keeping a low profile about this whole thing. If I got such a reaction from doing the same things he did, I'd keep my mouth shut for years, not even giving interviews, because there's no indication what would cause them to decide to file later. The amount of information that is public about this is just enough to cause people to restrict their own previously-allowed speech.
It's gone from "don't cry 'fire' in a crowded theater" to "don't talk about 'crying fire in a crowded theater'". Fear of workplace shootings has led to fear of talking about workplace shootings at work. And now, there is the fear of being fired for talking about workplace shootings at work. I'm certainly going to think twice before I say just about anything that could remotely cause fear in anyone who might be overhearing, because there's no way of knowing what could cause someone to be afraid of me, and no way of knowing how the company will react to that person's fear. I can't afford to lose my job or possibly be arrested for saying the wrong thing, especially since I don't know exactly what the 'wrong thing' might be.
Apples don't naturally graft branches of themselves to other apple trees, that's a purely human method of creating more "Red Delicious apple trees" and while not exactly cloning, is pretty darn close. Pretty much all the Red Delicious apples (and other varieties) you eat are genetically identical, i.e., the same as clones.
I'm a bit unnerved, I was able to understand what you typed on the first pass...
That's the way it works, as soon as he said something that was racist and insulting, he became a "conservative", because everyone knows "liberals" aren't racist and don't insult minorities.
You need to pay more attention to the bulletins from MiniTru...
I remember SEDs when they were called NEDs: Noise Emitting Diodes.
I made an NEC once, took a 16v 1000muF electrolytic capacitor, and accidently put it across 400 VAC.
Vaporizing the electrolyte made the paper in the cap all poofy, and made my ear that was closest to it ring for a day.
I was still vacuuming fluff out of the carpet a week later.
I thought the only fear the Europeans have is fear of the US...
So, Wall of Voodoo will just have to change the lyrics a bit:
I'm on a Mexican (Internet) Radio"...
The way some employers pay, a "working vacation" might be the only way to be able to pay to go to some faraway locale. It does partially defeat the purpose of "getting away" but there is a definite fiscal advantage. The other reason would be to avoid using vacation time, or "personal leave" or whatever they call it nowadays.
So, the Kuiper Belt has been moved to inside the orbit of Neptune? Cool, that makes other objects orbiting Neptune not satellites, but Kuiper Belt objects, too. And if a gas giant is discovered in the Kuiper Belt, then we can downgrade Neptune as well.
Pluto is what it is, and now a randomly selected arbitrary body is voting to label it something, after another arbitrarily selected body voted to change the label last year.
I believe that Leopard will have a virtual desktop-like capability built-in. I vaguely recall something about that during one of Jobs' keynotes.
Spoon!
Is some Galactic species Uplifting one of our client species behind our backs, or is the Sol system moving out of the Slow Zone?
I just wish the people in charge of hiring understood this. I'm into month 6 after my last contract, and all I get is la-de-da and "we'll contact you when my hiring manager give the okay" and "oh, that project was put on hold" and "well, we can only pay $30/hour for a senior developer (which I would take in a hearbeat now, BTW). The positions I'm seeing claim to want senior people, which would imply may years experience, but they're unwilling to pay more than entry-level or slightly better wages for that experience. Frustrating. I'm seriously looking to try finding a job at Wal-Mart or McDonalds or somewhere, just to pay the rent.
I'd like to see the litmus test you'd apply to prevent the "wrong" people from signing up. Would you also prevent media that contained or mentioned religious belief from being received by the base? If someone who wasn't an atheist managed to slip past your guards, would they be deported or spaced upon discovery of their "taint?" What about an atheist who uses sacreligious speech, such as G_ddamn, or if they said "bless you" when someone sneezed, would that constitute "forcing beliefs on others" and require their expulsion? Or would you have some place there for them to go so that they could be taught the error of their ways? Some place where they could be "re-educated" into the right way of thinking, and of not believing?
Except that proves the parent poster's point, because the Puritans were vehemently anti-Catholic...
After all, they're "traditionally more accurate" than counting votes, or so we've been told...
Not to mention, the brown Zune won't show tobacco spit stains so easily.
Actually, I was able to convert an LED into a nice NED (noise emitting diode) by accidently applying 120VAC to one. They only work once, though...
At least you didn't write it in the binary language Bocchi...