No, it's about the Constitution. The US (as in United States) was never intended as designed to become ruled by some huge, monolithic federal governing kleptocracy. The Federal government was to provide for the common defense, and currency, primarily. The rest was supposed to be up to the States themselves. The role of the federal government has grown consistently over the past 200 years, to where now the States are little more than puppets with a tiny bit of autonomy.
And I have a very hard time believing that any large metropolitan area in the US is actually getting whiter. But let's throw race into the mix too, just to stoke that white male guilt while we're at it.
You're not saying anything everyone didn't already know. Yes, NSA surveillance went crazy after 9-11. But yet, from 2008 til the present, Obama and the democrat led Senate (and close to parity in the House, until this January) could've put their money where their mouth is and scaled the Patriot Act back, or expired it even if the republicans fought to keep it alive, yet it was always renewed with non-partisan flying colors.
Thank goodness coal-fired power plants are so aesthetically pleasing and pleasant to live around.
True, but coal produces much more energy, energy which is needed. If wind turbines produced more output, they might be more tolerable, but they aren't even close. And, as parent noted, they aren't even all that environmentally friendly when you take all things into consideration. I think they're better used in more extreme latitudes, where solar isn't as viable, and where the winds may be more regular.
It doesn't matter that it's obviously fake. These images were all over Russian media to cause a flurry of indignant response in favor of the Russian military and political position.
For some reason I first read that as, "political prostitution", but same thing more or less.:)
Overall, the case is getting stranger with every relevation.
Giving this any credence by saying the case "gets stranger" is like reading some 9/11 truther's article and saying that it makes the truth behind the attacks "more puzzling." It doesn't. It just shows that some people are either disconnected from the truth or (in this case) willing to actively fabricate things to obscure it.
Well, there's no shortage of those kinds of people, including here. It makes life more "interesting" for them, I guess, to keep alive some mystery enveloped in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma.. it's like some kind of "X-Files Syndrome".
Comcast is deep in bed with the Democrats, not the Republicans. GE is the same. Educate yourself a little before spewing your kneejerk rhetoric. They donate heavily to the left, not the right. Just google, "comcast democrats".
That's because you only have to make donations (bribe) the people who aren't already on your side.
Corporate political donations seldom have anything to do with elections or supporting the candidate they hope will get elected.
It's all about buying access when they don't already have access.
Democrats are just as big on corporate business when it suits them, just refer to the MPAA and the RIAA; or Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, or George Soros.
Donations are often used to lobby for specific favors. The whole "Rs are only for big corporations while the Ds are for the poor downtrodden, common little guy" is a biased myth, prepackaged thinking for those who like things black and white.
True, it wouldn't' be easy to get the drone in just the right place to get sucked up. But one successful attempt, and like you say, the media would be all over that.
Comcast is deep in bed with the Democrats, not the Republicans. GE is the same. Educate yourself a little before spewing your kneejerk rhetoric. They donate heavily to the left, not the right. Just google, "comcast democrats".
Only if they're in controlled airspace, where they *clearly don't belong* and can be a real danger, or at least, a major inconvenience to hundreds of people.
I just had a 1500 mile flight last week on a 757, one engine's starter valve was defective, we all had to board a different jet, it caused a 2 hour delay. The people picking us up at the destination also had to reschedule. Multiply that by 200 to 300 passengers, and that's a best case scenario.
Put the tinfoil back, it's better used to keep celery fresh.
What if, say, an ISIS sympathizer strapped some explosives (C4, etc) and nails onto the drone, and successfully got it sucked up into the engine?
Granted most of these drones are the result of idiots - the same kind who shine 5mw or higher lasers at planes for kicks.. but drones could potentially be used as an effective terror weapon.
You put you finger on what concerns me- that a smaller number can control the larger population. In that sense, even the moderate muslims could be considered "sleepers"; because if their community goes radical, they either aren't likely to buck the trend, or have much of an option. Many, due to their intense religious upbringing, might be shamed, bullied, or guilted into believing they aren't truly faithful muslims unless they follow the words of their cleric or imam, and judging by the numbers of psychos out there, ostensibly it's not all that difficult to (re)interpret many parts of the Qu'ran as a call to Jihad. When a small immigrated muslim community grows in population (and thus representation and power), they often start stirring the pot and calling for Sharia law, from London to Dearborn, Michigan. Here are just a few examples. http://www.thegatewaypundit.co... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
and this is really worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Second, Christianity has had a reformation(several actually), Islam has had none. Also, your "dangerous holy crusades" were in response to Muslims. More so the out-right slaughter, rape, murder, and forced conversion of Christians in Spain...that had been on-going for nearly 100 years by that time.
Glad to see someone else pointing this out, instead of listening to the apologist historical revisionists who cherry pick their history, and act as though nothing lead up to the Crusades except for "christian greed" (okay, that might have been *a* factor, but far from the only or main one); or that somehow 90% of middle east region had willingly, peacefully, converted to Islam, when the area was already the original home of Judaism and Christianity, as well as older pagan religions. Anyone who even read a sliver of the Qu'ran or Hadith would see that is simply not the case, else Mohammad would not have had to have his warriors and engage in battles. Anyone who read up on the Moorish invasions, Charles the Hammer, or the history of the Assassins or Mamluks would also realize this. How the hell did this ever get labeled the "religion of peace" ? No monotheistic religion can make that claim, least of all Islam.
Nobody with a brain cell takes that moonbat rag seriously. Your moniker is not inaccurate.
Comparing a dozen or two christian abortion-clinic bombers (who are scumbags, yes) to hundreds of thousands of deranged muslims (ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaida, Al Nusra, Taliban, etc.) who are raping and beheading thousands and thousands of perfectly innocent people, even their own kind, is a douche move at best with a clearly biased agenda.
Anyone who thinks that an instant of time, as represented by mere numbers, is actually a meaningful, complete metric is a simpleton who should work as a pointy haired boss. The current administration, much like Clinton's as well as others, has set in motion through action (executive orders) or negligence (ISIS, Benghazi), scenarios which will indeed be costly, in terms of lives, and the economy.
Just because your man is good at kicking the can down the road, or avoiding issues he shouldn't because it looks good in the short term, doesn't make him a good leader.
FWIW, I don't dislike Bill Clinton all that much, but in all honesty, he wasn't singlehandedly responsible for the boom of the '90s, if any "Bill" was responsible for that, it was Bill Gates and Bill Joy (of Sun); it was the IT boom that fueled the economy, up until the point that the bubble inevitably burst.. which also happened before Clinton even left office.
Yeah, but that doesn't stir the pot half as much, which is good for business. Better to whip all the demagogues (on either side of the argument) into a frenzy and enjoy the fireworks...apparently.
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No, it's about the Constitution. The US (as in United States) was never intended as designed to become ruled by some huge, monolithic federal governing kleptocracy. The Federal government was to provide for the common defense, and currency, primarily. The rest was supposed to be up to the States themselves. The role of the federal government has grown consistently over the past 200 years, to where now the States are little more than puppets with a tiny bit of autonomy.
And I have a very hard time believing that any large metropolitan area in the US is actually getting whiter. But let's throw race into the mix too, just to stoke that white male guilt while we're at it.
You're not saying anything everyone didn't already know. Yes, NSA surveillance went crazy after 9-11. But yet, from 2008 til the present, Obama and the democrat led Senate (and close to parity in the House, until this January) could've put their money where their mouth is and scaled the Patriot Act back, or expired it even if the republicans fought to keep it alive, yet it was always renewed with non-partisan flying colors.
Thank goodness coal-fired power plants are so aesthetically pleasing and pleasant to live around.
True, but coal produces much more energy, energy which is needed. If wind turbines produced more output, they might be more tolerable, but they aren't even close. And, as parent noted, they aren't even all that environmentally friendly when you take all things into consideration. I think they're better used in more extreme latitudes, where solar isn't as viable, and where the winds may be more regular.
Funny how both of you fail basic grammar. Even this non-native speaker spotted it.
Thats redeculous. Your such a looser. I english just find.
It doesn't matter that it's obviously fake. These images were all over Russian media to cause a flurry of indignant response in favor of the Russian military and political position.
For some reason I first read that as, "political prostitution", but same thing more or less. :)
Overall, the case is getting stranger with every relevation.
Giving this any credence by saying the case "gets stranger" is like reading some 9/11 truther's article and saying that it makes the truth behind the attacks "more puzzling." It doesn't. It just shows that some people are either disconnected from the truth or (in this case) willing to actively fabricate things to obscure it.
Well, there's no shortage of those kinds of people, including here. It makes life more "interesting" for them, I guess, to keep alive some mystery enveloped in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma.. it's like some kind of "X-Files Syndrome".
Comcast is deep in bed with the Democrats, not the Republicans. GE is the same. Educate yourself a little before spewing your kneejerk rhetoric. They donate heavily to the left, not the right. Just google, "comcast democrats".
That's because you only have to make donations (bribe) the people who aren't already on your side. Corporate political donations seldom have anything to do with elections or supporting the candidate they hope will get elected. It's all about buying access when they don't already have access.
Democrats are just as big on corporate business when it suits them, just refer to the MPAA and the RIAA; or Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, or George Soros.
Donations are often used to lobby for specific favors. The whole "Rs are only for big corporations while the Ds are for the poor downtrodden, common little guy" is a biased myth, prepackaged thinking for those who like things black and white.
True, it wouldn't' be easy to get the drone in just the right place to get sucked up. But one successful attempt, and like you say, the media would be all over that.
I'm in full agreement, but I'm sure it's not just conservatives blocking that move. Comcast donates heavily to the left.
Comcast is deep in bed with the Democrats, not the Republicans. GE is the same. Educate yourself a little before spewing your kneejerk rhetoric. They donate heavily to the left, not the right. Just google, "comcast democrats".
Only if they're in controlled airspace, where they *clearly don't belong* and can be a real danger, or at least, a major inconvenience to hundreds of people.
I just had a 1500 mile flight last week on a 757, one engine's starter valve was defective, we all had to board a different jet, it caused a 2 hour delay. The people picking us up at the destination also had to reschedule. Multiply that by 200 to 300 passengers, and that's a best case scenario.
Put the tinfoil back, it's better used to keep celery fresh.
What if, say, an ISIS sympathizer strapped some explosives (C4, etc) and nails onto the drone, and successfully got it sucked up into the engine?
Granted most of these drones are the result of idiots - the same kind who shine 5mw or higher lasers at planes for kicks.. but drones could potentially be used as an effective terror weapon.
This has nothing to do with the free market, or competition between business enterprises.
We'll just have to see. The Republicans are in charge of congress now, so
Technically, no, they're not.. not yet. They only have the House, currently. The election is over but the changeover is still 6 weeks away.
I'd like to live in your universe.
You put you finger on what concerns me- that a smaller number can control the larger population. In that sense, even the moderate muslims could be considered "sleepers"; because if their community goes radical, they either aren't likely to buck the trend, or have much of an option. Many, due to their intense religious upbringing, might be shamed, bullied, or guilted into believing they aren't truly faithful muslims unless they follow the words of their cleric or imam, and judging by the numbers of psychos out there, ostensibly it's not all that difficult to (re)interpret many parts of the Qu'ran as a call to Jihad. When a small immigrated muslim community grows in population (and thus representation and power), they often start stirring the pot and calling for Sharia law, from London to Dearborn, Michigan. Here are just a few examples.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.co...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
and this is really worth a watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
That is disturbing.
Second, Christianity has had a reformation(several actually), Islam has had none. Also, your "dangerous holy crusades" were in response to Muslims. More so the out-right slaughter, rape, murder, and forced conversion of Christians in Spain...that had been on-going for nearly 100 years by that time.
Glad to see someone else pointing this out, instead of listening to the apologist historical revisionists who cherry pick their history, and act as though nothing lead up to the Crusades except for "christian greed" (okay, that might have been *a* factor, but far from the only or main one); or that somehow 90% of middle east region had willingly, peacefully, converted to Islam, when the area was already the original home of Judaism and Christianity, as well as older pagan religions. Anyone who even read a sliver of the Qu'ran or Hadith would see that is simply not the case, else Mohammad would not have had to have his warriors and engage in battles. Anyone who read up on the Moorish invasions, Charles the Hammer, or the history of the Assassins or Mamluks would also realize this. How the hell did this ever get labeled the "religion of peace" ? No monotheistic religion can make that claim, least of all Islam.
Yep.
Nobody with a brain cell takes that moonbat rag seriously. Your moniker is not inaccurate.
Comparing a dozen or two christian abortion-clinic bombers (who are scumbags, yes) to hundreds of thousands of deranged muslims (ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaida, Al Nusra, Taliban, etc.) who are raping and beheading thousands and thousands of perfectly innocent people, even their own kind, is a douche move at best with a clearly biased agenda.
Anyone who thinks that an instant of time, as represented by mere numbers, is actually a meaningful, complete metric is a simpleton who should work as a pointy haired boss. The current administration, much like Clinton's as well as others, has set in motion through action (executive orders) or negligence (ISIS, Benghazi), scenarios which will indeed be costly, in terms of lives, and the economy.
Just because your man is good at kicking the can down the road, or avoiding issues he shouldn't because it looks good in the short term, doesn't make him a good leader.
FWIW, I don't dislike Bill Clinton all that much, but in all honesty, he wasn't singlehandedly responsible for the boom of the '90s, if any "Bill" was responsible for that, it was Bill Gates and Bill Joy (of Sun); it was the IT boom that fueled the economy, up until the point that the bubble inevitably burst.. which also happened before Clinton even left office.
Yeah, but that doesn't stir the pot half as much, which is good for business. Better to whip all the demagogues (on either side of the argument) into a frenzy and enjoy the fireworks...apparently.
I'm glad we're not discussing noun declensions and inflection, I'd be totally out of my depth. I gave up on teaching myself latin at that point.
lol .. yes.. OMG, I forgot about the Ferengi. I knew that sounded familiar..
Actually I think 'Caesar' is pronounced more like 'Kaiser'
I would agree. In original latin, "ae" was more like "i", and "i" was more like "ee". And the C was a hard K sound only, S was S.
Thank god I'm not the only one who knows that.. where I work, one would think it's "day-mon".