Regrettably, in the case of the Epi-Pen refutes every thing that you have written and implied.
During the Obama Regime, his cronies at the head of the Epi-Pen's manufacturer played the USA Federal Governments health regulatory, care, and insurance systems to the detriment of those allergy sufferers who needed to carry an Epi-Pen (for life-threatening situations that do occur regularly). As reported by the Main Stream Media, this went on for years and only as Obama was approaching the end of his reign, did the situation begin to change.
For example, while the Epi-Pen is a name brand drug, the manufacturer listed the drug as a "generic" so that the Government would pay more for the drug – 2 different Government agencies failed to co-ordinate and permitted the Epi-Pen travesty occur. Also, the Government's non-competitive regulations (patents, etc.) did not permit another manufacturers to produce truly "generic" alternatives. In the last days of the Obama regime, an alternative has been announced but for years the cronies ran wild and the people a high price for a simple drug.
Actually, it was differing Government regulations that permitted the travesty of Mylan's high price. The free market had nothing to do with it. This was in the Main Stream Media or "The News". The free market would have solved the problem much earlier but the Federal Government wouldn't let the free market work. (per Standard Operating Procedures of our Governments)
The remedy for USA airport travel interaction with the TSA/DHS/Local LEOs?
Move to UK!
Regrettably, that won't work for most Americans.
I do prefer the UK airport security that I have actually experienced to the average/now normal USA airport Security Theatre. Personally I prefer British Airways to any USA airline I have ever flown.
Don't forget about Shelby County in Tennessee. Memphis is in Shelby County but Government reports stop at the county level. Memphis is an incredible fraud for Medicare, Medicaid, Tenncare and Obamacare. Probably outd-frauds Florida all by itself.
Yes, it is felony hacking according to all I have read and heard about USA Federal Hacking Laws.
The prep used the computer system for nefarious purposes.
The prep breached the computer system with false data.
The prep created a false identity.
The prep used the false identity to falsify official records.
The prep created false information that affected taxes and the expenditure of tax monies.
The prep stole time from the Government. Time that was spent on non-government pursuits and activities.
The prep should be sentence to decades of imprisonment as the Federal Laws prescribe!
Now, isn't the USA Federal Hacking Law a little (or a lot) silly?
Forcing people to opt-in is really immoral. But Do-Gooders, SJWs, and snowflakes don't care about others. They just want to control others. Organ Donation is an expensive proposition for the donors. Until the expense is addressed appropriately it is especially wrong to force people to have to opt-out. The process and expense of donating an organ will bankrupt the average American family. (How's that for unintended consequences.)
In my state, there is a box on the driver's license to check. If you don't check the box "Yes" for organ donation, the clerk specifically asks if you want to donate your organs. Since my state is not in the forefront of any movement, I suspect many other states do the same. God help us if the USA Federal Government gets involved. Then the default will be opted-in and it will take an act of Congress to permit someone to opt-out. In my state, the system is already in place and works very well. Please don't hose the situation by SJW-ing the situation.
As far back as the 1980's, the Main Stream Media reported the solution that the mainland Chinese Government developed. When the Chinese medical market needed organs, they took them from prisoners – convicted criminals and convicted political dissidents and criminals. Looking to the prison populations, the Chinese Government has a ready supply of Organ Donors. Easily accessible and appropriately feed and conditioned. It's a Win-Win situation! Maybe this is the way the USA and other western nations should go?
You have just codified the sentiments of all the Control Freaks, also known as SJW – Social Justice Warriors. If they can't control the gift and/or the giver, they hate it. (IMHO)
No, that is wrong.
Charity is just charity.
If a drug company contributes free vaccines, the patients receive the vaccines at no cost and a healthier populace benefits everyone. Who cares if the company creates "good will" that benefits it? I know specific people who have benefited because of their gifts given with "no strings attached" so "good will" doesn't disqualify a charitable contribution.
Plus (and a really big PLUS), the giver can give their charitable gift in whatever form they want. It's their "money" and they have complete freedom in how, in when, in what, in what manner, etc. that they give. Every gift given frees up money to be spent on the gift-item that can be applied elsewhere.
The State Government wants to block porn?
The citizens would like to block the Lies that the State Government & all the Politicians tells and distribute as truth.
No legislation will stop porn and no politicians will stop lying. It is a wasted effort, an unnecessary tax on the computer companies and ultimately the Consumer. (On the plus side, it does create another "revenue stream" – that is, another law to fleece the pyuublic.)
Actually, it makes one MORE productive. Who want to go outside and Freeze? Stay inside and work your butt off so the company can afford to keep the HVAC unit running!
Plus, these CA companies made their success off the backs of everyone and ONLY with the help of the USA Federal Government – Wasn't that what POTUS Obama said?. You must always remember the "It takes a Village" – Hill's famous quote. So these wonderfully rich companies (that discriminate against the poor and downtrodden. etc.) had the whole thing handed to them on a sliver Federal Government platter (which includes tremendous tax holidays and benefits) according to Democrat doctrine.
WRONG!
Cultural Diversity?
Only if one's "Cultural Diversity" meets certain criteria. If one doesn't meet the criteria, they are through out.
CA, IMHO, is one of the most bigoted states in the USA. Not all of the state by any stretch of the imagination but the most populous areas.
Let's change the goal posts, eh?
The contest was NOT who won the Total Popular vote.
The contest WAS who won the Popular Vote in the MOST states.
Without California's votes, and remember CA wants to succeed from the USA, Trump won the popular vote.
I, for one, am quite tired of CA determining so many regulations for me, my state, and the eastern part of the USA while I get no say in the matter. Hill like Gore blew the election in an apparent misunderstanding of how the USA Presidential election actually works (among other things).
Not voting machines but email accounts.
Hill's basement/bathroom/clandestine/personal server was hacked years ago.
Email accounts during campaign time were hacked: the DNC, Hill's Campaign (John Podesta, etc.)
We only know of these because of Wikileaks.
Who knows who else was hacked during the campaign?
Wikileaks has stated that a DNC or HIll's Campaign insider was the leaker – not a Russian nor a foreign national.
The Pope Ratso wrote, "Here in the US we have a gas station every 100 feet. If one is crowded, you can just mosey on down to the next one.".
That is so NOT the point. On, at least, a few levels.
(1) Some vehicles can only fill-up at certain gas stations. (Businesses, gift cards, credit cards, discounts, etc.)
(2) Only a few gas stations offer 100% gasoline in our area.
(3) Some people have their favorite brand.
(4) Some people are "in a hurry" for legitimate reasons or otherwise don't have the time.
The real issue that effects most of us is, at best, thoughtless people or, at worst, mean and vengeful people.
While you welcome people on your lawn. Would you really welcome someone setting up a tent and tapping into your water and electricity and dumping their porta-potty in your back yard?
It's amazing how an idea can affect us! The push to increase the Minimum Wage causes those businesses that need a low minimum wage to innovate. And the technology sector (that is,/.'s readers) is innovating. We/.-ers may want a higher minimum wage but we are systemically creating and refining technology to displace minimum wage workers even before the minimum wage is raised. We should be ashamed of ourselves!
Actually, how funny the prideful superiority the average/.-ers display and the hypocrisy in manufacturing and distributing the actual opposite of their stated desire. How Funny! We are AssHats of the First Order!
Actually, the Warning was sounded and your generation as a whole choose to ignore the warning.
I was a young adult during those years and remember the Warning and the refusals.
Quite typical of Young People.
In my day, headphones were too expensive to wear outside.
This minimum wage also offers a very big incentive to move up the economic ladder. Skills acquisition is open to everyone. I was friends with a guy who spent his "study hall" and free time in the high school library studying how to build buildings, etc. He become a builder of custom wooden houses in a third world country and lived well. Lots of ways to acquire marketable skills. And quite a lot of ways to turn hobbies into a business/career – look at the bigfoot "reality" shows, etc.
"but what they do deserve is enough to live on (as anyone working full time does)" I have a question. Are they alive now? What the hell do you mean by "to live"? I've never seen a non-live person serving meals at MickeyD's. I have a second question. Why? Fending for one's self is healthy and self-affirming. It includes developing skills, people networks & contacts, openness to opportunities, recognition of opportunities. "A mind is a awful thing to waste", we were told in the 1900's. So don't waste your mind or your life. Nike said, "Just do it!" It can be done by the vast majority of the people in the USA.
Wow!
Are people really ignorant of how Technology businesses work?
Apple has regularly dropped support for older machines.
So has Dell, AT&T, Toshiba, Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, IBM. etc., etc.
This is a fact of Life with Technology.
Computers aren't refrigerators or washing machines with realistic, functional use measured by decades.
Grow UP!
Well, if truth be told, Hill may not have won the popular vote. We would have to cull the votes from dead people, people who moved to other areas without removing their names from the voting rolls, the unqualified (too young, convicts in certain states, non-registered, illegal, non-resident, aliens, foreigners, etc.). To effectively remove these votes, and discover the actual, accurate totals would require more money than the USA Federal Government spends in a year.
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Regrettably, in the case of the Epi-Pen refutes every thing that you have written and implied. During the Obama Regime, his cronies at the head of the Epi-Pen's manufacturer played the USA Federal Governments health regulatory, care, and insurance systems to the detriment of those allergy sufferers who needed to carry an Epi-Pen (for life-threatening situations that do occur regularly). As reported by the Main Stream Media, this went on for years and only as Obama was approaching the end of his reign, did the situation begin to change. For example, while the Epi-Pen is a name brand drug, the manufacturer listed the drug as a "generic" so that the Government would pay more for the drug – 2 different Government agencies failed to co-ordinate and permitted the Epi-Pen travesty occur. Also, the Government's non-competitive regulations (patents, etc.) did not permit another manufacturers to produce truly "generic" alternatives. In the last days of the Obama regime, an alternative has been announced but for years the cronies ran wild and the people a high price for a simple drug.
Actually, it was differing Government regulations that permitted the travesty of Mylan's high price. The free market had nothing to do with it. This was in the Main Stream Media or "The News". The free market would have solved the problem much earlier but the Federal Government wouldn't let the free market work. (per Standard Operating Procedures of our Governments)
The remedy for USA airport travel interaction with the TSA/DHS/Local LEOs? Move to UK! Regrettably, that won't work for most Americans. I do prefer the UK airport security that I have actually experienced to the average/now normal USA airport Security Theatre. Personally I prefer British Airways to any USA airline I have ever flown.
Don't forget about Shelby County in Tennessee. Memphis is in Shelby County but Government reports stop at the county level. Memphis is an incredible fraud for Medicare, Medicaid, Tenncare and Obamacare. Probably outd-frauds Florida all by itself.
Yes, it is felony hacking according to all I have read and heard about USA Federal Hacking Laws. The prep used the computer system for nefarious purposes. The prep breached the computer system with false data. The prep created a false identity. The prep used the false identity to falsify official records. The prep created false information that affected taxes and the expenditure of tax monies. The prep stole time from the Government. Time that was spent on non-government pursuits and activities. The prep should be sentence to decades of imprisonment as the Federal Laws prescribe! Now, isn't the USA Federal Hacking Law a little (or a lot) silly?
Forcing people to opt-in is really immoral. But Do-Gooders, SJWs, and snowflakes don't care about others. They just want to control others. Organ Donation is an expensive proposition for the donors. Until the expense is addressed appropriately it is especially wrong to force people to have to opt-out. The process and expense of donating an organ will bankrupt the average American family. (How's that for unintended consequences.)
In my state, there is a box on the driver's license to check. If you don't check the box "Yes" for organ donation, the clerk specifically asks if you want to donate your organs. Since my state is not in the forefront of any movement, I suspect many other states do the same. God help us if the USA Federal Government gets involved. Then the default will be opted-in and it will take an act of Congress to permit someone to opt-out. In my state, the system is already in place and works very well. Please don't hose the situation by SJW-ing the situation.
As far back as the 1980's, the Main Stream Media reported the solution that the mainland Chinese Government developed. When the Chinese medical market needed organs, they took them from prisoners – convicted criminals and convicted political dissidents and criminals. Looking to the prison populations, the Chinese Government has a ready supply of Organ Donors. Easily accessible and appropriately feed and conditioned. It's a Win-Win situation! Maybe this is the way the USA and other western nations should go?
You have just codified the sentiments of all the Control Freaks, also known as SJW – Social Justice Warriors. If they can't control the gift and/or the giver, they hate it. (IMHO)
No, that is wrong. Charity is just charity. If a drug company contributes free vaccines, the patients receive the vaccines at no cost and a healthier populace benefits everyone. Who cares if the company creates "good will" that benefits it? I know specific people who have benefited because of their gifts given with "no strings attached" so "good will" doesn't disqualify a charitable contribution. Plus (and a really big PLUS), the giver can give their charitable gift in whatever form they want. It's their "money" and they have complete freedom in how, in when, in what, in what manner, etc. that they give. Every gift given frees up money to be spent on the gift-item that can be applied elsewhere.
The State Government wants to block porn? The citizens would like to block the Lies that the State Government & all the Politicians tells and distribute as truth. No legislation will stop porn and no politicians will stop lying. It is a wasted effort, an unnecessary tax on the computer companies and ultimately the Consumer. (On the plus side, it does create another "revenue stream" – that is, another law to fleece the pyuublic.)
Actually, it makes one MORE productive. Who want to go outside and Freeze? Stay inside and work your butt off so the company can afford to keep the HVAC unit running!
Plus, these CA companies made their success off the backs of everyone and ONLY with the help of the USA Federal Government – Wasn't that what POTUS Obama said?. You must always remember the "It takes a Village" – Hill's famous quote. So these wonderfully rich companies (that discriminate against the poor and downtrodden. etc.) had the whole thing handed to them on a sliver Federal Government platter (which includes tremendous tax holidays and benefits) according to Democrat doctrine.
WRONG! Cultural Diversity? Only if one's "Cultural Diversity" meets certain criteria. If one doesn't meet the criteria, they are through out. CA, IMHO, is one of the most bigoted states in the USA. Not all of the state by any stretch of the imagination but the most populous areas.
Let's change the goal posts, eh? The contest was NOT who won the Total Popular vote. The contest WAS who won the Popular Vote in the MOST states. Without California's votes, and remember CA wants to succeed from the USA, Trump won the popular vote. I, for one, am quite tired of CA determining so many regulations for me, my state, and the eastern part of the USA while I get no say in the matter. Hill like Gore blew the election in an apparent misunderstanding of how the USA Presidential election actually works (among other things).
Not voting machines but email accounts. Hill's basement/bathroom/clandestine/personal server was hacked years ago. Email accounts during campaign time were hacked: the DNC, Hill's Campaign (John Podesta, etc.) We only know of these because of Wikileaks. Who knows who else was hacked during the campaign? Wikileaks has stated that a DNC or HIll's Campaign insider was the leaker – not a Russian nor a foreign national.
The Pope Ratso wrote, "Here in the US we have a gas station every 100 feet. If one is crowded, you can just mosey on down to the next one.". That is so NOT the point. On, at least, a few levels. (1) Some vehicles can only fill-up at certain gas stations. (Businesses, gift cards, credit cards, discounts, etc.) (2) Only a few gas stations offer 100% gasoline in our area. (3) Some people have their favorite brand. (4) Some people are "in a hurry" for legitimate reasons or otherwise don't have the time. The real issue that effects most of us is, at best, thoughtless people or, at worst, mean and vengeful people. While you welcome people on your lawn. Would you really welcome someone setting up a tent and tapping into your water and electricity and dumping their porta-potty in your back yard?
LOL!!!
It's amazing how an idea can affect us! The push to increase the Minimum Wage causes those businesses that need a low minimum wage to innovate. And the technology sector (that is, /.'s readers) is innovating. We /.-ers may want a higher minimum wage but we are systemically creating and refining technology to displace minimum wage workers even before the minimum wage is raised. We should be ashamed of ourselves!
Actually, how funny the prideful superiority the average /.-ers display and the hypocrisy in manufacturing and distributing the actual opposite of their stated desire. How Funny! We are AssHats of the First Order!
Actually, the Warning was sounded and your generation as a whole choose to ignore the warning. I was a young adult during those years and remember the Warning and the refusals. Quite typical of Young People. In my day, headphones were too expensive to wear outside.
This minimum wage also offers a very big incentive to move up the economic ladder. Skills acquisition is open to everyone. I was friends with a guy who spent his "study hall" and free time in the high school library studying how to build buildings, etc. He become a builder of custom wooden houses in a third world country and lived well. Lots of ways to acquire marketable skills. And quite a lot of ways to turn hobbies into a business/career – look at the bigfoot "reality" shows, etc.
"but what they do deserve is enough to live on (as anyone working full time does)" I have a question. Are they alive now? What the hell do you mean by "to live"? I've never seen a non-live person serving meals at MickeyD's. I have a second question. Why? Fending for one's self is healthy and self-affirming. It includes developing skills, people networks & contacts, openness to opportunities, recognition of opportunities. "A mind is a awful thing to waste", we were told in the 1900's. So don't waste your mind or your life. Nike said, "Just do it!" It can be done by the vast majority of the people in the USA.
Wow! Are people really ignorant of how Technology businesses work? Apple has regularly dropped support for older machines. So has Dell, AT&T, Toshiba, Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, IBM. etc., etc. This is a fact of Life with Technology. Computers aren't refrigerators or washing machines with realistic, functional use measured by decades. Grow UP!
California must be doing something left... There fixed it for you.
Well, if truth be told, Hill may not have won the popular vote. We would have to cull the votes from dead people, people who moved to other areas without removing their names from the voting rolls, the unqualified (too young, convicts in certain states, non-registered, illegal, non-resident, aliens, foreigners, etc.). To effectively remove these votes, and discover the actual, accurate totals would require more money than the USA Federal Government spends in a year.