Why attack Clinton? Because one, she still enjoys the support and protection of corrupt Democrats.
And two, it is still unclear whether or not she and other members of the ruling elite are above the law.
The pervasiveness and extent of the corruption in vital institutions has yet to be fully explored, and focusing on Clinton puts a magnifying glass over the heads of the swamp creatures that infest Washington DC. Noone should be allowed to act with impunity to abuse public office in order to enrich themselves or their friends, or compromise the public trust, and not be held accountable.
You have to look at it from Comey's perspective. He didn't know the full extent of classified information on Weiner's laptop, discovered in an case unrelated to the Clinton investigation. He'd already strained his credibility by doing everything within his power to let her off the hook, and the cracks were showing in his facade of impartiality. The Weiner laptop was a potential ticking time bomb and there was just no way that Comey was going to sit on it, especially since Clinton was projected to win anyway. He chose to CYA by doing his job.
Comey was either a total incompetent, or preferred that Trump win.
Or Comey decided he didn't have a choice. He didn't know the extent of Clinton's emails on Weiner's laptop and he had a duty to report to the congressional oversight committee. Concealing would have been a terrible gamble if previously unknown classified emails had turned up. Comey's motives may be questionable but he isn't stupid, and has made his disdain for Trump well known.
What is the point of paying for YoutubeRed in order to avoid advertisements and to support content creators, when most have been demonitized and have resorted to product sponsorship and patreon begging anyway? I'm happy to go back to using an ad blocker or use another platform entirely that doesn't play games with subscribing, notifications, 'limited state' censorship, and catering to a particular political ideology.
Comey had no choice but to inform the oversight committee about the precense of HRC emails on Weiner's laptop. Here he explains it in his own words. My interpretation is that he couldn't cover for Clinton without removing any plausible deniability, and the decision to conceal would have been leaked by his own estimation. Not everyone at the FBI is a lying weasel like Comey.
I appreciate the stand that Joseph Nacchio took, but there is no reason to expect that to be corporate culture after his departure and especially since CenturyLink bought Qwest out.
Nothing reflects MS's attitude of 'suck it bitch' more than the new style of dialog in Win10, too. A computer using 'we' words is meant to remind you who the tool is, not the machine doing whatever MS wants it to do.
I know it is easy to put all the blame on Grandma for "holding it wrong", but software companies should take some responsibility too when they sell products where security is barely an afterthought. Paid software engineers, the 'licensed experts' if you will, gave us Adobe Flash as example and the security nightmare that it was.
So you're the exception, rather than the rule. For those in support roles for large organizations, dealing with malware is a daily occurrence. There is only so many screws to tighten security wise until users become frustrated and angry.
Since there is no perfect security, there has to be a multi layered approach and A/V is one of these layers that provides herd immunity with hourly updates as threats are identified.
MS providing an ineffective AV solution won't really affect their bottom line. A vendor whose business model and reputation is staked on it might approach the product differently.
Higher average temperatures may end up causing many of the desert species to go extinct anyway. Life existing there is already tenuous.
Besides, no reason such an endeavor would have to be 'all or nothing'. The interior portions of the desert would be the least accessible to water anyway.
Assange is more credible than the entire leadership of the corrupt DNC. I'll accept his word as evidence that the Russians did not provide the emails, whereas the DNC's claims are only to be treated as false unless proven otherwise, with security audits for the server by neutral third parties that are not on their payroll.
The principle of equity seems appropriate for western nations allowing free trade deals with developing countries, but the illustrated metaphor rather breaks down when applied.
I'll agree that developing a form of UBI to counter the effects of late stage capitalism should be a priority over restoring domestic production of consumer goods, since automation and lights-out factories are poised to take over eventually anyway. You picked an interesting time to go into leadership, since one way or another it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Just tracing the problem back. People like to portray Chinese imports as Chinese brands, not as the result of American business engineering.
While I'm often critical of how litigious our society has become, I'm also glad for it as vendors marketing Chinese made children's toys containing lead paint can be sued, whether or not they made the design decision. For a society that provides examples of extreme callousness such as bridges made of garbage, American businesses have good reason to be extremely diligent in monitoring supply lines.
Along with middle-class and minimum-wage workers who can buy more quality goods and live at a higher standard of living.
Chinese manufacturers adulterated foods with melamine
I was glad to see that at least they draw the line at profiting from poisoning infant formula. But that is a different issue from the one of unsolved pet deaths attributed to chinese made jerky treats. I'm sure that being "skilled at scaling quality requirements downward" has something to do with that. What is worse is that it is impossible to avoid Chinese food products as their spices are imported and used as ingredients.
The problem is American companies demand lower cost, and press down on the quality. That lets them get low, low prices.
Long term planning for the public interest, or anything other than the next quarterly report, is not their concern. In theory, that is the job of elected representatives and appointed regulators to provide necessary oversight and forcibly drag the Job Creators kicking and screaming to where they give even the slightest shit about the welfare of the country. I say in theory, because the reality is adversarial authoritarian regimes who do not share our civil liberties being catapulted into 'global manufacturing superpower' status, as an example.
Because China is such a global manufacturing superpower, they have the economic basis to do all of this stuff now, instead of generations down the line.
And the Waltons and Bezos of the world are all better off for it. Instead of having used tariffs and access to our markets to incentivize democratic reform and environmental regulation early on, now we'll gladly sell them the tools they need to suppress and censor their population in a digital age. It is our corporations that must now capitulate, unmasking journalists and dissidents if they want to do business there. While it is good that there is hope that in the next decade they may not have to worry as much when the wind changes direction, there is still a larger picture to look at.
"Chinese are not only more-skilled at manufacturing, but they're extremely skilled at scaling quality requirements downward"
That does explain why pet food made in China keeps killing dogs and cats and noone can understand why; they're just that good at scaling quality.
Cheap goods that are less durable and less capable of being repaired only tacks on to the externalized costs as this junk fills landfills and causes further pollution. In a time when sustainability is a serious issue as world populations become more westernized, we need to look for alternatives to a throw-away society rather than encourage it.
There is no 'comparative advantage' in offshoring our industry to nations that practice unfettered capitalism. That chinese peasants are finally choking to death on smog and they are having to deal with it now rather than a decade later, is no argument for having such unfair and unconscionable trade practices from the onset.
Don't be in such a rush to defend myoptic, insatiable greed.
Yes, we've been feeding China, who is in no way a US ally, and who rivals North Korea in oppressive censorship. While income inequality in the US has never been greater, and wages stagnant for the past 30 years, communist party officials are getting rich and the globalists who owe no loyalty to any nation and benefit the most from the race to the bottom we've committed ourselves to are laughing all the way to the bank. Nothing to see here, nothing to be concerned about.
It is a truism that cheap is expensive. Instead of insisting preferred trading partners have parity with our own environmental and labor laws, we will now pay in the form of only being able to afford cheap imports. This of course will be spun as a Good Thing by those whose election campaigns are financed by multinational corporations.
Maybe we can recoup our losses by selling them cancer drugs and suicide netting.
Because if you're going to offer a tax incentive such as the renewable energy tax credit it makes sense to have it benefit your own industry and also recoup some of the expense in the form of tariffs from overseas producers.
I hope we see more tariffs on chinese products all around. The only free trade we should have is with countries that share our environmental and labor laws.
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Why attack Clinton? Because one, she still enjoys the support and protection of corrupt Democrats.
And two, it is still unclear whether or not she and other members of the ruling elite are above the law.
The pervasiveness and extent of the corruption in vital institutions has yet to be fully explored, and focusing on Clinton puts a magnifying glass over the heads of the swamp creatures that infest Washington DC. Noone should be allowed to act with impunity to abuse public office in order to enrich themselves or their friends, or compromise the public trust, and not be held accountable.
The answer to that is always 'it depends'. If you want to invest based purely on EBITDA go ahead, you'll have good company.
Growth and future earnings is more relevant than short term profits. It is much more beneficial to plant your seed corn than to eat it.
You have to look at it from Comey's perspective. He didn't know the full extent of classified information on Weiner's laptop, discovered in an case unrelated to the Clinton investigation. He'd already strained his credibility by doing everything within his power to let her off the hook, and the cracks were showing in his facade of impartiality. The Weiner laptop was a potential ticking time bomb and there was just no way that Comey was going to sit on it, especially since Clinton was projected to win anyway. He chose to CYA by doing his job.
Comey was either a total incompetent, or preferred that Trump win.
Or Comey decided he didn't have a choice. He didn't know the extent of Clinton's emails on Weiner's laptop and he had a duty to report to the congressional oversight committee. Concealing would have been a terrible gamble if previously unknown classified emails had turned up. Comey's motives may be questionable but he isn't stupid, and has made his disdain for Trump well known.
What is the point of paying for YoutubeRed in order to avoid advertisements and to support content creators, when most have been demonitized and have resorted to product sponsorship and patreon begging anyway? I'm happy to go back to using an ad blocker or use another platform entirely that doesn't play games with subscribing, notifications, 'limited state' censorship, and catering to a particular political ideology.
Comey had no choice but to inform the oversight committee about the precense of HRC emails on Weiner's laptop. Here he explains it in his own words. My interpretation is that he couldn't cover for Clinton without removing any plausible deniability, and the decision to conceal would have been leaked by his own estimation. Not everyone at the FBI is a lying weasel like Comey.
I appreciate the stand that Joseph Nacchio took, but there is no reason to expect that to be corporate culture after his departure and especially since CenturyLink bought Qwest out.
Nothing reflects MS's attitude of 'suck it bitch' more than the new style of dialog in Win10, too. A computer using 'we' words is meant to remind you who the tool is, not the machine doing whatever MS wants it to do.
I know it is easy to put all the blame on Grandma for "holding it wrong", but software companies should take some responsibility too when they sell products where security is barely an afterthought. Paid software engineers, the 'licensed experts' if you will, gave us Adobe Flash as example and the security nightmare that it was.
So you're the exception, rather than the rule. For those in support roles for large organizations, dealing with malware is a daily occurrence. There is only so many screws to tighten security wise until users become frustrated and angry.
Since there is no perfect security, there has to be a multi layered approach and A/V is one of these layers that provides herd immunity with hourly updates as threats are identified.
MS providing an ineffective AV solution won't really affect their bottom line. A vendor whose business model and reputation is staked on it might approach the product differently.
Higher average temperatures may end up causing many of the desert species to go extinct anyway. Life existing there is already tenuous.
Besides, no reason such an endeavor would have to be 'all or nothing'. The interior portions of the desert would be the least accessible to water anyway.
The point is the claim is ridiculous, and just one fact is enough to make it even more obvious for rational thinkers.
If you disagree with me, you must be a Russian troll, or an idiot, or whatever other adjective is fashionable to accuse others of.
Assange is more credible than the entire leadership of the corrupt DNC. I'll accept his word as evidence that the Russians did not provide the emails, whereas the DNC's claims are only to be treated as false unless proven otherwise, with security audits for the server by neutral third parties that are not on their payroll.
Do you have something to counter that point, or can you only be bothered to provide an ad-hom?
The principle of equity seems appropriate for western nations allowing free trade deals with developing countries, but the illustrated metaphor rather breaks down when applied.
I'll agree that developing a form of UBI to counter the effects of late stage capitalism should be a priority over restoring domestic production of consumer goods, since automation and lights-out factories are poised to take over eventually anyway. You picked an interesting time to go into leadership, since one way or another it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Can BK spell hippocritical?
Maybe. But apparently you can't.
Just tracing the problem back. People like to portray Chinese imports as Chinese brands, not as the result of American business engineering.
While I'm often critical of how litigious our society has become, I'm also glad for it as vendors marketing Chinese made children's toys containing lead paint can be sued, whether or not they made the design decision. For a society that provides examples of extreme callousness such as bridges made of garbage, American businesses have good reason to be extremely diligent in monitoring supply lines.
Along with middle-class and minimum-wage workers who can buy more quality goods and live at a higher standard of living.
Again, with the problem of income inequality, only being able to afford chinese 'goods' even as majority of families are dual income makes a declaration of higher standard of living questionable. I fail to see how this will be a net benefit in the long run.
Chinese manufacturers adulterated foods with melamine
I was glad to see that at least they draw the line at profiting from poisoning infant formula. But that is a different issue from the one of unsolved pet deaths attributed to chinese made jerky treats. I'm sure that being "skilled at scaling quality requirements downward" has something to do with that. What is worse is that it is impossible to avoid Chinese food products as their spices are imported and used as ingredients.
The problem is American companies demand lower cost, and press down on the quality. That lets them get low, low prices.
Long term planning for the public interest, or anything other than the next quarterly report, is not their concern. In theory, that is the job of elected representatives and appointed regulators to provide necessary oversight and forcibly drag the Job Creators kicking and screaming to where they give even the slightest shit about the welfare of the country. I say in theory, because the reality is adversarial authoritarian regimes who do not share our civil liberties being catapulted into 'global manufacturing superpower' status, as an example.
Because China is such a global manufacturing superpower, they have the economic basis to do all of this stuff now, instead of generations down the line.
And the Waltons and Bezos of the world are all better off for it. Instead of having used tariffs and access to our markets to incentivize democratic reform and environmental regulation early on, now we'll gladly sell them the tools they need to suppress and censor their population in a digital age. It is our corporations that must now capitulate, unmasking journalists and dissidents if they want to do business there. While it is good that there is hope that in the next decade they may not have to worry as much when the wind changes direction, there is still a larger picture to look at.
The smallpox blankets was a lie told by the discredited Ward Churchill. It has been debunked.
"Chinese are not only more-skilled at manufacturing, but they're extremely skilled at scaling quality requirements downward"
That does explain why pet food made in China keeps killing dogs and cats and noone can understand why; they're just that good at scaling quality.
Cheap goods that are less durable and less capable of being repaired only tacks on to the externalized costs as this junk fills landfills and causes further pollution. In a time when sustainability is a serious issue as world populations become more westernized, we need to look for alternatives to a throw-away society rather than encourage it.
There is no 'comparative advantage' in offshoring our industry to nations that practice unfettered capitalism. That chinese peasants are finally choking to death on smog and they are having to deal with it now rather than a decade later, is no argument for having such unfair and unconscionable trade practices from the onset.
Don't be in such a rush to defend myoptic, insatiable greed.
Yes, we've been feeding China, who is in no way a US ally, and who rivals North Korea in oppressive censorship. While income inequality in the US has never been greater, and wages stagnant for the past 30 years, communist party officials are getting rich and the globalists who owe no loyalty to any nation and benefit the most from the race to the bottom we've committed ourselves to are laughing all the way to the bank. Nothing to see here, nothing to be concerned about.
It is a truism that cheap is expensive. Instead of insisting preferred trading partners have parity with our own environmental and labor laws, we will now pay in the form of only being able to afford cheap imports. This of course will be spun as a Good Thing by those whose election campaigns are financed by multinational corporations.
Maybe we can recoup our losses by selling them cancer drugs and suicide netting.
Tesla makes their solar roof products in Buffalo, NY.
Because if you're going to offer a tax incentive such as the renewable energy tax credit it makes sense to have it benefit your own industry and also recoup some of the expense in the form of tariffs from overseas producers.
I hope we see more tariffs on chinese products all around. The only free trade we should have is with countries that share our environmental and labor laws.
I, for one, don't act out video game violence unless I know where the respawn area is.
Going through life without a save game function really sucks.