From the wiki page you link to it sounds like he was convicted for being in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922o, which says:
Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machinegun.
This subsection does not apply with respect to—
a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machinegun that was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect.
There is nothing in there about the firearm having to cross state lines, so he was clearly in violation of the law by possessing it without authorization. As for weather this was a matter of interstate commerce at all, the wiki page says he was selling the machine gun kits over the Internet. I rest my case. As I had suspected, while your TrueStory (TM) had a kernel of truth, you got a bit creative with the details.
You won't be looking at it that way when you pay $80 for a ticket and have to freeze your ass for 3 hours in 25 F weather just to see 11 minutes of action.
However, a rugby game has about 74 minutes of game play (out of 80). Soccer stands at about 80/90. I don't know the stats for ice hockey and basketball, but I bet they are not as abysmal as they are for football. If you bothered to read the article I linked to, you would have noticed that there is more dead time than just commercials. Like, an old man scratching his head with a pencil, while his players walk around the field, doing nothing, and the refs are watching tv. So, yeah, I do feel short changed at 11/174.
You would be twiddling your thumbs most of the time even if you were watching it in the US, because there are only 11 minutes of actual play time in a 3 hour long game. That is why the ads are the centrepiece of the show.
The ISPs won't have to pay for it. You will, through taxes. And most people will be happy to do so, although they would foam at the mouth if they were asked to pay for universal health care for their children.
Not everything at Whole Foods is locally grown, but many items (especially dairy and produce) are, an those are clearly labeled as such. So, if one cares about buying locally grown stuff, one can, but human nature always gets in the way.
There is nothing now that stops people from buying the higher priced, locally produced food at Whole Foods. For some reason, most of them choose to buy the cheap stuff at Stop'n'Shop. I think that reason is called human nature.
Moot is, originally, a legal term meaning "of no significance". Exit strategies in the context discussed are of no significance, because the money does not come from venture capitalists but from taxpayers (via NASA).
Only in this case the funding does not come from venture capitalists, but rather from taxpayers who will see no benefit once we are back to $2 billion launches, so your point is moot.
Yeah, but you get to replace a cheap, safe and well tested technology with a very expensive new one, which fills the same need using a substance that is, potentially, as harmful to your health as asbestos. Cool, isn't it?
Your Olds would loose any day to a Bugatti going in reverse. It is laughable what passes for a muscle car in the US. This discussion is not about muscle cars, it's about cool every day cars.
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The federal government has no power to enact such a law
How did you figure that one out?
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State [...]"
You think those words were put in there just to avoid ugly pagination?
It's subjective.
No, it is not. Not any more than any other forms of mental disease.
More news from the Vatican, "spreading the word of Christ" now involves a sledge hammer...
Not a sledge hammer. An orbitoclast.
From the wiki page you link to it sounds like he was convicted for being in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922o, which says:
There is nothing in there about the firearm having to cross state lines, so he was clearly in violation of the law by possessing it without authorization. As for weather this was a matter of interstate commerce at all, the wiki page says he was selling the machine gun kits over the Internet. I rest my case. As I had suspected, while your TrueStory (TM) had a kernel of truth, you got a bit creative with the details.
Do you have some links to these TrueStories (TM)?
How can this possibly be anything but an infrastructure for massive spying on its own citizens?
Why not target the telecoms then, like the NSA does? Why one email provider?
So this is, like, vaccination 2.0. Is this a ploy to make vaccination more palatable to the freaks who think vaccines cause autism?
You won't be looking at it that way when you pay $80 for a ticket and have to freeze your ass for 3 hours in 25 F weather just to see 11 minutes of action.
However, a rugby game has about 74 minutes of game play (out of 80). Soccer stands at about 80/90. I don't know the stats for ice hockey and basketball, but I bet they are not as abysmal as they are for football. If you bothered to read the article I linked to, you would have noticed that there is more dead time than just commercials. Like, an old man scratching his head with a pencil, while his players walk around the field, doing nothing, and the refs are watching tv. So, yeah, I do feel short changed at 11/174.
You would be twiddling your thumbs most of the time even if you were watching it in the US, because there are only 11 minutes of actual play time in a 3 hour long game. That is why the ads are the centrepiece of the show.
The ISPs won't have to pay for it. You will, through taxes. And most people will be happy to do so, although they would foam at the mouth if they were asked to pay for universal health care for their children.
Not everything at Whole Foods is locally grown, but many items (especially dairy and produce) are, an those are clearly labeled as such. So, if one cares about buying locally grown stuff, one can, but human nature always gets in the way.
There is nothing now that stops people from buying the higher priced, locally produced food at Whole Foods. For some reason, most of them choose to buy the cheap stuff at Stop'n'Shop. I think that reason is called human nature.
Moot is, originally, a legal term meaning "of no significance". Exit strategies in the context discussed are of no significance, because the money does not come from venture capitalists but from taxpayers (via NASA).
It's mostly you. Every other commodity in this world is traded, including your odds of getting sick or having a car accident, so why not this one?
Only in this case the funding does not come from venture capitalists, but rather from taxpayers who will see no benefit once we are back to $2 billion launches, so your point is moot.
riiiight, because they are going to charge $14.99 for an eBook that has a 4 year old discount paperback out..:eyeroll:
Actually, that is exactly what they are doing.
The US military can airlift tanks half way around the world but they cannot air lift some English speaking mules from West Virginia?
Yeah, but you get to replace a cheap, safe and well tested technology with a very expensive new one, which fills the same need using a substance that is, potentially, as harmful to your health as asbestos. Cool, isn't it?
Like in a yaris, at night, while someone else is driving down a gravel road.
Then buy a Hummer.
Why do you list torture and American Idol as distinct categories?
Yeah, but it will come in handy when you get your iPeriod.
And that's without taking into account the amount you pay for your internet connection.
Your Olds would loose any day to a Bugatti going in reverse. It is laughable what passes for a muscle car in the US. This discussion is not about muscle cars, it's about cool every day cars.
I pay $13 a month for Netflix and get 2 DVDs at a time plus unlimited streaming. How is $3.99 per movie competitive?