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  1. Re:They're bums, why keep them around on Greece Is Running Out of Money, Cannot Make June IMF Repayment · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You may want to ad in that if Greece was on the Drachma again and it was devalued compared to the Euro, they would get a huge influx of tourist currency as Greece would become the cheap place for the rest of the euros to vacation.

  2. Re:This is good on Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage To $15 an Hour · · Score: 4, Informative

    True.

    But you also have a entry level wage for teenagers do you not. IIRC, this is about 10-12$/hr.

    Additionally, you also have some of the strictest immigration policies in the world. You can afford 17/hr when you don't have to worry about millions of people coming over your southern border who don't have much of an education and skills. (along with the government on your southern border is encouraging them to migrate so they don't have to take care of them).

  3. Re:When Nixon did that... on Kim Dotcom Calls Hillary Clinton an "Adversary" of Internet Freedom · · Score: 0

    Don't forget that Hillary was fired by the House Judiciary Committee investigating Watergate.

    “Because she was a liar. She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.” - Jerry Zeifman, chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee

  4. Re:Well... on Kim Dotcom Calls Hillary Clinton an "Adversary" of Internet Freedom · · Score: 2

    He's not fat, just big boned.

  5. Re:Old news, over and over on Mechanical 'Clicky' Keyboards Still Have Followers (Video) · · Score: 1

    I've been using the Logitech G710+ (w/ MX Browns) for about a year. I could not imagine going back.

  6. Re: Ownership and Appreciation on From Commune To Sharing Economy Startup · · Score: 1

    But there's a difference between a specialized rental such as construction equipment and a common rental. When someone is renting a specialized tool that is used in their industry and they know they will need to rent it again, there is a underlying incentive to not treat it as complete crap.

  7. Re:Ownership and Appreciation on From Commune To Sharing Economy Startup · · Score: 1

    You know why Denmark is considered on of the happiest places in the world? Because it's looked down on culturally when you don't say your happy. It's pretty much the opposite in Japan where saying your happy is considered shameful or embarrassing.

  8. Re:API? on Report: Microsoft Considering Salesforce Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Figuring I've written C# apps to hit the SF API using a partner interface, I'd say they do have one. It just doesn't have everything you want.

  9. Re:This is confusing to me... on Report: Microsoft Considering Salesforce Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Of course Great Plains was that way before MS bought them.

  10. Re:Sen. Reid didn't kill it; filibuster threats di on US Senate Targets Patent Trolls · · Score: 1

    Hence the "all but admitted". He admitted that the ends justified the means.

    Additionally, there was never any actual proof or facts found that Romney didn't pay taxes...

  11. Re:Sen. Reid didn't kill it; filibuster threats di on US Senate Targets Patent Trolls · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And Sen. Reid is a known opportunist liar. Remember when he said on the Senate floor that he had been given information about how Mitt Romney wasn't paying taxes. When called on it recently, he all but admitted he was lying in order to get Obama reelected.

  12. It sucks... on Intel 'Compute Stick' PC-Over-HDMI Dongle Launched, Tested · · Score: 1

    http://gizmodo.com/intel-compu...

    Pretty in dept review on why it sucks. For example want to use Bluetooth and Wifi? Don't plan on it as they're both handled by the same controller and the BT lags to shit when Wifi is enabled.

  13. Re:Hasn't been involved with Greenpeace since 1985 on Greenpeace Co-Founder Declares Himself a Climate Change Skeptic · · Score: 1

    And yet communist nations have been shown over the past 100 years to be the worst polluters in history.

    The Left/Greens like communism because communist governments provide them with a authoritarian vehicle to impose their will on the general public.

  14. Re:Hasn't been involved with Greenpeace since 1985 on Greenpeace Co-Founder Declares Himself a Climate Change Skeptic · · Score: 1

    Let's see, you take a DEMOCRAT Vice Pres from 30 years before the formation of the republican party and 100+ years before the modern conservative movement came into play and use him as a example of conservatives.

    You're not interested in the facts, just making sure the ends justify your means.

  15. Re:Climate Change on Slashdot on Greenpeace Co-Founder Declares Himself a Climate Change Skeptic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like the Slashdot has the same composition of climate scientists that the IPCC does.

  16. Re:so on The Pirate Party Now the Biggest Party In Iceland · · Score: 0

    Really? Look at what the modern liberals/Democrats are into:
    -Hope and Change
    -the federal govenment controlling healthcare, student loans, school lunches, the EPA's actions, etc;
    -Bank bailouts and subsidizes to big dem donars, blocking Keystone as a favor to Warren Buffet (who's rail shipping would be impacted).

    Seems like the left have a headstart over the right on Fascism.

    (Also, Facism existed in the US under Woodrew Wilson before it was it too hold in Italy...do the research yourself).

  17. Carbon Monoxide? on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 0

    We always hear how Carbon Monoxide is called the silent killer because its colorless, odorless, etc. It also painless as people who die from it just pass out and don't wake up. So whats the issue with this?

    Of course, if we go back to public executions, (which if we have the death penalty, we shouldnt hide it), hanging or firing squad is best.

  18. Re:Why uTorrent? on uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner · · Score: 1

    I had IDSL as my first broadband connection. It wasn't fast but latency for games was insanely good.

  19. Re:Default Government Stance on Feds Admit Stingray Can Disrupt Bystanders' Communications · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How's that hope and change working out?

  20. Re:If you want better legislation on The Groups Behind Making Distributed Solar Power Harder To Adopt · · Score: 1

    Fine. Let's just use the resources in our on borders rather then rely on the middle east.

    But we can't because the same people who are saying we have shouldn't rely on the middle east are also the first ones to stop domestic production of oil.

  21. Re:Is this his first veto? on Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill · · Score: 0

    Harry Reid had been acting as a firewall for the past 6 years keeping anything that could possibly embarrass Obama from reaching Obama's desk.

  22. Re: Soros? on How One Climate-Change Skeptic Has Profited From Corporate Interests · · Score: 1

    I'll raise you Tom Steyer then. He spent ~$75 million on dem causes in 2014.

  23. Re:Yelp is so full of shit sometimes on Company Promises Positive Yelp Reviews For a Price; Yelp Sues · · Score: 1

    This is good advice in general. Whenever I buy something from Newegg and I'm comparing a few similar products, I read the bad reviews, not the good.

  24. Re:Anti-Kickstarter? on Star Trek Continues Meets Kickstarter Goal, Aims For Stretch Goals · · Score: 1

    Dont like it? Dont watch it.

  25. Re:Who are you? on Bipartisan Bill Would Mandate Warrant To Search Emails · · Score: 1

    1) Liberals call out and vilify their extremists. The Conservatives ELECT them. This is a major difference. There is no liberal equivalent in national politics of Palin, Cruz, Bachmann, or Christine O'donnell.

    So first off you saying Ted Cruz is more extreme then Liz Warren? Why is Ted Cruz extreme? Because he want's to control the size of the federal government using the tools made available by the constitution (congress is not intended to rubber stamp the presidents spending wishes). And comparing Cruz to a Senator who says that a business owner did not build their business, it was government that did it.

    Michelle Bachmann - no longer in congress. Why? Because she would have been primaried due to being wacko.
    Sarah Palin - Hasn't won an election since 2006; hasn't run for office since 2008.
    Christine O'Donnell - (you're stretching by using her). Hasn't been on a ballot since 2010; and the main reason why she won the primary is because Mike Castle was a Liberal Republican.

    The thing is, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House is more extreme then any of the Republicans you mentioned.

    It's just only conservatives can be extreme, not liberals. Proof: The Tea Partiers vs the Occupiers. The Occupy movement is a lot more extreme then the Tea Party movement, yet is not called out as such.

    2) The Democrat party accepts moderates and centrists, while the Republicans kick them out.

    Who are these moderates and centrists you speak about and where are they? They are no longer in the House as they were wiped out by the Republicans in 2010 and 2014. Why? Because the party has tilted so far to the left that the populance elected more moderate republicans instead. Also, if you don't accept the Dem party line on abortion and gay marriage, then you are no longer accepted in the party.