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  1. Re:More to this than just that. on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    And you didn't say anything about the 3 blacks on the grand jury...why?

  2. Re:Owning stock on Harvard Students Move Fossil Fuel Stock Fight To Court · · Score: 1

    These lawyers wont go into defending average vermin...that is beneath a Harvard grad. These vermin (as that is what lawyers are) will end up either on Wall Street or a radical SJWs...

  3. Re:By electing a Republican President on The Military's Latest Enemy: Climate Change · · Score: 1

    We already did (US ground troops in Liberia)...and Republicans had nothing to do with it.

  4. Re:News For Nerds? on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    You might want to look at all the bills that Reid has stopped in the Senate first. And the reason why the filibuster is being threatened so much is thats the only tool the Reps have. Reid has prevented the Reps from submitting any changes/addendums to bills. In other words, you have bought the Dem party line...hook, line and sinker.

  5. Re:After the first five minutes on The Airplane of the Future May Not Have Windows · · Score: 1

    I have to fly to Hawaii on business (yea, I know it sucks)....5.5 hours of ocean gets boring fast.

  6. Re:Needs better proof on Ex-CBS Reporter Claims Government Agency Bugged Her Computer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Of course, figuring that the head of CBS News is the brother to one of the Obama admins National Security Advisors also plays into things.

  7. Re:What are you talking about Willis? on Ex-CBS Reporter Claims Government Agency Bugged Her Computer · · Score: 1

    It's a prison where horrible things had to happen to prevent ever more horrible things from happening.

  8. Re:Theory vs reality? on EU Sets Goal To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40% By 2030 · · Score: 1

    Had we signed on and actually meet the goals in Kyoto, individual CO2 emissions would have to be at the level they were in 1850.

  9. Re:Theory vs reality? on EU Sets Goal To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40% By 2030 · · Score: 3, Informative

    A few points of order though.
    - Clinton signed Kyoto but never sent it to the senate. The reason being is it never had support from either party and would have died by about 90 votes.
    - Second, W could have withdrawn from Kyoto with a stroke of a pen as the President can cancel treaties.
    - And finally, treaties inherently do not have the force of law behind them. They do not supersede Federal, State or even individual rights (see the recent Bond v US ruling). Now the Obama admin doesn't agree with this as they argued that a treaty trumps everything....but as we know with Obama/Holder, just because he says its doesn't mean its true.

  10. Social network not enforcing real names.... on We Need Distributed Social Networks More Than Ello · · Score: 1

    Wasn't that called MySpace???

  11. Re:Republicans Control Michigan on Michigan About To Ban Tesla Sales · · Score: 1

    This is like Republicans being anti-ethanol in general unless they are from Iowa....

  12. Piketty is wrong. on Bill Gates: Piketty's Attack on Income Inequality Is Right · · Score: 0

    I'm not only saying this...a survey of top economists are saying this.

    http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-...

    – “Theoretically and empirically the case that r-g is a major determinant of inequality or even top inequality is weak.”

    – “Many other factors affect inequality including technological change, globalization, increasing returns to education, and others.”

    – “Don’t find r-g a particularly useful summary of anything (doesn’t really capture role of technology, training, tax policy)”

    – “A glance at the biographies of the truly rich shows most came from upper middle class families. Good luck and some skill produced the wealth.”

    – “Argument has poor theory & negligible empirics.”

    – “Is this an inside joke? BEA estimates show little change in rate of return.”

  13. Re:Ebola threat on The CDC Is Carefully Controlling How Scared You Are About Ebola · · Score: 0

    What happens when it spreads to central america? The have poverty and customs there that would aid in the spread of ebola also. And with the current administrations immigration policies, there will be a deluge of immigrants coming here from central america to get away from it and they will bring it with them.

  14. Re:Brown is a right winger on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 1

    College Costs - this has more to do with the easy federal loan money that hook young people into debt for decades. As money gets easier to come by for colleges, they raise costs.
    CA Single Payer - you mean the plan that would cost more then the states current annual budget to implement?
    CA Budget - this has more to do with the coastal are of the state able to shit gold in even a crappy economy. Although, I will give him some credit here (he'd get even more if he would drop support for the useless highspeed rail, as the only on getting rich off that is our esteemed senator Feinstein)

  15. Re:Tesla should come to the EU on State of Iowa Tells Tesla To Cancel Its Scheduled Test Drives · · Score: 1

    Sorry...but that would probably require a corporate inversion and the our draconian IRS cannot allow that.

  16. Re:Rent a Tesla for $1 on State of Iowa Tells Tesla To Cancel Its Scheduled Test Drives · · Score: 1

    Off topic...but yea. The late 90's Lexus' can be had for under 5k and are great buys for cheap cars.

  17. Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus on Seattle Passes Laws To Keep Residents From Wasting Food · · Score: 1

    Fuck you...try eating them cooked in bacon grease.

  18. So who's worst??? on Ontario Government Wants To Regulate the Internet · · Score: 0

    Governments who want to overregulate or TW/Comcast?

  19. Re:What they don't tell you on Low-Carb Diet Trumps Low-Fat Diet In Major New Study · · Score: 1

    I've meet several vegetarians who have no problem eating meet that was the result of hunting.

    The vegans though are the ones who are saying man shouldn't eat meat at all.

  20. Unless you're the IRS on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    Then it gets saved on only a single hard drive the crashes and is recycled right before that email is needed...

  21. Re:No on Two Years of Data On What Military Equipment the Pentagon Gave To Local Police · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When you give the police weapons of war then they will find someone to go to war with. Unfortunately, that is the general populace.

  22. Re:Crapfinity on The Hidden Cost of Your New Xfinity Router · · Score: 1

    It all depends on where you live.

    Even though I live in the East SF Bay (not inland either), OTA, DSL, and non-landline phone are not much of option for me. OTA I get 2 channels - QVC and HSN, so my choices are Comcast or DirectTV/Dish. Price wise, there both basically the same. I had DSL for years, but I would barely get 3megs. For a family of four w/ 2 teenagers, that just cant keep up. And as to using a cell phone instead of landline? Those hills that screww w/ OTA tv also screw with cell signal. I cannot get calls where I live, not matter the carrier (one reason I stick with sprint is the Airrave).

    So I have a comcast bundle for 2 years. If they jack the prices, then i'll drop cable in a heartbeat for DirectTv again...

  23. Re:same as vote by mail on Ask Slashdot: Should I Fight Against Online Voting In Our Municipality? · · Score: 1

    Actually if you look at voter participation in Oregon, its not much different then other states.

    All you achieve in any system of voting that is not in-person is a high chance of fraud.

  24. Re:White Werhner von Braun may be many things... on Was America's Top Rocketeer a Communist Spy? The FBI Thought So · · Score: 2, Informative

    Of course you need to remember that the US government was infiltrated with communist spies and sympathizers. You only need to look at Alger Hiss, Harry Dexter White, Harry Hopkins and the Rosenbergs.

  25. Re:MyTouch 4G Slidw on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 2

    Photon Q is on Sprint also. It's actually a decent phone.