Actually state constitutions do NOT override federal law. Federal Law can violate state prerogatives under the US constitutions 10th amendment but that's still a Federal constitutional amendment which trumps all other law.
Uh you did know that china had been communist for 41 years prior to tianamen square? Right?
The chinese people haven't given up and the china of 2012 is better than the china of 1989. There is more civil society in china now than there was 20 years ago. China still has a long way to go but things have changed. Do you even think 20 years ago we would have even heard about what was going on in these factories???
Cutting off china won't make china free, it will just make it isolated like we did with North Korea and Cuba. Embargoing Cuba has worked out great...oh wait Fidel Castro is still in power.
Having a "flu" is not like having a cold. Flu can and does kill children and the elderly. The flu shot is very safe because it contains no live viruses. The only problem is in people allergic to eggs.
Having unvaccinated children come in liability issue.
We are not talking about 17 lives in 50 years. We are talking about 3 human lives lost during the entire 17 year Mercury, Gemini and Apollo eras with 0 lost during actual flight versus the 25 year shuttle era that lost 2 of the 4 shuttles with 14 crew in 50 flights. The problem is NASA spacecraft should be getting safer, less expensive and more reliable and instead were getting more expensive and less reliable and less safe. Project Constellation was more of the same with senators putting safety considerations secondary to contracts for their home districts.
However the idea that a candidate can tell lame jokes and be a bit of a dork actually makes him more human and appealing. Maybe hes trying to hide his inner beanie. Im not going to vote for him but it doesnt hurt him with me anyway.
Nobody will be prosecuted....too many people already say "If so so doesn't vote my way Im not gonna contribute to his campaign." OR "If you support my bill I will contribute to your campaign" the promises are vague and non-specific.
"...if the payments are made in return for an explicit promise or undertaking by the official to perform or not to perform an official act. In such situations the official asserts that his official conduct will be controlled by the terms of the promise or undertaking." McCormick v. United States, 500 U.S. 257 (1991)
On the other hand if Dodd had said "If you support SOPA I will give your campaign $50,000" that would be quid pro quo. A threat to withhold support is not bribery. There has to be an explicit offer or threat. Campaign contributions have a higher standard of proof for bribery allegations than say a private payment.
Actually Apple did steal a lot of their ideas for the Mac from the Xerox Parc
"No, Steve, I think its more like we both have a rich neighbor named Xerox, and you broke in to steal the TV set, and you found out I'd been there first, and you said. "Hey that's no fair! I wanted to steal the TV set! - Bill Gates' response after Steve Jobs accused Microsoft of borrowing the GUI (Graphical User Interface) from Apple for Windows 1.0* "
and other people use it, then you have the right to be compensated for that use.
Were not talking about patent trolling, Kodak invented technologies, uses those technologies in its own products, and licenses those techs to other companies. Whats wrong with that. Apple wants to use its patents to block competition while Kodak wants people (including Apple) to pay when they use its technology. Kodak historically has treated its customers and its employees very well(with pensions including retiree health insurance).
I sent an email to the president that I contributed $300 in 2008, and $50 so far in 2012 but if he signs either SOPA or Protect IP, the campaign wont get another dime from me. I suspect Im not the only one who feels this way.
It invented most of the stuff, and it licenses its patents to most everyone(some 30 companies at last count including LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung Electronics and Nokia ). It just wants Apple and HTC to pay up. I would recommend they do because having a nice friendly little Kodak license your patents is better than having a competitor acquire kodak. Also the company is using the patents in its own products.
List of writers rejected by nobel committee Leo Tolstoy, Henrik Ibsen, Émile Zola, Mark Twain, Graham Greene, Vladimir Nabokov, Salman Rushdie, and last but not least Karel Capek.
Who is Karel Capek?
The author that coined the term Robot(Rossum Universal Robots) , his 1936 work "The war with the newts" was rejected for being too offensive to the German (nazi) government.
They are the real bankers(not funny money bank of america), they have 1200 tons of gold backing their currency (enough to back 20% of their currency) and their adult males keep fully automatic rifles at home. They also have direct democracy and really awesome fondue...did i also mention they have universal healthcare.
"Crystalline Iodine (found at some chemical companies and sporting goods stores) First make a saturated solution and then measure your own dose to add to water. The crystalline form stores well indefinitely and new batches of the saturated solution can be made from a small amount of crystals each time you take a trip".
Actually 18 US states allow first cousin marriages which has nothing to do with islamic law. In fact cousin marriage was legal in all US states prior to the civil war.
Quite a few people who had good savings still lost jobs, burned through their savings and retirement funds and in the end lost their homes anyway.
The idea that only bad or irresponsible people lost their homes in foreclosure is magical thinking. You can be a responsible person and still get wiped out during a deep recession.
While we might have hated the DMCA, the "Safe harbor" provision is something most of us can live with and the public can understand.
Instead of talking about free speech which is an abstraction that most people and politicians don't understand. We should talk about the fact that the so called Protect IP act will encourage frivolous lawsuits, send high paying american jobs overseas, and kill youtube, facebook and twitter and blogging while making trial lawyers rich and clogging up the court system.
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Freedom of speech includes the right of editoral control to decide both what and what not to publish.
The Southern states tried the same thing in the 60s by closing public schools to prevent integration. It didn't work then either.
Actually state constitutions do NOT override federal law. Federal Law can violate state prerogatives under the US constitutions 10th amendment but that's still a Federal constitutional amendment which trumps all other law.
See Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Uh you did know that china had been communist for 41 years prior to tianamen square? Right?
The chinese people haven't given up and the china of 2012 is better than the china of 1989. There is more civil society
in china now than there was 20 years ago. China still has a long way to go but things have changed. Do you even think
20 years ago we would have even heard about what was going on in these factories???
Cutting off china won't make china free, it will just make it isolated like we did with North Korea and Cuba.
Embargoing Cuba has worked out great...oh wait Fidel Castro is still in power.
Having a "flu" is not like having a cold. Flu can and does kill children and the elderly. The flu shot is very safe because it contains no live viruses. The only problem is in people allergic to eggs.
Having unvaccinated children come in liability issue.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm
btw: If you had said no chickenpox vaccine I would have agreed with you.
IBM, Red Hat, Union Pacific(yes Railroads use linux), HP, Dell, AT&T, Verizon, Conoco, Omaha Steaks, Royal Dutch Shell, Travelocity,etc,etc,etc
France will be able to sell them plenty of spare parts(all those Field replaceable modules) and upgrades and weapons for the next 20-30 years.
We are not talking about 17 lives in 50 years. We are talking about 3 human lives lost during the entire 17 year Mercury, Gemini and Apollo eras with 0 lost during actual flight versus the 25 year shuttle era that lost 2 of the 4 shuttles with 14 crew in 50 flights. The problem is NASA spacecraft should be getting safer, less expensive and more reliable and instead were getting more expensive and less reliable and less safe. Project Constellation was more of the same with senators putting safety considerations secondary to contracts for their home districts.
The dassault rafale has the advantages of being more flexible in its roles, easier and less costly to maintain and has more
modular parts.
However the idea that a candidate can tell lame jokes and be a bit of a dork actually makes him more human and appealing. Maybe hes trying to hide his inner beanie. Im not going to vote for him but it doesnt hurt him with me anyway.
Nobody will be prosecuted....too many people already say "If so so doesn't vote my way Im not gonna contribute to his campaign." OR "If you support my bill I will contribute to your campaign" the promises are vague and non-specific.
"...if the payments are made in return for an explicit promise or undertaking by the official to perform or not to perform an official act. In such situations the official asserts that his official conduct will be controlled by the terms of the promise or undertaking." McCormick v. United States, 500 U.S. 257 (1991)
On the other hand if Dodd had said "If you support SOPA I will give your campaign $50,000" that would be quid pro quo. A threat to withhold support is not bribery. There has to be an explicit offer or threat. Campaign contributions have a higher standard of proof for bribery allegations than say a private payment.
Actually Apple did steal a lot of their ideas for the Mac from the Xerox Parc
"No, Steve, I think its more like we both have a rich neighbor named Xerox, and you broke in to steal the TV set, and you found out I'd been there first, and you said. "Hey that's no fair! I wanted to steal the TV set! - Bill Gates' response after Steve Jobs accused Microsoft of borrowing the GUI (Graphical User Interface) from Apple for Windows 1.0* "
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa043099.htm
LinEX is a debian based disto, so switching over to regular Debian is fairly simple and requires less maintenance.
Sold derivatives to customers which they knew had inflated ratings, then shorted against their own product and did no jail time.
and other people use it, then you have the right to be compensated for that use.
Were not talking about patent trolling, Kodak invented technologies, uses those technologies in its own products, and licenses those techs to other companies.
Whats wrong with that. Apple wants to use its patents to block competition while Kodak wants people (including Apple) to pay when they use its technology. Kodak historically has treated its customers and its employees very well(with pensions including retiree health insurance).
There aren't nearly enough cute geek girls in the world that ANYONE here ought to be gleeful about any geek girl dying!
I sent an email to the president that I contributed $300 in 2008, and $50 so far in 2012
but if he signs either SOPA or Protect IP, the campaign wont get another dime from me. I suspect Im not the only
one who feels this way.
It invented most of the stuff, and it licenses its patents to most everyone(some 30 companies at last count including LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung Electronics and Nokia ). It just wants Apple and HTC to pay up. I would recommend they do because having a nice friendly little Kodak license your patents is better than having
a competitor acquire kodak. Also the company is using the patents in its own products.
List of writers rejected by nobel committee
Leo Tolstoy, Henrik Ibsen, Émile Zola, Mark Twain, Graham Greene, Vladimir Nabokov, Salman Rushdie,
and last but not least Karel Capek.
Who is Karel Capek?
The author that coined the term Robot(Rossum Universal Robots) , his 1936 work "The war with the newts" was rejected for being too offensive to the German (nazi) government.
Ive never seen a clearer cut case. They allowed people to become dependent on using their tool for a period of twenty years.
They are the real bankers(not funny money bank of america), they have 1200 tons of gold backing their currency (enough to back 20% of their currency) and their adult males keep fully automatic rifles at home. They also have direct democracy and really awesome fondue...did i also mention they have universal healthcare.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/water-treatment.htm
"Crystalline Iodine (found at some chemical companies and sporting goods stores) First make a saturated solution and then measure your own dose to add to water. The crystalline form stores well indefinitely and new batches of the saturated solution can be made from a small amount of crystals each time you take a trip".
Actually 18 US states allow first cousin marriages which has nothing to do with islamic law. In fact cousin marriage was legal in all US states prior to the civil war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage
Quite a few people who had good savings still lost jobs, burned through their savings and retirement funds and in the end lost their homes anyway.
The idea that only bad or irresponsible people lost their homes in foreclosure is magical thinking. You can be a responsible person and still get wiped out
during a deep recession.
While we might have hated the DMCA, the "Safe harbor" provision is something most of us can live with and the public can understand.
Instead of talking about free speech which is an abstraction that most people and politicians don't understand. We should talk about the fact that the so called Protect IP act will encourage frivolous lawsuits, send high paying american jobs overseas, and kill youtube, facebook and twitter and blogging while making trial lawyers rich and clogging up the court system.