I take exception to your first point about gun control. While Guns are indeed necessary and essential where a majority of Populace depends on hunting for their survival I see no reason for a Civilized society to require guns.
I believe there exists considerable confusion about the concept of freedom.What is freedom?? Is it being free to do anything you wish??Cut that tree down??Forcibly Mate with that Woman because hey she looked good??Bear Arms??
Or is freedom something that enables you to be free of Fear?Of walking down that street?Of someone breaking into your home ??Of being able to walk down the street / park / Shop / School??
If your definition of Freedom is the second one;then we require a society with rules.The rule can be a small family rule that i come home before 11 PM and we keep each other informed when leaving house??It can be community based such as not leaving garbage strewn around. It can be more significant such as laws outlawing violence against another person. Whenever a number of organisms come together they need to follow a set of rules.sometimes they are simple and are understood easily.Sometimes they are complex and need to be codified.
If your definition of freedom is the first one then all i have to say is that Somalia is the free'est place on earth today.The question is: for an Average Somali with a Family,Children and most importantly,a conscience;Is he really free??
I haven't much experience with Apple's products.My wife has a very old 512 MB Ipod Shuffle which she doesn't use.I wanted to use and downloaded iTunes and thought it would be easy to just drag and copy my mp3's to the ipod but I couldn't make it work!!!! I don't know about others but i am not really impressed with used friendliness of apple's software.
Souter's leaving, Ginsburg is likely to leave in the next two or three years (to ensure that Obama gets to choose her replacement), Stevens is likely to do the same... and all of them are considered likely at this point to be replaced by more distinctly progressive justices, since for the first time in decades there's a Democratic President with a Democratic Senate that can actually confirm his choices easily. None of the hard-right justices (Scalia, Alito, Thomas, or Roberts) is going to be stepping down voluntarily any time soon, but Kennedy might be getting some inclinations that way based on not being fond of being the constant swing vote, subject to pressures from all of his colleagues all the time.
You guys need to fix your justice system soon.In the UK,Judges are impartial i.e. without any political affiliations who are supposed to deliver judgements based solely on the Law and not their political / social leanings.
They also retire at a certain age and that ensures that there is a constant inflow of new blood and more importantly, prevents any of them from suffering delusions of grandeur.With the new Supreme court of the UK coming up the judges will lose their last connection with the Parliament and will be truly independent of political affinity ( as far as humanly possible).
You have enough politics in two of your government branches,you should work towards making the third Politics free.
Lots of US discussion about big points of Law is about the Personalities in the Supreme Court rather than points of law.While its a given that no human can be entirely free of prejudices;that does mean that you should have a limit on how long the judges will serve so that there cant be a concentration of power in the hands of say social conservatives or liberals.Another good idea might be to have a quasi judicial body appoint and confirm judges so that the politicians can influence but not decide who gets to the US Supreme Court.The politicians will always want a Judge who leans towards them; a body to appoint judges will appoint good Judges because it will not want to harm its reputation.After all to trust politicians with any thing of importance is utter stupidity and if you have a little while look up a few of British newspapers to find out what our House and Crooks and House of Louts have been up to with regards to their pay and allowances.
Cable isn't available in any of the slightly rural places (Even inside the M25!)
Very True,i live in harrow and cant get virgin cable even though its available just 2 streets away.Virgin's customer services never replies to any communication about extending services
Do you know anything about recent afghani history? In the 70's a communist government at Kabul decided that all girls would need to attend school.The Tribal leaders were against this and rose against the then gov.The Soviets thought that kabul's response was weak and invaded Afghanistan.The US financed the Wahhabi "freedom fighters" (mostly arabs) who the moment soviets were defeated turned on the local populace.
So dont blame the Afghans for the new york attacks,blame George bush Sr and Reagan for financing,training and supplying Binladen and co with means to attack the US.
In fact the Afghans should have a gripe with the US and not the other way round!
You dont run a business do you? Or live and work in the UK? Because if you did,you would know that pretty much all businesses install CCTV. Not because its mandated by law but because its decreases yours Insurance premium.
In most instances CCTV's in public areas are installed by the councils as its easier and cheaper than actually policing and patrolling Crime Hotspots,dont be under the impression that there is someone monitoring them.A significant amount dont work and only a few if any are monitored regularly.
Dont blame on malice whats actually mostly a business decision.
I am sorry but thats what comes off free trade....i dont remember too many people complaining when this meant mega corporations getting unfettered access to developing nations and repatriating their profits back to shareholders in Europe and the US.
Free trade means precisely that : Free movement of Goods,Capital and Labour.
For years we have had cheap goods off the back of chinese labour and booming economies with access to new markets for our mega corporations.The chickens are coming home to roost,Comrade!
Nobody makes big, rugged hard working vehicles like the Americans can.
I am afraid if you compare the build quality of Toyota Hilux and Ford F150;its the toyota which is miles ahead.But you dont have to believe me,look up top gear on youtube.
The true story is more romantic...The cavity was in the beak of the eagle of great seal of US, it was presented by Russian school children to the american ambassador.
It was not discovered but rather revealed by a Soviet Defector.I am sure someone will post a few links to provide more details.
Unlikely to spread to India,where religious and ( litigious ) sensitivities would make it very difficult nor is it likely to spread to Europe where mengele is still infamous but the one country it can spread to is the US where prison sentences are no longer seen as reformatory but as a retributary exercise. As it is felons are to an extent non-persons and it isn't long before the organs of those on Death row are sold to provide 'compensation' to the families of the victims.
Sir Humphrey: "You know what happens: nice young lady comes up to you. Obviously you want to create a good impression, you don't want to look a fool, do you? So she starts asking you some questions: Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the number of young people without jobs?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the rise in crime among teenagers?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a lack of discipline in our Comprehensive schools?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think young people welcome some authority and leadership in their lives?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think they respond to a challenge?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you be in favour of reintroducing National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Oh...well, I suppose I might be."
Sir Humphrey: "Yes or no?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Of course you would, Bernard. After all you told you can't say no to that. So they don't mention the first five questions and they publish the last one."
Bernard Woolley: "Is that really what they do?"
Sir Humphrey: "Well, not the reputable ones no, but there aren't many of those. So alternatively the young lady can get the opposite result."
Bernard Woolley: "How?"
Sir Humphrey: "Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the danger of war?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the growth of armaments?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think it is wrong to force people to take up arms against their will?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you oppose the reintroduction of National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "There you are, you see Bernard. The perfect balanced sample."
Iraq is a great thing to blog about the first time you're there, but after that it is just one shitty day after another. I didn't want to export those feelings to the folks back home.
I think you do - the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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I take exception to your first point about gun control. While Guns are indeed necessary and essential where a majority of Populace depends on hunting for their survival I see no reason for a Civilized society to require guns.
I believe there exists considerable confusion about the concept of freedom.What is freedom?? Is it being free to do anything you wish??Cut that tree down??Forcibly Mate with that Woman because hey she looked good??Bear Arms??
Or is freedom something that enables you to be free of Fear?Of walking down that street?Of someone breaking into your home ??Of being able to walk down the street / park / Shop / School??
If your definition of Freedom is the second one;then we require a society with rules.The rule can be a small family rule that i come home before 11 PM and we keep each other informed when leaving house??It can be community based such as not leaving garbage strewn around. It can be more significant such as laws outlawing violence against another person. Whenever a number of organisms come together they need to follow a set of rules.sometimes they are simple and are understood easily.Sometimes they are complex and need to be codified.
If your definition of freedom is the first one then all i have to say is that Somalia is the free'est place on earth today.The question is: for an Average Somali with a Family,Children and most importantly ,a conscience ;Is he really free??
I haven't much experience with Apple's products.My wife has a very old 512 MB Ipod Shuffle which she doesn't use.I wanted to use and downloaded iTunes and thought it would be easy to just drag and copy my mp3's to the ipod but I couldn't make it work!!!! I don't know about others but i am not really impressed with used friendliness of apple's software.
I bought some for £2 each
Where did you get them that cheap?? AFAIK Lidl has some at 4 quid but thats about it.
The theory is that US citizens should be able to figure out for themselves
HA HA Ha .....Did you really expect that In the land of sprayable cheese???
Posting to undo incorrect moderation
Souter's leaving, Ginsburg is likely to leave in the next two or three years (to ensure that Obama gets to choose her replacement), Stevens is likely to do the same... and all of them are considered likely at this point to be replaced by more distinctly progressive justices, since for the first time in decades there's a Democratic President with a Democratic Senate that can actually confirm his choices easily. None of the hard-right justices (Scalia, Alito, Thomas, or Roberts) is going to be stepping down voluntarily any time soon, but Kennedy might be getting some inclinations that way based on not being fond of being the constant swing vote, subject to pressures from all of his colleagues all the time.
You guys need to fix your justice system soon.In the UK,Judges are impartial i.e. without any political affiliations who are supposed to deliver judgements based solely on the Law and not their political / social leanings.
They also retire at a certain age and that ensures that there is a constant inflow of new blood and more importantly, prevents any of them from suffering delusions of grandeur.With the new Supreme court of the UK coming up the judges will lose their last connection with the Parliament and will be truly independent of political affinity ( as far as humanly possible).
You have enough politics in two of your government branches,you should work towards making the third Politics free.
Lots of US discussion about big points of Law is about the Personalities in the Supreme Court rather than points of law.While its a given that no human can be entirely free of prejudices ;that does mean that you should have a limit on how long the judges will serve so that there cant be a concentration of power in the hands of say social conservatives or liberals.Another good idea might be to have a quasi judicial body appoint and confirm judges so that the politicians can influence but not decide who gets to the US Supreme Court.The politicians will always want a Judge who leans towards them; a body to appoint judges will appoint good Judges because it will not want to harm its reputation.After all to trust politicians with any thing of importance is utter stupidity and if you have a little while look up a few of British newspapers to find out what our House and Crooks and House of Louts have been up to with regards to their pay and allowances.
Please donate generously for a fund to send KDawson for a basic journalism course where he can be taught a bit about Editorial role and requirements.
Does anybody have any luck rescuing dead usb flash drives??
Cable isn't available in any of the slightly rural places (Even inside the M25!)
Very True,i live in harrow and cant get virgin cable even though its available just 2 streets away.Virgin's customer services never replies to any communication about extending services
interests me is the fact that DDR costs at least twice as much as DDR2?Now why is that?
India has lax (nonexistent?) safety and emissions standards
Dunno about safety but the emission standards are certainly higher than the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_standard#Republic_of_India
Do you know anything about recent afghani history? In the 70's a communist government at Kabul decided that all girls would need to attend school.The Tribal leaders were against this and rose against the then gov.The Soviets thought that kabul's response was weak and invaded Afghanistan.The US financed the Wahhabi "freedom fighters" (mostly arabs) who the moment soviets were defeated turned on the local populace.
So dont blame the Afghans for the new york attacks,blame George bush Sr and Reagan for financing,training and supplying Binladen and co with means to attack the US.
In fact the Afghans should have a gripe with the US and not the other way round!
My thoughts exactly..this has the potential to be a NMP as well.Add a USB encoder/Decoder and run MythTV.
You dont run a business do you? Or live and work in the UK? Because if you did ,you would know that pretty much all businesses install CCTV. Not because its mandated by law but because its decreases yours Insurance premium.
In most instances CCTV's in public areas are installed by the councils as its easier and cheaper than actually policing and patrolling Crime Hotspots,dont be under the impression that there is someone monitoring them.A significant amount dont work and only a few if any are monitored regularly.
Dont blame on malice whats actually mostly a business decision.
I am sorry but thats what comes off free trade....i dont remember too many people complaining when this meant mega corporations getting unfettered access to developing nations and repatriating their profits back to shareholders in Europe and the US.
Free trade means precisely that : Free movement of Goods,Capital and Labour.
For years we have had cheap goods off the back of chinese labour and booming economies with access to new markets for our mega corporations.The chickens are coming home to roost,Comrade!
Nobody makes big, rugged hard working vehicles like the Americans can.
I am afraid if you compare the build quality of Toyota Hilux and Ford F150;its the toyota which is miles ahead.But you dont have to believe me,look up top gear on youtube.
for a more complete understanding , watch this interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3G_gViM9OU
which is the cheapest PCI Card that has an HDMI output?
Intelligent is never equal/same as Smart.....
Here's the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Seal_bug
The true story is more romantic...The cavity was in the beak of the eagle of great seal of US, it was presented by Russian school children to the american ambassador. It was not discovered but rather revealed by a Soviet Defector.I am sure someone will post a few links to provide more details.
Unlikely to spread to India ,where religious and ( litigious ) sensitivities would make it very difficult nor is it likely to spread to Europe where mengele is still infamous but the one country it can spread to is the US where prison sentences are no longer seen as reformatory but as a retributary exercise. As it is felons are to an extent non-persons and it isn't long before the organs of those on Death row are sold to provide 'compensation' to the families of the victims.
With apologies for the blatant plagiarism
Sir Humphrey: "You know what happens: nice young lady comes up to you. Obviously you want to create a good impression, you don't want to look a fool, do you? So she starts asking you some questions: Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the number of young people without jobs?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the rise in crime among teenagers?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a lack of discipline in our Comprehensive schools?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think young people welcome some authority and leadership in their lives?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think they respond to a challenge?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you be in favour of reintroducing National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Oh...well, I suppose I might be."
Sir Humphrey: "Yes or no?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Of course you would, Bernard. After all you told you can't say no to that. So they don't mention the first five questions and they publish the last one."
Bernard Woolley: "Is that really what they do?"
Sir Humphrey: "Well, not the reputable ones no, but there aren't many of those. So alternatively the young lady can get the opposite result."
Bernard Woolley: "How?"
Sir Humphrey: "Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the danger of war?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the growth of armaments?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think it is wrong to force people to take up arms against their will?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you oppose the reintroduction of National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "There you are, you see Bernard. The perfect balanced sample."
Iraq is a great thing to blog about the first time you're there, but after that it is just one shitty day after another. I didn't want to export those feelings to the folks back home.
I think you do - the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
It was
Fog in channel.Continent isolated.