in Kelo v. New London the plaintiffs were given market value for their property.
No, they weren't. They were given an amount that the government claimed was the market value of their property. The actual market value of any property is impossible to determine in the absence of free exchange.
Just like the shoe bomber fracas a couple of years ago, is that to thwart a perp attacking an aircraft, what you need are passengers who are ready to go berserk on his ass. No TSA or air marshalls needed.
The spurt of rule-making that follows an incident like this is nothing but a demand for more docility from the public. The TSA is useless.
your egotistical obsessive complusive desire to mark everything with your initials in multiple places
From where I sit, the egotistical, obsessive-compulsive one is the person who throws a tantrum when I don't comply with his arbitrary demands. I'm going to keep signing my posts. Go cope.
Are your family problems the reason why you get bent out of shape over something as trivial as four characters at the end of of a post? You might want to look into therapy.
Dell Support is a business-school case study in how cutting corners and trying to save costs can piss away tens of billions of dollars of shareholders' equity. There was a time when Dell support was as good or better than the average in their industry.
You'd rather they all be destitute than have the government take on a new function that they've proven to do better than the "free market."
Wow, that's one hell of a straw man you've built there, Clem. Must have used all the hay from the back forty for that one.
Here's the problem with deposit insurance being tax-backed: you're not entitled to take my money if your bank goes belly-up. Nor are you entitled to compel other depositors to pay into an "insurance" fund (which doesn't actually keep any money in reserve, it just buys T-bills, but that's a fraud to discuss on another occasion.)
I had a customer many years ago, who was an oncologist. He said the main reason we see cancer so much these days is because we live long enough to get cancer.
No, you probably could not build "the Cutty Sark" today.
I didn't mean to say that it's impossible, just that it's a lot harder than building a modern vessel with a similar capacity. We quit building clipper ships because they don't make sense anymore. It doesn't make any sense to try to build Saturn rockets today, given the decades of technological improvements we've had since they were designed.
Not that I have any plans to become a Microsoft customer, but still. The idea of having exercise advice shoved down my throat by a company run by that tub of goo, Steve Ballmer, is beyond asinine.
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in Kelo v. New London the plaintiffs were given market value for their property.
No, they weren't. They were given an amount that the government claimed was the market value of their property. The actual market value of any property is impossible to determine in the absence of free exchange.
-jcr
Seizing private property and forcing the owners to accept a pittance in return just won't work in the U.S.
I wish you were correct, but since Kelo v. New London, I have to disagree.
-jcr
It's certainly not ethical to offer crummy jobs to people just because you can.
Of course it is. You can offer whatever you want, and if you're not putting a gun to anyone's head, they're free to decline the offer.
When the minimum wage enters the picture though, the government makes it illegal to employ anyone whose labor isn't worth the level they choose.
-jcr
Just like the shoe bomber fracas a couple of years ago, is that to thwart a perp attacking an aircraft, what you need are passengers who are ready to go berserk on his ass. No TSA or air marshalls needed.
The spurt of rule-making that follows an incident like this is nothing but a demand for more docility from the public. The TSA is useless.
-jcr
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that's irrelevant. You can't be bound to terms of a contract which are illegal.
It's not illegal for a contract to grant permission to access your computer. It's not like trying to sign a contract for someone to kill you.
-jcr
First, check your contract and make double sure that you didn't give them permission for this, and if not, go ahead and file charges.
-jcr
Find a lawyer who specializes in ADA complaints. She could make that a career-ending mistake for the officer involved.
-jcr
your egotistical obsessive complusive desire to mark everything with your initials in multiple places
From where I sit, the egotistical, obsessive-compulsive one is the person who throws a tantrum when I don't comply with his arbitrary demands. I'm going to keep signing my posts. Go cope.
-jcr
Yes, anyone that points out the government has ever done anything that was more efficient than the free market must be a fascist.
And you're even funnier when you try to rationalize yourself like this.
-jcr
You fascists are so cute when you start foaming at the mouth.
-jcr
Are your family problems the reason why you get bent out of shape over something as trivial as four characters at the end of of a post? You might want to look into therapy.
-jcr
I keep hoping that one of them's going to have a stroke over it, but so far it's just been huffing and puffing.
-jcr
Dude, your username is at the top of your post, right underneath the subject line.
Dude, so is my user #. When did you drift in here from digg?
-jcr
I don't trust lithium-ion technology enough to want something with that much capacity in my basement.
So, you keep it in a shed. What's the problem?
-jcr
Yep, that tells you how long ago it was.
-jcr
The guys who run Lenovo know what they're doing. They've studied Dell's mistakes, and they're quite aware of how Gateway went belly-up.
-jcr
Dude. Get back on your medication. Seriously.
-jcr
Dell Support is a business-school case study in how cutting corners and trying to save costs can piss away tens of billions of dollars of shareholders' equity. There was a time when Dell support was as good or better than the average in their industry.
-jcr
You'd rather they all be destitute than have the government take on a new function that they've proven to do better than the "free market."
Wow, that's one hell of a straw man you've built there, Clem. Must have used all the hay from the back forty for that one.
Here's the problem with deposit insurance being tax-backed: you're not entitled to take my money if your bank goes belly-up. Nor are you entitled to compel other depositors to pay into an "insurance" fund (which doesn't actually keep any money in reserve, it just buys T-bills, but that's a fraud to discuss on another occasion.)
-jcr
Of course to claim copyright they have to claim that the pope is a "creative work", like a play act rather than appointed by God.
Don't know how creative he is, but he's definitely a piece of work.
-jcr
I had a customer many years ago, who was an oncologist. He said the main reason we see cancer so much these days is because we live long enough to get cancer.
-jcr
I think the insurance industry needs the same sort of backing that the FDIC gives our banking system.
You want insurers to all buy into a single backer, so that they'll fail en masse instead of individually?
-jcr
No, Goldman just owns the president and most of the congress. Having lackeys isn't the same as being the lackey.
-jcr
No, you probably could not build "the Cutty Sark" today.
I didn't mean to say that it's impossible, just that it's a lot harder than building a modern vessel with a similar capacity. We quit building clipper ships because they don't make sense anymore. It doesn't make any sense to try to build Saturn rockets today, given the decades of technological improvements we've had since they were designed.
-jcr
Not that I have any plans to become a Microsoft customer, but still. The idea of having exercise advice shoved down my throat by a company run by that tub of goo, Steve Ballmer, is beyond asinine.
-jcr