No, they fucking well don't. WE provide funding, and we'd be a lot better off if the federal government didn't usurp a power to interfere with schooling.
I remember the push back in the late '70s and early '80s when the educrats were tossing around the term "computer literacy" to try to scare the politicians into giving them more money. A lot of kids who didn't give a shit about coding were forced to waste time writing BASIC programs to shit out multiplication tables and biorhythms.
Rahm Emmanuel should STFU about things he doesn't know shit about. Shame on anyone in Chicago who ever voted for that asshole.
the San Francisco and Silicon Valley communities have gotten themselves into a trap where preservationists and local politics
The housing bubble in the bay area is a direct result of government interference in the housing market. Every local government around here is extremely hostile to new construction, especially to increasing housing density.
A plot of land with a five million dollar single-family house on it would be worth far more if you put a ten-story apartment building on it, and it would make homes available at far lower cost for far more people.
The long and short of it is, when shit happens, it's better to be prepared than unprepared. Colin Ferguson was able to reload twice before people figured out that he wasn't going to stop and rushed him. One responsible person with a gun could have stopped him immediately. Anders Brevik killed 69 people, all disarmed and helpless.
I truly hope you never have to face that situation, but if you do, I hope that someone who isn't as fucking irresponsible as you are is on hand to save your smug, stupid ass.
Besides Volokh's very informative research, I'll ask if you've ever hear of a country called "Israel"? There's a reason why the Palestinian terrorists gave up on trying to shoot up shopping malls and switched to half-assed rocketry.
1 in 5 chance that a mass shooting will use weapons the killer didn't own but obtained from gun owners on site.
Bullshit.
Why is it that when you leftards pull a number out of your ass, you always go for 20%? That's just like the bogus claim that one in five women will get raped in college.
It's more like, victim disarmament is an idiotic policy, so laws requiring it, besides being blatantly unconstitutional, should be repealed because they're harmful to the public.
Oh, how very clever of you. Yeah, that sure makes me sympathetic to your obsolete business model. I'll delete the Uber app and put up with shitheads like you driving me around from now on.
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Someone has to set the educational standards for the entire country. ..and you're willing to leave that up to the whims of politicians?
We can't have 50 states marching to a different drummer, especially when we have a political culture that values ignorance over intelligence.
I think it's hilarious that you believe central authority is a remedy to this problem.
-jcr
Because they provide funding.
No, they fucking well don't. WE provide funding, and we'd be a lot better off if the federal government didn't usurp a power to interfere with schooling.
-jcr
I remember the push back in the late '70s and early '80s when the educrats were tossing around the term "computer literacy" to try to scare the politicians into giving them more money. A lot of kids who didn't give a shit about coding were forced to waste time writing BASIC programs to shit out multiplication tables and biorhythms.
Rahm Emmanuel should STFU about things he doesn't know shit about. Shame on anyone in Chicago who ever voted for that asshole.
-jcr
the San Francisco and Silicon Valley communities have gotten themselves into a trap where preservationists and local politics
The housing bubble in the bay area is a direct result of government interference in the housing market. Every local government around here is extremely hostile to new construction, especially to increasing housing density.
A plot of land with a five million dollar single-family house on it would be worth far more if you put a ten-story apartment building on it, and it would make homes available at far lower cost for far more people.
-jcr
You sad little man.
I'm sad that idiots like you exist.
The long and short of it is, when shit happens, it's better to be prepared than unprepared. Colin Ferguson was able to reload twice before people figured out that he wasn't going to stop and rushed him. One responsible person with a gun could have stopped him immediately. Anders Brevik killed 69 people, all disarmed and helpless.
I truly hope you never have to face that situation, but if you do, I hope that someone who isn't as fucking irresponsible as you are is on hand to save your smug, stupid ass.
-jcr
That would be annoying if I ever had any need to write any Java code. Fortunately, that situation has never presented itself in my career.
-jcr
Fuck off, Anita.
-jcr
Whether he's a dick or not, he's right.
-jcr
he probably doesn't even know he does it.
Keep guessing.
-jcr
What if I told you I do it just so you'll have an aneurism and die?
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no evidence that arming the victims prevents mass shootings.
What's your next guess? Read and learn.
Besides Volokh's very informative research, I'll ask if you've ever hear of a country called "Israel"? There's a reason why the Palestinian terrorists gave up on trying to shoot up shopping malls and switched to half-assed rocketry.
1 in 5 chance that a mass shooting will use weapons the killer didn't own but obtained from gun owners on site.
Bullshit.
Why is it that when you leftards pull a number out of your ass, you always go for 20%? That's just like the bogus claim that one in five women will get raped in college.
-jcr
It's more like, victim disarmament is an idiotic policy, so laws requiring it, besides being blatantly unconstitutional, should be repealed because they're harmful to the public.
-jcr
lacks it's own office productivity toolset
Nope. They have a superior set of productivity apps, which they just don't market very well.
-jcr
You blame Microsoft?
They are rather notorious for not following the developer guidelines and painting themselves into corners.
-jcr
Never dealt with Microsoft when I was at Apple. Your guess is as good as mine as to how they botched it.
-jcr
How many patents do you have, sunshine?
-jcr
Fiorina's not stupid.
Stupid? Maybe not. Incompetent? Hell, yeah. Just ask anyone who worked at Lucent, HP or Compaq.
-jcr
Amazon can decide what they will and will not offer to the public. Why is this even news?
-jcr
t all these "active shooters" are NOT black.
Don't forget Colin Ferguson.
-jcr
It means that a nutjob who wants to kill people can generally count on unarmed victims.
-jcr
They only care about one thing; getting what they want as cheaply as possible,
You say that like it's a bad thing, comrade.
Go ahead, try to come up with some reason why customers should put up with an inferior product or service when a superior one is available.
-jcr
I'd take Uber over the USPS any day of the week.
-jcr
Oh, how very clever of you. Yeah, that sure makes me sympathetic to your obsolete business model. I'll delete the Uber app and put up with shitheads like you driving me around from now on.
-jcr
I'm the customer, you guilt-peddling moron.
-jcr
Blow it out your ass. I support Uber because I use their service, and my first-hand experience tells me that they beat taxis all to hell.
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