You'll note that the economic elite did pretty well in the crash. Not many of them got foreclosed on. It was bad for everyone else, but they're not everyone else.
I got hit when the.com bubble popped too. Lost a job that I really liked a lot.
It took me about 4 months in Ohio to find another tech job, and it was a shitty one. I had to dial back my expectations a bit. Ok, a lot really. That's what finally fixed things. It wasn't the right time to look for the.com office with the ping pong tables and espresso machines. That was gone. Instead it was take a pay cut and work at a miserable garage in one of the worst parts of Cleveland near the airport with a 1 1/2 hour commute one way. It was terrible. I woke up in the darkness, worked in the garage in darkness staring at a painted cinder block wall, then drove home in darkness. Worst 3 years of my career, easy.
But the bubble eventually recovered and the good jobs came back. I hid under the airport, rode out the bubble, then jumped back in when the economy signaled all-clear. All's well now. But yeah those were tough times. I can see why Jason1729 would be disheartened. It was a thoroughly lousy time.
A person close to Mr. Bannon insisted the parting of ways was his idea, and that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, to be announced at the start of this week, but the move was delayed after the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.
I can see your point, but I would still defend my statement that financial control is a much smaller part of fascism.
All nations have this control Spooner talks about. No matter what country you are posting from, you are subject to this. Show me a place on this earth where you are not standing on some government's claim. And that government will have laws, taxes, an economy, police and soldiers. There is no escaping that fact.
The real question is "What Next?" Will the government take that money and build bridges and schools, or concentration camps?
"Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and control of industry and commerce, that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe."
"National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and set of practices associated with the 20th-century German Nazi Party, Nazi Germany, and other far-right groups. Sometimes characterised as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism, Nazism's development was influenced by German nationalism (especially Pan-Germanism), the Völkisch movement and the anti-communist Freikorps paramilitary groups that emerged during the Weimar Republic after Germany's defeat in First World War."
I'm sorry, but you absolutely do not get to paint this a color that pleases you.
Fascism does indeed have a few economic ideas in it, but that's only a very small part of what fascism actually is. Saying Fascism is nothing more than an economic policy is like saying a five course dinner is about the glass of water they serve alongside it.
In the short term, looks like a win. It's just enough to wave in front of his fans and claim he's making America great again. Made a deal, brought in 3000 jobs, hooray a win.
15 years from now when it closes, still not having made back the tax break that brought it here in the first place? Not the part he's interested in.
Probably my favorite part of this story hitting the news is that the spokesperson for this treatment is the girl from the above video. She's 12 now and still completely cancer free. I'm very glad to see she's doing well.
The first of anything is going to be ridiculously expensive. The first transistor was the size of a fist and took years in a lab to build. Your pc right now has millions of transistors in it. If you could move it back to 1947, the cost of your computer would exceed the GDP of the entire planet.
You appear to be the only one to get my point, thank you.
From my desk where I pay my bills, this looks to me exactly like rent. I have to pay it or I will be evicted from my home. I don't care if there is a landlord or not that profits or not, or the functional differences with what happens to my money after I pay it, or my rights to bash out my walls with a hammer, or the benefits of public taxation, or any other detail upstream.
I have to pay a recurring sum or be thrown out of my home. That is the exact same dynamic as paying rent.
Which means that nobody actually owns property in the United States. You just think you do, but you actually do not. Paying off the bank means you go from two entities that have a claim on your property down to one, that's all. It is never zero.
Personally I'd like to see that number be zero. I'd like to actually own my home. If the taxes society needed came directly out of my paycheck instead of having a perpetual lien on my property I'd like that much better. It feels a little more "land of the free" to me.
You have to pay it every year, and if you don't the government will throw you out of your house and sell it to pay off your tax debt. They can call it a tax all they want, but it's rent. The dynamic is exactly the same. Pay a recurring sum without end or be evicted. Rent.
Everyone in the US is renting their home from the government.
It might happen under any other president, but it won't happen under this one. Unfortunately for the next 3.5 years we will have to pursue other options.
Did you hear the people applauding him as he made the announcement? The smarmy waves of satisfaction coming off the man? That's what this whole thing is about. The science doesn't matter at all. Him understanding it or not doesn't matter at all.
This whole thing was about looking good in front of his base and gathering their applause. Nothing else. If he did understand the science or not, it would have been irrelevant to him. That wasn't the point at all.
This whole exercise was about standing on a stage and having people applaud him.
Intel has released a new study that predicts a $7 trillion annual revenue stream from the emerging passenger economy.
Remember, that money has to come from somewhere. There are a lot of people that drive for a living that will suddenly be out of a job. 7 trillion for some company to provide transportation-as-a-service, but you'll have millions of people out of work as a result.
I'm not saying self driving cars are good or bad, I'm just saying we as a society better prepare for this. That's a lot of able bodied yet suddenly unemployed people for the economy to absorb.
To remove yourself from a position where you can (hopefully) continue to try to influence Trump, to a position where you cannot influence him harms everyone.
Make your objections, make them loudly, but don't quit the council. We need you there.
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Foxconn is a really great place to work, so I hear.
You'll note that the economic elite did pretty well in the crash. Not many of them got foreclosed on. It was bad for everyone else, but they're not everyone else.
I got hit when the .com bubble popped too. Lost a job that I really liked a lot.
It took me about 4 months in Ohio to find another tech job, and it was a shitty one. I had to dial back my expectations a bit. Ok, a lot really. That's what finally fixed things. It wasn't the right time to look for the .com office with the ping pong tables and espresso machines. That was gone. Instead it was take a pay cut and work at a miserable garage in one of the worst parts of Cleveland near the airport with a 1 1/2 hour commute one way. It was terrible. I woke up in the darkness, worked in the garage in darkness staring at a painted cinder block wall, then drove home in darkness. Worst 3 years of my career, easy.
But the bubble eventually recovered and the good jobs came back. I hid under the airport, rode out the bubble, then jumped back in when the economy signaled all-clear. All's well now. But yeah those were tough times. I can see why Jason1729 would be disheartened. It was a thoroughly lousy time.
Someone brought a few pairs of glasses. We took about 5 minutes out and looked at it. STFU, GBTW.
A person close to Mr. Bannon insisted the parting of ways was his idea, and that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, to be announced at the start of this week, but the move was delayed after the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.
Now, why would that matter?
No, I understand your point. My point is that your bank account is of secondary concern when they are loading your entire neighborhood into ovens.
I can see your point, but I would still defend my statement that financial control is a much smaller part of fascism.
All nations have this control Spooner talks about. No matter what country you are posting from, you are subject to this. Show me a place on this earth where you are not standing on some government's claim. And that government will have laws, taxes, an economy, police and soldiers. There is no escaping that fact.
The real question is "What Next?" Will the government take that money and build bridges and schools, or concentration camps?
Intentions matter.
What? Are you high?
Fascism is an economic model and has nothing to do with Donald Trump or Nazis.
Really? Really???
"Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and control of industry and commerce, that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe."
"National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and set of practices associated with the 20th-century German Nazi Party, Nazi Germany, and other far-right groups. Sometimes characterised as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism, Nazism's development was influenced by German nationalism (especially Pan-Germanism), the Völkisch movement and the anti-communist Freikorps paramilitary groups that emerged during the Weimar Republic after Germany's defeat in First World War."
I'm sorry, but you absolutely do not get to paint this a color that pleases you.
Fascism does indeed have a few economic ideas in it, but that's only a very small part of what fascism actually is. Saying Fascism is nothing more than an economic policy is like saying a five course dinner is about the glass of water they serve alongside it.
In the short term, looks like a win. It's just enough to wave in front of his fans and claim he's making America great again. Made a deal, brought in 3000 jobs, hooray a win.
15 years from now when it closes, still not having made back the tax break that brought it here in the first place? Not the part he's interested in.
98% of the people who use office simply type letters and notes, maybe make a simple spreadsheet or two. Openoffice is entirely up to the task.
I really have to give Microsoft credit, figuring out a way to make people pay rent on something as simple as a word processor.
The return of Dan Quayle!
Dan Quayle would be a welcome change at this point. In this environment he'd be an intellectual.
GE did a story on it that they posted to youtube years ago.
Probably my favorite part of this story hitting the news is that the spokesperson for this treatment is the girl from the above video. She's 12 now and still completely cancer free. I'm very glad to see she's doing well.
The first of anything is going to be ridiculously expensive. The first transistor was the size of a fist and took years in a lab to build. Your pc right now has millions of transistors in it. If you could move it back to 1947, the cost of your computer would exceed the GDP of the entire planet.
Ok, may sound crazy, might be a bit over-the-top...but...
How about using a drop down box on the fucking submit form?
Caller ID is not what 911 uses to track you. It's a separate message you can't spoof called ANI/ALI.
Now that being said, why can't they use ANI/ALI to actually locate the scammers and go after them?
Which would be great if we knew how much current this thing is pulling. I'm expecting not a trivial amount, with a 2.45Ghz processor.
How about you have it run Netflix or some games and tell us how long you've got until it craps out?
I just got sued by Kroger's. Every time I drove by and didn't purchase something they considered it a lost sale.
You appear to be the only one to get my point, thank you.
From my desk where I pay my bills, this looks to me exactly like rent. I have to pay it or I will be evicted from my home. I don't care if there is a landlord or not that profits or not, or the functional differences with what happens to my money after I pay it, or my rights to bash out my walls with a hammer, or the benefits of public taxation, or any other detail upstream.
I have to pay a recurring sum or be thrown out of my home. That is the exact same dynamic as paying rent.
Which means that nobody actually owns property in the United States. You just think you do, but you actually do not. Paying off the bank means you go from two entities that have a claim on your property down to one, that's all. It is never zero.
Personally I'd like to see that number be zero. I'd like to actually own my home. If the taxes society needed came directly out of my paycheck instead of having a perpetual lien on my property I'd like that much better. It feels a little more "land of the free" to me.
Property tax.
You have to pay it every year, and if you don't the government will throw you out of your house and sell it to pay off your tax debt. They can call it a tax all they want, but it's rent. The dynamic is exactly the same. Pay a recurring sum without end or be evicted. Rent.
Everyone in the US is renting their home from the government.
Worked well for them last time.
It might happen under any other president, but it won't happen under this one. Unfortunately for the next 3.5 years we will have to pursue other options.
Did you hear the people applauding him as he made the announcement? The smarmy waves of satisfaction coming off the man? That's what this whole thing is about. The science doesn't matter at all. Him understanding it or not doesn't matter at all.
This whole thing was about looking good in front of his base and gathering their applause. Nothing else. If he did understand the science or not, it would have been irrelevant to him. That wasn't the point at all.
This whole exercise was about standing on a stage and having people applaud him.
Intel has released a new study that predicts a $7 trillion annual revenue stream from the emerging passenger economy.
Remember, that money has to come from somewhere. There are a lot of people that drive for a living that will suddenly be out of a job. 7 trillion for some company to provide transportation-as-a-service, but you'll have millions of people out of work as a result.
I'm not saying self driving cars are good or bad, I'm just saying we as a society better prepare for this. That's a lot of able bodied yet suddenly unemployed people for the economy to absorb.
To remove yourself from a position where you can (hopefully) continue to try to influence Trump, to a position where you cannot influence him harms everyone.
Make your objections, make them loudly, but don't quit the council. We need you there.
Now, finally and at last - we can begin to set our standards as high as Syria and Nicaragua!
I can't wait for the good 'ol USA to start living the good life like those guys. Makes you proud.