No, I'm expecting him to act as the voice of experience, which is not the same thing. It's the voice that tells Obama what he's going to have to do to get 218 representatives and 60 senators to agree with him.
Frankly, I see the pick of Biden as saying "I'll have the voice of experience in my ear, so I know I'm not as likely to be doing something monumentally stupid or unrealistic while trying to change things."
It was only recently that the Piranha brothers hit upon the other other operation, in which they threatened to kill the target unless he paid them the so-called "protection money".
Of course, Dinsdale is nowhere near as dangerous as Doug.
The thing is that smart news organizations should realize that paying sources is stupid: They could very well be paying for nothing at all interesting.
I'm reminded of the moment during the Watergate investigation where at least according to Bernstein and Woodward the editor-in-chief of the Post was asked to bid on a story and replied with a bid of the finger.
It was part of a top-secret program to make sure that our computer viruses operated properly on alien spacecraft, just in case most of our cities are blown up on July 4th.
On the flip side, though, there is in the environment of despair some real hope in the form of the Books. Society may go to hell in a handbasket, but there's always going to be some who find ways to work around that problem.
No, the example I picked was the market for bankers, not banking. Those are different markets, although one affects the other.
Another example in the market for software developers: If Microsoft suddenly decided to move from Redmond to Bangalore, there would necessarily end up being a lot of unemployed developers in Redmond at least for a year or two, because not all developers are going to want to pack up and move to India and it will take them time to decide to move themselves and their families (possibly doing serious damage to their spouse's career) to a new area where there are more jobs.
Furthermore, the developers' salaries in that area would drop dramatically as all the ex-Microsofties attempted to keep their families afloat. Since they're the same developers, you can't really say they're worth any less than they were before Microsoft moved, but because of market forces outside of their control they're likely going to be in very bad financial shape for a several years.
Unfortunately, there are 2 loopholes that I see with that law that any corporate lawyer defending against a wrongful termination suit can use quite easily: 1. "taking a reasonable amount of time to vote" How long is reasonable? In front of the right judge I wouldn't be surprised if they saw more than half the working day to be unreasonable.
2. Since in Ohio you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, how do you prove that you were fired for taking time to vote on election day, and not because you wore only 15 pieces of flair the next day?
And of course there's still the de facto problem that if you're an hourly worker you can be fairly certain you're not getting paid to stand in line at the polls, and a lot of potential voters really need that $25 to make ends meet.
Long waits definitely skew the results if people waiting in line are at risk of losing their jobs due to showing up late for work or taking too long of a break to vote. Last time I checked, Ohio has no law requiring employers to give time off to vote, and I know (second hand) that if there is such a law it gets ignored frequently.
Actually, it's not Ohio Governor Ted Strickland you need to really thank for this, it's Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner who came in with Strickland (who had previously specialized in election law).
By comparison, her predecessor Ken Blackwell was one of those involved in guaranteeing the electoral votes of Ohio would go to Bush. Which of course had nothing at all to do with the fact that white suburban precincts had plenty of voting machines and about a 10 minute wait while poor black urban precincts had 5 hour waits and college campuses closer to 6 hour waits.
That's why I never bought the textbooks before my first class: I figured out that more often than not I'd be able to do without, borrow from a classmate when we had actual questions from it, etc. There were exceptions to that rule, but they were usually the sort of book that you'd want to keep forever, such as K&R.
The reason textbooks are such a great racket is that the person deciding which textbook to use (the prof) doesn't pay the price for their decision.
Actually, if you read some of what NewYorkCountryLawyer's written on the subject, RIAA attorneys have gotten close to contempt citations, disbarment, etc. on several occasions. My understanding is that contempt of court is a criminal charge (although usually handled via fines).
Yes, and they're not too hard to find either: The best known example would be Al Franken (author of "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot"). Slightly more regional would be Molly Ivins. Michael Moore has at times been more comedian than filmmaker.
A strongly competitive market ensures that people will be able to find a new job.
There's the rub: a lot of job markets aren't strongly competitive. For instance, in my area the demand for bankers has all but collapsed because banks have been failing, getting bought out, and leaving the area. And both employers and employees have significant barriers to getting hired or fired.
Labor markets don't behave like Econ 101 says that they should.
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Why don't they just program in the exhibit into a holodeck? I'm sure they could find some space for something that small.
Gee, I thought Senator Clinton only really represented carpetbaggers. *ducks*
No, I'm expecting him to act as the voice of experience, which is not the same thing. It's the voice that tells Obama what he's going to have to do to get 218 representatives and 60 senators to agree with him.
Frankly, I see the pick of Biden as saying "I'll have the voice of experience in my ear, so I know I'm not as likely to be doing something monumentally stupid or unrealistic while trying to change things."
It was only recently that the Piranha brothers hit upon the other other operation, in which they threatened to kill the target unless he paid them the so-called "protection money".
Of course, Dinsdale is nowhere near as dangerous as Doug.
The thing is that smart news organizations should realize that paying sources is stupid: They could very well be paying for nothing at all interesting.
I'm reminded of the moment during the Watergate investigation where at least according to Bernstein and Woodward the editor-in-chief of the Post was asked to bid on a story and replied with a bid of the finger.
It was part of a top-secret program to make sure that our computer viruses operated properly on alien spacecraft, just in case most of our cities are blown up on July 4th.
On the flip side, though, there is in the environment of despair some real hope in the form of the Books. Society may go to hell in a handbasket, but there's always going to be some who find ways to work around that problem.
No, the example I picked was the market for bankers, not banking. Those are different markets, although one affects the other.
Another example in the market for software developers: If Microsoft suddenly decided to move from Redmond to Bangalore, there would necessarily end up being a lot of unemployed developers in Redmond at least for a year or two, because not all developers are going to want to pack up and move to India and it will take them time to decide to move themselves and their families (possibly doing serious damage to their spouse's career) to a new area where there are more jobs.
Furthermore, the developers' salaries in that area would drop dramatically as all the ex-Microsofties attempted to keep their families afloat. Since they're the same developers, you can't really say they're worth any less than they were before Microsoft moved, but because of market forces outside of their control they're likely going to be in very bad financial shape for a several years.
Oh don't worry: If it's from Taco Bell, it doesn't have any organic matter in there anyway.
How do Voter 1 and Voter 2 both vote on the same machine at the same time?
If you're networking the voting machines together, in the words of xkcd: "You're doing it wrong".
Yeah, just like how having only a few nuclear weapons had absolutely no benefit to North Korea.
Oh wait ...
Thanks for digging that up.
Unfortunately, there are 2 loopholes that I see with that law that any corporate lawyer defending against a wrongful termination suit can use quite easily:
1. "taking a reasonable amount of time to vote" How long is reasonable? In front of the right judge I wouldn't be surprised if they saw more than half the working day to be unreasonable.
2. Since in Ohio you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, how do you prove that you were fired for taking time to vote on election day, and not because you wore only 15 pieces of flair the next day?
And of course there's still the de facto problem that if you're an hourly worker you can be fairly certain you're not getting paid to stand in line at the polls, and a lot of potential voters really need that $25 to make ends meet.
three people who were known to be high-level terrorists
Says who? There's a reason the judiciary is supposed to be independent, and a writ of habeus corpus exists.
Long waits definitely skew the results if people waiting in line are at risk of losing their jobs due to showing up late for work or taking too long of a break to vote. Last time I checked, Ohio has no law requiring employers to give time off to vote, and I know (second hand) that if there is such a law it gets ignored frequently.
Actually, it's not Ohio Governor Ted Strickland you need to really thank for this, it's Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner who came in with Strickland (who had previously specialized in election law).
By comparison, her predecessor Ken Blackwell was one of those involved in guaranteeing the electoral votes of Ohio would go to Bush. Which of course had nothing at all to do with the fact that white suburban precincts had plenty of voting machines and about a 10 minute wait while poor black urban precincts had 5 hour waits and college campuses closer to 6 hour waits.
That's why I never bought the textbooks before my first class: I figured out that more often than not I'd be able to do without, borrow from a classmate when we had actual questions from it, etc. There were exceptions to that rule, but they were usually the sort of book that you'd want to keep forever, such as K&R.
The reason textbooks are such a great racket is that the person deciding which textbook to use (the prof) doesn't pay the price for their decision.
The good news is that the Loonies can't do anything about it. I mean, all they could do is throw rocks at us, and what good would that do?
Actually, if you read some of what NewYorkCountryLawyer's written on the subject, RIAA attorneys have gotten close to contempt citations, disbarment, etc. on several occasions. My understanding is that contempt of court is a criminal charge (although usually handled via fines).
Have there been many attempts at "liberal humor"
Yes, and they're not too hard to find either: The best known example would be Al Franken (author of "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot"). Slightly more regional would be Molly Ivins. Michael Moore has at times been more comedian than filmmaker.
Reporter: So George, what do you think of the dope problem?
George Carlin: I agree, we have far too many dopes.
A strongly competitive market ensures that people will be able to find a new job.
There's the rub: a lot of job markets aren't strongly competitive. For instance, in my area the demand for bankers has all but collapsed because banks have been failing, getting bought out, and leaving the area. And both employers and employees have significant barriers to getting hired or fired.
Labor markets don't behave like Econ 101 says that they should.
No, because a lot of Americans don't cook anymore.
Maybe it's just me, but has anyone else noticed the pattern of a roughly daily "Google invades your privacy" story?
I'm not saying they're accurate or not: for all I know it's just an astroturfing campaign. It's just a significant trend around here.
Millions of em, by the looks of it. Although your comment did lead me to a nice modern-day proverb:
"A fool and his data are soon parted."