Perot solved the spending problem by throwing his own wealth into the campaign - no-one not a billionaire could hope to do what he did.
It should be noted that Obama rejected Federal Matching Funds in order to be free of spending limits, and spent rather more than $1 billion dollar per election.
Which at least implies the possibility that someone "not a billionaire" could manage, since Obama wasn't, and did.
As to whether a third-party candidate could or not, guess it depends on how good he is at fund-raising.
Note that "the Rebels" is NOT a single group. It is a multitude of groups, many with competing interests.
It might not make sense to kill thousands of your own, but tossing some gas into an area controlled by THOSE OTHER rebels and blaming Assad might work for some of those clowns.
Pretty much. Sparrow missile, which is normally air-to-air and radar-guided, fired on a ballistic path toward an ally, so the ally could calibrate the radar (can't see any other test of an anti-missile system that does NOT fire that makes any sense).
It's not true. American citizens can't just be taken off the street and detained without probably cause or charges, although Gonzales and Cheney and Bush and Addington and Yoo *tried* to establish that as law. They failed. Outcomes when the system works has to mean something too.
Although Obama seems to have done much better with just executing US citizens without probable cause or charges....
If you have ship duties, this scarce time could be greatly curtailed so as to make it impossible to, for example, experience the holodeck every night.
If they're spending time the way the USN does, there's generally going to be 4-6 hours per day free to do whatever you'd like (depending on maintenance schedules, paperwork, things like that).
Somehow I can't see the Utopian society of ST having LESS leisure time than we have now.
And almost all of us can manage enough time daily to see a movie, if we want (which was one of those popular things we did on the boats when we weren't doing something that required us to be quiet)
or the Federation would have cruisers in the same numbers, relative to all the worlds they need to defend, as the US navy has cruisers relative to the real world,
The label "cruiser" as used by the Federation is a lot more like the original use of the word (ship capable of going a long way without replensihment), unlike the modern USN usage (big anti-air destroyer).
In other words, the two things you're comparing aren't really comparable in ways other than spelling....
Then Congress stepped in (no doubt large bags of money were involved) and explicitly took the power to regulate firearms and ammunition away from the CPSC.
Either that or it was that pesky Second Amendment.
Oh, in case you didn't know, the Supremes ruled back in the 1700's that printer's ink, being essential to the Free Press, couldn't be regulated/taxed like other stuff. A similar logic says that banning bullets would violate the Second,
Everyone outside the US, and some Americans too, understand that attacking Syria has much to do with oil, pipelines, Israel and scoring orders for American companies who donate to election campaigns
Oh, please!
This whole Syria business is about Obama not looking like an ineffectual idiot. He drew his "Red Line in the Sand" last year, now Syria steps across and says "okay, whatcha gonna do now?"
Note that Obama wanted to quietly ignore it at first, till people started quoting that speech back at him. Then, suddenly, it was time to kick some Syrian ass.
Alas, he couldn't come up with a way to do it that didn't make him look even stupider, so now he's also suddenly willing to wait for Congressional Authorization (i.e. a declaration of war or equivalent) before he does anything - that way he can blame those EEEEVVVILLLL Republicans in Congress for thwarting his desire to punish Assad for using chemical weapons.
Alas that even the Dems in Congress aren't too enamoured of the idea of doing anything (especially given that "anything" means firing off a bunch of cruise missiles and calling it good - you want to stop Assad from using chemical weapons, kick his ass out of power, hold free elections, go home. Don't waste time on anything less than that.)
Second: Bombs that unleash pieces of metal are usually used for specific targets not large populations.
Coventry, London, Berlin, most German industrial cities, virtually EVERY city in Japan other than the five set aside as potential A-Bomb targets (yeah, we put Hiroshima and Nagasaki, among others, on a NO-BOMB list, so we could evaluate the effects of the a-bomb without having to account for the effects of previous bombings).
and I bet that while he talks about how that clean power would be bad his fat ass is sitting in a room with the AC blasting sipping a cold drink and eating his takeout,
He lives in Scotland. Do they even HAVE AC in Scotland?
Bringing a delicious peanut butter sandwich to work for lunch is totally innocuous. Doing so with the full knowledge that Bob from Accounting is lethally allergic is...not.
I've known a couple of people with peanut allergies over the years. NOT ONE of them was stupid enough to look at a peanut butter sandwich and say "that looks delicious! Can I have half?"
So, do you just know some exceptionally stupid people with peanut allergies? Or were you really stretching to (try to) make a point?
If these type of cars catch on, they might designate areas of the lots for 'armadillos only', just like some do for compact cars and motorcycles. If that were the case for paid parking, I could see the smaller spots being offered at a reduced rate
Hmmm...so, you're saying I can split my parking area up into five slots for an armadillo, or three for regular cars...and I can charge 40% LESS for the armadillo spaces, or make 40 MORE on the five spaces....
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Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution is what separates this from treason.
Learn it, love it, live it.
It should be noted that Obama rejected Federal Matching Funds in order to be free of spending limits, and spent rather more than $1 billion dollar per election.
Which at least implies the possibility that someone "not a billionaire" could manage, since Obama wasn't, and did.
As to whether a third-party candidate could or not, guess it depends on how good he is at fund-raising.
Note that "the Rebels" is NOT a single group. It is a multitude of groups, many with competing interests.
It might not make sense to kill thousands of your own, but tossing some gas into an area controlled by THOSE OTHER rebels and blaming Assad might work for some of those clowns.
Monoculture? Hardly. Fourth cousins would, on average share 1/32 of their genes....
Read the Militia Act sometime. You might be unaware that you're a member.
Pretty much. Sparrow missile, which is normally air-to-air and radar-guided, fired on a ballistic path toward an ally, so the ally could calibrate the radar (can't see any other test of an anti-missile system that does NOT fire that makes any sense).
Big whoop....
Although Obama seems to have done much better with just executing US citizens without probable cause or charges....
If they're spending time the way the USN does, there's generally going to be 4-6 hours per day free to do whatever you'd like (depending on maintenance schedules, paperwork, things like that).
Somehow I can't see the Utopian society of ST having LESS leisure time than we have now.
And almost all of us can manage enough time daily to see a movie, if we want (which was one of those popular things we did on the boats when we weren't doing something that required us to be quiet)
From TFA:
I would guess that the definition of "signficant...connections" is in this case.
Maybe it means you work for Hamas. Or maybe it means one of your cousins knew a guy in college whose little brother is now a member of hamas....
The label "cruiser" as used by the Federation is a lot more like the original use of the word (ship capable of going a long way without replensihment), unlike the modern USN usage (big anti-air destroyer).
In other words, the two things you're comparing aren't really comparable in ways other than spelling....
I take it your theory is that there were far more jobs for particle physicists back in the 60's?
Got any evidence for that?
Either that or it was that pesky Second Amendment.
Oh, in case you didn't know, the Supremes ruled back in the 1700's that printer's ink, being essential to the Free Press, couldn't be regulated/taxed like other stuff. A similar logic says that banning bullets would violate the Second,
Oh, please!
This whole Syria business is about Obama not looking like an ineffectual idiot. He drew his "Red Line in the Sand" last year, now Syria steps across and says "okay, whatcha gonna do now?"
Note that Obama wanted to quietly ignore it at first, till people started quoting that speech back at him. Then, suddenly, it was time to kick some Syrian ass.
Alas, he couldn't come up with a way to do it that didn't make him look even stupider, so now he's also suddenly willing to wait for Congressional Authorization (i.e. a declaration of war or equivalent) before he does anything - that way he can blame those EEEEVVVILLLL Republicans in Congress for thwarting his desire to punish Assad for using chemical weapons.
Alas that even the Dems in Congress aren't too enamoured of the idea of doing anything (especially given that "anything" means firing off a bunch of cruise missiles and calling it good - you want to stop Assad from using chemical weapons, kick his ass out of power, hold free elections, go home. Don't waste time on anything less than that.)
Coventry, London, Berlin, most German industrial cities, virtually EVERY city in Japan other than the five set aside as potential A-Bomb targets (yeah, we put Hiroshima and Nagasaki, among others, on a NO-BOMB list, so we could evaluate the effects of the a-bomb without having to account for the effects of previous bombings).
Five, sir....
Since NSA's job is to spy on other governments, I'm not sure why they needed to "all but say they were spying on other governments".
It should be a given - "Our job is to spy on other governments. We do our job."
Sure! All you need is legal standing to sue.
Which means you have to be able to demonstrate ACTUAL damages to yourself.
I'll wait while you sort out the difference between ACTUAL and HYPOTHETICAL damages....
He lives in Scotland. Do they even HAVE AC in Scotland?
I've known a couple of people with peanut allergies over the years. NOT ONE of them was stupid enough to look at a peanut butter sandwich and say "that looks delicious! Can I have half?"
So, do you just know some exceptionally stupid people with peanut allergies? Or were you really stretching to (try to) make a point?
Against whom? The parents? They're the only ones in the decision loop, after all.
And suing yourself for your own bad decisions is, well, just another bad decision.
whoosh....
No, the Pope had issues with Galileo calling him an idiot in his book.
If spying were an "act of WAR", then EVERY government has a casus bellum against EVERY OTHER country.
Face it, espionage has been a fact of life between governments since at least the time of the ancient Greeks...
And I was born years before Gagarin flew.
Hmmm...so, you're saying I can split my parking area up into five slots for an armadillo, or three for regular cars...and I can charge 40% LESS for the armadillo spaces, or make 40 MORE on the five spaces....
SO hard to decide....