> The Affordable Care Plan makes investing in Insurance companies, Pharma and MalPractice Litigation Firms very attractive
So does the preceding system.
Difference is that now the insurance companies have a mandated customer base - you're REQUIRED to buy their product, even if you don't need it. Unless, of course, you can get an exemption - surprising the number of unions that managed that...
Better solution (IMHO) would have been to change Medicaid eligibility requirements to include "everyone under 18", then lower Medicare eligibility age by two years for every year that pass (or faster, if you want a shorter transition - the two year per year thing would transition us to Public Healthcare in about 20 years).
Note that my preferred option would have resulted in a law that could be written on a single sheet of paper. Rather than the monstrosity they came up with....
So we remove govt regulation. Corps cheers because now they can do whatever they want without paying off congresscritters. smaller players get more abused, customers get more shafted.
DO remember that those EVIL corporations are a creation of the government. The "natural state" of the market doesn't include giving special legal privileges (like Limited Liability) to certain players....
If you really believe that Apple has discovered the One True Way for smartphones to work. On the other hand, the decision increases the incentives in favor of companies with the creativity to develop approaches that differ from Apple's, and will likely increase the diversity of designs available to consumers.
So, it's your opinion that if Henry Ford had only patented the "four road wheels plus steering wheel" thing, and then had used the patent to force other automakers to do something "different" to avoid being sued, then we'd be better off today?
I find it so fascinating. I've known many Persians. To a man and woman, they were intelligent, passionate, vocal and idealistic. So how did a nation with such cultural depth,
Islam.
How could you have missed that fact?
You mispelled "Tamerlane".
Seriously, the problems of modern Islam are almost entirely a reaction to the obliteration of the Muslim intellectuals by Tamerlane.
Persia specifically, and the Middle East in general never really recovered from that....
There is a massive difference between talking on a phone whilst changing gear and whilst driving an automatic car.
Only if you hold the phone to your ear with one hand.
Personally, I prefer a bluetooth headset with the phone set to autoanswer - all I have to do when someone calls me while I'm driving is say "hello" when the earbug chirps at me....
Other countries use stricter limits: Sweden's 0.2 is actually technically close to good one (that's where changes occur); but most other countries at least use 0.5 (as opposed to use 0.8 or higher).
It's possible you have your decimal off, but the US's legal limits are only 0.08, which is a damn sight lower than 0.2 (or 0.5)....
The expired Assault Weapons Ban may be what you are referring to as defining the term, but that also included arbitrary and cosmetic features as well. A bayonet lug could mean the difference between owning an "assault rifle" or just a rifle.
And then there's the Mini-14.
It's 5.56.
Semiautomatics.
Accepts;large magazines.
When the Assault Weapon Ban was passed, but before it went into effect, I bought a stock with a pistol grip for my Mini-14.
AND a new front sight with flash suppressor.
At that point, I had something that fit the legal definition of "assault weapon"...
Or so I thought...
When I mentioned same to my wife, she said something to the effect of "the mini-14 is in the appendix that exempts guns from being assault weapons even if they're modified to otherwise fit the definition".
Then we looked over that appendix, and concluded, based on the guns listed therein, that the "assault weapons ban" was really the American Gun Manufacturers Protection Act, since pretty much every weapon on the exempt list was made in the USA, and pretty much every weapon NOT made in USA was on the list of "evil assault weapons"....
I'd be very interested to see a breakdown in these poll results by age. I would not be at all surprised to see younger, more Internet-connected respondents have a more negative view of the TSA, while the Fox News generation (average viewer age 65 [hollywoodreporter.com], average age for Bill O'Reilly viewers 71 [huffingtonpost.com]) tends toward a more positive view.
It's interesting that you question these poll results, but accept your referenced poll results unquestioningly....
That has always been the case with nuclear power - subsidy (in the form of the government dealing with waste) screws up the economics.
Reactor operators have been paying a fee to the Feds to handle the stored wastes.
IOW, it's not a subsidy. A subsidy is when the Feds promise to take care of something for you for FREE, not when they charge you for something, then don't deliver.
Analysts feel the agency can conduct its research relatively quickly without having a major impact on nuclear plants currently seeking license extensions or utilities seeking permission to build new reactors.
A technicality, no significant impact to anything.
Alas, it'll take as long as the Administration wants it to take. The NRC's plans mean nothing at all, if Yucca Mountain is any guideline...
Check your history books. The first Spanish settlers in California damned near died before they could get irrigation up and running. There's not a lot that grows in California without irrigation.
Which some might think means that subsidizing farms in California is a bad idea.
Instead, let's consider using the water elsewhere for other things.
Or not, since California has lots of Electoral votes.
I loved my Amazon Kindle. For about 3 weeks, after which it broke. It wasn't abused; I just wasn't willing to spend another 30% of the purchase price for a cover. I replaced it with a smartphone and haven't missed the Kindle since.
Must have been something dreadfully wrong with your Kindle out-of-box.
I've been using my eReader for three or four years now. I don't have to charge it as often as once every three weeks, much less worry about breaking it. I've dropped it several times, including twice onto concrete (three of the corners are dinged, it still works), I just stick it into a hip pocket when I head out....
Exactly what I was thinking: Define "destroy". Do they mean completely vaporize or just something that will do the job?
What they mean is "break an asteroid the size of Ceres into two pieces, both of which would miss the planet, assuming the asteroid (the size of Ceres) were only noticed heading towards Earth at about the time the guys in the movie noticed it".
And while it is no doubt true that it would take that much energy to break Ceres in half if it were that far away, this says nothing at all about more, shall we say, "realistic" scenarios involving asteroids small enough to actually get that close before we notice them.
Or for that matter, asteroids that big as far away as we'd notice them....
That's an interesting point, because the socialistic societies of the indigenous is what allowed the bison to flourish.
Note that there is some evidence that the Amerinds were well on the way to exterminating the bison after the Amerinds acquired horses.
It should also be noted that the reason they didn't exterminate the bison earlier wasn't their "socialistic society" but the fact that they were technologically limited to the point that it was impossible.
Note also that there is evidence that the bison population of the early 19th century, which is assumed to be "natural" was, at least partly, a result of the plagues brought from Europe wiping out the Amerinds who had previously limited bison numbers...
And note, by the by, that these same peoples seem to have managed to exterminate the megafauna in America in prehistoric times just fine.
In Netherland the last couple of days have seen the most bizarre weather I've ever seen: hot sun shine alternated by short bursts of pouring rain, changing every couple of minutes. Never seen anything like it.
It wouldn't be too hard to argue that the population growth is a direct consequence of scientific progress. Medicine, food production, transportation etc.
Considering that population density in the USA is lower today than it was in, say, France in 1740, it's pretty hard to argue that population growth is a direct consequence of scientific progress.
Likewise, China had a population density by 1900 that was about 30% higher than the current US population density.
Certainly our standard of living has much to do with science (or, rather, technology, since while the two are related, they're not identical), but our population has much less bearing on science (or technology).
On the other hand, the size of our country is pretty much predicated on technology - without the telegraph and railroads, it's likely we would have split into two (or three countries) in the 19th century.
And for those about to bring up the Civil War, note that the telegraph and railroad were crucial to actually winning that war for the North.
Meanwhile, China is fully committed to manned space exploration missions that are soon likely to surpass those of the United States and NASA.
Given that China has taken 12 years to do what we did back in the '60s in five years, it would be pretty hard to argue that they're going to surpass the US "soon"....
It is the first drone privacy bill from a Democrat and follows legislation introduced recently by Republicans, including Rep. Ted Poe of Texas and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
Sounds like the Dems are just following the lead of the Reps on this one.
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Difference is that now the insurance companies have a mandated customer base - you're REQUIRED to buy their product, even if you don't need it. Unless, of course, you can get an exemption - surprising the number of unions that managed that...
Better solution (IMHO) would have been to change Medicaid eligibility requirements to include "everyone under 18", then lower Medicare eligibility age by two years for every year that pass (or faster, if you want a shorter transition - the two year per year thing would transition us to Public Healthcare in about 20 years).
Note that my preferred option would have resulted in a law that could be written on a single sheet of paper. Rather than the monstrosity they came up with....
DO remember that those EVIL corporations are a creation of the government. The "natural state" of the market doesn't include giving special legal privileges (like Limited Liability) to certain players....
So, it's your opinion that if Henry Ford had only patented the "four road wheels plus steering wheel" thing, and then had used the patent to force other automakers to do something "different" to avoid being sued, then we'd be better off today?
You mispelled "Tamerlane".
Seriously, the problems of modern Islam are almost entirely a reaction to the obliteration of the Muslim intellectuals by Tamerlane.
Persia specifically, and the Middle East in general never really recovered from that....
So, don't make calls when traffic conditions are a bit tricky, and ignore the person on the other end if you're already on the phone.
The assumption that Americans are either too stupid or too polite to tune someone out when needed is just silly.
On the other hand, if you ARE too stupid to tune someone out, get married - you'll get a lot of practice....
Only if you hold the phone to your ear with one hand.
Personally, I prefer a bluetooth headset with the phone set to autoanswer - all I have to do when someone calls me while I'm driving is say "hello" when the earbug chirps at me....
It's possible you have your decimal off, but the US's legal limits are only 0.08, which is a damn sight lower than 0.2 (or 0.5)....
And then there's the Mini-14.
It's 5.56.
Semiautomatics.
Accepts ;large magazines.
When the Assault Weapon Ban was passed, but before it went into effect, I bought a stock with a pistol grip for my Mini-14.
AND a new front sight with flash suppressor.
At that point, I had something that fit the legal definition of "assault weapon"...
Or so I thought...
When I mentioned same to my wife, she said something to the effect of "the mini-14 is in the appendix that exempts guns from being assault weapons even if they're modified to otherwise fit the definition".
Then we looked over that appendix, and concluded, based on the guns listed therein, that the "assault weapons ban" was really the American Gun Manufacturers Protection Act, since pretty much every weapon on the exempt list was made in the USA, and pretty much every weapon NOT made in USA was on the list of "evil assault weapons"....
It's interesting that you question these poll results, but accept your referenced poll results unquestioningly....
No, people are INDIFFERENT to bad things happening to strangers far away.
Reactor operators have been paying a fee to the Feds to handle the stored wastes.
IOW, it's not a subsidy. A subsidy is when the Feds promise to take care of something for you for FREE, not when they charge you for something, then don't deliver.
Alas, it'll take as long as the Administration wants it to take. The NRC's plans mean nothing at all, if Yucca Mountain is any guideline...
Which some might think means that subsidizing farms in California is a bad idea.
Instead, let's consider using the water elsewhere for other things.
Or not, since California has lots of Electoral votes.
Must have been something dreadfully wrong with your Kindle out-of-box.
I've been using my eReader for three or four years now. I don't have to charge it as often as once every three weeks, much less worry about breaking it. I've dropped it several times, including twice onto concrete (three of the corners are dinged, it still works), I just stick it into a hip pocket when I head out....
Note that Vietnam was "shit on and exploited" by that notorious European colonial power, Japan during WW2.
And that the most recent war Vietnam was involved in was against that other notorious European colonial power, China....
Actually, the US didn't try very hard at all.
If they had "tried hard", they'd have invaded North Vietnam.
As opposed to what we actually did, which was tell the North Vietnamese that we wouldn't ever invade them.
Tell the other guy he's absolutely safe in his own country, and you can never actually win the war....
I take it noone ever told you that they rebuilt Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Immediately after the War, in fact.
They probably also didn't mention that the area around Chernobyl is a nature preserve now....
What they mean is "break an asteroid the size of Ceres into two pieces, both of which would miss the planet, assuming the asteroid (the size of Ceres) were only noticed heading towards Earth at about the time the guys in the movie noticed it".
And while it is no doubt true that it would take that much energy to break Ceres in half if it were that far away, this says nothing at all about more, shall we say, "realistic" scenarios involving asteroids small enough to actually get that close before we notice them.
Or for that matter, asteroids that big as far away as we'd notice them....
Note that there is some evidence that the Amerinds were well on the way to exterminating the bison after the Amerinds acquired horses.
It should also be noted that the reason they didn't exterminate the bison earlier wasn't their "socialistic society" but the fact that they were technologically limited to the point that it was impossible.
Note also that there is evidence that the bison population of the early 19th century, which is assumed to be "natural" was, at least partly, a result of the plagues brought from Europe wiping out the Amerinds who had previously limited bison numbers...
And note, by the by, that these same peoples seem to have managed to exterminate the megafauna in America in prehistoric times just fine.
Sounds like a normal summer in N'Awlins...
Looks like you did this time too.
0.0000447 ppm and 0.0001552 ppm.
Hint: a liter of water is 1 kg, not 1g.
Considering that population density in the USA is lower today than it was in, say, France in 1740, it's pretty hard to argue that population growth is a direct consequence of scientific progress.
Likewise, China had a population density by 1900 that was about 30% higher than the current US population density.
Certainly our standard of living has much to do with science (or, rather, technology, since while the two are related, they're not identical), but our population has much less bearing on science (or technology).
On the other hand, the size of our country is pretty much predicated on technology - without the telegraph and railroads, it's likely we would have split into two (or three countries) in the 19th century.
And for those about to bring up the Civil War, note that the telegraph and railroad were crucial to actually winning that war for the North.
Given that China has taken 12 years to do what we did back in the '60s in five years, it would be pretty hard to argue that they're going to surpass the US "soon"....
Nope. According to wikipedia, most of the money spent on those islands is subsidies provided by New Zealand.
So New Zealand will come out ahead in four years, assuming that a typhoon hasn't obliterated the panels in that time.
Sounds like the Dems are just following the lead of the Reps on this one.