I'm not even sure if Walden read the amendment, because I can not in any way see how he derived his criticisms from this text.
I think it was the "Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to limit or restrict the ability of the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a rule or to amend an existing rule to protect online privacy" in a bill designed to limit the ability of the FCC to do things without advance publication of proposed rules....
Face it, "limit or restrict" is what the bill is about. Saying "limit or restrict EXCEPT for this one special case" doesn't quite cut it.
Do the religious folks who claim to be conservatives also vote conservatively? If so than "self-identified conservatives" can just be replaced with conservatives.
Umm, no.
It is possible to NOT claim to be conservative, and still vote conservatively.
Which makes "self-identified conservative" a subset of "conservative", but not the whole thing.
For examples of the latter, look at Nigeria with its Christian coastal dwellers and Islamic folk inland
Another example might be the USA, with Protestants of a hundred variaties, Catholics, Mormons, Eastern Orthodox, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Animists, Confucianists, Athiests, every kind of -ist you can imagine.
Oh, wait....
Note, by the way, that you just argued that the Europeans who are worried about Muslim influx into Europe are right to worry, since it will bring down their civilization.
On the other hand, the USA seems to suggest that it IS possible for people of different ethnicities and religions to get along well enough to prosper....
Mostly because a UK nuclear submarine sunk a argentinian ship (General Belgrano) out of the war theater.
When you're in a war, there are no "out of the war theaters".
That ship was moving out from islands, carrying a thousand conscripts. Deaths account for an half of the total loss of argentinean forces.
Which still leaves the Aregentians losing more than the Brits. Including losses on Sheffield, which also didn't have much to so with their respective infantry.
since hydro projects have obviously been executed with great success and minimal effective backlash, all across the US.
Except for the Tellico Dam, which was delayed for years by environmental concerns.
Tellico was eventually (after six years of delay, a Supreme Court hearing, and a special law written just to allow it to operate) allowed to begin operating, in spite of most of the Democrats in the Senate.
And that was the last hydro plant built in the USA....
So they made the map rotate with the car, which seemed strange at the time.
Only to people who confused cars with boats.
The US Army (and Boy Scouts, for that matter) has always (for values of always that include when I was growing up, 40 years ago) taught that you orient the map to match the terrain you're looking at - if you're looking west, put the west side of the map up....
One of the tests to pass might be being required to drive from A to B on a simulator through difficult traffic conditions, while answering hearing comprehension questions and doing mental problems (e.g. you hear a sequence of random numbers, you are supposed to say the 5th one each time you get a new number).
The real test would be to know when to tune out some idiot babbling random numbers at you.
Face it, being able to listen to some idiot babbling random numbers at you is the kind of thing you expect from a study of distracted driving, not the kind of ability you actually need to use your gps (or talk on your hands-free cellphone) while driving.
Remember the "bad old days" of folding out the map at the side of the road, looking at it, and planning the next leg of your trip?
Remember the "bad old days" of planning the next leg of your trip, driving along for a while, and discovering that the map was out of date, and that road you were planning on turning onto no longer existed?
And do you really need a GPS in a city you don't know? No. READ THE ROAD SIGNS! CHECK A MAP BEFORE YOU LEAVE!
In my own experience, reading road signs is far more distracting than listening to the Tom-Tom tell me where to turn.
Tom-Tom gives me warnings starting half a mile before the turn, where the road signs are, even if clearly visible, only giving me hints within a few dozen yards....
According to the Supreme Court it could be 1000 years and still be constitutional.
Which is correct.
It is a common misconception that the Supreme Court is all about "justice".
It's not. It's about "Constitutional". If the Constitution says "Congress may do this", then by God, Congress is allowed to do this.
If you think Copyright terms being effectively unlimited is a problem, start trying to convince Congress to amend the Constitution. It's not like Congress particularly cares one way or the other how long Copyrights last - all they care about is the campaign contributions they get as a result of the question.
Demonstrate that they're going to lose a lot more campaign funds by extending Copyright than they'll ever lose by limiting it, and they'll shorten it so fast your head will swim...
Caveat: the real problem with that is that, frankly, most people really don't give a rat's hind leg about Copyright length. Until it's of interest to a very large fraction of the citizenry, you're wasting your time bitching to Congress about it - so go out and convince the general public it matters....
Actually, the thing with He-3 is that He-3 - He-3 fusion produces no neutrons, which means no radioactive byproducts.
Yes, He-3 - He-3 fusion is a royal bitch to accomplish. Much harder than D - D fusion. But it shuts up the "Ahh! Radiation! Ahh! Evil!!!" rants nicely.
(I've also had to fill out a 1040. I was absolutely stunned at how complex such a (theoretically) simple thing can be made (the guide to filling your return, if formatted in standard octavo size, would literally be an entire book). I'd hate to imagine how much it costs the US economy each year for the entire country to fight their way through one of these monstrosities).
Most of the country doesn't need to bother with the 1040. The much simpler 1040A covers most situations nicely. And can be done in ten minutes, absent things like having to enter dividend payments...
Kent State rather suggests (a). Sadly, this is typically what happens: the soldiers will side with the authorities.
Umm, no.
If "the vast majority" of the soldiers at Kent State were like that, then the death toll would have been in the hundreds....
Hell, if even a significant fraction had been like that, the death toll would have been in the dozens.
If any psychopath can kill a dozen or so innocent bystanders, assuming a platoon of psychopaths would only be able to manage to kill a handful is ludicrous.
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I think it was the "Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to limit or restrict the ability of the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a rule or to amend an existing rule to protect online privacy" in a bill designed to limit the ability of the FCC to do things without advance publication of proposed rules....
Face it, "limit or restrict" is what the bill is about. Saying "limit or restrict EXCEPT for this one special case" doesn't quite cut it.
Umm, no.
It is possible to NOT claim to be conservative, and still vote conservatively.
Which makes "self-identified conservative" a subset of "conservative", but not the whole thing.
Another example might be the USA, with Protestants of a hundred variaties, Catholics, Mormons, Eastern Orthodox, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Animists, Confucianists, Athiests, every kind of -ist you can imagine.
Oh, wait....
Note, by the way, that you just argued that the Europeans who are worried about Muslim influx into Europe are right to worry, since it will bring down their civilization.
On the other hand, the USA seems to suggest that it IS possible for people of different ethnicities and religions to get along well enough to prosper....
Perhaps she decided she needed more money to give away.
Apparently, she donated ~$160 million to charity this past year, and fell off Forbes' Billionaire list as a result.
When you're in a war, there are no "out of the war theaters".
Which still leaves the Aregentians losing more than the Brits. Including losses on Sheffield, which also didn't have much to so with their respective infantry.
half of that contaminated circle you posit is covered by ocean.
And almost all of it isn't actually contaminated.
Most of that 68 tons is the non-radioactive cladding and structural metal that makes up the fuel rods.
Most of the radioactive part is U-238, which is barely more radioactive than your typical rock (half life 4/4 Billion years).
About 5% of the radioactive part is U-235 or fission byproducts.
Except for the Tellico Dam, which was delayed for years by environmental concerns.
Tellico was eventually (after six years of delay, a Supreme Court hearing, and a special law written just to allow it to operate) allowed to begin operating, in spite of most of the Democrats in the Senate.
And that was the last hydro plant built in the USA....
He wasn't in court every day.
Or most days.
Or even very many days. Figure he probably spent three weeks, tops, actually in court as a result of this.
And did his normal job the rest of the time. So this is a bonus. Not a huge one, but it paid for his new car, no doubt.
Infer. Not "interfere"....
Pretty sure you won't miss out on the experience of dying in a plane crash just because you're playing with your iPad....
"Haven't ridden".
Or if you must be semi-literate, "haven't rode"...
Only to people who confused cars with boats.
The US Army (and Boy Scouts, for that matter) has always (for values of always that include when I was growing up, 40 years ago) taught that you orient the map to match the terrain you're looking at - if you're looking west, put the west side of the map up....
The real test would be to know when to tune out some idiot babbling random numbers at you.
Face it, being able to listen to some idiot babbling random numbers at you is the kind of thing you expect from a study of distracted driving, not the kind of ability you actually need to use your gps (or talk on your hands-free cellphone) while driving.
Remember the "bad old days" of planning the next leg of your trip, driving along for a while, and discovering that the map was out of date, and that road you were planning on turning onto no longer existed?
In my own experience, reading road signs is far more distracting than listening to the Tom-Tom tell me where to turn.
Tom-Tom gives me warnings starting half a mile before the turn, where the road signs are, even if clearly visible, only giving me hints within a few dozen yards....
Lieberman IS a Democrat. He switched to "independent" so he could still run after someone beat him in the Democrat Primary for his seat.
And McCain is, to put it politely, a slime mold....
Umm, MFN for China has been around for a much longer time than Bush Jr.
Clinton, as I recall, got into hot water for granting MFN status to China while he was President.
As did Reagan.
And Carter.
Even the conversion to Permanent MFN status didn't happen under Bush Jr, it was done in 2000....
There are people banned from Walmart?
But why?!?
Which is correct.
It is a common misconception that the Supreme Court is all about "justice".
It's not. It's about "Constitutional". If the Constitution says "Congress may do this", then by God, Congress is allowed to do this.
If you think Copyright terms being effectively unlimited is a problem, start trying to convince Congress to amend the Constitution. It's not like Congress particularly cares one way or the other how long Copyrights last - all they care about is the campaign contributions they get as a result of the question.
Demonstrate that they're going to lose a lot more campaign funds by extending Copyright than they'll ever lose by limiting it, and they'll shorten it so fast your head will swim...
Caveat: the real problem with that is that, frankly, most people really don't give a rat's hind leg about Copyright length. Until it's of interest to a very large fraction of the citizenry, you're wasting your time bitching to Congress about it - so go out and convince the general public it matters....
Actually, the thing with He-3 is that He-3 - He-3 fusion produces no neutrons, which means no radioactive byproducts.
Yes, He-3 - He-3 fusion is a royal bitch to accomplish. Much harder than D - D fusion. But it shuts up the "Ahh! Radiation! Ahh! Evil!!!" rants nicely.
It should, perhaps, be noted that people are still terrified of fission plants, in spite of them being "in production and delivering the power"....
Most of the country doesn't need to bother with the 1040. The much simpler 1040A covers most situations nicely. And can be done in ten minutes, absent things like having to enter dividend payments...
And yet Israel had nuclear weapons in 1973, and the Arabs attacked them.
Obiously, the deterrent effect you posit isn't a law of nature....
Umm, no.
If "the vast majority" of the soldiers at Kent State were like that, then the death toll would have been in the hundreds....
Hell, if even a significant fraction had been like that, the death toll would have been in the dozens.
If any psychopath can kill a dozen or so innocent bystanders, assuming a platoon of psychopaths would only be able to manage to kill a handful is ludicrous.