There are only so many jobs to be had, and when two stupid people have nine children, they've just created seven people who are more likely than the first two to be unemployed. Get a damn condom.
Given the projected ratios of earners to SSA recipients in the next 50 years, those seven extras are going to be needed to keep the SSA from collapsing.
Do remember that the SSA wasn't designed for operations with fewer recipients than workers supporting same. And that our lower-than-replacement rate growth accompanied by increased life expectancy (I just read that a baby born this year in the West (USA, Canada, Western Europe) has about a 50% chance of reaching 100) will make that whole social security thing a real problem by and by.
Without WEIGHT, we'd die. Not quite the same thing.
A spin habitat will do nicely to provide weight (and, if looked at in the proper general-relativistic way, gravity), without the need for large masses and the other inconveniences of gravity.
You're taking the word of an Anglican Archbishop on this?
Do try to remember that Anglican archbishops aren't the final interpreters of the Bible, and that there is no complete genealogy from Adam to Jesus (even assuming you believe in Adam).
The targets mentioned for this weapon are underground nuclear bases.
Underground nuclear bases don't turn into fission bombs just because you drop a bomb on them.
It should also be noted that if you set off a bomb next to a nuclear weapon, all that happens is that you either shove the nuclear weapon to one side, or you destroy it. In neither case does it undergo fission.
If you are that good in going back (i.e. more than a thousand years), then you perhaps know how many humans were killed by religious Christians (in the name of religion) because they would not become Christians or would not like to accept whatever Church would say.
And if you look at the same period, you see Islam expanding from nothing to well into France. After conquering pretty much the entire Middle East, North Africa, a large chunk of India, Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France.
If it hadn't been for Charles Martel, we'd all be studying our Korans now....
The US legitimately believed Iraq did have WMDs, because Saddam engaged in a program of misinformation to make it seem like they did, in an effort to deter Iran from attacking. Saddam bet that Iran was the greater threat, and he bet wrong. Even President Clinton
One quibble - Iraq DID have WMD's. Nukes are a subset of WMD's, not the whole thing. Chemical weapons (which the Iraqis had been using in their little internal wars for years, count as WMD's.
The problem is that it doesn't matter what you do, the duopoly wins.
I'm sure everyone thought that in 1860...
Or didn't you know that Lincoln was running, essentially, as a third party candidate, since up to that point the "duopoly" had been the Democrats and the Whigs?
Any analogy to the methods used in the war on drugs can only be used if you are trying to show how those methods are illegitimate. The war on drugs is not to be emulated.
While the methods are used in the War on Drugs, they are not original to them. The legal principle in question was inherited from Great Britain, and predates the USA.
It was originally used to prevent ship-owners from committing crimes (smuggling, that sort of thing), then just never coming back to that country WITH THAT SHIP, thus making the process of gaining justice problematic, at best.
So, the laws allowed the impounding of the ship before charges were brought against the owner for crimes committed.
Yeah! So what we need is a law that allows any corporation to confiscate any car or truck that they claim has any stolen goods in it, or has been used or is likely to be used to carry stolen goods without proof or judicial oversight on those claims.
You're aware that this is already legal, right?
That's how the police can confiscate a drug-dealer's stuff and keep it without any inconvenience like warrants, trials, verdicts, that sort of thing.
And if the police take your stuff under those laws, you have to bring suit against them to recover the stuff, after PROVING that you are not, in fact, a criminal....
even though WE ALREADY HAVE A NATIONAL GUARD AND A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
Note that the CIA is not allowed to operate in the USA. Yes, I know that it does anyway. It is, nonetheless illegal.
Note also that the National Guard is neither trained nor equipped (nor sufficiently manned) to handle internal security.
That said, we have plenty of normal police plus the FBI to handle that sort of thing.
And THAT said, the Department of Homeland Security is nothing more than a coordination office between the diverse rival agencies that normally handle this sort of thing, but hate each other's guts enough that they wouldn't piss on an agent from another bureau if he were on fire....
On a more serious note, why can't you leave a union? That sounds very un-free to me.
You CAN quit a union.
However (there's always a however), in non-right-to-work States, union dues are deducted from your paycheck and sent to the union whether you're a member or not.
It really all just depends on how you define "wrong" in the first place. To one person, one of those things might be considered "wrong," and the other considered "right." So it isn't that they think that two wrongs make a right.
As an example, many think that doing unto others is perfectly fine, but the same thing done untio them is a crime.
The libertarian argument that the federal government should be considerably weaker and that state governments should be considerably stronger in its stead makes no sense to me whatsoever. And I live in one of the very wealthy states that would probably benefit from such a change.
Actually, the libertarian position is that the Federal government should be reduced in power, and the State governments should either stay the same, or be reduced in power.
The only thing that surprises me is that someone seriously came out with a study prior to this one saying the soil was A-OK after what happened.
Of course, if you read TFA, you find that the legal limits are only exceeded in the area immediately around the plant, and that everywhere else it's fine.
In other words, we have this exclusion zone. And we shouldn't be farming there....
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Given the projected ratios of earners to SSA recipients in the next 50 years, those seven extras are going to be needed to keep the SSA from collapsing.
Do remember that the SSA wasn't designed for operations with fewer recipients than workers supporting same. And that our lower-than-replacement rate growth accompanied by increased life expectancy (I just read that a baby born this year in the West (USA, Canada, Western Europe) has about a 50% chance of reaching 100) will make that whole social security thing a real problem by and by.
Why be idiotic enough to put a reactor in the lifesystem when you can park it outside?
No.
Without WEIGHT, we'd die. Not quite the same thing.
A spin habitat will do nicely to provide weight (and, if looked at in the proper general-relativistic way, gravity), without the need for large masses and the other inconveniences of gravity.
A quick google shows that the top 50 European soccer players average about $7 million per year.
Oddly, I can find only 19 NFL players who make $6.5 million or more....
Perhaps the Europeans might consider their own overpaid athletes before they waste a lot of time suggesting that ours are overpaid....
You're taking the word of an Anglican Archbishop on this?
Do try to remember that Anglican archbishops aren't the final interpreters of the Bible, and that there is no complete genealogy from Adam to Jesus (even assuming you believe in Adam).
Underground nuclear bases don't turn into fission bombs just because you drop a bomb on them.
It should also be noted that if you set off a bomb next to a nuclear weapon, all that happens is that you either shove the nuclear weapon to one side, or you destroy it. In neither case does it undergo fission.
And if you look at the same period, you see Islam expanding from nothing to well into France. After conquering pretty much the entire Middle East, North Africa, a large chunk of India, Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France.
If it hadn't been for Charles Martel, we'd all be studying our Korans now....
One quibble - Iraq DID have WMD's. Nukes are a subset of WMD's, not the whole thing. Chemical weapons (which the Iraqis had been using in their little internal wars for years, count as WMD's.
It should, perhaps, be noted that the Iranians are Persians.
In the general case, Persians think less of Arabs than the Israelis do. Or the Americans.
Note also that the feeling is mutual - Arabs don't like Persians, even a little bit.
That'll work really well if you want to get arrested, and have the Supreme Court order new elections.
Otherwise, not so much.
I'm sure everyone thought that in 1860...
Or didn't you know that Lincoln was running, essentially, as a third party candidate, since up to that point the "duopoly" had been the Democrats and the Whigs?
While the methods are used in the War on Drugs, they are not original to them. The legal principle in question was inherited from Great Britain, and predates the USA.
It was originally used to prevent ship-owners from committing crimes (smuggling, that sort of thing), then just never coming back to that country WITH THAT SHIP, thus making the process of gaining justice problematic, at best.
So, the laws allowed the impounding of the ship before charges were brought against the owner for crimes committed.
You're aware that this is already legal, right?
That's how the police can confiscate a drug-dealer's stuff and keep it without any inconvenience like warrants, trials, verdicts, that sort of thing.
And if the police take your stuff under those laws, you have to bring suit against them to recover the stuff, after PROVING that you are not, in fact, a criminal....
Sorry, forgot that part...
Again, if you're Monsanto, it's theft because they have more lawyers....
Note that the CIA is not allowed to operate in the USA. Yes, I know that it does anyway. It is, nonetheless illegal.
Note also that the National Guard is neither trained nor equipped (nor sufficiently manned) to handle internal security.
That said, we have plenty of normal police plus the FBI to handle that sort of thing.
And THAT said, the Department of Homeland Security is nothing more than a coordination office between the diverse rival agencies that normally handle this sort of thing, but hate each other's guts enough that they wouldn't piss on an agent from another bureau if he were on fire....
Well, if you're Monsanto, the answer is obviously (A).
You CAN quit a union.
However (there's always a however), in non-right-to-work States, union dues are deducted from your paycheck and sent to the union whether you're a member or not.
Of course, this isn't Congress, it's the New York City government...which, being a tad left of center, might make you suspect their motives....
As an example, many think that doing unto others is perfectly fine, but the same thing done untio them is a crime.
Let's see, you post as evidence a blog post which, in its first line, says it got its information from another blog post....
Just curious. How much of that improvement has happened because of Obama, and how much because of legal actions by the NRA?
Off the top of my head, I can't think of a single thing that Obama (or Congress) has done to improve gun rights recently.
Do remember that campaign time ends for Obama the day after the next election, whether he wins or loses....
Since corporations are a creation of government, it would be difficult, at best, to have corporate overlords without a government.
Yes, you should always proofread your carp....
Actually, the libertarian position is that the Federal government should be reduced in power, and the State governments should either stay the same, or be reduced in power.
Of course, if you read TFA, you find that the legal limits are only exceeded in the area immediately around the plant, and that everywhere else it's fine.
In other words, we have this exclusion zone. And we shouldn't be farming there....