The loser here is Hillary Clinton. To win in the general election, she has to position herself as a moderate centrist, that can win in the Midwest, and maybe even pick off a Southern state. But by steering the Democratic party into hare-brained anti-business claptrap, Obama is diminishing her ability to do that.
I can see that as an intended consequence - Obama makes history as the first black President, then gets overshadowed by first woman President. Does it make sense for him to enhance his place in history by making sure the first woman doesn't come along for another dozen years or so?
Or am I just off my meds today, and seeing conspiracies everywhere? And what are you looking at me for?
Wrap the quarter liter of Uranium in a 20cm thick steel shell. That'll be about 400 kg of steel and uranium, and be pretty much immune to explosions that aren't directed energy booms (shaped charge would be bad, accidental boom, ignorable.).
Unless the "cash" is enough to replace the "clunker" with a reasonably new car, it's not going to work. $5K more than the clunker is worth gives you enough money to buy another clunker, and not much else....
Please note that 5.5% of our arable land covered in solar panels (with the necessary auxiliary systems to buffer the energy till we need it) could supply ALL energy (not just electrical) needs of the USA.
It should further be noted that only 17% of the USA is "arable". Which means less than 1% of our total land area needs to be covered in solar panels to get the desired result*.
*Assuming that the "desired result" is energy independence and elimination of fossil fuels (which are much more valuable for making plastics than burning).
Lack of food hasn't been a major issue anywhere for more than 20 years now (last significant famine was in '92).
And most of the famines of the last century were engineered by local governments or local wars (note that the three largest famines of the 20th century were engineered by the governments in question to remove "politically unreliable" citizens).
Thank 3 mile island, chernoybl, and even the non nuclear deep water horizon.
Thank the Soviet propaganda machine. They spent a lot of time in the 50's and 60's pushing an anti-nuke message that spread from its intended target (bombs) to a completely unintended victim (power).
Didn't we just see the Doomsday Clock adjusted? Tell me, what was the "process" that they used? Or did they just go with "we're Atomic Scientists (tm), we know this shit"?
The "general public" can't possibly be expected to actually understand or evaluate the study's findings or methodology let alone the implications of the findings, which may actually raise more questions than they answer, especially if they contradict or raise questions about previous findings. There's a reason it's called "peer review" -- because it takes people with equivalent knowledge and skills to actually validate the findings, otherwise the guy that writes movie reviews could review them.
While I don't disagree with your points, you're basically asserting that the general public should just accept the wisdom handed down by the Priests of the Great God SCIENCE! and do what they're told.
Alas, when the Priests of the God SCIENCE! spend much of their time telling people they shouldn't have faith in older God(s), it's unlikely that they'll convince people to have faith in the new God....
To all intents and purposes, they required the companies involved to take money out of their left hip pocket, and move it to their right hip pocket in the name of net neutrality.
I mean, "we're required to charge ourselves for data usage by us" is a bit bizarre, when all is said and done....
If I were guessing, I'd say J. Edgar Hoover, FDR's FBI chief. Hoover was apparently pretty bad about thinking that bending the rules was just fine as long as the FBI (read: J. Edgar Hoover) got good publicity out of it.
Slashdot in particular can't stop fellating Uber over what is probably a largely illegal operation.
Hmm, "largely illegal operation"...
I think "arguably" is a better term than "largely", but let that go.
The notion that people should automatically oppose "illegal operations" is interesting. Mostly because so many precedents come to mind.
For instance, assisting slaves to escape from the South was quite illegal. Did its illegality make it wrong?
Or there was that whole hiding Jews from the Nazis thing....
Yah, those are rather incendiary examples, but history makes clear that opposing bad laws is a necessary prerequisite to getting them removed.
Disclaimer: Do I think that Cab Medallions are a good idea? No, I think they're designed to limit competition (just like franchises for cable or internet do). Do I think Uber should be legal? Yeah, because I'm opposed to buying legislation to limit competition in general....
It was in the low 50's (about 11C) outside on game day.
The balls were found at 10.5 psi, and the minimum Regulation pressure was 12.5 psi.
So, 84% of regulation pressure means (since pressure is proportional to temp, all other things being equal) that the balls would've had to be inflated in a 338K environment. Which is 150F.
I suppose the Pats could've inflated the balls in a sauna, but it's rather unlikely that the Refs would've failed to notice that the balls were hot enough to burn them when they checked the temps before the game.
In other words, no, the Pats cheated. Did their cheating matter in the end? Nope, the Colts sucked so much that day that the Pats could've played fair and won.
Alas, playing fair isn't something they're all that familiar with.
I've pondered sortition government, but I wonder how you would reign in the power of the bureaucracy.
Rein in.
What makes you think anyone has managed to rein in the power of the bureaucracy with current government types?
Face it, the larger the government becomes (relative to the population/economy), the more the government is dominated by its own bureaucracy. Note by the by, that the US Government's budget is ~20% of GDP. So one dollar in every five spent in the US is spent by the government....
When they use "people" in the Constitution, they mean "people subject to the laws of the US". It does NOT apply to, say, UK people in the UK, though it DOES apply to UK people in the US.
Basically, anyplace that a search warrant by a US government agency will work, the Fourth Amendment applies. Anywhere else, not so much.
Slashdot Mirror
Possibly.
Ditto
BLOCKQUOTE>Will he be rescued by the US military if kidnapped in Iraq?
Extremely unlikely.
I can see that as an intended consequence - Obama makes history as the first black President, then gets overshadowed by first woman President. Does it make sense for him to enhance his place in history by making sure the first woman doesn't come along for another dozen years or so?
Or am I just off my meds today, and seeing conspiracies everywhere? And what are you looking at me for?
Useful clue:
Calling someone an idiot for not knowing your buzzwords of choice does NOT persuade him to your side of an argument.
And if you actually want change in the world, persuading other people to your side of the argument is helpful to your side.
Of course, if all you want to do is bitch in your little echo chamber, carry on as you have been....
Wrap the quarter liter of Uranium in a 20cm thick steel shell. That'll be about 400 kg of steel and uranium, and be pretty much immune to explosions that aren't directed energy booms (shaped charge would be bad, accidental boom, ignorable.).
Of course, if you're being a real scientist, presumably you don't announce spectacular results till they've been peer-reviewed....
Unless the "cash" is enough to replace the "clunker" with a reasonably new car, it's not going to work. $5K more than the clunker is worth gives you enough money to buy another clunker, and not much else....
So, read the code and decide for yourself whether it's safe. I thought that was the point of Open Source.
Please note that 5.5% of our arable land covered in solar panels (with the necessary auxiliary systems to buffer the energy till we need it) could supply ALL energy (not just electrical) needs of the USA.
It should further be noted that only 17% of the USA is "arable". Which means less than 1% of our total land area needs to be covered in solar panels to get the desired result*.
*Assuming that the "desired result" is energy independence and elimination of fossil fuels (which are much more valuable for making plastics than burning).
What "starving billions"?
Lack of food hasn't been a major issue anywhere for more than 20 years now (last significant famine was in '92).
And most of the famines of the last century were engineered by local governments or local wars (note that the three largest famines of the 20th century were engineered by the governments in question to remove "politically unreliable" citizens).
Thank the Soviet propaganda machine. They spent a lot of time in the 50's and 60's pushing an anti-nuke message that spread from its intended target (bombs) to a completely unintended victim (power).
Didn't we just see the Doomsday Clock adjusted? Tell me, what was the "process" that they used? Or did they just go with "we're Atomic Scientists (tm), we know this shit"?
**sighs**
Measles has never been on the brink of extinction. It's still endemic in much of the Third World.
Note that the latest US outbreak is about one percent of the normal number of annual cases in the UK alone.
And it's not like CA isn't well above the 90% immunized rate that's considered "fully immunized"....
While I don't disagree with your points, you're basically asserting that the general public should just accept the wisdom handed down by the Priests of the Great God SCIENCE! and do what they're told.
Alas, when the Priests of the God SCIENCE! spend much of their time telling people they shouldn't have faith in older God(s), it's unlikely that they'll convince people to have faith in the new God....
I'm not surprised at all when that happens.
However, I also don't take what someone says as gospel truth when they're pushing an agenda, even if they're a scientist....
Really?
To all intents and purposes, they required the companies involved to take money out of their left hip pocket, and move it to their right hip pocket in the name of net neutrality.
I mean, "we're required to charge ourselves for data usage by us" is a bit bizarre, when all is said and done....
Supermajority. A simple majority isn't sufficient. 2/3 of the Congress plus 3/4 of the States are required to amend the Constitution.
Isn't a signed document just a collection of letters and numbers and symbols?
Got to admit I haven't looked at a Kindle in a while, but my Nook, which is several years old now, does color.
Of course, my Nook (and I'm pretty sure Kindle these days) is basically an Android Tablet when all is said and done....
If I were guessing, I'd say J. Edgar Hoover, FDR's FBI chief. Hoover was apparently pretty bad about thinking that bending the rules was just fine as long as the FBI (read: J. Edgar Hoover) got good publicity out of it.
Hmm, "largely illegal operation"...
I think "arguably" is a better term than "largely", but let that go.
The notion that people should automatically oppose "illegal operations" is interesting. Mostly because so many precedents come to mind.
For instance, assisting slaves to escape from the South was quite illegal. Did its illegality make it wrong?
Or there was that whole hiding Jews from the Nazis thing....
Yah, those are rather incendiary examples, but history makes clear that opposing bad laws is a necessary prerequisite to getting them removed.
Disclaimer: Do I think that Cab Medallions are a good idea? No, I think they're designed to limit competition (just like franchises for cable or internet do). Do I think Uber should be legal? Yeah, because I'm opposed to buying legislation to limit competition in general....
And if Comcast doesn't pay Minneapolis, Minneapolis turns off everyone's cable, right?
So, basically, the aliens are the kind of assholes who would watch someone get into trouble and do nothing to help them get out? Gotcha.
It was in the low 50's (about 11C) outside on game day.
The balls were found at 10.5 psi, and the minimum Regulation pressure was 12.5 psi.
So, 84% of regulation pressure means (since pressure is proportional to temp, all other things being equal) that the balls would've had to be inflated in a 338K environment. Which is 150F.
I suppose the Pats could've inflated the balls in a sauna, but it's rather unlikely that the Refs would've failed to notice that the balls were hot enough to burn them when they checked the temps before the game.
In other words, no, the Pats cheated. Did their cheating matter in the end? Nope, the Colts sucked so much that day that the Pats could've played fair and won.
Alas, playing fair isn't something they're all that familiar with.
Rein in.
What makes you think anyone has managed to rein in the power of the bureaucracy with current government types?
Face it, the larger the government becomes (relative to the population/economy), the more the government is dominated by its own bureaucracy. Note by the by, that the US Government's budget is ~20% of GDP. So one dollar in every five spent in the US is spent by the government....
Basically, anyplace that a search warrant by a US government agency will work, the Fourth Amendment applies. Anywhere else, not so much.