the new POTUS labelled the "fake news" the "enemy of the American people". He did NOT say "all journalists are enemies of the people". He was attacking a media that has been relentlessly attacking him for well over a year, recently having been tallied as over 80% negative on him by media watchdogs.
He banned a good many legit news organizations from the White House. His idea of "fake news" is good honest reporting, because he apparently can't stand criticism.
Journalists and top government officials should not have a nice cozy relationship, since any journalist who is unwilling to write something critical of the President is worthless.
the unchecked and uncontrolled entry of huge numbers of people
Straw man alert. We already thoroughly vet refugees, in a process that generally takes two or more years. Approximately nobody anywhere near the mainstream political spectrum is calling for unrestricted entry
As far as freedom of religion goes, there's the ability to worship as you please, and then there's the ability to impose your religious beliefs on others. Those are two separate things, and precisely one of them is good for a society.
And this debate is likely to repeat itself at least until you get some reading comprehension.
There is a period in which Islam had the most advanced civilization on Earth. Considering when it was, this isn't a really high bar, but it does demonstrate that Islam can support a good civilization.
"Not all Muslims" is a perfectly reasonable response when discussing an absolute. If Islam were inherently evil, then the people I've known who were Muslim would tend towards evil. If the reasonable points of view can be fostered, which apparently isn't happening any time real soon, Islam stops being a problem while remaining Islam.
If you think I think all religions are equally bad, then either I haven't really addressed the subject, I haven't been clear, or you haven't been listening. Of the world's major religion, Islam is my least favorite, partly because of the large number of extremists and partly for other issues I'm not going to discuss here.. Muslims today are doing pretty much what Christians did centuries ago. Currently, Christian terrorists are a very minor problem. Not that many centuries ago, Christianity was a violently evangelical religion, just as bad as modern-day Islam.
My first point is that you're looking at a relatively small piece of the University for inefficiencies. The University is supposed to concentrate on education and research, not on having every single department being a shining example of productivity.
My second point is that micromanaging publicly funded institutions is a really bad idea. People do what they're rewarded for. If a University gets massively dinged when the janitorial service is inefficient, say, they'll pay less attention to students and faculty and more to staff. Moreover, they will get very risk-averse, which is not what we want in a University. Make it necessary for the University to defend every single line item and nobody will have time to ask if money is well spent overall.
My third point is that finding points of inefficiency and canceling funding for everything is a ridiculous overreaction. It's like using pistols to resolve a civil lawsuit.
Sure, robotic housecleaners (whatever they may look like) will be more efficient and effective than human housekeepers, but it's not nearly as fun to lord it over them. One thing humans can provide that robots can't is subservience. People who want to exert power over other people are not going to be satisfied with sexbots.
Marx's ideas for solving the problem were utopian nonsense, for all his talk of "scientific socialism". His system got a deserved bad reputation, since it doesn't work with human beings, and all large-scale attempts to implement it have resulted in unpleasant societies.
Marx had good insights, but Communism as he envisioned it is not going to work.
Private investment is not a good solution. It's not stable, as long as a person can somehow lose their stake.
Also, you seem to assume that everyone could either afford a luxury condo or invest. There's lots of people out there who don't have excess income, and can't afford any sort of condo or much of a party.
I'm betting on the humans in a civil war. Ground warfare is going to be one of the last things AIs get good at. Walled-off enclaves will become death traps.
GP didn't say it was legally required, only that it would be very suspicious not to show an employment certificate. I'd expect something like this to be more of an industry standard than a law.
The primaries weren't rigged, although there were other ways to favor Clinton. Unfortunately, primaries really aren't a good way to select a candidate.
Clinton did not want to start WWIII, although standing up to the Russkies is more attractive than having the President have unknown affiliations with them.
Clinton did not support the TPP in its final form.
Huh? Clinton is reasonably honest for a politician. Trump is ridiculously mendacious for a politician, and absolutely insists on obvious lies. At least Clinton sticks to the truth where it doesn't hurt her too much, and avoids obvious lies.
Most companies have their problem areas. If the University does a good and reasonably cost-effective job at education and maybe research, why should we judge it on how one department works, even if it is one that lots of us are very interested in?
It's not just offshoring, it's automation. A manufacturing job will pay no more than the minimum of either overseas labor or automation. I work in manufacturing, and at least half the time I'm on the shop floor I literally cannot see another human. Labor in China is getting more expensive, but machines are only going to get cheaper.
The problem with the FDIC approach is that it leaves the financial institution not doing what it used to do, and some apparently are too big to be allowed to fail. I don't care about what happens to the investors in such institutions (even though I probably own some stock through mutual funds).
You really think this should be the role of the government? Let me rephrase, do you think that the US government's constitutional role is to limit anyone's pay?
Interstate and international commerce are Congress's responsibility. I don't see anything unconstitutional about restricting pay in companies engaging in interstate commerce. I'm not saying it's a good idea, but I think it's Constitutional.
Thing is, we don't necessarily care about how something can be abused in some context, if we have no real need to use that context. A right-wing site might make me agree that Trump is God's chosen before I comment, but I have very little desire to post on such sites. (Same for similar left-wing sites; I dislike echo chambers and mutual admiration societies no matter whether I agree with them or not.) A site where my comment might actually be of use to someone is not going to have slanted quizzes.
FWIW, women do earn less than men, on the average, so there is a gender-based pay gap. There are many reasons behind this, some reasonable and some perhaps not so reasonable.
Apple's biggest revenue stream is still selling people stuff. That means not pissing them off too much. My current headphones cost considerably less than a new iPhone, but I'd be annoyed if I had to replace them to buy a new iPhone. As it is, I can get yet another adapter to charge my phone and plug my headphones in, and that's not really a big deal since this setup is stationary (I do this at my desk at work).
Let's see. Quick Google searches tell me that Earth escape velocity is 11.2 km/s, Lunar is 2.38, low Earth orbit speed is about 7.8, Lunar orbit speed is about 1 km/s, and due to the atmosphere and other things it normally takes about 9.4 km/s delta-vee to get from Earth to LEO. Clearly it's possible to hit the Earth from the moon with a delta-vee of 3.38 km/s, and if we have to brake from escape speed to LEO orbital speed that's an additional 3.4 km/s, so that's about 6.8 km/s from the Moon and 9.4 from Earth. As we get higher than LEO, we have to lose less speed when coming from the Moon and more coming from Earth, so, yes, by delta-vee the Moon is closer to any orbit than the Earth is.
You're the one who claimed Muslim society was a special golden age of vibrancy and tolerance back then. They conquered other societies, made Islam supreme, and relegated other religions to second class status. That's fundamental Islam, as it was and as it is now.
I didn't say it was perfect. However, you have completely failed to distinguish Muslim actions from Christian actions. There was a lot of conquering other societies and making Christianity, or some brand of Christianity, supreme and relegating other religions (typically but not exclusively Judaism) to second class status.
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He banned a good many legit news organizations from the White House. His idea of "fake news" is good honest reporting, because he apparently can't stand criticism.
Journalists and top government officials should not have a nice cozy relationship, since any journalist who is unwilling to write something critical of the President is worthless.
And this debate is likely to repeat itself at least until you get some reading comprehension.
There is a period in which Islam had the most advanced civilization on Earth. Considering when it was, this isn't a really high bar, but it does demonstrate that Islam can support a good civilization.
"Not all Muslims" is a perfectly reasonable response when discussing an absolute. If Islam were inherently evil, then the people I've known who were Muslim would tend towards evil. If the reasonable points of view can be fostered, which apparently isn't happening any time real soon, Islam stops being a problem while remaining Islam.
If you think I think all religions are equally bad, then either I haven't really addressed the subject, I haven't been clear, or you haven't been listening. Of the world's major religion, Islam is my least favorite, partly because of the large number of extremists and partly for other issues I'm not going to discuss here.. Muslims today are doing pretty much what Christians did centuries ago. Currently, Christian terrorists are a very minor problem. Not that many centuries ago, Christianity was a violently evangelical religion, just as bad as modern-day Islam.
My first point is that you're looking at a relatively small piece of the University for inefficiencies. The University is supposed to concentrate on education and research, not on having every single department being a shining example of productivity.
My second point is that micromanaging publicly funded institutions is a really bad idea. People do what they're rewarded for. If a University gets massively dinged when the janitorial service is inefficient, say, they'll pay less attention to students and faculty and more to staff. Moreover, they will get very risk-averse, which is not what we want in a University. Make it necessary for the University to defend every single line item and nobody will have time to ask if money is well spent overall.
My third point is that finding points of inefficiency and canceling funding for everything is a ridiculous overreaction. It's like using pistols to resolve a civil lawsuit.
Sure, robotic housecleaners (whatever they may look like) will be more efficient and effective than human housekeepers, but it's not nearly as fun to lord it over them. One thing humans can provide that robots can't is subservience. People who want to exert power over other people are not going to be satisfied with sexbots.
Marx's ideas for solving the problem were utopian nonsense, for all his talk of "scientific socialism". His system got a deserved bad reputation, since it doesn't work with human beings, and all large-scale attempts to implement it have resulted in unpleasant societies.
Marx had good insights, but Communism as he envisioned it is not going to work.
It wasn't that many centuries ago that the wealth disparity in developed countries was far higher than it is now.
Private investment is not a good solution. It's not stable, as long as a person can somehow lose their stake.
Also, you seem to assume that everyone could either afford a luxury condo or invest. There's lots of people out there who don't have excess income, and can't afford any sort of condo or much of a party.
Okay: what, four billion years ago, was as complex as a human being? We've seen a trend of increasingly complex organisms through evolution.
They'll also get richer by being able to hire cheaper servants for things, including the ability to abuse said servants to a greater degree.
I'm betting on the humans in a civil war. Ground warfare is going to be one of the last things AIs get good at. Walled-off enclaves will become death traps.
GP didn't say it was legally required, only that it would be very suspicious not to show an employment certificate. I'd expect something like this to be more of an industry standard than a law.
The primaries weren't rigged, although there were other ways to favor Clinton. Unfortunately, primaries really aren't a good way to select a candidate.
Clinton did not want to start WWIII, although standing up to the Russkies is more attractive than having the President have unknown affiliations with them.
Clinton did not support the TPP in its final form.
Huh? Clinton is reasonably honest for a politician. Trump is ridiculously mendacious for a politician, and absolutely insists on obvious lies. At least Clinton sticks to the truth where it doesn't hurt her too much, and avoids obvious lies.
Yup. Trump plays identity politics. What mattered about DeVos was not whether she had clue one about education, but her massive contributions.
Most companies have their problem areas. If the University does a good and reasonably cost-effective job at education and maybe research, why should we judge it on how one department works, even if it is one that lots of us are very interested in?
It's not just offshoring, it's automation. A manufacturing job will pay no more than the minimum of either overseas labor or automation. I work in manufacturing, and at least half the time I'm on the shop floor I literally cannot see another human. Labor in China is getting more expensive, but machines are only going to get cheaper.
The problem with the FDIC approach is that it leaves the financial institution not doing what it used to do, and some apparently are too big to be allowed to fail. I don't care about what happens to the investors in such institutions (even though I probably own some stock through mutual funds).
Interstate and international commerce are Congress's responsibility. I don't see anything unconstitutional about restricting pay in companies engaging in interstate commerce. I'm not saying it's a good idea, but I think it's Constitutional.
FTFY
Thing is, we don't necessarily care about how something can be abused in some context, if we have no real need to use that context. A right-wing site might make me agree that Trump is God's chosen before I comment, but I have very little desire to post on such sites. (Same for similar left-wing sites; I dislike echo chambers and mutual admiration societies no matter whether I agree with them or not.) A site where my comment might actually be of use to someone is not going to have slanted quizzes.
FWIW, women do earn less than men, on the average, so there is a gender-based pay gap. There are many reasons behind this, some reasonable and some perhaps not so reasonable.
What can you plug into a new Macbook without an adapter?
Apple's biggest revenue stream is still selling people stuff. That means not pissing them off too much. My current headphones cost considerably less than a new iPhone, but I'd be annoyed if I had to replace them to buy a new iPhone. As it is, I can get yet another adapter to charge my phone and plug my headphones in, and that's not really a big deal since this setup is stationary (I do this at my desk at work).
Let's see. Quick Google searches tell me that Earth escape velocity is 11.2 km/s, Lunar is 2.38, low Earth orbit speed is about 7.8, Lunar orbit speed is about 1 km/s, and due to the atmosphere and other things it normally takes about 9.4 km/s delta-vee to get from Earth to LEO. Clearly it's possible to hit the Earth from the moon with a delta-vee of 3.38 km/s, and if we have to brake from escape speed to LEO orbital speed that's an additional 3.4 km/s, so that's about 6.8 km/s from the Moon and 9.4 from Earth. As we get higher than LEO, we have to lose less speed when coming from the Moon and more coming from Earth, so, yes, by delta-vee the Moon is closer to any orbit than the Earth is.
I didn't say it was perfect. However, you have completely failed to distinguish Muslim actions from Christian actions. There was a lot of conquering other societies and making Christianity, or some brand of Christianity, supreme and relegating other religions (typically but not exclusively Judaism) to second class status.