I've never had problems with my HMO. I have to see my primary doctor for referrals or pay Tier 3 rates, but I can see him fast, frequently the next day, and I've never had a referral I though indicated turned down. I've been having some health issues, and not having to worry about insurance has been a real help. (I belong to Healthpartners in Minnesota.)
Sigh. The President directs the use of vast but limited resources, and this includes which laws to emphasize for investigation and prosecution. There's nothing criminal about it.
The President can negotiate all he or she wants. A treaty isn't the law of the land until the Senate vote.
The Iran negotiation was to get something out of a deteriorating diplomatic situation, and in my judgment is more likely to keep Iran from getting a nuke than continued US sanctions. It isn't treason. It could be a mistake, but not treason.
Comey clearly dislike some of the things Clinton did, but the mail server investigation did not turn up sufficient evidence to prosecute. Clinton had clearly been negligent with classified materials, but I found no examples of such negligence involving criminal prosecution.
As far as Trump goes, I believe his fraud trial starts later this month. This is being done properly, in that the case is not publicized before the election.
Which novels had main characters that were part of the 1%? Double Star is one, and Time Enough for Love, and you can make an argument for Stranger in a Strange Land, but that's three novels and I'm coming up with numerous in which the main character is far from the 1%
If you really don't know the difference, I'd suggest reading up on those concepts. In Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, corporate overlords had a lot of power, since Fascism is a degenerate political system based on Capitalism. It also tends to be nationalistic and irrational, appealing more to emotion, and it doesn't care about voting. Socialism is another economic system, without corporate overlords, which tends not to be nationalistic and is generally rational (if not necessarily correct) and at least nominally democratic. While typically left-wing, it has been pushed by a few apparently right-wing movements (the Showa restoration fans in Japan were certainly right-wing, and I can make a good case for Bellamy's Nationalism). It has also been the basis for degenerate totalitarian political systems, but pretty much anything can be.
I haven't seen it. A friend of mine who liked the book told me that the movie was shot from the point of view of the bugs, who depicted themselves as people and those big scary MIs as monsters.
Heinlein's society is basically a military controlled utopia.
The form of government is left very vague. It's some sort of democracy where only those who have completed a term of service (probably non-military) can vote. In the few glimpses we get of non-military life, there is a required course in History and Moral Philosophy, which, in Rico's school, is taught by a military veteran, but other than that I don't remember military control.
What happens when those who did not serve want political power nevertheless?
They are politely told to sign up like everyone else with the franchise. The idea is that a term of service is an easier way to get the vote than organizing revolution. That's the whole idea behind the form of government: it's not that people who have served are better in any way, but that people who want to change things will find it practical to serve their term.
In the part about Rico's preferences, he puts down military occupations only, deciding that if he can't even get into the Mobile Infantry he didn't care what they had him do, but there's a couple of random nonmilitary possibilities mentioned.
It was clear that a person could sign up and serve his or her term no matter what, although they'd have trouble finding a use for a blind and deaf paraplegic. A recruit that washed out in MI basic training refused to accept a medical discharge, and was still removed from the training camp.
There's relatively little mention of non-military service in the book, but it's not a sociological treatise, it's Rico's point of view.
The right to vote is restricted to those who have completed their terms in Federal Service, but that's much more than just the military. Rico wanted to be in the military, and the story is from his point of view, so the rest of the service is mostly glossed over.
It's still a bad idea, but it's a somewhat different bad idea than many people think.
Given areas to colonize, you will get colonists who just don't like it at home.
I thought that the most interesting departure from reality was not the scientific-looking stuff, but having an objective morality simple enough to prove stuff with. At one point in the book, Rico is assigned to write, in symbolic logic, how high a priority recovering prisoners should be after a war. Despite this, the form of government is selected "because it works", with only veterans being able to vote (although "veteran" in this case includes people with completely nonmilitary service).
Race is primarily a social construct, and so is whatever a society defines a race as. This has varied over time, as well as what groups are classified as.
Islam is a form of government that uses religion as it's basis of authority and legitimacy
Islam is a religion, not a form of government. Muslim countries tend to be authoritarian, but they aren't a single theocracy (well, ISIS purports to be the theocracy, but obviously isn't). Muslims tend to think that mixing religion and government is a good idea, which I intensely disagree with, much like a lot of Christians even now.
Female genital mutilation is not a Muslim practice, although it seems to be predominantly in Muslim countries. If it were part if Islam, it would be much more widespread. There's lots of Muslims that believe in "honor killings" and the like; do you think they'd hesitate to mutilate young girls if it was part of their religion?
I'm not fond of Islam, and I'm not fond of most of the Muslim societies I know of. However, they are humans, and have human rights, and right now a large number of them are bona fide refugees.
Which doesn't say that Clinton is funded by Qatar. The Clinton Foundation accepted a very large donation. I'd think the government of Qatar thought they'd get special access to the Secretary of State. I'd need more evidence to know if they got it.
Not from where I sit. Trump pushes an irrational ideology, with lack of specifics, extreme nationalism, and vilification of identifiable minority groups. Clinton doesn't do that.
They used to be superior, in that it was easier to get stuff done with them. Partly the rest of the world has caught up, and partly Apple's lost the touch. I blame Steve Job's liver.
Some things are shut down because there's a forthcoming election. Government announcements concerning the candidates should be postponed, for example.
Also, you're suggesting that the rules weren't politically biased, and therefore the system isn't. Automated processes, particularly involving complicated systems, don't always work the way one would expect from the programming. It's easier to examine what's happening and determine if there's bias that way.
It does help developers to know management-speak and be able to negotiate, and some senior developers do go into management. However, it shouldn't be expected. PMs should be able to talk straight developer-speak and translate as necessary.
There's a function called "Sleep" on all new computer hardware. Need the 'net, push a key on the keyboard, a mouse button, or the power button. Wait 5-10 second and go. Unless people can't wait 5-10 seconds.
Ask me why I suspect you're not running Windows 10.
The ironic thing is that Vista got to be pretty decent after a few years. While 7 was a dramatic improvement over what Vista was when it came out, so was the version of Vista when Win 7 came out.
How many people buy new versions of the OS anyway, as opposed to never upgrading the OS on the computer they bought? I don't remember ever upgrading the OS on a Windows machine (I've done it on Macs and in Linux).
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I've never had problems with my HMO. I have to see my primary doctor for referrals or pay Tier 3 rates, but I can see him fast, frequently the next day, and I've never had a referral I though indicated turned down. I've been having some health issues, and not having to worry about insurance has been a real help. (I belong to Healthpartners in Minnesota.)
Sigh. The President directs the use of vast but limited resources, and this includes which laws to emphasize for investigation and prosecution. There's nothing criminal about it.
The President can negotiate all he or she wants. A treaty isn't the law of the land until the Senate vote.
The Iran negotiation was to get something out of a deteriorating diplomatic situation, and in my judgment is more likely to keep Iran from getting a nuke than continued US sanctions. It isn't treason. It could be a mistake, but not treason.
Comey clearly dislike some of the things Clinton did, but the mail server investigation did not turn up sufficient evidence to prosecute. Clinton had clearly been negligent with classified materials, but I found no examples of such negligence involving criminal prosecution.
As far as Trump goes, I believe his fraud trial starts later this month. This is being done properly, in that the case is not publicized before the election.
Which novels had main characters that were part of the 1%? Double Star is one, and Time Enough for Love, and you can make an argument for Stranger in a Strange Land, but that's three novels and I'm coming up with numerous in which the main character is far from the 1%
If you really don't know the difference, I'd suggest reading up on those concepts. In Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, corporate overlords had a lot of power, since Fascism is a degenerate political system based on Capitalism. It also tends to be nationalistic and irrational, appealing more to emotion, and it doesn't care about voting. Socialism is another economic system, without corporate overlords, which tends not to be nationalistic and is generally rational (if not necessarily correct) and at least nominally democratic. While typically left-wing, it has been pushed by a few apparently right-wing movements (the Showa restoration fans in Japan were certainly right-wing, and I can make a good case for Bellamy's Nationalism). It has also been the basis for degenerate totalitarian political systems, but pretty much anything can be.
I haven't seen it. A friend of mine who liked the book told me that the movie was shot from the point of view of the bugs, who depicted themselves as people and those big scary MIs as monsters.
Democracies try to maintain some semblance of "power from the people", and that includes socialist ones. Libertarianism is hardly unique here.
The form of government is left very vague. It's some sort of democracy where only those who have completed a term of service (probably non-military) can vote. In the few glimpses we get of non-military life, there is a required course in History and Moral Philosophy, which, in Rico's school, is taught by a military veteran, but other than that I don't remember military control.
They are politely told to sign up like everyone else with the franchise. The idea is that a term of service is an easier way to get the vote than organizing revolution. That's the whole idea behind the form of government: it's not that people who have served are better in any way, but that people who want to change things will find it practical to serve their term.
In the part about Rico's preferences, he puts down military occupations only, deciding that if he can't even get into the Mobile Infantry he didn't care what they had him do, but there's a couple of random nonmilitary possibilities mentioned.
It was clear that a person could sign up and serve his or her term no matter what, although they'd have trouble finding a use for a blind and deaf paraplegic. A recruit that washed out in MI basic training refused to accept a medical discharge, and was still removed from the training camp.
There's relatively little mention of non-military service in the book, but it's not a sociological treatise, it's Rico's point of view.
The right to vote is restricted to those who have completed their terms in Federal Service, but that's much more than just the military. Rico wanted to be in the military, and the story is from his point of view, so the rest of the service is mostly glossed over.
It's still a bad idea, but it's a somewhat different bad idea than many people think.
Given areas to colonize, you will get colonists who just don't like it at home.
I thought that the most interesting departure from reality was not the scientific-looking stuff, but having an objective morality simple enough to prove stuff with. At one point in the book, Rico is assigned to write, in symbolic logic, how high a priority recovering prisoners should be after a war. Despite this, the form of government is selected "because it works", with only veterans being able to vote (although "veteran" in this case includes people with completely nonmilitary service).
Race is primarily a social construct, and so is whatever a society defines a race as. This has varied over time, as well as what groups are classified as.
Islam is a religion, not a form of government. Muslim countries tend to be authoritarian, but they aren't a single theocracy (well, ISIS purports to be the theocracy, but obviously isn't). Muslims tend to think that mixing religion and government is a good idea, which I intensely disagree with, much like a lot of Christians even now.
Female genital mutilation is not a Muslim practice, although it seems to be predominantly in Muslim countries. If it were part if Islam, it would be much more widespread. There's lots of Muslims that believe in "honor killings" and the like; do you think they'd hesitate to mutilate young girls if it was part of their religion?
I'm not fond of Islam, and I'm not fond of most of the Muslim societies I know of. However, they are humans, and have human rights, and right now a large number of them are bona fide refugees.
Which doesn't say that Clinton is funded by Qatar. The Clinton Foundation accepted a very large donation. I'd think the government of Qatar thought they'd get special access to the Secretary of State. I'd need more evidence to know if they got it.
Laws aren't entirely straightforward, and in analyzing their effect it can be useful to see who's behind them and what they might think.
In some places, college students are legally allowed to vote at the college, which is likely to be the place they spend the most time living.
Not from where I sit. Trump pushes an irrational ideology, with lack of specifics, extreme nationalism, and vilification of identifiable minority groups. Clinton doesn't do that.
They used to be superior, in that it was easier to get stuff done with them. Partly the rest of the world has caught up, and partly Apple's lost the touch. I blame Steve Job's liver.
Some things are shut down because there's a forthcoming election. Government announcements concerning the candidates should be postponed, for example.
Also, you're suggesting that the rules weren't politically biased, and therefore the system isn't. Automated processes, particularly involving complicated systems, don't always work the way one would expect from the programming. It's easier to examine what's happening and determine if there's bias that way.
It does help developers to know management-speak and be able to negotiate, and some senior developers do go into management. However, it shouldn't be expected. PMs should be able to talk straight developer-speak and translate as necessary.
If I wanted to commit vote fraud, I'd be all for ineffective means of detecting it.
Ask me why I suspect you're not running Windows 10.
The ironic thing is that Vista got to be pretty decent after a few years. While 7 was a dramatic improvement over what Vista was when it came out, so was the version of Vista when Win 7 came out.
How many people buy new versions of the OS anyway, as opposed to never upgrading the OS on the computer they bought? I don't remember ever upgrading the OS on a Windows machine (I've done it on Macs and in Linux).
You really need to spend the extra hundred dollars on the Pro version, which allows you to delay updates.