I suppose this may be regional, but I'm hearing the term "icebox" turn to its meaning as "a cabinet once used to hold ice for cooling food", whereas "fridge" and "freezer" refer to the obvious mechanical contraptions.
Tracks have a problem with low coefficient of friction. The technology of putting an automated and reliable spur into every driveway and parking space would be ugly, dangerous, and expensive. Tracks do not and cannot offer a small turning radius. Routing around accidents is difficult to impossible. This technology will never see widespread use.
Where I live, food pantries accept only canned goods. They don't spend money on refrigeration; boxes and bags are subject to insect and rodent infestation.
The "meatpacking district" in New York City had roughly 250 slaughterhouses and packers in the first half of the 20th century. Chicago's position as the second largest US city through most of the 20th century was also supported by it being a choke point for rail transportation and the southernmost port on Lake Michigan.
Second was the US economic boom of the 1950s: The much-vaunted good life was limited to white Christian males but other community groups, such as the American blacks, the poor, the single women, wanted their communities to enjoy wealth and freedom too.
So many errors.... In the 1950-1960s, Americans in general did well, regardless of race or religion or lack thereof. Asians and Jews did very well, in large part because of their superior intelligence and superior work ethic. Blacks, although somewhat behind economically, were gaining ground and continued to do so until "The Great Society" (a leftist program) took effect. Families did well. Single women could find honest work, and most of them looked forward to marriage and the advantages gained thereby. The poor, of course, were not doing well, but that's a tautology: it's saying that those who were not doing well were not doing well. Duh!
Kinsey was a pervert and his axe-grinding study was biased in many ways including cherry-picking - no pun intended.
Although age demographics are contributing to economic stress, it's political cockups that are the root cause of the continuing depression. Reduce taxes, reduce benefits for not working, reduce restrictions on business activity, cut the government bureaucracy by 80% and the economy will grow at a startling rate.
A significant number of people not being in debt would entirely disrupt the current system.
That is a fallacy promoted by people who profit by people being in debt, such as credit card transaction processors, some bankers, some politicians. Ending high debt levels would put many of those who profit out of business, forcing them into another (possibly honest and/or productive) line of work. Those newly out of debt would be financially and mentally healthier, and more able to do productive things with their lives. The disruption would be minor and almost completely beneficial.
War is caused by people who want war for reasons other than population pressure (generally power lust, religious zealotry, of generalized malice). Mere population pressure (mostly inadequate food) causes people to either trade for food or move to where the food is.
The consequences of overpopulation affect individuals, and individuals respond by commerce, fleeing, theft, or dying. Governments engage in war, not individuals per se.
The REA was founded as part of the growing trend of the government to extend its grasp at every opportunity. By making it easier for the small, remote farm to remain at the edge of economic viability, the REA extended the time small farmers lived in poverty, while reducing the economic viability of those taxpayers who actually paid for the REA. TANSTAAFL.
Thanks for the clue. According to wikipedia, flush toilets have been in development for several centuries. Thomas Crapper was a manufacturer of flush toilets with a number of patents to his credit that advanced the state of the art. It looks like Gardner was either ignorant or stretched the truth, but he was close enough that his story really doesn't qualify as a joke.
The Democratic party was formed in 1828 to promote race-based slavery, and that remains its primary goal to this very day. Around 1896, William Jennings Bryan added class-based theft to the Democrat agenda, and it's still wildly popular with most of the party, particularly people like Clinton and Sanders.
Tanks, cruise missiles, and nuclear weapons have not stopped Muslims from killing soldiers and policemen inside the United States. Organized groups of American patriots could be far more effective than either ragheads or an armed force demoralized by "progressives".
Ancient Rome rotted from within before it was conquered from without.
The primary purpose of a militia and a standing central government army are not the same. The militia protects the population from which it is drawn. The standing army of a central government protects the central government.
With Obama's attempt to federalize local police forces, and even to put them under the control of the U.N., the need for militias has never been greater.
If the word "republic" can't be used to distinguish one system of government from a "democracy", there's no point in having the two words. There's far too much sloppiness in the common usage of "democracy", which all too often boils down to "the system of government I like."
Pure, unlimited democracy is "everybody votes on everything, and there's no appeal." Anything else should either use "democratic" as a modifier (democratic republic) or have modifiers for democracy (constitutional democracy).
In particular, your number 5, "The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community" has next to nothing to do with democracy as a political system.
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Gas street lamps were prominent in cities 200 years ago.
I suppose this may be regional, but I'm hearing the term "icebox" turn to its meaning as "a cabinet once used to hold ice for cooling food", whereas "fridge" and "freezer" refer to the obvious mechanical contraptions.
Tracks have a problem with low coefficient of friction. The technology of putting an automated and reliable spur into every driveway and parking space would be ugly, dangerous, and expensive. Tracks do not and cannot offer a small turning radius. Routing around accidents is difficult to impossible. This technology will never see widespread use.
Where I live, food pantries accept only canned goods. They don't spend money on refrigeration; boxes and bags are subject to insect and rodent infestation.
The "meatpacking district" in New York City had roughly 250 slaughterhouses and packers in the first half of the 20th century. Chicago's position as the second largest US city through most of the 20th century was also supported by it being a choke point for rail transportation and the southernmost port on Lake Michigan.
Until the late 1950s the railroad network was surprisingly extensive. Delivery trucks were for the last 10 miles
So many errors .... In the 1950-1960s, Americans in general did well, regardless of race or religion or lack thereof. Asians and Jews did very well, in large part because of their superior intelligence and superior work ethic. Blacks, although somewhat behind economically, were gaining ground and continued to do so until "The Great Society" (a leftist program) took effect. Families did well. Single women could find honest work, and most of them looked forward to marriage and the advantages gained thereby. The poor, of course, were not doing well, but that's a tautology: it's saying that those who were not doing well were not doing well. Duh!
Kinsey was a pervert and his axe-grinding study was biased in many ways including cherry-picking - no pun intended.
Although age demographics are contributing to economic stress, it's political cockups that are the root cause of the continuing depression. Reduce taxes, reduce benefits for not working, reduce restrictions on business activity, cut the government bureaucracy by 80% and the economy will grow at a startling rate.
California's water supply issues are mostly political.
That is a fallacy promoted by people who profit by people being in debt, such as credit card transaction processors, some bankers, some politicians. Ending high debt levels would put many of those who profit out of business, forcing them into another (possibly honest and/or productive) line of work. Those newly out of debt would be financially and mentally healthier, and more able to do productive things with their lives. The disruption would be minor and almost completely beneficial.
War is caused by people who want war for reasons other than population pressure (generally power lust, religious zealotry, of generalized malice). Mere population pressure (mostly inadequate food) causes people to either trade for food or move to where the food is.
The consequences of overpopulation affect individuals, and individuals respond by commerce, fleeing, theft, or dying. Governments engage in war, not individuals per se.
In the US, males turning 18 are required by law to register for the military draft, even though nobody is currently being drafted.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/05/men-victims-domestic-violence Roughly 40% of domestic violence victims are male.
Many men are taught that it's always wrong to strike a woman, even in self defense. There exist women who take advantage of that.
You use the phrase "value judgement" as if it were subjective.
The REA was founded as part of the growing trend of the government to extend its grasp at every opportunity. By making it easier for the small, remote farm to remain at the edge of economic viability, the REA extended the time small farmers lived in poverty, while reducing the economic viability of those taxpayers who actually paid for the REA. TANSTAAFL.
Thanks for the clue. According to wikipedia, flush toilets have been in development for several centuries. Thomas Crapper was a manufacturer of flush toilets with a number of patents to his credit that advanced the state of the art. It looks like Gardner was either ignorant or stretched the truth, but he was close enough that his story really doesn't qualify as a joke.
The Democratic party was formed in 1828 to promote race-based slavery, and that remains its primary goal to this very day. Around 1896, William Jennings Bryan added class-based theft to the Democrat agenda, and it's still wildly popular with most of the party, particularly people like Clinton and Sanders.
Germans in the 1930s didn't think they needed to carry around guns for defense. Whose society is broken?
I've never seen a gun that didn't have a guard around the trigger. Why add a regulation for something that's already always in place?
Drain cleaning chemicals historically did not have child-resistant caps, so the additional protection was beneficial.
Tanks, cruise missiles, and nuclear weapons have not stopped Muslims from killing soldiers and policemen inside the United States. Organized groups of American patriots could be far more effective than either ragheads or an armed force demoralized by "progressives".
Ancient Rome rotted from within before it was conquered from without.
The primary purpose of a militia and a standing central government army are not the same. The militia protects the population from which it is drawn. The standing army of a central government protects the central government.
With Obama's attempt to federalize local police forces, and even to put them under the control of the U.N., the need for militias has never been greater.
You don't need to be a marksman to shoot someone breaking to your bedroom.
The right to bear arms is clearly stated in the Constitution, and it takes deliberate word twisting to deny it.
Guns are for killing tyrants. Regulating guns is a step that tyrants take to protect themselves. The same does not apply to motor vehicles.
If the word "republic" can't be used to distinguish one system of government from a "democracy", there's no point in having the two words. There's far too much sloppiness in the common usage of "democracy", which all too often boils down to "the system of government I like."
Pure, unlimited democracy is "everybody votes on everything, and there's no appeal." Anything else should either use "democratic" as a modifier (democratic republic) or have modifiers for democracy (constitutional democracy).
In particular, your number 5, "The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community" has next to nothing to do with democracy as a political system.