That Wikipedia articles says it targeted both liberal and conservative non-profit corporations
From the Wikipedia article:
Media Trackers, a conservative organization, applied to the IRS for recognition of tax-exempt status, and received no response after waiting 16 months. When the organization's founder, Drew Ryun, applied for permanent tax-exempt status for an existing tax-exempt organization with what he said was a "liberal-sounding name" ("Greenhouse Solutions"), that application was approved in three weeks.
Tivo just announced a new box yesterday. Four tuners, 1 TB HD, and no monthly fees. $400. A bit high, but probably worth it for a simple appliance that anybody can use.
The fee is supposed to cover the TV listings. This makes sense in an analog world, but the schedules are actually broadcast along with the video these days.
Honestly, what other alternatives do you have? Windows has abandon Media Center with Windows 10. Myth TV (the last time I tried a few years ago) was very fiddly to set up. I am not aware of any commercial alternatives.
Irrelevant, because the police officers must have: 1) justifiable reason to tell them to move
Blocking a public walkway so that others cannot use it seems like a justifiable reason to me. How about a student in a wheelchair that needs to get to a class to take a test? I guess they don't count.
Wow. You have insulted me. I did not think of that approach to winning an argument. Clearly, you must be right, with your superior knowledge of swear words. I yield to the superior mind.
In that video that YOU linked, did you notice how they are blocking the path that students are supposed to use to get to class? All they had to do is to move so that they are not blocking the students that have paid their money to addend classes! Do you think that this was impossible for them? Do you believe that students do not have a right to attend their classes?
Right around the 9.57 mark, you can SEE the police apparently surrounded. Students in front of them, behind them, and to the left of the screen. I cannot fully see to the right because the frame is cut off, but that pretty much looks like they are surrounded to me. And, wow, the students behind them look like they are standing!
So, who am I to believe? You, or my own eyes in the video that you linked?
Ok, my dear fascist, do tell me how people sitting on the ground can "surround" an officer.
Clearly, you need to look up the definition of the word "surround." There were a LOT more students and officers. Given that the officers do not have wings, and could probably not pole-vault even if they had the poles, surrounding is certainly possible.
Here is a video showing what happened; not just the pepper spraying, but everything leading up to it. Around 7:30 you can see the officer telling the protestors individually that if they do not move, they will be sprayed and then saying "Do you understand?" Yeah, how horrible of him, giving them every chance to avoid being sprayed.
People certainly have the right to protest, but they have no right to impede those who are not involved in the protest. You can see them blocking the walkway. There was PLENTY of grass there. Stay on the grass, and don't block the people not involved in the protest.
OK. One thing that we can agree on -- the government. In that we are united. There was that lady who refused to issue marriage licenses because of her faith. Fine. However, since her faith kept her from doing her job, she should quit.
But they shouldn't have a right to fire someone just because they're gay.
They should if it is a church or a religious school doing the hiring. In that case, a person's faith is a PART of what makes them qualified. Leading a lifestyle that goes directly against the faith seems like a good reason to me. The same goes not just for homosexuality, but adultery, habitual drunkard, or anything else of the kind.
The law does NOT allow mass discrimination. Your belief in general should NOT stop you from shopping at grocery stores or getting your car fixed. But to work for religious organizations? Yeah, that matters. To force people to be involved in a wedding that they religiously disagree with? That too.
Religion should not have an adverse effect on anyone not of that religion.
Should the same go for atheism? Punishing people for not believing in the lack of a God? Yeah, it works that way too.
The funny thing is that a business is denying service to some customers as their way of saying that denying service to some customers is absolutely the wrong thing to do.
As for the immigration debate, if the costs of application are far beyond the means of your average Mexican, it's no wonder so many will seek to further their families by doing it illegally. It would make sense to lower the costs/barriers for applying to ensure as many people can do it legally as possible.
If the cost of buying a new car is if far beyond the means of your average American, it's no wonder so many will seek to further their families by doing it illegally. Steal a car -- it is OK because you can't afford one.
Sorry, but this country needs more jobs. If Mexicans are coming here to work, it is NOT the job of America to take them in and provide jobs. It is the job of Mexico to improve their economy and provide jobs for their own citizens.
To me, a country is kind of like a family. When I was growing up, there was not a lot of money, and both of my parents were heavy smokers (which I hated) -- I made the best of it. I did not try sneaking into another house and pretend to live there just to enjoy the benefits of being part of that family (having them buy me a car, pay my way through college, etc.).
We do still have unemployment in this country; where does it say that it is the job of America to provide jobs for the entire world? I say that we need get a job for every American citizen who wants a job first. If there are jobs left over that are unfilled, then we should consider letting others in. Why is a poor person from Mexico any more deserving of a job than a poor person from Wyoming?
The immigrants are coming whether you want them to or not - the question is are you going to make them not want to register?
Why are they coming? Why can't we control our border? Why is that such a hard concept? When a person sneaks into the country, that is a problem, whether you want to admit it or not. I lock my doors out to keep people out who are not invited. At my local Best Buy, they lock their doors at night too. The White House is surrounded by a fence and armed guards. We have TSA screening at airports to keep out those who do not belong. Why is it such a mental leap to expect the same thing of national borders?
The feeling of persecution felt by those attempting to do the right thing and improve their family's lot and being turned away because they don't have the requisite amount of money to apply simply can not be underestimated.
Persecution? Sorry, it is one thing to come here because your government is threatening to throw you in jail for something that is not your fault (religious/racial affiliation, etc.). It is another thing to come here just because you want a job. Not even comparable.
If there were an actual shortage of workers in this country, the demand for labor would automatically force the minimum wage to $15 by itself (supply and demand, you know). However the fact that some states have to force the minimum wage that high means that there is an over-supply of unskilled labor right now. Can we really provide a few million more jobs?
However, before giving me the "immigrants do low-paying jobs," that goes against the $15 minimum wage. A farmer will not let his crops rot -- he will pay whatever is necessary to get the job done, and then pass the costs along to the consumer. Having people available that are willing to work for substandard wages goes against the basic concept of a living wage for all, so this is a bad thing. Or, wait. Does the phrase "living wage" only apply to citizens and we can ignore it for immigrants?
Hate speech? OK. I admit that I am NOT a Trump fan, and I generally try to ignore any news about him (except to skim the headline), but what has he said that is so hateful?
I know that people call him racist, but he has been against "illegal" (which is not a race) and urges caution in terms of Islam (once again, not a race, but a religion that creates more than 90% of terrorists).
Has he said something else that I have missed?
Plus, which types of speech are NOT regulated by the 1st amendment? There is the old "yelling fire in a theater" thing, which does not apply. There is also inciting to violence, but, from what I have read, the majority of violence caused at Trump rallies are caused by protestors. Has Trump ever actaully issued a call for violence? If so, I must have missed it.
So, what is the secret to making sure that automation does not take over every conceivable job? Maybe not force the cost of labor so high, as a first thought.
Minimum wage jobs are not MEANT to provide a "living wage." Those jobs are for part-time jobs for kids in high school. A true living wage comes from having skills.
Running a business with no employees inevitably results in a business with no customers (because people without incomes won't be customers).
You are talking in absolutes: black and white. The real world is shades of gray. What about a business with FEWER employees? Guess what? This happens!
Imagine making a car these days without ANY robots. Or, can you imagine making a cell phone with using just hand-soldering? Me neither.
It is all about making things more affordable. When is the last time that you purchased an American-made DVD player? They don't exist, and if one did exist, it would be more expensive. So, in order to save money, manufacturing is moved away from American employees to something else (automation and/or foreign workers).
You can't blame a guy who runs a business for trying to keep his costs down.
And for those who complain about "living wages," well, that comes with having SKILL. If you artificially raise the minimum wage, then people with MORE skilled jobs will want a raise too -- should an ambulance driver make the same as a burger flipper? This will then cause a ripple effect up the entire wage line, and result in EVERYTHING being more expensive. Suddenly a "living wage" is not a living wage any more, and you have to raise everything again.
My home server has around 8TB of data on it and out of that probably 7.5TB is videos/music/games that I can redownload or rerip as necessary if I lose them.
So, the time required to feed optical discs into a computer and/or browse web pages to get downloads is worthless? Some of us value our time, and don't seem to have enough of it.
Invaders? You do know how Israel came to possess those areas, right? They took that land after all of their friendly neighbors tried to wipe them off of the map. Israel's caution has been proven to be right time and time again as Palestinians constantly try to kill Jews. If Mexico tried to destroy America, who could blame us if we took part of it to make sure that no weapons could get close?
Here are a couple of examples of how Israel's friendly neighbors only want peace and the extermination of every Jew:
Now, can you show me any Jewish holidays dedicated to killing all Muslims, or Israeli TV shows that try to indoctrinate toddlers to kill people?
The Israelis live in the ONLY Jewish country. If only there were some other Muslim countries in that part of the world that the Palestinians could move to...
In the camp, they were âoestormed by a mob of people with rocks and molotov cocktails,â Lerner said. The troopsâ(TM) vehicle was blocked from turning around and caught fire. The soldiers fled in separate directions.
The trouble didn't show up until after they arrived.
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Uhhhh. The Raspberry Pi 2 did get an update -- it is called the Pi 3. If they update the Pi 3, they will call it the Pi 4.
The Pi 3 is actually pretty new. I only heard about it in February.
Do you expect hardware updates every three months?
From the Wikipedia article:
So, you want to bring the best parts of the DMV and the IRS to health care. That should turn out great.
Instead of having to choose between Android and Apple, maybe we need a nationalized smart phone designed by a committee.
Tivo just announced a new box yesterday. Four tuners, 1 TB HD, and no monthly fees. $400. A bit high, but probably worth it for a simple appliance that anybody can use.
The fee is supposed to cover the TV listings. This makes sense in an analog world, but the schedules are actually broadcast along with the video these days.
Honestly, what other alternatives do you have? Windows has abandon Media Center with Windows 10. Myth TV (the last time I tried a few years ago) was very fiddly to set up. I am not aware of any commercial alternatives.
I can walk into a MicroCenter and walk out with pieces and parts to assemble a desktop machine. Laptop? Not so much.
Yes, I know of a FEW companies out there doing something like that, but nothing that you will ever see on a store shelf.
Watch the video of the police telling each protester, individually, that they will be pepper sprayed if they don't move.
The protesters had every chance to get up and move.
Wow. You have insulted me. I did not think of that approach to winning an argument. Clearly, you must be right, with your superior knowledge of swear words. I yield to the superior mind.
In that video that YOU linked, did you notice how they are blocking the path that students are supposed to use to get to class? All they had to do is to move so that they are not blocking the students that have paid their money to addend classes! Do you think that this was impossible for them? Do you believe that students do not have a right to attend their classes?
Right around the 9.57 mark, you can SEE the police apparently surrounded. Students in front of them, behind them, and to the left of the screen. I cannot fully see to the right because the frame is cut off, but that pretty much looks like they are surrounded to me. And, wow, the students behind them look like they are standing!
So, who am I to believe? You, or my own eyes in the video that you linked?
Clearly, you did not see the video.
Clearly, you need to look up the definition of the word "surround." There were a LOT more students and officers. Given that the officers do not have wings, and could probably not pole-vault even if they had the poles, surrounding is certainly possible.
Here is a video showing what happened; not just the pepper spraying, but everything leading up to it. Around 7:30 you can see the officer telling the protestors individually that if they do not move, they will be sprayed and then saying "Do you understand?" Yeah, how horrible of him, giving them every chance to avoid being sprayed.
People certainly have the right to protest, but they have no right to impede those who are not involved in the protest. You can see them blocking the walkway. There was PLENTY of grass there. Stay on the grass, and don't block the people not involved in the protest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
OK. One thing that we can agree on -- the government. In that we are united. There was that lady who refused to issue marriage licenses because of her faith. Fine. However, since her faith kept her from doing her job, she should quit.
They should if it is a church or a religious school doing the hiring. In that case, a person's faith is a PART of what makes them qualified. Leading a lifestyle that goes directly against the faith seems like a good reason to me. The same goes not just for homosexuality, but adultery, habitual drunkard, or anything else of the kind.
The law does NOT allow mass discrimination. Your belief in general should NOT stop you from shopping at grocery stores or getting your car fixed. But to work for religious organizations? Yeah, that matters. To force people to be involved in a wedding that they religiously disagree with? That too.
Should the same go for atheism? Punishing people for not believing in the lack of a God? Yeah, it works that way too.
Yes, I can. Intolerance towards people's religious beliefs is becoming more and more common.
The funny thing is that a business is denying service to some customers as their way of saying that denying service to some customers is absolutely the wrong thing to do.
Logic at its finest.
If the cost of buying a new car is if far beyond the means of your average American, it's no wonder so many will seek to further their families by doing it illegally. Steal a car -- it is OK because you can't afford one.
Sorry, but this country needs more jobs. If Mexicans are coming here to work, it is NOT the job of America to take them in and provide jobs. It is the job of Mexico to improve their economy and provide jobs for their own citizens.
To me, a country is kind of like a family. When I was growing up, there was not a lot of money, and both of my parents were heavy smokers (which I hated) -- I made the best of it. I did not try sneaking into another house and pretend to live there just to enjoy the benefits of being part of that family (having them buy me a car, pay my way through college, etc.).
We do still have unemployment in this country; where does it say that it is the job of America to provide jobs for the entire world? I say that we need get a job for every American citizen who wants a job first. If there are jobs left over that are unfilled, then we should consider letting others in. Why is a poor person from Mexico any more deserving of a job than a poor person from Wyoming?
The immigrants are coming whether you want them to or not - the question is are you going to make them not want to register?
Why are they coming? Why can't we control our border? Why is that such a hard concept? When a person sneaks into the country, that is a problem, whether you want to admit it or not. I lock my doors out to keep people out who are not invited. At my local Best Buy, they lock their doors at night too. The White House is surrounded by a fence and armed guards. We have TSA screening at airports to keep out those who do not belong. Why is it such a mental leap to expect the same thing of national borders?
The feeling of persecution felt by those attempting to do the right thing and improve their family's lot and being turned away because they don't have the requisite amount of money to apply simply can not be underestimated.
Persecution? Sorry, it is one thing to come here because your government is threatening to throw you in jail for something that is not your fault (religious/racial affiliation, etc.). It is another thing to come here just because you want a job. Not even comparable.
If there were an actual shortage of workers in this country, the demand for labor would automatically force the minimum wage to $15 by itself (supply and demand, you know). However the fact that some states have to force the minimum wage that high means that there is an over-supply of unskilled labor right now. Can we really provide a few million more jobs?
However, before giving me the "immigrants do low-paying jobs," that goes against the $15 minimum wage. A farmer will not let his crops rot -- he will pay whatever is necessary to get the job done, and then pass the costs along to the consumer. Having people available that are willing to work for substandard wages goes against the basic concept of a living wage for all, so this is a bad thing. Or, wait. Does the phrase "living wage" only apply to citizens and we can ignore it for immigrants?
Hate speech? OK. I admit that I am NOT a Trump fan, and I generally try to ignore any news about him (except to skim the headline), but what has he said that is so hateful?
I know that people call him racist, but he has been against "illegal" (which is not a race) and urges caution in terms of Islam (once again, not a race, but a religion that creates more than 90% of terrorists).
Has he said something else that I have missed?
Plus, which types of speech are NOT regulated by the 1st amendment? There is the old "yelling fire in a theater" thing, which does not apply. There is also inciting to violence, but, from what I have read, the majority of violence caused at Trump rallies are caused by protestors. Has Trump ever actaully issued a call for violence? If so, I must have missed it.
To be fair, a wage hike of $0.75 (Canadian) is not really comparable to a $5.00 (US dollars) wage hike.
One constitutes less than an 8% raise, while the other is a 50% raise.
So, phones should be insecure so that the government (and criminals) can get into them?
The same encryption that protects terrorists protects YOUR credit card info and naughty pictures on your phone.
So, what is the secret to making sure that automation does not take over every conceivable job? Maybe not force the cost of labor so high, as a first thought.
Minimum wage jobs are not MEANT to provide a "living wage." Those jobs are for part-time jobs for kids in high school. A true living wage comes from having skills.
You are talking in absolutes: black and white. The real world is shades of gray. What about a business with FEWER employees? Guess what? This happens!
Imagine making a car these days without ANY robots. Or, can you imagine making a cell phone with using just hand-soldering? Me neither.
It is all about making things more affordable. When is the last time that you purchased an American-made DVD player? They don't exist, and if one did exist, it would be more expensive. So, in order to save money, manufacturing is moved away from American employees to something else (automation and/or foreign workers).
You can't blame a guy who runs a business for trying to keep his costs down.
And for those who complain about "living wages," well, that comes with having SKILL. If you artificially raise the minimum wage, then people with MORE skilled jobs will want a raise too -- should an ambulance driver make the same as a burger flipper? This will then cause a ripple effect up the entire wage line, and result in EVERYTHING being more expensive. Suddenly a "living wage" is not a living wage any more, and you have to raise everything again.
You can call Trump a lot of things, but dumb is not one of them.
You do not succeed in businesses without having some smarts.
So, the time required to feed optical discs into a computer and/or browse web pages to get downloads is worthless? Some of us value our time, and don't seem to have enough of it.
Invaders? You do know how Israel came to possess those areas, right? They took that land after all of their friendly neighbors tried to wipe them off of the map. Israel's caution has been proven to be right time and time again as Palestinians constantly try to kill Jews. If Mexico tried to destroy America, who could blame us if we took part of it to make sure that no weapons could get close?
Here are a couple of examples of how Israel's friendly neighbors only want peace and the extermination of every Jew:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Now, can you show me any Jewish holidays dedicated to killing all Muslims, or Israeli TV shows that try to indoctrinate toddlers to kill people?
The Israelis live in the ONLY Jewish country. If only there were some other Muslim countries in that part of the world that the Palestinians could move to...
Yeah. Sorry about the Unicode stuff. /. somehow lacks an "edit" functions. I usually don't proof-read copy-n-paste operations.
There WAS no firefight at the time. From TFA:
The trouble didn't show up until after they arrived.