The ODIHR is the subdivision of the OSCE that actually observes elections. The OCSE was part of the Paris Charter, which was based on agreements in the Helsinki Accords. Neither the Paris Charter, nor the Helsinki Accords are treaties, by definition. They only apply within the working confines of the UN. Therefore, there is no one this side of Ruth Bader Ginsburg who could claim that Texas state law is subservient to observers working under the auspices of the ODIHR. QED
Where can we draw the line, then? What if the observers wanted to watch each person vote, and write down how they voted? What if the observers wanted to take photos?
Guess what, you moron: the Constitution applies within the borders of the United States. It specifically guarantees each state a "republican form of government", and one of those principles is not allowing foreigners to prance around in polling places if the state sees fit to prohibit it. This sounds like a perfectly reasonable law. If there wasn't such a law, would you assume it was OK to not only go inside, but watch people vote and write down their names and who they voted for? If Texas passed a law saying I can sit in your bedroom in France while you're having "relations", would you let me do it? I don't care what some insufferable douche from the Eurozone thinks: these are our laws, and if you want to violate them you'll find yourself in the back of a police car on the way to the airport to be deported.
I was responding to the specific allegation by the GP poster that the Kelo case was decided by the right-wing of the Supreme Court when it was exactly the opposite. Don't feel bad, because some idiotic moderator modded me down because he couldn't believe it (and didn't feel like checking Wikipedia) either. But you are still wrong, because the ability to take private property for any private use whatsoever is not enumerated-- at ALL. Amendment V only says that private property taken for PUBLIC use must be compensated. As the President says, it's a charter of negative liberties and that means the federal government only has enumerated powers... and Obama hates that.
That being said, the law of Connecticut may be different, and the US Constitution allows states to set their own laws. But that wasn't part of the Kelo decision.
I have a Motorola WR850g router and a WA840g AP from around 2006 that are still working like champs with the OEM firmware. They are WDS bridged using WPA2 AES encryption, unlike Netgear that still seems to think it's 1999 and perfectly OK to use WEP and put your personal information out for any wardriver to see.* They need to be rebooted once a year or so at the most. Naturally, Motorola stopped making consumer network gear, so I'm having trouble finding anything comparable in N gear.
* Someone should probably threaten Netgear with a class action lawsuit for claiming that repeater functions are a standard feature of their routers, when you can't use them with WPA encryption. They're encouraging people to unwittingly become victims of identity theft.
Positioning of traffic lights is nearly 100% reliable in the USA. Seriously, there is ONE traffic light in the USA that doesn't either have the red to the left or at the top, and it's because the Irish in Syracuse 90 years ago were belligerent morons. What do you think makes more sense: confusing the hell out of 95% of drivers by suddenly presenting them with a BLUE light, or making the color blind Irish drivers of Tipperary Hill happy? Actually, they won't be happy because you took away the one color their liked. Bollocks.
The people you are talking to don't care about the truth. They're like the idiot who told my in-law that Romney said women who were raped were "asking for it". I am not sure where this idea even came from. My best guess is somehow Todd Aiken's statements about women "shutting down" a pregnancy due to rape got morphed into this disgusting lie attributed to a totally different person.
You sound more and more like that stupid fuck from Florida who was a one-termer because instead of proposing solutions and working with people, he chose to insult the other party and set up straw men. You have posted several times in this discussion and not once did you say anything remotely insightful. Billy Madison would be embarrassed.
Christian individuals, and christian charity organizations, provide the great majority of all the funds and labor used to help disadvantaged people in the USA and abroad. It's a simple fact, despite your wishful truthyism.
Like, maybe as BTC exchange rates become very favorable, patient investors will unload them and cause their value to drop back to parity due to increased supply? Who the heck are you, Paul Krugman?
Dogs simply don't have a concept of "work" like we do. Unless they're feral and having to hunt for sustenance, pretty much everything we ask them to do is play. If they don't want to "play", then something is wrong (like they're sick or tired) and abusing the poor animal wouldn't work anyway.
The problem is that the "law" considers large amounts of cash to be "drug evidence", so if it is found after a dog indicates, the cops will seize it indefinitely. Chemistry equipment like beakers, pipettes, etc. are also considered "drug evidence" and will be seized even if illegal drugs have never touched them.
It must be "right wingers" because a corporation involved? This was only last decade-- most of us are quite familiar with the case, and we know that this was not libertarianism or conservatism run amuck. A strict reader of the Constitution would realize that handing private property over to another individual or company, instead of reserving it for a public use, is wrong. Don't believe me? Here are the US Supreme Court justices who held the majority decision: John Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. Do those sound like "right wingers" to you?
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The ODIHR is the subdivision of the OSCE that actually observes elections. The OCSE was part of the Paris Charter, which was based on agreements in the Helsinki Accords. Neither the Paris Charter, nor the Helsinki Accords are treaties, by definition. They only apply within the working confines of the UN. Therefore, there is no one this side of Ruth Bader Ginsburg who could claim that Texas state law is subservient to observers working under the auspices of the ODIHR. QED
You are a sick person, and it's sad that several other sick people decided to mod you up.
Not allowing some wackjob Belgians look over Texans' shoulders as they vote is not an "atrocity", Captain Hyperbole.
Time to post "observers" in the UK.
Where can we draw the line, then? What if the observers wanted to watch each person vote, and write down how they voted? What if the observers wanted to take photos?
Guess what, you moron: the Constitution applies within the borders of the United States. It specifically guarantees each state a "republican form of government", and one of those principles is not allowing foreigners to prance around in polling places if the state sees fit to prohibit it. This sounds like a perfectly reasonable law. If there wasn't such a law, would you assume it was OK to not only go inside, but watch people vote and write down their names and who they voted for? If Texas passed a law saying I can sit in your bedroom in France while you're having "relations", would you let me do it? I don't care what some insufferable douche from the Eurozone thinks: these are our laws, and if you want to violate them you'll find yourself in the back of a police car on the way to the airport to be deported.
I was responding to the specific allegation by the GP poster that the Kelo case was decided by the right-wing of the Supreme Court when it was exactly the opposite. Don't feel bad, because some idiotic moderator modded me down because he couldn't believe it (and didn't feel like checking Wikipedia) either. But you are still wrong, because the ability to take private property for any private use whatsoever is not enumerated-- at ALL. Amendment V only says that private property taken for PUBLIC use must be compensated. As the President says, it's a charter of negative liberties and that means the federal government only has enumerated powers... and Obama hates that. That being said, the law of Connecticut may be different, and the US Constitution allows states to set their own laws. But that wasn't part of the Kelo decision.
I have a Motorola WR850g router and a WA840g AP from around 2006 that are still working like champs with the OEM firmware. They are WDS bridged using WPA2 AES encryption, unlike Netgear that still seems to think it's 1999 and perfectly OK to use WEP and put your personal information out for any wardriver to see.* They need to be rebooted once a year or so at the most. Naturally, Motorola stopped making consumer network gear, so I'm having trouble finding anything comparable in N gear.
* Someone should probably threaten Netgear with a class action lawsuit for claiming that repeater functions are a standard feature of their routers, when you can't use them with WPA encryption. They're encouraging people to unwittingly become victims of identity theft.
Funny to hear a stuffy European talk about "nancies" when their favorite sport involves the regular faking of injuries to draw fouls.
Wait-- did you just say Slashdot has a right-wing bias? Before you know it, Slate will be pushing prayer in schools.
You must only hang out with leftists if this is the first time you've heard "Obamanation".
Positioning of traffic lights is nearly 100% reliable in the USA. Seriously, there is ONE traffic light in the USA that doesn't either have the red to the left or at the top, and it's because the Irish in Syracuse 90 years ago were belligerent morons. What do you think makes more sense: confusing the hell out of 95% of drivers by suddenly presenting them with a BLUE light, or making the color blind Irish drivers of Tipperary Hill happy? Actually, they won't be happy because you took away the one color their liked. Bollocks.
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The people you are talking to don't care about the truth. They're like the idiot who told my in-law that Romney said women who were raped were "asking for it". I am not sure where this idea even came from. My best guess is somehow Todd Aiken's statements about women "shutting down" a pregnancy due to rape got morphed into this disgusting lie attributed to a totally different person.
You sound more and more like that stupid fuck from Florida who was a one-termer because instead of proposing solutions and working with people, he chose to insult the other party and set up straw men. You have posted several times in this discussion and not once did you say anything remotely insightful. Billy Madison would be embarrassed.
Christian individuals, and christian charity organizations, provide the great majority of all the funds and labor used to help disadvantaged people in the USA and abroad. It's a simple fact, despite your wishful truthyism.
You're needed at the coffeehouse, Karl.
So what was Nielsen's rating of Alta Vista?
Can't do much with the digital bits of which most modern state currencies are made, either.
Yup.
Dogs simply don't have a concept of "work" like we do. Unless they're feral and having to hunt for sustenance, pretty much everything we ask them to do is play. If they don't want to "play", then something is wrong (like they're sick or tired) and abusing the poor animal wouldn't work anyway.
The problem is that the "law" considers large amounts of cash to be "drug evidence", so if it is found after a dog indicates, the cops will seize it indefinitely. Chemistry equipment like beakers, pipettes, etc. are also considered "drug evidence" and will be seized even if illegal drugs have never touched them.
As long as you're OK with them harassing, fining, and imprisoning innocent people in order to protect inanimate objects, be my guest.
It must be "right wingers" because a corporation involved? This was only last decade-- most of us are quite familiar with the case, and we know that this was not libertarianism or conservatism run amuck. A strict reader of the Constitution would realize that handing private property over to another individual or company, instead of reserving it for a public use, is wrong. Don't believe me? Here are the US Supreme Court justices who held the majority decision: John Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. Do those sound like "right wingers" to you?
QED.
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