The UK's cities have video cameras on every street corner, Australia wants to heavily regulate 3D printers in case someone decides to make a plastic gun, China DOSes web sites it doesn't like, ISIS is slaughtering Christians and Jews wherever it finds them, and the USA is a laughing stock?
Your perspective is dysfunctional, to say the least.
Umm... I disagree to the extent that a cat picture might have been considered odd, but not alarming. I could imagine other things that would caught someone's attention.
maybe even drive up the black market prices up enough that poor minorities do not have them
FTFY. This is what happened when specific gun laws banning "Saturday night specials" went into effect in the USA. They made sure the poor, especially blacks and hispanics, didn't have any cheap guns to protect themselves.
"Fair" means the government has to prove you shouldn't have one. But that's because in the USA, we have this quaint notion that government's powers are derived from the consent of the governed, not the other way around.
The suspect was unarmed and the only warrant on him was for unpaid child support. I'm sure some neo-feminists think that calls for the death penalty, but here in my world that's only worthy of reasonable less-than-lethal measures to apprehend. He could have let the perp go and picked him up later. Think about it-- now that man's children get no more support. It's a loss for everyone.
4. There are a handful of people in law enforcement who have no business being in law enforcement, or any other field that requires them to interact with human beings as a matter of course. They have chips on their shoulders, the stereotype is the kid that got bullied a lot in high school, now he has a badge and a gun, so don't you dare fuck with him.
Actually, it's the BULLIES who seem to keep slipping through the vetting processes we allegedly have in place. Now their aggressive behavior is backed up by authority.
"Law enforcement is a customer service orientated business; unfortunately, all of the customers are assholes."
Then in the 80s they picked up the so-called "Christian" evangelicals and rode that horse until a black guy got elected and suddenly the Tea Party popped up because they were "Taxed Enough Already" which was amazing considering we had been at the lowest tax brackets in US history at the time.
Not only are you race baiting, but you are incredibly incorrect. First of all, when the income tax was implemented it maxed out at something like 5%. Second, in RECENT history, 1989, there were only three brackets and the top one was 25%. Maybe in your world, 35% is less than 25%...
"Give honest and sincere appreciation" is not something weasels do.
Being a good listener is not something weasels do.
"Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely" is not something weasels do.
The book is about changing oneself. Treating people the way they expect-- even want-- to be treated is not manipulation. People want to hear their name, have your undivided attention, and be praised-- sincerely. If you don't like this, well, that's reality. You can treat people like shit, or treat them randomly, and see how many friends YOU have. You can argue with colleagues and customers, and see how many you end up with. I do imagine, on the bright side, that any friends you manage to retain will be true friends, indeed.
OK, your post is trolling a little bit. But there's a reason Harrison Ford told Lucas, "George, you can type this shit, but you can't say it!" The stories are good, but the scriptwriting is uneven at best. That's why people thought Portman couldn't act. Other than, "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause," her lines were pedestrian and forgettable.
Come on, where are the copies of these phishing emails? That's the fun part. I'd love to see what kind of process gets people to wire funds without so much as a phone call for confirmation.
- Unsigned emails, - From an external domain that kinda looks legit (this won't even work with Exchange and Outlook; they will always know it's from a foreign system and notify the recipient), - Probably with unspecified urgency, without reference to procedure, and no means of tracking the request
Yeah, if a simple phish beat your process, you should find a new career.
It should be quite obvious to you what happens when we tax people on what they own. We already have this: it's called property (or school) tax. It's what causes people to sell their homes and move, because they can't afford to live there anymore. These are usually people in or near retirement. If you think it's OK to kick old people out of their homes-- because we all know, they're such drags on society-- then you can have your draconian property tax.
You still won't eat the rich, which is what you obviously really want.
I'm starting to think that having private citizens pay any tax directly to the federal government is a problem. It completely overrides their right to govern themselves at the state and local level. Because the federal government is entitled to so much of the people's wealth, it is given de facto power over everything. Disagree? Then ask why every state's drinking age is 21.
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The UK's cities have video cameras on every street corner, Australia wants to heavily regulate 3D printers in case someone decides to make a plastic gun, China DOSes web sites it doesn't like, ISIS is slaughtering Christians and Jews wherever it finds them, and the USA is a laughing stock?
Your perspective is dysfunctional, to say the least.
Umm... I disagree to the extent that a cat picture might have been considered odd, but not alarming. I could imagine other things that would caught someone's attention.
FTFY. This is what happened when specific gun laws banning "Saturday night specials" went into effect in the USA. They made sure the poor, especially blacks and hispanics, didn't have any cheap guns to protect themselves.
"Fair" means the government has to prove you shouldn't have one. But that's because in the USA, we have this quaint notion that government's powers are derived from the consent of the governed, not the other way around.
Disarmament also did a good job of making it a more subservient place, free of liberty.
That's how democracy is supposed to work.
Not sure I agree on the dress shirt comfort, but dress slacks are definitely more comfortable than stupid khakis or other casual slacks.
I thought of that one myself, but he was actually laid off so it's more like the job (and every other poor sucker he ran into that day) shoved HIM.
What the hell are you talking about?
The suspect was unarmed and the only warrant on him was for unpaid child support. I'm sure some neo-feminists think that calls for the death penalty, but here in my world that's only worthy of reasonable less-than-lethal measures to apprehend. He could have let the perp go and picked him up later. Think about it-- now that man's children get no more support. It's a loss for everyone.
Actually, it's the BULLIES who seem to keep slipping through the vetting processes we allegedly have in place. Now their aggressive behavior is backed up by authority.
That's what you call a self-fulfilling prophecy.
You know the Atari 400/800 and Commodore VIC20/64 used the 6502 as well, right? Not exactly a limited or niche processor.
Not only are you race baiting, but you are incredibly incorrect. First of all, when the income tax was implemented it maxed out at something like 5%. Second, in RECENT history, 1989, there were only three brackets and the top one was 25%. Maybe in your world, 35% is less than 25%...
"Give honest and sincere appreciation" is not something weasels do.
Being a good listener is not something weasels do.
"Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely" is not something weasels do.
The book is about changing oneself. Treating people the way they expect-- even want-- to be treated is not manipulation. People want to hear their name, have your undivided attention, and be praised-- sincerely. If you don't like this, well, that's reality. You can treat people like shit, or treat them randomly, and see how many friends YOU have. You can argue with colleagues and customers, and see how many you end up with. I do imagine, on the bright side, that any friends you manage to retain will be true friends, indeed.
Off the lawn yourself, whippersnapper!
Who needs funding when the US government gives you free assault rifles and humvees?
OK, your post is trolling a little bit. But there's a reason Harrison Ford told Lucas, "George, you can type this shit, but you can't say it!" The stories are good, but the scriptwriting is uneven at best. That's why people thought Portman couldn't act. Other than, "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause," her lines were pedestrian and forgettable.
OK, my bad. I see one of the links has an (unsatisfying) example that didn't load the first time I clicked on it.
Come on, where are the copies of these phishing emails? That's the fun part. I'd love to see what kind of process gets people to wire funds without so much as a phone call for confirmation.
- Unsigned emails,
- From an external domain that kinda looks legit (this won't even work with Exchange and Outlook; they will always know it's from a foreign system and notify the recipient),
- Probably with unspecified urgency, without reference to procedure, and no means of tracking the request
Yeah, if a simple phish beat your process, you should find a new career.
Don't question the most transparent administration in history.
It should be quite obvious to you what happens when we tax people on what they own. We already have this: it's called property (or school) tax. It's what causes people to sell their homes and move, because they can't afford to live there anymore. These are usually people in or near retirement. If you think it's OK to kick old people out of their homes-- because we all know, they're such drags on society-- then you can have your draconian property tax.
You still won't eat the rich, which is what you obviously really want.
I'm starting to think that having private citizens pay any tax directly to the federal government is a problem. It completely overrides their right to govern themselves at the state and local level. Because the federal government is entitled to so much of the people's wealth, it is given de facto power over everything. Disagree? Then ask why every state's drinking age is 21.
Those people who think that local weather is a good indicator of global climate need to read a book.
I didn't know that Republicans were forcing private universities in other countries to cut their budgets. They are more powerful than I'd imagined.
And as someone who has to deal with invasive Japanese roses on his property, those can be a formidable obstacle in numbers.