If anything could keep his fingers off twitter, then I think I'd be all for it.
I believe it is one of the chief things keeping him from getting things done actually.....it creates too much turmoil, and distractions from the things he promised to get through...healthcare reform, tax reform, and the wall.
I used to love watching all the news channels, MSNBC, Fox, CNN...I'd watch all the Sunday morning news shows every week.
But man, I'm so over it....this tweet, that tweet...and the press jumping on this, or on that...just the constant "noise" is driving me to just watch nothing more weighty than Family Guy reruns on Netflix in endless succession.
If someone would take the fucking twitter phone away from him and advise him to just shut the fuck up and do leader stuff in the background quietly for awhile, I'd be ever so thankful.....
I don't like everything about him or his policies, but there are some I do....like the supreme court appointment (my main voting issues), and those listed above, but geez....can't he do it quietly and out of the spotlight a bit? He's his own worst enemy most of the time it seems....
To make matters worse, many of the new vehicles not only have wireless 3G or better transmitters on them, but they are so tightly integrated into the cars system, that you cannot simply disable them, without crippling the car to the point to where it may not run.
That's not believable. That would create a HUGE safety problem. Anyone who told you that was lying to you, friend, trying to sell you shit you don't want or need.
Not just dealers saying that, but from research I've done on forums and with owners trying to disable this shit.....it is now being that tightly integrated into the car's main computer.
Are you married? Because I haven't experienced that degree of naivety since I was single. "But that tv is 1" bigger and says smart and has a camera for no apparent reason and teh tag says sale and it's newer therefore goodererer and why can't we get it please please waahhhhh."
First thing I'd ask if I was looking at a new one? "Can I get one without all these extra accessories? I have no use for them, they're just distractions; the most basic model you have, please? I'll wait for the factory to make it for me, if I have to". I'd buy a stripped-down fleet version if I had to, with manual everything.
Unfortunately, and sadly...this is getting harder and harder to find.
To make matters worse, many of the new vehicles not only have wireless 3G or better transmitters on them, but they are so tightly integrated into the cars system, that you cannot simply disable them, without crippling the car to the point to where it may not run.
I asked years back when looking at a vette, if I could get one without the OnStar system in it...they said no, it was not an option....and later said they didn't think it could be disabled. I saw recently that the same type system in on the Dodge Hellcat, which would be a fun muscle car to play with, but you can't even disable the wireless transmitter in it?!?!
So, I'm looking to stay with fun cars of a certain age as long as possible, that have as little computer system on them as possible, certainly none that have transmitters on them.
And they are organizing it so that you have to be connected to get software updates for your appliance to keep working.
I know they are angling that way...BUT, in my whole adult life, I've yet to have had an appliance (stove, oven, refrigerator, deep freezer, washer, dryer, dishwaher, garbage disposal...etc) to have ever stopped working due to lacking a software update?!?!
Mechanical failures, sure....but what software update would be needed to simply continue to wash, cool, cook or dry something?
The kids were 13 years old. I have a feeling that even people who advocate legal pot put an age limit on it, just like there is for both tobacco and alcohol. They wouldn't have "easy access" to pot even were it legal in their state.
Well, I don't think anyone is promoting the idea for pot or beer, etc...at a young age, but then again, let's also be realistic.
When did you and most people start experimenting with alcohol and pot for instance?
Me? I was about 16yrs old....and I was a bit of a late bloomer in that respect, most of my peers had tried it before I did by a year or more at least.
And again..if a kid does experiment (and they will despite laws and rules), I'd much rather them do a little week and maybe booze,...something basically made by nature rather than some new chemical, made in questionable environments, unknown contents or potency.....
Cute. Clever. Until it's your daughter, baby sister, cousin or best friend who was just out with friends one night and took a dose of something 'cause people she trusted were giving it a try and the dose looked small and it didn't seem to be doing any harm and she didn't want to be the one pissing on the fun. Yep, it's sure easy to feel superior by requiring everyone else in the world to be perfect at all times and then there wouldn't be any problems anymore anywhere ever.
Look, I grew up with plenty of that same culture, we had tons of nifty drugs to try, and many if not most of my friends and group tried them out.
But we were smart enough...that's the key. You can still be a kid and be smart about things you do when it comes down to it....at least if you have parents that raise you right.
Sure, there were some people that took it too far, but for 99% of the large group I ran with and grew up with, we all survived, have kids, good jobs, etc.
One easy rule of thumb...if you have to use a needle (or commonly use one with a certain drug), don't fuck with it.
I'd add one more thing for today, as that it is more prevalent than when I grew up (although we had some back then)....if it is synthetic, don't do it.
Stick with the basics....and as all natural as you can.
I have a hard time believing kids today would be that much more stupid than the kids in my day.
And yes, if you're stupid...perhaps not reproducing isn't the worst thing in the world....
You could point to Prohibition as a failure and argue that "drug prohibition" would be as huge a failure, but there are two differences. First, Prohibition was enacted long after the use of alcohol became commonplace and widespread. Second, it was prohibition of something that is trivial to manufacture. It isn't quite as easy to make your own crack or heroin or fentanyl.
So, we should legalize pot?
I mean, how much easier does it get to manufacture?
Just simply plant a seed with the rest of the veggies in your garden, and voila!!
Our absolutely horrible healthcare system kills quite a few people too. The current administration seems to be intent on making the problem worse.
Well, to be fair...they *are* having to do something to clean up the now failing mess the previous administration left them with their shot at "healthcare".
Just off top, you have to own a car pretty much to live anywhere in the US.
That's a given.
It costs you "$X" as you mentioned, to own a car...insurance, gas, maintenance...etc.
You are going to be paying that anyway.
SO, if you can make some $$ off that car you will own and be paying for anyway, but doing a little uber on the side, then it is helping to help pay for itself a bit, no?
Sure, I know there is a little extra wear on the uber shifts....without having to go into that calculation, if it pays more than that cost for gas on those rides, and the slight maintenance you have to figure on any driving trip....then it is a win.
An awful lot do. As you say, many (perhaps most) aren't even really aware of how disastrously awful the company is, but plenty of them, once they find out, stop using Uber.
If that were the case, then people in the US would stop buying products from China, India and 3rd world countries due to their workforce tx.....
No matter what happens on the "uncomfortable workplace conditions"....I'll still ride uber.
The product is what matters to me...not their interoffice politics....they can handle that themselves and with their lawyers.
As soon as everyone realizes that fact that most Uber drivers actually LOSE MONEY when you figure in the low rates they pay people combined with the total cost of driving for them (insurance, gas, auto maintenance, etc) most honest figures come up with either less than minimum wages or you are actually losing money on the deal.
Well, just thinking, it isn't as expensive to own a car everywhere in the US. And you pretty much have to have a car anyway, so that total cost isn't just for uber driving. From people I know that have done some part time Uber hustling, they say they make decent side money.
But that being said....I don't know at all how accurate your calculations are, but even if they are...remember one thing.
PLENTY of people play the lottery every day despite the odds.
But it is a company whose cultural darkness is inseparable from its place as the icon of the tech boom. Uber -- and the boom -- have been defined both by massive new conveniences and by a corporate culture that is aggressive, paranoid, and dismissive of, in particular, complaints from women; a culture of enemies lists and cavalier approaches to the law.
But, you know.....the people getting those nice, convenient rides at reasonable prices, couldn't care less about all this.
Hey, it keeps me from drinking and driving, I love the service and use it constantly. What they do at corporate is their problem, I really don't care and I'd dare say most of their customers don't either...if they even know about it at all.
But I'm wondering why any Brits would NOT want the Brexit?
From what I can read, the EU had been constantly taking away sovereignty from GB, and dictating how this country was run and how it did business in many ways....
I know there are some positives, but from what I saw the EU was becoming more onerous and overreaching....
ook, if you want emissions down in USA it is rather simple, start co2 taxing like many places in the world.
The purpose is not (and should not be) for the purpose of molding behavior, they are to pay for government services.....period.
It is not the responsibility of the US government (certainly not the FEDS) to alter or change citizen behavior....they are supposed to be answerable to us, not the other way around.
I'm trying to find in the Constitution where it says the federal govt is tasked with molding and manipulating citizen behavior....????
That brings up another point. I like sports cars. I would not consider any of the BEVs out there a sports car. The Model S is a luxury sedan. I'm hoping that the Model 3 will handle well. If not, perhaps BMW will come out with a good handling BEV.
I keep saying, if Tesla would bring back the roadster, or something of the like, that is a sports car, with great performance, but also doesn't look like a "family car"....and could price it in the ballpark of a Corvette, I'd be first in line for it....
While a smaller market than for family cars, there is a decent sized market that wants sports cars, why not feed it?
Other car companies use these to generate interests in their other models....c'mon Tesla, make a fun, good looking car again!!
I think what we need is for politicians to get off their butts and travel home to their districts and have real meetings with real people---instead of using their recesses to go on junkets paid for by the billionaires funding their re-election campaigns.
I whole heartedly agree....but there is one problem that didn't used to exist in the past and I dunno how it can be addressed....
But there is no decorum these days, and the whole audience seems to try to either shout down the politician, or other people they disagree with in the audience.
I don't want just pre-screen questions either, but man..something needs to be done...because with all the shouters, or rage audience members, no one can really have any meaningful discourse with the elected official.
What about those people that don't have Facebook...and want to interact with their congress critter.
I don't mind this maybe being an additional venue...However I see the congress critters seeing this and thinking everyone is on FB and this will be their sole mode of contact online.....
It doesn't seem right for such an important thing, people/govt workers almost requiring an account with a private company.....I could see this easily becoming the defacto standard, which it should not be....
A more open platform is what is called for here...
This was a very interesting one, about the loss of free speech on campus, that everyone gets shouted down amongst the rage culture and that everyone gets offended by something....
Can't We Take A Joke....
I found it for free to watch on Amazon Prime...very interesting, in that Lenny Bruce, once again in today's culture....likely couldn't perform on a modern college campus.
In the past he was persecuted by the right....today, he'd be shouted and shamed into oblivion by the left.
Republicans are only interested in helping their party and destroying anyone outside their tribe.
I would posit that the Democrats are absolutely doing 100% the same thing.
We're unable to agree with everyone else and a majority of our citizens that yes, healthcare is something that is important
I"m not sure what your "agree with everyone else" means, I'm assuming you mean "the world" and other countries, which have absolutely NO stake in things here one way or another, and shouldn't. We don't rule ourselves based on what the rest of the world thinks, if we did, we might as well not be a sovereign country at all.....but that aside, I don't think anyone in the US doesn't think healthcare is important, but not everyone believes it should be socialized, nor who exactly is to pay for it. The US comes from a LONG individualistic culture (as opposed to Europe, etc) and tradition and many of the proposed solutions butt heads with that, hence the debate and lack of a quick solution.
...umping excess carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a bad thing.
Well, the US has done a LOT to clean up its act in this area, I think it's not a bad idea to see and ensure other countries step up and do their part in a verifiable way, before we put ourselves under even more regulation/fiscal/business stress...since we are in competition economically with those other countries.
Frankly, until they address what is pretty much the WORST polluter for greenhouse gasses, animal food production (cow farts, etc)....I'm not putting quite all my stock in having us shut down our energy industries. Get them to address that and then I"ll pay a bit more attention, as that that is pretty much the world's largest hazard to date.
We don't have a functioning state department and are actively turning on our allies.
I'll go along with you hear on this one....I wish the President would get the fuck OFF twitter, and act like a president, and leader, delegating authority more to experts, and not flying off the handle before giving things serious consideration and research.
I believe in a LOT of things he could be doing, having both houses, but keeps fscking his own agenda up with his own acts.
Did a foreign power decide our election? Dunno, the unelected party is preventing any serious investigation.
Did Russia try to influence our election, I'm pretty sure they did...Hell, "we" have tried influencing elections all around the world ourselves in the past, and likely have with Russia too.
That being said, I don't see any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians yet in that attempted meddling.
I have no doubts the Russians tried to meddle, but that's an entirely different thing than one of the presidential candidates trying to collude and work with them...and there just seems to be little to no evidence of that at this time. But, with 2 congressional investigations going, if it is there, they should find it, if not...drop it and let the govt move on to do the work it was elected to do.
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I believe it is one of the chief things keeping him from getting things done actually.....it creates too much turmoil, and distractions from the things he promised to get through...healthcare reform, tax reform, and the wall.
I used to love watching all the news channels, MSNBC, Fox, CNN...I'd watch all the Sunday morning news shows every week.
But man, I'm so over it....this tweet, that tweet...and the press jumping on this, or on that...just the constant "noise" is driving me to just watch nothing more weighty than Family Guy reruns on Netflix in endless succession.
If someone would take the fucking twitter phone away from him and advise him to just shut the fuck up and do leader stuff in the background quietly for awhile, I'd be ever so thankful.....
I don't like everything about him or his policies, but there are some I do....like the supreme court appointment (my main voting issues), and those listed above, but geez....can't he do it quietly and out of the spotlight a bit? He's his own worst enemy most of the time it seems....
Not just dealers saying that, but from research I've done on forums and with owners trying to disable this shit.....it is now being that tightly integrated into the car's main computer.
Sounds like you need to grow some balls buddy....
Unfortunately, and sadly...this is getting harder and harder to find.
To make matters worse, many of the new vehicles not only have wireless 3G or better transmitters on them, but they are so tightly integrated into the cars system, that you cannot simply disable them, without crippling the car to the point to where it may not run.
I asked years back when looking at a vette, if I could get one without the OnStar system in it...they said no, it was not an option....and later said they didn't think it could be disabled. I saw recently that the same type system in on the Dodge Hellcat, which would be a fun muscle car to play with, but you can't even disable the wireless transmitter in it?!?!
So, I'm looking to stay with fun cars of a certain age as long as possible, that have as little computer system on them as possible, certainly none that have transmitters on them.
I know they are angling that way...BUT, in my whole adult life, I've yet to have had an appliance (stove, oven, refrigerator, deep freezer, washer, dryer, dishwaher, garbage disposal...etc) to have ever stopped working due to lacking a software update?!?!
Mechanical failures, sure....but what software update would be needed to simply continue to wash, cool, cook or dry something?
Well, I don't think anyone is promoting the idea for pot or beer, etc...at a young age, but then again, let's also be realistic.
When did you and most people start experimenting with alcohol and pot for instance?
Me? I was about 16yrs old....and I was a bit of a late bloomer in that respect, most of my peers had tried it before I did by a year or more at least.
And again..if a kid does experiment (and they will despite laws and rules), I'd much rather them do a little week and maybe booze,...something basically made by nature rather than some new chemical, made in questionable environments, unknown contents or potency.....
Look, I grew up with plenty of that same culture, we had tons of nifty drugs to try, and many if not most of my friends and group tried them out.
But we were smart enough...that's the key. You can still be a kid and be smart about things you do when it comes down to it....at least if you have parents that raise you right.
Sure, there were some people that took it too far, but for 99% of the large group I ran with and grew up with, we all survived, have kids, good jobs, etc.
One easy rule of thumb...if you have to use a needle (or commonly use one with a certain drug), don't fuck with it.
I'd add one more thing for today, as that it is more prevalent than when I grew up (although we had some back then)....if it is synthetic, don't do it.
Stick with the basics....and as all natural as you can.
I have a hard time believing kids today would be that much more stupid than the kids in my day.
And yes, if you're stupid...perhaps not reproducing isn't the worst thing in the world....
So, we should legalize pot?
I mean, how much easier does it get to manufacture?
Just simply plant a seed with the rest of the veggies in your garden, and voila!!
Well, to be fair...they *are* having to do something to clean up the now failing mess the previous administration left them with their shot at "healthcare".
And....natural selection will continue to clean the gene pool.
Just off top, you have to own a car pretty much to live anywhere in the US.
That's a given.
It costs you "$X" as you mentioned, to own a car...insurance, gas, maintenance...etc.
You are going to be paying that anyway.
SO, if you can make some $$ off that car you will own and be paying for anyway, but doing a little uber on the side, then it is helping to help pay for itself a bit, no?
Sure, I know there is a little extra wear on the uber shifts....without having to go into that calculation, if it pays more than that cost for gas on those rides, and the slight maintenance you have to figure on any driving trip....then it is a win.
If that were the case, then people in the US would stop buying products from China, India and 3rd world countries due to their workforce tx.....
No matter what happens on the "uncomfortable workplace conditions"....I'll still ride uber.
The product is what matters to me...not their interoffice politics....they can handle that themselves and with their lawyers.
Well, just thinking, it isn't as expensive to own a car everywhere in the US. And you pretty much have to have a car anyway, so that total cost isn't just for uber driving. From people I know that have done some part time Uber hustling, they say they make decent side money.
But that being said....I don't know at all how accurate your calculations are, but even if they are...remember one thing.
PLENTY of people play the lottery every day despite the odds.
Darwin at work.....
But, you know.....the people getting those nice, convenient rides at reasonable prices, couldn't care less about all this.
Hey, it keeps me from drinking and driving, I love the service and use it constantly. What they do at corporate is their problem, I really don't care and I'd dare say most of their customers don't either...if they even know about it at all.
I don't....
I like loud, powerful engines and the noise they make...I don't want an electric motorcycle either.
That being said....if Tesla, or the like, started making an electric sports car again, in the price range of a Vette....I might reconsider.
But no, I have no interest in a fugly family style electric car.
And I'd never want an electric motorcycle, period. That would take all the fun out of riding one.
That's a bit different....comparing states vs sovereign countries....
But I'm wondering why any Brits would NOT want the Brexit?
From what I can read, the EU had been constantly taking away sovereignty from GB, and dictating how this country was run and how it did business in many ways....
I know there are some positives, but from what I saw the EU was becoming more onerous and overreaching....
The purpose is not (and should not be) for the purpose of molding behavior, they are to pay for government services.....period.
It is not the responsibility of the US government (certainly not the FEDS) to alter or change citizen behavior....they are supposed to be answerable to us, not the other way around.
I'm trying to find in the Constitution where it says the federal govt is tasked with molding and manipulating citizen behavior....????
I keep saying, if Tesla would bring back the roadster, or something of the like, that is a sports car, with great performance, but also doesn't look like a "family car"....and could price it in the ballpark of a Corvette, I'd be first in line for it....
While a smaller market than for family cars, there is a decent sized market that wants sports cars, why not feed it?
Other car companies use these to generate interests in their other models....c'mon Tesla, make a fun, good looking car again!!
I whole heartedly agree....but there is one problem that didn't used to exist in the past and I dunno how it can be addressed....
But there is no decorum these days, and the whole audience seems to try to either shout down the politician, or other people they disagree with in the audience.
I don't want just pre-screen questions either, but man..something needs to be done...because with all the shouters, or rage audience members, no one can really have any meaningful discourse with the elected official.
Note to Self....remember in case of selection for jury duty next time.
What about those people that don't have Facebook...and want to interact with their congress critter.
I don't mind this maybe being an additional venue...However I see the congress critters seeing this and thinking everyone is on FB and this will be their sole mode of contact online.....
It doesn't seem right for such an important thing, people/govt workers almost requiring an account with a private company.....I could see this easily becoming the defacto standard, which it should not be....
A more open platform is what is called for here...
Can't We Take A Joke ....
I found it for free to watch on Amazon Prime...very interesting, in that Lenny Bruce, once again in today's culture....likely couldn't perform on a modern college campus.
In the past he was persecuted by the right....today, he'd be shouted and shamed into oblivion by the left.
I would posit that the Democrats are absolutely doing 100% the same thing.
I"m not sure what your "agree with everyone else" means, I'm assuming you mean "the world" and other countries, which have absolutely NO stake in things here one way or another, and shouldn't. We don't rule ourselves based on what the rest of the world thinks, if we did, we might as well not be a sovereign country at all.....but that aside, I don't think anyone in the US doesn't think healthcare is important, but not everyone believes it should be socialized, nor who exactly is to pay for it. The US comes from a LONG individualistic culture (as opposed to Europe, etc) and tradition and many of the proposed solutions butt heads with that, hence the debate and lack of a quick solution.
Well, the US has done a LOT to clean up its act in this area, I think it's not a bad idea to see and ensure other countries step up and do their part in a verifiable way, before we put ourselves under even more regulation/fiscal/business stress...since we are in competition economically with those other countries.
Frankly, until they address what is pretty much the WORST polluter for greenhouse gasses, animal food production (cow farts, etc)....I'm not putting quite all my stock in having us shut down our energy industries. Get them to address that and then I"ll pay a bit more attention, as that that is pretty much the world's largest hazard to date.
I'll go along with you hear on this one....I wish the President would get the fuck OFF twitter, and act like a president, and leader, delegating authority more to experts, and not flying off the handle before giving things serious consideration and research.
I believe in a LOT of things he could be doing, having both houses, but keeps fscking his own agenda up with his own acts.
Did Russia try to influence our election, I'm pretty sure they did...Hell, "we" have tried influencing elections all around the world ourselves in the past, and likely have with Russia too.
That being said, I don't see any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians yet in that attempted meddling.
I have no doubts the Russians tried to meddle, but that's an entirely different thing than one of the presidential candidates trying to collude and work with them...and there just seems to be little to no evidence of that at this time. But, with 2 congressional investigations going, if it is there, they should find it, if not...drop it and let the govt move on to do the work it was elected to do.