Bush didn't have people demanding to see his birth certificate
But they did falsely claim he went AWOL while serving in the National Guard (ask Dan Rather if you don't believe me)
Bush didn't have a congress whose Democratic members vowed to make him a one-term president by any means necessary
As I recall, they did exactly that, including trying to block almost every judicial nomination to the point Republicans had to threaten to change the rules against filibustering. Once Democrats took control of Congress in 2006 Pelosi called all the shots.
Bush didn't inherit a financial crisis created by his predecessor
Yes, he did. The country was already in a recession from the dotcom bubble burst and the banking laws had already been changed that set up the financial crisis we've been suffering for the past 5 years.
Think how easy it would be for a personal injury lawyer to wheel a child who was injured in front of a jury and get them all crying because the driver didn't use the proven safe self-driving mode. What will a few mega-million dollar suits do to your insurance?
The rivets in airplanes are only now being partially replaced.
There are good reasons to rivet together individual pieces of metal instead of welding them together. For one thing, a crack will move across a weld much easier than it can cross a riveted seam. Ships, skyscrapers, and bridges were also riveted together for the same reason. Today the engineers are getting better with materials and welding so eventually rivets will be obsolete, but there's nothing really wrong with using them.
More is spent on sports then is received back to students as services so your millions in profit argument is null.
Without knowing what you mean by "received back" I can't respond. However, I went to a large university with a well known sports program (NOT Penn State, which was a very bad exception) and never felt that students were not served by the sports program or that it was "at the head of the table".
As far as "HORRENDOUSLY disproportionate", it's nowhere near what you seem to think. Michigan has a total budget of something over $5 Billion, their athletic program has a budget of around $120 Million (about 2.5%, probably typical for a large university). Not trivial, but like most large programs it pretty much pays its own way. Smaller schools subsidize more but the budget is much smaller.
We're talking about colleges here, not trade schools; museums, music programs, sports programs, social clubs, liberal arts courses, etc. are all part of the college experience. And besides, Michigan's sports programs make many millions of dollars profit for the school.
Freedom to post whatever you want in a public forum is important in our world today. Wikileaks seems to self destructing and isn't necessary in the grand scheme of things.
What's odd about this? Everyone expects protesters, even though very few people have any idea what the protest is about. It's become a ritual every four years.
Exactly. One dumbass made the statement, and he was immediately excoriated by the rest of the party. This is a non-story unless you want to start flame wars the week before the GOP convention.
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What happens if you don't fulfill that obligation? No penalty if data is compromised?
This kind of control just amazes me. Orbiting a dinky little asteroid, just amazing.
Eclipse was running on an iPads years ago? Really?
He has released his tax forms as required by law. Why do you have a problem with that?
Yea, that was my first thought. Looks like someone bought a kit and wrote down the ingredients.
Bush didn't have people demanding to see his birth certificate
But they did falsely claim he went AWOL while serving in the National Guard (ask Dan Rather if you don't believe me)
Bush didn't have a congress whose Democratic members vowed to make him a one-term president by any means necessary
As I recall, they did exactly that, including trying to block almost every judicial nomination to the point Republicans had to threaten to change the rules against filibustering. Once Democrats took control of Congress in 2006 Pelosi called all the shots.
Bush didn't inherit a financial crisis created by his predecessor
Yes, he did. The country was already in a recession from the dotcom bubble burst and the banking laws had already been changed that set up the financial crisis we've been suffering for the past 5 years.
Think how easy it would be for a personal injury lawyer to wheel a child who was injured in front of a jury and get them all crying because the driver didn't use the proven safe self-driving mode. What will a few mega-million dollar suits do to your insurance?
sold 'only for law enforcement purposes,'
Yea, sure. But presumably anyone can buy it (I didn't read the article for obvious reasons)
Except I wouldn't really call a lot of what they make craftsmanship. More like Etsy Gone Wild.
He should turn in his geek card. The correct answer is 3 years at 52 weeks per year is 78 fortnights.
The rivets in airplanes are only now being partially replaced.
There are good reasons to rivet together individual pieces of metal instead of welding them together. For one thing, a crack will move across a weld much easier than it can cross a riveted seam. Ships, skyscrapers, and bridges were also riveted together for the same reason. Today the engineers are getting better with materials and welding so eventually rivets will be obsolete, but there's nothing really wrong with using them.
More is spent on sports then is received back to students as services so your millions in profit argument is null.
Without knowing what you mean by "received back" I can't respond. However, I went to a large university with a well known sports program (NOT Penn State, which was a very bad exception) and never felt that students were not served by the sports program or that it was "at the head of the table".
As far as "HORRENDOUSLY disproportionate", it's nowhere near what you seem to think. Michigan has a total budget of something over $5 Billion, their athletic program has a budget of around $120 Million (about 2.5%, probably typical for a large university). Not trivial, but like most large programs it pretty much pays its own way. Smaller schools subsidize more but the budget is much smaller.
wasting millions a year on sports programs
We're talking about colleges here, not trade schools; museums, music programs, sports programs, social clubs, liberal arts courses, etc. are all part of the college experience. And besides, Michigan's sports programs make many millions of dollars profit for the school.
I suppose an anteater is used to stop ant torrents. Or would that be a DOS attack?
Freedom to post whatever you want in a public forum is important in our world today. Wikileaks seems to self destructing and isn't necessary in the grand scheme of things.
What's odd about this? Everyone expects protesters, even though very few people have any idea what the protest is about. It's become a ritual every four years.
Yea, it might be a pretty good computer program, but that's all.
So how do you define "sensitive"? There's no end to it; once you open the door a good lawyer can can convince a jury anything.
I suppose you could file an individual suit, but the point seems to be having most disputes settled by arbitration rather than lawsuits.
You get what you pay for. Want unmetered? Buy unmetered.
It depends on whether your point is factual content or snarky sarcasm.
Sounds like a combination of Marvel Comics and USA Today. YUCK. POW. BAM.
Citation needed, big time.
You parsed the slogan incorrectly. It's "News for nerds which is the stuff that matters".
a conservative thinks there is some sort of magic
Exactly. One dumbass made the statement, and he was immediately excoriated by the rest of the party. This is a non-story unless you want to start flame wars the week before the GOP convention.