The CPI is sampled and weighted to account for all of that. You really think they don't realize that people don't buy durable goods every day?
The only thing really excluded from CPI is investments (including home prices, but housing costs are indexed). The Fed chooses to use an index called "All Items, less food and energy". That's their choice. Anyone can go to the BLS website at get the "All Items" index. You can also read all of the methodology if you like.
"full social services" being in quotes is interesting, seeing how it's a phrase I didn't use.
The point I was making is that even where US government does provide social services, they are usually not sufficient to actually meet the need.
In this particular case, we're talking about military morale. It's insane that we rely on a private charity to take care of this (and USO isn't the only one.. cf Operation Bedding, etc).
The attitudes of 1900 are not relevant in any way.
You seem to have some mutual exclusion in mind that just doesn't exist. There's nothing stopping charities from helping military personnel. USO is far from the only one.
Oh, I think I know what you're missing... in the US the government rarely fully does the job (never, when it comes to social services) and therefore we rely on private charities to pick up the slack.
Have to keep in mind that there weren't that many bombs. You wouldn't want to waste one on a public demonstration. IIRC some had even argued that Trinity was a waste.
And really, given that it took some 'prodding' to surrender after Hiroshima, one can assume that a demonstration in an unpopulated area would not have had the desired effect either.
I'm not sure what concept you're talking about. Building codes don't prevent you from razing and rebuilding (that kind of restriction is only in historic districts). In my city 80-100 year-old buildings are routinely torn down for new construction.
And for the GP, there's really not anything in building/zoning codes that I'm familiar with that would stop you from doing that. The main issue is that you'd be buying a big piece of land with a small house, in order to have space to make additions (zoning code would come into play there with setbacks, etc). But you'd be paying a premium to do that. So many people either just get the larger house in the first place, or get a 'starter house' that is smaller and then move to a larger one as circumstances warrant/allow.
You're generally correct about the development, but Clinton did support NAFTA. Had he not, it may not have been ratified (which was in late 93, well after he was in office).. who knows. Granted he did work to make some changes in the deal.
"Prior to MTV, the physical appearance of a band was of minor importance"
I guess you never heard of a little band called The Beatles? Their physical appearance (specifically, appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show) had an awful lot to do with their success. Though I'd argue it was Beatles knock-offs that really started the trend (e.g. The Monkees), as the Beatles obviously had loads of musical talent.
Many 'feature phones' had/have keyboards. And even those that didn't predictive text had gotten to the point where it wasn't hard to quickly input a message.
I quickly got sick of crippled mobile sites and set my UI for mobile browsing to Windows (no data cap).
Examples of crippled sites.. the mobile version of one discussion website didn't have functionality to post a comment. And I think a news site would only give you 'top stories', not the full listing. And then there are the sites that saw you were on mobile and would just say "Sorry our site is incompatible with mobile devices". Meanwhile, it worked fine with a Windows UI..
Note: "Core CPI" is not a statistic issued by the BLS. They do issue an index called "All items, less food and energy". The Federal Reserve (and media) calls this "Core CPI".
We do a continuous nationwide survey so that we don't have to rely on anecdotes.
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A lame ^H gag (with the wrong number of ^H) with a 10 year old joke gets +4, insightful? Jeez.
No, he didn't say "exactly" that. He has said that he would re-privatize airport screening.
It's 50% of the public debt but about a third of the total debt (which includes intra-governmental debt, e.g. social security IOUs).
So he's a good guy as long as you ignore the bad stuff? Got it.
The CPI is sampled and weighted to account for all of that. You really think they don't realize that people don't buy durable goods every day?
The only thing really excluded from CPI is investments (including home prices, but housing costs are indexed). The Fed chooses to use an index called "All Items, less food and energy". That's their choice. Anyone can go to the BLS website at get the "All Items" index. You can also read all of the methodology if you like.
"full social services" being in quotes is interesting, seeing how it's a phrase I didn't use.
The point I was making is that even where US government does provide social services, they are usually not sufficient to actually meet the need.
In this particular case, we're talking about military morale. It's insane that we rely on a private charity to take care of this (and USO isn't the only one.. cf Operation Bedding, etc).
The attitudes of 1900 are not relevant in any way.
Except they're not going out of their way. People are leaving the money at TSA checkpoints. Should they just be throwing it out?
You seem to have some mutual exclusion in mind that just doesn't exist. There's nothing stopping charities from helping military personnel. USO is far from the only one.
Oh, I think I know what you're missing... in the US the government rarely fully does the job (never, when it comes to social services) and therefore we rely on private charities to pick up the slack.
No, the point is political grandstanding.
USO was chosen because now if you're against the bill, you're 'against the troops'.
Especially on the (iirc) 1st level, where there was an electro-death ray at the 50 yard line.
That's already the status quo in most jurisdictions in the US.
"I didn't see them" is good enough, even if you've killed someone.
Have to keep in mind that there weren't that many bombs. You wouldn't want to waste one on a public demonstration. IIRC some had even argued that Trinity was a waste.
And really, given that it took some 'prodding' to surrender after Hiroshima, one can assume that a demonstration in an unpopulated area would not have had the desired effect either.
You can't sue the police for not protecting you.. so I don't see how a suit about not putting up signage would be at all successful.
I'm not sure what concept you're talking about. Building codes don't prevent you from razing and rebuilding (that kind of restriction is only in historic districts). In my city 80-100 year-old buildings are routinely torn down for new construction.
And for the GP, there's really not anything in building/zoning codes that I'm familiar with that would stop you from doing that. The main issue is that you'd be buying a big piece of land with a small house, in order to have space to make additions (zoning code would come into play there with setbacks, etc). But you'd be paying a premium to do that. So many people either just get the larger house in the first place, or get a 'starter house' that is smaller and then move to a larger one as circumstances warrant/allow.
You're generally correct about the development, but Clinton did support NAFTA. Had he not, it may not have been ratified (which was in late 93, well after he was in office).. who knows. Granted he did work to make some changes in the deal.
"Prior to MTV, the physical appearance of a band was of minor importance"
I guess you never heard of a little band called The Beatles? Their physical appearance (specifically, appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show) had an awful lot to do with their success. Though I'd argue it was Beatles knock-offs that really started the trend (e.g. The Monkees), as the Beatles obviously had loads of musical talent.
Another counter-example would be KISS.
MLS is the #3 sports league in the US by attendance..
Many 'feature phones' had/have keyboards. And even those that didn't predictive text had gotten to the point where it wasn't hard to quickly input a message.
I know, it's so crazy that the police want your vehicle identification plate to be able to be used to identify your vehicle!
The department was created via legislation and is under Congressional oversight.
I quickly got sick of crippled mobile sites and set my UI for mobile browsing to Windows (no data cap).
Examples of crippled sites.. the mobile version of one discussion website didn't have functionality to post a comment. And I think a news site would only give you 'top stories', not the full listing. And then there are the sites that saw you were on mobile and would just say "Sorry our site is incompatible with mobile devices". Meanwhile, it worked fine with a Windows UI..
Note: "Core CPI" is not a statistic issued by the BLS. They do issue an index called "All items, less food and energy". The Federal Reserve (and media) calls this "Core CPI".
We do a continuous nationwide survey so that we don't have to rely on anecdotes.
Goals in hockey are announced with a flashing light and screen display. It's not an issue.
You're likely in a 'secondary market' for either Buffalo or Miami. The TV rules are crazy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_television
Football and soccer (at least in the US) do show the game on the screen at the stadium. They also show replays, including controversial calls.