The US is one of the permanent Security Council members. The US can't be kicked out without US consent, just like China and Russia can't be kicked out without their own consent.
You realize that's not within their power, right? The US is part of the permanent set of security council members and has veto authority, just as China and Russia do. No such change will happen without the complete dissolution of the UN.
Given human history, I'd say every country is hypocritical in this regard to some extent or other. Some are better at hiding or mitigating it than others, but none are immune to it.
Also, the current party system will never allow proportional representation. It would be possible to change a given State's voting system absent Federal tampering. With Federal tampering, no State will be allowed to do such a thing.
The abolition of slavery began with the States, as did voting rights, women's rights, gay rights, and pretty much every other advancement of equality. They were eventually co-opted by the Federal government once the writing was on the wall that they couldn't be stopped. Just because States have done bad things does not mean States rights are not important.
And the larger the government, the less likely it can be saved once it inevitably becomes corrupt. I prefer a government that can be changed by the people to a government that cannot be changed by the people.
Like most things, this trend was started by States. Without the Civil War, the US would have had slaves for a number of years longer, but the eventual reconciliation (as happened in every other country on Earth) would have been far less traumatic.
The only way to change things that I've seen is for everyone to use as much public money as possible. Bleed the system dry as fast as possible until it is no longer sustainable (technically it's not sustainable already, but I mean to make the short term even shorter). At that point, it may be possible for sections of the country to secede and create countries which are small enough to be accountable to their citizenry.
There's a lot of blame to go around. Anyone blaming just one segment of government, or just one person, is not paying attention or is trying to manipulate people.
Nvidia supercomputing clusters aren't "repurposed" for highly parallel tasks. That's what they're designed for. They don't just produce graphics cards.
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And with veto rights it can veto any decision to kick it out. There is no veto override in the UN for permanent Security Council member states.
The US is one of the permanent Security Council members. The US can't be kicked out without US consent, just like China and Russia can't be kicked out without their own consent.
You realize that's not within their power, right? The US is part of the permanent set of security council members and has veto authority, just as China and Russia do. No such change will happen without the complete dissolution of the UN.
Given human history, I'd say every country is hypocritical in this regard to some extent or other. Some are better at hiding or mitigating it than others, but none are immune to it.
Not only that, but Ctrl+Z is already mapped to re-open closed tabs in reverse order of closure in Opera.
Currently using the latest build and Ctrl+Z still re-opens closed tabs in the order closed.
Blackberries do.
Also, the current party system will never allow proportional representation. It would be possible to change a given State's voting system absent Federal tampering. With Federal tampering, no State will be allowed to do such a thing.
The abolition of slavery began with the States, as did voting rights, women's rights, gay rights, and pretty much every other advancement of equality. They were eventually co-opted by the Federal government once the writing was on the wall that they couldn't be stopped. Just because States have done bad things does not mean States rights are not important.
And the larger the government, the less likely it can be saved once it inevitably becomes corrupt. I prefer a government that can be changed by the people to a government that cannot be changed by the people.
At one time Christianity was exactly the same thing.
With the majority of the black population in the US, this would not happen.
Like most things, this trend was started by States. Without the Civil War, the US would have had slaves for a number of years longer, but the eventual reconciliation (as happened in every other country on Earth) would have been far less traumatic.
It will never stay there. For the most part of US history, it's actually never been there.
The only way to change things that I've seen is for everyone to use as much public money as possible. Bleed the system dry as fast as possible until it is no longer sustainable (technically it's not sustainable already, but I mean to make the short term even shorter). At that point, it may be possible for sections of the country to secede and create countries which are small enough to be accountable to their citizenry.
There are thousands of completely irrational laws on the books in the USA, and the criminalization of suicide is one that exists in many States.
The difference is that the government shark was jumped long ago.
The director of the FBI reports to the President. An EO by Obama is all that is required.
Sucks about the hardware issue.
He has failed to end surveillance policies over which the Executive branch has complete control.
Why would their editors allow them to jeopardize their meal ticket?
There's a lot of blame to go around. Anyone blaming just one segment of government, or just one person, is not paying attention or is trying to manipulate people.
It's like murder. If you only kill a few (dozen, maybe), you're a murderer. If you kill thousands+, you're a hero.
I don't think the non-American voted for either Obama or Romney. Then again, who knows...
Nvidia supercomputing clusters aren't "repurposed" for highly parallel tasks. That's what they're designed for. They don't just produce graphics cards.
Pick a political loudmouth of your choice.