Homefront was originally going to depict an invasion of the Chinese army, but the producers were worried about upsetting the Chinese, so the antagonists in the game were changed to North Korea.
I'll bet this is just the DHS' attempt at getting a record with medical equipment, so they can rubber stamp the x-ray machines the TSA uses, to keep the FDA out of the loop.
There's a fair bit of cognitive dissonance when it comes to the government saying that we're allowed to overthrow them.
Of course the supreme court wouldn't rule that we're ALLOWED to overthrow them if they become too tyrannical, but the supreme court isn't the end all be all of what's right. Everybody in this country, even the other two branches of the federal government, have the duty to determine if a law is constitutional. The execute can veto a law that the president deems unconstitutional, or refuse to enforce it if the veto is overridden. The legislative can rescind a previous law that was unconstitutional by invalidating it with a new law.
I think a big reason for the personal defense justification for the second amendment is that the supreme court has previously ruled that the police are not here for your protection, their job is to enforce law, not protect civilians. So if the cops can't defend us, we have to be able to defend ourselves.
But I'm sure King James III also said that the colonies were not allowed to overthrow his rule and govern themselves, either.
I remember reading about the mass looting that occurred in New York during that black out a few years ago. The police weren't around, so crime spiked because there were no consequences.
Except that only people who are mowing down schoolchildren or watermelons for a youtube video use full auto.
From what you're saying, you imply that a school shooting has occurred where children were killed with full auto fire. Please cite a single school shooting where a weapon with full auto capability was used.
I doubt that. The queen still retains ownership of a large portion of land in the UK, and leases it to the people for a small fee.
There is no legal obligation for the sitting monarch to do this, it's just tradition. The sitting monarch leases the land to Parliament which then leases it out to companies and citizens, and collects taxes on the land.
The queen uses the money she makes from the lease to live like a... well, like a queen.
(a)theism is about belief, and (a)gnosticism is about knowledge.
A theist believes in a deity, an atheist does not.
You can be open to the idea of a deity while still being an atheist, or you could be an anti-theist. If you do not believe in a god or gods, you are an atheist.
I graduated with a CS degree two years ago, and I only had about 3k in debt when I got my diploma.
Granted, I lived with my parents and commuted to school, instead of living on campus. It was also a state university, and I've seen it in the top ten for best value schools in the country a few times.
I doubt more energy would allow for faster evolution.
If any planets are around Vega, it's entirely possible for them to house life. Life formed on Earth a few hundred million years after it formed. The tricky part would be detecting it.
Life was all anaerobic bacteria on Earth for most of its history. It didn't start getting complex until there was a sizable amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. That's partly why detecting any life on Vega at all is going to be very difficult. Free oxygen in the atmosphere is pretty good evidence of life, and we would be able to detect that at 25 light years away. The trouble is that because Vega is so young, it's doubtful that the simple organisms that would be there would have been able to generate oxygen that fast.
Assuming the aliens evolve the same way life did on Earth, and their biochemistry would allow for massive evolution with oxygen like us.
My current employer has language relating to both. Any inventions that are created while at work would belong to the company. Any inventing I do at home that isn't directly related to our business (diesel engine manufacturing) is mine.
In Germany at 100km/h if you're within 50km of the car in front you're tailgating.
Forgive my American units ineptitude, but unless you're in the Antarctic, isn't it practically a certainty to be within 50 kilometers of another car in any populated country?
The problem there is that almost all doctors in the US are prohibited by oath and professional association membership rules from involvement in executions
Funny, in Texas, doctors are the ones who perform the executions by lethal injection. The reason is because an autopsy does not need to be performed if a doctor performs the execution.
I see this sentiment posted all over the place, but it's just not true. Twinkies do indeed have a shelf life. I've seen video of a 10 year old Twinkie being hit by a hammer, and it shatters into pieces like a rock. They don't have a "shelf life best measured in geologic terms." I can't find the video at the moment, but it's on Youtube, just search for it.
Decades? The 12th amendment (which changes the method for selecting VP) was ratified in 1804. That's only 17 years after the Constitution was formally adopted by the US.
Seems to be that your net effect is nil regardless. If your lesser of two evils party of choice lost an election by a single vote, then you have an influence. But that doesn't happen. So you have no effect. The odds of a third party candidate are exactly the same as the odds of you being the deciding vote in a fight between the donkeys and elephants, so wouldn't it feel better to actually pick the person you actually believe in, and not the person you think is "safe"?
They did. It's called irreducible complexity. It's an actual scientific argument, that's entirely falsifiable. And it was falsified. Several times. Intelligent Design's only scientific idea was blown out of the water. Can we move on now?
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That's patently false.
Homefront was originally going to depict an invasion of the Chinese army, but the producers were worried about upsetting the Chinese, so the antagonists in the game were changed to North Korea.
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Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children and stop this madness?!
I'll bet this is just the DHS' attempt at getting a record with medical equipment, so they can rubber stamp the x-ray machines the TSA uses, to keep the FDA out of the loop.
There's a fair bit of cognitive dissonance when it comes to the government saying that we're allowed to overthrow them.
Of course the supreme court wouldn't rule that we're ALLOWED to overthrow them if they become too tyrannical, but the supreme court isn't the end all be all of what's right. Everybody in this country, even the other two branches of the federal government, have the duty to determine if a law is constitutional. The execute can veto a law that the president deems unconstitutional, or refuse to enforce it if the veto is overridden. The legislative can rescind a previous law that was unconstitutional by invalidating it with a new law.
I think a big reason for the personal defense justification for the second amendment is that the supreme court has previously ruled that the police are not here for your protection, their job is to enforce law, not protect civilians. So if the cops can't defend us, we have to be able to defend ourselves.
But I'm sure King James III also said that the colonies were not allowed to overthrow his rule and govern themselves, either.
Could you cite that position?
I remember reading about the mass looting that occurred in New York during that black out a few years ago. The police weren't around, so crime spiked because there were no consequences.
Except that only people who are mowing down schoolchildren or watermelons for a youtube video use full auto.
From what you're saying, you imply that a school shooting has occurred where children were killed with full auto fire. Please cite a single school shooting where a weapon with full auto capability was used.
That's simply not true. Without genetically modified crops, and use of 100% of the available land for farming, we could only feed 4 billion people.
Genetically modified corn, wheat, and rice have saved the lives of hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people.
Read up on Norman Borlaug.
I doubt that. The queen still retains ownership of a large portion of land in the UK, and leases it to the people for a small fee.
There is no legal obligation for the sitting monarch to do this, it's just tradition. The sitting monarch leases the land to Parliament which then leases it out to companies and citizens, and collects taxes on the land.
The queen uses the money she makes from the lease to live like a... well, like a queen.
Close, but not quite.
(a)theism is about belief, and (a)gnosticism is about knowledge.
A theist believes in a deity, an atheist does not.
You can be open to the idea of a deity while still being an atheist, or you could be an anti-theist. If you do not believe in a god or gods, you are an atheist.
If you know there is no god, you are an agnostic.
I graduated with a CS degree two years ago, and I only had about 3k in debt when I got my diploma.
Granted, I lived with my parents and commuted to school, instead of living on campus. It was also a state university, and I've seen it in the top ten for best value schools in the country a few times.
I doubt more energy would allow for faster evolution.
If any planets are around Vega, it's entirely possible for them to house life. Life formed on Earth a few hundred million years after it formed. The tricky part would be detecting it.
Life was all anaerobic bacteria on Earth for most of its history. It didn't start getting complex until there was a sizable amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. That's partly why detecting any life on Vega at all is going to be very difficult. Free oxygen in the atmosphere is pretty good evidence of life, and we would be able to detect that at 25 light years away. The trouble is that because Vega is so young, it's doubtful that the simple organisms that would be there would have been able to generate oxygen that fast.
Assuming the aliens evolve the same way life did on Earth, and their biochemistry would allow for massive evolution with oxygen like us.
My current employer has language relating to both. Any inventions that are created while at work would belong to the company. Any inventing I do at home that isn't directly related to our business (diesel engine manufacturing) is mine.
In Germany at 100km/h if you're within 50km of the car in front you're tailgating.
Forgive my American units ineptitude, but unless you're in the Antarctic, isn't it practically a certainty to be within 50 kilometers of another car in any populated country?
The problem there is that almost all doctors in the US are prohibited by oath and professional association membership rules from involvement in executions
Funny, in Texas, doctors are the ones who perform the executions by lethal injection. The reason is because an autopsy does not need to be performed if a doctor performs the execution.
I see this sentiment posted all over the place, but it's just not true. Twinkies do indeed have a shelf life. I've seen video of a 10 year old Twinkie being hit by a hammer, and it shatters into pieces like a rock. They don't have a "shelf life best measured in geologic terms." I can't find the video at the moment, but it's on Youtube, just search for it.
Decades? The 12th amendment (which changes the method for selecting VP) was ratified in 1804. That's only 17 years after the Constitution was formally adopted by the US.
FTL if you're looking for a roguelike that takes place in space instead of a dungeon.
I moved out of Pasco last year, and had FIOS for the last year I was there.
FIOS must have given enough competition for Brighthouse to lower their pricing, because I didn't hear many complaints after I got hooked into FIOS.
"Stellar" wind, would be the radiation emitted by any generic star.
Of all the assembly languages I learned in college, MIPS was by far the best design.
What about people who commit suicide?
And I thought Heaven was supposed to be paradise...
Seems to be that your net effect is nil regardless. If your lesser of two evils party of choice lost an election by a single vote, then you have an influence. But that doesn't happen. So you have no effect. The odds of a third party candidate are exactly the same as the odds of you being the deciding vote in a fight between the donkeys and elephants, so wouldn't it feel better to actually pick the person you actually believe in, and not the person you think is "safe"?
They did. It's called irreducible complexity. It's an actual scientific argument, that's entirely falsifiable. And it was falsified. Several times. Intelligent Design's only scientific idea was blown out of the water. Can we move on now?