Except this spending cut on the DoD is for manditory (i.e., day to day) funding for things like payrolls, base and equipment upkeep, resupply funding, and so forth. The wars are being fought on discretionary funding that's in addition to the manditory funding, and the discretionary funding hasn't even been looked at. So, don't count on the wars winding down for lack of money. And expect the DoD to lose the cash in manditory funding and get it right back in appropriations bills for discretionary funding. Except for the VA, of course.
The Republicans are all about Big Science if they can spend the research funding on something that will build a newer shinier weapon, preferably one that can be contracted out to one of their campaign contributors at maximum cost. Who cares if the damned thing works? They're the party that gave us the 'Star Wars' missile defense that only defended defense contractor's profit margins and were totally useless in real life.
Seems to me, it's more like the feeling you get when you see a carful of lawyers go over a cliff. In your brand new tricked out SUV that you're still waiting for the insurance paperwork to come back on...
Not if they can get the costs down. If they could produce a 50% efficient PV cell for what they spend today, solar would start looking viable, even without massive subsidies and tax rebates that keep the current cells just barely around breakeven in cost vs output ratios. At the moment, without tax rebates and subsidies, solar is way too niche to work properly.
They work okay when it's cloudy. Hell, a Junior Scientist Kit solar cell will still put out some power in an indirectly lit room. It'll put out more in direct sunlight.
The 'rubberstamp' warrants? Yeah, they can invoke 'national security' and take their time going in front of a secret judge (72 hrs, I believe is the time allowed) to get the warrant, but they still have to get the warrant. And in the history of the FISA courts, something like less than 30 warrants were denied, most of them for improperly filling out the warrant request IIRC. The 'officers' in question redid their paperwork and got their warrants.
150 euros ain't bad for a fine. Sure beats the hell out of multi thousand dollar fines here in the States. Assuming, of course, the dollar hasn't sank THAT much against the euro...
Mebbe, contrary to popular belief here in the States, France just might have something to teach us. Just, not about music. Rhiannon?? Really????
Except the cartoon stuff, which is still illegal. Come to think of it, isn't Twilight considered 'kiddie porn' in that a hundred year old vampire seduces a teenager? And if not, why not? And don't hand me that 'she consented to it' cause by definition, a girl below the age of concent can't consent which makes it statutory rape regardless of who initiated the sex.
Personally, I'm glad for this extension. There are still evildoers, particularly Islamic terrorists that are bent on harming America. Just wittness the latest attack in Libya.
Wait, how would warrantless wiretaps have prevented THAT? You planning to tap phones in Libya?
And don't we have warrantless wiretaps today and yet we still have THAT?
And if there is a risk that can be averted with a wiretap, why not get a warrant?
Warrants take effort to get, and a modicrum of evidence. Cops, particularly the Federal type, are inherently lazy. If a warrantless wiretap will get them the evidence they need to get the evidence they need, so much the better.
If there isn't a 9/11 movie that sells big sometime in the next 30 years, it will be forgotten by 2045. Even if there is, it will still be forgotten every decade until the remake comes along.
And we'll still have TSA giving free prostate exams long after we've forgotten why...
What the hell'd you expect? The media had been whipping the 'KILL THE ISLAMOCOMMIES' frenzy for two years, and still considered the 'dirty bomb' a viable WMD. They'd been scaring everybody shitless with the then-new daily 'threat levels' (which will never go to green, of course), and painting binLaden as the 'most evil man since $FILL_IN_THE_BLANK'.
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Except this spending cut on the DoD is for manditory (i.e., day to day) funding for things like payrolls, base and equipment upkeep, resupply funding, and so forth. The wars are being fought on discretionary funding that's in addition to the manditory funding, and the discretionary funding hasn't even been looked at. So, don't count on the wars winding down for lack of money. And expect the DoD to lose the cash in manditory funding and get it right back in appropriations bills for discretionary funding. Except for the VA, of course.
So Ron Paul is thinking of doing away with Congress? Hmm... Mebbe he's worth a second look...
The Republicans are all about Big Science if they can spend the research funding on something that will build a newer shinier weapon, preferably one that can be contracted out to one of their campaign contributors at maximum cost. Who cares if the damned thing works? They're the party that gave us the 'Star Wars' missile defense that only defended defense contractor's profit margins and were totally useless in real life.
Seems to me, it's more like the feeling you get when you see a carful of lawyers go over a cliff. In your brand new tricked out SUV that you're still waiting for the insurance paperwork to come back on...
That was 'Lord of War' IIRC. Great movie, one of Cage's best.
Who cares? Pass the popcorn.
Not if they can get the costs down. If they could produce a 50% efficient PV cell for what they spend today, solar would start looking viable, even without massive subsidies and tax rebates that keep the current cells just barely around breakeven in cost vs output ratios. At the moment, without tax rebates and subsidies, solar is way too niche to work properly.
Unless you like paying 2 bucks a kilowatt hour...
They work okay when it's cloudy. Hell, a Junior Scientist Kit solar cell will still put out some power in an indirectly lit room. It'll put out more in direct sunlight.
Read what you wrote. NASA paid the 400-500 mil for launch capabilities, i.e., delivered assembled vehicles to stand up on the pad, fuel, and go.
Too bad it's too late to patent 'litigate to annihilate lawsuits'. Oh, wait, it's a business process, unpatentable...
Give the bankrolls a couple minutes, they'll fix this. Easy fix. Trust me.
The 'rubberstamp' warrants? Yeah, they can invoke 'national security' and take their time going in front of a secret judge (72 hrs, I believe is the time allowed) to get the warrant, but they still have to get the warrant. And in the history of the FISA courts, something like less than 30 warrants were denied, most of them for improperly filling out the warrant request IIRC. The 'officers' in question redid their paperwork and got their warrants.
Don't forget the Worcester sauce.
150 euros ain't bad for a fine. Sure beats the hell out of multi thousand dollar fines here in the States. Assuming, of course, the dollar hasn't sank THAT much against the euro...
Mebbe, contrary to popular belief here in the States, France just might have something to teach us. Just, not about music. Rhiannon?? Really????
Except the cartoon stuff, which is still illegal. Come to think of it, isn't Twilight considered 'kiddie porn' in that a hundred year old vampire seduces a teenager? And if not, why not? And don't hand me that 'she consented to it' cause by definition, a girl below the age of concent can't consent which makes it statutory rape regardless of who initiated the sex.
Yeah, it's like outlawing science fiction to keep people from going to the Moon.
If what you're saying is true, then what needs to be changed is the cops, not the wiretap laws.
Both, actually. Warrantless wiretaps are the grease on the slippery slope.
Personally, I'm glad for this extension. There are still evildoers, particularly Islamic terrorists that are bent on harming America. Just wittness the latest attack in Libya.
Wait, how would warrantless wiretaps have prevented THAT? You planning to tap phones in Libya? And don't we have warrantless wiretaps today and yet we still have THAT?
And if there is a risk that can be averted with a wiretap, why not get a warrant?
Warrants take effort to get, and a modicrum of evidence. Cops, particularly the Federal type, are inherently lazy. If a warrantless wiretap will get them the evidence they need to get the evidence they need, so much the better.
Power budgets and lack of easy repair.
cue NASA budget cuts in 5... 4... 3...
Remember: Pillage, then Burn!
Nonononono. Rape. Then pillage. THEN burn.
Funny, I kinda feel the same way about space colonisation. I think I got a better chance of it, though...
Bloody heathen. EVERYBODY knows the only TRUE Second Coming is of Elvis.
And we'll still have TSA giving free prostate exams long after we've forgotten why...
What the hell'd you expect? The media had been whipping the 'KILL THE ISLAMOCOMMIES' frenzy for two years, and still considered the 'dirty bomb' a viable WMD. They'd been scaring everybody shitless with the then-new daily 'threat levels' (which will never go to green, of course), and painting binLaden as the 'most evil man since $FILL_IN_THE_BLANK'.