In some cases Obama's justice department has followed the Bush course, intending the courts to decide against Bush's ideals.
True. I give you that. And Obama is not another Bush. But your picture isn't accurate either. X-ray scanners came under Obama and the homeland/patriotism paranoia is still going on. To narrow my overly generalistic claim a bit: Obama accepts enough of the Bush era status quo, to put the US in a civil rights condition that wouldn't have been conceivable 10 years ago and that as long as it goes on, creates by itself a climate that makes it possible for things to worsen.
I agree in principle. With one caveat however:
Under Bush the Radiant, government argued -and the courts followed that to some extent- that constitutional rights are citizen rights not general human rights. (One of the reasonings why imprisonment without court decision is ok). Since Obama the Kenian follows his predecessor when it comes to law&order-crap, my guess is that the iris scan will be extended to residents that aren't citizens (green card holders). If that goes okay, it will be extended to citizens where the government has reasonable doubts that they aren't loyal patriots. If that goes okay, it will be extended to citizens passing through a high security border area (everything 100 miles from any border).
If there are any massive public protests, they will go back a step. So, most likely the end line will be somewhere at non-citizens, and a few troublemakers nobody cares about. -and of course it might be required at work or at the DMV, or to get a fishing license,... but that all is voluntary. (Meaning: you don't have to get these things)
#1 is why I don't like the Let's-conserve people. Energy efficiency doesn't sell when it gets equated with scarcity. But it's the #2 people who have to be convinced, that, no, more efficient doesn't mean less comfort.
I feel like sitting in a medieval castle: The smoke from the chimneys causes you to cough and die young, but if you turn them off you freeze. But 1000 years earlier the Romans had indirect heat and window panes made out of glass.
Yes, I think the future can be environmentally sound and more comfortable at the same time.
Complete bullshit, WWII was a consequence of Hitler's actions.
Not *complete* bullshit then. The reason to invade Eastern Europe was Hitler's Lebensraum ("living space") idea. His backwards ideology was still pretty much a pre-industrialization Agrarian concept, where space equals production power. -But the reason to push further to the East were the Russian Oil fields.
Well, but within a couple of years Germany had figured out how to turn coal into oil and how to run engines on wood gas. Which actually gives hope for a peak-oil situation.
With a well planned national effort (not more costly than a war), it should be possible for the US to become energy independent within only a few years. The US also has the advantage of large areas with guaranteed sunshine. Oh, and not having the production facilities constantly bombed would also help.
In the manufacture of physical things it's very hard to compete with companies operating in other countries that have less worker protections, less environmental protections, and non-existent employee benefits.
Either we stop buying from manufacturers located in these countries or we push our legislators to prohibit the import of items manufactured under these conditions.
That would be great, and one probably could do that through import taxes. Free trade allows for Co2 trading, why not humanitarian production taxes? As long as the generated taxes match the humanitarian help that goes back into the exporting countries, it would not be a blocking import tax.
This would get rid of sleeze-balls constantly relocating to the worst countries and help businesses (and countries) that want to act responsibly. But as long as WTF agreements are done in a completely non-democratic way, it's not gonna happen.
.. that guy takes all the fun out of funerals.
Or maybe he just missed the boat. While the Church (the only holy roman one) has their rites and for sure has the right to stick to them, weddings -and also funerals- have become a celebration of the individuals involved. Most priests accept a couple adding "their special song" to the wedding. Why not a last wish at a funeral? A last message to the mourners, a cheer-up maybe?
Pretty cool, so to bypass the constitution the government just needs to outsource!
That explains, so much.
Exactly, that's why you can run around with a sign downtown, but not at the mall.
Since "public" is interpreted as publicly owned, not publicly used, places for free speech (on- and off-line) are actually shrinking. At least for people who can't afford and finance their own spaces.
While I might be in favor of kicking these bigots, I also noticed that Kodak has a blasphemy clause in their picture printing service. Hmm...
It has been noted before, that none of the Bush administration "special powers" have been revoked yet. The same overreaching control, but since it's the good guys now, it should be okay..
So, this doesn't come as a surprise either. Similar foreign policy, not as blatantly arrogant as Bush, but not better as Clinton's. The right answer to the leaked documents would have been: "Of course the documents talk about human right abuses. That's why we have these documents. It just shows that we are investigating every claim and are really committed to justice..." Next step: work with international support (Amnesty International) to have names redacted ("in the interest of Afghan civilians" maybe). Not the dumb old "really bad if our dark secrets become public"-statement. That might work with some super-patriotic Americans but will damage any trust other countries had in the new administration.
The European reaction to American pressure tactics? Quite predictable. European politicians will complain but play along, but the public will grin even more about the American claim that they are the champion of free speech.
Not that the government wouldn't have a justified interest in keeping at least some war related documents secret for at least a period of time, but the way they are going after the leak is more damaging than the leak itself. It reminds people of past cover ups. Obama is about to loose all the good-will bonus he got after the election. His hope-slogan carried the hope that things could be done differently and not the same-old. Now it's the same old "pressure the Allies"? Well, that's how Reagan created the Green party in Germany. Maybe Obama can help the pirate party.
Honestly, do these people believe that anyone will swallow lies like that?
Of course. There are already TV ads, claiming the FCC is taking away the Internet. If you follow the ads, it sounds like the FCC is the one, that wants content filtering.
Then blow those clouds over the lakes in Norway using really big fans.
- except you won't need this really big fans. You can use the wind turbines. Additionally, use them to blow bad weather away from the Netherlands up to Norway: more Hydro-energy in Norway, bigger Holland- tomatoes.
Dioxin is produced by burn barrels and old power plants. Good news: it can be extremely reduced by new burners that control the burning temperature and by using adequate filters.
The obvious solution: Outlaw burn barrels and phase out old coal plants - Maybe with incentives to modernize (which is also more efficient and even more cost effective in the long run).
The American way: First, whatever environmental laws this administration pushes, the next one will overturn. This makes investment-security for companies that want to modernize just terrible. Second, instead of investing in equipment, the leading corporations will find it easier and cheaper, to buy congress and do some FUD advertisements (CO2 is life). This will keep companies that would like to modernize out of business till the plants are old enough that the grid brakes down. Third, the people affected will actually defend the polluters and fight anyone claiming that dioxin is bad. I can already see the ads: Evil government wanting to pass legislation that will cut off affordable electricity to hard working families. Evil government claiming that dioxin is bad. When in fact dioxin has been around for thousands of years and is a byproduct that occurs naturally, even in a forest fire. Sponsored by the American Families for Safe Energy Foundation.
After I read "no electronics needed" it took me 10 seconds to think of a similar design. - And 10 more seconds to come up with problems it would have.
But MS knows their user-base. I think, this solves a real-live problem for them. Now, if they could only make the cup holder on my PC a little bit more sturdier...
Right.
He couldn't find enough advertisers, so he started selling the show on-line. This would for sure produce extra revenue.
Of course you also need to hire a person to do that. But then why would you buy the show, if you could still get it for free through internet radio? So, he asked the stations that carried his show, to pause the on-line stream, while the show was on.
At the end, there were about a handful of stations still carrying the show.
Agreed, there is nothing special or elitist about using windows. But that's exactly the point the windows apologetics make, and that's what the MS commercials hammer home again and again: this is for normal people, the others are elitist freaks. The aggressive Windows-User is the tea party supporter of the tech world.
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In some cases Obama's justice department has followed the Bush course, intending the courts to decide against Bush's ideals.
True. I give you that. And Obama is not another Bush. But your picture isn't accurate either. X-ray scanners came under Obama and the homeland/patriotism paranoia is still going on. To narrow my overly generalistic claim a bit: Obama accepts enough of the Bush era status quo, to put the US in a civil rights condition that wouldn't have been conceivable 10 years ago and that as long as it goes on, creates by itself a climate that makes it possible for things to worsen.
Under Bush the Radiant, government argued -and the courts followed that to some extent- that constitutional rights are citizen rights not general human rights. (One of the reasonings why imprisonment without court decision is ok). Since Obama the Kenian follows his predecessor when it comes to law&order-crap, my guess is that the iris scan will be extended to residents that aren't citizens (green card holders). If that goes okay, it will be extended to citizens where the government has reasonable doubts that they aren't loyal patriots. If that goes okay, it will be extended to citizens passing through a high security border area (everything 100 miles from any border).
If there are any massive public protests, they will go back a step. So, most likely the end line will be somewhere at non-citizens, and a few troublemakers nobody cares about. -and of course it might be required at work or at the DMV, or to get a fishing license, ... but that all is voluntary. (Meaning: you don't have to get these things)
That includes Danica Patrick?
I feel like sitting in a medieval castle: The smoke from the chimneys causes you to cough and die young, but if you turn them off you freeze. But 1000 years earlier the Romans had indirect heat and window panes made out of glass.
Yes, I think the future can be environmentally sound and more comfortable at the same time.
Complete bullshit, WWII was a consequence of Hitler's actions.
Not *complete* bullshit then. The reason to invade Eastern Europe was Hitler's Lebensraum ("living space") idea. His backwards ideology was still pretty much a pre-industrialization Agrarian concept, where space equals production power.
-But the reason to push further to the East were the Russian Oil fields.
With a well planned national effort (not more costly than a war), it should be possible for the US to become energy independent within only a few years. The US also has the advantage of large areas with guaranteed sunshine. Oh, and not having the production facilities constantly bombed would also help.
In the manufacture of physical things it's very hard to compete with companies operating in other countries that have less worker protections, less environmental protections, and non-existent employee benefits.
Either we stop buying from manufacturers located in these countries or we push our legislators to prohibit the import of items manufactured under these conditions.
That would be great, and one probably could do that through import taxes. Free trade allows for Co2 trading, why not humanitarian production taxes? As long as the generated taxes match the humanitarian help that goes back into the exporting countries, it would not be a blocking import tax.
This would get rid of sleeze-balls constantly relocating to the worst countries and help businesses (and countries) that want to act responsibly. But as long as WTF agreements are done in a completely non-democratic way, it's not gonna happen.
.. that guy takes all the fun out of funerals.
Or maybe he just missed the boat. While the Church (the only holy roman one) has their rites and for sure has the right to stick to them, weddings -and also funerals- have become a celebration of the individuals involved. Most priests accept a couple adding "their special song" to the wedding. Why not a last wish at a funeral? A last message to the mourners, a cheer-up maybe?
If you got at&t, your primary email and many of your account related pages are through yahoo.
In what Microsoft spokesmen called an "unfortunate accident" Elop got hit by a flying chair while trying to leave the Redmond campus.
Fast and cheap low power chip?
I am sure, someone will develop an arduino-shield for it. <duck>
Pretty cool, so to bypass the constitution the government just needs to outsource!
That explains, so much.
Exactly, that's why you can run around with a sign downtown, but not at the mall. Since "public" is interpreted as publicly owned, not publicly used, places for free speech (on- and off-line) are actually shrinking. At least for people who can't afford and finance their own spaces.
While I might be in favor of kicking these bigots, I also noticed that Kodak has a blasphemy clause in their picture printing service. Hmm...
So, this doesn't come as a surprise either. Similar foreign policy, not as blatantly arrogant as Bush, but not better as Clinton's. The right answer to the leaked documents would have been: "Of course the documents talk about human right abuses. That's why we have these documents. It just shows that we are investigating every claim and are really committed to justice..." Next step: work with international support (Amnesty International) to have names redacted ("in the interest of Afghan civilians" maybe). Not the dumb old "really bad if our dark secrets become public"-statement. That might work with some super-patriotic Americans but will damage any trust other countries had in the new administration.
The European reaction to American pressure tactics? Quite predictable. European politicians will complain but play along, but the public will grin even more about the American claim that they are the champion of free speech.
Not that the government wouldn't have a justified interest in keeping at least some war related documents secret for at least a period of time, but the way they are going after the leak is more damaging than the leak itself. It reminds people of past cover ups. Obama is about to loose all the good-will bonus he got after the election. His hope-slogan carried the hope that things could be done differently and not the same-old. Now it's the same old "pressure the Allies"? Well, that's how Reagan created the Green party in Germany. Maybe Obama can help the pirate party.
... is this plant kosher?
Honestly, do these people believe that anyone will swallow lies like that?
Of course. There are already TV ads, claiming the FCC is taking away the Internet. If you follow the ads, it sounds like the FCC is the one, that wants content filtering.
Then blow those clouds over the lakes in Norway using really big fans.
- except you won't need this really big fans. You can use the wind turbines. Additionally, use them to blow bad weather away from the Netherlands up to Norway: more Hydro-energy in Norway, bigger Holland- tomatoes.
Dioxin is produced by burn barrels and old power plants. Good news: it can be extremely reduced by new burners that control the burning temperature and by using adequate filters.
The obvious solution: Outlaw burn barrels and phase out old coal plants - Maybe with incentives to modernize (which is also more efficient and even more cost effective in the long run).
The American way: First, whatever environmental laws this administration pushes, the next one will overturn. This makes investment-security for companies that want to modernize just terrible. Second, instead of investing in equipment, the leading corporations will find it easier and cheaper, to buy congress and do some FUD advertisements (CO2 is life). This will keep companies that would like to modernize out of business till the plants are old enough that the grid brakes down. Third, the people affected will actually defend the polluters and fight anyone claiming that dioxin is bad. I can already see the ads: Evil government wanting to pass legislation that will cut off affordable electricity to hard working families. Evil government claiming that dioxin is bad. When in fact dioxin has been around for thousands of years and is a byproduct that occurs naturally, even in a forest fire. Sponsored by the American Families for Safe Energy Foundation.
Any job openings in the FUD industry?
.. but that has been done already. There are several movies where a runaway train crashes into the station and destroys at least part of the building.
But if -as I am strongly convinced- terrorists take their cues from bad movies, trying to ram a cruise ship into a city is much more likely.
Actually, all youtube-comments marked "insightful" were still readable...
But MS knows their user-base. I think, this solves a real-live problem for them. Now, if they could only make the cup holder on my PC a little bit more sturdier...
Yeah, googling for "buttplug" will be so much more successful than my previous attempts:
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Latex in the office
latex in the library
latex pictures
If they had just called themselves a business intelligence and consulting service for foreign investors, they wouldn't have any problems.
And if you call yourself a lobbyist you can even funnel money from foreign governments into your congressman's pocket.
Right.
He couldn't find enough advertisers, so he started selling the show on-line. This would for sure produce extra revenue. Of course you also need to hire a person to do that.
But then why would you buy the show, if you could still get it for free through internet radio? So, he asked the stations that carried his show, to pause the on-line stream, while the show was on.
At the end, there were about a handful of stations still carrying the show.
Agreed, there is nothing special or elitist about using windows. But that's exactly the point the windows apologetics make, and that's what the MS commercials hammer home again and again: this is for normal people, the others are elitist freaks. The aggressive Windows-User is the tea party supporter of the tech world.
..cyber veterans day!