Now, of course, they can contribute freely to any campaigns....
-1, factually incorrect. They can use corporate money to pay for advertisements advancing their agenda. They can not give corporate money directly to a political campaign.
Examples: The SEIU can run an advertisement saying that John McCain kicks puppies. The NRA can run an advertisement saying that Barack Obama kicks puppies. What neither of them can do is give money directly to Obama for America or McCain/Palin 08.
Stop repeating the misconceptions/lazy reporting of the mass media and learn what the law actually says.
I hope you're being sarcastic. If not, I have some bad news [npr.org] for you.
I love when people parrot things that they know nothing about. The Citizens United ruling said that corporations can spend money on advertisements. They still can't contribute money to political campaigns.
Whatever you may think of that ruling the fact remains that it is and always has been illegal for corporations to contribute money to political campaigns. When the media reports that "so and so received money from big [boogieman of the day]" what they really mean to say is that "so and so received money from big [boogieman]'s employees"
I'll just go to Congress and explain to them that they should pass a law that will be universally opposed by the corporations that give them millions in campaign contributions every year
You do realize that corporations can't (legally) contribute to campaigns in the United States, right?
Now imagine the impact of that weapon that set off it's high explosives, in mid-air, over a large metropolis.
The public knee-jerk panic over anything with the word "nuclear" would be far more dangerous than the actual radiological release. Pu-239 has a long half life, low rate of spontaneous fission and breaks down via alpha decay. It's actually more dangerous with regards to metal toxicity than with regards to radioactivity. You can hold Pu-239 in your hands with no ill effects.
There are much more effective isotopes to use in a dirty bomb than weapons grade plutonium.
Any animal has the ability to modify its behavior and override instinct/desires when it is suitably expedient to do so. My dog may bark at you when you walk past my fence, but he will not do so when he knows I'm watching.
Barking is to alert the pack of a vistor/intruder. If you are out with him he has no reason to bark.
You do realize that you're suggesting we shoot priests in the head with a gun, right?
Yeah, and? Should being a priest grant you less punishment when you molest children? I'd flip the switch/pull the trigger myself, priest or no priest.
If you're paying on a loan, the bank will have something to say about their property being taken.
Not to nitpick, but just because you have a loan doesn't mean that the car is the bank's property. They have a security interest in it but the automobile is your property.
Out of curiosity, why don't we do this? Your first DWI should be a mulligan -- but the second, third, forth and fifth ones? When I worked in the insurance business I saw DMV reports of people who had that many DWIs. Why the fuck are we putting them back on the road?
Quite honestly being homosexual, or being a pedophile in the most pure sense (someone who likes underage kids) is just the same as a man preferring say, latina women or asian women.
Personally I don't care what you like -- fantasize about having sex with kids to your hearts content. If you actually have sex with them though we should put a bullet in your head. Human beings are one of the few (the only?) species that can override our instincts/desires and exercise self-control. If your lack of self-control leads you to molest children then we owe you nothing more than a quick exit from this life.
Not to mention it's impossible to rectify a mistake or miscarriage of justice.
I have to say, I've never understood this argument. I would regard the loss of my freedom as being as bad as the loss of my life. Are you really going to tell me that the state can repay someone who spent 30 years behind bars for a crime they didn't commit?
Man, sometimes I can't even tell the male beetles from the female ones.
That's easy. Half the male beetles are living in a basement reading/., while the other half hand over their credit cards to the female beetles. All the female beetles are trying on shoes.
Maybe somebody @ MS is a Bernhard Goetz [wikipedia.org] kind of a guy. Clippy, and his two friends Smith & Wesson, are gonna teach you "a man gotta know his limits".
Offtopic, but a lot of people think that Bernhard Goetz was in the right.
Would you disagree that Farmville is pretty banal? I don't think there's any real strategy to the game. From what I've read, there's not even any supply/demand dynamic to consider.
Banal is in the eyes of the beholder. I have a co-worker who likes to play PuppyWar to blow off steam after a bad day. I don't understand why it works for him but to each their own.
There are always exceptions, but that doesn't mean it's not worthwhile to recognize trends.
Well, I would take issue with your implication that nerds aren't interested in firearms or miniature figurines.
I have to agree, guns offer a lot of interesting points for nerds from interesting mechanics, to ballistics of hand loads, etc.
And they level the playing field. Let's face it, most stereotypical nerds and/. posters aren't going to be able to hold their own in a fight against an ex-con who spent the last five years pumping iron;)
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Yes. One is free speech, protected by the 1st amendment. The other is a monetary contribution.
Let me guess, you are someone who thinks that we need to limit free speech in order to "level" the playing field or some such?
Now, of course, they can contribute freely to any campaigns....
-1, factually incorrect. They can use corporate money to pay for advertisements advancing their agenda. They can not give corporate money directly to a political campaign.
Examples: The SEIU can run an advertisement saying that John McCain kicks puppies. The NRA can run an advertisement saying that Barack Obama kicks puppies. What neither of them can do is give money directly to Obama for America or McCain/Palin 08.
Stop repeating the misconceptions/lazy reporting of the mass media and learn what the law actually says.
Only People (persons, not legal entities)who are eligible to vote can donate to political campaigns.
For the most part (PACs are the exception, one that needs to be closed, IMHO) that's already the case.
I hope you're being sarcastic. If not, I have some bad news [npr.org] for you.
I love when people parrot things that they know nothing about. The Citizens United ruling said that corporations can spend money on advertisements. They still can't contribute money to political campaigns.
Whatever you may think of that ruling the fact remains that it is and always has been illegal for corporations to contribute money to political campaigns. When the media reports that "so and so received money from big [boogieman of the day]" what they really mean to say is that "so and so received money from big [boogieman]'s employees"
I'll just go to Congress and explain to them that they should pass a law that will be universally opposed by the corporations that give them millions in campaign contributions every year
You do realize that corporations can't (legally) contribute to campaigns in the United States, right?
Now imagine the impact of that weapon that set off it's high explosives, in mid-air, over a large metropolis.
The public knee-jerk panic over anything with the word "nuclear" would be far more dangerous than the actual radiological release. Pu-239 has a long half life, low rate of spontaneous fission and breaks down via alpha decay. It's actually more dangerous with regards to metal toxicity than with regards to radioactivity. You can hold Pu-239 in your hands with no ill effects.
There are much more effective isotopes to use in a dirty bomb than weapons grade plutonium.
Oh, well if Nature does it, it must be easy.
You'd think so, yet most /.'ers still haven't gotten laid ;)
Any animal has the ability to modify its behavior and override instinct/desires when it is suitably expedient to do so. My dog may bark at you when you walk past my fence, but he will not do so when he knows I'm watching.
Barking is to alert the pack of a vistor/intruder. If you are out with him he has no reason to bark.
You do realize that you're suggesting we shoot priests in the head with a gun, right?
Yeah, and? Should being a priest grant you less punishment when you molest children? I'd flip the switch/pull the trigger myself, priest or no priest.
If you're paying on a loan, the bank will have something to say about their property being taken.
Not to nitpick, but just because you have a loan doesn't mean that the car is the bank's property. They have a security interest in it but the automobile is your property.
Out of curiosity, why don't we do this? Your first DWI should be a mulligan -- but the second, third, forth and fifth ones? When I worked in the insurance business I saw DMV reports of people who had that many DWIs. Why the fuck are we putting them back on the road?
Ouch. Well done ;)
Quite honestly being homosexual, or being a pedophile in the most pure sense (someone who likes underage kids) is just the same as a man preferring say, latina women or asian women.
Personally I don't care what you like -- fantasize about having sex with kids to your hearts content. If you actually have sex with them though we should put a bullet in your head. Human beings are one of the few (the only?) species that can override our instincts/desires and exercise self-control. If your lack of self-control leads you to molest children then we owe you nothing more than a quick exit from this life.
Not to mention it's impossible to rectify a mistake or miscarriage of justice.
I have to say, I've never understood this argument. I would regard the loss of my freedom as being as bad as the loss of my life. Are you really going to tell me that the state can repay someone who spent 30 years behind bars for a crime they didn't commit?
You are just bitter that I can run against the conventional /. wisdom without being modded into eternal -1 oblivion ;)
Yeah, I thought they were easy to get on April fools. I guess I was wrong. Tried twice and failed both times. More's the pity.
Your sig just gave me a great idea for the next time a female insists that I use a condom ;)
Failed it in the previous article.
Man, sometimes I can't even tell the male beetles from the female ones.
That's easy. Half the male beetles are living in a basement reading /., while the other half hand over their credit cards to the female beetles. All the female beetles are trying on shoes.
You just ruined the sushi dinner I planned on having later tonight.....
I've always wanted to try this.....
Maybe somebody @ MS is a Bernhard Goetz [wikipedia.org] kind of a guy. Clippy, and his two friends Smith & Wesson, are gonna teach you "a man gotta know his limits".
Offtopic, but a lot of people think that Bernhard Goetz was in the right.
Why not? The current patent system reminds me of one big April fools joke.
Would you disagree that Farmville is pretty banal? I don't think there's any real strategy to the game. From what I've read, there's not even any supply/demand dynamic to consider.
Banal is in the eyes of the beholder. I have a co-worker who likes to play PuppyWar to blow off steam after a bad day. I don't understand why it works for him but to each their own.
There are always exceptions, but that doesn't mean it's not worthwhile to recognize trends.
Well, I would take issue with your implication that nerds aren't interested in firearms or miniature figurines.
Nerds just obsess over more complex things. I hope that's a less inflammatory way of phrasing it.
It's less inflammatory than your previous post ("banal and uninteresting") but I still think you are stereotyping.
I have to agree, guns offer a lot of interesting points for nerds from interesting mechanics, to ballistics of hand loads, etc.
And they level the playing field. Let's face it, most stereotypical nerds and /. posters aren't going to be able to hold their own in a fight against an ex-con who spent the last five years pumping iron ;)
God created man, Sam Colt made them equal.