Maybe all these dick-cheeses that are trying to hamstring the EPA should spend a couple weeks in Charleston, WV during the height of the chemical spill. Maybe we should ship them all the bottled water from the Elk River for their enjoyment.
Sorry for the snark but having lived through this ongoing drama and having to bird bath for a week using bottled water because these asshats prefer money over health is getting to me.
A more plausible scenario is to see who has mental health issues and put a special eye on them in case they show signs of turning violent or suicidal. In either case it will be put down to "targeting terrorists!"
Shit-can lousy teachers and you *will* see better educated kids. So obvious.
Or no teachers at all since it really doesn't pay to be a teacher in that rotten environment. There already is a teacher shortage across the country. So you don't mind having to ship your kids 30-40 miles because the school you were sending them to had to close due to no teachers right? Don't think it can happen? Here in my state they consolidated 7 schools because of that.
You see that excuse every time a repeal of the college to the popular vote is put forward. Although that may (emphasis on MAY) be true, what we have now is candidates catering to those states with high electoral votes ignoring those small states none the less. SO I don't see where it would be any different.
I didn't forget Andrew Johnson. I specifically left him out because he did have his day in the Senate and was NOT convicted. As you say, it was close but that only counts in horse shoes, hand grenades and atom bombs.
It's much more difficult to sack the US President, so difficult in fact that it's never happened and we've had some pretty bad presidents.
Actually, that is untrue. Nixon would have been convicted in the Senate had he not resigned. It was a count of the votes that convinced him to give up the ghost and protect what was left of the dignity of the office. Many forget that Vice President Agnew was forced to resign as well as had criminal charges filed against him. Again, he would have also been impeached and convicted had he not taken the plea deal.
To bring this back on topic...
It was Nixon's Watergate scandal that was the result of a whistle blower, (deep throat) that alerted the American public to the illegal dealings in the oval office. Without whistle blowers, the illegal activities of those in power would go unchecked much like it is today.
That will never happen due to "winner takes all" laws in the States. For example, if you have 5 electors, and manage to get 2 of them third party, all it takes is for the other 3 to agree on a candidate for that guy to win all 5.
In states like Florida and Ohio that have a large number of electors, the winner takes all laws is what keeps the two parties in power.
The only way to cure it is to do away with the electoral college and go solely with the popular vote. I believe the reasons for the existence of the college, namely the problems of large distances to travel and no mass communication systems, have been solved.
The buying and selling of human organs is a very, very bad idea. May as well grow humans for the body bank if we are going to go down this route. And just like you have theft of other sold goods how long would it take before organ theft became the new wave of crime?
Yes that Citizens United. How that decision became popularized as "corporations are evil because the system is corrupt" I can't figure. Protection of First Amendment freedoms is good, full stop.
What makes it evil is it equated money with speech as well as said corporations are entitled to the same rights as people in a much stronger stance than any other decision. By allowing anonymous donations to political campaigns, there is no saying where the money actually came from be it local or from a foreign nation seeking to upset our political arena.
Who said I am prohibiting patent licensing? I am prohibiting the use of tax dollars AND patent licensing for the same research. Why should the tax payer fund something they are going to privatize?
Fine then... If this is the way it is supposed to work then there is no further reason to subsidize the university with tax dollars since they have the ability to develop these valuable patent portfolios. The knife should work both ways. Either they fund research using their patent portfolio or tax dollars but not both.
I use a dumb phone too because I need a phone, not a computer in my pocket. Besides, the dumb phone is far, far, far cheaper and much more reliable. I get a week on a charge. Try that with a smart phone.
Heh... I was just trying to explain the cab drivers in those cities... Hadn't thought of the PD.... That explains a lot. The PD is pissed because they were beaten and left naked with garden hoses up their asses in that alley...
They are showing total cost of employment with what they post but the public is too busy trying to justify their hatred of government employees they read at as only salary then think that the travel and benefits are paid on top of what is shown.
I don't have to worry too much in my position about tax payer backlash. Even with the benefits I get added in I qualify for food stamps!
There are no UFOs / alien abductions / meteors in the civilized places of New York City, or Los Angelas.
And that's because the last time they tried to land in both New York and Los Angeles they were found in an alley naked and beaten with a garden hose up their ass and their spacecraft stripped on cinder blocks. So much for "civilized places"....
Disclaimer: I am a state employee whose salary is publicly posted...
That out of the way, most if not all those salaries posted are very, very misleading. It is gross salary+travel+incentives+any other state money that employee has received including payments made for health coverage and retirement. It doesn't include any deductions such as taxes, co-payments for health and retirement, garnishments, etc...
If the job is shit to begin with, no amount of incentive will keep employees very long. Burn-out is one of the biggest problems in employment with the most "productive" individuals getting abused to the point where they either leave or have health issues related to burn-out like heart attacks.
So salary is a very little part of the equation to keeping employees. Treating them like people instead of expensive commodities to be disposed of is another.
That was a fluke just lie the Virginia / West Virginia split at the same time. It was allowed to deny the South manufacturing and resources during the lead up to the insurrection known as the Civil War. I doubt a state could pull it off today just like I doubt they could pull off a succession from the union.
Anyway, one goal of civil disobedience is to get arrested and play the martyr and get on the evening news - expect and embrace that aspect if you engage in civil disobedience.
Or to challenge the law that got you arrested in the first place. No other way to challenge such unjust laws without being arrested for violating them. To create even more havoc the best thing for arrested protestors to do is demand a jury trial. Tie up the courts as well.
You don't even need to go as far as you did. First they have to get by Article IV Section 3 of the US Constitution:
New states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new states shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned as well as of the Congress.
It did work but not technically. The true purpose of SDI was to bankrupt the USSR to hasten its collapse. As a propaganda tool it worked perfectly. It also worked in the sense that it put a lot of contractors to work developing technology that would never work and they didn't have to account for it. So basically Ronnie gambled that they would go broke before we did. Of course, he put it all on the government credit card and a reckoning is coming soon but woohoo! The USSR is dead!
Simply tape it down to the plate and print on it. In theory (yes, my theory) that should allow you to easily remove the ABS and it shouldn't stick to the paper. Of course, I disclaim any and all liability should this fuck up your machine or project.
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Maybe all these dick-cheeses that are trying to hamstring the EPA should spend a couple weeks in Charleston, WV during the height of the chemical spill. Maybe we should ship them all the bottled water from the Elk River for their enjoyment.
Sorry for the snark but having lived through this ongoing drama and having to bird bath for a week using bottled water because these asshats prefer money over health is getting to me.
A more plausible scenario is to see who has mental health issues and put a special eye on them in case they show signs of turning violent or suicidal. In either case it will be put down to "targeting terrorists!"
Or no teachers at all since it really doesn't pay to be a teacher in that rotten environment. There already is a teacher shortage across the country. So you don't mind having to ship your kids 30-40 miles because the school you were sending them to had to close due to no teachers right? Don't think it can happen? Here in my state they consolidated 7 schools because of that.
You see that excuse every time a repeal of the college to the popular vote is put forward. Although that may (emphasis on MAY) be true, what we have now is candidates catering to those states with high electoral votes ignoring those small states none the less. SO I don't see where it would be any different.
I didn't forget Andrew Johnson. I specifically left him out because he did have his day in the Senate and was NOT convicted. As you say, it was close but that only counts in horse shoes, hand grenades and atom bombs.
They sure are... Have you been in a Target since their breech? It is a ghost town in the one here.
Actually, that is untrue. Nixon would have been convicted in the Senate had he not resigned. It was a count of the votes that convinced him to give up the ghost and protect what was left of the dignity of the office. Many forget that Vice President Agnew was forced to resign as well as had criminal charges filed against him. Again, he would have also been impeached and convicted had he not taken the plea deal.
To bring this back on topic...
It was Nixon's Watergate scandal that was the result of a whistle blower, (deep throat) that alerted the American public to the illegal dealings in the oval office. Without whistle blowers, the illegal activities of those in power would go unchecked much like it is today.
That will never happen due to "winner takes all" laws in the States. For example, if you have 5 electors, and manage to get 2 of them third party, all it takes is for the other 3 to agree on a candidate for that guy to win all 5.
In states like Florida and Ohio that have a large number of electors, the winner takes all laws is what keeps the two parties in power.
The only way to cure it is to do away with the electoral college and go solely with the popular vote. I believe the reasons for the existence of the college, namely the problems of large distances to travel and no mass communication systems, have been solved.
The buying and selling of human organs is a very, very bad idea. May as well grow humans for the body bank if we are going to go down this route. And just like you have theft of other sold goods how long would it take before organ theft became the new wave of crime?
What makes it evil is it equated money with speech as well as said corporations are entitled to the same rights as people in a much stronger stance than any other decision. By allowing anonymous donations to political campaigns, there is no saying where the money actually came from be it local or from a foreign nation seeking to upset our political arena.
Who said I am prohibiting patent licensing? I am prohibiting the use of tax dollars AND patent licensing for the same research. Why should the tax payer fund something they are going to privatize?
Fine then... If this is the way it is supposed to work then there is no further reason to subsidize the university with tax dollars since they have the ability to develop these valuable patent portfolios. The knife should work both ways. Either they fund research using their patent portfolio or tax dollars but not both.
I use a dumb phone too because I need a phone, not a computer in my pocket. Besides, the dumb phone is far, far, far cheaper and much more reliable. I get a week on a charge. Try that with a smart phone.
Heh... I was just trying to explain the cab drivers in those cities... Hadn't thought of the PD.... That explains a lot. The PD is pissed because they were beaten and left naked with garden hoses up their asses in that alley...
They are showing total cost of employment with what they post but the public is too busy trying to justify their hatred of government employees they read at as only salary then think that the travel and benefits are paid on top of what is shown.
I don't have to worry too much in my position about tax payer backlash. Even with the benefits I get added in I qualify for food stamps!
support (verb): The act of charging for fixes to the code you didn't do testing on... It is a win-win for both sides...lol
And that's because the last time they tried to land in both New York and Los Angeles they were found in an alley naked and beaten with a garden hose up their ass and their spacecraft stripped on cinder blocks. So much for "civilized places"....
Disclaimer: I am a state employee whose salary is publicly posted...
That out of the way, most if not all those salaries posted are very, very misleading. It is gross salary+travel+incentives+any other state money that employee has received including payments made for health coverage and retirement. It doesn't include any deductions such as taxes, co-payments for health and retirement, garnishments, etc...
If the job is shit to begin with, no amount of incentive will keep employees very long. Burn-out is one of the biggest problems in employment with the most "productive" individuals getting abused to the point where they either leave or have health issues related to burn-out like heart attacks.
So salary is a very little part of the equation to keeping employees. Treating them like people instead of expensive commodities to be disposed of is another.
Actually, there was the moment you agreed to pay her for her cleaning services. Verbal, but still a contract.
That was a fluke just lie the Virginia / West Virginia split at the same time. It was allowed to deny the South manufacturing and resources during the lead up to the insurrection known as the Civil War. I doubt a state could pull it off today just like I doubt they could pull off a succession from the union.
Or to challenge the law that got you arrested in the first place. No other way to challenge such unjust laws without being arrested for violating them. To create even more havoc the best thing for arrested protestors to do is demand a jury trial. Tie up the courts as well.
You don't even need to go as far as you did. First they have to get by Article IV Section 3 of the US Constitution:
It did work but not technically. The true purpose of SDI was to bankrupt the USSR to hasten its collapse. As a propaganda tool it worked perfectly. It also worked in the sense that it put a lot of contractors to work developing technology that would never work and they didn't have to account for it. So basically Ronnie gambled that they would go broke before we did. Of course, he put it all on the government credit card and a reckoning is coming soon but woohoo! The USSR is dead!
I don't own a 3D printer but I would imagine that cooking parchment would work.
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/tools-and-techniques/parchment-paper-questions.htm
Simply tape it down to the plate and print on it. In theory (yes, my theory) that should allow you to easily remove the ABS and it shouldn't stick to the paper. Of course, I disclaim any and all liability should this fuck up your machine or project.