It is hypocritical of Sam's Club to do this, as uncensored, unabridged bibles are still sold there. And they contain the source material for the "nasty" Lego scenes.
I don't think our "social morality" has significantly changed.
Really? It was only 150 years ago that we decided that it's "immoral" to own another person as a slave. 100 years ago we figured out it was "immoral" to suppress voting rights for women. And it was a mere 60 years ago that we decided that attempting to exterminate and entire race was "immoral". Only 40 years ago, we ruled institutionalized racial discrimination to be "immoral".
If you think the Big Bang was caused by supernatural phenomena, you clearly don't understand modern cosmology. Christ resurrection is even easier to explain: it's a myth. Not even the writers of the four gospels could agree on a resurrection story that didn't contradict one another.
By such Keynesian reasoning, the drunken-sailor spending spree the government has been on should have been just full of awesomesauce for our economy. Remember? "Without stimulus, unemployment might reach as high as 8%"?
When Keynesian predictions fail so badly, only idiots and Paul Krugman (but I repeat myself) continue to tow such a line.
"Spending out of a recession" is only half of the Keynesian equation. The other half involves paying down debt by decreasing spending and increasing taxes during economic booms.
I cut costs (variety of ways, like defer maintenance, cut spending on coffee for the rabble, etc.) executive perks are the last thing to go. hey, I can outsource!
I am not in the 1%. But I have every intention of being so.
That's right. In America, we don't have poor people. We only have temporarily displaced millionaires. But keep buying your lotto tickets if it makes you feel better.
I have mine right here.) you would see that while they differed on some of the specifics, the founders envisioned a LIMITED central government who's role was kept at a minimum. Defending the country, ensuring peace and unimpeded economic traffic between the states (the infamous "commerce clause") and providing for jurisprudence over country-wide legal issues. that was it.
Repeat a lie often enough...
Roughly half of the founders believed in this. They went on to form the Democratic-Republican party. The other half believed in a strong, centralized federal government with a particularly strong Executive branch.. They were called the Federalists. Bet that's a little fact you'll never hear on O'Reilly or Glen Beck.
The combined writings of Thomas Jefferson?
I don't need Jefferson's "writings". I have his presidential record. Please show me where in Article II of the Constitution the President is given the power to acquire or purchase new Territory for America with nothing more than a swipe of a pen? Kind of makes his "limited executive powers" arguments kinda hypocritical, don't you think?
I'm often on call, and can easily sleep through my phone ringing. My solution is to put the phone on my wife's side of the bed. That way, I'm guaranteed to wake up.
1. Population tends to correct itself when there is not enough food, so I would argue that there is enough food.
And more often than not, this "population correction" involves war and genocide. People will chose invading their neighbor or eliminating the "undesirables" of their own society over starving. They have for millenia.
The solution to this is simple. In fact, people have been doing it for thousands of years: selective breeding. Take your landfill bacteria sample. Break it up into groups, and give each group some toxins to nosh on. The group that performs best gets cultured and split up again. All others get culled. Repeat. This technique was already proven in a 16 year old's science project.
Yes, it's a funny joke. But even 20 years after high school, I can see how these stereotypes can hit a nerve. Imagine being labeled a "Devil Worshiper" by classmates just because you like Metallica - only to hear the same classmates singing Enter Sandman a year later when the Black album became mainstream. Or try not being able to walk into a department store wearing leather and a Slayer shirt without getting a "Company escort" following five feet behind you the whole time you browsed.
Exactly my point. Private enterprise was able to capitalize on the power of the Internet, But not until 20 years after the multi-billion dollar infrastructure was in place. The robust protocols and physical hardware were already long in place before Netscape and Yahoo found a way to make a buck off of it.
I'm fine with local politics. I'm not fine with local governments using schools as propaganda factories. We have 40% of Americans who disbelieve in evolution without the schools telling them that the earth is only 5000 years old.
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It is hypocritical of Sam's Club to do this, as uncensored, unabridged bibles are still sold there. And they contain the source material for the "nasty" Lego scenes.
Really? It was only 150 years ago that we decided that it's "immoral" to own another person as a slave. 100 years ago we figured out it was "immoral" to suppress voting rights for women. And it was a mere 60 years ago that we decided that attempting to exterminate and entire race was "immoral". Only 40 years ago, we ruled institutionalized racial discrimination to be "immoral".
You're clearly not talking to the right atheists, then.
DING! We have a winner!
I suggest you put down the bible and pick up a modern neuroscience journal. You'll find your answers there.
Ummm...cuz according to scripture, he started this mess.
If you think the Big Bang was caused by supernatural phenomena, you clearly don't understand modern cosmology. Christ resurrection is even easier to explain: it's a myth. Not even the writers of the four gospels could agree on a resurrection story that didn't contradict one another.
"Spending out of a recession" is only half of the Keynesian equation. The other half involves paying down debt by decreasing spending and increasing taxes during economic booms.
The last truly "leftist" position taken by a sitting President was LBJ's "Great Society". And even he backed away from it when it started floundering.
Not if the Republicans get their way. The mortgage interest deduction was one of the first things on their chopping block.
Right. That's why we're laying off policemen, firemen, and teachers by the thousand. Idiot.
Then you, sir, are part of the problem.
That's right. In America, we don't have poor people. We only have temporarily displaced millionaires. But keep buying your lotto tickets if it makes you feel better.
Repeat a lie often enough...
Roughly half of the founders believed in this. They went on to form the Democratic-Republican party. The other half believed in a strong, centralized federal government with a particularly strong Executive branch.. They were called the Federalists. Bet that's a little fact you'll never hear on O'Reilly or Glen Beck.
I don't need Jefferson's "writings". I have his presidential record. Please show me where in Article II of the Constitution the President is given the power to acquire or purchase new Territory for America with nothing more than a swipe of a pen? Kind of makes his "limited executive powers" arguments kinda hypocritical, don't you think?
Right. Like I'm supposed to believe anything from the Global Warming denier. Next you'll tell me the earth is only 6000 years old, right?
Like they did in Superman III?
I'm often on call, and can easily sleep through my phone ringing. My solution is to put the phone on my wife's side of the bed. That way, I'm guaranteed to wake up.
And more often than not, this "population correction" involves war and genocide. People will chose invading their neighbor or eliminating the "undesirables" of their own society over starving. They have for millenia.
ORLY?
The solution to this is simple. In fact, people have been doing it for thousands of years: selective breeding. Take your landfill bacteria sample. Break it up into groups, and give each group some toxins to nosh on. The group that performs best gets cultured and split up again. All others get culled. Repeat. This technique was already proven in a 16 year old's science project.
I will send you a bill for a new keyboard. My current one is covered in coffee. :D
Yes, it's a funny joke. But even 20 years after high school, I can see how these stereotypes can hit a nerve. Imagine being labeled a "Devil Worshiper" by classmates just because you like Metallica - only to hear the same classmates singing Enter Sandman a year later when the Black album became mainstream. Or try not being able to walk into a department store wearing leather and a Slayer shirt without getting a "Company escort" following five feet behind you the whole time you browsed.
Ambient temperature: 145 degrees.
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Exactly my point. Private enterprise was able to capitalize on the power of the Internet, But not until 20 years after the multi-billion dollar infrastructure was in place. The robust protocols and physical hardware were already long in place before Netscape and Yahoo found a way to make a buck off of it.
I'm fine with local politics. I'm not fine with local governments using schools as propaganda factories. We have 40% of Americans who disbelieve in evolution without the schools telling them that the earth is only 5000 years old.
Right...
Because government R&D never did anything like invent the Internet or put a man on the fucking moon, or anything.