Now the 21st, repeals the 18th's mandate but reinforces that prohibition is itself, still a legal option.
It is not just an option, but in practice in many locations. Many dry counties, mostly in the Southeast, prohibit the sale of alcohol. Alcohol is also prohibited on many Native American reservations.
Why, indeed. Attacks allegedly "emanating from Iran" are not attacks by the Iranian state in the first place.
Indeed. It is likely that this is just some disgruntled individuals, or even some rogue elements inside the government. Most Iranians dislike Arabs in general, and Saudis in particular. Iran also has plenty of people pissed off at the nuclear deal, and hoping to sabotage it by stirring up trouble. Ironically, the Saudis also hate the deal, but for different reasons.
It would also be useful for the idiot-in-IT-that-told-me-we-had-reliable-backups-but-never-bothered-to-test-them-and-is-now-telling-me-that-we-just-lost-six-months-of-data.
I have been woken at 2am by idiotic Amber Alerts about incidents hundreds of miles from my home. If there was some way to block these messages, I would do so. I don't think Donald is going to be any worse than the bozos already abusing this system. The kidnapping of a blonde white girl by her non-custodial parent, is not a "national emergency".
What he is proposing it to use it to send a spacecraft to a distant star so he and his buddies won't have to live life here on Earth with the rest of the common folk.
Also, we want to have sex with green Orion slave girls. We aren't having much luck with Earth girls.
I do. I use a $39 dashcam that I bought on Amazon. If I am in an accident, and it is the other driver's fault, I will have a record of exactly what happened. If it is my fault, I can quickly detach the camera from my windshield and hide it in the glove compartment.
Since you love science so much, I'm sure you'll be willing to pay the 27.50 Euro fee to get a copy of the paper so that you can see all the details.
If you love science, you will help fight for open access to all publicly funded research. If my tax dollars paid for the research, I shouldn't have to pay again to see the results.
it was built back in 1974 at a cost of $901,500,000
So? You couldn't build it for that today. Not even close. 1974 was back when we could still put men on the moon. We could do big things, and get stuff done. Those days are gone.
if we keep expanding our energy use at the present rate, in 2000 years, we will need more energy than all the stars in our galaxy produce.
In America, per capita electrical energy consumption peaked in 2007, is now 6.4% lower, and is continuing to decline. If this trend continues, in 2000 years, the fission of a single atom of U-235 will supply all of our energy needs.
The other possible solution would be bulk energy storage.
... and a third solution is demand shifting via variable pricing. The biggest use of electricity in India is running irrigation pumps. There is no particular reason the pumps need to run everyday, so if you raise the price of electricity on cloudy days, the pumps can be idled. Problem solved.
Yes, because the democrats are responisble for variances in life expectancy.
The Democrats designed the SS system, and it was specifically designed to discriminate against blacks so that Boll Weevil Democrats would vote for it. Back then, many blacks lived in the South and worked in agriculture, so, while land owning farmers could participate, farm workers paid with wages or sharecropping were excluded from benefits. 80 years later, hourly farm workers are still excluded, and many other provisions give poor people, especially blacks, a raw deal.
It would be really great if voters cared about issues like this, instead of being fixated on email accounts and pussy grabbing.
Also, raise or eliminate the Social Security wage base limit.
Even better: Get rid of payroll taxes, and switch to a consumption tax. Americans should be rewarded when they work more, invest more, and consume less.
No. It is regressive. Progressive tax does not mean the rich pay more, it means the rich pay more as a percentage of their income.
But the most important thing to address is why poor black males have such a shorter life expectancy than other groups. I suspect it's because of a disproportionate exposure to societal risks (violence, etc.) and that's disturbing.
Counterproductive social programs make all these problems worse. Poor communities not only have shorter lifespans, but also higher birthrates. That means they are, on average, much younger, which means a much smaller proportion of a poor black community will be receiving government checks compared to a rich white community, while more of their income is drained away to pay for those programs.
Corn subsidies are not a result of lobbying, they are a result of electoral politics. They primarily benefit sparsely populated red states which have disproportionate power in the Senate. No red state senator can possibly get elected by supporting a free market for farm products. Blue state senators are happy to cave in, because it doesn't really cost all that much, and they can horse-trade the subsidies by tacking them on as an amendment to other bills. Also, corn subsidies benefit some blue states too, such as Illinois.
To understand the politics of ethanol, you only need to answer two questions. 1. Which state benefits the most from corn subsidies? 2. Which state holds the first presidential caucuses? This explains everything.
Most big progressive programs transfer money from the poor to the rich. Social Security and Medicare are funded with regressive payroll taxes, and most of the benefits go to old people who tend to be richer than average. A poor black man has a life expectancy of about 69 years, so will typically benefit from SS and Medicare for 4 years. A rich white woman will live to be 82, collecting benefits for 17 years. So she gets more than four times the benefits, despite paying in a far smaller portion of her income.
... and the Democrats can't figure out why working class people don't vote for them anymore.
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Now the 21st, repeals the 18th's mandate but reinforces that prohibition is itself, still a legal option.
It is not just an option, but in practice in many locations. Many dry counties, mostly in the Southeast, prohibit the sale of alcohol. Alcohol is also prohibited on many Native American reservations.
Dry communities in America.
Why, indeed. Attacks allegedly "emanating from Iran" are not attacks by the Iranian state in the first place.
Indeed. It is likely that this is just some disgruntled individuals, or even some rogue elements inside the government. Most Iranians dislike Arabs in general, and Saudis in particular. Iran also has plenty of people pissed off at the nuclear deal, and hoping to sabotage it by stirring up trouble. Ironically, the Saudis also hate the deal, but for different reasons.
More like 8%
Indeed, and even that is rapidly declining. About 80% of the oil used in America comes from ... America. Much of the rest comes from Canada and Mexico.
Saudi oil goes mostly to Europe and China.
SJWs versus the US government. I wonder who will win?
I hope the 1st Amendment wins. Donald has said plenty of things that are offensive and politically incorrect. But ridicule is not "hate".
I got a half-dozen alerts in a short period of time regarding an abduction that happened hundreds of miles away.
So was the abductor the mom or the dad? Or was this one of those rare events where the kid was snatched by a concerned grandparent?
It would also be useful for the idiot-in-IT-that-told-me-we-had-reliable-backups-but-never-bothered-to-test-them-and-is-now-telling-me-that-we-just-lost-six-months-of-data.
I have been woken at 2am by idiotic Amber Alerts about incidents hundreds of miles from my home. If there was some way to block these messages, I would do so. I don't think Donald is going to be any worse than the bozos already abusing this system. The kidnapping of a blonde white girl by her non-custodial parent, is not a "national emergency".
What he is proposing it to use it to send a spacecraft to a distant star so he and his buddies won't have to live life here on Earth with the rest of the common folk.
Also, we want to have sex with green Orion slave girls. We aren't having much luck with Earth girls.
You make videos of your commute to work??
I do. I use a $39 dashcam that I bought on Amazon. If I am in an accident, and it is the other driver's fault, I will have a record of exactly what happened. If it is my fault, I can quickly detach the camera from my windshield and hide it in the glove compartment.
Since you love science so much, I'm sure you'll be willing to pay the 27.50 Euro fee to get a copy of the paper so that you can see all the details.
If you love science, you will help fight for open access to all publicly funded research. If my tax dollars paid for the research, I shouldn't have to pay again to see the results.
it was built back in 1974 at a cost of $901,500,000
So? You couldn't build it for that today. Not even close. 1974 was back when we could still put men on the moon. We could do big things, and get stuff done. Those days are gone.
... 500 exajoules of energy per year ...
Your slip is showing. First of all, joules are energy and TW are power ...
He said "joules per year" ... which is power. There is nothing wrong with his units or his math.
if we keep expanding our energy use at the present rate, in 2000 years, we will need more energy than all the stars in our galaxy produce.
In America, per capita electrical energy consumption peaked in 2007, is now 6.4% lower, and is continuing to decline. If this trend continues, in 2000 years, the fission of a single atom of U-235 will supply all of our energy needs.
The other possible solution would be bulk energy storage.
... and a third solution is demand shifting via variable pricing. The biggest use of electricity in India is running irrigation pumps. There is no particular reason the pumps need to run everyday, so if you raise the price of electricity on cloudy days, the pumps can be idled. Problem solved.
Yes, if you ignore all maintenance costs
According to the summary, the maintenance is done by robots. Other than occasionally flushing off the dust, there isn't much to do.
and solar panel degradation.
The panels on my roof are warrantied at 80% capacity for 25 years.
become a taxi driver.
Exactly. I don't see what is stopping these drivers from just buying a $500,000 taxi medallion.
I'm of the opinion that anyone doing full-time work deserves a wage to live on.
Most Uber drivers are not full-time workers.
Yes, because the democrats are responisble for variances in life expectancy.
The Democrats designed the SS system, and it was specifically designed to discriminate against blacks so that Boll Weevil Democrats would vote for it. Back then, many blacks lived in the South and worked in agriculture, so, while land owning farmers could participate, farm workers paid with wages or sharecropping were excluded from benefits. 80 years later, hourly farm workers are still excluded, and many other provisions give poor people, especially blacks, a raw deal.
It would be really great if voters cared about issues like this, instead of being fixated on email accounts and pussy grabbing.
Also, raise or eliminate the Social Security wage base limit.
Even better: Get rid of payroll taxes, and switch to a consumption tax. Americans should be rewarded when they work more, invest more, and consume less.
Also, the tax is progressive not regressive
No. It is regressive. Progressive tax does not mean the rich pay more, it means the rich pay more as a percentage of their income.
But the most important thing to address is why poor black males have such a shorter life expectancy than other groups. I suspect it's because of a disproportionate exposure to societal risks (violence, etc.) and that's disturbing.
Counterproductive social programs make all these problems worse. Poor communities not only have shorter lifespans, but also higher birthrates. That means they are, on average, much younger, which means a much smaller proportion of a poor black community will be receiving government checks compared to a rich white community, while more of their income is drained away to pay for those programs.
How long till the Narco-traffickers and coyotes start deploying these to take down the DHS drones patrolling the borders?
Obvious solution: Make the wall higher.
... in response to lobbying by...
Corn subsidies are not a result of lobbying, they are a result of electoral politics. They primarily benefit sparsely populated red states which have disproportionate power in the Senate. No red state senator can possibly get elected by supporting a free market for farm products. Blue state senators are happy to cave in, because it doesn't really cost all that much, and they can horse-trade the subsidies by tacking them on as an amendment to other bills. Also, corn subsidies benefit some blue states too, such as Illinois.
To understand the politics of ethanol, you only need to answer two questions.
1. Which state benefits the most from corn subsidies?
2. Which state holds the first presidential caucuses?
This explains everything.
The bored bureaucrats at the EPA need to feel useful.
Ethanol subsides are not something dreamed up by the EPA.
They are mandated by Congress.
Most big progressive programs transfer money from the poor to the rich. Social Security and Medicare are funded with regressive payroll taxes, and most of the benefits go to old people who tend to be richer than average. A poor black man has a life expectancy of about 69 years, so will typically benefit from SS and Medicare for 4 years. A rich white woman will live to be 82, collecting benefits for 17 years. So she gets more than four times the benefits, despite paying in a far smaller portion of her income.
... and the Democrats can't figure out why working class people don't vote for them anymore.