Set the stage for the 2003 homicide spree in Iraq (Gulf War II).
No he didn't. He very eloquently and clearly explained why "going to Baghdad" would have been a supremely stupid thing to do in 1991. Everything he said applied just as much in 2003.
Ike despised McCarthy, but felt that publicly confronting him would strengthen the Taft wing of the Republican Party. Many people on the right viewed Ike as a RINO. So he worked behind the scenes to undermine McCarthy.
But it should also be noted that when Soviet archives were opened in the 1990s, some of the people that Joe McCarthy was accused of unjustly persecuting turned out to have actually been commie agents.
Seriously, there isn't even a hint of a tech or geek angle to post this story on slashdot.
GHWB lived most of his life before computers or the Internet were widespread, but he wore glasses, was socially inept, and few women found him attractive. I always felt he was a geek in his heart, the "Calvin Coolidge" of his time. In many ways, he was "one of us".
He was famous for saying, "Read my lips, no new taxes." and then raising taxes. Awful liar.
This lie, more than anything else, is why he lost in 1992. All politicians lie, but his promise of "no new taxes" was the core of his campaign. This promise was pretty much the only thing he ran on, and he repeated it over and over. Then he won, and immediately abandoned it.
I will always respect how he stood by Dan Quayle as his running mate
He had no choice. The lesson from 1972 is that you always always always stick with your VP choice no matter how utterly unqualified he turns out to be.
Besides, after Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle doesn't look so bad.
But they do! I have a Chapter 13 paid in full years ago, recently I tried to open a savings account (yes a savings account where I don't regularly withdraw money) and I was denied!
I call bullcrap. The bank would need your authorization to run a credit check, which would then show up on your credit report as a hard inquiry. I have never seen that happen, nor would it make any sense for the bank to incur the time and expense of doing the check.
The bank will issue you an ATM card (NOT a Debit Card), that is only functional in bank-owned ATMs and in at the branch. The ATM Card has no ability to make purchases, just deposit and withdrawal cash.
My kids have no-checking accounts, and their ATM cards have "Visa" logos and can be used to make purchases anywhere that accepts credit cards. Maybe you should switch banks.
If the service is performed before it is paid for then a debt is incurred.
Legally, this is not true, if the merchant clearly states the terms of the transaction ahead of time.
Additionally, the obligation to accept cash does NOT extend to an obligation to give change. So if you take a two mile taxi ride, and the driver then tells you he only has $20 in change, he may still have to accept your $100 bill as payment, but you just paid $80 for the ride.
The way no-checking accounts work, is that the account is debited for pending ACH transactions at the time they are scheduled. So if you have a scheduled on-line bill-pay transaction, and you don't have the money to cover it, the transaction fails rather than the account going into deficit.
merchants could be offline and store and forward your transaction, etc, etc.
The bank rejects the transaction and the merchant eats the loss. Credit card transactions processed with old fashioned carbon paper and a kerchunker will have about a 2-5% rejection rate.
A lot of this highest incarceration rate in the US is based on a Puritan heritage
The Puritan heritage was strongest in New England, where incarceration rates are the lowest in the country.
and the English Idea of law.
The state with the highest incarceration rate is Louisiana, which was settled by French Catholics, and is the only state that does NOT use English common law. Louisiana's state and local laws are based on the French Napoleonic Code.
Do you know where the use of English law is most pervasive? England. Where the incarceration rate is a 1/5th the American rate.
Or, and I'm just spitballing here, one could simply use the cash they have in hand rather than jump through hoops.
That doesn't eliminate the costs. The proposed rule just uses coercive government to force the cost onto someone else. Handling cash is slower and more labor intensive, can be pocketed by dishonest employees, and makes the vendor a target for robbery. So the owner can either eat the loss, or push the cost onto the customer via higher prices.
I realized the KISS principle isn't valued any more, but oddly enough, simple is usually better.
More laws micromanaging how businesses operate is not an example of KISS.
Not always. I know several people who no longer qualify for bank accounts.
Mainly because they bounced a couple of checks
Bullcrap. Nearly all banks offer no-checking accounts where the only access to your money is your ATM/debit card, which only works if you have money in the account.
Since there are no checks, there is zero risk of an overdraft, and no reason to disqualify anyone.
Is a credit card which has been handled by many sets of hands really that much better?
"Germs" are a silly argument against cash, but yes, bacteria will adhere less to a smooth non-porous surface, and will not survive as long with no protection from desiccation.
Besides, some exposure to germs is actually good for people -- helps modulate the immune system and prevent autoimmune illnesses.
Would you eat at a restaurant that advertised their poor hygiene?
The immune systems of very young children benefit from exposure to a wide variety of NON-disease causing bacteria. They don't benefit from exposure to actual diseases, nor is there evidence that the benefits of exposure extends into adulthood or even later childhood.
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Set the stage for the 2003 homicide spree in Iraq (Gulf War II).
No he didn't. He very eloquently and clearly explained why "going to Baghdad" would have been a supremely stupid thing to do in 1991. Everything he said applied just as much in 2003.
It is not his fault that his son was a moron.
Ike despised McCarthy, but felt that publicly confronting him would strengthen the Taft wing of the Republican Party. Many people on the right viewed Ike as a RINO. So he worked behind the scenes to undermine McCarthy.
But it should also be noted that when Soviet archives were opened in the 1990s, some of the people that Joe McCarthy was accused of unjustly persecuting turned out to have actually been commie agents.
Seriously, there isn't even a hint of a tech or geek angle to post this story on slashdot.
GHWB lived most of his life before computers or the Internet were widespread, but he wore glasses, was socially inept, and few women found him attractive. I always felt he was a geek in his heart, the "Calvin Coolidge" of his time. In many ways, he was "one of us".
That's probably a good argument in favor of term limits.
We already have term limits for presidents.
22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution
Yeah, another one based on lies!
What lies?
George HW Bush ushered in the era of Republican smear campaigns, that's his legacy.
You might want to read up on Richard Nixon. He was a master smearer, but even he did not originate the artform.
His smear describing his 1950 senate campaign opponent, Helen Douglas, as "Pink right down to her underwear" is a classic.
Dick Nixon was, of course, the target of plenty of Democratic smears himself.
He was famous for saying, "Read my lips, no new taxes." and then raising taxes. Awful liar.
This lie, more than anything else, is why he lost in 1992. All politicians lie, but his promise of "no new taxes" was the core of his campaign. This promise was pretty much the only thing he ran on, and he repeated it over and over. Then he won, and immediately abandoned it.
I will always respect how he stood by Dan Quayle as his running mate
He had no choice. The lesson from 1972 is that you always always always stick with your VP choice no matter how utterly unqualified he turns out to be.
Besides, after Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle doesn't look so bad.
I foresee dead astronauts.
Then you should re-read the summary. The missions are for robots and instruments. There are no astronauts.
But they do! I have a Chapter 13 paid in full years ago, recently I tried to open a savings account (yes a savings account where I don't regularly withdraw money) and I was denied!
I call bullcrap. The bank would need your authorization to run a credit check, which would then show up on your credit report as a hard inquiry. I have never seen that happen, nor would it make any sense for the bank to incur the time and expense of doing the check.
It's illegal not to accept cash!
That is not, and has never been true.
There is no evidence that they broke any laws, nor is TFA even alleging any law breaking.
But they DID work with people and organizations that also worked with Republicans. Isn't that egregious enough? I am certainly outraged.
The bank will issue you an ATM card (NOT a Debit Card), that is only functional in bank-owned ATMs and in at the branch.
The ATM Card has no ability to make purchases, just deposit and withdrawal cash.
My kids have no-checking accounts, and their ATM cards have "Visa" logos and can be used to make purchases anywhere that accepts credit cards. Maybe you should switch banks.
The card looks like https://img.letgo.com/images/8...
That card has no logo, but the embossed digits are a MasterCard number with a valid checksum.
If the service is performed before it is paid for then a debt is incurred.
Legally, this is not true, if the merchant clearly states the terms of the transaction ahead of time.
Additionally, the obligation to accept cash does NOT extend to an obligation to give change. So if you take a two mile taxi ride, and the driver then tells you he only has $20 in change, he may still have to accept your $100 bill as payment, but you just paid $80 for the ride.
We still get ripped off for fee
There is no fee for using a debit card.
You could have and ACH debit come in
The way no-checking accounts work, is that the account is debited for pending ACH transactions at the time they are scheduled. So if you have a scheduled on-line bill-pay transaction, and you don't have the money to cover it, the transaction fails rather than the account going into deficit.
merchants could be offline and store and forward your transaction, etc, etc.
The bank rejects the transaction and the merchant eats the loss. Credit card transactions processed with old fashioned carbon paper and a kerchunker will have about a 2-5% rejection rate.
A lot of this highest incarceration rate in the US is based on a Puritan heritage
The Puritan heritage was strongest in New England, where incarceration rates are the lowest in the country.
and the English Idea of law.
The state with the highest incarceration rate is Louisiana, which was settled by French Catholics, and is the only state that does NOT use English common law. Louisiana's state and local laws are based on the French Napoleonic Code.
Do you know where the use of English law is most pervasive? England. Where the incarceration rate is a 1/5th the American rate.
"This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private." (emphasis mine).
"This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private." (emphasis mine).
A point-of-sale purchase is not a debt.
Then stay in America. Unless you are brave enough to suffer imprisonment
The incarceration rate in America is four times that of China.
Or, and I'm just spitballing here, one could simply use the cash they have in hand rather than jump through hoops.
That doesn't eliminate the costs. The proposed rule just uses coercive government to force the cost onto someone else. Handling cash is slower and more labor intensive, can be pocketed by dishonest employees, and makes the vendor a target for robbery. So the owner can either eat the loss, or push the cost onto the customer via higher prices.
I realized the KISS principle isn't valued any more, but oddly enough, simple is usually better.
More laws micromanaging how businesses operate is not an example of KISS.
Not always. I know several people who no longer qualify for bank accounts.
Mainly because they bounced a couple of checks
Bullcrap. Nearly all banks offer no-checking accounts where the only access to your money is your ATM/debit card, which only works if you have money in the account.
Since there are no checks, there is zero risk of an overdraft, and no reason to disqualify anyone.
Is a credit card which has been handled by many sets of hands really that much better?
"Germs" are a silly argument against cash, but yes, bacteria will adhere less to a smooth non-porous surface, and will not survive as long with no protection from desiccation.
Besides, some exposure to germs is actually good for people -- helps modulate the immune system and prevent autoimmune illnesses.
Would you eat at a restaurant that advertised their poor hygiene?
The immune systems of very young children benefit from exposure to a wide variety of NON-disease causing bacteria. They don't benefit from exposure to actual diseases, nor is there evidence that the benefits of exposure extends into adulthood or even later childhood.
Last I checked, Grumman was a private company when the 1st lander was made.
Not the same. Grumman built the lander to NASA's design spec, and then turned it over NASA, and NASA managed the landing.
This time, NASA will just give the mission, and the private companies will figure out the best way to do it.
RTFS. These landings are for robots and instruments not people.
With Trump in the White House who wants to live?
Suicides went up the most among elderly rural males. In other words, Republicans. These people should be the happiest with Trump.
America is an outlier here. Worldwide suicide rates have declined more than 29% since 2000.
There are sports nerds.
That makes about as much sense as saying there are "dating nerds". Sports don't matter, and if you think they do, you are not a nerd.