It's actually complicated. Sentences on a state level tend to be trending downward. There's been backlash against thoughtless "three strikes = life sentence" laws and against excessive drug sentencing. Marijuana is also trending towards legalization on the state level.
Federal sentences are probably staying the same. The Obama admin did a bit to mitigate the excessive ones, Trump may undo this good work.
The problem isn't that sentencing is getting harsher, as much as that it's generally overly harsh in the US, even with the recent attempts to fix the problem.
I'm not a moral relativist. I just don't see nationalism (i.e. "my country and its laws are always right") as a good guide to morality. A paper written by a bunch of dead guys 200+ years ago has some good ideas, but isn't a religion to be followed for eternity either.
Unlikely anything is going away due to passenger preferences and US FAA rules. In an emergency, windows are useful -- nice to know if there's any damage to the wings/engines and if there's fire/water/etc on the side you're planning to evac from. Cameras don't work without power.
Lots of yammering. They were yammering about this in the 90s, when there were experiments with lifting body and flying wing designs that didn't support windows. Even then, LCD screens were considered cheaper than designing for windows. Fortunately, this didn't happen due to passenger concerns -- the aircraft is carrying humans, so should be designed to make humans psychologically comfortable. Same reason why subway trains have windows even though there isn't much to see.
Actually, in France, almost any high school graduate can go to medical school for almost free. The first two years are just tough enough that a lot of unsuitable candidates drop/flunk out.
They typically have to go through a formal process with allies like the UK. And the UK is less and less inclined to extradite when the possible sentence in the US is disproportionate to the crime.
He should have never come to the US... the US is known for kidnapping people that make it uncomfortable. North Korean/Iranian tactics right here on US soil.
I know the history. The fact is that the founders' motives were not so noble -- the "founders" were not a bunch of saints. Patriotism is not a religion.
It wasn't a rural/urban issue in the 1780s. It was a North/South issue. The Southern states wanted not to be penalized for disenfranchising their residents. And yes, walk the deal back, throw it out, burn it.
The Republic was dying since it was born -- the slavery issue was never adequately resolved. It morphed into Jim Crow, War on Drugs, mass incarceration, War on Terror. The US has never been the "land of the free".
No. It would give them exactly one vote, same as a resident of Wyoming or Rhode Island.
NYC metro area: 16 million people. Chicago: 8 million. L.A.: 16 million. SF: 5 million. 15% of US population. Candidates would still have to campaign nationwide. They just wouldn't be able to cherrypick states which have outsize influence.
Believe it or not, you don't need an IB program to attend university in many European countries. But yeah, if they want a medical, science, engineering, etc degree, it's a lot cheaper and faster to do it in many European countries. i.e. medicine is a 6-year combined degree, not one that takes 4 years after 4 years of college and a gap year. The US system is somewhat inefficient in this respect.
As far as a "final solution"... #calexit2020! Let's do it! No reason why Californians should need to continue paying taxes to DC to support people who seem to hate them...
How about equal representation under law? Why is someone in Wyoming or Rhode Island more worthy of political power than someone in Texas or California?
Also, the population disparities between states were much smaller (percentage-wise) in the 1790s than in the 2010s.
And speaking to the electoral system, why not a direct popular vote in the 1790s? It wasn't because of technology -- vote totals could still have been brought by couriers. It was to avoid penalizing states that disenfranchised their residents.
Otherwise, New Jersey, which allowed women and blacks to vote in the 1790s would have had much more voting power per resident than a Southern state that only allowed white male landowners to vote. Since any citizen over 18 can vote now, the reason for the electoral system is mostly gone.
Are you talking about UAL-262, a DC-10 where the failure of the rear engine took out all three hydraulic systems? It still landed (sort of, in two pieces, in a farmers' field) because the pilots could use the throttles to control the aircraft.
Here's how it really works, though.
Areas with disproportionate amounts of representation have more power and have no interest in fixing the system, because it gives them more power. Thus, the system remains the same.
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I thought 787 windows can't become completely dark due to the design of the LCD embedded in them. But yeah, dumb air waitress.
It's actually complicated. Sentences on a state level tend to be trending downward. There's been backlash against thoughtless "three strikes = life sentence" laws and against excessive drug sentencing. Marijuana is also trending towards legalization on the state level.
Federal sentences are probably staying the same. The Obama admin did a bit to mitigate the excessive ones, Trump may undo this good work.
The problem isn't that sentencing is getting harsher, as much as that it's generally overly harsh in the US, even with the recent attempts to fix the problem.
In an emergency evac, the flight deck might not even be intact.
I'm not a moral relativist. I just don't see nationalism (i.e. "my country and its laws are always right") as a good guide to morality. A paper written by a bunch of dead guys 200+ years ago has some good ideas, but isn't a religion to be followed for eternity either.
I'm the nice guy with the window seat who pulls up the blind and ignores the whinging of the people next to me :D
Unlikely anything is going away due to passenger preferences and US FAA rules. In an emergency, windows are useful -- nice to know if there's any damage to the wings/engines and if there's fire/water/etc on the side you're planning to evac from. Cameras don't work without power.
Lots of yammering. They were yammering about this in the 90s, when there were experiments with lifting body and flying wing designs that didn't support windows. Even then, LCD screens were considered cheaper than designing for windows. Fortunately, this didn't happen due to passenger concerns -- the aircraft is carrying humans, so should be designed to make humans psychologically comfortable. Same reason why subway trains have windows even though there isn't much to see.
I'm not a fuckin' coward -- I'll take nice views even if there's an 0.00000000001% chance of being sucked out of the plane.
Actually, in France, almost any high school graduate can go to medical school for almost free. The first two years are just tough enough that a lot of unsuitable candidates drop/flunk out.
They typically have to go through a formal process with allies like the UK. And the UK is less and less inclined to extradite when the possible sentence in the US is disproportionate to the crime.
I don't think they were wise, benvolent and all-knowing. They were wise and benevolent only in some respects -- in other respects, they were evil.
He should have never come to the US... the US is known for kidnapping people that make it uncomfortable. North Korean/Iranian tactics right here on US soil.
The Constitution applies to all people on US soil, not just citizens.
ZTE has to embed NSA spyware into their US-market devices... or maybe all of their devices.
I know the history. The fact is that the founders' motives were not so noble -- the "founders" were not a bunch of saints. Patriotism is not a religion.
It wasn't a rural/urban issue in the 1780s. It was a North/South issue. The Southern states wanted not to be penalized for disenfranchising their residents. And yes, walk the deal back, throw it out, burn it.
The Republic was dying since it was born -- the slavery issue was never adequately resolved. It morphed into Jim Crow, War on Drugs, mass incarceration, War on Terror. The US has never been the "land of the free".
No. It would give them exactly one vote, same as a resident of Wyoming or Rhode Island.
NYC metro area: 16 million people. Chicago: 8 million. L.A.: 16 million. SF: 5 million. 15% of US population. Candidates would still have to campaign nationwide. They just wouldn't be able to cherrypick states which have outsize influence.
Why not pay them directly instead of using the DoD as a proxy for welfare/education funding?
Believe it or not, you don't need an IB program to attend university in many European countries. But yeah, if they want a medical, science, engineering, etc degree, it's a lot cheaper and faster to do it in many European countries. i.e. medicine is a 6-year combined degree, not one that takes 4 years after 4 years of college and a gap year. The US system is somewhat inefficient in this respect.
As far as a "final solution"... #calexit2020! Let's do it! No reason why Californians should need to continue paying taxes to DC to support people who seem to hate them...
How about equal representation under law? Why is someone in Wyoming or Rhode Island more worthy of political power than someone in Texas or California?
Also, the population disparities between states were much smaller (percentage-wise) in the 1790s than in the 2010s.
And speaking to the electoral system, why not a direct popular vote in the 1790s? It wasn't because of technology -- vote totals could still have been brought by couriers. It was to avoid penalizing states that disenfranchised their residents.
Otherwise, New Jersey, which allowed women and blacks to vote in the 1790s would have had much more voting power per resident than a Southern state that only allowed white male landowners to vote. Since any citizen over 18 can vote now, the reason for the electoral system is mostly gone.
But is factionalized and gerrymandered in a way that precludes change.
Are you talking about UAL-262, a DC-10 where the failure of the rear engine took out all three hydraulic systems? It still landed (sort of, in two pieces, in a farmers' field) because the pilots could use the throttles to control the aircraft.
Here's how it really works, though. Areas with disproportionate amounts of representation have more power and have no interest in fixing the system, because it gives them more power. Thus, the system remains the same.