I'm all for US criminals escaping arrest to a foreign country. Means we don't have to pay to lock them up -- we already have a disgracefully high (and expensive) prison population.
Sex trafficking would largely go away if we legalized prostitution between consenting adults -- it would be regulated and anyone forced into it could openly go to the police and seek help.
We can buy better weapons, legally, than are available in Mexico, so how does that affect us. If Mexico has a problem with US weapons entering it, strengthening its border security is THEIR problem, not ours.
Illegal immigration is more like breaking into a bank and leaving cash on the table. The US benefits from immigration, legal or not, and assimilation generally only takes a generation.
No one is forcing the things down our throats -- in fact, overprescription of opiods has been better at getting people hooked than any drug dealer. Want to go after someone; go after Purdue Pharma and similar firms.
Immigrants themselves? The diversity in my city actually makes it an interesting and wonderful place to live and adds to its art, science (yes), and culture.
Congresstrash from flyoveria are unwilling to fix the immigration system to be more equitable and to let more people in. Cities and the coasts, OTOH, thrive on immigration. So turning a blind eye to illegal immigration and overstays allows both flyoveria and the cities to be happy.
As a science student in a large, public, US university, I see very little "SJW stupidity" as you put it. Most of the students and profs are pretty apolitical on a day-to-day basis.
... or they end up doing brilliant research in the US, that American finance, law, and public relations majors are unwilling to do, furthering the cause of science, making money for US companies, helping humanity, and maybe teaching the next generation of US students. Like it or not, a lot of our innovators were immigrants.
The already-wealthy are already free from the constraints of any given nation. It's the poor and middle class who want (and need) to take the best opportunities the world provides to them.
Patriotism is over-rated: go where the best opportunities present and where you're most comfortable. I for one will be glad that my kids will entitled to three citizenships (US, an EU country, a CARICOM country). More choice for them is a good thing.
I use cash at local businesses that I like: (a) reduces their costs of doing business- no bankster swipe fees (b) helps preserve anonymity/privacy and keeps businesses accepting cash. Voting with my wallet, literally.
This has already been done surgically -- lobotomies were used for social control in the 1940s through 60s. Read about what happened to Frances Farmer.
(And no, it wasn't considered major brain surgery -- they literally did it using a tool through the eye socket: scary stuff.)
Whole Foods isn't about quality, it's about cutsie-pie displays for the benefit of city hipsters who want to pretend they're at a farmer's market in Vermont.
bought it. Their pipe dream is to turn it into a cashless, cashier-less store, putting cashiers out of jobs and extending the surveillance society. It may be Bezos' dream, but it's not mine. I'd rather support businesses that contribute to my city's economy, not destroy it. Also, the prices quotes are about average.
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People escaping the Soviets and Nazis came from countries with an equally violent and genocidal society. They didn't bring the genocide into the US.
Alarmism...
I'm all for US criminals escaping arrest to a foreign country. Means we don't have to pay to lock them up -- we already have a disgracefully high (and expensive) prison population.
Sex trafficking would largely go away if we legalized prostitution between consenting adults -- it would be regulated and anyone forced into it could openly go to the police and seek help.
We can buy better weapons, legally, than are available in Mexico, so how does that affect us. If Mexico has a problem with US weapons entering it, strengthening its border security is THEIR problem, not ours.
Illegal immigration is more like breaking into a bank and leaving cash on the table. The US benefits from immigration, legal or not, and assimilation generally only takes a generation.
How does a porous border hurt you and me? Drugs?
No one is forcing the things down our throats -- in fact, overprescription of opiods has been better at getting people hooked than any drug dealer. Want to go after someone; go after Purdue Pharma and similar firms.
Immigrants themselves? The diversity in my city actually makes it an interesting and wonderful place to live and adds to its art, science (yes), and culture.
Illegal immigration is a compromise.
Congresstrash from flyoveria are unwilling to fix the immigration system to be more equitable and to let more people in. Cities and the coasts, OTOH, thrive on immigration. So turning a blind eye to illegal immigration and overstays allows both flyoveria and the cities to be happy.
As a science student in a large, public, US university, I see very little "SJW stupidity" as you put it. Most of the students and profs are pretty apolitical on a day-to-day basis.
... or they end up doing brilliant research in the US, that American finance, law, and public relations majors are unwilling to do, furthering the cause of science, making money for US companies, helping humanity, and maybe teaching the next generation of US students. Like it or not, a lot of our innovators were immigrants.
The already-wealthy are already free from the constraints of any given nation. It's the poor and middle class who want (and need) to take the best opportunities the world provides to them.
Patriotism is over-rated: go where the best opportunities present and where you're most comfortable. I for one will be glad that my kids will entitled to three citizenships (US, an EU country, a CARICOM country). More choice for them is a good thing.
Actually, we got to where we are by importing the best and brightest worldwide. Einstein ring a bell? How about Fermi? Oppenheimer? Tesla?
Amazon charges for shipping -- they just mostly include the costs in the item cost.
Are a perfect sorting tool for the correct sex. If they won't get in, they're unlikely to be adventurous enough to keep up :)
You spend $300 on a DVD player? For that price, you could get a mediocre HTPC and some storage to boot... DVDs are so 2007.
Shipping ain't free.
Delivery isn't free. If it's "free", then you're being overcharged if you go and buy it in person.
Yes, retail infrastructure costs money to maintain, but so does shipping/warehousing/IT infrastructure.
I use cash at local businesses that I like:
(a) reduces their costs of doing business- no bankster swipe fees
(b) helps preserve anonymity/privacy and keeps businesses accepting cash. Voting with my wallet, literally.
This being said, it's not the device itself, just crappy, cut-rate implementation and design.
McDonald's. What's that? Haven't been to one of them in years, and if they don't accept good, old-fashioned cash, one more reason not to go.
This has already been done surgically -- lobotomies were used for social control in the 1940s through 60s. Read about what happened to Frances Farmer. (And no, it wasn't considered major brain surgery -- they literally did it using a tool through the eye socket: scary stuff.)
Whole Foods isn't about quality, it's about cutsie-pie displays for the benefit of city hipsters who want to pretend they're at a farmer's market in Vermont.
Ceramic fake food! Inorganic turkey!
bought it. Their pipe dream is to turn it into a cashless, cashier-less store, putting cashiers out of jobs and extending the surveillance society. It may be Bezos' dream, but it's not mine. I'd rather support businesses that contribute to my city's economy, not destroy it. Also, the prices quotes are about average.
Well said.
"Growth" is an old word for "cancer."
"Consumption" is an old word for TB.
Both of which will kill you. Painfully.
We're talking about over-the-air TV, not paid cable and satellite TV (aka, big waste of $).
Cut the WiFi antenna cable in the TV. If it uses the antenna input for WiFi, stick a filter on it that excludes 2.4/5GHz signals.
Netflix, yes. Youtube doesn't require you to ID yourself -- run it in a private window, don't give Google your credit card info.