An EgyptAir employee loaded the timed-detonation bomb or incendiary device as a food item at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, the last stop the plane made.
The same group responsible for the previous EgyptAir plane from Russia did the job. In that one, they also didn't claim responsibility for some time. They said they did it with a soda can bomb.
I would look at whoever loaded the soda cans.
All of these legal arguments aren't any good without showing their authority. IOW, is this concept from a controlling decision or is it just somebody's idea of what is just?
Ok, how about:
Black? No, that's also racist and denigrating, since black is sometimes poetically associated with evil.
Negro? No, that's too close to that other word.
Afro-American? Definitely not. It's lazy, and assumes a particular hair style.
African American? Maybe, but aren't we then excluding Haitians and Jamaicans, among others?
Nubian? Ok, sounds cool, but WTF does that even mean?
Colored? NO! Hearkens back to the fifties with segregated drinking fountains and toilets.
People of Color? Don't ALL people have color?...
The AA problem never occured to me. Let's say an Australian Aborigine came to the US. What would you call them?
The currency needs a whole new design, period. More color, translucent holograms, clear windows,etc. American currency is ridiculously old fashioned and the Federalist design style is too stuffy. And any redesign should involve regular refreshes of featured items, whether it's people or natural wonders or engineering achievements.
Using hard currency itself needs change. But if we are to have something material representing value, then it should be disability-friendly. Australia, with a durable material and different sizes, seems to have the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The Hells Angels control much of the drug trade in the Netherlands, and are also involved in prostitution.[6]
The first statement is suspicious because the Netherlands has thousands of people involved in drugs and even more in prostitution, and it's unlikely one bike gang would be so prominent.
Checking the references, that statement simply comes from a reporter for a low-circulation newspaper (which I've never heard of, and I lived there).
The Hells Angles aren't as influential or powerful as the article claims.
Be creative. Make stuff that pushes boundaries while not violating the letter of the law. Demonstrate the absurdity of the regulations through culture jamming.
I don't know what culture jamming is.
Well, right now I have a $600 fine to pay or else I go to jail. The people who will get the money are as corrupt and vicious as they come. I won't name them (using my real name), because they can easily retaliate (and they have guns), but it's a small municipal government. I could avoid paying if I leave the state. If I were a bit richer/more mobile, I'd do it.
The regulations will be very effective in what they are intended to accomplish: expand the power of regulators and police to arrest, charge, and fine you at their whim; create a government monopoly on information; require government approval and fees for starting new businesses They won't increase public safety or reduce terrorism, but that was never the point.
I agree, but other than to continue my personal rebellion of only yielding when I must, I can't see much of a way to fight. I'm open to suggestions, though.
Spaghetti Monster is satire, but the satire is that it is just as logical as religions. As I remember, a ruling on a 1983 (not year) Civil rights federal action held that the religion need not be acceptable, logical, consistent, or comprehensible to others.
Labeling something as a religion should not give it special privileges. The First Amendment was written at a time when "religion" was the appropriate word. Nowadays, it should be replaced with "belief".
If even one company he managed went bankrupt, that's bad. It means creditors didn't get what they were owed. It means he didn't honor his commitments.
I've had projects fail too, but I paid everybody I owed. Going bankrupt is a shame to anybody who respects what a deal is. Trump seems to believe it's just another method of doing business. "I used the law four times and made a tremendous thing. I'm in business. I did a very good job." - Trump.
Moreover, running a gambling business is ethically wrong. Tricking gullible people into losing their money may be good for the gambling enterprise, but it's bad for the poor people. Nobody attacks him on this because it's legal nowadays. Once, however, the government put people in prison for the activity. It's only legal now because greedy government people figured out a way they could get a cut of the pot.
I really didn't approve of the decision to drop the confederate flag from sale.
I feel this falls into the same box of stupid.
(I didn't know about that, but I'll assume you're right.)
I agree in that if someone doesn't violate Amazon's rules, then Amazon should continue their account. The question is how much is Amazon supposed to get politically involved? Where is the line drawn?
What if there was a flag banner saying, "Hang Dark Urbanites", or something similar. Would that be fair game to disallow?
Actually, your DNA doesn't give a shit. It's an encoding of a bunch of molecules - don't think it cares too much about anything
One way to look at evolution is that we, as individuals, strive to get our DNA (actually the code on the DNA) into the next generation and so on. Another way is see the DNA as striving to get itself reproduced in the subsequent generations, and the individual is just a means to do this.
It's irrelevant how you look at it, though. It's the same process. You're just imputing volition on different parts of the mechanism.
There are some places like in California where being poor or even homeless is a life choice and the people aren't self-selecting for mental illness or other tragedies that force poverty or homelessness on them. This would raise the life expectancy of the whole group.
Nonsense.
Maybe being homeless is a choice, considering even more undesirable alternatives, but people don't want to be poor. They may be stupid or have some "voluntary" behavior that causes them to be poor, but that's not the same as choosing to be so.
(I don't understand your self-selecting clause, btw.)
Please, Ed, don't do anything stupid like voluntarily return to the US without a pardon. You've managed to make a point and stay free. Keep it that way.
Probably; it's pretty easy to pick out differences in intonation/cadence/etc. if you've ever heard two different breeds of dog try to howl at the same time. Of course, then there's 'husky bitching', which as far as I've seen is unique to that breed. At least, I have yet to encounter another breed of dog that will sit down and start grumble-barking a soliloquy for no apparent reason and for minutes on end...
Dogs really enjoy howling. I used to have a bunch of strays, and I lived near a fire station. When the truck would pass by with the sirens blaring, the dogs would all respond, and they loved it! I'm guessing there's an instinctive enjoyment in communication activity. Maybe it's something like human singing.
I played this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?... for the 2 mutts currently in my charge. They do seem like they are trying to figer out what is being said.
Not really. flipping burgers has major advantages in terms of future consequences.
{Putting on the serious hat} True. The picture I like to create is that of a Cadillac dealership's customers. I ask, Of 100 new Cadillacs that roll off the lot, what proportion are driven by people who are career criminals (drug dealers, card hackers, etc.)? What proportion go to people who work legitimate jobs or own legitimate businesses?
After you request it from the court, it's $15/day in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. But since the fines are often in the thousands, the defendant may simply wait to get out by other forms of release.
... there's a massive difference between private debts and public debts...
Please explain the difference.
In many municipalities, the reaped-in money gets distributed, alright, but often to only a few individuals. Some judges even openly use the pronouns "I" and "me" when refering to who gets the money.
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So most bombs go off near the beginning of the flight, not towards the end like this one. (A suicide bomber OTOH is possible.) ...
I don't see any strong reason to set the timer to detonate at the beginning of a flight.
An EgyptAir employee loaded the timed-detonation bomb or incendiary device as a food item at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, the last stop the plane made. The same group responsible for the previous EgyptAir plane from Russia did the job. In that one, they also didn't claim responsibility for some time. They said they did it with a soda can bomb. I would look at whoever loaded the soda cans.
All of these legal arguments aren't any good without showing their authority. IOW, is this concept from a controlling decision or is it just somebody's idea of what is just?
Ok, how about: Black? No, that's also racist and denigrating, since black is sometimes poetically associated with evil. Negro? No, that's too close to that other word. Afro-American? Definitely not. It's lazy, and assumes a particular hair style. African American? Maybe, but aren't we then excluding Haitians and Jamaicans, among others? Nubian? Ok, sounds cool, but WTF does that even mean? Colored? NO! Hearkens back to the fifties with segregated drinking fountains and toilets. People of Color? Don't ALL people have color?...
The AA problem never occured to me. Let's say an Australian Aborigine came to the US. What would you call them?
The currency needs a whole new design, period. More color, translucent holograms, clear windows,etc. American currency is ridiculously old fashioned and the Federalist design style is too stuffy. And any redesign should involve regular refreshes of featured items, whether it's people or natural wonders or engineering achievements.
Using hard currency itself needs change. But if we are to have something material representing value, then it should be disability-friendly. Australia, with a durable material and different sizes, seems to have the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Actually Dutch motorcycle gangs aren't funny, or even very nice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The Hells Angels control much of the drug trade in the Netherlands, and are also involved in prostitution.[6]
The first statement is suspicious because the Netherlands has thousands of people involved in drugs and even more in prostitution, and it's unlikely one bike gang would be so prominent. Checking the references, that statement simply comes from a reporter for a low-circulation newspaper (which I've never heard of, and I lived there). The Hells Angles aren't as influential or powerful as the article claims.
Be creative. Make stuff that pushes boundaries while not violating the letter of the law. Demonstrate the absurdity of the regulations through culture jamming.
I don't know what culture jamming is.
Well, right now I have a $600 fine to pay or else I go to jail. The people who will get the money are as corrupt and vicious as they come. I won't name them (using my real name), because they can easily retaliate (and they have guns), but it's a small municipal government. I could avoid paying if I leave the state. If I were a bit richer/more mobile, I'd do it.
The regulations will be very effective in what they are intended to accomplish: expand the power of regulators and police to arrest, charge, and fine you at their whim; create a government monopoly on information; require government approval and fees for starting new businesses They won't increase public safety or reduce terrorism, but that was never the point.
I agree, but other than to continue my personal rebellion of only yielding when I must, I can't see much of a way to fight. I'm open to suggestions, though.
Labeling something as a religion should not give it special privileges. The First Amendment was written at a time when "religion" was the appropriate word. Nowadays, it should be replaced with "belief".
I've had projects fail too, but I paid everybody I owed. Going bankrupt is a shame to anybody who respects what a deal is. Trump seems to believe it's just another method of doing business. "I used the law four times and made a tremendous thing. I'm in business. I did a very good job." - Trump.
Moreover, running a gambling business is ethically wrong. Tricking gullible people into losing their money may be good for the gambling enterprise, but it's bad for the poor people. Nobody attacks him on this because it's legal nowadays. Once, however, the government put people in prison for the activity. It's only legal now because greedy government people figured out a way they could get a cut of the pot.
I really didn't approve of the decision to drop the confederate flag from sale.
I feel this falls into the same box of stupid.
(I didn't know about that, but I'll assume you're right.)
I agree in that if someone doesn't violate Amazon's rules, then Amazon should continue their account. The question is how much is Amazon supposed to get politically involved? Where is the line drawn?
What if there was a flag banner saying, "Hang Dark Urbanites", or something similar. Would that be fair game to disallow?
Nope. I'm a guy. My Y chromosome is not going to get diluted to nothing after a few generations as long as those generations include males.
A female's mitochondrial DNA gets passed on unaltered. That could be more important.
Actually, your DNA doesn't give a shit. It's an encoding of a bunch of molecules - don't think it cares too much about anything
One way to look at evolution is that we, as individuals, strive to get our DNA (actually the code on the DNA) into the next generation and so on. Another way is see the DNA as striving to get itself reproduced in the subsequent generations, and the individual is just a means to do this.
It's irrelevant how you look at it, though. It's the same process. You're just imputing volition on different parts of the mechanism.
There are some places like in California where being poor or even homeless is a life choice and the people aren't self-selecting for mental illness or other tragedies that force poverty or homelessness on them. This would raise the life expectancy of the whole group.
Nonsense. Maybe being homeless is a choice, considering even more undesirable alternatives, but people don't want to be poor. They may be stupid or have some "voluntary" behavior that causes them to be poor, but that's not the same as choosing to be so. (I don't understand your self-selecting clause, btw.)
I'm poor and I live in a poor zip code. I'm gonna die!
Please, Ed, don't do anything stupid like voluntarily return to the US without a pardon. You've managed to make a point and stay free. Keep it that way.
I for one, welcome our new sex-bot overlords.
Probably; it's pretty easy to pick out differences in intonation/cadence/etc. if you've ever heard two different breeds of dog try to howl at the same time. Of course, then there's 'husky bitching', which as far as I've seen is unique to that breed. At least, I have yet to encounter another breed of dog that will sit down and start grumble-barking a soliloquy for no apparent reason and for minutes on end...
This was the best husky howl I could find on youstube, and it's not that good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Dogs really enjoy howling. I used to have a bunch of strays, and I lived near a fire station. When the truck would pass by with the sirens blaring, the dogs would all respond, and they loved it! I'm guessing there's an instinctive enjoyment in communication activity. Maybe it's something like human singing.
I played this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?... for the 2 mutts currently in my charge. They do seem like they are trying to figer out what is being said.
... where the $15,000 USD is a lot of money.
I'm feeling cheated here! The last time I defaced a webpage, I didn't get anything!
Not really. flipping burgers has major advantages in terms of future consequences.
{Putting on the serious hat} True. The picture I like to create is that of a Cadillac dealership's customers. I ask, Of 100 new Cadillacs that roll off the lot, what proportion are driven by people who are career criminals (drug dealers, card hackers, etc.)? What proportion go to people who work legitimate jobs or own legitimate businesses?
And blow, don't forget the blow.
Hey, hackers party too.
I must object to the stereotyping. It's degrading and incorrect. Not everyone knowledgeable in software/computers is a coke head. Some prefer heroin.
Except for most of these hackers are outside the US where the $15,000 USD is a lot of money.
I'm in the geographic center of the US, and it's a lot to me. I never used someone else's credit card # though, so I'm not a true "hacker".
After you request it from the court, it's $15/day in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. But since the fines are often in the thousands, the defendant may simply wait to get out by other forms of release.
... there's a massive difference between private debts and public debts...
Please explain the difference. In many municipalities, the reaped-in money gets distributed, alright, but often to only a few individuals. Some judges even openly use the pronouns "I" and "me" when refering to who gets the money.