Ballistics tracing it not as airtight of a science as some would have you believe. If you can't get rid of or hide the gun, a little work to the barrel would making any tracing completely useless.
Oooh Ooooh, I know the answer to this one. Ready, wait for it, wait for it, correlation does not equal causation. You can't just look at two factors and see a relationship and say that one caused the other. What you CAN look at is cases where a SET POPULATION had their laws changed and see what the results were. For instance you can look at Chicago or New York or Washington DC for places that enacted unconstitutional gun bans and then later had them overturned or are in the process of being challenged. This change means that you CAN control all the other variables and look at just these two. Do THAT research and get back to me.
I may be misjudging you here, and for that I apologize, but I was nodding along with your post until it became a not so subtle attack on one side of the political spectrum. The thing is, I know "Nutcase A's" that are just as vehement in their support for Obama. Different alternate histories, but the same fervor and delusion.
So my question to you is, did you not notice those guys the last rally that you were at?
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I know this is Slashdot and all but I can only stand so much intellectual dishonesty in one post and the original example about the Tea Party is about as intellectually dishonest as it gets.
Why again do we let prisoners socialize with other prisoners? Do they need to socialize? Yes they do. Do they need to socialize with other prisoners? I think not.
Online stores that sell guns still abide by the laws of the destination address. In most places that means it has to ship to someone with a Federal Firearms License who then holds it for you until you pass a background check, make sure you have a safety certificate, and hold it for at least 10 days. Each state differs but its not like buying on the Internet somehow overcomes the laws.
That's one version of history. It is a version that quite frankly puts the CIA on a very high pedestal. This book offers a completely different account of what happened and comes to the conclusion that it was inevitable even if the CIA was not involved. http://www.amazon.com/Iran-CIA-Fall-Mosaddeq-Revisited/dp/0230579272
Anybody who uses the word "Tea Bagger" is a troll. You know it stands for "Taxed Enough Already" right? The Tea Party at its core is about going back to the founding fathers and about controlling taxation without representation. What then happened was people infiltrated the ranks to sow discontent. I personally was at a rally where people who were obviously not aligned with the movement showed up with hateful signs. Know what happened next? They were thrown out. The signs were attacking Obama but the participants didn't care. The Tea Party doesn't have room for intolerance and hate. That is only present when people are deceiving others and acting like they are part of the movement.
You do realize that Iran is a Theocracy and the United States was founded on freedom to practice ANY religion. The two could not be further apart. Freedom will come to Iran when they get rid of the form of government they now have.
Step 1) restore the content
Step 2)Contact both parties and see if they will agree to binding arbitration (or change the terms of service to force this)
Step 3) Ask both parties to submit evidence
Step 4) Make a determination. If someone doesn't like it then they can take the other party to court.
The courts are already overtaxed and its not like court fees cover the all the externalities involved. Youtube may in fact be a great first line of arbitration and THEN it can go to a court. It would save the taxpayers a lot of money.
Very interesting read. Thanks for posting this. Taking care of your own water supply is one thing that almost all people (conservative or liberal) can agree is a vital function of Government.
You've never had hemp milk? Its so ironic. You can't grow hemp here but you can import its products. I drink hemp milk occasionally. Between hemp and flax, you could probably get all the protein you need. And I'm no vegetarian.. I'm just sayin'
I think what you are saying has a point. There are a few points that people CAN shop around for though.
1) How is the customer service?
2) How is the selection of Doctor's and Hospitals?
3) Will the insurer be pro-active?
So I think we still need choice but outside of that, everything else needs to be somewhat locked down. The insurance companies should not be making the kind of profit that they do off of performing basically and administrative function. The demand in the market for healthcare is elastic meaning even as the price skyrockets, we still need it and will still pay for it. Because of this we do need regulation. Its just the way the "Health Care Affordability Act" went about the regulation was all wrong as well as sketchy since it happened behind closed doors.
Who modded you up? In a just world you would be modded troll -1 right now. You posted no facts and your quip about catching fraud doesn't take into account the type of fraud happening where actual services are rendered but the code for WHICH service is changed. Then you try to dismiss the whole article because people have a very high disapproval rating of the current administration so somehow all those people are "Lame"? Seriously, grow up.
While it is hard to defend the lack of telling of the truth in the USA's dealing with the indigenous people, it once again one sided to say they just massacred them for no reason.
Secondly, I'm talking about foreign policy here. I think its pretty clear that the USA is NOT a colonial power. We have no problem leaving places to fend for themselves after they are stabilized. What I was talking about was our refusal to enter WWII until it proved to be impossible not to.
Exactly! What if a peice of Somalia broke off and became its own country. Then the country declared it has only one purpose; to pirate ships and plunder their wares and hold their crew for ransom. Should we just honor their sovereignty because the majority of the people wanted that form of of Government? By no means.
Not sure if Serious. One idea would be to stop threatening its neighbor countries and to stop denying the Holocaust. Also, calling Iran an Antelope is a little disingenuous. Antelope don't have plans for Nuclear Weapons.
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Ballistics tracing it not as airtight of a science as some would have you believe. If you can't get rid of or hide the gun, a little work to the barrel would making any tracing completely useless.
I'd just like to point out here that Ted Kennedy's car killed more people then Charlton Heston's Gun (or my gun for that matter).
Oooh Ooooh, I know the answer to this one. Ready, wait for it, wait for it, correlation does not equal causation. You can't just look at two factors and see a relationship and say that one caused the other. What you CAN look at is cases where a SET POPULATION had their laws changed and see what the results were. For instance you can look at Chicago or New York or Washington DC for places that enacted unconstitutional gun bans and then later had them overturned or are in the process of being challenged. This change means that you CAN control all the other variables and look at just these two. Do THAT research and get back to me.
I may be misjudging you here, and for that I apologize, but I was nodding along with your post until it became a not so subtle attack on one side of the political spectrum. The thing is, I know "Nutcase A's" that are just as vehement in their support for Obama. Different alternate histories, but the same fervor and delusion. So my question to you is, did you not notice those guys the last rally that you were at?
Quote for Truth! I know this is Slashdot and all but I can only stand so much intellectual dishonesty in one post and the original example about the Tea Party is about as intellectually dishonest as it gets.
Why again do we let prisoners socialize with other prisoners? Do they need to socialize? Yes they do. Do they need to socialize with other prisoners? I think not.
Online stores that sell guns still abide by the laws of the destination address. In most places that means it has to ship to someone with a Federal Firearms License who then holds it for you until you pass a background check, make sure you have a safety certificate, and hold it for at least 10 days. Each state differs but its not like buying on the Internet somehow overcomes the laws.
Ya well, my Twitter icon is still green and my official location is "Tehran, Iran".
That's one version of history. It is a version that quite frankly puts the CIA on a very high pedestal. This book offers a completely different account of what happened and comes to the conclusion that it was inevitable even if the CIA was not involved. http://www.amazon.com/Iran-CIA-Fall-Mosaddeq-Revisited/dp/0230579272
Anybody who uses the word "Tea Bagger" is a troll. You know it stands for "Taxed Enough Already" right? The Tea Party at its core is about going back to the founding fathers and about controlling taxation without representation. What then happened was people infiltrated the ranks to sow discontent. I personally was at a rally where people who were obviously not aligned with the movement showed up with hateful signs. Know what happened next? They were thrown out. The signs were attacking Obama but the participants didn't care. The Tea Party doesn't have room for intolerance and hate. That is only present when people are deceiving others and acting like they are part of the movement.
You do realize that Iran is a Theocracy and the United States was founded on freedom to practice ANY religion. The two could not be further apart. Freedom will come to Iran when they get rid of the form of government they now have.
Step 1) restore the content
Step 2)Contact both parties and see if they will agree to binding arbitration (or change the terms of service to force this)
Step 3) Ask both parties to submit evidence
Step 4) Make a determination. If someone doesn't like it then they can take the other party to court.
You'd be surprised by what users are capable of. You won't get a drive-by virus but you could still get a trojan.
The courts are already overtaxed and its not like court fees cover the all the externalities involved. Youtube may in fact be a great first line of arbitration and THEN it can go to a court. It would save the taxpayers a lot of money.
Oh man. The current administration of the USA would be in a tizzy. I like it.
Well at the risk of burning my remaining Karma, I ask you to look at WHICH religion this video is pushing.
Are you being purposefully ignorant considering that IN the video the guy admits that Scott created the video?
Are you seriously arguing that the USA never stopped its colonial advance? Because that's absurd.
Israel. They have developed techniques to make it work. Other peoples in the area haven't been as diligent.
May as well get this out of the way
Very interesting read. Thanks for posting this. Taking care of your own water supply is one thing that almost all people (conservative or liberal) can agree is a vital function of Government.
You've never had hemp milk? Its so ironic. You can't grow hemp here but you can import its products. I drink hemp milk occasionally. Between hemp and flax, you could probably get all the protein you need. And I'm no vegetarian.. I'm just sayin'
I think what you are saying has a point. There are a few points that people CAN shop around for though.
1) How is the customer service?
2) How is the selection of Doctor's and Hospitals?
3) Will the insurer be pro-active?
So I think we still need choice but outside of that, everything else needs to be somewhat locked down. The insurance companies should not be making the kind of profit that they do off of performing basically and administrative function. The demand in the market for healthcare is elastic meaning even as the price skyrockets, we still need it and will still pay for it. Because of this we do need regulation. Its just the way the "Health Care Affordability Act" went about the regulation was all wrong as well as sketchy since it happened behind closed doors.
Who modded you up? In a just world you would be modded troll -1 right now. You posted no facts and your quip about catching fraud doesn't take into account the type of fraud happening where actual services are rendered but the code for WHICH service is changed. Then you try to dismiss the whole article because people have a very high disapproval rating of the current administration so somehow all those people are "Lame"? Seriously, grow up.
While it is hard to defend the lack of telling of the truth in the USA's dealing with the indigenous people, it once again one sided to say they just massacred them for no reason.
Secondly, I'm talking about foreign policy here. I think its pretty clear that the USA is NOT a colonial power. We have no problem leaving places to fend for themselves after they are stabilized. What I was talking about was our refusal to enter WWII until it proved to be impossible not to.
Exactly! What if a peice of Somalia broke off and became its own country. Then the country declared it has only one purpose; to pirate ships and plunder their wares and hold their crew for ransom. Should we just honor their sovereignty because the majority of the people wanted that form of of Government? By no means.
I actually never made that argument but nice straw man. Care to put any other words in my mouth?
Not sure if Serious. One idea would be to stop threatening its neighbor countries and to stop denying the Holocaust. Also, calling Iran an Antelope is a little disingenuous. Antelope don't have plans for Nuclear Weapons.