We could avoid that problem by requiring everyone on government assistance to re-apply with their benefits being cut off entirely after three months if they don't re-apply, and then requiring everyone who applies to undergo a tubal ligation or vasectomy before receiving a single check.
Bam. Now everyone on the dole is almost guaranteed to be one of the people who genuinely needs help and nobody can just game the system by living off of our tax dollars for free and increasing their benefits by pumping out more and more kids they can't support in the first place.
Making people on the dole unable to vote in state, local, or national elections would prevent further abuse of the system by politicians, as they would be unable to buy votes with promises of handouts.
Back in the day, shame and pride kept people from taking government assistance unless they absolutely needed it. Since that seems to have vanished in the past fifty years, the only way to curb rampant abuse of the system is to make accepting that assistance come with some significant drawbacks.
Taser, gas, pepper spray, wooden blocks, bean bags, all the fun shit. It's not a case of sadistic desire though. I'd be willing to bet that the little fucker had done a lot of shit to deserve it that was all coming back to haunt him now that they had an excuse.
Don't ever think for a second that the inmates are the victims. They've all done something to get themselves into prison, and then do even worse shit once they get there.
Just how many backup power sources do you need before you're happy? The primary power source is the reactor's own turbines. Then you have the local power grid. Then the diesel generators. Then eight hours of batteries. What else do you want? A team of oxen tied to a dynamo? A hundred workers hand cranking generators? Unicorn tears and bunny farts?
The bottom line is that this was an extraordinary incident that nobody could have planned for. They already had three redundant backups in place, and in the face of the biggest disaster in the history of the developed world, they all failed or weren't enough. Anything else they could have installed would have been knocked out by the tsunami too.
Or do you think that thirty foot walls of water that travel at freeway speeds are something you can just build infrastructure to withstand?
This tsunami was by no means medium-large. It far exceeded anything they could have been reasonably prepared for.
Other outcomes could have included less damage to the local infrastructure to make the loss of the generators a non-issue, not losing the generators at all, no tsunami or a tsunami small enough to have been within the generous design allowances, or no earthquake at all.
Reactors scrammed automatically as planned when the quake hit, and the pumps were using a battery backup to hold them over until the diesel generators came online and took over.
The problem is that the tsunami took out the generators and the batteries ran dry. Meanwhile, all the other plants in the area were also scrammed and the transport and power infrastructure was trashed by the quake/tsunami combo, so hooking the pumps up to an outside power source wasn't an option.
It was more a case of Murphy's Law rolling a natural 20 than a case of outdated reactors or corruption.
That's not true. The Interstate Highway System was a national defense project. It was designed to make troop deployments and supply lines fairly easy in the event of an invasion or other emergency.
Urban sprawl is the direct result of the Interstates, not the other way around.
I do get to say it's unconstitutional because I've read the Constitution and it acts as a simple yes or no question.
"Is this explicitly authorized in the Constitution?"
If the answer is anything other than "Yes, it is explicitly authorized in the written text of the constitution." then the issue is unconstitutional.
The current government is almost entirely unconstitutional and has been for a long time. The Supreme Court included. Their rulings don't particularly matter when they're contrary to the document they're supposed to be upholding.
Autism doesn't make the kid retarded. It makes him a nerd. He'll respond to an ass whuppin' just as well as any other kid. Stop making excuses for your own shitty parenting.
The Constitution isn't some magical document that takes a council of sages to decode. Whether or not the Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional or not is irrelevant. The bottom line is that there is absolutely nothing in the constitution that gives the Feds the power to create or enforce the ADA, and thus it is unconstitutional.
If a bear bites off my left hand I've got bigger problems than whether or not I can climb a rope to work in an office, and I wouldn't expect an employer to go out of its way to change things just for me.
I will hand my young son my phone with the Talking Tomcat "ca-caty!" application when I have to wait in a long checkout/service/wahtever line, lest I be holding a screaming toddler who -- like any 2.5-year-old -- prefers to run around the store rather than stand still for 10 minutes.
Have you tried swatting him on the ass a few times when he acts up in a store instead of paying him off?
You should only have to do it a few times before the mere threat of a spanking diffuses the situation.
You can't legislate away reality, no matter how hard you try. The ADA is not only stupid, but it's unconstitutional. There is nowhere in the constitution that says that the Federal government has the authority to require businesses or other private enterprises to accommodate anyone. No, the commerce clause does not work that way. Don't even try to suggest it does. The fact that the government currently uses it in an unconstitutional manner to shoehorn their noses into everything is irrelevant.
And for the record, Houston was largely unscathed, and even Galveston was more or less untouched beyond a bit of water damage. My local comic book shop had power and was open for business the day after the hurricane hit, and I lived in Galveston County.
Knowing how to speak French is something extraordinary in a large nation like the US where everyone on the continent speaks English except for Mexico and Quebec.
Basic carpentry and tool use are skills that everybody should know without having to be taught formally. I'd say he has every right to be upset that an employee lacks an important and fundamental life skill. It'd be like getting married and finding out that your wife doesn't know how to cook or clean or do laundry.
I say just ban political parties altogether. They don't accomplish anything beyond allowing for corruption and fraud to keep the two current parties firmly in power.
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We could avoid that problem by requiring everyone on government assistance to re-apply with their benefits being cut off entirely after three months if they don't re-apply, and then requiring everyone who applies to undergo a tubal ligation or vasectomy before receiving a single check.
Bam. Now everyone on the dole is almost guaranteed to be one of the people who genuinely needs help and nobody can just game the system by living off of our tax dollars for free and increasing their benefits by pumping out more and more kids they can't support in the first place.
Making people on the dole unable to vote in state, local, or national elections would prevent further abuse of the system by politicians, as they would be unable to buy votes with promises of handouts.
Back in the day, shame and pride kept people from taking government assistance unless they absolutely needed it. Since that seems to have vanished in the past fifty years, the only way to curb rampant abuse of the system is to make accepting that assistance come with some significant drawbacks.
Taser, gas, pepper spray, wooden blocks, bean bags, all the fun shit. It's not a case of sadistic desire though. I'd be willing to bet that the little fucker had done a lot of shit to deserve it that was all coming back to haunt him now that they had an excuse.
Don't ever think for a second that the inmates are the victims. They've all done something to get themselves into prison, and then do even worse shit once they get there.
Just how many backup power sources do you need before you're happy? The primary power source is the reactor's own turbines. Then you have the local power grid. Then the diesel generators. Then eight hours of batteries. What else do you want? A team of oxen tied to a dynamo? A hundred workers hand cranking generators? Unicorn tears and bunny farts?
The bottom line is that this was an extraordinary incident that nobody could have planned for. They already had three redundant backups in place, and in the face of the biggest disaster in the history of the developed world, they all failed or weren't enough. Anything else they could have installed would have been knocked out by the tsunami too.
Or do you think that thirty foot walls of water that travel at freeway speeds are something you can just build infrastructure to withstand?
This tsunami was by no means medium-large. It far exceeded anything they could have been reasonably prepared for.
Other outcomes could have included less damage to the local infrastructure to make the loss of the generators a non-issue, not losing the generators at all, no tsunami or a tsunami small enough to have been within the generous design allowances, or no earthquake at all.
Reactors scrammed automatically as planned when the quake hit, and the pumps were using a battery backup to hold them over until the diesel generators came online and took over.
The problem is that the tsunami took out the generators and the batteries ran dry. Meanwhile, all the other plants in the area were also scrammed and the transport and power infrastructure was trashed by the quake/tsunami combo, so hooking the pumps up to an outside power source wasn't an option.
It was more a case of Murphy's Law rolling a natural 20 than a case of outdated reactors or corruption.
That's not true. The Interstate Highway System was a national defense project. It was designed to make troop deployments and supply lines fairly easy in the event of an invasion or other emergency.
Urban sprawl is the direct result of the Interstates, not the other way around.
They already have those. They're called "iTunes", "iOS", and "OSX".
Yes, but only if there's 1.21GW of power available available.
Damn. "Who's," not "whose." Believe it or not, there no apparent cognitive deficits.
Seems to me that perhaps they should start focusing a bit more on sharp eyes.
I do get to say it's unconstitutional because I've read the Constitution and it acts as a simple yes or no question.
"Is this explicitly authorized in the Constitution?"
If the answer is anything other than "Yes, it is explicitly authorized in the written text of the constitution." then the issue is unconstitutional.
The current government is almost entirely unconstitutional and has been for a long time. The Supreme Court included. Their rulings don't particularly matter when they're contrary to the document they're supposed to be upholding.
Autism doesn't make the kid retarded. It makes him a nerd. He'll respond to an ass whuppin' just as well as any other kid. Stop making excuses for your own shitty parenting.
The Constitution isn't some magical document that takes a council of sages to decode. Whether or not the Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional or not is irrelevant. The bottom line is that there is absolutely nothing in the constitution that gives the Feds the power to create or enforce the ADA, and thus it is unconstitutional.
Autism isn't an excuse to act like a jackass in public and get away with it. Shitty parents only think it is.
If a bear bites off my left hand I've got bigger problems than whether or not I can climb a rope to work in an office, and I wouldn't expect an employer to go out of its way to change things just for me.
I will hand my young son my phone with the Talking Tomcat "ca-caty!" application when I have to wait in a long checkout/service/wahtever line, lest I be holding a screaming toddler who -- like any 2.5-year-old -- prefers to run around the store rather than stand still for 10 minutes.
Have you tried swatting him on the ass a few times when he acts up in a store instead of paying him off? You should only have to do it a few times before the mere threat of a spanking diffuses the situation.
I also have no idea how to teach a child that young that touching buttons on a phone is (a) stealing money, or (b) spending money
Try beating the hell out of them when they do it after being told not to the first time.
Perhaps you might try a different phone that comes with better readability in mind instead of complaining about the one you have.
You can't legislate away reality, no matter how hard you try. The ADA is not only stupid, but it's unconstitutional. There is nowhere in the constitution that says that the Federal government has the authority to require businesses or other private enterprises to accommodate anyone. No, the commerce clause does not work that way. Don't even try to suggest it does. The fact that the government currently uses it in an unconstitutional manner to shoehorn their noses into everything is irrelevant.
You know, back in the day being blind or stupid was a problem that would take care of itself naturally. I miss those days.
>implying I can't climb a 30' rope
He was referring to Ike.
And for the record, Houston was largely unscathed, and even Galveston was more or less untouched beyond a bit of water damage. My local comic book shop had power and was open for business the day after the hurricane hit, and I lived in Galveston County.
No, but I expect my plumber to be able to change a tire.
Knowing how to speak French is something extraordinary in a large nation like the US where everyone on the continent speaks English except for Mexico and Quebec.
Basic carpentry and tool use are skills that everybody should know without having to be taught formally. I'd say he has every right to be upset that an employee lacks an important and fundamental life skill. It'd be like getting married and finding out that your wife doesn't know how to cook or clean or do laundry.
I say just ban political parties altogether. They don't accomplish anything beyond allowing for corruption and fraud to keep the two current parties firmly in power.
Go ahead. Mod me down. She's still a crime against all sighted beings.