I know you are kidding about Viagra but some of us do need it. I do a web search when I need some. I have always got what I ordered. Legitimate sites don't need to spam people.
Your thinking of steam locomotives. The competing patent holders wouldn't cross license. Only after their patents expired could third parties combine the patented parts and make useful trains.
People gravitate to where they feel comfortable. I don't know anyone who is gay, so does that mean there are no gays in my town? A gay friendly area is going to have more gays.
Turn on the television, at least one ten is gay. On HGTV every third couple buying a home is gay. Will more children experiment with gay sex because it's deemed normal now? Not that there is anything wrong with that.
No society has every had gay marriage but many practiced polygamy. However states can forbid it because no two people can marry a third, see, equal protection. I guess a state could allow it as long as any two can marry a third or fourth etc. Now let's see if they can interpret the 2nd amendment and block states from infringing on gun rights.
I'm one of those who think the Earth is 6000 years old. It only looks 4 billion. Your mental well being depends on there being no God. I hate the "God wants me to run your life" types as much as you do. Maybe I would be happier without religion ( I don't actively do the church thing anymore) but once you believe something is true it becomes real.
After living with me for five years my daughter and her husband bought a house. One month later he lost his job when his company moved 90 miles to another city that ironically is where my three other kids live. Maybe in your vibrant, owner dominated world they could quickly sell and move but reality is it would take months or years and cost thousands of dollars to sell the house.
I have lived at the same address since 1971 and always found a new job close when I had to but being able to relocate easily means you aren't tied to one job or subject to a long commute.
Medallions should be free to licensed cab drivers based on a lottery system. They can not be sold, only returned to the city. Medallion owners would have obligations to the city concerning vehicles, routes and hours available.
I can only read English which you have conveniently posted in. Most Europeans can speak two or more languages but seem to have trouble comprehending the fact that Americans (British and Canadian also) can juggle two measuring systems and prefer the most complicated.
East India Company. English corporation actually, it was very successful. Since then all corporations have tried to emulate them. Hiring guys with English sounding names helps. Now, who would you hire if you wanted to build rockets? Bet you thought of a German or Jewish name. Banking? Logger? Lettuce picker?
The pool of guys with English sounding names is getting smaller so your chances get better every year.
Yesterday there were three major motor sports races. I imagine if the three winners where to attend a high school drivers education class they might decide that it was tedious and no fun. Repetition is for boneheads to make sure they remember, not for people who are already experts.
The majority of people do not think math is fun. They will not willingly do it. For others it's writing, or science, and for others, PE. For a balanced education students must understand that learning is necessary work, even if it is not fun.
We spend hundreds of billions trying to educate our children with spending tripling since I started school in 1958. Somehow despite these efforts students receive less education now then students did 100 years ago.
There is no true solution to CO2 that does not involve suffering and death. Wind turbines are a tiny band aid on a sucking chest wound. You can try sneaking a few renewables into the energy supply but when Western nations start experiencing blackouts there will be repercussions.
Just tell everyone the lifestyle reductions that are necessary and you will get many volunteers. Maybe a larger town, such as Denton, Texas, could power itself entirely with renewables and show us that it wont be so bad.
I'm not denying that CO2 is a problem, just that you can't sugar coat the human cost of eliminating our use of fossil fuels.
You have started a different argument. What was the Soviets solution for defeating the Nazis? How much sacrifice are you demanding from the population? How much is needed? We may have to send hundreds of thousands of conscripts to their deaths to save the Earth. I'm sure you want get many volunteers.
Remember when Blacks were counted as three fifths a person and considered property? I think it's dangerous to depend on the state to determine if, when, and how much of a person I am.
At 48 my non tech wife started nursing school. Most instruction is presented with Power Point. Here is what I had to teach her so she was able to become the most outstanding student in her class.
Search skills. Nursing requires a broad understanding of anatomy, medical terms, and medications. At first she would type Google into the Firefox search bar to start searching. I showed her how to do a Boolean search.
I then had to show her how to save important information. First how to bookmark a page so she could find it later. I showed her how to save a page or image to her computer so she could use it offline.
Students need to learn how to use cooperative email systems to share information with teachers and other students in their class.
She had to learn the basics of PowerPoint and Word to review the class information and write reports. She had to learn how to use the print functions of PowerPoint and Word to print out study materials. Knowing the capabilities and settings of the printer allows paper and ink savings by shrinking pages and using double sided printing if available. In an institutional setting students should know how to find and connect to an available printer.
Who in America does not benefit from roads? Are not public schools subsidized by the childless? Oil is subsidized, you mean not subject to confiscatory taxes, and again, who does not benefit from oil?
I enjoy white privilege for the same reason my children will enjoy it, white parents. Not the White part but what our culture does to maintain perceived privilege. Most black neighborhoods have many Korean and Indian owned business. Is there Asian privilege?
King James version quote, "...for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children." I guess Jews are privileged also.
Most animals want the company of others like them, humans included. White men predominate in most science situations. They feel more comfortable with other white men so most new hires will be white men. Most jobs do not require the absolute best, just good enough. There are plenty of white men like me who are good enough.
The only way to get ride of this de facto sexism is of course blatant sexism. Hire women just because. There will also be blatant racism to balance the racial mix also. In either case meritocracy will not be practiced.
I, for one, wouldn't mind RFID for every car. No car would be allowed on the road without insurance or valid registration. Also only people with a traceable license should be allowed to drive. A large portion of people involved in accidents have no or a suspended license and no insurance.
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I know, Big Brother, but almost everyone is tracked everywhere they go by their cell carrier now anyway. With a few more sensors the actions of every driver will be available and fault in any accident easily ascertained.
In 2007 I paid $3000 for a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix with 150000 miles on it for my 16 year old son to drive to school. Today it has 205000 miles and is still going strong, the AC still works! Here in north Florida a good car can be found $3000 again.
You don't have to make people do anything. You have to stop people from doing things. Stop people from mining coal, stop people from drilling oil and gas wells, and stop people from off loading oil tankers. After that conservation will take care of itself. You may have to stop some food riots but everything else will work itself out.
Thank you for your very intelligible reply. I'm a disabled old guy and often try to post things after I have taken my medication. I have multiply sites that I visit every day to see what the newest theories are. At Zero Hedge it's all the Jewish bankers fault. At Finite Earth the oil is going to run out and then all the spent fuel rods at every nuclear power plant are going to catch fire and doom us all. At CommonDreams, ThinkProgress, and the other green sites it's the Republicans fault.
People with nothing think a sq ft solar panel is wonderful. People with 3000 sq ft homes are going to be less impressed. My 85 year old father plowed with mules as a teenager. He was 15 before his family got electricity. Civilization will continue without oil but it's not going to be bright and shiny. The oil is not going to run out quick enough to suit many people. There will be force involved to prevent people from using coal and oil. I'll keep you in mind when I see it.
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I know you are kidding about Viagra but some of us do need it. I do a web search when I need some. I have always got what I ordered. Legitimate sites don't need to spam people.
Your thinking of steam locomotives. The competing patent holders wouldn't cross license. Only after their patents expired could third parties combine the patented parts and make useful trains.
People gravitate to where they feel comfortable. I don't know anyone who is gay, so does that mean there are no gays in my town? A gay friendly area is going to have more gays.
Turn on the television, at least one ten is gay. On HGTV every third couple buying a home is gay. Will more children experiment with gay sex because it's deemed normal now? Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Pretend I'm a friend, boo on gay marriage. OK?
No society has every had gay marriage but many practiced polygamy. However states can forbid it because no two people can marry a third, see, equal protection. I guess a state could allow it as long as any two can marry a third or fourth etc. Now let's see if they can interpret the 2nd amendment and block states from infringing on gun rights.
I'm one of those who think the Earth is 6000 years old. It only looks 4 billion. Your mental well being depends on there being no God. I hate the "God wants me to run your life" types as much as you do. Maybe I would be happier without religion ( I don't actively do the church thing anymore) but once you believe something is true it becomes real.
After living with me for five years my daughter and her husband bought a house. One month later he lost his job when his company moved 90 miles to another city that ironically is where my three other kids live. Maybe in your vibrant, owner dominated world they could quickly sell and move but reality is it would take months or years and cost thousands of dollars to sell the house.
I have lived at the same address since 1971 and always found a new job close when I had to but being able to relocate easily means you aren't tied to one job or subject to a long commute.
I plan on spending my retirement years validating people's future claims. I will get back to you in three years to see how close we are.
Medallions should be free to licensed cab drivers based on a lottery system. They can not be sold, only returned to the city. Medallion owners would have obligations to the city concerning vehicles, routes and hours available.
Perfect example. The hammer was perfected centuries ago, as was education. Specialist can use a framing nailer but a simple hammer is more versatile.
I can only read English which you have conveniently posted in. Most Europeans can speak two or more languages but seem to have trouble comprehending the fact that Americans (British and Canadian also) can juggle two measuring systems and prefer the most complicated.
East India Company. English corporation actually, it was very successful. Since then all corporations have tried to emulate them. Hiring guys with English sounding names helps. Now, who would you hire if you wanted to build rockets? Bet you thought of a German or Jewish name. Banking? Logger? Lettuce picker?
The pool of guys with English sounding names is getting smaller so your chances get better every year.
Yesterday there were three major motor sports races. I imagine if the three winners where to attend a high school drivers education class they might decide that it was tedious and no fun. Repetition is for boneheads to make sure they remember, not for people who are already experts.
The majority of people do not think math is fun. They will not willingly do it. For others it's writing, or science, and for others, PE. For a balanced education students must understand that learning is necessary work, even if it is not fun.
We spend hundreds of billions trying to educate our children with spending tripling since I started school in 1958. Somehow despite these efforts students receive less education now then students did 100 years ago.
There is no true solution to CO2 that does not involve suffering and death. Wind turbines are a tiny band aid on a sucking chest wound. You can try sneaking a few renewables into the energy supply but when Western nations start experiencing blackouts there will be repercussions.
Just tell everyone the lifestyle reductions that are necessary and you will get many volunteers. Maybe a larger town, such as Denton, Texas, could power itself entirely with renewables and show us that it wont be so bad.
I'm not denying that CO2 is a problem, just that you can't sugar coat the human cost of eliminating our use of fossil fuels.
It's a very frighting thing when you dump a bucket full from your backhoe and see an orange strip of plastic that says, "Caution buried fiber"!
You have started a different argument. What was the Soviets solution for defeating the Nazis? How much sacrifice are you demanding from the population? How much is needed? We may have to send hundreds of thousands of conscripts to their deaths to save the Earth. I'm sure you want get many volunteers.
Remember when Blacks were counted as three fifths a person and considered property? I think it's dangerous to depend on the state to determine if, when, and how much of a person I am.
At 48 my non tech wife started nursing school. Most instruction is presented with Power Point. Here is what I had to teach her so she was able to become the most outstanding student in her class.
Search skills. Nursing requires a broad understanding of anatomy, medical terms, and medications. At first she would type Google into the Firefox search bar to start searching. I showed her how to do a Boolean search.
I then had to show her how to save important information. First how to bookmark a page so she could find it later. I showed her how to save a page or image to her computer so she could use it offline.
Students need to learn how to use cooperative email systems to share information with teachers and other students in their class. She had to learn the basics of PowerPoint and Word to review the class information and write reports. She had to learn how to use the print functions of PowerPoint and Word to print out study materials. Knowing the capabilities and settings of the printer allows paper and ink savings by shrinking pages and using double sided printing if available. In an institutional setting students should know how to find and connect to an available printer.
Who in America does not benefit from roads? Are not public schools subsidized by the childless? Oil is subsidized, you mean not subject to confiscatory taxes, and again, who does not benefit from oil?
I enjoy white privilege for the same reason my children will enjoy it, white parents. Not the White part but what our culture does to maintain perceived privilege. Most black neighborhoods have many Korean and Indian owned business. Is there Asian privilege?
King James version quote, " ...for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children." I guess Jews are privileged also.
Most animals want the company of others like them, humans included. White men predominate in most science situations. They feel more comfortable with other white men so most new hires will be white men. Most jobs do not require the absolute best, just good enough. There are plenty of white men like me who are good enough.
The only way to get ride of this de facto sexism is of course blatant sexism. Hire women just because. There will also be blatant racism to balance the racial mix also. In either case meritocracy will not be practiced.
I, for one, wouldn't mind RFID for every car. No car would be allowed on the road without insurance or valid registration. Also only people with a traceable license should be allowed to drive. A large portion of people involved in accidents have no or a suspended license and no insurance.
. I know, Big Brother, but almost everyone is tracked everywhere they go by their cell carrier now anyway. With a few more sensors the actions of every driver will be available and fault in any accident easily ascertained.
In 2007 I paid $3000 for a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix with 150000 miles on it for my 16 year old son to drive to school. Today it has 205000 miles and is still going strong, the AC still works! Here in north Florida a good car can be found $3000 again.
You don't have to make people do anything. You have to stop people from doing things. Stop people from mining coal, stop people from drilling oil and gas wells, and stop people from off loading oil tankers. After that conservation will take care of itself. You may have to stop some food riots but everything else will work itself out.
Thank you for your very intelligible reply. I'm a disabled old guy and often try to post things after I have taken my medication. I have multiply sites that I visit every day to see what the newest theories are. At Zero Hedge it's all the Jewish bankers fault. At Finite Earth the oil is going to run out and then all the spent fuel rods at every nuclear power plant are going to catch fire and doom us all. At CommonDreams, ThinkProgress, and the other green sites it's the Republicans fault.
People with nothing think a sq ft solar panel is wonderful. People with 3000 sq ft homes are going to be less impressed. My 85 year old father plowed with mules as a teenager. He was 15 before his family got electricity. Civilization will continue without oil but it's not going to be bright and shiny. The oil is not going to run out quick enough to suit many people. There will be force involved to prevent people from using coal and oil. I'll keep you in mind when I see it.