200 years ago was 1818. The U.S. had successfully fought off a half-hearted attempted by the British to snuff it out. The U.S. was in no way a super-power. It was weak, disunited and had little foreign trade. In 1919, the U.S. had successfully finished entering and leaving Europe for WWI. Wilson couldn't have gotten in sooner than 1917 because the U.S. was too weak. Even then Pershing spent so much time training in Europe that the Europeans were complaining it was all for show. After the war, the U.S. cut its military, the Republicans turns isolationist, and the U.S. entered the Depression along with everyone else. When Germany invaded its neighbors, Roosevelt wanted to help but the best he could muster was lend/lease to the Brits and a few others, the Republicans were against any entanglement in Europe as it would have interfered with their business interests in the U.S. The U.S. was still not a very big economic power except domestically, and after the Depression, that too was suspect.
After WWII, the U.S. again disarmed to the point of getting its ass kicked in the Korean war by the Chinese of all people, that country had been destroyed by the Japanese. Only the 50s and 60s could the U.S. be considered a superpower.
Space is amazingly big, so big you wouldn't believe it. And filled with radiation. Get over it, the Universe hates us as evidenced by the cue balls it periodically tries to bean us with.
Political meritocracy is where a change of rulers causes the old clan running the show to become immediately unmeritorious and scheduled for re-education, the latter conveniently maxes out their remaining years among the quick as they are destined to be unmeritorious during this time.
Yeah, like the moon shot, or...or...the SR-71...or modern cancer therapy, or lasers, or laser eye surgery, or dentistry, or the interstate highway system, or SS so grandma doesn't come and live with you, or fighting two fronts in WWII, or integrated circuits, or computers, or vaccines, or stereo systems, or....well golly, just about everything great in America was started in a garage or basement. The U.S. should build more of those, think how many more great things it would have.
Maybe I'm an old timer, but I think part of the reason for the decline in modern music is the insistence by the media companies of the solo artist, and I use the term "artist" quite loosely. A band has several personalities and they contributed to a more interesting form of music because of the different takes they had on their instruments. Modern solo artists are mainly backed by machine, who cares about machines. A band like Deep Purple (only finally finishing up, by the way, albeit with personnel changes) were masters of their instruments. Not all the old groups who lasted should have, the Rolling Stones are still a garage band.
Even solo artists were better back in the 60's. Take someone like Sammy Davis, Jr. He could dance, sing, well he wasn't a great actor but he could get by, he played drums, he could play piano. He was a multi-talented person who was interesting because of it. Now we have Lady Gaga...who can, well I'm sure she does something, and I even like one of her songs. But she's basically boring. Any of the hip-hop "artists" are interchangeable, singing the same rhyming verse of something we are to take to be social commentary. Nothing special, it had been done to death 20 years ago.
The only music mediums that are still interesting producing new music are progressive rock and jazz.
It used to be the case that Office files were essentially the object graph decorated with edge cases. If that is still the case, it cannot be a standard for anything.
Since many of the illicit drugs are shipped from China, we'll be needing a wall there as well. Oh look, they have a nice yuge wall already there across the north. All we need to do is get our lovely construction companies to repair it...we'll charge...err...Mexico for the repair....now where's that fellow Ping's phone number. President Kelly, could you ping Ping for me?
So, in your dog-eat-dog world, the children of the unemployed get squat which translates into a new generation of un-educated, malnourished sprogs who will be a burden when they turn to crime to make ends meet. Their parents might be able to give them pointers on how to do it well.
You can either pay them now or pay for them later, either way, you will pay.
It is all part of the internet's affect. What the internet does is reduce friction. The Shi'ites in Bahrain were docile little serfs to their Sunni masters until they discovered Google Maps and could see which areas of the island got most of the development and which got squat.
In the olden days, proles weren't accosted by different philosophies, explanations, influences, etc. It was easy to live your cloistered existence. Then the internet happened and they were all over. The obvious response of the proles was to retreat into their silos of safe thoughts, circle the wagons, and point their spears outward. So now we have the alt-right, fake news, naughty immigrants, etc., all designed to bolster the defenses so no need think for themselves, they simply adopt what they want to believe.
Nah, the Universe has an emergent consciousness, it is always trying to kill us. Those space rocks aimed at our heads are only target practice for the Big One.
House cats generally reach an agreeable size, too small to eat us yet we know they can dream. Haven't seen one yet run out of material since humans continue to serve them, and they generally do not explode, at least in my house. Maybe you have a different experience, yes?
Dictators have always seen enemies everywhere; they need them to make themselves appears to be defending their country. Erdogan is a paranoid, ignorant git, no different than any other tin-pot dictator elsewhere.
That's because the Republicans theorized that the public option would result in government "Death Panels". I wonder what they think the insurance companies' actuaries, accountants, and claims reviewers actually are.
No, he'll simply ignore Wyden. Unless Wyden comes back with a subpoena which would have to come from the entire Committee, Wray will simply fade away when he retires shortly.
That fellow Kennedy from La. nailed el Presidente Tweetie's court nominee (one of the lessor courts) when the nominee couldn't answer legal questions posed by Kennedy. The nominee withdrew in shame.
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200 years ago was 1818. The U.S. had successfully fought off a half-hearted attempted by the British to snuff it out. The U.S. was in no way a super-power. It was weak, disunited and had little foreign trade. In 1919, the U.S. had successfully finished entering and leaving Europe for WWI. Wilson couldn't have gotten in sooner than 1917 because the U.S. was too weak. Even then Pershing spent so much time training in Europe that the Europeans were complaining it was all for show. After the war, the U.S. cut its military, the Republicans turns isolationist, and the U.S. entered the Depression along with everyone else. When Germany invaded its neighbors, Roosevelt wanted to help but the best he could muster was lend/lease to the Brits and a few others, the Republicans were against any entanglement in Europe as it would have interfered with their business interests in the U.S. The U.S. was still not a very big economic power except domestically, and after the Depression, that too was suspect.
After WWII, the U.S. again disarmed to the point of getting its ass kicked in the Korean war by the Chinese of all people, that country had been destroyed by the Japanese. Only the 50s and 60s could the U.S. be considered a superpower.
Space is amazingly big, so big you wouldn't believe it. And filled with radiation. Get over it, the Universe hates us as evidenced by the cue balls it periodically tries to bean us with.
"telepathic theology"...media saturation by Franklin Graham and His Merry Band of Rich White Folk?
Political meritocracy is where a change of rulers causes the old clan running the show to become immediately unmeritorious and scheduled for re-education, the latter conveniently maxes out their remaining years among the quick as they are destined to be unmeritorious during this time.
Funny, at first I thought the GP was a one of the Twitterati.
You forgot Sarah Palin espying Russia from her back yard.
Yeah, like the moon shot, or...or...the SR-71...or modern cancer therapy, or lasers, or laser eye surgery, or dentistry, or the interstate highway system, or SS so grandma doesn't come and live with you, or fighting two fronts in WWII, or integrated circuits, or computers, or vaccines, or stereo systems, or....well golly, just about everything great in America was started in a garage or basement. The U.S. should build more of those, think how many more great things it would have.
Maybe I'm an old timer, but I think part of the reason for the decline in modern music is the insistence by the media companies of the solo artist, and I use the term "artist" quite loosely. A band has several personalities and they contributed to a more interesting form of music because of the different takes they had on their instruments. Modern solo artists are mainly backed by machine, who cares about machines. A band like Deep Purple (only finally finishing up, by the way, albeit with personnel changes) were masters of their instruments. Not all the old groups who lasted should have, the Rolling Stones are still a garage band.
Even solo artists were better back in the 60's. Take someone like Sammy Davis, Jr. He could dance, sing, well he wasn't a great actor but he could get by, he played drums, he could play piano. He was a multi-talented person who was interesting because of it. Now we have Lady Gaga...who can, well I'm sure she does something, and I even like one of her songs. But she's basically boring. Any of the hip-hop "artists" are interchangeable, singing the same rhyming verse of something we are to take to be social commentary. Nothing special, it had been done to death 20 years ago.
The only music mediums that are still interesting producing new music are progressive rock and jazz.
Do the words "prevailing wind patterns" and "fallout" ever occur in your brain simultaneously?
It used to be the case that Office files were essentially the object graph decorated with edge cases. If that is still the case, it cannot be a standard for anything.
Since many of the illicit drugs are shipped from China, we'll be needing a wall there as well. Oh look, they have a nice yuge wall already there across the north. All we need to do is get our lovely construction companies to repair it...we'll charge...err...Mexico for the repair....now where's that fellow Ping's phone number. President Kelly, could you ping Ping for me?
No, everyone does not, and no it isn't the American way of life. Please do get a sense of proportion.
Nothing Marsha Blackburn supports has a bright side.
So, in your dog-eat-dog world, the children of the unemployed get squat which translates into a new generation of un-educated, malnourished sprogs who will be a burden when they turn to crime to make ends meet. Their parents might be able to give them pointers on how to do it well.
You can either pay them now or pay for them later, either way, you will pay.
Maybe. It is also consistent with his positions of being a tool of the telecoms. Or maybe he's holding out for a higher bid for his "services".
It is all part of the internet's affect. What the internet does is reduce friction. The Shi'ites in Bahrain were docile little serfs to their Sunni masters until they discovered Google Maps and could see which areas of the island got most of the development and which got squat.
In the olden days, proles weren't accosted by different philosophies, explanations, influences, etc. It was easy to live your cloistered existence. Then the internet happened and they were all over. The obvious response of the proles was to retreat into their silos of safe thoughts, circle the wagons, and point their spears outward. So now we have the alt-right, fake news, naughty immigrants, etc., all designed to bolster the defenses so no need think for themselves, they simply adopt what they want to believe.
"In any case, it made for great reading." So do those funny mushrooms.
Nah, the Universe has an emergent consciousness, it is always trying to kill us. Those space rocks aimed at our heads are only target practice for the Big One.
House cats generally reach an agreeable size, too small to eat us yet we know they can dream. Haven't seen one yet run out of material since humans continue to serve them, and they generally do not explode, at least in my house. Maybe you have a different experience, yes?
Dictators have always seen enemies everywhere; they need them to make themselves appears to be defending their country. Erdogan is a paranoid, ignorant git, no different than any other tin-pot dictator elsewhere.
That's because the Republicans theorized that the public option would result in government "Death Panels". I wonder what they think the insurance companies' actuaries, accountants, and claims reviewers actually are.
Yes, and the other 9 in 10 members of Congress will get campaign contributions to punch enough loopholes in any law to make it look like a colander.
No, he'll simply ignore Wyden. Unless Wyden comes back with a subpoena which would have to come from the entire Committee, Wray will simply fade away when he retires shortly.
Wyden is fairly well-known.
That fellow Kennedy from La. nailed el Presidente Tweetie's court nominee (one of the lessor courts) when the nominee couldn't answer legal questions posed by Kennedy. The nominee withdrew in shame.