What is being advocated by many for marijuana? Make it legal and tax it - like cigarettes. There is the start of your black market, and that is before you consider the strength, cost, and "enhancements" like lacing marijuana with PCP.
The bad effects of meth are widely known, but people still take it instead of just using marijuana. There will always be some new designer drug or derivative that will be illegal, and that some people will want even if it destroys them.
You must not have read my other post in this thread. Within the last couple of years, the founders of FedEx, Subway, and Home Depot have all said that given todays regulatory environment they would not have been successful. The faulty construction of "safety nets" and regulation of various sorts is strangling the economy, and costing people jobs and benefits - like health insurance.
The preference for fantasy over insight is a contributor to the problems we face. Magical thinking appeals to many on far more topics than religion.
Heinlein was an engineer, naval officer, politician, writer, and had a meaningful influence on society. Carlin tells jokes, and we know what Rowling does.
Cigarettes are legal, but there is still considerable crime around them, including large scale smuggling and tax evasion. There will continue to be a market for illegal drugs in one form or another even if certain street drugs are legalized. (I very much every one would be.) Some people won't want to pay taxes, some people will want something different. People go looking for new, different, bigger, better, longer lasting highs all the time. And as the story about the skin eating drug Krokodil showed, people don't necessarily care about the consequences if they end up taking certain drugs. People say that alcohol prohibition in the US didn't work, and there were certainly problems attached to it. But it is a fact that Prohibition caused alcohol consumption to fall sharply in the US, and per capita consumption was far lower even after it ended than before it began. It took something like 50 years for alcohol consumption to return to where it was.
I will also add that within the last couple of years, the founders of FedEx, Subway, and Home Depot have all said that given todays regulatory environment they would not have been successful.
Seeking out contrary views is fine. Giving them extra credence simply because they are contrary isn't fine. It is at least as important to be able to determine what is hog wash as it is to seek out contrary views. The 9/11 conspiracy theories about the attack being, "an inside job" aren't reasonable and fly in the face of the evidence. The same goes for the 2000 election - if you think the outcome was predetermined ahead of time, you are mistaken. There is a tendency for the human mind to see patterns in the noise, patterns that don't really exist. Taken to extremes it leaves you believing crank theories.
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as “bad luck.” -- Robert Heinlein
(Also known as, "You didn't build that.")
Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome. -- Robert Heinlein
Based on the story one might speculate the all processes in the universe could produce a computation and provide an answer. If so, then the universe has been calculating in this story as well. The number of posts in this story prior to this post is 42. My post now invalidates the universal answer by changing the number of posts to 43.
Iranian Stuxnet? No, just government contractors on a rush job that badly documented and cut corners on a sensitive aspect of the design that controls massive resources (power (65 megawatts - enough to power a small city), cooling, etc.) critical to the function of the datacenter. This is generally referred to as, “your tax dollars at work.”
That makes them a good companion to Unix, which has the nature of a chainsaw. In skilled hands it makes short work of difficult problems. But if your attention wanders, your leg is gone without warning.
Huhne, formerly the energy and climate change minister, was jailed this year after he admitted perverting the course of justice over claims his ex-wife took speeding points for him. In February he was sentenced to eight months in prison but was released after serving 62 days.
Based on your brief description I'm going to guess that all of those alleged incidents date from the 1960s and 1970s. Are any of the incidents that you list newer than 33 years old? If not, I'm not sure that really is an "ongoing" conflict.
I don't believe that all of the hijackers have in fact been handed over, although I could be mistaken. I seem to recall reading not too long ago about a released hijacker that was living there, and not really enjoying life. I wouldn't be surprised if I could find other instances, but it isn't a high priority.
Cuba is still run by a communist dictatorship. Very few countries that were communist still are communist. In the vast majority of cases they have either been overthrown by popular revolt or dissolved. It turns out that the proletariat isn't really interested in living that way.
If he wanted to possibly kill them in 20-40 years, maybe. That is assuming that he could find some that was contaminated with dioxin, which is what made Agent Orange dangerous.
You should read further. What made Agent Orange as dangerous as it was wasn't the herbicide itself, but the contamination with dioxin.
UN resolutions don't change treaty text.
Activists often only hear what they want to hear. The US has fought the actual bullies on the world stage to hold them in check. Activists often seem to approve of many of the bullies due to their politics. Saddam invades Kuwait - no problem. The US forms a multinational coalition to remove Saddam from Kuwait - oh horror! North Vietnam invades South Vietnam - no problem. The US forms a multinational coalition to defend South Vietnam - oh horror! The Soviet Union moves nuclear missiles into Europe - no problem. The US deploys nuclear missiles to Western Europe to help defend NATO - oh horror! It is the same story over and over.
I was responding to the original post which asked about WMDs. Both chemical weapons and nuclear weapons are WMDs. White phosphorous is not considered a chemical weapon, it is an incendiary weapon, and not a WMD.
You seem to have an excess of "political awareness" formed by indoctrination tinged with what is a growing vice on the Left. As I indicated, if the shoe fits....
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Your great great great great great great great grandmommy was a whore.
Calling the bloodline of the king into question? You bastards!
What is being advocated by many for marijuana? Make it legal and tax it - like cigarettes. There is the start of your black market, and that is before you consider the strength, cost, and "enhancements" like lacing marijuana with PCP.
The bad effects of meth are widely known, but people still take it instead of just using marijuana. There will always be some new designer drug or derivative that will be illegal, and that some people will want even if it destroys them.
You must not have read my other post in this thread. Within the last couple of years, the founders of FedEx, Subway, and Home Depot have all said that given todays regulatory environment they would not have been successful. The faulty construction of "safety nets" and regulation of various sorts is strangling the economy, and costing people jobs and benefits - like health insurance.
The preference for fantasy over insight is a contributor to the problems we face. Magical thinking appeals to many on far more topics than religion.
Heinlein was an engineer, naval officer, politician, writer, and had a meaningful influence on society. Carlin tells jokes, and we know what Rowling does.
Cigarettes are legal, but there is still considerable crime around them, including large scale smuggling and tax evasion. There will continue to be a market for illegal drugs in one form or another even if certain street drugs are legalized. (I very much every one would be.) Some people won't want to pay taxes, some people will want something different. People go looking for new, different, bigger, better, longer lasting highs all the time. And as the story about the skin eating drug Krokodil showed, people don't necessarily care about the consequences if they end up taking certain drugs. People say that alcohol prohibition in the US didn't work, and there were certainly problems attached to it. But it is a fact that Prohibition caused alcohol consumption to fall sharply in the US, and per capita consumption was far lower even after it ended than before it began. It took something like 50 years for alcohol consumption to return to where it was.
My hat is off to you, I almost posted a link to the same material (at a different site).
I will also add that within the last couple of years, the founders of FedEx, Subway, and Home Depot have all said that given todays regulatory environment they would not have been successful.
This will get you started.
Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report - The Pentagon
Hunt the Boeing!
Pentagon 9/11
911 Debunked - Pentagon Flight 77 Photo Evidence
Pentagon & Boeing 757 Engine Investigation
If that doesn't do it for you, I would suggest you keep digging.
What can a mean Japanese do mathematically that a mean American can't?
Taunt the American about inferior math skills.
Seeking out contrary views is fine. Giving them extra credence simply because they are contrary isn't fine. It is at least as important to be able to determine what is hog wash as it is to seek out contrary views. The 9/11 conspiracy theories about the attack being, "an inside job" aren't reasonable and fly in the face of the evidence. The same goes for the 2000 election - if you think the outcome was predetermined ahead of time, you are mistaken. There is a tendency for the human mind to see patterns in the noise, patterns that don't really exist. Taken to extremes it leaves you believing crank theories.
I'll let Robert Heinlien answer:
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as “bad luck.” -- Robert Heinlein
(Also known as, "You didn't build that.")
Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome. -- Robert Heinlein
Based on the story one might speculate the all processes in the universe could produce a computation and provide an answer. If so, then the universe has been calculating in this story as well. The number of posts in this story prior to this post is 42. My post now invalidates the universal answer by changing the number of posts to 43.
Iranian Stuxnet? No, just government contractors on a rush job that badly documented and cut corners on a sensitive aspect of the design that controls massive resources (power (65 megawatts - enough to power a small city), cooling, etc.) critical to the function of the datacenter. This is generally referred to as, “your tax dollars at work.”
I understand that when it was on, the lady was not for turning.
Furthermore, if you actually put forth the time to learn lisp, two things will become immediately apparent:
That you know both Forth and Lisp?
That makes them a good companion to Unix, which has the nature of a chainsaw. In skilled hands it makes short work of difficult problems. But if your attention wanders, your leg is gone without warning.
And then they code those regular expressions in Perl. Now they have three problems.
"Government use of black toner up 1000 percent!"
More like 1250 percent. Redactions take extra toner.
That was a quote from Sir Winston Churchill, and it still applies.
There's an app for that.
Maybe as the "climate change minister" he had no need to know?
Cabinet was told nothing about GCHQ spying programmes, says Chris Huhne
Huhne, formerly the energy and climate change minister, was jailed this year after he admitted perverting the course of justice over claims his ex-wife took speeding points for him. In February he was sentenced to eight months in prison but was released after serving 62 days.
Not sure he is entirely trustworthy.
Based on your brief description I'm going to guess that all of those alleged incidents date from the 1960s and 1970s. Are any of the incidents that you list newer than 33 years old? If not, I'm not sure that really is an "ongoing" conflict.
I don't believe that all of the hijackers have in fact been handed over, although I could be mistaken. I seem to recall reading not too long ago about a released hijacker that was living there, and not really enjoying life. I wouldn't be surprised if I could find other instances, but it isn't a high priority.
Cuba is still run by a communist dictatorship. Very few countries that were communist still are communist. In the vast majority of cases they have either been overthrown by popular revolt or dissolved. It turns out that the proletariat isn't really interested in living that way.
If he wanted to possibly kill them in 20-40 years, maybe. That is assuming that he could find some that was contaminated with dioxin, which is what made Agent Orange dangerous.
You should read further. What made Agent Orange as dangerous as it was wasn't the herbicide itself, but the contamination with dioxin.
UN resolutions don't change treaty text.
Activists often only hear what they want to hear. The US has fought the actual bullies on the world stage to hold them in check. Activists often seem to approve of many of the bullies due to their politics. Saddam invades Kuwait - no problem. The US forms a multinational coalition to remove Saddam from Kuwait - oh horror! North Vietnam invades South Vietnam - no problem. The US forms a multinational coalition to defend South Vietnam - oh horror! The Soviet Union moves nuclear missiles into Europe - no problem. The US deploys nuclear missiles to Western Europe to help defend NATO - oh horror! It is the same story over and over.
I was responding to the original post which asked about WMDs. Both chemical weapons and nuclear weapons are WMDs. White phosphorous is not considered a chemical weapon, it is an incendiary weapon, and not a WMD.
Israel -- an Apartheid State?
You seem to have an excess of "political awareness" formed by indoctrination tinged with what is a growing vice on the Left. As I indicated, if the shoe fits....