It makes perfect sense that Chinese groups are attacking the military of the Philippines since China is paving the way for aggression. China is trying to claim sovereignty over islands claimed by many of its neighbors. The age old quest by China to establish its hegemony continues.
If you look at the chart in the article the worst of the goiter zone was running from Michigan to Alaska, along the Canadian border. The Southern states were relatively little effected. The North West (Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho) were badly affected. I'm sure you wouldn't want to do without the progressives from that region.
There must be some parts of the South that are agreeable to you. After all, they did send James Eons Clyburn, John Lewis, Cynthia McKinney and Alan Grayson to Congress.
If a pregnant woman doesn't get sufficient iodine the baby's development is impaired and never recovers, thus impairing IQ potential. There are effects that can occur in children and adults as well.
I agree there will indeed be light shining on the day there is a Chinese Snowden. A Chinese Snowden might even have an easier time getting people to see his light since he will be able to make it more visible by reflecting it off the ice accumulated from hell freezing over. I'm not sure a Russian Snowden would have that advantage.
I don't necessarily agree with your position, but you did the right thing. That is exactly the sort of thing that citizens should be doing. My metaphorical hat is off to you. I hope many follow your example. (Even if I hope at least some of them agree more with me.)
We have a lot of rights, but they've been largely neutered. e.g., what good is the right to free speech, if your speech can never affect public policy?
The rights of American citizens haven't been neutered. There are all still there, none have been repealed. There is no guarantee that any one person can get a legislator to change her or his mind, but you still have the right contact them to express your views. You also have the right to organize. Legislators are more likely to be moved by many people expressing the same view than if it is just one person.
What good is the right to a trial by jury, if you have to risk the rest of your life in order to exercise it?
Like George Zimmerman? No matter what they charge you with, they still have to prove it in a court of law if it goes to trial, and there is no guarantee for them either.
Voting, freedom to travel, and all the usual ones. 1 - Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. 2 - Right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia. 3 - No quartering of soldiers. 4 - Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. (Yes, I acknowledge the controversy. Criminal justice still has to play by the usual rules.) 5 - Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy. 6 - Rights of accused persons, e.g., right to a speedy and public trial. 7 - Right of trial by jury in civil cases. 8 - Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments. 9 - Other rights of the people.... + all the many rights extended by various federal laws.
I think it is interesting that the generation affected by the iodized salt brain boost would have just been coming of age when WW2 struck. The US would have entered the war with quite a few soldiers that would have been noticeably more intelligent than their fathers in WW1. I expect it must have helped given the increasing technical sophistication of warfare at the time. Smarter soldiers also tend to do better on the battlefield in general.
Did you see the goiter rate charts in the article? I found them astonishing.
I was also surprised by the low rates in Oklahoma and New Mexico. I wonder if that is because they were getting their salt from Texas? Texas did have a very low rate.
A further rewrite instead of patching would be risky. There is no guarantee that a rewrite would be better, and a considerable chance it would be far worse given the feckless politicians now available to perform a rewrite.
I think the current US Constitution could be compared to Algol: Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors. -- C. A. R. Hoare
There might be a deal to be had if the world agrees to live in peace and harmony - and - to stop sending spies to the US. Let's see it demonstrated first. (Not holding breath...)
A lot of companies that used to maintain their own fabs have closed them over the years. Trying to keep up with the leaders in process technology is very expensive. It has been a long time since it was even as cheap as $1,000,000,000. Not many companies can afford to build one.
By 2020, current cost trends will lead to an average cost of between $15 billion and $20 billion for a leading-edge fab, according to the report. By 2016, the minimum capital expenditure budget needed to justify the building of a new fab will range from $8 billion to $10 billion for logic, $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion for DRAM and $6 billion to $7 billion for NAND flash, according to the report.
It used to be that companies could leverage their own fabs for competitive advantage in process or design technology, or simple scheduling. Not any more. Now you outsource the fab to one of the big providers and get in line. More and more of the fabs are outside the US.
Some of the smaller old fabs get retargeted to specialty products, but even that tends to die eventually.
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It makes perfect sense that Chinese groups are attacking the military of the Philippines since China is paving the way for aggression. China is trying to claim sovereignty over islands claimed by many of its neighbors. The age old quest by China to establish its hegemony continues.
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Now now....
If you look at the chart in the article the worst of the goiter zone was running from Michigan to Alaska, along the Canadian border. The Southern states were relatively little effected. The North West (Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho) were badly affected. I'm sure you wouldn't want to do without the progressives from that region.
There must be some parts of the South that are agreeable to you. After all, they did send James Eons Clyburn, John Lewis, Cynthia McKinney and Alan Grayson to Congress.
And for pure political entertainment it is hard to beat this: Alvin Greene Wins South Carolina Primary
If a pregnant woman doesn't get sufficient iodine the baby's development is impaired and never recovers, thus impairing IQ potential. There are effects that can occur in children and adults as well.
I agree there will indeed be light shining on the day there is a Chinese Snowden. A Chinese Snowden might even have an easier time getting people to see his light since he will be able to make it more visible by reflecting it off the ice accumulated from hell freezing over. I'm not sure a Russian Snowden would have that advantage.
Yes, that would explain a lot of things. ;D
I don't necessarily agree with your position, but you did the right thing. That is exactly the sort of thing that citizens should be doing. My metaphorical hat is off to you. I hope many follow your example. (Even if I hope at least some of them agree more with me.)
Well done.
I'm not a political supporter of Weiner, but it sure looks like he was set up by somebody.
Yes, he was set up by Anthony Weiner. Telling not just lies, but stupid lies didn't help.
Rep. Anthony Weiner: 'The Picture Was of Me and I Sent It'
And what's better, he has been caught again doing the same sort of stupid stuff.
Anthony Weiner admits to sending more lewd images, texts but vows to stay in mayor's race
There is something wrong with him.
From what I hear North Korea feels the "love" from China. So do most of the countries around China.
We have a lot of rights, but they've been largely neutered. e.g., what good is the right to free speech, if your speech can never affect public policy?
The rights of American citizens haven't been neutered. There are all still there, none have been repealed. There is no guarantee that any one person can get a legislator to change her or his mind, but you still have the right contact them to express your views. You also have the right to organize. Legislators are more likely to be moved by many people expressing the same view than if it is just one person.
What good is the right to a trial by jury, if you have to risk the rest of your life in order to exercise it?
Like George Zimmerman? No matter what they charge you with, they still have to prove it in a court of law if it goes to trial, and there is no guarantee for them either.
Voting, freedom to travel, and all the usual ones. ...
1 - Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2 - Right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia.
3 - No quartering of soldiers.
4 - Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. (Yes, I acknowledge the controversy. Criminal justice still has to play by the usual rules.)
5 - Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy.
6 - Rights of accused persons, e.g., right to a speedy and public trial.
7 - Right of trial by jury in civil cases.
8 - Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.
9 - Other rights of the people.
+ all the many rights extended by various federal laws.
How are the Chinese doing this? Snowden hasn't said a word about Chinese espionage programs that I recall.
I think it is interesting that the generation affected by the iodized salt brain boost would have just been coming of age when WW2 struck. The US would have entered the war with quite a few soldiers that would have been noticeably more intelligent than their fathers in WW1. I expect it must have helped given the increasing technical sophistication of warfare at the time. Smarter soldiers also tend to do better on the battlefield in general.
Are you kidding me? That first letter is dealing with the toxicity of uranium hexafluoride, not fluoridated drinking water or salt!
The concern there is almost certainly due to industrial exposure of workers trying to purify uranium on the Manhattan Project.
I think that is as far as I need to look. You're following a quack, and in danger of becoming a crank. "Wakey Wakey"
Did you see the goiter rate charts in the article? I found them astonishing.
I was also surprised by the low rates in Oklahoma and New Mexico. I wonder if that is because they were getting their salt from Texas? Texas did have a very low rate.
Maybe not.
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The New PuritansWhen did liberals become so uptight?
Priceless. And this is why things will continue as they have been.
I have to disagree with you a bit. The US Constitution is government 2.x. It is production code that has had some patches applied.
Government 1.0 didn't work out so well and had to be scrapped: See Articles of Confederation
A further rewrite instead of patching would be risky. There is no guarantee that a rewrite would be better, and a considerable chance it would be far worse given the feckless politicians now available to perform a rewrite.
I think the current US Constitution could be compared to Algol: Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors. -- C. A. R. Hoare
I would assume that is Constitutional legality.
There might be a deal to be had if the world agrees to live in peace and harmony - and - to stop sending spies to the US. Let's see it demonstrated first. (Not holding breath...)
Disapproval will be interpreted as disapproval. It may be short sighted, ill considered, but still just disapproval.
That should be: small predatory water animal.
Or was it a Jungian slip?
Proof that the US government truly has gone evil: They've named their latest drone carrier after the terrorist organization in GI Joe.
Either that or a small predatory water anima. Hydra
Going to someone else's off-shore fab may save money, but it still costs jobs. From time to time it also endangers product rollouts.
Dr. Who, on the other hand, I have enjoyed in the past. Future Doctors....?
I tried watching Dr. Whom once. Didn't much care for it.
A lot of companies that used to maintain their own fabs have closed them over the years. Trying to keep up with the leaders in process technology is very expensive. It has been a long time since it was even as cheap as $1,000,000,000. Not many companies can afford to build one.
Semi industry fab costs limit industry growth
By 2020, current cost trends will lead to an average cost of between $15 billion and $20 billion for a leading-edge fab, according to the report. By 2016, the minimum capital expenditure budget needed to justify the building of a new fab will range from $8 billion to $10 billion for logic, $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion for DRAM and $6 billion to $7 billion for NAND flash, according to the report.
It used to be that companies could leverage their own fabs for competitive advantage in process or design technology, or simple scheduling. Not any more. Now you outsource the fab to one of the big providers and get in line. More and more of the fabs are outside the US.
Some of the smaller old fabs get retargeted to specialty products, but even that tends to die eventually.