The reason liberal talk radio is a hard sell is because it is an over-served market. Most of the US media leans liberal already. (Look up the studies of donations to Democrats vs Republicans in the media.) There isn't a lot of space there to carve out even more listeners.
There was noticeable overlap between advertisers on Air America and conservative talk stations, including gold sales as I recall. Want a taste of Air America? Try Mike Malloy.
Political language can be tricky, especially when moving between countries and cultures. "Progressive" tends to be pretty portable as a political label, "liberal" doesn't always translate as well. As a practical matter there either is or could be a silent "classical" in The Liberal Party name that distinguishes them from American "liberals" who constitute an ideological group but not an actual party. The silent "classical" may also equate them with American conservatives who are classical liberals as opposed to modern "liberals" as understood in the US.
If the problem is the regulations aren't being enforced then enforce the regulations instead of drafting even more regulations that won't be enforced either.
"All playing nice"? "Fool you twice"? I get the sense you're ready to do something truly foolish. Why don't you try living without any petroleum based products for a while before you decide it's OK to cripple the oil industry? You might decide that the result is not to your liking and then you will still be able to recover easily. If you try it the other way you're going to be stuck in misery. Or is your goal to simply prove the validity of this Robert Heinlein quote?
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.
Fox News hasn't been around all that long. If conservatives are where all the money is, and "business is just business", why weren't other news outlets pursuing them as a market? By your logic, if it's correct, Fox News really shouldn't exist. Or do you think that all of those "business is just business" types were leaving what you think are large amounts of cash as an untapped market for a reason? Was it their decades old plan to ignore that money and market until Fox came along? f the money was there, why weren't the other media businesses pursuing it?
There may be a gap in your thinking and the reality of the situation.
You seem to be making a number of mistakes, including thinking that people serving a market don't have convictions, and that liberals are necessarily young or don't have money. Do you think David Korn's only interest is the check he picks up for writing? Keith Oberman pursued his political mania until it ruined him. Slashdot is often innudated by howls about whatever "outrage" the Koch brothers are claimed to have engaged in while practically nobody acknowledges their spending is dwarfed by that of rich liberals and progressives. Being liberal is a state of mind, not an indicator of either wealth or age.
In practice "progressive" is a very fluid label that is used to describe a spectrum from hard left communists to liberals uncomfortable with being called liberal but will accept being called "progressive." Progressive" is also a handly label for persons of the far left that want to get elected in the US. They simply assume the label "progressive," join the Democratic party, and stand for election. Democratcs are electable in the US, communists aren't. A liberal Republican isn't an oxymoron, but a liberal conservative is, unlike a moderate conservative. Today's conservatives in the US are basically classic liberals. Today's liberals in the US are something different.
So you're suggesting conservatives and media that targets them behave like Liberals, Progressives, assorted other Leftists, and the media that target them?
I get the sense you might be susceptible to a few things yourself.
Sad to see this happen to TNR? What about the country? Pushing change because its different, not because it actually improves the country, is the current governing philosophy.
The liberal TNR has been packaging "hard right Republican ideas + hippie punching"? And "Classifying TNR (cf Andrew Sullivan) as a 'liberal rag' is a bit, oh, silly"? That's just nuts. TNR is Liberal. You're heading deep into the fringe left if you want to claim they're "right wing" in some fashion.
As you have just demonstrated, moral relativism can lead to silly arguments. Imprisonment equals "kidnapping"? Only if there is no justice, and that is only one of many considerations you toss.
Because it is resistant to small arms fire that would make Swiss cheese out of a police car. It give the officers a chance to get close to a perp with much less risk to them. If the perp has pipe bombs (hardly unknown) they won't do him much good. Getting the drift?
Can some one please step in already? I don't like the idea that my children could grow up in a country where police brutality is the norm.
Police brutality isn't the norm. Tell your children that they should not attack police officers, resist arrest, or flee from the police at high speeds, since those are the stupid acts that tend to get people hurt. If you can't manage that, don't have children.
... Marijuana has been shown to impair performance on driving simulator tasks and on open and closed driving courses for up to approximately 3 hours. Decreased car handling performance, increased reaction times, impaired time and distance estimation, inability to maintain headway, lateral travel, subjective sleepiness, motor incoordination, and impaired sustained vigilance have all been reported. Some drivers may actually be able to improve performance for brief periods by overcompensating for self-perceived impairment. The greater the demands placed on the driver, however, the more critical the likely impairment. Marijuana may particularly impair monotonous and prolonged driving. Decision times to evaluate situations and determine appropriate responses increase.
As you point out, getting high and crashing cars are not the same thing. But getting high makes you more likely to crash the car due to the multiple impairments it creates.
Slashdot Mirror
Fail. The bank does not know where you are accessing their services from and it has no business knowing that info.
That sort of information can be used as part of fraud detection.
You don't seem to have a good source for what contemporary American conservativsm is concerned with. Try these instead:
Weekly Standard
National Review
Or young people concerned about their future.
The reason liberal talk radio is a hard sell is because it is an over-served market. Most of the US media leans liberal already. (Look up the studies of donations to Democrats vs Republicans in the media.) There isn't a lot of space there to carve out even more listeners.
There was noticeable overlap between advertisers on Air America and conservative talk stations, including gold sales as I recall. Want a taste of Air America? Try Mike Malloy.
Have you ever actually listened to conservative talk radio? Bennett, Prager, Medved, Hewitt are recommended.
Salem station with convenient schedule
There is a difference between entrapment and a sting.
Political language can be tricky, especially when moving between countries and cultures. "Progressive" tends to be pretty portable as a political label, "liberal" doesn't always translate as well. As a practical matter there either is or could be a silent "classical" in The Liberal Party name that distinguishes them from American "liberals" who constitute an ideological group but not an actual party. The silent "classical" may also equate them with American conservatives who are classical liberals as opposed to modern "liberals" as understood in the US.
If the problem is the regulations aren't being enforced then enforce the regulations instead of drafting even more regulations that won't be enforced either.
"All playing nice"? "Fool you twice"? I get the sense you're ready to do something truly foolish. Why don't you try living without any petroleum based products for a while before you decide it's OK to cripple the oil industry? You might decide that the result is not to your liking and then you will still be able to recover easily. If you try it the other way you're going to be stuck in misery. Or is your goal to simply prove the validity of this Robert Heinlein quote?
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.”
Fox News hasn't been around all that long. If conservatives are where all the money is, and "business is just business", why weren't other news outlets pursuing them as a market? By your logic, if it's correct, Fox News really shouldn't exist. Or do you think that all of those "business is just business" types were leaving what you think are large amounts of cash as an untapped market for a reason? Was it their decades old plan to ignore that money and market until Fox came along? f the money was there, why weren't the other media businesses pursuing it?
There may be a gap in your thinking and the reality of the situation.
I seem to recall that leftist countries go to war. That may not be a reliable indicator of idelogical alignment.
I love the irony.
Manning: Justice was served.
Snowden: Like the case of the accused rapist Assange justice is denied as he is a fugitive.
Although your handle is "misexistentialist" your understanding seems to be based on Dada.
It's all pretty much just random, eh?
You seem to be making a number of mistakes, including thinking that people serving a market don't have convictions, and that liberals are necessarily young or don't have money. Do you think David Korn's only interest is the check he picks up for writing? Keith Oberman pursued his political mania until it ruined him. Slashdot is often innudated by howls about whatever "outrage" the Koch brothers are claimed to have engaged in while practically nobody acknowledges their spending is dwarfed by that of rich liberals and progressives. Being liberal is a state of mind, not an indicator of either wealth or age.
I hear TNR writes about politics.
In practice "progressive" is a very fluid label that is used to describe a spectrum from hard left communists to liberals uncomfortable with being called liberal but will accept being called "progressive." Progressive" is also a handly label for persons of the far left that want to get elected in the US. They simply assume the label "progressive," join the Democratic party, and stand for election. Democratcs are electable in the US, communists aren't. A liberal Republican isn't an oxymoron, but a liberal conservative is, unlike a moderate conservative. Today's conservatives in the US are basically classic liberals. Today's liberals in the US are something different.
Yes. Most of the crazy lives on the far Left.
So you're suggesting conservatives and media that targets them behave like Liberals, Progressives, assorted other Leftists, and the media that target them?
I get the sense you might be susceptible to a few things yourself.
Sad to see this happen to TNR? What about the country? Pushing change because its different, not because it actually improves the country, is the current governing philosophy.
The liberal TNR has been packaging "hard right Republican ideas + hippie punching"? And "Classifying TNR (cf Andrew Sullivan) as a 'liberal rag' is a bit, oh, silly"? That's just nuts. TNR is Liberal. You're heading deep into the fringe left if you want to claim they're "right wing" in some fashion.
As you have just demonstrated, moral relativism can lead to silly arguments. Imprisonment equals "kidnapping"? Only if there is no justice, and that is only one of many considerations you toss.
Need a mine-resistant vehicle?
Because it is resistant to small arms fire that would make Swiss cheese out of a police car. It give the officers a chance to get close to a perp with much less risk to them. If the perp has pipe bombs (hardly unknown) they won't do him much good. Getting the drift?
Can some one please step in already? I don't like the idea that my children could grow up in a country where police brutality is the norm.
Police brutality isn't the norm. Tell your children that they should not attack police officers, resist arrest, or flee from the police at high speeds, since those are the stupid acts that tend to get people hurt. If you can't manage that, don't have children.
This is not a story about der Kaiser und der Abwehrdienst, it is about der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND).
Badly rendered from: Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
As spoken it's gibberish, but it almost means something.
Gunter glieben glauchen globen
Alcohol makes you more aggressively confident, pot makes you more careful of your driving.
Not as such.
Acute cannabis consumption and motor vehicle collision risk: systematic review of observational studies and meta-analysis
Acute cannabis consumption nearly doubles the risk of a collision resulting in serious injury or death
Effects on Driving:
... Marijuana has been shown to impair performance on driving simulator tasks and on open and closed driving courses for up to approximately 3 hours. Decreased car handling performance, increased reaction times, impaired time and distance estimation, inability to maintain headway, lateral travel, subjective sleepiness, motor incoordination, and impaired sustained vigilance have all been reported. Some drivers may actually be able to improve performance for brief periods by overcompensating for self-perceived impairment. The greater the demands placed on the driver, however, the more critical the likely impairment. Marijuana may particularly impair monotonous and prolonged driving. Decision times to evaluate situations and determine appropriate responses increase.
The study you reference appears to be from 2002. More current research is finding something else, and you've apparently already seen it:
Acute cannabis consumption and motor vehicle collision risk: systematic review of observational studies and meta-analysis
Acute cannabis consumption nearly doubles the risk of a collision resulting in serious injury or death; this increase was most evident for studies of high quality, case-control studies, and studies of fatal collisions
As you point out, getting high and crashing cars are not the same thing. But getting high makes you more likely to crash the car due to the multiple impairments it creates.