And yet we allow old people, sterile people and people who may not properly even have sex to marry...
That someone still seriously believes that homosexuality is a threat to population is just plain bizarre. First of all, nothing stops homosexuals from having children, and many do, and second of all, they remain a very small part of the population (something like 1 in 10 people).
And if Russia is really interested in repopulating its depleted population, it should be targeting vodka and a persistently shitty economy. Homosexuals are not responsible for the decades long drain on Russian population.
Because you're the autocratic ruler of a backward nation where a healthy percentage of the population still believes the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a historical document.
Since the time of Peter the Great, Russia has been an odd mix of backwards regressive state with a shiny veneer of modern technocratic government.
Oh yes they did! Anyone who tries to design an energy technology not based on coal or oil is clearly an evil motherfucker out to steal taxpayers' money! We should just fucking kill all the scientists and engineers who aren't working on coal, oil, and maybe nuclear, because after all, those are the only options that should ever be fucking considered. Kill scientists. Kill all of them!
Because "you" as a singular voter cannot hope to overcome the "they" of highly motivated corporations and other private interests. It's a false equality, because in the end those with the money can game the system to their advantage. A major union with a couple of million bucks to "donate" is going to get the ear of a legislator a lot more than Joe Q Public.
You're invoking the standard "all things be equal" logic when all things are very much not equal.
The IPCC has citation and reference lists on their reports. Unless you believ scientists are an evil cabal out to steal your car, in which case you're probably in need of something stronger than primary literature.
The IPCC gains its data from researchers. You're just repeating the tired "scientists are an evil cabal" line that anti science goons have been invoking for over a century when science dares question some sacred belief.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas, the more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere the more negative effects we see. Therefore reducing greenhouses gasses is a good thing, that will also preserve long chain hydrocarbons for more important uses.
Or do you also believe in magical infinite oil that will continue being brought to the surface like some sort of inverted manna?
And one only need look on/. where the swirly eyed pseudo skeptics and like minded travelers in space and time reject everything the researchers say in favor of actually accepting that barfing hundreds of millions of years of sequestered carbon into the atmosphere in 300 years actually has some dangerous effects.
What saddens me, as someone who cut my teeth on talk.origins back in the day, is that the Kochites have adapted every Creationist absurdity invented over the last century and recycled all the claims of cabal and conspiracy.
I used to be hopeful that our civilization might avoid the failures past cultures, but we seem to be edging towards short term game, and screwing over our descendants. And for what? Cheap gas?
So your postulation is that a theory which explains an enormous number of observations must be wrong because one group of observations... er, wait, what the hell are you saying?
What I enjoy is having folders like Documents, Videos and Music, and being able to copy documents, videos and music into them, rather than having everything stored in app-centric folders which are hidden from me. What I like is not having to use a horror story like iTunes to copy video files, ePubs and music.
I bought a Nexus 5 and 7 last year, handed my iPhone to my daughter, and have never looked back. The Nexus 5, in particular, is just a little over half the price of a a comparable iPhone and is a helluva lot more usable. And if I really need something from the iTunes store, like the upcoming Pink Floyd record, I know I'll be able to play the music on my Android devices.
Congress will do precisely what it did for the music industry; stiffen laws and make competitors like Netflix and Amazon jump through increasingly small hoops while allowing the cable companies to extract ever more rent from both online services and customers.
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And yet we allow old people, sterile people and people who may not properly even have sex to marry...
That someone still seriously believes that homosexuality is a threat to population is just plain bizarre. First of all, nothing stops homosexuals from having children, and many do, and second of all, they remain a very small part of the population (something like 1 in 10 people).
And if Russia is really interested in repopulating its depleted population, it should be targeting vodka and a persistently shitty economy. Homosexuals are not responsible for the decades long drain on Russian population.
"Homosexual relationships are by definition sodomy"
This simply isn't true. Two famous homosexuals; Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward, apparently found the idea of penetration appalling.
Despite my confident heterosexuality, I'm terribly conflicted, as I truly want to see a half-naked gay horse.
Because you're the autocratic ruler of a backward nation where a healthy percentage of the population still believes the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a historical document.
Since the time of Peter the Great, Russia has been an odd mix of backwards regressive state with a shiny veneer of modern technocratic government.
Oh yes they did! Anyone who tries to design an energy technology not based on coal or oil is clearly an evil motherfucker out to steal taxpayers' money! We should just fucking kill all the scientists and engineers who aren't working on coal, oil, and maybe nuclear, because after all, those are the only options that should ever be fucking considered. Kill scientists. Kill all of them!
Because "you" as a singular voter cannot hope to overcome the "they" of highly motivated corporations and other private interests. It's a false equality, because in the end those with the money can game the system to their advantage. A major union with a couple of million bucks to "donate" is going to get the ear of a legislator a lot more than Joe Q Public.
You're invoking the standard "all things be equal" logic when all things are very much not equal.
I think the bigger concern should be the various artful forms of bribery that lobbyists use to buy legislation. Doesn't that bother you?
Really. When is the last time that a Republican president opposed a monopoly? Teddy Roosevelt?
The IPCC has citation and reference lists on their reports. Unless you believ scientists are an evil cabal out to steal your car, in which case you're probably in need of something stronger than primary literature.
The IPCC gains its data from researchers. You're just repeating the tired "scientists are an evil cabal" line that anti science goons have been invoking for over a century when science dares question some sacred belief.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas, the more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere the more negative effects we see. Therefore reducing greenhouses gasses is a good thing, that will also preserve long chain hydrocarbons for more important uses.
Or do you also believe in magical infinite oil that will continue being brought to the surface like some sort of inverted manna?
And one only need look on /. where the swirly eyed pseudo skeptics and like minded travelers in space and time reject everything the researchers say in favor of actually accepting that barfing hundreds of millions of years of sequestered carbon into the atmosphere in 300 years actually has some dangerous effects.
What saddens me, as someone who cut my teeth on talk.origins back in the day, is that the Kochites have adapted every Creationist absurdity invented over the last century and recycled all the claims of cabal and conspiracy.
I used to be hopeful that our civilization might avoid the failures past cultures, but we seem to be edging towards short term game, and screwing over our descendants. And for what? Cheap gas?
How about we stop using a non renewable resource critical to many industrial processes to create energy.
Where in the report doors it say that? Be specific with full citations
Are you mentally ill?
So your postulation is that a theory which explains an enormous number of observations must be wrong because one group of observations... er, wait, what the hell are you saying?
Oh just fuck off. Jesus people like you piss off; chronic naysayers with egos so fucking small they have to bemoan everything.
If life sucks so much for you mate, find the nearest fucking ten story building and jump off the top.
Cheap access to space is a pretty damned worthy goal, regardless of profit.
What I enjoy is having folders like Documents, Videos and Music, and being able to copy documents, videos and music into them, rather than having everything stored in app-centric folders which are hidden from me. What I like is not having to use a horror story like iTunes to copy video files, ePubs and music.
I bought a Nexus 5 and 7 last year, handed my iPhone to my daughter, and have never looked back. The Nexus 5, in particular, is just a little over half the price of a a comparable iPhone and is a helluva lot more usable. And if I really need something from the iTunes store, like the upcoming Pink Floyd record, I know I'll be able to play the music on my Android devices.
When I can plug in an iOS device into the USB port of computer and navigate its directory structure then I'll consider iOS as advanced as Android.
Wow, worst case of injustice EVER????
"In an accompanying article, Crawford makes a compelling case for FCC intervention."
That won't work unless it comes with a check with seven digits attached to it.
Congress will do precisely what it did for the music industry; stiffen laws and make competitors like Netflix and Amazon jump through increasingly small hoops while allowing the cable companies to extract ever more rent from both online services and customers.
Heh heh :)
Yes, but their "solution" seems to be lobby Congress to preserve their sixty year old business model, not actually innovate.
Gods save us from poorly-designed abstraction layers designed to do things "better".