Given the law of cause and effect, any creation story requires an event without a cause at some point. The alternative is a huge loop that creates itself. Evolution is not that bad a concept, given 3 billion years, a lot can happen. Also, one sexual reproduction evolves, there IS some intelligence -- animals get to choose their mates, and they would quickly evolve the ability to choose mates that give their offspring the best chance of survival (that's why we all want to sleep with supermodels, it gives our children the best chances for... oh wait.) Back to "someone made us"... who made that someone? EVERY theory suffers from the violation of causality issue, including creationism!
Bernie supporters don't "hate" Hillary, we just think Bernie is a better choice. I voted for Bernie in our state caucus (Hillary and Bernie supporters got along very well there, thank you), now I will vote for Hillary in the general election because I have accepted the inevitable -- barring a death before November 8th, it is going to be Clinton vs. Trump in the general election and Clinton is going to win. The only surprise now will be who they choose as running mates. And the real payoff will be when Democrats regain the majority in the Senate, and Hillary submits her far-left nominee for the SCOTUS. I'd just love to see the look on McConnell's face when that happens!
Exactly how many civilians are currently rotting in jail for "mishandling classified information"? Can't think of any, can you? Fact is, even if they prove mistakes were made, worst case scenario is she pays a fine. She's no Martha Stewart.
Seen any young adult lately that wasn't covered in ink? All the government needs to do is implement software to recognize tatoos, everybody is already wearing a unique identifier. That and facial recognition software already in used, it looks like we've already been tagged.
Maybe I should start a service that delivers $8 popcorn and $6 large cups of soda directly to people's homes, for those that really miss the "movie theater experience"!!!
No commercials during the movie, just bear in mind that the actual movie starts 20 minutes after the published start time, as they invariably run 20 minutes of previews first. Even the ticket sellers accept this as normal; show up 15 minutes after the movie has started, and they will tell you, "You haven't missed anything, still showing the previews" The ads only run before the scheduled start time; no reason for you to be in the theater then. Basically, it's a scan wherein the theater get paid to show commercials to empty seats.
Air conditioning. Made possible the industrialization of the south, and the popularity of Arizona for retirees, so basically A/C has triggered mass migrations of people to hotter climates, with an accompanying huge energy cost. Also made possible modern architecture, which is basically huge glass greenhouses with no opening windows -- try working in something like that without A/C!!!
Quiet as in nobody bragged about Prince's philanthropy before his death, but now that he is being beatified, everybody wants to talk about what a great person he was.
How about "non-Asian"? The Beaverton teen robotics team that one honors at the International Robotics competition got their picture in the paper. 14 high school students. One token redhead; the rest were all Chinese or Indian. Probably most of the were the children of Intel employees.
On the bright side, California is now instituting affirmative action programs so that white students can now get admitted to the UC system, which before was filled entirely with Asians!
The reason the rich send their kids to Harvard and Stanford is not that they receive a better education there, but rather that they make contacts with the kids of other rich families that they have a good chance of getting hired by or starting a company with. So I agree, a lot of being successful is WHO you know, not WHAT you know, and that cannot be taught. On the bright side, I've seen some very talented lawyers and other professionals mentoring poor minority kids, and that assistance may be more valuable than going to an Ivy League school.
Summer heat waves have killed hundreds in Europe (mostly elderly), although it hard to distinguish "global warming" from "normal variations in temperature".
You have brilliantly pointed out the flaw in this business model: the only way to give the driver access to fill the vehicle without giving everyone else access to siphon the gas back out is to have people stand next to their cars waiting for the delivery... which sort of defeats the purpose of not going to a gas station in the first place. Not to mention that the lack of calibrated pumps is an open invitation to fraud.
What they hate is getting gasoline on their hands. I hate it too, but very few people are smart enough to carry rubber gloves to wear every time they fill up their vehicle. And, having lived in Portland for 20 years, I kind of forgot how to pump my own gas -- which means the service is pointless in Oregon, where you are not allowed to pump your own gas anyway.
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Given the law of cause and effect, any creation story requires an event without a cause at some point. The alternative is a huge loop that creates itself. Evolution is not that bad a concept, given 3 billion years, a lot can happen. Also, one sexual reproduction evolves, there IS some intelligence -- animals get to choose their mates, and they would quickly evolve the ability to choose mates that give their offspring the best chance of survival (that's why we all want to sleep with supermodels, it gives our children the best chances for... oh wait.) Back to "someone made us"... who made that someone? EVERY theory suffers from the violation of causality issue, including creationism!
But.. what if Hillary picks Al Gore as her running mate? Al invented the Internet, I'm sure he can save it!
Bernie supporters don't "hate" Hillary, we just think Bernie is a better choice. I voted for Bernie in our state caucus (Hillary and Bernie supporters got along very well there, thank you), now I will vote for Hillary in the general election because I have accepted the inevitable -- barring a death before November 8th, it is going to be Clinton vs. Trump in the general election and Clinton is going to win. The only surprise now will be who they choose as running mates. And the real payoff will be when Democrats regain the majority in the Senate, and Hillary submits her far-left nominee for the SCOTUS. I'd just love to see the look on McConnell's face when that happens!
Yeah, how did that impeachment of Bill Clinton for lying to congress about a blow job work out for you, anti-Clinton partisans?
Exactly how many civilians are currently rotting in jail for "mishandling classified information"? Can't think of any, can you? Fact is, even if they prove mistakes were made, worst case scenario is she pays a fine. She's no Martha Stewart.
Lesser of two evils for the win!!!
Seen any young adult lately that wasn't covered in ink? All the government needs to do is implement software to recognize tatoos, everybody is already wearing a unique identifier. That and facial recognition software already in used, it looks like we've already been tagged.
Maybe I should start a service that delivers $8 popcorn and $6 large cups of soda directly to people's homes, for those that really miss the "movie theater experience"!!!
Sports is a special case, because it actually requires high-quality video streaming to eliminate motion blur, so it is inherently higher bandwidth.
No commercials during the movie, just bear in mind that the actual movie starts 20 minutes after the published start time, as they invariably run 20 minutes of previews first. Even the ticket sellers accept this as normal; show up 15 minutes after the movie has started, and they will tell you, "You haven't missed anything, still showing the previews" The ads only run before the scheduled start time; no reason for you to be in the theater then. Basically, it's a scan wherein the theater get paid to show commercials to empty seats.
Refrigeration in general, which includes both refrigerators and air conditioning.
Air conditioning. Made possible the industrialization of the south, and the popularity of Arizona for retirees, so basically A/C has triggered mass migrations of people to hotter climates, with an accompanying huge energy cost. Also made possible modern architecture, which is basically huge glass greenhouses with no opening windows -- try working in something like that without A/C!!!
Quiet as in nobody bragged about Prince's philanthropy before his death, but now that he is being beatified, everybody wants to talk about what a great person he was.
How about "non-Asian"? The Beaverton teen robotics team that one honors at the International Robotics competition got their picture in the paper. 14 high school students. One token redhead; the rest were all Chinese or Indian. Probably most of the were the children of Intel employees.
On the bright side, California is now instituting affirmative action programs so that white students can now get admitted to the UC system, which before was filled entirely with Asians!
The reason the rich send their kids to Harvard and Stanford is not that they receive a better education there, but rather that they make contacts with the kids of other rich families that they have a good chance of getting hired by or starting a company with. So I agree, a lot of being successful is WHO you know, not WHAT you know, and that cannot be taught. On the bright side, I've seen some very talented lawyers and other professionals mentoring poor minority kids, and that assistance may be more valuable than going to an Ivy League school.
...pation! Wow, a new iPhone! Maybe they will finally release a phone that's water-resistant! Now THAT is innovation!!!
Most animals will simply migrate to areas more favorable to them. Plants, on the other hand, lack feet...
Summer heat waves have killed hundreds in Europe (mostly elderly), although it hard to distinguish "global warming" from "normal variations in temperature".
I beg to differ. Once the permafrost all thaws out, it can be farmed, but it's a mess for several decades while it is in the process of thawing out.
My Alaskan friends don't seem to have any problem with global warming; they think it's a GOOD thing! I don't know why...
You have brilliantly pointed out the flaw in this business model: the only way to give the driver access to fill the vehicle without giving everyone else access to siphon the gas back out is to have people stand next to their cars waiting for the delivery... which sort of defeats the purpose of not going to a gas station in the first place. Not to mention that the lack of calibrated pumps is an open invitation to fraud.
What they hate is getting gasoline on their hands. I hate it too, but very few people are smart enough to carry rubber gloves to wear every time they fill up their vehicle. And, having lived in Portland for 20 years, I kind of forgot how to pump my own gas -- which means the service is pointless in Oregon, where you are not allowed to pump your own gas anyway.
My motor home used to have a propane tank that was literally right in front of the rear bumper...
I had friends that started a video store in the 90's... Yes, it's out of business now.