Yup, it is. The only bachelor degrees Cambridge award are BAs, and the degree certificate doesn't even state the subject or class, that's all in some other document called a results transcript.
For US schools, they often have a BA program geared more towards potential teachers and a BS program geared more towards Math nerds going to grad school. They have a lot of the same requirements, but (at least at UC Santa Barbara some years ago) the BS requires "Harder" Real Analysis and Algebra courses as well as Complex analysis which the BA program doesn't. I think the math electives you could choose from were "harder" for the BS as well.
So.. you're saying the rich should pay more? Why exactly?
Well, a clear and simple argument is that they receive far more benefits from what taxes pay for, so it's only reasonable that they pay for what they use.
If you don't understand how obviously true this is, try this thought experiment:
Declare (by "imperial edict" if necessary for the purpose of the argument) that both Darby and Bill Gates are put outside of the protection of the law. They can be killed at will and all of their property stolen.
Now, who do you think would be at orders of magnitude more risk in that situation, Bill or me?
That's why the rich should pay more. They benefit far more.
But even if you do one gun against a platoon of well armed and armoured stormtroopers is ineffectual at best.......and you will be killed, the unarmed man will just be arrested....
Better a quick death than being shipped off to some third world shithole to be tortured to death.
It's certainly a good tactic, but it doesn't exclude "going for the gold" so to speak at the same time. Especially since my concern isn't to get a third party president in this election (I'm idealistic, not stupid), but to get 5% of the vote for a third party so they start getting funding and an air of legitimacy. At that point they'll have a chance to be a viable candidate.
IMHO, the best thing would be for the Libs, Greens, Commies, and the rest to get together on the single issue of voting reform. If they can get that done correctly, then it'll be a more even playing field across the board... for a while anyhow.
The problem with muslim history is simple, the good things you hear about it, with very few exceptions, are falsifications that don't stand up to even basic scrutiny.
Same problem with Christian history. The only meaningful difference between the two is that the Muslims actually *believe* their book, and the Christians long since stopped actually taking it seriously...Or rather were stopped by the sane people, you know the Enlightenment and all that. Good thing though. They'd be imprisoned for life or executed in any civilized nation if they tried out even half of the crap the bible demands of them.
Muslims attacked a Christian nation, and through the pope some Europeans were rallied to help Constantinopel out
You do know that the Crusaders sacked Constantinople, right? Easier to murder a bunch of fellow Christians and steal their shit than go all the way to Palestine.
ADHD is a genetic condition that causes an inability to work hard (at least in some circumstances).
No, ADHD is a scam to try and console douchebag parents that their little darlings aren't really stupid, worthless, and lazy and nothing is their fault.
I haven't personally read 'Why People Believe Weird Things' by Michael Shermer, but I plan to.
Good book.
The later versions have an extra chapter "Why smart people believe weird things" which deals specifically with how smart people are better at coming up with post hoc justification for their arbitrary beliefs than dumber people are, hence making them plenty likely to believe dumb things too.
Err, that ideal died in 1997 or so when Congress basically said "oh, he only committed perjury about a blowjob - everyone does that..."
Umm...dude..... It had the final nail driven into its coffin when Ford pardoned Nixon. That's why Reagan knew he could get away with selling crack to school kids to buy weapons for terrorists in direct violation of congressional orders.
But, of course, you must be right. A blowjob between consenting adults is the real issue here.
Your vote is never a throw away vote, even if it's for a third party.
No, your vote is *always* a throwaway *unless* you vote for a third party. Only with a third party is worthwhile change possible. Voting either of the two major parties is saying that the worst excesses of either are what you want to see more of.
Could you point me at the evidence that Bush himself has committed crimes for which he should be impeached?
Go watch the state of the union speech where he sold the Iraq war. Note how "certain" he was about all the nonsense he was spouting even though he was told by the head of the CIA that it was nothing but unsubstantiated rumors.
Those lies in the interest of selling a war for the benefit of industry were most definitely impeachable offenses. Illegal wiretapping, torture, rendition etc. etc. etc.
If you need links to be aware of these things, you're nuts. If you have "friends" who are so delusional, contemptuous of this nation and just plain stupid, that they're still arguing the basic facts which were in long ago, well your choice of friends is really sad.
BTW, if you were less abrasive, you might be more effective.
Unlikely. There is no convincing Republicans of anything through reason. If they were capable of reason or ethical behavior, then they would not be Republicans. Ditto for people defending them.
You know, I'm really tired of Europeans telling me to "stop whining" about high gas prices. Have you ever BEEN to the US? We don't live the same way as most people in Europe do. We're less densely populated, have to commute farther to work, and many of us (unless we live in a big city) have very little to nothing in the way of public transportation options (Since our gas isn't taxed to fund public transportation as it is in Europe).
However, a lot of that was by design. So now that you're being screwed by poor decision making, it's time to take some personal responsibility, which means in part quit whining. So maybe you're not yet tired of other Americans telling you to man up and quit your bitching. You had an opportunity to make better decisions, you failed end of story.
I live in a major city with public transportation, but not through luck or magic. It's called making informed choices, not making stupid decisions and then whining about the consequences which were pointed out quite clearly decades ago.
This isn't to say that the US couldn't benefit from some adjustments in the way we commute, but for now the reality is that although in many places in the world a car is a luxury, in most parts of the US it's a necessity.
Right, due almost entirely to piss poor planning. So quit whining.
So please get off your high horse and realize that the situation is different over here and we are much more affected by the price of gas than you are.
Again, through childishly stupid decision making. When you whine in that situation, you get told to quit your fucking whining.
It's called "democracy", and the devils deal is, if you tell the public to go piss up a rope, you're out of a job.
No, in fact, that sort of thing is one of the primary reasons Democracy was flat out rejected for the US.
They are damn well supposed to tell the public to piss up a rope when the public is being retarded. *That* is what they're paid for. Of course, they'll end up getting tossed out in some cases which would once again just demonstrate what a complete failure Democracy is above the level of a small town.
Also - for those who don't "get it" - a nuclear *reactor* is not those huge white towers with steam coming out. Those are just heat exchangers for cooling the plant. The actual reactor is in a rather small (by comparison) boring building around the middle of the plant.
OK, so what part of the plant do the giant titties constitute?
it's all that dang Socialisam you guys avoided due to bad polotics *cough* military industrial complex
Dude, socialized costs with privatized profits is pretty much Fascism. Polar opposite extreme from Communism. Socialism is to the right of that a bit, but still far to the left of actual Liberalism which is dead center. You have to go all the way across the entire spectrum of the right from there to what you're talking about.
Dude, have you looked at my posting history? I'm an outspoken Atheist.
I didn't claim you believed in god. I claimed that your position necessarily involved a religious belief. i.e. the nature of the believing is religious, not that what is believed is some hokey fairy tale.
And yet I still hold out hope that if clear evidence were revealed to the American People of Bush & Co.'s crimes, that they would put politics aside and support his impeachment.
See, there it is.
Clear, absolute proof has been offered repeatedly, and the response of large portions of the American public, primarily Republicans, was to call the people presenting such clear information traitors. Now, since you believe in the ridiculous for which there is no evidence and which, in fact, all available evidence directly contradicts, that's a religious belief by definition.
Maybe that's naive, but if so, then we might as well write off the country, since no one cares about the rule of law, they're just out to get what they can for themselves.
*Now* you're starting to understand the position we're in. Take that view, and look at the world through that simple clarifying filter and a lot of your confusion about the world will vanish in an instant.
If you'd rather hold on to some desperate hope that some magical invisible force will somehow fix that if you just believe in it hard enough, then that's your prerogative, but that sort of faith is always massively damaging and has yet to have any positive results.
If you don't see the difference between his platform and mccain, you need some serious readjustment of perspective.
I think you've fallen into the trap of thinking that a politician's platform has any bearing on reality. If that were the case, the Republicans would be the party of small government, fiscal responsibility, ethics, and morality. As it is, a few minutes of research proves that they are far and away the worst choice for all of the above.
Not that I'd touch that sleazy, no integrity having sellout McCain with a ten foot pole, but treating a politician's platform as anything but a collection of lies they put together to dupe you into thinking they're on your side is hopelessly naive.
Of course, my congressional votes will go republican to help prevent another unified government.
Which is nothing but a ringing endorsement for the treasonous policies of the last several Republican presidents. One party government is generally bad, but giving Republicans any authority is absolutely a demand that they continue in their assaults against this nation.
Comon hippies, how about some loyalty to your coutrymen first and then we'll think about making friends?
I don't have any loyalty to ignorant, cowardly, traitors regardless of the geographic location of their birth. Once they man up, grow up, and stop working against my country, then *and only then* could a decent human being offer them anything but contempt.
Seriously, save your anti-American jingoistic, treasonous bullshit.
No it isn't. Their delusions do not get to get counted as reality no matter how strongly the hold them.
They see what is going on and for MOST of them, they are PROUD to help create a democracy where there was once an evil dictator.
And the last batch was just as happy to install that very dictator. The idiocy required to hold your position is staggering.
That used to be the policy of the United states... Freedom around the world. Luckily for World Wars I and II, the anti-war liberals did not exist in their current numbers.
No, it was the pro-hitler industrialists (including the current president's grandfather, let's not forget) who the American Left, back when there actually was one, opposed by promoting getting involved in that. Pathetic attempt at revisionist history, but not everyone is anywhere near as deeply ignorant as yourself.
It's truly disgusting that you would piss all over the deeds and memories of the Americans who fought in WW2 against exactly the type of police state we're busily setting up.
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Yup, it is. The only bachelor degrees Cambridge award are BAs, and the degree certificate doesn't even state the subject or class, that's all in some other document called a results transcript.
For US schools, they often have a BA program geared more towards potential teachers and a BS program geared more towards Math nerds going to grad school. They have a lot of the same requirements, but (at least at UC Santa Barbara some years ago) the BS requires "Harder" Real Analysis and Algebra courses as well as Complex analysis which the BA program doesn't. I think the math electives you could choose from were "harder" for the BS as well.
So.. you're saying the rich should pay more? Why exactly?
Well, a clear and simple argument is that they receive far more benefits from what taxes pay for, so it's only reasonable that they pay for what they use.
If you don't understand how obviously true this is, try this thought experiment:
Declare (by "imperial edict" if necessary for the purpose of the argument) that both Darby and Bill Gates are put outside of the protection of the law. They can be killed at will and all of their property stolen.
Now, who do you think would be at orders of magnitude more risk in that situation, Bill or me?
That's why the rich should pay more. They benefit far more.
Ah, point taken. Likewise, sorry for the confusion.
But even if you do one gun against a platoon of well armed and armoured stormtroopers is ineffectual at best .... ...and you will be killed, the unarmed man will just be arrested ....
Better a quick death than being shipped off to some third world shithole to be tortured to death.
They believed Reagan was evil, for crying out loud
How does selling crack on the streets of America to buy guns for terrorists in direct violation of Congressional orders not count as evil?
Seriously, get a sense of perspective for crying out loud.
I can attest that it isn't bad - compared to when I visited in the 90's, or worse, 80's.
I was on the I5 going past Magic Mountain in 1987 and I couldn't even see it at all.
For those who don't know, it's a major amusement park with huge rollercoasters and all that and it's pretty much right next to the freeway.
Which is quite flattering to my biases in some ways. Dammit, now I really need to buy that book. I'd be glad to type in your horoscope if you'd like.
It's ok, you already did. My birthday is the 8th ;-)
It's certainly a good tactic, but it doesn't exclude "going for the gold" so to speak at the same time. Especially since my concern isn't to get a third party president in this election (I'm idealistic, not stupid), but to get 5% of the vote for a third party so they start getting funding and an air of legitimacy. At that point they'll have a chance to be a viable candidate.
IMHO, the best thing would be for the Libs, Greens, Commies, and the rest to get together on the single issue of voting reform. If they can get that done correctly, then it'll be a more even playing field across the board... for a while anyhow.
The problem with muslim history is simple, the good things you hear about it, with very few exceptions, are falsifications that don't stand up to even basic scrutiny.
Same problem with Christian history. The only meaningful difference between the two is that the Muslims actually *believe* their book, and the Christians long since stopped actually taking it seriously...Or rather were stopped by the sane people, you know the Enlightenment and all that. Good thing though. They'd be imprisoned for life or executed in any civilized nation if they tried out even half of the crap the bible demands of them.
Muslims attacked a Christian nation, and through the pope some Europeans were rallied to help Constantinopel out
You do know that the Crusaders sacked Constantinople, right? Easier to murder a bunch of fellow Christians and steal their shit than go all the way to Palestine.
ADHD is a genetic condition that causes an inability to work hard (at least in some circumstances).
No, ADHD is a scam to try and console douchebag parents that their little darlings aren't really stupid, worthless, and lazy and nothing is their fault.
What a load of crap.
I haven't personally read 'Why People Believe Weird Things' by Michael Shermer, but I plan to.
Good book.
The later versions have an extra chapter "Why smart people believe weird things" which deals specifically with how smart people are better at coming up with post hoc justification for their arbitrary beliefs than dumber people are, hence making them plenty likely to believe dumb things too.
Err, that ideal died in 1997 or so when Congress basically said "oh, he only committed perjury about a blowjob - everyone does that..."
Umm...dude..... It had the final nail driven into its coffin when Ford pardoned Nixon. That's why Reagan knew he could get away with selling crack to school kids to buy weapons for terrorists in direct violation of congressional orders.
But, of course, you must be right. A blowjob between consenting adults is the real issue here.
Dipshit.
Your vote is never a throw away vote, even if it's for a third party.
No, your vote is *always* a throwaway *unless* you vote for a third party.
Only with a third party is worthwhile change possible. Voting either of the two major parties is saying that the worst excesses of either are what you want to see more of.
Could you point me at the evidence that Bush himself has committed crimes for which he should be impeached?
Go watch the state of the union speech where he sold the Iraq war. Note how "certain" he was about all the nonsense he was spouting even though he was told by the head of the CIA that it was nothing but unsubstantiated rumors.
Those lies in the interest of selling a war for the benefit of industry were most definitely impeachable offenses. Illegal wiretapping, torture, rendition etc. etc. etc.
If you need links to be aware of these things, you're nuts. If you have "friends" who are so delusional, contemptuous of this nation and just plain stupid, that they're still arguing the basic facts which were in long ago, well your choice of friends is really sad.
BTW, if you were less abrasive, you might be more effective.
Unlikely. There is no convincing Republicans of anything through reason. If they were capable of reason or ethical behavior, then they would not be Republicans. Ditto for people defending them.
I was actually referring to the one I grew up next to "Dolly Parton Memorial" was a common term for it.
Not the best pictures in the wiki article. From the freeway, I doubt anybody could avoid thinking "wow tits" while driving by.
You know, I'm really tired of Europeans telling me to "stop whining" about high gas prices. Have you ever BEEN to the US? We don't live the same way as most people in Europe do. We're less densely populated, have to commute farther to work, and many of us (unless we live in a big city) have very little to nothing in the way of public transportation options (Since our gas isn't taxed to fund public transportation as it is in Europe).
However, a lot of that was by design. So now that you're being screwed by poor decision making, it's time to take some personal responsibility, which means in part quit whining.
So maybe you're not yet tired of other Americans telling you to man up and quit your bitching. You had an opportunity to make better decisions, you failed end of story.
I live in a major city with public transportation, but not through luck or magic. It's called making informed choices, not making stupid decisions and then whining about the consequences which were pointed out quite clearly decades ago.
This isn't to say that the US couldn't benefit from some adjustments in the way we commute, but for now the reality is that although in many places in the world a car is a luxury, in most parts of the US it's a necessity.
Right, due almost entirely to piss poor planning. So quit whining.
So please get off your high horse and realize that the situation is different over here and we are much more affected by the price of gas than you are.
Again, through childishly stupid decision making. When you whine in that situation, you get told to quit your fucking whining.
It's called "democracy", and the devils deal is, if you tell the public to go piss up a rope, you're out of a job.
No, in fact, that sort of thing is one of the primary reasons Democracy was flat out rejected for the US.
They are damn well supposed to tell the public to piss up a rope when the public is being retarded. *That* is what they're paid for.
Of course, they'll end up getting tossed out in some cases which would once again just demonstrate what a complete failure Democracy is above the level of a small town.
Also - for those who don't "get it" - a nuclear *reactor* is not those huge white towers with steam coming out. Those are just heat exchangers for cooling the plant. The actual reactor is in a rather small (by comparison) boring building around the middle of the plant.
OK, so what part of the plant do the giant titties constitute?
it's all that dang Socialisam you guys avoided due to bad polotics *cough* military industrial complex
Dude, socialized costs with privatized profits is pretty much Fascism. Polar opposite extreme from Communism. Socialism is to the right of that a bit, but still far to the left of actual Liberalism which is dead center. You have to go all the way across the entire spectrum of the right from there to what you're talking about.
Dude, have you looked at my posting history? I'm an outspoken Atheist.
I didn't claim you believed in god. I claimed that your position necessarily involved a religious belief. i.e. the nature of the believing is religious, not that what is believed is some hokey fairy tale.
And yet I still hold out hope that if clear evidence were revealed to the American People of Bush & Co.'s crimes, that they would put politics aside and support his impeachment.
See, there it is.
Clear, absolute proof has been offered repeatedly, and the response of large portions of the American public, primarily Republicans, was to call the people presenting such clear information traitors.
Now, since you believe in the ridiculous for which there is no evidence and which, in fact, all available evidence directly contradicts, that's a religious belief by definition.
Maybe that's naive, but if so, then we might as well write off the country, since no one cares about the rule of law, they're just out to get what they can for themselves.
*Now* you're starting to understand the position we're in. Take that view, and look at the world through that simple clarifying filter and a lot of your confusion about the world will vanish in an instant.
If you'd rather hold on to some desperate hope that some magical invisible force will somehow fix that if you just believe in it hard enough, then that's your prerogative, but that sort of faith is always massively damaging and has yet to have any positive results.
I offered them as evidence to the contrary that we deserve terrorist attacks because of our supposed meddling in far-off lands.
Yes, you offered our meddling in far-off lands as if it contradicted the fact that we're hated, in part, for sleazy meddling in far-off lands.
I quite correctly pointed out that your statement was fucking retarded at all levels.
If you don't see the difference between his platform and mccain, you need some serious readjustment of perspective.
I think you've fallen into the trap of thinking that a politician's platform has any bearing on reality. If that were the case, the Republicans would be the party of small government, fiscal responsibility, ethics, and morality. As it is, a few minutes of research proves that they are far and away the worst choice for all of the above.
Not that I'd touch that sleazy, no integrity having sellout McCain with a ten foot pole, but treating a politician's platform as anything but a collection of lies they put together to dupe you into thinking they're on your side is hopelessly naive.
Of course, my congressional votes will go republican to help prevent another unified government.
Which is nothing but a ringing endorsement for the treasonous policies of the last several Republican presidents. One party government is generally bad, but giving Republicans any authority is absolutely a demand that they continue in their assaults against this nation.
Comon hippies, how about some loyalty to your coutrymen first and then we'll think about making friends?
I don't have any loyalty to ignorant, cowardly, traitors regardless of the geographic location of their birth.
Once they man up, grow up, and stop working against my country, then *and only then* could a decent human being offer them anything but contempt.
Seriously, save your anti-American jingoistic, treasonous bullshit.
The USS Cole? US Embassies? Air Force barracks? What do they all have in common?
That all of them were in other people's countries at the time of the events?
Bingo, you win a kewpie doll. Now learn to add 2+2 and you'll almost be up to kindergarten levels.
it IS those things for the people there.
... Freedom around the world. Luckily for World Wars I and II, the anti-war liberals did not exist in their current numbers.
No it isn't. Their delusions do not get to get counted as reality no matter how strongly the hold them.
They see what is going on and for MOST of them, they are PROUD to help create a democracy where there was once an evil dictator.
And the last batch was just as happy to install that very dictator. The idiocy required to hold your position is staggering.
That used to be the policy of the United states
No, it was the pro-hitler industrialists (including the current president's grandfather, let's not forget) who the American Left, back when there actually was one, opposed by promoting getting involved in that. Pathetic attempt at revisionist history, but not everyone is anywhere near as deeply ignorant as yourself.
It's truly disgusting that you would piss all over the deeds and memories of the Americans who fought in WW2 against exactly the type of police state we're busily setting up.