Bullshit. If all the comments were shown by default it would be censorship by crapflood. Obviously, you weren't here during the good ol' days. If everybody shouts nobody is heard.
Yeah, I know his arguments just fine. The difference the good doctor seems to willfully ignore is that while both are "public health issues," they are completely different. With one, you are asking people not to put something into their body because it might harm them. With the other, you are asking people to put something into their body because if they don't, other people will be harmed. As for whether he has any influence, I was just picking a well-known anti-federal-anything politician. I wasn't implying he's the standard bearer or anything, any more than I was implying that he likes to rape puppies. Which he doesn't. Or at least I assume he doesn't. =P
More importantly, PAB doesn't have that wide of a selection. You almost have to go to BL for something that hasn't been put into a set in the last few years.
Finally, the far right has consistently and falsely argued that the media is against them. That is bull and always has been. The honest truth is the media is no different today than it has ever been - it tries to be impartial but fails.
Reading about the press's role in the rise of fascism in 1930's Europe is truly frightening. Looking at American newspapers from that era is equally jarring. Some editors were obviously so afraid of Communism (which they conflated with the labor movement) that they were willing to openly support Mussolini and Franco. Anybody who knows anything about the history of the press should scoff (or be worried) anytime Republicans and Fox News talks about the Liberal Media.
My problem with the Oberton Window, and indeed with the right/left dichotomy, is that not everybody agrees on what is more or less freedom. Take the California measles outbreak. Let's say you have a kid with cancer, so they can't take the vaccine. Well, as long as everybody else in your school has it, you have the freedom to send your kid to school. What about EEOC? Some people think companies should have the freedom not to hire people of certain religions or ethnic groups. Others think you should have the freedom to work wherever you are qualified, regardless of race or creed. How about the right to privacy? Should you have the freedom to set up a camera constantly trained at your neighbor's bedroom window? What if I think I should have the freedom to walk around my house naked without worrying about pervy neighbors posting pics to the net. What about sound ordinances? Truth in advertising? Or getting back to the email topic, what about the freedom to search your gmail so that you can be advertised to? Should ISPs have the right to give information to the government without a warrant? In many of these cases, there is no more/less freedom. Only differences in whose freedom gets priority.
Sadly, I suspect you're right. Just like how when Obama said he was pro-vaccines you suddenly have all these Republicans sounding off about how they don't need the federal government sticking needles in our babies. I imagine if Obama said he thought it was wrong to rape puppies, you'd get Ron Paul ranting about how what a man does to his property is none of the federal government's business.
Why would this be a big deal at all? I get all my corporate Outlook email through my Samsung mail client without any problem. It even plays nice with contacts and calendar/reminders. It's way more stable than Outlook on my laptop, too. HATE Outlook 2013.
There is a snowstorm and the officials leave the city running. Possible severe damage to infrastructure, possible death toll, cleanup is significantly more complicated and takes far longer. Officials are berated for their carelessness.
Funny how quickly people have forgotten the Atlanta "blizzard." That was less than a year ago! The mayor ignored warnings by NOAA and insisted on keeping the city running until it was far too late. That was only 3" of snow, but in a part of the country not accustomed to ever seeing any.
It was my understanding that the Arago spot worked best with light of a single wavelength. Also, rather than the alignment of the surface area, it's the circularity that matters. And it's not the deviation from a circle WRT the wavelength, it's the deviation WRT to the circle itself. A larger circle can have a larger absolute roughness and still produce the Arago spot. I haven't studied optics in about 15 years, though, so maybe I'm wrong.
WTF? GP didn't say that was a good thing. In fact, I'm pretty sure GP said "this is a bad thing." Literally. Right there. Next time try reading the entire comment before freaking out.
Those individuals must spend their own personal money and whatever form their message takes they must personally be present or at the very least attach their names to the message, and any donation must also be from their personal accounts and not the organizations.
Pretty trivial workaround: TWC and Comcast would just take the money that they save by not lobbying and pay it to their CxOs. Of course there won't be any express expectation that they use the money for political speech.
Thanks for that. I didn't know it was illegal in CA. I'll have to check with our branch out there, because I'm pretty sure they still random test.
Back to the Disney thing, I would think that the character actors would fall under a "think of the children" sort of thing. Can you imagine, "Mommy, why does Mickey smell funny like Uncle Jack?" The funny thing is, I'm actually in favor of companies (or governments, for that matter) requiring immunizations, allowing for medical exemptions.
Citation needed. Prove to me that recreation pot use on the weekend is somehow a "public safety" issue for the guy sweeping the floor at the Magic Kingdom. Now vaccinations, on the other hand, really are a public safety issue because the public is harmed by a lack of herd immunity. Just look at the current situation.
The entire guilty until proven innocent is for criminal and civil trials
Actually, it's only for criminal trials. Civil trials are decided on the basis of "the preponderance of evidence."
No, I'm pretty sure he had it right. These days you're guilty until proven innocent in both types of trials. Hell, you may not even see a courtroom, if your "crime" fits the narrative of the day. The press will make your life hell anyway. Terrorism, sexual assault, drugs.
Nearly all companies worth working for have drug testing requirements. So it's not as easy as "you don't have to work for them." You effectively can't work for anybody in entire swaths of industry for doing something that is so harmless, several states have decided to legalize it. Do companies check to make sure you aren't violating other laws? Certainly. Do they make you prove your innocence on a quarterly basis? Of course not. That only happens with drug use.
Some employers even have you sign agreements not to drink in public, drive 5 mph under the speed limit, stay under a certain weight, or my personal favorite-- back in to all parking spots. Let's not forget some companies (e.g. church schools) still fire people for being gay. My employer doesn't allow me to post negative comments about my company on forums. Should this shit be legal?
Seems to me that if a person is doing their job well, that a company shouldn't have the right to fire them. I live in an "at will" state. We can fire somebody because the sky is cloudy, and they can't do anything about it. That seems pretty fucked up to me.
It's David fucking Duke. You can't be a politician from Louisiana and NOT know who he is. How do you go speak at a group and not do even a little bit of research on what they stand for? He may not be a neo-Nazi, but he's completely ignorant when it comes to political appearances. How does a guy like that make it to a leadership position in the Republican party?
Just ask yourself: WWJU? Who Would Jesus Unfriend? Evangelical Christians who unfriend non-believers certainly haven't read the gospel they claim to want to preach. Matthew 9:13 / Mark 2:17 / Luke 5:32. I don't think John has that exact story, but there are several other examples.
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Bullshit. If all the comments were shown by default it would be censorship by crapflood. Obviously, you weren't here during the good ol' days. If everybody shouts nobody is heard.
Yeah, I know his arguments just fine. The difference the good doctor seems to willfully ignore is that while both are "public health issues," they are completely different. With one, you are asking people not to put something into their body because it might harm them. With the other, you are asking people to put something into their body because if they don't, other people will be harmed. As for whether he has any influence, I was just picking a well-known anti-federal-anything politician. I wasn't implying he's the standard bearer or anything, any more than I was implying that he likes to rape puppies. Which he doesn't. Or at least I assume he doesn't. =P
I totally think Google should just buy Uber and change it's name to Goober. That would be awesome.
cuusoo ftw!
More importantly, PAB doesn't have that wide of a selection. You almost have to go to BL for something that hasn't been put into a set in the last few years.
Finally, the far right has consistently and falsely argued that the media is against them. That is bull and always has been. The honest truth is the media is no different today than it has ever been - it tries to be impartial but fails .
Reading about the press's role in the rise of fascism in 1930's Europe is truly frightening. Looking at American newspapers from that era is equally jarring. Some editors were obviously so afraid of Communism (which they conflated with the labor movement) that they were willing to openly support Mussolini and Franco. Anybody who knows anything about the history of the press should scoff (or be worried) anytime Republicans and Fox News talks about the Liberal Media.
My problem with the Oberton Window, and indeed with the right/left dichotomy, is that not everybody agrees on what is more or less freedom. Take the California measles outbreak. Let's say you have a kid with cancer, so they can't take the vaccine. Well, as long as everybody else in your school has it, you have the freedom to send your kid to school. What about EEOC? Some people think companies should have the freedom not to hire people of certain religions or ethnic groups. Others think you should have the freedom to work wherever you are qualified, regardless of race or creed. How about the right to privacy? Should you have the freedom to set up a camera constantly trained at your neighbor's bedroom window? What if I think I should have the freedom to walk around my house naked without worrying about pervy neighbors posting pics to the net. What about sound ordinances? Truth in advertising? Or getting back to the email topic, what about the freedom to search your gmail so that you can be advertised to? Should ISPs have the right to give information to the government without a warrant? In many of these cases, there is no more/less freedom. Only differences in whose freedom gets priority.
Sadly, I suspect you're right. Just like how when Obama said he was pro-vaccines you suddenly have all these Republicans sounding off about how they don't need the federal government sticking needles in our babies. I imagine if Obama said he thought it was wrong to rape puppies, you'd get Ron Paul ranting about how what a man does to his property is none of the federal government's business.
Why would this be a big deal at all? I get all my corporate Outlook email through my Samsung mail client without any problem. It even plays nice with contacts and calendar/reminders. It's way more stable than Outlook on my laptop, too. HATE Outlook 2013.
Why not just supply the guts of the ATM with a nitrogen blanket? Seems like that would keep the acetylene from exploding inside the ATM.
Yeah, I checked out the site, and sure enough most of the comments are this exact sentiment. It's amazing how many people are fucking stupid.
There is a snowstorm and the officials leave the city running. Possible severe damage to infrastructure, possible death toll, cleanup is significantly more complicated and takes far longer. Officials are berated for their carelessness.
Funny how quickly people have forgotten the Atlanta "blizzard." That was less than a year ago! The mayor ignored warnings by NOAA and insisted on keeping the city running until it was far too late. That was only 3" of snow, but in a part of the country not accustomed to ever seeing any.
It was my understanding that the Arago spot worked best with light of a single wavelength. Also, rather than the alignment of the surface area, it's the circularity that matters. And it's not the deviation from a circle WRT the wavelength, it's the deviation WRT to the circle itself. A larger circle can have a larger absolute roughness and still produce the Arago spot. I haven't studied optics in about 15 years, though, so maybe I'm wrong.
WTF? GP didn't say that was a good thing. In fact, I'm pretty sure GP said "this is a bad thing." Literally. Right there. Next time try reading the entire comment before freaking out.
At those bargain basement prices, maybe we can do a kickstarter to buy our own politician!!
Those individuals must spend their own personal money and whatever form their message takes they must personally be present or at the very least attach their names to the message, and any donation must also be from their personal accounts and not the organizations.
Pretty trivial workaround: TWC and Comcast would just take the money that they save by not lobbying and pay it to their CxOs. Of course there won't be any express expectation that they use the money for political speech.
Back to the Disney thing, I would think that the character actors would fall under a "think of the children" sort of thing. Can you imagine, "Mommy, why does Mickey smell funny like Uncle Jack?" The funny thing is, I'm actually in favor of companies (or governments, for that matter) requiring immunizations, allowing for medical exemptions.
Are you sure that was bread? It might have been more chicken.
Citation needed. Prove to me that recreation pot use on the weekend is somehow a "public safety" issue for the guy sweeping the floor at the Magic Kingdom. Now vaccinations, on the other hand, really are a public safety issue because the public is harmed by a lack of herd immunity. Just look at the current situation.
The entire guilty until proven innocent is for criminal and civil trials
Actually, it's only for criminal trials. Civil trials are decided on the basis of "the preponderance of evidence."
No, I'm pretty sure he had it right. These days you're guilty until proven innocent in both types of trials. Hell, you may not even see a courtroom, if your "crime" fits the narrative of the day. The press will make your life hell anyway. Terrorism, sexual assault, drugs.
Nearly all companies worth working for have drug testing requirements. So it's not as easy as "you don't have to work for them." You effectively can't work for anybody in entire swaths of industry for doing something that is so harmless, several states have decided to legalize it. Do companies check to make sure you aren't violating other laws? Certainly. Do they make you prove your innocence on a quarterly basis? Of course not. That only happens with drug use.
Some employers even have you sign agreements not to drink in public, drive 5 mph under the speed limit, stay under a certain weight, or my personal favorite-- back in to all parking spots. Let's not forget some companies (e.g. church schools) still fire people for being gay. My employer doesn't allow me to post negative comments about my company on forums. Should this shit be legal?
Seems to me that if a person is doing their job well, that a company shouldn't have the right to fire them. I live in an "at will" state. We can fire somebody because the sky is cloudy, and they can't do anything about it. That seems pretty fucked up to me.
I offer proof that 5 is bigger than 15, after all is not one fifth bigger than one fifteenth...
Gee, I don't know. I ain't never seen a fifteenth of whiskey.
It's David fucking Duke. You can't be a politician from Louisiana and NOT know who he is. How do you go speak at a group and not do even a little bit of research on what they stand for? He may not be a neo-Nazi, but he's completely ignorant when it comes to political appearances. How does a guy like that make it to a leadership position in the Republican party?
Just ask yourself: WWJU? Who Would Jesus Unfriend? Evangelical Christians who unfriend non-believers certainly haven't read the gospel they claim to want to preach. Matthew 9:13 / Mark 2:17 / Luke 5:32. I don't think John has that exact story, but there are several other examples.
Holy shit. What state do you live in?