returning responsibility for security to private property owners
Awesome. Only the rich will be able to defend their property. Just fucking awesome. Is he aware why central governments became in vogue in the Far East and in Europe? Or how the places operate that are already returning responsibility for security to private property owners?
The guy is a god damn lunatic. And all his followers are as well.
Hell no. In four years, the only thing he'll manage to do is to throw a giant monkey wrench into the working of the federal government. In four years, he won't close anything, won't reduce the deficit by any meaningful number, but he will cause total and utter chaos.
In other words, he'll create an environment where we still have to pay for all of the government institutions and their contracts, but we won't receive any of the services. Awesome.
Because North Dakota benefits from having a California that doesn't get devastated by tsunamis or earthquakes. The same way that the world benefited from Japan not being completely flooded by a Tsunami.
Yes, because states are magically not government. Either that, or you really think that it is more cost effective to have 50 different state institutions replicate the same exact organization than have it just be done at the federal level.
And this is why it's important to have several browsers around that all implement the same standards. This kind of competition is awesome, because a new browser is just a click away. Don't like Chrome? Go for IE or Firefox. Or the other half-dozen options that are available. Features that drive people away will either be killed, or result in the death of the browser.
I really hope that three browsers will remain at the top of the heap for a long time. That makes it a lot harder for one to dictate how the web works, and for two to collude on how the web works.
If you don't like the study, you can trawl through the entire inventory of world glaciers: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g01130_glacier_inventory/. Of course, you could then complain that the data is incomplete for many glaciers, that it is tough to compare them all, and keep arguing that that list is "just as bad" as the list expressly designed to just show the ones that are growing. I don't expect you to actually man up and do one of two things: run a statistical analysis on whether the detailed list of 111 glaciers being watched closely is a good indicator of overall glacier behavior across the world, or to go out and study the evolving ice thickness of every glacier in that list.
While you're not as moronic as the guy who I replied to, you still made the mistake of equating one list picked for one criteria with a much larger list picked for completely unrelated criteria.
The problem was that he was on air as an NPR news analyst, being asked for an analysis of the situation. At that point, he was on the job, representing NPR. That is not the time to put out personal opinions that are politically incorrect and wrong. If he does, he is a lousy news analyst, and deserves the firing for that reason alone. The fact that he was essentially promoting racism as a valid approach to dealing with people while representing NPR was just icing on the cake.
Really? You're comparing the sale of news articles and circulation fraud with firing a news analyst for making an utterly moronic statement while representing NPR?
I agree that every news source has issues, that all stories should be cross-checked for accuracy. But there is getting some things wrong on occasion, and having a corporate policy to flat-out lie for profit and propaganda purposes.
Did you compare that list to the one that shows those that are shrinking? No? Here, let me help you: http://www.wgms.ch/mbb/sum09.html
I know this link is wasted on you, as your argument is one of the most easily, most often debunked claims. Not to mention it shows you have no idea how glaciers work or what the difference between weather and climate is.
Aside from the mistake of Revolutionary versus Republican guard, everything else is pretty much consistent with the general understanding of how Iran works these days. The Revolutionary Guard is a de facto independent faction in the Iranian government, with a significant amount of income that is independent from government salaries. I don't know whether Khameini has actually been sidelined, but the Revolutionary Guard is an important political faction in Iran - much more important than the name and basic purpose initially would suggest.
Of course, on the flip side, $100 of stupid game apps for delaying the sending of critical emails by over 4 hours is utterly ridiculous, and bordering on the insulting.
Bullshit. A czar by definition has no budget, which means he/she has no power. The only thing they can do is hold meetings, and move information around. That alone can be a lot of power - but it certainly isn't unconstitutional to have meetings.
Because cognitive dissonance is only found among liberals (which, I suspect, is everyone you disagree with)? Right..... As long as conservatives continue to put out this kind of moronic and juvenile nonsense, I'll keep voting for the at least well-intended evil.
Would you like your money back? I would suggest that if you really, really like all that functionality, go pay Google to have it stick around. If you don't... well, you can always roll the same thing yourself.
Sheesh, yung uns. So used to getting stuff for free they forgot we used to pay for these same services.
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The last time the US Congress did that, companies just re-purchased their own stock with the money they brought in. In other words, the only people who benefited from that stimulus were the top executives. The rest of us saw a 3 Dollar uptick in the stock price, and thought ourselves lucky we could get a dinner at a nice place through selling the stock.
Pretty much. The work that many corporations go through to avoid billions of taxes is astounding. I have a friend who used to work in finance, and I got introduced to all kinds of fun terms like the dutch sandwich, the double irish arrangement; all of which were strictly legal shenanigans to move money into progressively better tax havens.
Corporations already pay less than 10% in taxes, depending on how good their finance guys are. The fact that Google is getting audited doesn't seem to be a surprise - though a corporation getting audited normally doesn't make the news. I find it peculiar that Google for some reason is attracting all kinds of unwanted attention. I would suggest they beef up their PR and lobbying departments.
Don't forget that colony of ants that held up widening of the road for 6 years in San Jose, total retardation to choke 5 lanes down to 2 to save some fucking ants.
Citation needed. As far as I know, freeways in San Jose are restricted to three lanes for the same reason there is nothing higher than three stories there: city ordinance.
The issue is that they have no workable solution to problems that have been apparent for at least three years now. The topics they rail against were already being discussed when Bear Stearns went belly-up.
This tells me that they really haven't been seriously considering the problem until they started protesting, which is a guaranteed way to have the protest fizzle.
Do you go into your job with a solution to all the problems you face everyday?
I'm actually expected to have a solution to the problems that I face on a daily basis. It's called having experience. Some problems I haven't experienced before, and those require more work to solve. But if it would take me three years to merely identify a problem, I would be out of a job. Either that, or the problem really is that hard, and then I wouldn't go out and picket the CEO's office. I'd suck it up and do my regular duties until I can identify a solution.
Actually, it is different - you'd think lefties in SF would be all over this. Instead, it is about as luke-warm a protest as it could be. The ones in other cities are far better attended.
That's very true. But there was a simple goal, a simple method to achieve that goal, and the goal was the required first step in their search for improved social and economic justice. These people are lacking even the first step.
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returning responsibility for security to private property owners
Awesome. Only the rich will be able to defend their property. Just fucking awesome. Is he aware why central governments became in vogue in the Far East and in Europe? Or how the places operate that are already returning responsibility for security to private property owners?
The guy is a god damn lunatic. And all his followers are as well.
Hell no. In four years, the only thing he'll manage to do is to throw a giant monkey wrench into the working of the federal government. In four years, he won't close anything, won't reduce the deficit by any meaningful number, but he will cause total and utter chaos.
In other words, he'll create an environment where we still have to pay for all of the government institutions and their contracts, but we won't receive any of the services. Awesome.
In other words, because economies of scale disappear, people will on aggregate pay more than before. Nice.
Because North Dakota benefits from having a California that doesn't get devastated by tsunamis or earthquakes. The same way that the world benefited from Japan not being completely flooded by a Tsunami.
Yes, because states are magically not government. Either that, or you really think that it is more cost effective to have 50 different state institutions replicate the same exact organization than have it just be done at the federal level.
And this is why it's important to have several browsers around that all implement the same standards. This kind of competition is awesome, because a new browser is just a click away. Don't like Chrome? Go for IE or Firefox. Or the other half-dozen options that are available. Features that drive people away will either be killed, or result in the death of the browser.
I really hope that three browsers will remain at the top of the heap for a long time. That makes it a lot harder for one to dictate how the web works, and for two to collude on how the web works.
If you don't like the study, you can trawl through the entire inventory of world glaciers: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g01130_glacier_inventory/. Of course, you could then complain that the data is incomplete for many glaciers, that it is tough to compare them all, and keep arguing that that list is "just as bad" as the list expressly designed to just show the ones that are growing. I don't expect you to actually man up and do one of two things: run a statistical analysis on whether the detailed list of 111 glaciers being watched closely is a good indicator of overall glacier behavior across the world, or to go out and study the evolving ice thickness of every glacier in that list.
While you're not as moronic as the guy who I replied to, you still made the mistake of equating one list picked for one criteria with a much larger list picked for completely unrelated criteria.
The problem was that he was on air as an NPR news analyst, being asked for an analysis of the situation. At that point, he was on the job, representing NPR. That is not the time to put out personal opinions that are politically incorrect and wrong. If he does, he is a lousy news analyst, and deserves the firing for that reason alone. The fact that he was essentially promoting racism as a valid approach to dealing with people while representing NPR was just icing on the cake.
Really? You're comparing the sale of news articles and circulation fraud with firing a news analyst for making an utterly moronic statement while representing NPR?
I agree that every news source has issues, that all stories should be cross-checked for accuracy. But there is getting some things wrong on occasion, and having a corporate policy to flat-out lie for profit and propaganda purposes.
Did you compare that list to the one that shows those that are shrinking? No? Here, let me help you: http://www.wgms.ch/mbb/sum09.html
I know this link is wasted on you, as your argument is one of the most easily, most often debunked claims. Not to mention it shows you have no idea how glaciers work or what the difference between weather and climate is.
I'm not surprised anymore, just disappointed.
Aside from the mistake of Revolutionary versus Republican guard, everything else is pretty much consistent with the general understanding of how Iran works these days. The Revolutionary Guard is a de facto independent faction in the Iranian government, with a significant amount of income that is independent from government salaries. I don't know whether Khameini has actually been sidelined, but the Revolutionary Guard is an important political faction in Iran - much more important than the name and basic purpose initially would suggest.
Of course, on the flip side, $100 of stupid game apps for delaying the sending of critical emails by over 4 hours is utterly ridiculous, and bordering on the insulting.
Just think, what would happen if droves of ordinary Americans started challenging these career criminals for their cushy positions of power?
They'd spend millions on running smear campaigns against ordinary Americans and drown them with red tape? Just a thought.
Bullshit. A czar by definition has no budget, which means he/she has no power. The only thing they can do is hold meetings, and move information around. That alone can be a lot of power - but it certainly isn't unconstitutional to have meetings.
Unlike you, they understand where the actual economic and political decisions are made: Wall Street.
Because cognitive dissonance is only found among liberals (which, I suspect, is everyone you disagree with)? Right..... As long as conservatives continue to put out this kind of moronic and juvenile nonsense, I'll keep voting for the at least well-intended evil.
Would you like your money back? I would suggest that if you really, really like all that functionality, go pay Google to have it stick around. If you don't... well, you can always roll the same thing yourself.
Sheesh, yung uns. So used to getting stuff for free they forgot we used to pay for these same services.
The last time the US Congress did that, companies just re-purchased their own stock with the money they brought in. In other words, the only people who benefited from that stimulus were the top executives. The rest of us saw a 3 Dollar uptick in the stock price, and thought ourselves lucky we could get a dinner at a nice place through selling the stock.
Pretty much. The work that many corporations go through to avoid billions of taxes is astounding. I have a friend who used to work in finance, and I got introduced to all kinds of fun terms like the dutch sandwich, the double irish arrangement; all of which were strictly legal shenanigans to move money into progressively better tax havens.
Corporations already pay less than 10% in taxes, depending on how good their finance guys are. The fact that Google is getting audited doesn't seem to be a surprise - though a corporation getting audited normally doesn't make the news. I find it peculiar that Google for some reason is attracting all kinds of unwanted attention. I would suggest they beef up their PR and lobbying departments.
Don't forget that colony of ants that held up widening of the road for 6 years in San Jose, total retardation to choke 5 lanes down to 2 to save some fucking ants.
Citation needed. As far as I know, freeways in San Jose are restricted to three lanes for the same reason there is nothing higher than three stories there: city ordinance.
You should be happy to know that one of common signs at these protests is "End the Fed".
The issue is that they have no workable solution to problems that have been apparent for at least three years now. The topics they rail against were already being discussed when Bear Stearns went belly-up.
This tells me that they really haven't been seriously considering the problem until they started protesting, which is a guaranteed way to have the protest fizzle.
Do you go into your job with a solution to all the problems you face everyday?
I'm actually expected to have a solution to the problems that I face on a daily basis. It's called having experience. Some problems I haven't experienced before, and those require more work to solve. But if it would take me three years to merely identify a problem, I would be out of a job. Either that, or the problem really is that hard, and then I wouldn't go out and picket the CEO's office. I'd suck it up and do my regular duties until I can identify a solution.
Actually, it is different - you'd think lefties in SF would be all over this. Instead, it is about as luke-warm a protest as it could be. The ones in other cities are far better attended.
About 20-30 of them, despite the rain. But the attendance has definitely been reduced.
That's very true. But there was a simple goal, a simple method to achieve that goal, and the goal was the required first step in their search for improved social and economic justice. These people are lacking even the first step.