We've been looking at the weather for thousands of years. Historic records of permanently submerged civilizations seem to be nebulous at best (Noah in Atlantis maybe?)
The next hundred years is a ways off. At least several more emerging "the sky is falling" hysterical periods will occur as we gain a better understanding of the ecosystem that is our home. We've already moved from the "Global Warming" to the "Climate Change" hysterical model in just the last decade.
Electric Cars, are so 1900's, silly Elon, trusting the green jobs hoopla. SpaceX (Another company Elon owns) put a capsule in orbit and brought it back on target. Has any other company achieved that?
Is there a successful wifi business model besides 'sell people coffee while they surf your LAN Radio Internet Waves'? 'Cause selling standalone wifi waves as a primary source of revenue seems dicey as a profitable way to provide reliable Intertubes. Too much interference...
I hate the way the NIMBYs have turned into BANANAS (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone). The good news is, the science is finally coming to light, and it doesn't look good for the man made global warming alarmists of the eco-industrial-complex. Hopefully we will be shut of this madness before it damages the credibility of legitimate environmental concerns. I'd hate to see us stop trusting legitimate environmental science to the point we end up dumping toxic substances into our air and water again...
As I understand it food crops such as wheat can be grown, but they pay only 1 tenth what poppies do. Speaking of rocks, I heard rumblings about lithium deposits in Afghanistan last year, but nothing seems to have come of it.
Interesting concept. Fighting a flat enemy seems like trying to smash an invasion of locusts with a hammer. You have to change the rules or the tools. To me, decriminalization and regulation seem like an excellent approach to the war on drugs. I'm having a hard time applying that to the current struggle against murderous assholes though.
My question is: What should we do about them?
Right now we're killing 'em, but that seems inefficient. We have hammers, bu as you say, they are flat. What if we change the rules?
Pay more than the Taliban for the Afghan's Poppies right at the source. We're already there and have a strong presence? 2 birds, one stone. People like customers, Al Qeada loses $$, we get some smack to control as we see fit.
There it is right on queue, and woefully uninformed. Too bad for you that you are dead wrong cptdondo. Sarah Palin, a very prominent TEA partier, has proposed ending all energy subsidies.
As for some imaginary "failed premise" of individual empowerment, I believe the results of the last election and the things that are happening because prove the ignorance of your statement.
We are voting and paying attention. The TEA Party is legion and we are changing the conversation away from "Ask not what your Government must do for you" to "Ask instead how you can help to prune it's branches before they shadow every aspect of your life..."
This has the added benefit of providing an auditable trail of hand written ballots. Every human will make different marks. Unlike a computerized printout. You will also have physical ballots to count.
Sounds kind of like rent controls in New York. I can see how that is better than housing projects, but it has also bred corruption and abuse. Just look at Charlie Rangel's living/campaign office situation.
It sounds like we agree on much, but you'll have a hard time convincing me that any public assistance program is unambiguously good.
You had me until you said, "The only unambiguously good thing is that the demand for more condos allows the city to require an apportionment of new construction to go for social housing."
Housing projects are unambiguously good?
I agree with your analysis of the hipsters until to that point.
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We've been looking at the weather for thousands of years. Historic records of permanently submerged civilizations seem to be nebulous at best (Noah in Atlantis maybe?)
The next hundred years is a ways off. At least several more emerging "the sky is falling" hysterical periods will occur as we gain a better understanding of the ecosystem that is our home. We've already moved from the "Global Warming" to the "Climate Change" hysterical model in just the last decade.
that's all, just "stupid douchebags"
It's See BS, but that statement is redundant to your comment...
Electric Cars, are so 1900's, silly Elon, trusting the green jobs hoopla. SpaceX (Another company Elon owns) put a capsule in orbit and brought it back on target. Has any other company achieved that?
Nah, just the one in charge of the US that can't give up the credit cards....
No cancellable subscription?
Has someone built a ninja old folks iPad?
Is there a successful wifi business model besides 'sell people coffee while they surf your LAN Radio Internet Waves'? 'Cause selling standalone wifi waves as a primary source of revenue seems dicey as a profitable way to provide reliable Intertubes. Too much interference...
... he don't look right to me, put him up against the wall!...
And the hammers march on.
This stinks. I can't wait until the market for boilerplate makes these business models obsolete...
Amen.
I hate the way the NIMBYs have turned into BANANAS (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone). The good news is, the science is finally coming to light, and it doesn't look good for the man made global warming alarmists of the eco-industrial-complex. Hopefully we will be shut of this madness before it damages the credibility of legitimate environmental concerns. I'd hate to see us stop trusting legitimate environmental science to the point we end up dumping toxic substances into our air and water again...
As I understand it food crops such as wheat can be grown, but they pay only 1 tenth what poppies do. Speaking of rocks, I heard rumblings about lithium deposits in Afghanistan last year, but nothing seems to have come of it.
Interesting concept. Fighting a flat enemy seems like trying to smash an invasion of locusts with a hammer. You have to change the rules or the tools. To me, decriminalization and regulation seem like an excellent approach to the war on drugs. I'm having a hard time applying that to the current struggle against murderous assholes though.
My question is: What should we do about them?
Right now we're killing 'em, but that seems inefficient. We have hammers, bu as you say, they are flat. What if we change the rules?
Pay more than the Taliban for the Afghan's Poppies right at the source. We're already there and have a strong presence? 2 birds, one stone. People like customers, Al Qeada loses $$, we get some smack to control as we see fit.
What's not to like?
There it is right on queue, and woefully uninformed. Too bad for you that you are dead wrong cptdondo. Sarah Palin, a very prominent TEA partier, has proposed ending all energy subsidies.
As for some imaginary "failed premise" of individual empowerment, I believe the results of the last election and the things that are happening because prove the ignorance of your statement.
Microsoft search engine's name begins to make business sense...
Nah, this ain't Plateau far from it.
We are voting and paying attention. The TEA Party is legion and we are changing the conversation away from "Ask not what your Government must do for you" to "Ask instead how you can help to prune it's branches before they shadow every aspect of your life..."
Queue the TEAbagger name calling.
Amen.
Software is irrelevant to this process. The machine shouldn't mark the ballot, the Human should. After all, that's what make us human.
This has the added benefit of providing an auditable trail of hand written ballots. Every human will make different marks. Unlike a computerized printout. You will also have physical ballots to count.
What's not to like?
Never say never :D
The Tea Party passed voter ID in Wisconsin, and it's looking promising in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
...to generally solicit. What else do you expect from our leadership?
Vote accordingly.
Sounds kind of like rent controls in New York. I can see how that is better than housing projects, but it has also bred corruption and abuse. Just look at Charlie Rangel's living/campaign office situation.
It sounds like we agree on much, but you'll have a hard time convincing me that any public assistance program is unambiguously good.
Have a great day!
You had me until you said, "The only unambiguously good thing is that the demand for more condos allows the city to require an apportionment of new construction to go for social housing."
Housing projects are unambiguously good?
I agree with your analysis of the hipsters until to that point.
Amen.
I definitely want to choose our leaders using online polls. I mean what could go wrong?
Vote early vote often...
If you are correct artor3, a little under one sixth of our tax revenue is spent on interest payments which do nothing for us.
I don't need much mongering to fear that... We aren't in the previous decade, we're in this one.
It's one thing to borrow beer money, it's another thing to borrow rent money.
Is that a lie?
Don't worry about FUD, I don't believe we need to privatize everything or go bankrupt.
I agree with your entitlement reform ideas, except for the repeal of tax cuts.