Just remember it was the butt-hurt Democrats that insisted on electronic voting after Al Gore showed Hillary how to win the popular vote but lose the election.
Before anyone decided to argue about stolen elections, just a reminder that the right wing newspaper the NY Timesdeclared that there was no way Al Gore could have won the 2000 election in Florida, and losing Florida cost him the Predidency.
So because Brazil decides to go completely electronic voting that somehow invalidates the arguments against election technologies that provide an actual physical audit trail?
Having no physical audit trail simply means the government will be telling you 'just trust us' after they announce the election result.
"Not wanting to work" is a protected right the Republicans are attacking? Seriously?
Cutting off free gov't money so that able-bodied adults without dependent children makes sense to everyone UNLESS you are a politician and their votes are a big part of your re-election plans...
Gig Economy jobs suck - they're horrible jobs with low pay and high misery components - why shouldn't the Gig economy workforce be shrinking?
Perhaps - just perhaps, with more open jobs than workers looking for jobs, potential "Gig'ers" have better options than leasing a car from Uber, buying Uber's insurance, driving strangers all over town, and hoping to earn more than gas money for the privilege?
Electric car development, Electric car factories, Car battery factories, consumer purchase of the electric car, charging stations in public places, charging stations at office buildings, charging stations at home, are ALL subsidized, and are allowed to run tax-free on public roads and bridges.
If electric cars aren't ubiquitous, it isn't for lack of government support.
Why can't electric vehicle owners be expected to fund construction of a sufficient number of refueling stations the way automobile owners fund construction of gas stations?
Currently, who typically buys electric vehicles? is it the lower income families or those lousy 1%ers? One of the most popular electric vehicles on the road today are the various tesla vehicles, which are NOT marketed in inner-city neighborhoods to lower-income families.
Build that and you'll probably find coin operated EV chargers installed at every convenience store and office building parking lot.
The raw electricity to charge a plug-in car is over $2.50, add profit and overhead, and you could be looking at $7.50-$10 per charge - that's a lot of coins.
Electric car development, Electric car factories, Car battery factories, consumer purchase of the electric car, charging stations in public places, charging stations at office buildings, charging stations at home, are ALL subsidized, and are allowed to run tax-free on public roads and bridges.
If electric cars aren't ubiquitous, it isn't for lack of government support.
Wait, you mean politicians didn't offer free gasoline in state-owned gas stations to spur along the new horseless carriages owned by the 1%ers of their time? How did the burgeoning industry ever develop?
Vehicles have unique VINs, traceable to their registered owner.
Crypto-currencies have no such ability to tie them to a registered owner once the key is lost - that is, in large part, the appeal of crypto-currencies, that they can not be tied to their owner.The
If I can brute-force guess your crypto-currency key, how do you protect your bitcoin from theft?
How well did that "absolute, verified shutdown of nuclear development, no exceptions" work out for Ghaddafi?
Ghaddafi got. What he deserved at the hands of the people he mis-treated.
The goal for the US isn't to keep crazy dictators in power, it's to end Nuke programs by crazy dictators - and on that the Lybian Model worked perfectly.
Hell, I walked to school alone for a good stretch until my mom got a job and I had to go to a neighbour's house until it was time to leave for school.
When I was in 7th grade my mom dropped me off at the BART station, I rode the train to Oakland, caught a chartered bus to my school in the hills over Oakland, and the reverse heading home.
I was never worried, I wasn't aware of my parents being worried, and this was in the mid-seventies.
I can't imagine any parent doing this today, but I don't know the world was safer then/more dangerous today.
Well, you used to be able to finance your down payment and closing costs on a house, notably when George W. Bush was President, but then the housing market imploded and everyone acted surprised.
If the only thing preventing one from buying instead of renting is the down payment, that is a solvable problem - take on a part-time job to raise the down payment. A down payment is 5% of home price.
You can't (normally) evict someone that isn't party to a lease agreement. AFAIK this man-child did not have a lease agreement with his parents - if he did, the parents could have let that agreement lapse, and if he remained in the house called the sheriff to have their son evicted.
Being their child doesn't entitle him to live in their house indefinitely.
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Just remember it was the butt-hurt Democrats that insisted on electronic voting after Al Gore showed Hillary how to win the popular vote but lose the election.
Before anyone decided to argue about stolen elections, just a reminder that the right wing newspaper the NY Timesdeclared that there was no way Al Gore could have won the 2000 election in Florida, and losing Florida cost him the Predidency.
So because Brazil decides to go completely electronic voting that somehow invalidates the arguments against election technologies that provide an actual physical audit trail?
Having no physical audit trail simply means the government will be telling you 'just trust us' after they announce the election result.
"Not wanting to work" is a protected right the Republicans are attacking? Seriously?
Cutting off free gov't money so that able-bodied adults without dependent children makes sense to everyone UNLESS you are a politician and their votes are a big part of your re-election plans...
It's a bullshit number, but we've used the same bullshit number for the last dozen or so administrations.
Gig Economy jobs suck - they're horrible jobs with low pay and high misery components - why shouldn't the Gig economy workforce be shrinking?
Perhaps - just perhaps, with more open jobs than workers looking for jobs, potential "Gig'ers" have better options than leasing a car from Uber, buying Uber's insurance, driving strangers all over town, and hoping to earn more than gas money for the privilege?
They don't have to sell at free-market prices, and they could work to improve their community themselves.
Besides, there's so much land not in the city they can take their money to and start a new life outside a lot of poverty.
Oh wait, I bet they don't own their homes - they rent them from rich folks who get all the money.
Sucks to be poor, I guess.
Electric car development,
Electric car factories,
Car battery factories,
consumer purchase of the electric car,
charging stations in public places,
charging stations at office buildings,
charging stations at home,
are ALL subsidized, and are allowed to run tax-free on public roads and bridges.
If electric cars aren't ubiquitous, it isn't for lack of government support.
Why can't electric vehicle owners be expected to fund construction of a sufficient number of refueling stations the way automobile owners fund construction of gas stations?
Currently, who typically buys electric vehicles? is it the lower income families or those lousy 1%ers? One of the most popular electric vehicles on the road today are the various tesla vehicles, which are NOT marketed in inner-city neighborhoods to lower-income families.
A gas station has a dozen or more pumps, thousands of gallons of flammable liquid in the ground, and were universally built with private funds.
Public charging stations are, by definition, built with public funds, largely paid for by people that do not own electric vehicles.
Build that and you'll probably find coin operated EV chargers installed at every convenience store and office building parking lot.
The raw electricity to charge a plug-in car is over $2.50, add profit and overhead, and you could be looking at $7.50-$10 per charge - that's a lot of coins.
Electric car development,
Electric car factories,
Car battery factories,
consumer purchase of the electric car,
charging stations in public places,
charging stations at office buildings,
charging stations at home,
are ALL subsidized, and are allowed to run tax-free on public roads and bridges.
If electric cars aren't ubiquitous, it isn't for lack of government support.
Before or after $7,500 government subsidy?
You're more than welcome to level the playing field. Just tax them back.
Gasoline companies pay over 58 cents per gallon in federal taxes. They pay plenty of taxes.
Do electric cars pay taxes to build roads and bridges? No.
Wait, you mean politicians didn't offer free gasoline in state-owned gas stations to spur along the new horseless carriages owned by the 1%ers of their time? How did the burgeoning industry ever develop?
No, don't be stupid.
Vehicles have unique VINs, traceable to their registered owner.
Crypto-currencies have no such ability to tie them to a registered owner once the key is lost - that is, in large part, the appeal of crypto-currencies, that they can not be tied to their owner.The
If I can brute-force guess your crypto-currency key, how do you protect your bitcoin from theft?
Wait, are there any cows or cars outside America? Don't they contribute to global climate change?
why shouldn't parents be able to wind up with their kids' debt?
Parents do, all the time - they co-sign student loans, auto loans, and home loans all the time, and when their child doesn't make payments...
The sad example is the college student that dies while in college, leaving their parents to pay off the loans against their dead child's education.
In america, it's very hard to hold parents responsible for their children.
How well did that "absolute, verified shutdown of nuclear development, no exceptions" work out for Ghaddafi?
Ghaddafi got. What he deserved at the hands of the people he mis-treated.
The goal for the US isn't to keep crazy dictators in power, it's to end Nuke programs by crazy dictators - and on that the Lybian Model worked perfectly.
Better late than never - his insistence to reproduce before he was self-supporting rests squarely on the man-child's shoulders.
What happens when his baby-momma gets a court to order him to pay child support?
And probably, a lawsuit is not the best way to deal with it too. Not that I'm ignoring the tribulation that the parents must've gone through already
They asked, they demanded, they threatened, and even offered money, but he refused - the lawsuit was not their first choice.
So you say parents, and parents alone bear responsibility for providing for their children the rest of their lives?
Great, so we can dismantle the welfare state and tell everyone to go live with their parents? Sounds great, what could possibly go wrong? /sarcasm
So he's got:
his parents evicting him;
his baby-momma challenging custody;
and a lawsuit against a former employer.
Yes, he's fighting for joint-custody.
Chores aren't the issue, his 'failure to launch' is the issue.
They think their grandchild, their son's child, deserves a better male role model than their son provides.
Hell, I walked to school alone for a good stretch until my mom got a job and I had to go to a neighbour's house until it was time to leave for school.
When I was in 7th grade my mom dropped me off at the BART station, I rode the train to Oakland, caught a chartered bus to my school in the hills over Oakland, and the reverse heading home.
I was never worried, I wasn't aware of my parents being worried, and this was in the mid-seventies.
I can't imagine any parent doing this today, but I don't know the world was safer then/more dangerous today.
Well, you used to be able to finance your down payment and closing costs on a house, notably when George W. Bush was President, but then the housing market imploded and everyone acted surprised.
If the only thing preventing one from buying instead of renting is the down payment, that is a solvable problem - take on a part-time job to raise the down payment. A down payment is 5% of home price.
You can't (normally) evict someone that isn't party to a lease agreement. AFAIK this man-child did not have a lease agreement with his parents - if he did, the parents could have let that agreement lapse, and if he remained in the house called the sheriff to have their son evicted.
Being their child doesn't entitle him to live in their house indefinitely.