So, what I hear you saying is the Brits detained a foreign national carrying a large mass of classified information and attempting to leave the country with it? There's a word for that, but it isn't terrorist. (Hint, it rhymes with fly.)
Are you being deliberately obtuse or are you just that ignorant? Depleted Uranium is by no stretch of the imagination a chemical weapon and the use of white phosphorus against a human target is a war crime in its own right.
The problem with chemical weapons (Lets call them "War Gasses" to avoid confusion,) is that they are not really effective against a military target. (They can degrade a military unit's effectiveness, but both sides get degraded.) They are, however, wonderfully effective against civilian targets.
The entire purpose of the Geneva Conventions (and the Geneva conventions to the Hague protocols, which are what actually outlaw "the use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare." Was to avoid civilian casualties (what we call today collateral damage,) and undue suffering of soldiers.)
Sorry, you need to go back to HS Geometry. The surface area of a sphere is 4Pi*r^2. For the earth, this works out to ~ 511.2 m km^2. For mars it works out to 144.9 km^2. 35% or approximately 1/3 the size of earth.
Even assuming the brain remains healthy and intact. (My great-grandfather lived to 108 and didn't loose anything memory or wits wise until about 6 months before he died,) there is also the trauma of outliving everyone you know. It takes a special kind of mind to be able to attend the funerals of all of the people you knew and loved in childhood (and even some descendants) and not crack under the strain.
This is something I can speak to directly. My wife was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer 1 year ago this month. She is gone to intravenous chemo, surgery, and she is now on a yearlong oral chemo.
When she was diagnosed, what symptoms she had had shown up less than two weeks before. At the time, they consisted of cramping, constipation, and irritability. In other words, exactly the same symptoms she had exhibited once a month since puberty. By the time they found it, she had an 11 cm mass that had begun to metastasis into the abdominal wall. The symptoms themselves were actually caused by the 5 liters of fluid that had built up in her abdominal cavity.
As she is not of Eastern European Jewish descent and has no family history of cancer, there was absolutely no reason to suspect what was going on. Herein lies the problem with detection of this type of cancer, it just does not show any signs until it is well along. While I applaud the work in training canines to detect it, there is already a fairly accurate blood test to find ovarian cancer. For the canine route to be effective, pretty much every woman would have to be subjected to a crotch sniff from one of these canines.
[snark] Comrades, you disgust me! Obviously, you have been insufficiently attentive in your political theory classes! Almost two hundred comments on a story involving the class enemies at the CIA, and not one mention of the military-industrial complex. Please report to State Camp 1984 for political re-education.
Those of you how railed about the evils of corporations and capitalism can look forward to a relatively brief stay, but the rest of you appear to be hopeless reactionaries if not outright enemies of the people. Appropriate steps must be taken. [/snark]
The other thing I've noticed is the gradually creeping goalposts. As a child in the '70s, we were told that coming ice age brought about by the pollution we were generating by burning fossil fuels would wipe out half the world's species by the year 2000. (That was also when we were supposed to start running out of oil and most useful metals, but that's another discussion.) Then in the '90s, the target date was 2030 or 2050, depending on which study you were reading. So now, we've got 'till 2080?
The time at which we render the planet uninhabitable keeps shifting, as does the exact means which the same effect is going to destroy all life on earth. Yet the solution being proposed remains the same. And we've always got to do something Right Now! or there will be catastrophic consequences 50-100 years down the road. At some point, a guy starts to ask himself if there might not be something else going on.
Yes, and if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear from jack-booted thugs searching your house every month or so. (You're not hiding any subversives or undesirables in your attic, are you?)
I would call your attention to the Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon, specifically Article II, Section 1. For further information, please see the letter from Rep. Darrell Issa (Admittedly, a bit a a partisan firebrand) to Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the head of this controversy dated 27 March, 2011. I would particularly call your attention to the list of demands that begin on page 2.
It seems possible that this is all what Ms. Lerner is claiming, the actions of a few low level employees seeking a way to streamline an admittedly arduous process, but if so, it demonstrates a level of political tone deafness so high as to boggle the mind.
Yes, you are. If a group is flagged for review by the IRS Based on their beliefs, even if that belief is something as noxious as buggering farm animals on the courthouse steps, there is a problem.
"In America we have two parties, the stupid party and the evil party. Every once and a while, they get together and do something stupid and evil. This is called bipartisanship."
Never did a marathon in gear while I was in, but 15 mi (24k) runs with full combat load were a semi-regular part of training. Usually took about 3 hours, IIRC.
Keep going back. I can remember from my childhood in the '70s, the warnings about the new ice age that was coming if we kept burning fossil fuels. Funny how the solution for warming (Global Warming) and cooling (Ice Age) were exactly the same. Remarkable stuff, this CO2, it can make things hotter and colder, must be some kind of molecular thermos.:P
Here in the States, particularly in the South where I live, there is an adage, "I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six." Boiled down I see at as reserving the right to break the law if I believe that it is a matter of life and death, and then take my chances with a trial afterwards. After all, there was a case (probably apocryphal,) in Texas where someone was found not guilty of murder despite the fact that he was found standing over the victim holding the murder weapon.
When the incredulous judge asked the foreman about the jury’s verdict he received the reply, “Well, Your Honor, Some folk just need killin’.”
I've been taking classes through Coursera (another MOOC, like EduX) since they opened, and I, for one, am thrilled to see this system rolled out. My very first experience was with an English course, and while the subject matter (fantasy and science fiction) was fascinating, and the professor a compelling teacher, the grading system left something to be desired.
The format of the twelve-week course was simple. Read work (Everything from Grimm's Fairytales to Doctorow’s Little Brother,) write a 300-500 word essay on the reading, (Just try to expand on a theme in Dracula in 500 words. Go on, I dare you,) and submit. Then read and grade five other student's essays, and receive your grade from the five other students who read your essay.
Many of my fellow students were knowledgeable and insightful, but I also got accused of plagiarism for pointing out that Frankenstein was a treatise on the dangers of technology, and had my grammar attacked in broken English.
If I were in an actual University setting, where I had paid money to be there and the grade actually meant something more than my vanity, I would be very leery of this system. In a MOOC, where I’m taking the class simply for the love of learning, this system represents a quantum leap forward.
For those who are interested in seeing firsthand how a system like the one described in the article works, try plugging something you’ve written into this: http://www.paperrater.com/free_paper_grader/
And there's the rub. What we have here is one judge interpreting the law as he understands it. Next it goes to the circuit who try to decide if this is a proper interpretation of the law, and the possibly back to SCOTUS to decide if this really is a proper exception to the first sale doctrine.
Based on the recent poll, I'm one of those rare/.ers who follows SCOTUS. This sort of thing is why following them is worth everyone's time. Even if we only consider the US, there are enough district judges that a good lawyer can find one to agree with just about any theory of the law, and no that does not mean someone was paid off.
Get back to me when the 2nd circuit makes a ruling.
I would have to take issue with your premise. If we were to follow the hypothesis that religion were recreated from scratch, I would posit that it could be taken as a certainty that the rules, Don't lie, don't cheat, don't murder, etc would be present. The trappings will probably be different, but the fundamental rules would remain the same. Esp. in light of the fact that they appear in every major and most minor religions that exist. Don't get so caught up in the begats that you miss the beatitudes.
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So, what I hear you saying is the Brits detained a foreign national carrying a large mass of classified information and attempting to leave the country with it? There's a word for that, but it isn't terrorist. (Hint, it rhymes with fly.)
Are you being deliberately obtuse or are you just that ignorant? Depleted Uranium is by no stretch of the imagination a chemical weapon and the use of white phosphorus against a human target is a war crime in its own right.
The problem with chemical weapons (Lets call them "War Gasses" to avoid confusion,) is that they are not really effective against a military target. (They can degrade a military unit's effectiveness, but both sides get degraded.) They are, however, wonderfully effective against civilian targets.
The entire purpose of the Geneva Conventions (and the Geneva conventions to the Hague protocols, which are what actually outlaw "the use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare." Was to avoid civilian casualties (what we call today collateral damage,) and undue suffering of soldiers.)
Sorry, you need to go back to HS Geometry. The surface area of a sphere is 4Pi*r^2. For the earth, this works out to ~ 511.2 m km^2. For mars it works out to 144.9 km^2. 35% or approximately 1/3 the size of earth.
Even assuming the brain remains healthy and intact. (My great-grandfather lived to 108 and didn't loose anything memory or wits wise until about 6 months before he died,) there is also the trauma of outliving everyone you know. It takes a special kind of mind to be able to attend the funerals of all of the people you knew and loved in childhood (and even some descendants) and not crack under the strain.
This is something I can speak to directly. My wife was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer 1 year ago this month. She is gone to intravenous chemo, surgery, and she is now on a yearlong oral chemo.
When she was diagnosed, what symptoms she had had shown up less than two weeks before. At the time, they consisted of cramping, constipation, and irritability. In other words, exactly the same symptoms she had exhibited once a month since puberty. By the time they found it, she had an 11 cm mass that had begun to metastasis into the abdominal wall. The symptoms themselves were actually caused by the 5 liters of fluid that had built up in her abdominal cavity.
As she is not of Eastern European Jewish descent and has no family history of cancer, there was absolutely no reason to suspect what was going on. Herein lies the problem with detection of this type of cancer, it just does not show any signs until it is well along. While I applaud the work in training canines to detect it, there is already a fairly accurate blood test to find ovarian cancer. For the canine route to be effective, pretty much every woman would have to be subjected to a crotch sniff from one of these canines.
[snark] Comrades, you disgust me! Obviously, you have been insufficiently attentive in your political theory classes! Almost two hundred comments on a story involving the class enemies at the CIA, and not one mention of the military-industrial complex. Please report to State Camp 1984 for political re-education. Those of you how railed about the evils of corporations and capitalism can look forward to a relatively brief stay, but the rest of you appear to be hopeless reactionaries if not outright enemies of the people. Appropriate steps must be taken. [/snark]
Some of the sheep...
Jimmy Carter? He's history's greatest monster!
The other thing I've noticed is the gradually creeping goalposts. As a child in the '70s, we were told that coming ice age brought about by the pollution we were generating by burning fossil fuels would wipe out half the world's species by the year 2000. (That was also when we were supposed to start running out of oil and most useful metals, but that's another discussion.) Then in the '90s, the target date was 2030 or 2050, depending on which study you were reading. So now, we've got 'till 2080? The time at which we render the planet uninhabitable keeps shifting, as does the exact means which the same effect is going to destroy all life on earth. Yet the solution being proposed remains the same. And we've always got to do something Right Now! or there will be catastrophic consequences 50-100 years down the road. At some point, a guy starts to ask himself if there might not be something else going on.
Don't do that, whatever he has might be contagious. I wouldn't even trust a full-body condom.
Yes, and if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear from jack-booted thugs searching your house every month or so. (You're not hiding any subversives or undesirables in your attic, are you?)
I would call your attention to the Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon, specifically Article II, Section 1. For further information, please see the letter from Rep. Darrell Issa (Admittedly, a bit a a partisan firebrand) to Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the head of this controversy dated 27 March, 2011. I would particularly call your attention to the list of demands that begin on page 2.
It seems possible that this is all what Ms. Lerner is claiming, the actions of a few low level employees seeking a way to streamline an admittedly arduous process, but if so, it demonstrates a level of political tone deafness so high as to boggle the mind.
The upshot is that something here stinks. Particularly given that President Obama has made jokes about auditing those he is unhappy with. This needs to be investigated, and investigated NOW.
Yes, you are. If a group is flagged for review by the IRS Based on their beliefs , even if that belief is something as noxious as buggering farm animals on the courthouse steps, there is a problem.
"In America we have two parties, the stupid party and the evil party. Every once and a while, they get together and do something stupid and evil. This is called bipartisanship."
Wow, it sounds like a simplified form of Cripple Mr. Onion.
Never did a marathon in gear while I was in, but 15 mi (24k) runs with full combat load were a semi-regular part of training. Usually took about 3 hours, IIRC.
And so far, this has been a remarkably fact-free thread.
Keep going back. I can remember from my childhood in the '70s, the warnings about the new ice age that was coming if we kept burning fossil fuels. Funny how the solution for warming (Global Warming) and cooling (Ice Age) were exactly the same. Remarkable stuff, this CO2, it can make things hotter and colder, must be some kind of molecular thermos. :P
A "Smart" phone does not automatically transfer that quality to the user.
No, the word you're looking for isn't libertarian, it is anarchist.
Here in the States, particularly in the South where I live, there is an adage, "I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six." Boiled down I see at as reserving the right to break the law if I believe that it is a matter of life and death, and then take my chances with a trial afterwards. After all, there was a case (probably apocryphal,) in Texas where someone was found not guilty of murder despite the fact that he was found standing over the victim holding the murder weapon.
When the incredulous judge asked the foreman about the jury’s verdict he received the reply, “Well, Your Honor, Some folk just need killin’.”
I've been taking classes through Coursera (another MOOC, like EduX) since they opened, and I, for one, am thrilled to see this system rolled out. My very first experience was with an English course, and while the subject matter (fantasy and science fiction) was fascinating, and the professor a compelling teacher, the grading system left something to be desired.
The format of the twelve-week course was simple. Read work (Everything from Grimm's Fairytales to Doctorow’s Little Brother,) write a 300-500 word essay on the reading, (Just try to expand on a theme in Dracula in 500 words. Go on, I dare you,) and submit. Then read and grade five other student's essays, and receive your grade from the five other students who read your essay.
Many of my fellow students were knowledgeable and insightful, but I also got accused of plagiarism for pointing out that Frankenstein was a treatise on the dangers of technology, and had my grammar attacked in broken English.
If I were in an actual University setting, where I had paid money to be there and the grade actually meant something more than my vanity, I would be very leery of this system. In a MOOC, where I’m taking the class simply for the love of learning, this system represents a quantum leap forward.
For those who are interested in seeing firsthand how a system like the one described in the article works, try plugging something you’ve written into this: http://www.paperrater.com/free_paper_grader/
And there's the rub. What we have here is one judge interpreting the law as he understands it. Next it goes to the circuit who try to decide if this is a proper interpretation of the law, and the possibly back to SCOTUS to decide if this really is a proper exception to the first sale doctrine. Based on the recent poll, I'm one of those rare /.ers who follows SCOTUS. This sort of thing is why following them is worth everyone's time. Even if we only consider the US, there are enough district judges that a good lawyer can find one to agree with just about any theory of the law, and no that does not mean someone was paid off.
Get back to me when the 2nd circuit makes a ruling.
It's known as a non-falsifiable hypothesis, something that belongs to the realm of faith, not science.
I would have to take issue with your premise. If we were to follow the hypothesis that religion were recreated from scratch, I would posit that it could be taken as a certainty that the rules, Don't lie, don't cheat, don't murder, etc would be present. The trappings will probably be different, but the fundamental rules would remain the same. Esp. in light of the fact that they appear in every major and most minor religions that exist. Don't get so caught up in the begats that you miss the beatitudes.