I would imagine that some boats down in the Gulf of Mexico or in the Pacifici near San Diego would have some kind of submarine spotters, given that the drug runners use midget subs to sneak past surface ships.
The problem with that is that Roe v Wade rejected the rationale of a "fetus as a person" ideology behind anti-abortion laws. The court opinion mostly hinged on privacy concerns.
"I suppose the counter to your argument is that citizens who work for the government are also receiving health benefits subsidized by you and I. So when health insurance premiums go up for all government employees because the costs of obese employees are higher, then all citizens pay the price. Of course, you could also argue that one might expect those same obese to not live quite as long, leading to smaller overall pension payouts. Maybe it turns out to be a wash, maybe not."
You could also replace smoker with any number of unhealthy life-styles including "alcoholic" or "has high chloesterol". Heck, if we go a little farther we can extend that to any people who engage dangerous activites such as skydiving or rock climbing or people who have a habit of driving too fast. I don't think smoking is a wise decision, but you have to respect people's rights to make their own decisions on completely legal matters.
As a professing Christian myself, I'm gonna say you're running close to a no-true-scotsman fallacy on this one. Sadly it is possible for people to be Christian and to still use the Bible to push some bizarre agenda over issues God really isn't concerned with. If Islam has to claim the fanatics who detonate themselves because of false teachings from corrupt imams, then Christianity has to take responsibility for the Paul Hills and Jerry Jones of the world.
Bottom line: we aren't perfect. Anyone who claims to be is lying. We're just sick people telling other sick people where we found a doctor.
Heck, anything military personnel are issued, in terms of clothing, has to be manufactured in the USA. That's why military personnel buy their own running shoes instead of having them issued. As only New Balance makes their running shoes in the USA anymore, issuing sneakers would effectively give a no-bid contract to New Balance.*
Because changing the system takes too much fucking effort. It's much easier to pay lip service to fixing the problem than actually fixing the fucking problem. That way we don't have to inconvience ourselves.
I'm in a highly mobile occupation so I find myself having to move new cities every few years and finding new gaming groups can be a challenge. Aside from meetup, I believe Wizards of the Coast has a game-finder on their website, as does the White Wolf website (the company behind WoD, Exalted, and others). Another possibility is OktakuBooty. It was originally a dating site for geeks (seriously), but it's branch out into a social hub of sorts. It's a paid website and I haven't used it since my gift subscription ran out a few years ago. I've found a few on Craigslist believe it or not, though your search terminology sometimes has to be very specific.
Happy hunting!
A Canticle for Liebowitz has been floating around high-school reading lists for a bit. Oddly enough I discovered both that one and Ender's Game through my high-school English class.
I'm not certain if you're setting up a strawman or really that selfish. Yes, the expense is worth it, because we want our children to have a better education than the one we had.
...arithmetic hasn't changed at all in the past 100 years. American History from 1500 to 1900 hasn't changed in the past 100 years. Newtonian physics hasn't changed in the past 100 years either
I agree with you on the math and the physics portion, but there is a valid reason to update history books. While the events haven't changed, our understanding of them has. New research brings new documents to light or shows new connections between peoples and events, some of which change the way in which we view things. I'm not saying history books need to be updated as often as they are, but revising them every 5-10 years to reflect our current understanding of history isn't a bad thing.
Peace? What peace? The war never officially ended. Combat hostilities still flair up. Did you miss the part where North Korea shelled South Korea in November of 2010?
This left me scratching my head, actually. After Korea, what conflicts were those where U.S. forces have came into open confrontation with Soviet-doctrine troops? Vietnam was, arguably, closer to a "counterinsurgency campaign", really. Do you mean Iraq? these guys were so outclassed hardware it's not even funny, so I don't think it's a meaningful comparison.
I believe the OP is referring to the wars-by-proxy of the Cold War era, where the Soviets would arm one side, the US would arm the other. The Yom Kippur War comes to mind.
Not unreasonable, but still wrong. The Spanish-American war was between the US and Spain, mainly over stuff occurring in the Caribbean and the Philippines. The Battle of the Alamo was fought when the Texians (name given to the predominantly Anglo rebels) revolted against the Mexican government. If anything, the Alamo is aligned with the Mexican-American war. One of the causes was the US annexation of Texas since Mexico still considered Texas as part of its territory in spite of the Treaty of Velasco nine years earlier.
Wikipedia gives a fairly even-handed treatment of the Spanish-American War, the Mexican-American War, and the Texas War of Independence, which given the massive amount of contention and conspiracy theories running around in academic circles on those subject is tricky to do.
The Battle of the Alamo occurred during the Texian revolt from Mexico and has nothing to do with the Spanish-American War. Unless you're just making a list of things the NY Times didn't put on the wall.
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I would imagine that some boats down in the Gulf of Mexico or in the Pacifici near San Diego would have some kind of submarine spotters, given that the drug runners use midget subs to sneak past surface ships.
But then you'd be robin us all of the joy of these puns.
The problem with that is that Roe v Wade rejected the rationale of a "fetus as a person" ideology behind anti-abortion laws. The court opinion mostly hinged on privacy concerns.
"I suppose the counter to your argument is that citizens who work for the government are also receiving health benefits subsidized by you and I. So when health insurance premiums go up for all government employees because the costs of obese employees are higher, then all citizens pay the price. Of course, you could also argue that one might expect those same obese to not live quite as long, leading to smaller overall pension payouts. Maybe it turns out to be a wash, maybe not."
You could also replace smoker with any number of unhealthy life-styles including "alcoholic" or "has high chloesterol". Heck, if we go a little farther we can extend that to any people who engage dangerous activites such as skydiving or rock climbing or people who have a habit of driving too fast. I don't think smoking is a wise decision, but you have to respect people's rights to make their own decisions on completely legal matters.
As a professing Christian myself, I'm gonna say you're running close to a no-true-scotsman fallacy on this one. Sadly it is possible for people to be Christian and to still use the Bible to push some bizarre agenda over issues God really isn't concerned with. If Islam has to claim the fanatics who detonate themselves because of false teachings from corrupt imams, then Christianity has to take responsibility for the Paul Hills and Jerry Jones of the world. Bottom line: we aren't perfect. Anyone who claims to be is lying. We're just sick people telling other sick people where we found a doctor.
Where were you at? More than likely the DoD station was cleared for something other than SIPRNET access, possibly CENTRIX usage or FOUO/CONFIDENTIAL.
Heck, anything military personnel are issued, in terms of clothing, has to be manufactured in the USA. That's why military personnel buy their own running shoes instead of having them issued. As only New Balance makes their running shoes in the USA anymore, issuing sneakers would effectively give a no-bid contract to New Balance.*
*Source: http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/127204-maine-sneaker-maker-could-provide-military-footwea/
While that is ideal, given the economic conditions out there most folks don't have the option to just buy a new house, pack up, and move.
Does your economical philosophy have any relevant bearing on the conversation? No? Then hush unless you can be helpful.
Because changing the system takes too much fucking effort. It's much easier to pay lip service to fixing the problem than actually fixing the fucking problem. That way we don't have to inconvience ourselves.
I'm in a highly mobile occupation so I find myself having to move new cities every few years and finding new gaming groups can be a challenge. Aside from meetup, I believe Wizards of the Coast has a game-finder on their website, as does the White Wolf website (the company behind WoD, Exalted, and others). Another possibility is OktakuBooty. It was originally a dating site for geeks (seriously), but it's branch out into a social hub of sorts. It's a paid website and I haven't used it since my gift subscription ran out a few years ago. I've found a few on Craigslist believe it or not, though your search terminology sometimes has to be very specific. Happy hunting!
Damn, and I was looking forward to the first interstellar Moon Pies, Star Crunches, and Cosmic Brownies!
Somewhat off-topic: Don't be fooled. China's strings simply aren't as obvious.
So glad to have your permission to exercise my right to free speech on a social network NOT owned/controlled by my employer
I'm guessing you're the kind of person who grumbles about people playing rock band when they could be learning to play the actual instruments.
know one gives a damn about you
He does know that one gives a damn about him. Hence the security measures.
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea." Revelation 21:1
A Canticle for Liebowitz has been floating around high-school reading lists for a bit. Oddly enough I discovered both that one and Ender's Game through my high-school English class.
I'm not certain if you're setting up a strawman or really that selfish. Yes, the expense is worth it, because we want our children to have a better education than the one we had.
...arithmetic hasn't changed at all in the past 100 years. American History from 1500 to 1900 hasn't changed in the past 100 years. Newtonian physics hasn't changed in the past 100 years either
I agree with you on the math and the physics portion, but there is a valid reason to update history books. While the events haven't changed, our understanding of them has. New research brings new documents to light or shows new connections between peoples and events, some of which change the way in which we view things. I'm not saying history books need to be updated as often as they are, but revising them every 5-10 years to reflect our current understanding of history isn't a bad thing.
Peace? What peace? The war never officially ended. Combat hostilities still flair up. Did you miss the part where North Korea shelled South Korea in November of 2010?
This left me scratching my head, actually. After Korea, what conflicts were those where U.S. forces have came into open confrontation with Soviet-doctrine troops? Vietnam was, arguably, closer to a "counterinsurgency campaign", really. Do you mean Iraq? these guys were so outclassed hardware it's not even funny, so I don't think it's a meaningful comparison.
I believe the OP is referring to the wars-by-proxy of the Cold War era, where the Soviets would arm one side, the US would arm the other. The Yom Kippur War comes to mind.
I even refuse meet people from dating sites if they are from Israel
Well I wasn't convinced, but that statement made me a believer in your righteousness! Your Nobel Peace Prize is already on its way, good sir!
Not unreasonable, but still wrong. The Spanish-American war was between the US and Spain, mainly over stuff occurring in the Caribbean and the Philippines. The Battle of the Alamo was fought when the Texians (name given to the predominantly Anglo rebels) revolted against the Mexican government. If anything, the Alamo is aligned with the Mexican-American war. One of the causes was the US annexation of Texas since Mexico still considered Texas as part of its territory in spite of the Treaty of Velasco nine years earlier.
Wikipedia gives a fairly even-handed treatment of the Spanish-American War, the Mexican-American War, and the Texas War of Independence, which given the massive amount of contention and conspiracy theories running around in academic circles on those subject is tricky to do.
The Battle of the Alamo occurred during the Texian revolt from Mexico and has nothing to do with the Spanish-American War. Unless you're just making a list of things the NY Times didn't put on the wall.