I think you're referring to the period from 2005-2010 when the FCC was going back and forth with Comcast over throttling certain sites. I fail to see how those efforts prevented other ISPs from entering the market.
I had T-Mobile before I switched to Project Fi. I've had Fi in three places now, East Coast, Houston and now California. It really seems better to me and certainly cheaper most months because I don't pay for any bandwidth I don't use. Lots of months my bill is about $25. Quality is good, I bought the phone outright so I don't pay any vig and I never see "service fees" or additional charges on my bill, ever.
So far, all you've cited is something called a "SuperKendall" which I assume is some sort of sex toy for homosexual men.
I've given you the sources. I count seven separate sources you've been given in this discussion by me and others. Do with them what you will, and make sure you sterilize your "SuperKendall" before reuse.
Now then, you calm that in some cases the dollar savings by the layoffs almost exactly match the dollar cost of the bonus. Yet, in none of the articles do t
Yes, the Wal-Mart bonuses almost exactly equal the savings in closing the Sam's Club stores. You can find the figures in two consecutive articles in Money magazine, but I'll let you find them for yourself, since you apparently need some practice using a search engine.
Pretty pathetic that a poster asking for sources is modded Flamebait.
He got his sources and then pretended they didn't exist. His agenda was to try to pretend the truth is fake. Flamebait was merciful and more than he deserved.
But in that article is said those getting laid off are getting a "$1000 supplemental payment." So, basically they are getting the $1,000 bonus too.
"As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. Get the picture? You laughing now?"
So far, every single company that has announced employee bonuses thanks to the tax bill has followed with an announcement of layoffs shortly afterward. In some cases, the dollar savings of the layoffs almost exactly matched the dollar cost of the bonuses.
If I was an Apple employee, I would polish up my resume. Also, I wouldn't spend those Apple Bonus Bux just yet, since it's coming in the form of restricted stock instead of a $2500.00 check.
Don't forget they were also going to lose everything they had and be executed all because they were brave enough to put their names on that piece of paper.
Nonsense. None of the Founding Fathers came anywhere near facing consequences for their actions. I suppose if you count Washington, who was a general fighting the British, but he wasn't one of the guys who signed the Declaration of Independence, so he really isn't a "founding father".
Thomas Jefferson somewhat famously fled across Virginia in advance of the British invasion of the state in 1779. Some of the actual founding fathers had honorary military commissions, as was custom for aristocrats of the time, but Hamilton was the only one who got anywhere near combat, and in fact ended up dying at the hands of one of his fellow American aristocrats. None of the founding fathers was injured or killed in the bloody Revolutionary War. None lost their fortunes or income streams. In fact none of them were put out in the least.
They were rich guys who didn't want to pay taxes and who knew that if it came to fighting, it would be poor people who bore the brunt of the fighting and suffering. As usual.
Everybody knows you shouldn't buy Bitcoins when Mercury is retrograde. Wait until the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars. Then blockchain will guide the planets and cryptocurrency will steer the stars.
My point is, that state AGs absolutely do have standing to bring suit against the government.
Also, those EPA regulations were never ruled unconstitutional. Landmark actually did not win those cases, they were just able to get the EPA to disclose work product in discovery, which gave Mark Levin, Sekulow and company fodder for their radio talk shows and something to use to raise money. That was the purpose of the lawsuits all along.
Landmark is a scam to fleece the yahoos. Unfortunately, that's what the entire conservative movement has become.
The NN rules in the past saw a dramatic change to network competition all over the USA?
Nope. Sorry. That's just not true. The Net Neutrality rules went into effect in 2015, and the consolidation of the ISP industry started over a decade before that.
Net Neutrality doesn't have anything to do with how many ISPs enter the marketplace. It doesn't set up or encourage monopolies. It just says that if you're selling broadband, you can't prioritize traffic to help some other division owned by your parent company.
I guess it's once again time for me to post the simplest, clearest definition of Net Neutrality ever posted, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
That said, really am getting tired of the judicial activists jumping in on something that those agencies clearly have purview on, it only screws up our system even further.
Right-wing think tanks (and red state AGs) brought many suits against the Obama Administration for things they didn't like. Mostly EPA regulations forcing them to have safe drinking water, etc. Landmark Legal Foundation made a nice little business bringing these suits, and it's founder, right-wing talk radio jackoff Jay Sekulow,, is now on Trump's legal team to prevent these suits from happening.
It's actually the way our system is supposed to work.
I am wondering - do the AG's have standing to file suit here?
Yes. Google "federalism".
Can a bunch of AGs just get together and appeal to a judge to get the government to do something?
It doesn't have to be a "bunch" of AGs. One is enough. It just so happens that all the states where people wear shoes and have dental care joined in this particular lawsuit. And in this case, it's not to get the government to do something, but to stop the government from doing something.
Our entire system of government was designed by wealthy landowners to give themselves a disproportionate amount of political power at the expense of the working class.
Absolutely true. When it comes right down to it, the Founding Fathers were basically rich wine snobs who just didn't want to pay their taxes. All the stuff about liberty and equality was just so much happy horseshit to make the yahoos think there was something noble going on while they set up their aristocracy.
OK, I see what you're saying. But there is an enormous amount of sonic innovation going on in music being recorded today.
Here's an example from one of my favorite albums of last year, HUMANZ by Gorillaz. There are poly-rhythms, complex spatial effects across the stereo soundstage and sonic spectrum, both synthetic and natural instruments, rich and unusual harmonies, and...no autotune.,
When they find out their medical expenses incurred by their wife's cancer treatment or their kid's rehab are no longer tax deductible, their lives will be measurably worse. If they're one of the Carrier employees whose job is being moved to Mexico after Trump made promises, their lives will be measurably worse. If they worked at Sam's Club, which closed stores after their parent company got billions in tax breaks, their lives will be worse. If they expect Medicaid to help them with their aging parents' care, they will be in for a major surprise.
Yes, their rust-belt lives will be worse, and it will be significant.
The first Beatles album that had a Moog synthesizer on it was Abbey Road, which was released well after their status as the most popular band in the world was cemented. You cannot say that the Moog synthesizer had any impact on the Beatles success or popularity.
and yes, he wouldn't have won if the racists stayed home. But there aren't enough racists to put him in office.
There are two possibilities. The people who voted for him are either, a) racist, or b) OK with racism.
Trump never tried to hide his racism. Going back to the Nixon administration, the Department of Justice (under a Republican) had to sue Donald Trump to get him to rent his apartments to black people. He kicked off his campaign by saying that he thought the first black president was really a secret muslim from Kenya. He's been making racist comments all along. People are just starting to look past the hype.
He won because he promised the people in the rust belt that the government work act to solve their problems.
The quote was in direct reply to the Beatles following Elvis. There's no comparison to the situation today, as they had new instruments, and new technologies. Everything that exists today existed in some form by 1995, it just might be more accessible today.
It was a long time ago, so I may be forgetting something, but the Beatles had two guitars, bass and drums. All those instruments were readily available when Elvis recorded his early Sun sessions.
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I think you're referring to the period from 2005-2010 when the FCC was going back and forth with Comcast over throttling certain sites. I fail to see how those efforts prevented other ISPs from entering the market.
Yes, we all realize that AT&T only has our best interest in mind. They are known for their selfless generosity and concern for customers.
I had T-Mobile before I switched to Project Fi. I've had Fi in three places now, East Coast, Houston and now California. It really seems better to me and certainly cheaper most months because I don't pay for any bandwidth I don't use. Lots of months my bill is about $25. Quality is good, I bought the phone outright so I don't pay any vig and I never see "service fees" or additional charges on my bill, ever.
So far, all you've cited is something called a "SuperKendall" which I assume is some sort of sex toy for homosexual men.
I've given you the sources. I count seven separate sources you've been given in this discussion by me and others. Do with them what you will, and make sure you sterilize your "SuperKendall" before reuse.
Yes, the Wal-Mart bonuses almost exactly equal the savings in closing the Sam's Club stores. You can find the figures in two consecutive articles in Money magazine, but I'll let you find them for yourself, since you apparently need some practice using a search engine.
Here you go. I'm flattered that you prefer my sources to the other poster who provided them. Happy to oblige (the last one is a nice summary)
http://www.kansascity.com/news...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...
https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
He got his sources and then pretended they didn't exist. His agenda was to try to pretend the truth is fake. Flamebait was merciful and more than he deserved.
"As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. Get the picture? You laughing now?"
https://youtu.be/elrnAl6ygeM
So far, every single company that has announced employee bonuses thanks to the tax bill has followed with an announcement of layoffs shortly afterward. In some cases, the dollar savings of the layoffs almost exactly matched the dollar cost of the bonuses.
If I was an Apple employee, I would polish up my resume. Also, I wouldn't spend those Apple Bonus Bux just yet, since it's coming in the form of restricted stock instead of a $2500.00 check.
Nonsense. None of the Founding Fathers came anywhere near facing consequences for their actions. I suppose if you count Washington, who was a general fighting the British, but he wasn't one of the guys who signed the Declaration of Independence, so he really isn't a "founding father".
Thomas Jefferson somewhat famously fled across Virginia in advance of the British invasion of the state in 1779. Some of the actual founding fathers had honorary military commissions, as was custom for aristocrats of the time, but Hamilton was the only one who got anywhere near combat, and in fact ended up dying at the hands of one of his fellow American aristocrats. None of the founding fathers was injured or killed in the bloody Revolutionary War. None lost their fortunes or income streams. In fact none of them were put out in the least.
They were rich guys who didn't want to pay taxes and who knew that if it came to fighting, it would be poor people who bore the brunt of the fighting and suffering. As usual.
Let the sunshine in!
Everybody knows you shouldn't buy Bitcoins when Mercury is retrograde. Wait until the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars. Then blockchain will guide the planets and cryptocurrency will steer the stars.
No, It just means the conservative movement has become little more than a scam to separate the weak-minded from their money.
My point is, that state AGs absolutely do have standing to bring suit against the government.
Also, those EPA regulations were never ruled unconstitutional. Landmark actually did not win those cases, they were just able to get the EPA to disclose work product in discovery, which gave Mark Levin, Sekulow and company fodder for their radio talk shows and something to use to raise money. That was the purpose of the lawsuits all along.
Landmark is a scam to fleece the yahoos. Unfortunately, that's what the entire conservative movement has become.
I'm still trying to figure out if man is five, the devil is six and God is seven, what does that make Donald Trump?
Nope. Sorry. That's just not true. The Net Neutrality rules went into effect in 2015, and the consolidation of the ISP industry started over a decade before that.
Net Neutrality doesn't have anything to do with how many ISPs enter the marketplace. It doesn't set up or encourage monopolies. It just says that if you're selling broadband, you can't prioritize traffic to help some other division owned by your parent company.
I guess it's once again time for me to post the simplest, clearest definition of Net Neutrality ever posted, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
https://www.eff.org/issues/net...
Right-wing think tanks (and red state AGs) brought many suits against the Obama Administration for things they didn't like. Mostly EPA regulations forcing them to have safe drinking water, etc. Landmark Legal Foundation made a nice little business bringing these suits, and it's founder, right-wing talk radio jackoff Jay Sekulow,, is now on Trump's legal team to prevent these suits from happening.
It's actually the way our system is supposed to work.
Yes. Google "federalism".
It doesn't have to be a "bunch" of AGs. One is enough. It just so happens that all the states where people wear shoes and have dental care joined in this particular lawsuit. And in this case, it's not to get the government to do something, but to stop the government from doing something.
Absolutely true. When it comes right down to it, the Founding Fathers were basically rich wine snobs who just didn't want to pay their taxes. All the stuff about liberty and equality was just so much happy horseshit to make the yahoos think there was something noble going on while they set up their aristocracy.
OK, I see what you're saying. But there is an enormous amount of sonic innovation going on in music being recorded today.
Here's an example from one of my favorite albums of last year, HUMANZ by Gorillaz. There are poly-rhythms, complex spatial effects across the stereo soundstage and sonic spectrum, both synthetic and natural instruments, rich and unusual harmonies, and...no autotune.,
https://vimeo.com/200190282
When they find out their medical expenses incurred by their wife's cancer treatment or their kid's rehab are no longer tax deductible, their lives will be measurably worse. If they're one of the Carrier employees whose job is being moved to Mexico after Trump made promises, their lives will be measurably worse. If they worked at Sam's Club, which closed stores after their parent company got billions in tax breaks, their lives will be worse. If they expect Medicaid to help them with their aging parents' care, they will be in for a major surprise.
Yes, their rust-belt lives will be worse, and it will be significant.
The first Beatles album that had a Moog synthesizer on it was Abbey Road, which was released well after their status as the most popular band in the world was cemented. You cannot say that the Moog synthesizer had any impact on the Beatles success or popularity.
There are two possibilities. The people who voted for him are either, a) racist, or b) OK with racism.
Trump never tried to hide his racism. Going back to the Nixon administration, the Department of Justice (under a Republican) had to sue Donald Trump to get him to rent his apartments to black people. He kicked off his campaign by saying that he thought the first black president was really a secret muslim from Kenya. He's been making racist comments all along. People are just starting to look past the hype.
And boy, were they in for a surprise.
Here is the full text of Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
He did not run as a left-wing populist. He ran on an agenda of racism, jingoism and owning the libs.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics...
It was a long time ago, so I may be forgetting something, but the Beatles had two guitars, bass and drums. All those instruments were readily available when Elvis recorded his early Sun sessions.