I was trying to find general senatorial numbers, or Elizabeth Warren numbers,
The Warren numbers are easy to find. She has become the most popular politician in Massachusetts, with a 52/39 approval over disapproval rating. She will easily be re-elected. She appears to be the 12th most popular Senator in the US.
Somewhere along the way corporations stopped being corporate citizens that gave back to the local community to being multi-national corporations that don't care about the local community of any nation.
Exactly as Marx predicted. I'm not sayin'. I'm just sayin', you know?
Maybe but at this point in time I don't know if it really matters anymore. Either we will do a constitutional convention and address the issues in some manner or ultimately I think we will see a civil war of some sorts in our lifetime.
I don't think so. Look at the Donald Trump rallies. Those are not people who are in any way prepared for the actuality of civil war.
We may see a further rise in militias and ethno-nationalism, but law enforcement can mop them up pretty easily (see "Bundy Ranch" and its offshoots). NRA activists who are actually prepared to use their weapons against other citizens are a tiny minority. Like this lady from a few days ago:
The standard is whether or not the use is "likely to cause confusion". If the use of the NRA and S&W trademarks by the Yes Men are "likely to cause confusion", then they have a bigger problem than their trademarks (see Poe's Law).
And if it's not likely to cause confusion, then they don't have a cause of action. It can't be both ways.
If the Founding Fathers had intended citizens to be able to overthrow the government, maybe they wouldn't have made it a treasonous offense right in the Constitution.
Let's not bullshit. The Second Amendment was about keeping the Slave Patrols viable so the Southern states would ratify the Constitution. Until 2008, there wasn't even an individual right to own a firearm.
Based on the above I believe that the citizens would win. 3M is not a lot of troops to hold a country as large as the US. And holding cities and key infrastructure takes a massive amount of troops, will, and logistical support. Iraq and Afghanistan have clearly shown that a technological inferior enemy can still “win” (think of overall money/lives lost/state of the countries now/etc) and the populations and size of the countries are much smaller.
Why do "Second Amendment activists" love their thought experiments that involve killing members of the United States armed forces and members of law enforcement?
Just remember, that whey they talk about "2nd Amendment solutions" that's exactly what they're talking about - killing members of the military and police.
Interesting to note that in the US, 'gun crime' overall has dropped steadily over the last 2 decades, even as gun sales have increased.
That's because the percentage of US households that own guns has also dropped steadily over the past two decades. The increase in guns is because your average gun owner now has 8 guns.
Compare Detroit's scenario to Chicago's: Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the U.S. and the highest gun homicide rate!
Chicago has a much lower homicide and gun homicide rate than Detroit. In fact, Chicago doesn't even rank in the top 10 US cities by gun homicide rate OR by homicide rate. By homicide alone, Chicago doesn't even rank in the top THIRTY US cities. (note: a relatively uniform 68% of all homicides are committed with guns).
In Detroit the Police Chief with massive government cutbacks advised local citizens to arm themselves!
And Detroit still ranks 25 spots AHEAD of Chicago in the number of homicides. Detroit still leads the country as the big city with the most homicides (and the most gun homicides).
The notion that more guns = less crime has been proven to be a myth, over and over and over. This is why the NRA really doesn't want the CDC to be able to collect data and do research on gun violence. In fact, they've successfully pushed legislation through a Republican congress that forbids them from doing so.
The fact that you believe that about the NRA say more about you than the NRA.
So, if this video is, as you seem to indicate, easily distinguishable from a real NRA video, then their takedown notices are nothing more than bullying. If they're making the case that someone could mistake the Yes Man video for a real NRA statement, then Poe's Law applies. It's one or the other.
Perhaps the solution is to have a non-expert pick a goal or principle to uphold, ask the experts how to do that, try it, and if it isn't working ask the experts why not, and if their answers sound like bullshit fire them and find some other experts who have a different reasonable-sounding idea and try again.
I think that's how our system is supposed to work.
That faces the problem of determining what "working" means, though, and that is to some extent defined by the experts whom you can't necessarily trust.
And therein lies the rub. Also, what do you do when the experts disagree?
we (as a species) will have some system of government where experts in their field are the ones who decide how best to regulate that field
That's what we have in the financial industry now. Almost all of our financial regulations have been written by people who make their living in the field.
Don't assume that expertise means caring what's best for society. It just means you know what's best for you. Technocracy can be an express train to dystopia.
It might be good to remember that it wasn't the "headjob" that got Bill in trouble. It was his willingness to lie while under oath.
Meanwhile, the guy who followed him...
These are the results of the war that we know. And the overall figures are stunning: 4.5 million displaced, 1-2 million widows, 5 million orphans, about one million dead—in one way or another, affecting nearly one in every two people in Iraq with tragically life-altering (or ending) impacts.
It's going to be a fascinating, if redundant, discussion. The good news is that we will have a long time to discuss it before you start seeing a lot of self-driving passenger cars on our roadways.
Now the real moral dilemma is whether one dollar of public funds should go toward infrastructure for self-driving passenger cars. I mean, if there's money left over once we get back to the point we were at middle of last century, when practically every US city had a robust (and profitable) public transportation system, then we can spend some of that on blue-sky projects for self-driving cars. Then I'd be OK with it.
The difference is that the provided lyrics are authorized by the license holder and are of higher quality and accuracy than links to unlicensed providers.
I don't believe you.
I'm going over the unlicensed lyrics to the Biz Markie song that I found on Google and comparing them to the actual song. Since there is no difference, I don't see how licensed lyrics are going to be more accurate. I also don't see how licensed lyrics are going to be of a higher quality. Do you mean they'll be in a fancier font? Will the licensed version correct grammatical errors that the actual songwriter made? How are the licensed lyrics going to be of a higher quality? Will they be delivered faster?
But to allow Leftists to feed their scholarly egos while keeping the workload within their abilities, papers now have to be short, simple, and amusing to write.
I don't know the last time you were on a PhD committee or was an editor at a journal, but I do both regularly and let me tell you, papers are not becoming shorter. "Brevity is the soul of wit" is an axiom that has never impressed fellow academics.
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^does not appear to understand how named chairs work^
The Warren numbers are easy to find. She has become the most popular politician in Massachusetts, with a 52/39 approval over disapproval rating. She will easily be re-elected. She appears to be the 12th most popular Senator in the US.
Exactly as Marx predicted. I'm not sayin'. I'm just sayin', you know?
I don't think so. Look at the Donald Trump rallies. Those are not people who are in any way prepared for the actuality of civil war.
We may see a further rise in militias and ethno-nationalism, but law enforcement can mop them up pretty easily (see "Bundy Ranch" and its offshoots). NRA activists who are actually prepared to use their weapons against other citizens are a tiny minority. Like this lady from a few days ago:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/a...
Trademarks are not protected from parody.
http://corporate.findlaw.com/i...
The standard is whether or not the use is "likely to cause confusion". If the use of the NRA and S&W trademarks by the Yes Men are "likely to cause confusion", then they have a bigger problem than their trademarks (see Poe's Law).
And if it's not likely to cause confusion, then they don't have a cause of action. It can't be both ways.
If the Founding Fathers had intended citizens to be able to overthrow the government, maybe they wouldn't have made it a treasonous offense right in the Constitution.
Let's not bullshit. The Second Amendment was about keeping the Slave Patrols viable so the Southern states would ratify the Constitution. Until 2008, there wasn't even an individual right to own a firearm.
Why do "Second Amendment activists" love their thought experiments that involve killing members of the United States armed forces and members of law enforcement?
Just remember, that whey they talk about "2nd Amendment solutions" that's exactly what they're talking about - killing members of the military and police.
That's because the percentage of US households that own guns has also dropped steadily over the past two decades. The increase in guns is because your average gun owner now has 8 guns.
http://www.vpc.org/studies/own...
Chicago has a much lower homicide and gun homicide rate than Detroit. In fact, Chicago doesn't even rank in the top 10 US cities by gun homicide rate OR by homicide rate. By homicide alone, Chicago doesn't even rank in the top THIRTY US cities. (note: a relatively uniform 68% of all homicides are committed with guns).
http://www.neighborhoodscout.c...
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/20...
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/c...
And Detroit still ranks 25 spots AHEAD of Chicago in the number of homicides. Detroit still leads the country as the big city with the most homicides (and the most gun homicides).
The notion that more guns = less crime has been proven to be a myth, over and over and over. This is why the NRA really doesn't want the CDC to be able to collect data and do research on gun violence. In fact, they've successfully pushed legislation through a Republican congress that forbids them from doing so.
http://www.livescience.com/514...
So, if this video is, as you seem to indicate, easily distinguishable from a real NRA video, then their takedown notices are nothing more than bullying. If they're making the case that someone could mistake the Yes Man video for a real NRA statement, then Poe's Law applies. It's one or the other.
I think that's how our system is supposed to work.
And therein lies the rub. Also, what do you do when the experts disagree?
Poe's Law states,
The fact that this video is indistinguishable from a sincere expression of the NRA says more about the NRA than it does about the Yes Men.
That's what we have in the financial industry now. Almost all of our financial regulations have been written by people who make their living in the field.
Don't assume that expertise means caring what's best for society. It just means you know what's best for you. Technocracy can be an express train to dystopia.
...and that was the end of his presidential campaign.
Maybe they meant to write "gristly end", and they were writing from the alligator's point of view.
Does his oath of office count?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Meanwhile, the guy who followed him...
http://web.mit.edu/humancostir...
It's going to be a fascinating, if redundant, discussion. The good news is that we will have a long time to discuss it before you start seeing a lot of self-driving passenger cars on our roadways.
Now the real moral dilemma is whether one dollar of public funds should go toward infrastructure for self-driving passenger cars. I mean, if there's money left over once we get back to the point we were at middle of last century, when practically every US city had a robust (and profitable) public transportation system, then we can spend some of that on blue-sky projects for self-driving cars. Then I'd be OK with it.
I've noticed that Texas Man has been making a strong move to overtake Florida Man, as this story of courage and determination demonstrates:
http://www.unilad.co.uk/video/...
The man in question, Tommie Woodward was known in Texas for his taste in clothes.
http://cdn.unilad.co.uk/wp-con...
I don't believe you.
I'm going over the unlicensed lyrics to the Biz Markie song that I found on Google and comparing them to the actual song. Since there is no difference, I don't see how licensed lyrics are going to be more accurate. I also don't see how licensed lyrics are going to be of a higher quality. Do you mean they'll be in a fancier font? Will the licensed version correct grammatical errors that the actual songwriter made? How are the licensed lyrics going to be of a higher quality? Will they be delivered faster?
OK, I asked Zeppelin about global supplies of Helium, and this was the response:
https://youtu.be/DBzuYNK95sM
To be fair, they're only trying to be good capitalists.
It's a proven fact that fully 1/3 of all helium production in the world each year goes to making people talk like chipmunks.
I don't know the last time you were on a PhD committee or was an editor at a journal, but I do both regularly and let me tell you, papers are not becoming shorter. "Brevity is the soul of wit" is an axiom that has never impressed fellow academics.
Do you know why they were using steel instead of 531 aluminum?