Yeah! When you start out really close to zero it is easy to get a big percent growth.
Why, you stupid sonofabitch. Are you really so lazy that you couldn't spend ten seconds to learn that Minnesota has been among the states with the highest employment-population ratios for years before these latest statistics before making an ass of yourself? Don't you have any self-respect?
You guys don't have elections? Seems like if it was one party's fault, that could easily be rectified.
Not when the party in power actively works to suppress the other side from being able to vote.
North Carolina has the worst record on voting rights. If you're black, you can expect to wait in line 24 times longer to vote than white people. If you need a state ID, and you're black, you're going to have to drive three times farther to get a new ID, and if you're black, you can expect to have your congressional district gerrymandered into the neighboring four Republican districts, thus diminishing your vote. Black people in North Carolina have traditionally been the population most likely to use early voting. So of course, the Republican legislature in North Carolina decides to cut way back on early voting.
North Carolina is some beautiful country, but the state is run by a bunch of ignorant racist peckerheads. Best to stay away unless for some reason you're looking for a state where the age of consent is 16.
The manuscripts of the new testament are close enough to the generation of people who would have witnessed the events that we should conclude that the first copies were written down within a decade or two from those events either by the witnesses themselves or by a scribe transcribing their testimonies. We also have the epistle letters to the churches written by the apostles themselves to congregations around asia minor.
Paul was not an apostle.
The reason why I say the irony is delicious is that you seem to have missed the fundamental theme of the bible where we are called to approach god as his children.
Again, you're using second and third hand sources. Is "close enough" really close enough for you to base your entire understanding of your god?
The bible account does not specifically call the fruit out as an apple and sex in the garden is something that you have interpreted. The account seems to indicate that they suddenly became aware of their nakedness and covered themselves not that they jumped each others bones. They were hiding from God when he came into the garden looking for them. They were in a state of shock.
That account isn't just second hand, but at best 30th-hand. How many generations passed between Adam and Eve and the first written accounts?
I think you need to go back and reread the bible. It is a story about the creator trying to have a relationship with his creation like a father tries to have a relationship with his prodigal son.
At least you admit to basing your entire understanding of a higher power on a "story".
The story of the prodigal son illustrates how God feels about us.
Not a story...a "parable". Written by a Greek physician who was no where near Jesus. The parable appears only in Luke, and Luke was a disciple of Paul, who himself was nowhere near Jesus or the apostles. So Luke is at best maybe four times removed from any of the things he wrote about. Is that "close enough" for you to base your entire understanding of your deity?
Lincoln was also known for saying, "I'm Abraham Lincoln! The stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a gun!"
Yeah, the best thing to do is to turn the energy of your rage towards solving the problem that caused it in the first place. If your coworker is chewing loudly in the cubicle next to you...
You wouldn't know a "radical leftist" if one blew off an M-80 in your underpants. Your concept of what makes for a "radical leftist" is a complete fabrication of Fox News and professional propagandists like Mark Levin.
There isn't a single "radical leftist" anywhere on the US political stage. You'll know if one shows up when you pick up and newspaper and find out about his assassination by a "lone wolf" or his death in a plane crash.
When it comes to wealth and personal property, the authors of the US Constitution explicitly believed that private property and wealth needs to be protected against the desires and whims of the majority.
And that had nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that the authors of the US Constitution were men of wealth and property.
What are you talking about? So you are now blaming god for the actions of man?
Well, He created us in his image, didn't he? So yeah, it's on Him.
You atheists are hilarious.
I'm not an atheist.
The devil destroyed our relationship with god and each other.
Yes, by eating an apple and having sex. What a childish and limited view of God you have. Big Voice In The Sky who will destroy His relationship with you if you happen to do what He created you to do. That's what you get for basing your entire understanding of God on second and third-hand sources.
To be honest, if the Devil does it and God doesn't, I rather side with The Devil. But that is just a personal preference (that will be downvoted by people who disagree with how I think.)
This is a good point. If you've read your Bible, you see that God does a lot more horrible things to people than the Devil does.
There is good reason to wonder about the other side of the story.
Let's face it, the Bible is allegory and the Social Security number is the number you fear. You are marked with it at birth, and though it may not appear physically on your skin, it is embeded in your mind, and written by (in) your dominant (right) hand every time you complete a business transaction. It is essentially a permanent number which identifies you and is almost impossible to change. You are taxed through it, every business is tracked by it, every significant financial transaction requires it
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF MY SOCIAL SECURITY!
Also, Social Security in the US has been around since 1935, so if it's a sign of the End TimesTM, then Somebody up there has been slacking off.
No. Before there were multicopters, there were people putting cameras on R/C helis, even with pan&tilt rigs.
"people putting cameras on R/C" is not the same as every drone on the shelf at Wal-Mart having a ready-to-go high def camera. For your basic lazy skeeve, the fact that the new drones have everything you need in one neat package is a big selling point.
the only thing new is the attachment of cameras for consumer grade versions, along with better control features.
That attached camera is a pretty major upgrade over old RC helicopters, no? With the old remote aircraft, you'd fly them and look at them. With the new drones, you fly them and they look at you.
I don't see them going away anytime in the near future.
Well, the one that Kentucky Man blew outta the sky with birdshot certainly went away, even if only momentarily.
Even if the camera in this drone was the kind used in Civil War photography, 22 seconds is still long enough to take at least half a dozen pictures of children for the drone operator to share with his enthusiast friends on 8chan.
Maybe it's better not to hover your drone over someone else's property unless you were invited. If you were parked in a car in front of my house taking photos, I'd probably at least tap on your window with the barrel of my shotgun to see what the fuck you were doing.
Just because you're using some new faddish technology does not mean you get to exist in some magical place where social norms and rules don't exist.
My NHL GameCenter subscription is some of the best entertainment money I've spent. I refuse to subscribe to Comcast, and it was getting tiring having to go find a bar to watch Hawks games (and some of the other teams I follow). Hockey is a very screen-friendly sport, and extremely exciting with this notion of armored players with sticks chasing each other on a very low-friction surface while balanced on stell blades. When I say it like that, it sounds pretty goddamn sci-fi. Sort of like a Canadian rollerball.
Most other sports, I'm happy listening to on radio. Some, like baseball for example, are actually better on radio than on television.
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Why, you stupid sonofabitch. Are you really so lazy that you couldn't spend ten seconds to learn that Minnesota has been among the states with the highest employment-population ratios for years before these latest statistics before making an ass of yourself? Don't you have any self-respect?
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/20...
And by the way, the states with the lowest employment-population ratios are (take a guess) West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi and New Mexico.
Have you ever been to North Carolina?
Not when the party in power actively works to suppress the other side from being able to vote.
North Carolina has the worst record on voting rights. If you're black, you can expect to wait in line 24 times longer to vote than white people. If you need a state ID, and you're black, you're going to have to drive three times farther to get a new ID, and if you're black, you can expect to have your congressional district gerrymandered into the neighboring four Republican districts, thus diminishing your vote. Black people in North Carolina have traditionally been the population most likely to use early voting. So of course, the Republican legislature in North Carolina decides to cut way back on early voting.
North Carolina is some beautiful country, but the state is run by a bunch of ignorant racist peckerheads. Best to stay away unless for some reason you're looking for a state where the age of consent is 16.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Paul was not an apostle.
Again, you're using second and third hand sources. Is "close enough" really close enough for you to base your entire understanding of your god?
That account isn't just second hand, but at best 30th-hand. How many generations passed between Adam and Eve and the first written accounts?
At least you admit to basing your entire understanding of a higher power on a "story".
Not a story...a "parable". Written by a Greek physician who was no where near Jesus. The parable appears only in Luke, and Luke was a disciple of Paul, who himself was nowhere near Jesus or the apostles. So Luke is at best maybe four times removed from any of the things he wrote about. Is that "close enough" for you to base your entire understanding of your deity?
The EEO-1 data is a government record. It's data that Apple is supposed to (by law) supply to the Federal government.
They are not in compliance with the law.
On my '72 Toyota, it was the only brake.
I wonder if "hitting your pillow" is a euphemism. It sounds like something you'd look up on Urban Dictionary.
"So Bob from Accounting's boss walked in on him in the men's room, and he was, you know, hitting the pillow.
Lincoln was also known for saying, "I'm Abraham Lincoln! The stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a gun!"
Politely remove his teeth with an elbow strike?
You wouldn't know a "radical leftist" if one blew off an M-80 in your underpants. Your concept of what makes for a "radical leftist" is a complete fabrication of Fox News and professional propagandists like Mark Levin.
There isn't a single "radical leftist" anywhere on the US political stage. You'll know if one shows up when you pick up and newspaper and find out about his assassination by a "lone wolf" or his death in a plane crash.
With the possible exception of the Prime Minister of Israel, who believes he has veto power over US policies.
And that had nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that the authors of the US Constitution were men of wealth and property.
Well, He created us in his image, didn't he? So yeah, it's on Him.
I'm not an atheist.
Yes, by eating an apple and having sex. What a childish and limited view of God you have. Big Voice In The Sky who will destroy His relationship with you if you happen to do what He created you to do. That's what you get for basing your entire understanding of God on second and third-hand sources.
You look darn good for your age, too.
There was one senator who voted against the Patriot Act, and it was not a Republican.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This is a good point. If you've read your Bible, you see that God does a lot more horrible things to people than the Devil does.
There is good reason to wonder about the other side of the story.
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF MY SOCIAL SECURITY!
Also, Social Security in the US has been around since 1935, so if it's a sign of the End TimesTM, then Somebody up there has been slacking off.
Better yet, hack it so that only drunk people can ride their bikes. Hilarity ensues.
Netflix confirms too.
"people putting cameras on R/C" is not the same as every drone on the shelf at Wal-Mart having a ready-to-go high def camera. For your basic lazy skeeve, the fact that the new drones have everything you need in one neat package is a big selling point.
That attached camera is a pretty major upgrade over old RC helicopters, no? With the old remote aircraft, you'd fly them and look at them. With the new drones, you fly them and they look at you.
Well, the one that Kentucky Man blew outta the sky with birdshot certainly went away, even if only momentarily.
Apparently, someone already owns the rights to "Evil Corp".
Even if the camera in this drone was the kind used in Civil War photography, 22 seconds is still long enough to take at least half a dozen pictures of children for the drone operator to share with his enthusiast friends on 8chan.
Maybe it's better not to hover your drone over someone else's property unless you were invited. If you were parked in a car in front of my house taking photos, I'd probably at least tap on your window with the barrel of my shotgun to see what the fuck you were doing.
Just because you're using some new faddish technology does not mean you get to exist in some magical place where social norms and rules don't exist.
Drones are this year's Google Glass.
Should be, "steel blades".
My NHL GameCenter subscription is some of the best entertainment money I've spent. I refuse to subscribe to Comcast, and it was getting tiring having to go find a bar to watch Hawks games (and some of the other teams I follow). Hockey is a very screen-friendly sport, and extremely exciting with this notion of armored players with sticks chasing each other on a very low-friction surface while balanced on stell blades. When I say it like that, it sounds pretty goddamn sci-fi. Sort of like a Canadian rollerball.
Most other sports, I'm happy listening to on radio. Some, like baseball for example, are actually better on radio than on television.