In much of the US, we can bury shallow. Heck, most homes around here (Ventura County) are just slab with 12" footers. Not having frost-lines (those are up in the mountains around us) means things stay pretty safe underground. Unless there's an earthquake, but then any depth at all doesn't protect you buy simply makes it more expensive to repair/replace (have to dig deeper). That's the benefit we have compared to our Neighbors to the North: no permafrost!:)
Here you go. Government (local, in most of these cases) granted monopolies. You get a choice of one provider. Remove the local monopoly grant and you'd find lower prices and more services. The problem in most of the US is the local Government granted monopoly.
Here in Ventura, CA you can have either Cox or Spectrum - depending upon where you live. Verizon is available in some neighborhoods, AT&T in the others. It's all sliced-and-diced up and maintained that way by the cable companies who work with Government to swap neighborhood exclusivities to get around monopoly restrictions.
Educate yourself. Local governments almost always grant exclusive monopolies to providers in exchange for fat paybacks - either increased tax revenues, big political donations, or often both. If you just bothered to RTFA, you would have learned that often Google was prevented from using PUBLIC poles via Government-granted monopolies to existing carriers.
Not ISPs - carriers. An ISP provides you Internet service, but they do not necessarily provide you with the physical connection (in Google's case, fiber). The carrier is the one that is heavily regulated and there's even a full Federal agency assigned to deal with them (FCC). Then add in the State and local regulations on carriers, since they deal with utility rights-of-way. Carriers are heavily regulated, but ISPs are not.
Counterpoint: The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. Air fares have fallen, there are dozens more options for consumers, and competition keeps things generally lower cost and more flexible. More people are flying for less money.
As far as Standard Oil - that wasn't "deregulation" that hurt, it was a monopoly acting like a monopoly. Deregulation has NOTHING to do with Standard Oil, it was a Government-ordered break of a monopoly, nothing else.
Twitter can do what it wants - it's a private company. When the Government starts censorship - that's an issue. And when the Government has one set of rules for us and another set for our "superiors" - THAT is a huge problem. Some animals are more equal than others, and it always seems those on the political left prefer it that way.
Here's a hint: we've NEVER had completely open, unregulated borders. There has always been an immigration station, a check of who's coming in and out. If you think otherwise - you're an idiot. As far as your virtue signaling, I've lived on four continents (meaning more than a few years) and married outside my culture and race. How about you?
Typically the British consider Asians to be Indians, Pakistanis, Afghanis, etc. People from, or very close to the Indian subcontinent. Orientals would be Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Thai, etc.
And you had to go right through Ellis Island - right under the watchful eye of the Statue of Liberty - to be screened to see if you could emigrate to the US. That includes being able to show you could support yourself, you had a skill that was needed, and you had relatives already here to take care of you, rather than the State doing so.
When my wife was a legal immigrant, she had to show working knowledge of English, I had to promise to provide for all her needs in the event she could not, and she had a full background screen (and medical report attesting to her lack of communicable diseases) to ensure she was not a felon. When she became a US citizen (December 21, 2017), she again had to show mastery of English, and a clean record (no crimes).
But apparently, if you just walk across the border, you should expect to get whatever you want, whenever you want, receive support and benefits in excess of those who came here legally, and be freed of the restrictions placed on legal immigrants. All because of "racism" or whatever (never mind my wife is Asian - a small minority inside These United States).
Oh, I remember about her doing that. But that is not illegal. Keeping classified and top secret information on your own personal computers IS illegal. I'd rather we start with actual crimes before we break down to "I don't like it so I should complain about it" things that you may feel are in poor form - but are completely legal.
Hmmm.. If you think they are fact free, then ask for the facts. Show your own. But then, it's a lot easier to just scream "FASCIST!" and "NAZI!" and throw punches...
The Federal Government spent $730 billion on healthcare in 2011 (see table 05-3). That is more than defense. The stat you have may be correct, but Medicare is just half the equation; there is also Medicaid and other Federal healthcare spending. You cannot legitimately compare ALL Federal defense spending to only a portion of Federal healthcare spending and say we spend more on defense than health.
IF they were smart, they have registered their trademark. When a counterfeit item pops up, not only use a DMCA on the offending listing, sue Amazon for willful misuse of a registered trademark. Trademarks carry the force of patents - it's a Government granted monopoly on a logo and/or branding element. Use it. A few hits at Amazon and they'll quickly pay attention to anyone trying to use your trademark.
Ahh, yes. Tell us how Ms. Clinton is so pure for having hundreds of Top Secret and Classified e-mails on an unsecured server, whilst others in the Government are jailed for 6 photos. ANY reasonable person would have concluded she should have at least been charged, if not convicted, of gross negligence for the handling of sensitive information.
Part of the problem is that, for many on the left, civil discussion about opinions opposite of theirs IS a "toxic" discussion. For example, talk about immigration reform. Most countries - including Mexico - tightly control their borders and immediately fine, jail and deport those who violate their immigration laws. For example, Norway deports illegal immigrants at twice the rate of the US - but the US is considered the "racist" country for attempting to enforce its own border laws. Talking about implementing the same thing the US - basically following the existing laws - immediately gets one denounced as racist, called a Nazi, and all other kinds of terrible things.
The President of the United States is openly defending Nazis and promoting child molesters for public office
Hyperbole much? Your post is 100% indicative of the problem. One side can state what you say above, and it's all A-OK. Say anything you don't agree with and it should be banned. You don't want a free discussion of ideas, you want a rigid ideology and limited conversation.
Then why are their numbers different from that which the actual Government - the EIA - reports? HINT: they're padding and grasping at straws to state their case.
Aww troll, you have to do better than that! I posted this link back in December, I believe, and it confirms that crypto exchanges were banned in China. No way to use them - including Bitcoins. And now they're going after overseas use as well. Sucks to be you, troll! See, I have actual facts on my side, you have "trollishness".
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In much of the US, we can bury shallow. Heck, most homes around here (Ventura County) are just slab with 12" footers. Not having frost-lines (those are up in the mountains around us) means things stay pretty safe underground. Unless there's an earthquake, but then any depth at all doesn't protect you buy simply makes it more expensive to repair/replace (have to dig deeper). That's the benefit we have compared to our Neighbors to the North: no permafrost! :)
Here you go. Government (local, in most of these cases) granted monopolies. You get a choice of one provider. Remove the local monopoly grant and you'd find lower prices and more services. The problem in most of the US is the local Government granted monopoly.
Here in Ventura, CA you can have either Cox or Spectrum - depending upon where you live. Verizon is available in some neighborhoods, AT&T in the others. It's all sliced-and-diced up and maintained that way by the cable companies who work with Government to swap neighborhood exclusivities to get around monopoly restrictions.
This is a lie. It is not illegal.
Educate yourself. Local governments almost always grant exclusive monopolies to providers in exchange for fat paybacks - either increased tax revenues, big political donations, or often both. If you just bothered to RTFA, you would have learned that often Google was prevented from using PUBLIC poles via Government-granted monopolies to existing carriers.
Not ISPs - carriers. An ISP provides you Internet service, but they do not necessarily provide you with the physical connection (in Google's case, fiber). The carrier is the one that is heavily regulated and there's even a full Federal agency assigned to deal with them (FCC). Then add in the State and local regulations on carriers, since they deal with utility rights-of-way. Carriers are heavily regulated, but ISPs are not.
Counterpoint: The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. Air fares have fallen, there are dozens more options for consumers, and competition keeps things generally lower cost and more flexible. More people are flying for less money.
As far as Standard Oil - that wasn't "deregulation" that hurt, it was a monopoly acting like a monopoly. Deregulation has NOTHING to do with Standard Oil, it was a Government-ordered break of a monopoly, nothing else.
Twitter can do what it wants - it's a private company. When the Government starts censorship - that's an issue. And when the Government has one set of rules for us and another set for our "superiors" - THAT is a huge problem. Some animals are more equal than others, and it always seems those on the political left prefer it that way.
Here's a hint: we've NEVER had completely open, unregulated borders. There has always been an immigration station, a check of who's coming in and out. If you think otherwise - you're an idiot. As far as your virtue signaling, I've lived on four continents (meaning more than a few years) and married outside my culture and race. How about you?
Typically the British consider Asians to be Indians, Pakistanis, Afghanis, etc. People from, or very close to the Indian subcontinent. Orientals would be Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Thai, etc.
And you had to go right through Ellis Island - right under the watchful eye of the Statue of Liberty - to be screened to see if you could emigrate to the US. That includes being able to show you could support yourself, you had a skill that was needed, and you had relatives already here to take care of you, rather than the State doing so.
When my wife was a legal immigrant, she had to show working knowledge of English, I had to promise to provide for all her needs in the event she could not, and she had a full background screen (and medical report attesting to her lack of communicable diseases) to ensure she was not a felon. When she became a US citizen (December 21, 2017), she again had to show mastery of English, and a clean record (no crimes).
But apparently, if you just walk across the border, you should expect to get whatever you want, whenever you want, receive support and benefits in excess of those who came here legally, and be freed of the restrictions placed on legal immigrants. All because of "racism" or whatever (never mind my wife is Asian - a small minority inside These United States).
Oh, I remember about her doing that. But that is not illegal. Keeping classified and top secret information on your own personal computers IS illegal. I'd rather we start with actual crimes before we break down to "I don't like it so I should complain about it" things that you may feel are in poor form - but are completely legal.
Are they talking about asians or orientals? Just looking out for our British friends...
If that upsets you, go smoke a fag and realize that not all cultures use the same word in the same way - your bigotry is showing.
Hmmm.. If you think they are fact free, then ask for the facts. Show your own. But then, it's a lot easier to just scream "FASCIST!" and "NAZI!" and throw punches...
You're a fucking cisgender fucking white male.
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The Federal Government spent $730 billion on healthcare in 2011 (see table 05-3). That is more than defense. The stat you have may be correct, but Medicare is just half the equation; there is also Medicaid and other Federal healthcare spending. You cannot legitimately compare ALL Federal defense spending to only a portion of Federal healthcare spending and say we spend more on defense than health.
IF they were smart, they have registered their trademark. When a counterfeit item pops up, not only use a DMCA on the offending listing, sue Amazon for willful misuse of a registered trademark. Trademarks carry the force of patents - it's a Government granted monopoly on a logo and/or branding element. Use it. A few hits at Amazon and they'll quickly pay attention to anyone trying to use your trademark.
Ahh, yes. Tell us how Ms. Clinton is so pure for having hundreds of Top Secret and Classified e-mails on an unsecured server, whilst others in the Government are jailed for 6 photos. ANY reasonable person would have concluded she should have at least been charged, if not convicted, of gross negligence for the handling of sensitive information.
Part of the problem is that, for many on the left, civil discussion about opinions opposite of theirs IS a "toxic" discussion. For example, talk about immigration reform. Most countries - including Mexico - tightly control their borders and immediately fine, jail and deport those who violate their immigration laws. For example, Norway deports illegal immigrants at twice the rate of the US - but the US is considered the "racist" country for attempting to enforce its own border laws. Talking about implementing the same thing the US - basically following the existing laws - immediately gets one denounced as racist, called a Nazi, and all other kinds of terrible things.
But no, it's totally the fault of the black president and the woman
Perhaps it's the fault of the half-white President we had before? Or is that racist to remind people of the other half of his heritage?
Oh, fuck you.
The President of the United States is openly defending Nazis and promoting child molesters for public office
Hyperbole much? Your post is 100% indicative of the problem. One side can state what you say above, and it's all A-OK. Say anything you don't agree with and it should be banned. You don't want a free discussion of ideas, you want a rigid ideology and limited conversation.
If you're too lazy to follow the links from the original poster's own page... Here you go - the EIA's own subsidy numbers.
Then why are their numbers different from that which the actual Government - the EIA - reports? HINT: they're padding and grasping at straws to state their case.
I did? Where? So when did you stop beating your wife? How much anthrax did you grow in your lab? Did you finish your latest meth cook?
Aww troll, you have to do better than that! I posted this link back in December, I believe, and it confirms that crypto exchanges were banned in China. No way to use them - including Bitcoins. And now they're going after overseas use as well. Sucks to be you, troll! See, I have actual facts on my side, you have "trollishness".
That "gun free" zone thing around schools works really well, doesn't it?
Thank you for confirming no proof! Good to know my troll doesn't have any facts...