It's Federally guaranteed loans, I know I'd like the Government to get back the tax dollars that someone is trying to steal. And if that means allowing a debt collector to contact you via phone - so be it. If you're welching on a debt backed by the Federal Government, then you're not "stealing from the man", you're stealing from all your fellow taxpayers.
Per Clarke - it was already too late to stop it. Nothing that could have been done based upon information available and recommendations/intelligence from the Clinton Administration. It's what Clarke stated in sworn testimony to Senator Gorton - copied above.
GORTON: Now, since my yellow light is on, at this point my final question will be this: Assuming that the recommendations that you made on January 25th of 2001, based on Delenda, based on Blue Sky, including aid to the Northern Alliance, which had been an agenda item at this point for two and a half years without any action, assuming that there had been more Predator reconnaissance missions, assuming that that had all been adopted say on January 26th, year 2001, is there the remotest chance that it would have prevented 9/11?
CLARKE: No.
Richard Clarke's sworn testimony to the 9/11 commission. Clarke was President Clinton's terror czar. Too late by the time the Bush Administration took over. Per President Clinton's own terror czar. I know, facts and sworn testimony are always an issue when you have a political axe to grind...
Hmmm... You got an e-mail telling you they were taken down. You don't know he password. I believe that you can ask for a password reset on Youtube and you'll receive an e-mail to reset your password - at the same e-mail address you received the takedown notice from.
Maybe what works for a city or State doesn't necessarily work for the nation? Like a national minimum wage - what is a "living wage" that is fair and equitable across the entire country?
Here's a clue: "Government" doesn't pay anyone. Government takes money from some and gives it to others. Government doesn't pay - taxpayers pay. How is this different than having taxpayers directly pay for insurance and medical costs in the first place - other than the Government skimming a healthy chunk off the top for its jobs program?
Government doesn't have to pay taxes. Government can (and does) exempt itself from laws and regulations. Government doesn't need to turn a profit - it can unilaterally raise taxes/fees or simply issue debt to keep running. Government can create or break monopolies at will. Government and business are nothing alike and you cannot compare rates of "success".
Or it's in the name of someone who DOES exist, but because of a fake SSN and other information - you cannot verify the fact they earn above the subsidy levels, so they can get subsidized insurance.
What's insane is mandating an across-the-board cut of 90% - and saying you need a smaller Government at the same time. It's going to take a massive, highly-centralized and all-powerful Government to implement that change.
Per capita and adjusted for inflation, the average US citizen paid half of what they pay today - and the median was lower as well (the effective tax rate was considerably less - for all - than it is today). Not to mention we ran ACTUAL surpluses overall (meaning the national debt went down); in fact the last time the US ran an actual surplus was in 1957, under Ike.
Energy transfer != penetration. And the energy of a 9mm is about the same as a.45 ACP round. Neither of which will penetrate class IIA/class III body armor.
Really? Twice? What's the muzzle energy of a 9mm an.45 ACP? About 383 lb-ft and 416 lb-ft, respectively. That's not even a 10% differential, let alone a 100%. The fact you claimtwice the energy proves you don't understand the situation - at all.
Marshall and Sanow's survey results say you're wrong. Hmmm - published and referenced data versus AC claiming to be a "trauma surgeon". Sorry if you're not believed...
It may not include hitting innocent bystanders, but the police tend to have one out of 7 shots fired actually hit the target. Meaning that 6 of 7 are potentially injuring innocent bystanders.
This statistic is also a great example of why limits on the number of rounds a firearm may hold is bogus; if the police (who we assume - and are often told - are trained "experts") only "succeed" with lead-on-target one out of seven times, then a 10 round (or 7 round like NY) limit essentially means that the average citizen would be guaranteed to never hit their assailant before needing to reload.
Against armored criminals, nothing short of special armor-piercing handgun loads or rifle shots will penetrate. The actual muzzle energy of a 9mm versus a.45, and the sectional density between the two, is extremely minimal. One does about as good as the other. Type IIA armor would protect from either round - and that is pretty low-end body armor.
If you really want a "man stopper/armored killer" handgun load, you need a hot-load.44 magnum. Or nearly any rifle. In reality, there is very little difference between a.45 and a 9mm; both are rendered ineffective by low grade body armor.
That flood happened during the end of the last ice age, when a lot of glacial lakes were breaking free in cataclysmic fashion due to insane amounts of melting glaciers that covered all of Canada
Wait, you mean to say that Canada isn't still covered in glaciers?
Last year, Toyota sold over twice as much kWhr by battery as Tesla. They have battery tech - and they have production. Tesla is playing catch-up, not the other way around (Toyota: Prius has a 1.3 kW battery pack, Tesla S has an 85 kW battery pack. Prius sales of 419,000 in 2014 and Tesla 32,000 in 2014).
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It's Federally guaranteed loans, I know I'd like the Government to get back the tax dollars that someone is trying to steal. And if that means allowing a debt collector to contact you via phone - so be it. If you're welching on a debt backed by the Federal Government, then you're not "stealing from the man", you're stealing from all your fellow taxpayers.
Can happen in the US, too - if you want. I ordered the exact car I wanted, waited 6 weeks - and it showed up, as ordered.
I thought you just have to reverse the polarity...
Per Clarke - it was already too late to stop it. Nothing that could have been done based upon information available and recommendations/intelligence from the Clinton Administration. It's what Clarke stated in sworn testimony to Senator Gorton - copied above.
GORTON: Now, since my yellow light is on, at this point my final question will be this: Assuming that the recommendations that you made on January 25th of 2001, based on Delenda, based on Blue Sky, including aid to the Northern Alliance, which had been an agenda item at this point for two and a half years without any action, assuming that there had been more Predator reconnaissance missions, assuming that that had all been adopted say on January 26th, year 2001, is there the remotest chance that it would have prevented 9/11?
CLARKE: No.
Richard Clarke's sworn testimony to the 9/11 commission. Clarke was President Clinton's terror czar. Too late by the time the Bush Administration took over. Per President Clinton's own terror czar. I know, facts and sworn testimony are always an issue when you have a political axe to grind...
Hmmm... You got an e-mail telling you they were taken down. You don't know he password. I believe that you can ask for a password reset on Youtube and you'll receive an e-mail to reset your password - at the same e-mail address you received the takedown notice from.
Maybe what works for a city or State doesn't necessarily work for the nation? Like a national minimum wage - what is a "living wage" that is fair and equitable across the entire country?
Here's a clue: "Government" doesn't pay anyone. Government takes money from some and gives it to others. Government doesn't pay - taxpayers pay. How is this different than having taxpayers directly pay for insurance and medical costs in the first place - other than the Government skimming a healthy chunk off the top for its jobs program?
I'm in favor of free coverage for everyone without all the god-damn middlemen that have tripled the price.
So free coverage - who pays the doctors, the nurses, the janitors, keeps the lights on and equipment serviced, etc.?
Government doesn't have to pay taxes. Government can (and does) exempt itself from laws and regulations. Government doesn't need to turn a profit - it can unilaterally raise taxes/fees or simply issue debt to keep running. Government can create or break monopolies at will. Government and business are nothing alike and you cannot compare rates of "success".
Obamacare was already law prior to Mitt running for President...
Or it's in the name of someone who DOES exist, but because of a fake SSN and other information - you cannot verify the fact they earn above the subsidy levels, so they can get subsidized insurance.
What's insane is mandating an across-the-board cut of 90% - and saying you need a smaller Government at the same time. It's going to take a massive, highly-centralized and all-powerful Government to implement that change.
Nah, just a Margaret Sanger approved approach...
Per capita and adjusted for inflation, the average US citizen paid half of what they pay today - and the median was lower as well (the effective tax rate was considerably less - for all - than it is today). Not to mention we ran ACTUAL surpluses overall (meaning the national debt went down); in fact the last time the US ran an actual surplus was in 1957, under Ike.
Energy transfer != penetration. And the energy of a 9mm is about the same as a .45 ACP round. Neither of which will penetrate class IIA/class III body armor.
Really? Twice? What's the muzzle energy of a 9mm an .45 ACP? About 383 lb-ft and 416 lb-ft, respectively. That's not even a 10% differential, let alone a 100%. The fact you claimtwice the energy proves you don't understand the situation - at all.
Marshall and Sanow's survey results say you're wrong. Hmmm - published and referenced data versus AC claiming to be a "trauma surgeon". Sorry if you're not believed...
It may not include hitting innocent bystanders, but the police tend to have one out of 7 shots fired actually hit the target. Meaning that 6 of 7 are potentially injuring innocent bystanders.
This statistic is also a great example of why limits on the number of rounds a firearm may hold is bogus; if the police (who we assume - and are often told - are trained "experts") only "succeed" with lead-on-target one out of seven times, then a 10 round (or 7 round like NY) limit essentially means that the average citizen would be guaranteed to never hit their assailant before needing to reload.
Shouldn't this be a 3D printed sidearm?
Only if it's delivered to the battlefield by Uber cars. Or Amazon drones. Running on a beowulf cluster, of course...
About the same energy, about the same sectional density - it's a tossup in terms of damage per hit.
Against armored criminals, nothing short of special armor-piercing handgun loads or rifle shots will penetrate. The actual muzzle energy of a 9mm versus a .45, and the sectional density between the two, is extremely minimal. One does about as good as the other. Type IIA armor would protect from either round - and that is pretty low-end body armor.
If you really want a "man stopper/armored killer" handgun load, you need a hot-load .44 magnum. Or nearly any rifle. In reality, there is very little difference between a .45 and a 9mm; both are rendered ineffective by low grade body armor.
That flood happened during the end of the last ice age, when a lot of glacial lakes were breaking free in cataclysmic fashion due to insane amounts of melting glaciers that covered all of Canada
Wait, you mean to say that Canada isn't still covered in glaciers?
Last year, Toyota sold over twice as much kWhr by battery as Tesla. They have battery tech - and they have production. Tesla is playing catch-up, not the other way around (Toyota: Prius has a 1.3 kW battery pack, Tesla S has an 85 kW battery pack. Prius sales of 419,000 in 2014 and Tesla 32,000 in 2014).