Comment Re:How about criminal charges ... (Score 1) 515
"Democracy is the worst form of government...except for all the other ones."
"Democracy is the worst form of government...except for all the other ones."
At this point, there is no defensible reason for every damned police officer to be wearing a camera. We can't trust them, so we have to more or less treat them as needing objective evidence to prove their version of events.
I think you lost a "not" in there somewhere.
How likely is it that they'd get the message, though? If they lose the reelection, do they think "this is probably because people are still mad about that officer beating that dude 3 years ago", or "the voters are just morons"?
I disagree. There should be an elevation of discipline that should start with a written warning
It sounds like they already *were* warned. Repeatedly.
From the EPA comment at least, I'm guessing you're referring to Republicans proposing this?
They will control both houses starting at the new year. When does the budget get voted on?
Ah crap. Got deer in the headlights for "Non-Defense Discretionary" since it had "Defense" in the title
Okay, so my original point is invalid. That doesn't change the fact that we spend as much on our military as the rest of the world combined, and a number of countries in Europe also tax their populations a hell of a lot more heavily so by % they may spend more on welfare stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
48% vs 35% is not "dwarfed." It's not even half-again.
P.S: Admittedly I'm a bit suspicious of that graph. The graphic says 2013, the page title says 2011, and the caption says 2012. WTF.
P.P.S: Oh--I should have known better. It's cold fjord.
Him saying "absolute undeniable proof" does not give you license to say "no possible way that could ever possible be true."
Remember kids, absolutes are never right!
Sure, I'd agree that nurture has a much bigger impact than nature.
We're just throwing a lot of anecdata around here, unfortunately. It seems like people have quite a problem with, when they see an argument they disagree with, they say, "Not only are you wrong, there is no possible way that you could ever be correct"...and in this case, well, yeah...scientifically, it *is* possible that they're true to some extent. We just don't have any proof of it so we should assume there is no correlation.
Your opponent can be wrong without being an utter and total fuckwit.
(no offense, stoatwblr--you're one of the politer people I've talked to on
Good luck getting the duck to fly straight at the engine after the grenade-ass-up-shoving.
What happened was basically a non-event. What gets reported is a near mass-casualty.
Pretty sure that it's a fair call to label anything that happens to an airliner on final approach as a near mass-casualty, considering the number of people on board and how takeoff and landing are by far the most vulnerable parts of the flight for an aircraft.
If the drone went into one of the engines and the pilot made a mistake, I would bet on casualties.
And somehow it was all systemd's fault.
Or maybe he just wants his book to sell better. Hmm: http://science.slashdot.org/co...
What is this "punishment" fetish? Was he prevented from speaking or selling his prize or posting racist rants on his blog or wherever?
He claims he was excluded from academic positions or somesuch. So, financial loss.
1. IQ test is considered bunk, and even if it wasn't, there are a whole plethora of tests, that yield varying results. Its very much not a mesaure like grams or meters which is absolute, and solid. 2. There are no good scientific studies on race and IQ that factor out things like education and poverty, and conclusively prove discrepencies. you don't have to a horse in this race just to see bad methodology.
Ah, but the tests themselves being crap does not prove that there isn't an average difference, which sounds like what you're saying.
Insufficient Data
To thine own self be true. (If not that, at least make some money.)
