Comment Re:What happens with no ID? (Score -1, Troll) 124
If you can stand in line to vote, you can stand in line to get photographed. Voter fraud is a worse problem.
Comment Re:Not the time to put them down for inferiority (Score 1) 122
Is "horse" the master race or not? I'm still trying to sort this one out
Journal Journal: Not sure whether this favors JC or fustakrakich more 26
Rule from the Shadows - The Psychology of Power - Part 1
The easy litmus test for any of this crap is whether it favors individual sovereignty or not.
The easy litmus test for any of this crap is whether it favors individual sovereignty or not.
Comment Re:"some great tradition that you are upholding" (Score 1) 40
Listen, clown: YOU are the one trying to weaponize the President's middle initial, not me.
Peevish, pedantic pettifoggery is your stock in trade. My task is to ensure maximal laughter at your behavior.
Peevish, pedantic pettifoggery is your stock in trade. My task is to ensure maximal laughter at your behavior.
Comment "baseless your beliefs are" (Score 1) 102
How, baseless? I made a completely rational extrapolation from Politico, which is yet another Democrat party organ. The urethra, I think.
Comment "some great tradition that you are upholding" (Score 1) 40
Just the First Amendment. As a veteran, I support and defend your right to be an insufferable jackwagon. As I'm now retired, I'm shoveling your crap back atcha.
Comment Re:HA! I can see you two at the old farts' home (Score 1) 40
You know he can't play chess, much less checkers.
Journal Journal: As a conservative, I take full responsibility for ebola 10
Liberals’ new message: You know who is responsible for Ebola outbreak in America? Conservatives
Never mind that I really don't actually wish harm to anyone; have vulnerable children; understand that ebola is likely to hurt the half of the economy still working, and not the couch potatoes. Oh no. The Holy Narrative must be protected. So, dutifull
Never mind that I really don't actually wish harm to anyone; have vulnerable children; understand that ebola is likely to hurt the half of the economy still working, and not the couch potatoes. Oh no. The Holy Narrative must be protected. So, dutifull
Comment Re:For everything there is a season (Score 1, Interesting) 228
This particular problem has a far simpler solution that actually works: Use soap and hand sanitizer, and don't touch dead people.
Tell that to the nurse in Dallas who used full biohazard protective gear and still got Ebola.
Comment Re:"Likely" is now good enough? (Score 1) 102
So then why aren't Sasha and Malia (Obama) starting campaigns already? How about the Bush twins? Jimmy Carter has four kids as well...
Shifting the topic==you know you're rooked.
Comment Re:Oh-oh, here we go :-( (Score 1) 124
No, meaning is whatever God defines it. I'm pretty sure that my pitiful attempts at such will enjoy the longevity of my flesh.
Furthermore, the word for what you're describing is: atheism.
Furthermore, the word for what you're describing is: atheism.
Comment Re:Read the Report (Score 1) 610
The explanation is that this is the cost of using up our uranium supplies. This is on top of the cost of uranium, already included elsewhere.
Interesting, I was under the impression that there was more than enough uranium to last for a long, long time.
Journal Journal: Abject moron claims control over 1/26th of the alphabet 40
You have to enjoy the full context of this cranial rectalitis:
damn_registrars: "You were one of slashdot's foremost purveyors of President Lawnchair's pointless TLA"
me: "FDR, LBJ, BHO, WTF?"
d_r: "We have had the discussion before on why that argument holds no water. Bringing it back up is pointless. Take your fear mongering to a different discussion."
me: "That argument, and the rest of my post, is tho
damn_registrars: "You were one of slashdot's foremost purveyors of President Lawnchair's pointless TLA"
me: "FDR, LBJ, BHO, WTF?"
d_r: "We have had the discussion before on why that argument holds no water. Bringing it back up is pointless. Take your fear mongering to a different discussion."
me: "That argument, and the rest of my post, is tho
Comment Re:What happens with no ID? (Score 1) 124
You see this confusion with Voter ID laws too. Every state these days has an official non-driver's photo ID, sometimes called a "drinker's license". They're usually less than $10 - the real cost is showing up to be photographed and present whatever records are required.
You can also use a passport card as an ID when flying - I've done that before. I always carry my passport card separate from my wallet when I travel, just in case.
Comment Study summary (Score 4, Insightful) 610
Wind was cheaper if you added costs to coal for Global Warming (a large cost), for depletion of energy resources (a medium cost), and in the third category (a small cost even when all elements are totaled) "human toxicity, agricultural land occupation, water depletion, metal depletion, ecosystem toxicity, radiation, acidification and eutrophication."
Interestingly, they also included ozone depletion as an external cost. I didn't realize the ozone layer was affected by coal plants, but apparently it is.
To calculate the damage caused by Global Warming, they relied on some other papers published on the topic. I wasn't able to access those papers, so that is where my summary will end.
Interestingly, they also included ozone depletion as an external cost. I didn't realize the ozone layer was affected by coal plants, but apparently it is.
To calculate the damage caused by Global Warming, they relied on some other papers published on the topic. I wasn't able to access those papers, so that is where my summary will end.
