Police want to be able to (without warrant or cause) track you, record you, search you, go through your cell phone, and whatever else the fancy at the moment but once there is the slightest attempt at any monitoring or oversight of the police they go apeshit about their rights and their safety.
It's so backwards it's almost a parody of the intent of the constitution and government accountability.
You may be the stupidest registered user I have had to deal with.
Those headlights coming at you at 11PM might be a smoker, drunk person, or drug addict. Pick one.
Fight your tobacco cause you idiot, BTW a lot of really hardcore smokers are ex drug and alcohol users, tell those horrific people they should go back to alcohol and/or drugs because "ewww it stinks".
And someone modded you up? WTF?
Alcohol? Great as long as you don't drive, don't urinate in public or start a drunken brawl.
Drugs? Great as long as you don't end up sitting in the ER on public dollars, or don't go on a lunatic stabbing rampage.
Smoke is probably the worst of the lot in terms of the number of people it affects. It smells foul (opinion) and it's bad for your health just being in the same room or general vicinity as someone who's doing it (fact).
Did you type that with a straight face? The sociological and economic impact from alcohol and drug abuse is so massive and ubiquitous it's pretty much impossible to be quantified.
What you are saying is: "I'm ok with these things when I remove the horrific aspects of them, but not with smoking."
There's like a million arrests per year for DUI (just the people who get caught), but let's focus on that terrible smoker doing things that you don't like.
Well there's an angle I haven't seen before. What is alcohol then, like polio?
Your thought process is scary at a minimum. It does give some insight into how horrible ideas take root once you demonize something/someone though.
Pay whoever runs the ads some money?
"And nobody found it problematic back then."
Umm yea, people did they just couldn't conceive of a better solution until wireless came around.
Wired phones weren't found problematic and now people scoff at the thought of using such barbaric technology.
I'm already using both of them for my Gamepad and soup warmer.
I was told bitcoin was perfect conceptually the only issue is with the businesses/exchanges/etc? What gives?
Then again this guy sounds like he knows what he's talking about, I'm all in!
Pretty much:
That's a good question. I would think it wouldn't be a large percentage.
Sure like 50% of Americans have 401k's etc, but actual capital gains/losses? I would guess that number is pretty low and probably a large part of the development for the software since it can be so complex versus your straight 1040a/ez filer.
...or if 40$ hurts that bad maybe reconsider your self employment and/or investments.
Well at least I can directly profit from my vote instead of giving it to an R or D to sell to the highest bidder.
Why would they do all that instead of just put access lists at the edges?
AMC.
I highly doubt Breaking Bad would have been the show it was had any other network taken it. AMC floundered for years until they had the eyeballs enough to justify investment in a show.
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