Comment Re:Failure polls well?!? (Score 1) 316
Just look at how much stuff people accepted after 9/11. As a people, we're brave and independent in the face of peace but we damn well want the government to do something if we feel threatened.
Just look at how much stuff people accepted after 9/11. As a people, we're brave and independent in the face of peace but we damn well want the government to do something if we feel threatened.
He still has incentive to keep his party in power. Politicans are loyal to themselves first, and their party and donors second. If it doesn't affect him, then he will do whatever is best for his party (not to be confused with his constituents) or his donors.
Is it respect for employee privacy or respect for being able to pay drastically different wages for the same job? A lot of times, company rules (official or unofficial) against discussing salaries protect the employer much more than the employees.
Most US states make available public employee salaries, and have been for quite some time. For example: http://seethroughny.net/
The government may not be run like a business, but when you're talking in micro terms of coworkers knowing the salaries of the people they work with, it's very similar.
You're right... if they keep doing things this quickly, their editorial integrity might start to falter.
Or Chevy will finally take their slogan literally and built a pickup out of rocks.
I'm pretty sure Ford's ability to make anything rust will transcend the laws of physics and we'll see aluminum transmute directly to iron oxide.
Just more proof that you can't measure a system without affecting that system.
This is why I've started having important or time-sensitive packages delivered to the local UPS or FedEx store. It's not quite as convenient as being delivered right to my door, but I can usually get it a day or two earlier and don't have to worry about it being left in a mud puddle with a muddy welcome mat put over it (I'm looking at you, FedEx).
Only if you can still count your birthdays on one hand. Most people understand that shipping is prone to unexpected delays year round, and it's almost guaranteed by mid-December.
Tracking logs are not always accurate. Especially with FedEx... More than once I've had them mark a package Delivered several days before it actually showed up on my doorstep.
Google defines "First World" as "the industrialized capitalist countries of western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand."
So unless you own a really crappy globe, "First World" and "Around the Globe" are not at odds, especially as Asian countries like India and China are pushing their way into First World status.
When I pick a political candidate to vote for, I know he won't keep all of his campaign promises so I apply common sense to weed out the more farfetched ones.
Likewise, when a company promises something that seems a bit farfetched (like making last minute deliveries just before Christmas), I know there's a good chance they'll fall short. It may not be ideal for the consumer, but it's how the world works.
Surprisingly, USPS delivered all of our Christmas cards by the 23rd in spite of us not getting them out until the 21st, which was after their "Will deliver by Christmas" deadline.
It's just to keep the astronauts cool in case they ever have to land the ISS on the sun and can't wait for night time. Duh.
If Japan is any indication, multiple tentacles are usually followed by bukkake.
Where there's a will, there's a relative.