Comment I'm from the future! (Score 1) 206
I actually almost wrote 2010 accidentally a couple days before the year changed, that's how advanced I am!
I actually almost wrote 2010 accidentally a couple days before the year changed, that's how advanced I am!
an Australian government
and one from the US Constitution:
Does this not point out a flaw in your logic?
He's obviously suggesting that U.S. Congress failed because it didn't order an invasion of Australia to promote the progress of science.
Everyone knows that FOX news and Rush Limbaugh are to be compared with the National inquirer when it comes to news.
That's roughly accurate, although saying "everybody knows" is silly. Now, do you realize that CNN and MSNBC, and yes, even NPR, are no better? Or do you think they're magically better because they correspond more closely to your beliefs?
Well, at least CNN and MSNBC don't just flat-out lie about the facts, report their own talking-heads points of view as news, or copy any political party's press releases as their own news reports the way Fox News does. From the looks of it, quite frankly, you'd think that Olbermann's and Maddow's teams do better fact checking than the Fox News newsroom does. Either that or Fox News newsroom simply ignore the results of their fact checking when it doesn't support the story they want to run, which quite often seems to be the case when they report on politics. Incompetents or liars, that's Fox News, take your pick.
Now, Obama has grasped the steering wheel with both hands, turned it hard left, and romped on the gas. Where will we end up? Nowhere we want to go that's for sure.
Firstly, stop talking like you're royalty. Secondly, if the U.S. takes a hard left and hits the gas it'll end up the same as the heaven of social democracy, the Nordic countries. Mind you, that's not at all what seems to be going on. It looks more like Obama is half-asleep at the wheel. Pelosi and Reid are grappling for the wheel from the front seat trying to change lanes to the overtaking lane. Michael Steele, Glenn Beck and the teabaggers from the rear seat keep claiming it's not an overtaking lane their heading for (even though it clearly is) and are trying to steer to the right into the wet ditch, claiming the wet ditch is actually a luxury pool and anyone who claims otherwise is a communist. The result is you're veering just very slightly to the left. Quite disappointing really.
some people with high IQs may never learn how to interact successfully with those around them...
Reminds me of a discussion I overheard on a break in university (class in question was Philosophy of A.I.)
Student 1: So, if something is incredibly intelligent but cannot communicate in a comprehensible way with the outside world, would we call it intelligent?
Student 2: Are you talking about maths professors?
The three biggest reasons I can think of for using Windows are:
Well, they'd save some work by going with Linux, since Linux has more drivers for ARM than Windows (which has none).
'OK' is a meaningful verb. It means I will OK the action.
Affordable? So every young married couple without employer insurance is forced to pay a fine of $2000 per person per year versus $1500 if they were unmarried or versus $0 from the current situation? Remember that "Freedom" is paramount in the American mindset. Why can't I be free to not pay anything when I'm young and starting out? Properly invested, that $4000 a year can grow to pay all of the medical bills a couple will face in old age, and buy a sailing boat.
Ah, what you want is the single payer model. Government pays your health care, you pay taxes (which are supposed to be progressive, so if you're young and have no income you don't pay), and it all just works merrily, just like it has in all those modern socialist countries for decades.
Sony is like Sylvester Stallone in this Deathrace 2000 clip.
What I want to know is if there is a Half-Life connection. I mean, looking at their posters in the downloads section, Ian McKellen sure does look like he could be the G-Man. Is Number Six going to be seen crawling in vents with a crowbar in hand?
If the first...wow...that sounds an awful lot like my insurance. Let's see. It costs me a lot of money, yep. I pay it all the time, even when I don't use it, yep.
Except that unlike U.S. private insurers, the government won't deny you insurance because of pre-existing conditions or deny payment because you gave inaccurate information on your application form. No caps on lifetime expenditure, no loopholes to drop you if they think you're costing them too much.
They have take a lot more of my money than I have asked for back in "free" services, yep. Oh, and if I owe $500,000 for cancer treatments, they pay ALL the bills, "free" (after a measly few thousand deductible anyone can afford, say I give up cable and eating out for a year, or use savings, or sell my posessions). Huh...
Some people wouldn't be able to pay a few thousand dollars or euros for their treatment. Generally, those are the same people who can't afford private insurance to begin with, that's why universally guaranteed coverage by the government is very important for the well being of the poor.
They take it to the EU courts?
Booty Bay and the rest of Azeroth's goblin towns are part of Steamwheedle Cartel, while the new horde-joining goblins are from a different cartel, so from a lore standpoint there wouldn't be any reason for Booty Bay to change into Horde hands (in fact, it could theoretically be more hostile to the new goblins from a lore point of view, but it'll probably stay the way it is).
The first link you provided is full of lies and opinions (for instance, Pelosi DID WITNESS swastikas and Hitler references in the town hall meetins, she didn't make it up) and it's just so full of bullshit right-wing propaganda it cannot be in any way considered to be worthy of "insightful" moderation. Also, a nice interpretation of polling numbers, saying "76% of Democrats favor the proposal and 76% of Republicans are opposed." Not caring to mention that only 20% of Americans self-identify as republicans (can't bother to back up with a link since I am just as trustworthy as the link you provided, and I'm being serious).
The second link states that Harry Reid considers spreading lies "evil-mongering". And you know what, the kind of lies the anti-reform propagandists have been spreading are outright evil, the death panel lies primarily, then there's the lesser lies about government takeover, loss of control over your medical care (hint, it's already being controlled by your private insurer, not you), etc.
Yes, give America back to its original owners! Give America back to the indians!
If all else fails, lower your standards.
