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Comment I wish! (Score 1) 384

They have a good thing going, and they have for decades. Vehicles guzzle oil products, electric cars don't. Although they might if those cars are loaded with plastic. I see a bunch of oil barrens pissed because they are not making that money. They need to look in the mirror. that really is on them in some ways. It's on all of them. They have more money than God or the people.... They could have been part of the solution, or been the solution. Years back when they were introducing electric cars I had said all this change coming the ones it affects could switch over themselves. Maybe make some of the parts, or set up some electric recharge stations. They could have done this with solar too. Just pick what they don't mind switching too they have plenty money to do this, they can produce etc. BTW they did check and the east coast has more electric car charging stations than anywhere else. I believe this is a state thing they don't want to invest in our futures they want to stay with the dinosaurs.

Comment Re:They're very useful (Score 1) 255

No it won't. You are covering up the real problem! You will just be introducing a bunch of red tape BS we shouldn't have to need if our students were actually taught. The problem today is the students aren't learning like they did 50 years ago and the States don't care. They decided those students aren't making them money. Or they decided they just needed cheap labor. You want better workers? Then educate them. You just want a worker? You get what you pay for, but our cities and states deserve better. We have areas of the US the kids are educated and they have good jobs. All of them are Northeastern states. Lab is gone in many high schools, so many rules getting into calculus and many kids can't even read at grade level and do math. I just want to know how many kids can do this stuff. and what age? Should their own parents be testing them? I think so. about 3-4 years ago a friends kid graduated from high school and he failed math. It will take the parents and cities putting their foot down and telling these schools to do their jobs. But we really need our students tested by someone not affiliated with these schools in any way or state/city government. testing needs to start early too.

Comment Re:This seems contradictory (Score 1) 210

True but Sweden would be under a lot of pressure from the US who knows what the US will be saying behind closed doors to Sweden. There are always deals to be made between countries. Someone in the US has it in for the man and I don't see them ever letting up. Check comments around the web. So many out there that can't stand Assange, or Snowden.

Comment Re:This seems contradictory (Score 1) 210

Swedish officials failed to question Assange before the expiration dates, they could not formally file charges against him on three of the charges. Those charges were dropped the only crime left is the rape and that will expire in 2020. Sweden would extradite him to the United States where he could be charged over WikiLeaks' 2011 publication. I don't believe that man will ever leave the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

Comment I saw this coming (Score 1) 165

Amazon is not the only company under fire under the Contractors rules. Many that sue win because the labor rules which have been in place a long time are pretty straight forward. Read them here at the IRS: https://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Independent-Contractor-Self-Employed-or-Employee

I can't stand a company making as much money as Amazon makes that feels the need to steal money from American workers. Now you can argue that we have enough rules in place and this Fed rule is crazy. But if these rules were not in place you would see more businesses like Amazon screwing American workers. Maybe Amazon thought they could get away with this? Or they was out to see how long they could get away with it. I don't know but it does look like they are in violation of the contractor laws at the very least for the behavior rules. Which means all those drivers will loose their jobs. Amazon will have to rethink how to keep their money. FedEx broke the rules in the past so did Lowe's. Here is the Lowe's case which is very similar to the Amazon suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/466061/lowe-s-workers-win-class-cert-in-contractor-status-suit

Comment Re:Not a tractor beam (Score 0) 88


<quote><p>And this is demonstrated in the video attached to the article too.,</p></quote>

and the video was too short. I wonder the size of the little pebble size balls were as in weight? Looks like they didn't even match the weight of a ping pong ball. Then I have to wonder what size their new gadget needs to be if they had a truck instead of that little pebble?

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