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G-S had already been repealed in effect by the Fed, it was chipped away at for decades (much of it under Reagan, with Greenspan continuing the work as Fed Chairman) and the final straw was the Travelers-Citi merger being approved. GLB was basically fixing the law after the fact at that point.
"The search feature is definitely a boon, but I don't feel it's panacea. If you just want to browse the software on somebody's computer, or if you forgot the name of the program you want to run, the search feature is no help."
I can relate to the fears just fine. But when you get to this: "We're in a time where you become an instant "child molester" or you just disappear or your finances go all permanently wonky" you have dropped your connection with reality.
"And the law is so bad that allies of the people who passed the law are trying hard to get out from being covered by the law. There's been a series of waivers of various provisions of Obamacare that went to allies of the President and certain congresspeople. I'm sure we all appreciate the passage of laws which are supposed to be for our own good and for which the allies of the people who advocated the laws are at least partially exempt."
Like most conservative memes, there's a tiny nugget of truth below a giant pile of bullshit.
Some employers received waivers in 2010-2011. The waivers were authorized by the law only for the transition period to ensure continuity (provisions of the law phase in over a 10 year period, with the biggest chances occurring during the first 4 years). They are no longer in use.
A non-partisan review of the waivers by GAO found no impropriety.
The amount of waste generated by livestock is astounding, not to mention the inputs needed. If inventions such as this can reduce either of those (ideally both), even by just a few percent, there is most certainly a 'point'. There are many non-vegetarians interested in more sustainable production methods.
IMO that has a lot to do with the practice of completely filling the cup with ice. Making it worse is that many commercial ice machines make small cubes. Open that bottle of Coke and put in a half cup of water, see how that changes things.