Comment Carnegie Mellon Mafia Institute (Score 1) 228
This arrangement is a Mafia-type's wet dream - incorporate your proprietary, expensive license or credential into federal standards so that everyone must pay you your protection money.
This arrangement is a Mafia-type's wet dream - incorporate your proprietary, expensive license or credential into federal standards so that everyone must pay you your protection money.
They still want a large towing capacity.
Your math skills and reasoning powers leave a LOT to be desired.
Excuse me, but FUCK YOU.
The ends do not always justify the means. If something is illegal for government to do, it is illegal for government to do, even if they really really pretty please with a cherry on top want to, and even if the outcome might be positive sometimes. It's still illegal.
As usual, under the guise of "protecting consumers" or "it's for our own safety," government is giving itself a bit more power over the peasant class.
No kidding. I just bought my wife a Core i3 laptop with 4GB/750GB and a 15" LED display for just a few bucks more than that... installed Mint on it and it works just fine for her.
The larger impact of all of this NSA spying is going to be pushing countries like Colombia and Brazil over the edge, where they will distance themselves from the US and align instead with Bolivarian Socialist states in SA.
Brazil has already been moving that way for some time, but this may be the final nail in the coffin for any hope of avoiding becoming another despotic socialist state.
"Retention" and "Collection" do not mean the same thing.
I stopped using credit cards at retail a long time ago because I was sick and tired of having my credit card numbers stolen every few months. And, these days there are always the privacy implications, knowing that government is collecting every transaction you make with a credit card.
We're teaching our kids that 2+2 equals whatever they feel it is equal to, as long as they are happy. What do we need with accuracy anymore?
They're all playing for the same team...
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