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Comment The Largest Offender (Score 0) 67

Telemarketing or phone sales companies use this criminal tactic as a norm. There has to be a huge governmental corruption that has caused these companies to get away with this theft for decades. Not only do they get away with the independent contractor scam, they also steal from the public with very little fear of law enforcement bothering them. Of the tens or hundreds of thousands of phone sales outfits only about 12 per year face federal prosecution.

Comment Think About It ! (Score 1) 167

The armed forces have all kinds of scientists with deep experience in analysis of photographic materials. If there were a simple explanation for these sightings they would have been screaming their heads off over these events. In fact the US government has always had a belief that any recognition of intelligent, alien life, would cause social chaos. Thus they have down played all films throughout modern times. Other sophisticated and modern governments have admitted to extraterrestrial sightings.

Comment Great Nonsense (Score 0) 93

Yes, some homes are far more suited to at home education than others. Yet, there has always been a huge inequality in education availability. First there is the meat body. Some people are born with brain and body issues that may hold them back all their lives. Next we have the stable home problems. A kid can't learn if mom and dad are having their own drug war all over the home. some homes don't even have a father present or in some cases a mother either. many kids are farmed out to grandma after the marriages of the offspring explode into chaos. Then we have the money issues such as the ability to travel the world and see major attractions as the more fortunate students can easily do. The educational battlefield is far from being a level playing field and we have no way to cure that at hand. The kids must confront early on that they are in a battle for the quality in their lives and that they may be forced to make radical efforts to stay near the top of the pile no matter what their social or economic status might be.

Comment Re:The growth of population already stopped (Score 0) 230

Mr. Moore is correct. Pollution is a consequence of human activity. The more humans we have the more pollution we will have. Further if we cut the pollution of every individual in half we will have done nothing if the population doubles. The only way out of the trap is to create methods of lowering the pollution per- capita while also lowering the size of the population humanity just might survive.

Comment BEWARE ! (Score -1) 69

Now we do not need to worry about new computer uses. Shopping online is now way too dangerous. It works like this : When you place an order online the chances are that work at home employees will be exposed to your purchasing details as will their family members, teens and maids and anyone else who enters the home. I had a spanking new debit card simply due to the fact that i had to cancel the prior card due to false purchases. In one day one crook sold my data to five or six other crooks. Several hundred bucks was drained from my account by false charges. Despite precautions and a bank, Ebay and PayPal all being willing to recover my money I now have to wait for another new card which will take three days. It is Sunday and no bank is open so I can't even make an in person withdrawal. My warning is to not shop online at all and i can only hope that the thieves receive very long prison sentences even if it is their first offence.

Comment Either Way (Score 0) 230

Government is simply not trustworthy in the US. On top of that we suffer from having both a state government and a federal government who often at odds over laws and policies. Conversely we have private industry, such as the cable industry that wants to deliver less and less while charging more and more. My hope is that some new method of communication comes along that gives us better choices and a lot more performance than we currently get.

Comment A Thornu Issue (Score 0) 115

Whether the US should, or should not be, based upon competition is not an issue as we all know that it is. Those born with disabilities, weaknesses and mental issues simply do not usually do well in this sad world. In a school we have some great students who will go to absurd levels of effort as if they are trying to suck every bit of knowledge out of text books. So just how can we able to make school and learning more inclusive or student friendly? Then after school how do we elevate these folks if it in any way downgrades other students or their abilities. Approaching this issue does mean challenging America values and institutions. I do not imply that these values need to be changed or not changed. But we need to use caution.

Comment Re:Five Monkeys (Score 0) 79

In the past brutality was used to control students. Whips and hanging by the thumbs overnight were the norm in England. They actually had to pass laws to make it clear that a teacher was not allowed to kill a student. Now we have integration of many races that often do not like each other and a huge gap between the poor and the well off. Public schools in some areas are too violent to educate children. The only way to get a grip is to have security all the way home for the kids. It is not only on campus that they are bullied or robbed but all the way home they are vulnerable. The high school equivalency programs have caused kids to drop out completely as they want to play now and pay later. We need to make it abundantly clear that those that do not receive an education, by modern definition, are doomed to poverty for life.

Comment Re:20 years too late. (Score -1) 79

Weigh Both Sides There are benefits to a very highly watched society. We have a serious problem. We can not afford more people in our jails and prisons. The US simply has way too many criminals. If we can blanket a city, to the degree that crime becomes next to impossible without immediate detection we might see some serious benefits. For example the two counties next to me have over eight thousand hit and run incidents per year. That could be eliminated easily with total coverage of our roads with cams. How could a burglar function if the cams would follow him all the way home? In a kind society intense scrutiny would be wonderful. In an evil society it could be a horror story used to enslave the population. It is a toss up as to how far we need to go with security.

Comment Re:Only Concerned About Fear (Score 0) 166

The very nature of this illness suggests that over time just about everyone in the US will get it. For many people it will mean next to nothing as they will have great resistance to the virus. However, for the millions of Americans who are older or have preexisting medical issues it will cause great harm and kill many of them. Our medical system is totally unable to support the sick in this type of plague and we are at risk for various system failures as well such as our ability to transport and deliver food, medications and no corona virus medical services. Currently hospitals are dangerous for sick people simply from the common flu being widespread, placing patients at risk. Right now, few 20 year olds would hesitate to go to a large rock concert, whereas the older folks would be wise to stay out of grocery stores and large box stores as well. The risk is simply too great.

Comment Maybe A Critical Issue! (Score 0) 99

No sane person loves the idea of an automated slaughter machine or even a nonautmated slaughter machine but we face a terrible problem. If we ever get into a war that is not a nuclear war and have to slug it out with a nation with a huge population such as China or India we are in trouble. When a nation can put fifteen times as many troops in battle as the US can we would almost certainly be beaten down severely. So just what type of devices would be considered to be ethical or moral to put into play? We sure as heck had better have tools capable of representing us or we are dead meat.

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