Who do you think were the biggest opponents against civil rights issues for non-whites during the mid 20th century?

The same rhetoric about gay marriage was espoused back then, only it was targeting interracial marriage. Verses from the bible were even used to justify it as a "sin".

Christians, on the whole, have probably come to accept the idea that non-whites should be treated equally under the law, but that wasn't the majority opinion back in the 40's or earlier.

In 50 years it's not inconceivable to imagine that the majority of Christians will accept that gay and bisexual people should be treated the same as straight people.

Jury nullification can be used for whatever purpose the juror decides.

During prohibition it was used to fight an unconstitutional law, but it has also been used to protect whites from being charged for killing blacks in the South.

It's inspiring to hear about people using it for a good cause (like fighting against unconstitutional laws), but jurors aren't law school graduates, and they might not be nullifying for the right reasons.

Full Disclosure: I'm a beta premium backer of the game

You can only purchase ships with in game currency. At least, as of right now that's the way the game works.

Most of the early backers, as well as kickstarter supporters, will get a free second ship when the game launches, but it's an Eagle, a bit of a sidegrade to the default Sidewinder. The only other advantages for people who paid early access is the ability to play the game sooner, which means more practice before things launch, and a better insurance rate, which reduces the amount of in game currency to replace your ship after it blows up.

There are micro-transactions for paint jobs for the ships you fly in the game, but it's purely cosmetic.

Comcast is being very friendly (sort of) to the announcement, because they want to cozy up to the FCC.

If the FCC approves their merge with TWC, Comcast is closer to becoming the biggest lumbering monopoly since Standard Oil, and it would only require the FTC's sign off.

The rules that the FCC implemented that prevents someone from saying "fuck you" on the radio, or broadcast television, came about from a single complaint back in the 70's.

Thirty years later, and four million times more complaints were filed about net neutrality, and they're still dragging their feet.

THAT should put some perspective of democracy into this.

Rwanda tried and imprisoned many people involved in the Rwandan genocide back in the 90's.

I could possibly see a software engineering course focus on a library for sorting functionality.

But I don't believe that a computer science course wouldn't address algorithm efficiency.

Charon was the mass relay, not Pluto.

Just because space isn't owned by someone doesn't mean it's not foreign.

The astronauts who went to the moon had to go through customs after they were picked up from the ocean.

There was a big industry behind copyright when the constitution was being drafted. It wasn't authors, or artists. It was map makers.

Map makers spent a lot of money ensuring that their maps were accurate, and they wanted to ensure that people wouldn't be able to seize their maps and build on them before they made back their initial investments.

Hawaii also doesn't participate.

Funny thing about placebos. If you have a severe bacterial infection and you're rendered unconscious, if a doctor administers a placebo antibiotic nothing happens. If the doctor administers a real antibiotic, your fever will go down and you'll wake up.

In the United States, heroin is a schedule 1 drug. Which means it's illegal to use it for recreational, medical, or research purposes.

Even if heroin were a better choice, it's illegal to reintroduce it.

Do you have a source for that comment?

From what I've read on the shuttles, they were normally landed on full auto-pilot except for the first or second launch, where it was done by hand.

(of Republicans)

The entire Republican party was like that before Reagan became president. Reagan turned them into a bunch of religious lunatics hell bent on overspending to keep the military budget inflated.