5099 pts ยท March 27, 2013
Mendel got really, really lucky with the traits he picked, they just happened to be single-locus autosomals.
Taking over profitable private businesses for the "benefit of the state" is something that Russia does, but America shouldn't.
You would, effectively, be forcing them to give up their ownership of their own company to pay the national debt. (2/
Most of their wealth is not cash, it's stock. So, they'd have to sell their stock for your plan, which means (1/
It's nice to post this, but there's no way to tax our way out of this. Spending has to be cut hugely, and nobody wants to cut services.
What's the line about a halfling firing from your shoulders?
worse, US insurance price. For my meds, I pay less out of pocket if I DON'T use my insurance.
This is what happens when government interferes in markets. Let them spend their money where they want.
It's not irrelevant... it's extra money for someone's pet project!
been increased, but that actually DECREASES the number of charge cycles you get. Low-hanging fruit in battery tech was gone long ago.
Not as much as you might hope. Energy density of batteries hasn't gone up terribly, neither have charge cycles. Charge rate HAS (1/
A prius still has an onboard engine. The Teslas don't, so they are harder on batteries.
psychopathic nature that made them able to perform the tasks.
people who administered the camp, many had been chosen and worked their way up from lower duties precisely because they had the (6/
the person who dropped in the zyklon from the actual killing. Then, they used jews to clear out the bodies. Even looking into the (5/
They tried various techniques before settling on the eventual "showers" and zyklon/b, for reasons of cost, and to shield everyone except (4/
very early on that having regular Germans perform the slaughter of Jews, even a single time, ruined them as soldiers and as humans. (3/
to run them, and finding techniques which would shield the non-psychopaths, at least in part, from what was going on. Germany realized (2/
If you look into the history of the concentration camps and who ran them, it took years of both finding the right sociopathic people (1/
Not if you own vice-grips...
among many other crimes in his life. We need to have an even standard across the board, not pick and choose based on group.
I don't condone what this crazy dude did... but what people want for him is opposite from what they want for other repeat violent offenders.
Peeps asking for mental health/substance abuse treatment instead of incarceration. I wonder if they want that to apply to this guy, too.
Not even legally allowed to have that, has been charged with possession of deadly weapon by a prohibited person.
Looks like an ex-girlfriend of mine.
You're right, they shouldn't go while they're still sort of OK, we need to wait and let them suffer immensely first. (sarcasm)
burn victim maybe?
I'm not sure you understand how write-offs work. It doesn't mean it didn't cost you anything, you're still out most of that money.
Exactly. Actual stats are that just under 50% of the people in the USA pay no federal income tax. Around 40% actually pay NEGATIVE tax.
Mendel got really, really lucky with the traits he picked, they just happened to be single-locus autosomals.
Taking over profitable private businesses for the "benefit of the state" is something that Russia does, but America shouldn't.
You would, effectively, be forcing them to give up their ownership of their own company to pay the national debt. (2/
Most of their wealth is not cash, it's stock. So, they'd have to sell their stock for your plan, which means (1/
It's nice to post this, but there's no way to tax our way out of this. Spending has to be cut hugely, and nobody wants to cut services.
What's the line about a halfling firing from your shoulders?
worse, US insurance price. For my meds, I pay less out of pocket if I DON'T use my insurance.
This is what happens when government interferes in markets. Let them spend their money where they want.
It's not irrelevant... it's extra money for someone's pet project!
been increased, but that actually DECREASES the number of charge cycles you get. Low-hanging fruit in battery tech was gone long ago.
Not as much as you might hope. Energy density of batteries hasn't gone up terribly, neither have charge cycles. Charge rate HAS (1/
A prius still has an onboard engine. The Teslas don't, so they are harder on batteries.
psychopathic nature that made them able to perform the tasks.
people who administered the camp, many had been chosen and worked their way up from lower duties precisely because they had the (6/
the person who dropped in the zyklon from the actual killing. Then, they used jews to clear out the bodies. Even looking into the (5/
They tried various techniques before settling on the eventual "showers" and zyklon/b, for reasons of cost, and to shield everyone except (4/
very early on that having regular Germans perform the slaughter of Jews, even a single time, ruined them as soldiers and as humans. (3/
to run them, and finding techniques which would shield the non-psychopaths, at least in part, from what was going on. Germany realized (2/
If you look into the history of the concentration camps and who ran them, it took years of both finding the right sociopathic people (1/
Not if you own vice-grips...
among many other crimes in his life. We need to have an even standard across the board, not pick and choose based on group.
I don't condone what this crazy dude did... but what people want for him is opposite from what they want for other repeat violent offenders.
Peeps asking for mental health/substance abuse treatment instead of incarceration. I wonder if they want that to apply to this guy, too.
Not even legally allowed to have that, has been charged with possession of deadly weapon by a prohibited person.
Looks like an ex-girlfriend of mine.
You're right, they shouldn't go while they're still sort of OK, we need to wait and let them suffer immensely first. (sarcasm)
burn victim maybe?
I'm not sure you understand how write-offs work. It doesn't mean it didn't cost you anything, you're still out most of that money.
Exactly. Actual stats are that just under 50% of the people in the USA pay no federal income tax. Around 40% actually pay NEGATIVE tax.