Bolas

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  1. There too many holes in that. Never mind the morals or ethics, there would be no way to absolutely enforce these restrictions. You'd have to run a background check every time you wanted to eat somewhere new. Maybe back when Civil Rights was passed, but now it would be no longer be a big issue. The "racist/sexist/homophobic companies" would be well known to all and would be far less than people would think and likely would change or close quickly under the pressure, similar to what happened to that Oregon wedding cake bakery even before the government stepped in. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  2. For any government entity: equal rights for all with no "group" , including couples receiving any special treatment. Any business or it's subsidiaries choosing to do business with any government entity or accept any government funding is required to the same. Beyond that, no discrimination restrictions. Let publicity and capitalism deal with them. Ex: Jorge can run a restuarant that does not serve white people if he chooses. His business would not be eligible for a government backed small business loan/grant nor would he be allowed to cater a local government function. Government employees would be allowed to eat there but only on their personal time with personal funds. Business meals could not be expensed there. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  3. Courts can't. Should be covered under the 5th amendment. Then requiring a back door should be covered as well. The original issue is that the phone supplied to the shooter with his employment used his personal ID, not one the company provided and apparently they also had no control software loaded on their device either to manage it and/or view the contents. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  4. That would put them in contempt of court. I doubt that they want to go in that direction. Jerry Baumchen PS) I once had a sherrif's deputy take a court-ordered garnishment to a credit union to get the funds from someone who owed me money. The clerk at the credit union called the account owner who told her not to give the money to the deputy. The clerk called me and told me what she had been told. I told her that she had a choice: 1) Hand over the money, or 2) Be in contempt of court; I told her to ask the deputy what his thoughts were. I got my money. Could be charged with contempt of court. Whether they are actually in contempt of court is up to a judge, not the Sherriff or any of his deputies. If it was proven they intentionally gave the wrong password. Depending on what they're being charged with, a contempt charge may be a much lighter sentence. But getting back to the original point: if the court can just order someone to provide access/password to a device, why do they need the back door in those other cases? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  5. Have a question about the other phones they want access to. Are all those people dead as well? If not, should they be forced to provide the password? Of course, nothing is stopping them from just providing the wrong password enough times to wipe it. Wondering if there's a legal precedent, possibly non technology in access to a secured area with "self destruct" if breached. Example: If a safe company has a safe that when a breach was attempted would destroy its contents, would they also be forced to create a law-enforcement override? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  6. Agreed - we call that toilet paper.......voting ballots see what I did there? (however, what happens in an election when you have magical voting ballots that wipe off one kind of shit but you get stuck with 4 years of a slightly different dingleberry?) The kind of magical ballots that don't actually elect the person you voted for but instead choose someone who (in some states) may or may not vote for the person you wanted? This is one reason I sort of hope Trump and Sanders get their party's nominations. This will guarantee one or more third-party candidates that may actually have a chance and/or expose the electoral college for the mess it is. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  7. Trump is reaching the depth and breadth of anger and frustration in this country. That is something the political establishment, which includes the media, simply does not know exists or understands. And the same can be said for Sanders supporters. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  8. Exactly. They've got to try to at least keep up the illusion that they're necessary. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  9. We're gonna need your posts shortened to sound bites/tweets... Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  10. Cynical me thinks that a trophy company came up with the whole concept just to increase sales. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  11. Human trafficking of men? Is this only open to married people? Sound cheaper than divorce. Do agree with you, but the typo was too good to pass up. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  12. If a neighborhood has a statiscally higher murder rate than other neighborhoods why should the DNA makeup of the neighborhood be a factor in deciding if they deserve a resolution? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  13. FIFY Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  14. +1 If we did this, most of the military could be self funded. Closer to the original topic though: Charities that let those off the hook that have the ability to pay tend to make things worse as the more they do, the less the other party feels they have to. Noble intentions to help those that fall through the cracks of a system, but without reform those cracks only seem to get wider and deeper. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  15. That's right. Healthcare is a mere privilege. Now a gun, a gun is something everybody needs a right to. That is important! Well, if you're going by the gun definition of a right, people already have the right to healthcare as it's not illegal and health insurance can be purchased. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  16. You don't value the lives of your loved ones more than you do other people? I said nothing about value. Stature is not value. I'll concede that sometimes value begets stature. Imagine it this way. Say Hillary was visiting somewhere, and the same kind of situation played out and she was killed. Do you think there would be more than just a little media coverage? I'd say yes, because she has stature, not because she is more valuable. My point was that his statement on him believing one life not being more valuable than another was BS. We all are going to value some lives more than others and for most part it's going to be different for each person. It's just human nature. We value children more than adults. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  17. You don't value the lives of your loved ones more than you do other people? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  18. Now your talking! One gun every two years. I could live with that! Reading, while it may be fundamental, is nothing compared to understanding, which is imperative. I understand your love of guns. Would that you could afford others with dissimilar affections an equal courtesy... John Fine. Those that don't want to buy guns, don't have to. We won't even have a penalty fee... err, tax for those that don't. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  19. Haven't you been paying attention? It's Obama's fault. either that, or Halliburton, or assault rifles whichever You know deep inside that it is really all bush's fault, and if you can't blame Bush, blame Reagan. Blame Andrew Jackson and the Confederate flag. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  20. Huh? The president should say things he knows can't be done to keep people posting on the Internet from talking bad about him? Could possibly understand saying something like, "There's been a lot of discussion about... but here's why it's not viable:" Then again, would like to think our elected officials would basically ignore any nonconstitutional suggestions from the extremes of either party. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  21. so....it's all a joke, one big joke here is a documentary of a real modern classroom, I don't know if Michael Moore did it, or perhaps some new age group, or if any ducks were abused or disrespected during the filming. (I know, I already posted it elsewhere). Perhaps you'd see the pilot program in Kallend's class, I don't know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKcWu0tsiZM Since you have such a high regard for my class, maybe you'd like to try your hand at my final exam, see how you get on. 1:10 http://youtu.be/gvXcuGrd1RM Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  22. The POINT is that our gun-loving friend (who's now disappeared) claimed that concealed carry, introduced in early 2014, would reduce the number of murders. It hasn't. Both years that CCW has been in effect the number of murders has gone up. Remove the criminal on criminal murders from both as they would not be impacted by CCW or any other gun law changes. What are those numbers? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  23. Nope. College is the only option now. The FLOTUS has spoken, err rapped. http://youtu.be/_1yAOK0nSb0 Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  24. This is not a racial issue. It's a socioeconomic one. The racial breakdown of the statistics is not the important factor and skews the results as those not poor in said race get the advantage too.. Once treated as soley socioeconomic, then the only question is do alternative requirements for them truly help them or just set them up for failure? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  25. Funding can't make up for lack of positive parental involvement, which is the larger issue. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.