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That sounds like Texas. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Great advice. It's also important to note that un- and under- insured motorist insurance are not the same thing. Make sure your policy includes both. In many places, they are sold together. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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That would require passing appropriations bills to provide the executive branch with sufficient funding. I don't know about California, but that's something the legislatures of many states are loath to do. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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It's the UCI; The same fools who dictate a maximum front-axle to crank center measurement that makes it impossible to design a stable frame for very tall guys; And the same UCI who dictates the color/length of socks; And the same UCI who prohibited camelbaks because they would "give an aerodynamic advantage". Road racing has gone downhill, so to speak, since Eddy Merckx retired. UCI should be thanking the Colombian ladies for the non-PED related press. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Not mentioned in the article is that the uniforms were designed and approved by the team (and sponsors, IIRC). The UCI needs to lighten up and develop a sense of humo(u)r. Source Source Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Purple unicorns exist. You can't prove that they don't, so it must be true. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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You're implying that it would be redundant for the airlines to record that information a second time. So, there's zero harm in Obama rescinding any regulations requiring airlines to spend money, passing costs on to consumers, to collect the information again. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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You're confusing elections of political candidates with elections on issues. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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It's possible, but much more difficult than in a direct democracy. Still, it happens sometimes. And sometimes the SCOTUS finds such legislation unconstitutional. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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The SCOTUS doesn't make anything legal or illegal. They interpret laws and determine their constitutionality. The majority of people have (and undoubtedly will again in the future) support unconstitutional measures. Those measures are still unconstitutional, regardless of public opinion. It often invokes just that at the state and local level. Consider state bans on same sex marriage. Such votes don't exist at the national level, so they don't invoke tyranny of the majority. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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EDITORIAL: The red state-blue state knowledge gap
jcd11235 replied to rushmc's topic in Speakers Corner
That quiz could be appropriately titled Current Events For Dummies. Most of the answers were so obvious that I suspect many respondents thought they were trick questions! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! -
It would continue to happen in a direct democracy. Many election results would be determined by a minority in the middle, rather than those voters who have strong convictions on either side of an issue. Politicians will always focus their campaigns on those who can be, and need to be, persuaded to vote for them instead of against them. It's interesting, though, how you aren't opposed state level elections to decide LGBT rights, but are opposed to them for selecting a president. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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No, but your suggested method is a bad thing. I strongly oppose the idea that the US should be a direct democracy. I don't want the country to be run by the whims of the people. The people have proven themselves, time and again, to be quite capable of exercising very bad judgement. (One only needs to look at the number of states that legislated, via direct votes of the people, bans on same sex marriages to see examples of this.) Our representative republic, though far from perfect, mitigates this problem somewhat. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Would you be so kind as to point out the article and clause of the Constitution that provides the people with the power to legislate via a direct vote on an issue? (Hint: there is none.) People here think it's wrong to do because the Framers withheld such power from the people. Any law passed in such a manner would be unconstitutional. It certainly wouldn't speed up the resolution of the issue. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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What civil rights movement has achieved faster resolution? The current process is certainly better than your suggestion of taking unconstitutional action. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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That's exactly what's happening now. You know, what you're complaining about. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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You seem to be under the mistaken impression that the government of the USA is a democracy. It isn't, nor was it designed to be. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Besides such a vote at the federal level being unconstitutional? The majority voting to withhold rights of a minority at the state level (in some states) is a big part of the problem. Such laws, even when duly passed by the people, are still unconstitutional, as courts have found (correctly, considering the SC's refusal to hear appeals). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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You realize that the Framers intentionally, and wisely, withheld such direct legislative power from the people, right? And putting it on the ballot at the state level is what caused much of the problem. Legislators make the laws. Judges interpret the laws. That's how it is, and that's how it was intended. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Sure it does. It's not rational behavior, but people are often not rational in their behavior. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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If you change your mind and decide to discuss the topic like an adult, instead of name calling when your points are refuted, let me know. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Sure it is. He had no way of knowing the hospital screwed up. He likely thought the hospital saw something in his symptoms to rule out ebola. As far as waiting to see a doctor, it's not unusual for people to put off seeing a doctor because they fear bad news. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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No, it isn't. Knowing he was exposed isn't the same as knowing he was infected. And if he knew he was exposed and lied to return to the US, it's quite plausible that he'd keep the knowledge of his exposure to himself until symptoms appeared. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Exactly the point I made. That he intentionally lied in the interest of self preservation is the most plausible and likely explanation. There's no honor in that. eh, I see little dishonorable in skipping an unnecessary 3 week jail sentence. You're claiming that risking the transfer of ebola to yet another country in order to save one's own life is honorable? We have two radically different definitions of honorable behavior. Considering he had not only been exposed, but had actually been infected, the three week quarantine can hardly be considered unnecessary. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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Exactly the point I made. That he intentionally lied in the interest of self preservation is the most plausible and likely explanation. There's no honor in that. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!