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shrike82 posted:Fat chance of them enforcing that.
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shrike82 posted:Fat chance of them enforcing that. It'll be after the fact enforcement, mostly, but it gives them leverage to prosecute people who do stupid poo poo with drones.
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Kalman posted:It'll be after the fact enforcement, mostly, but it gives them leverage to prosecute people who do stupid poo poo with drones. A good enough reason if you ask me, actual pilots don't gently caress around with wanting clear airspace during landing and takeoff since swerving around some jackass' drone so it doesn't get ingested and blow up the engine is a very dangerous thing while taking off and landing. As there's no feasible way to keep drones from entering the loving airport, they might as well drop the hammer on anyone loving around until the rest get the picture. The same would go for voyeurism and nuisances, but those don't pose the same kind of hazard to public safety as loving around near a passenger airport runway does.
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Nonsense posted:I thought one of the critical strengths of Uber/Lyft with minorities is that the cab will show up promptly and well, actually show up. Depends on where you live http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/5/27/1302417/-Ridesharing-and-Redlining-Uber-Lyft-Race-and-Class
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I know that ron_paul_sitting_in_a_room_alone.jpg was a photoshop, so this hits much as (I assume) it's 100% real.
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Blowdryer posted:Depends on where you live A reddit thread is your evidence?
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Taxi drivers only pick up people in less profitable or dangerous areas because they are required to by condition of having their medallion Is it really so strange that uber drivers don't? Those medallions exist for other reasons, too. In areas where taxis are not very profitable, they exist so that a small handful of cabs can still make money with an enforced monopoly. Otherrwise cabbies just congregate to the highest value possible areas. I see no good reason that uber/lyft should not have to abide by the same regulations as taxis.
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As someone who has used Uber, I agree with the statement that it affords the consumer some advantages, but I also agree that there's nothing that prevents taxis from adopting those advantages, whether via government regulation or by their own attempt to stay relevant in the market. I don't think those advantages are worth the unscrupulous practices that Uber imposes on its drivers. I've used the service when I absolutely need to get a taxi quickly and directly such as during bad weather, and even then it costs me thrice as much as a regular taxi fare, if not more. Finally, I feel strongly against the idea of Uber in places like Singapore and Japan, where the public transportation system is very well developed.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Finally, I feel strongly against the idea of Uber in places like Singapore and Japan, where the public transportation system is very well developed. Huh?
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shrike82 posted:Huh? If the commuter system is good enough that you wouldn't need to use a taxi in the first place, I don't see the need to have Uber as a taxi alternative, either.
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I guess you haven't spent time in Singapore and Japan. There's definitely a space for taxi/Uber services to exist between public transport and private car ownership. Rain for the former country and past midnight for the latter.
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Dec 16, 2015 12:44
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Mr Hootington posted:It is why I'm leaning towards voting straight R. Why die a death of a thousand cuts when we could just burn in nuclear fire? I am angry that when Republicans control one branch of government they are able to get some loathsome Republican policies passed. Therefore I will try to put Republicans in charge of all branches of government.
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So, any analysis of last night's debate? Did Jeb; finally make a manly assertion of his divine right to the throne? Did Trump finally turn his withering gaze upon Cruz? Did Ben Carson evince a pulse? My liver thanks yours for its sacrifice.
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They were all trying to be Trump except Kasich who was being Kasich. Trump was the only one who offered a concrete plan for doing anything about terrorism other than "bomb Raqqa to the ground" and that was "shut down the internet" plus he super slammed Jeb! straight to hell so expect all his numbers to go up again.
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Here's the full text of the omnibus. Enjoy all its delicious 2,009 pages.
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Fried Chicken posted:Oh, did HR 2029 (VA funding) make it in the omnibus bill and if so at Senate levels or house levels? Starts on page 1,090 http://www.scribd.com/doc/293404669/Read-omnibus-spending-bill-text Alligator Horse fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Dec 16, 2015 |
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Luigi Thirty posted:They were all trying to be Trump except Kasich who was being Kasich. Trump was the only one who offered a concrete plan for doing anything about terrorism other than "bomb Raqqa to the ground" and that was "shut down the internet" plus he super slammed Jeb! straight to hell so expect all his numbers to go up again. Seeing Jeb get so exasperated was a pretty good image. And after the Clinton e-mail nonsense would be interesting to hear if Fiorinas "truckload of equipment/NSA" story turned out to be as well, since that seemed kind of odd.
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Mr Hootington posted:It is why I'm leaning towards voting straight R. Why die a death of a thousand cuts when we could just burn in nuclear fire? This is the kind of thought/action that someone who is not clear-headed (depressed) has/makes and then regrets later, if they care enough. Stop being an idiot.
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http://jezebel.com/warrant-issued-for-ethan-couch-teen-who-suffered-from-1748239077 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_hpI0tMZac
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In case you're wondering, the omnibus and tax extenders are separate bills in the House, but will be sent to the Senate as a combined bill.
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Boon posted:This is the kind of thought/action that someone who is not clear-headed (depressed) has/makes and then regrets later, if they care enough. Your right. I was being an idiot. The long republican debates put me in a depressed mood combined with alcohol and I was thinking the funding bill had clean water roll backs attached didn't mix well. I don't plan on voting "R" and the nuclear fire was not meant as literal nuclear fire. We just need to stick it out 4, 8, or 30 years and hope a recession, 9/11, or scandal doesn't cause the US to topple to the right any more.
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Paging Joementum http://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459812699/why-the-politics-of-the-star-wars-universe-makes-no-sense
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:http://jezebel.com/warrant-issued-for-ethan-couch-teen-who-suffered-from-1748239077 Is there any biological reason why people like this (another example is shrekli) have to have the faces they do?
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shrike82 posted:Is there any biological reason why people like this (another example is shrekli) have to have the faces they do? They have a normal chromosome 21.
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My main takeaway from last night is that we're a nation of scared little babies who's attention span on the issues that really matter in the day to day lives of most of us basically lasts till the latest foreign boogyman shows up. It's kinda pathetic.
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mcmagic posted:My main takeaway from last night is that we're a nation of scared little babies who's attention span on the issues that really matter in the day to day lives of most of us basically lasts till the latest foreign boogyman shows up. It's kinda pathetic. Good morning.
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Have we discussed Marco Rubio and other senators trying to ban municipal ISPs?
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CommieGIR posted:Have we discussed Marco Rubio and other senators trying to ban municipal ISPs? Literally every policy they're espousing is bad for America. I wonder how many times the word 'safe' was said last night. I'd guarantee it was over 100.
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mcmagic posted:My main takeaway from last night is that we're a nation of scared little babies who's attention span on the issues that really matter in the day to day lives of most of us basically lasts till the latest foreign boogyman shows up. It's kinda pathetic. Well, at least "the republican party is scared little babies whose attention span" etc. etc.
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LeeMajors posted:Literally every policy they're espousing is bad for America. there's prolly a transcript you can run through word cloud or something
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shrike82 posted:I guess you haven't spent time in Singapore and Japan. Uber hails cabs though? UberX is the nontaxi one.
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What bothered me most about the debate last night (from both an ideological and linguistic perspective) was the resurgence of the phrase "hate us for our freedom(s)." I get the primal urge to just punch something whenever I hear that loving phrase.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:Well, at least "the republican party is scared little babies whose attention span" etc. etc. Nah most democrats are too. Replace foreign boogeyman with the latest social justice hot topic.
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The GOP has become a hawkish caricature. Literally they only things they care about are military might and corporate profits. None of them are even remotely concerned with things that affect normal people. It's really depressing how disheartening that is. Just bullshit posturing. I never thought I'd see the day when the subversive, destructive hawkishness of W's administration would seem adorable by comparison, but here we are. Mr Hootington posted:Nah most democrats are too. Replace foreign boogeyman with the latest social justice hot topic. Ummm.....social justice issues actually affect millions of Americans?
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Mr Hootington posted:Nah most democrats are too. Replace foreign boogeyman with the latest social justice hot topic. Blow it out your rear end. The SCOTUS is literally attempting to roll back the Civil Rights Era, this is the made up bullshit.
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Mr Hootington posted:Nah most democrats are too. Replace foreign boogeyman with the latest social justice hot topic. Sorry transgender people, I guess you're just a social justice hot topic.
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Social Justice Hot Topic is my favorite store at the mall.
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LeeMajors posted:Ummm.....social justice issues actually affect millions of Americans? As a normal white male I am unaffected by this and see it only as yet another a circular firing squad preventing full communism.
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Mr Hootington posted:Nah most democrats are too. Replace foreign boogeyman with the latest social justice hot topic. It's really come to the point where if you use the phrase "social justice" you're just a moron.
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The problem with the modern Democratic Party is that it just doesn't pander to white men enough.
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