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hamhock666
·5 dagen geleden·discuss
Well you remember how Captain Kirk had his computer speak to him in a special female voice, and he was "married" to the ship ;)
hamhock666
·16 dagen geleden·discuss
There are usually ways to fix the problems in your life, like sadness and hunger, without resorting to using drugs. Maybe not everyone but it is something we should strive for.
hamhock666
·16 dagen geleden·discuss
If you can find a way to use your own free will and self-discipline to stop the bad condition then that seems preferable to using a drug. Maybe someone doesn't have the willpower in which case it's good that we have the drug.

With regards to omeprazole, I changed my diet a bit and no longer needed the omeprazole. I don't know exactly what it was, but if you can get off of a drug because you don't need it anymore that seems ideal.
hamhock666
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
I don't know much about these cases but is anyone from that country coming forward to media and saying their spouse was killed on the ship? Is there anyone who is claiming it was a mistake from that country?
hamhock666
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
Aren't they waters near our coast? Do we not kill pirates on the other side of the world?
hamhock666
·9 maanden geleden·discuss
I don't think the voters asked for either of those things. It is unfortunate
hamhock666
·9 maanden geleden·discuss
Why would they do that? Is this just spam?
hamhock666
·10 maanden geleden·discuss
> Slavery was only ended by violence

I don't think this is quite true, it may have ended it faster, but I don't think it would still exist today if the civil war had not happened. Most other countries ended slavery without a violent civil war, especially if you think about the way technology vastly outweighed the usefulness of having slaves.

And then when Charlie Kirk says "Some deaths were worth it...", he is talking about accidents and abuses of guns by shooters. He doesn't mean that violence is the answer to politics, it would be great if nobody died from mass shootings. But he is saying that having the right to bear arms to defend yourself is preferable to the alternative where you have no right to do that.
hamhock666
·11 maanden geleden·discuss
Kind of ironic there is no download button!
hamhock666
·12 maanden geleden·discuss
Don't people already pay for things like the NYT?

I guess local papers might be harder, they may have to demonstrate they can reveal the journalistic failures of other papers in local affairs.
hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
> ... I can't imagine a world where Congress could actually achieve something that widely helpful for regular citizens.

The solution is to not use the internet if you care about your privacy.
hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
Kind of ironic given what you are posting about. I think I need to get off the internet
hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
Yes you just need to reorganize those smart people into a new system. I don’t agree with everything being done.
hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
We are trusting Donald Trumps judgement to execute on the promises he made to get elected. Nothing is perfect, and I think this whole thing is probably happening too early.
hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
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·vorig jaar·discuss
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hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
It has to be done quickly because the administrative state is large and there is a lot to do. Institutions grow old with time and need drastic reform or replacement. I don’t know what they will replace everything with, ideally they have a bunch of smart people thinking about that. Look at how FDR used the Bureau of the Budget to similar effect.
hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
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hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
This is a give and take, both branches the congress and the executive are equal, and both are democratically elected. Some situations call for more of one.

Since WW2 we have had a growing unelected federal bureaucracy (staffed by college graduates more and more left-leaning), that is controlled by congress as you mentioned. Congress is run by seniority, most are re-elected every year and are elected along party lines without much thought. And most legislation is written by lobbyists and activists. People are apathetic about congress, there is not much democracy there. People care much more about the presidential election.

I think if you look at the actions of our federal government over past decades you will see it has not been very good for the health of the American people. I think any action by a president to take back some power from Congress to upend that order is a good thing. Throughout our history certain presidents have completely changed the federal government during their terms in office, and afterwards the title goes back to more complacent presidents. Over time systems decay and you may need to start with something new.
hamhock666
·vorig jaar·discuss
I would say serves my interests, and not just my interests but all of those who voted a certain way. That’s what elections should be