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by agarden 11y ago
It also provides an explanation for why national political conversations are so awful.
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So who got to decide that it works this way? The Constitution doesn't say it works this way, and that was the document that was voted on by the representatives of the people. So whoever it was that decided it actually works a totally d
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If someone defrauds medicare for millions, then they do not deserve, in a moral sense, expensive counsel or any help at all, because they are guilty. But a person can be accused of defrauding medicare for millions without having actually do
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by agarden 11y ago
It strikes me that the problem with Justice Alito's analogy is that it presumes guilt. One could retell the story this way: two brothers each received $5000 from a rich uncle on the same day, and also made $5000 selling old vinyl recor
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(First a note: "what new law is the judiciary supposed to pass" was meant to be "what new law is the legislature...".) I'm not sure we disagree. You seem to be arguing that no one branch is the final arbiter of what
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by agarden 11y ago
What if the removed justices sued and the judiciary hearing the case ruled that, in fact, Constitutional provisions be damned, the legislative branch may not remove justices. Were that to happen, how could you argue that they are wrong?
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If the old, nullified Constitutional provision said that dog-walking on Thursdays was illegal, what new law is the judiciary supposed to pass to make dog-walking illegal on Thursdays again? If the judiciary is free to impose whatever interp
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by agarden 11y ago
> <i>If the Constitution said "there may be no dog-walking on Thursday", the constitutionality of dog-walking on Thursday would rest entirely upon the decisions of the judiciary with regards to its constitutionality<&#
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World Cup 2010 in South Africa 'triggered baby boy boom'(bbc.com)
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Let's assume that bias does persist past selection through the duration of the program. Does that change the interpretation when you look at First Round Capital's data that shows its female founders outperforming the males by 63%?
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Who really won the Bush v. Gore election?(cnn.com)
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I wonder if perhaps kids find the assigned work so dreadful because the manner of assignment assumes it will be. "Why should I read this?," asks the kid. "Because it is assigned," comes the answer. At which point, perhap
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This seems much better advice. I found the opposite of PG. I discovered that when I worked on talking the way I wrote, my speech became much better and more interesting. Now, PG speaks off the cuff pretty well. So I suppose if people find y
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by agarden 11y ago
If you really know, then yes. On those on flight 93 seemed to know. But the other two planes didn't and they didn't do anything. Totally reasonable. Where I in the hypothetical train scenario, I would not pull the lever. Because i
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Manoj Bhargava's crusade: From energy drinks to limitless energy(business-standard.com)
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Limitless Energy(billionsinchange.com)
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Rain Maker(billionsinchange.com)
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One can be cautious without being overly cautious. And one can prudently take risks. An example of stupid behavior might be betting $10,000 that you will win the office March Madness pool, because you personally know the coach of Duke and a
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by agarden 11y ago
Interesting observation. There is nothing in the Constitution about abortion and it being a right, though. So what we are actually seeing is widespread disrespect for Supreme Court rulings taking hold. The recent ruling on gay marriage is o
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Previous discussion last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10380513
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Freedom Chair – Off-road wheelchair(gogrit.us)
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He didn't leave Dropbox for Google, Apple, or Amazon. He switched to SpiderOak. Their selling point is that everything is encrypted client-side and they have no access to unencrypted files. I have not yet abandoned DropBox. I am still
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by agarden 11y ago
I am skeptical. The WSJ article[0] covering Lankford's claims has a graphic that shows none of those countries with even two mass shootings since 2000, including the Philippines. The Mother Jones[1] article says that only four countrie
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by agarden 11y ago
If you want to talk about people being shot, instead of just cases where civilians walk into a crowded place just to kill as many people as possible, then I think you need to take Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Palestine, and more into account. And
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by agarden 11y ago
Elliot Rodger's manifesto: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/05/25/us/shooting-do... Rodger thought it was a huge injustice that anyone else could have a girlfriend -- or anything else --
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by agarden 11y ago
>We don't believe them (or, at least, I don't believe them) not because it's impossible, >but because they do not put in the work to back up their daydream fantasies. > >Why would the same not be true of a wannab
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This case of LaDue is certainly on odd one. I agree that it isn't clear he actually had the nerve to follow through. But it is clear he is following a script. He calls Eric Harris his hero. He cites all the precedents. Maybe humiliatin
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Good question. Two aspects to the answer. 1) Let's say the article was about people who fell to their death because there was no fence at the top of the Grand Canyon. Let's further suppose that this was a pattern and it has been h
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It seems to me that at this point there is a certain script for violence. It involves guns and maybe bombs, and the point is to kill as many people as possible to get as much media attention as possible. To a certain kind of person, that so
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by agarden 11y ago
Rock star and wide receivers don't get to anoint themselves. They can only achieve their goal if other people cooperate and give them that status. This guy did not require anyone's cooperation and his motivations were internal. Ma

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