drivingmissm

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by drivingmissm 13y ago
Interestingly Minnesota has the largest population of Swedish descendents in the US.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
Regulating commercial speech is constitutional under the Commerce Clause. CAN-SPAM doesn't apply to political or non-profit organizations.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
Britain is far worse than the USA -- your health care system just flushed $18 billion down the loo on a massively failed IT system. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/...
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
"subsidies" is the new fancy term for "welfare" or "handouts". That's what it is, and there's no such thing as "free health insurance" only taxpayer-provided health insurance.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
This already exists. http://www.benchmarkmagazine.com/intruder_tests_detail.php?t...
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
Walmart is also one of the most tech-forward companies in the world. They spent lavishly on satellite links before the web, and more recently are pushing on Rfid and other inventory management tech.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
The irony is that running all of these filters is consuming electricity, which in turn means more coal-fired power plants and even dirtier air for everyone. Beijing should move to clean up the environment.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
I have the same air filter and it works great. There wasn't anything by a reputable brand for less. So yes, there's a lot of valuable plastic and a quiet and reliable motor.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
I think civil disobedience is appropriate, and that people should resist compliance and urge others to resist. I believe that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the law was passed in a party-line vote using shady Senate tac
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
There is a $67 million on-the-ground mobilization program, largely the government paying President Obama's political allies to go out and enroll people. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/15/ex-
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
I became interested in computers in part because of a middle school teacher's similar weekly after-school program (TRS-80s!!). Thank you very much for improving these kids lives.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
Obamacare is not a "minimum floor" it is a full suite of mandated coverage for every politically connected medical sector.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
It is very low bar to be the "best" site-- Kentucky has only enrolled 26,000 people in a state with over 4.3 million residents.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
Yeah I've never heard of that, even retroactive tax in a given year is new and controversial. I'd have to think that a massive retroactive tax would be considered an unconstitutional takings.
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
West Palm Beach used to be a lovely working and middle class area (I lived there a half century ago), but it is now the destination for many of the region's Haitian immigrants. They've unfortunately brought many of the same probl
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by drivingmissm 13y ago
The government created the SUV market by enforcing dangerous CAFE standards on regular autos. (SUVs were considered trucks and exempt). CAFE kills many people every year because it has reduced car weight in the name of fuel economy. Sinc