Article at The Spearhead.
My comment:
The only way to ensure the survival and prosperity of the human race is to venture into space. It's probably best that we aren't the ones doing it since we have a cancer eating away at us, and we shouldn't perpetuate it to other planets.
Showing posts with label government stupidity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government stupidity. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
High courts don't care about the constitution or the law
Much like feminists, high courts in the western world come to a conclusion first with the justification as an afterthought. They just do whatever they like, regardless of what is just, legal, or constitutional.
Case in point: http://www.professionalpensions.com/professional-pensions/news/2097973/bma-loses-gbp4bn-discrimination-nhs-widowers-pensions
Case in point: http://www.professionalpensions.com/professional-pensions/news/2097973/bma-loses-gbp4bn-discrimination-nhs-widowers-pensions
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Reminder: Failure to raise the debt ceiling will NOT produce a default.
From pssvr at Reddit:
There has been a lot of repetition of the meme lately that either Congress and the President will agree to raise the debt ceiling by August 2nd, or the U.S. will default. This is flatly untrue. U.S. revenues are more than high enough to cover interest on the outstanding debt. In fact they are more than high enough to cover both interest on the outstanding and Social Security payments, contrary to what President Obama has indicated.
What will happen if the debt ceiling is not raised by August 2nd is that the U.S. will cease to be able to go deeper into debt, and thus outlays will become equal to revenues in approximately real-time. That means cuts will have to made, somewhere. But there is no reason to believe those cuts would have to be in Social Security or in interest on the outstanding debt, unless the administration chooses to make it this way. The cuts could just as easily come from the military, or the DHS, or Medicare, or whatever. This is a decision politicians will have to make, but it does not force a default in any sense.
The entire debate is nothing more than an excuse for Boehner and Obama both to look like their jobs are hard and they are actually doing something.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Stupid Texas vice laws
Texas presents itself as against big government but they have a lot of stupid laws restricting vices in the name of morality (religion, see blue laws).
One example, the Texas Beer Laws: http://www.brewtiful.com/?p=219
Not to mention dry counties and that you can't buy liquor on Sundays. Fuck arbitrary religious "morality".
And Texas, too, has an arbitrary blood alcohol limit of .08 for driving even though they state explicitly in the Texas Driver's Handbook that different people may have different tolerances to alcohol - in other words, some people are not actually impaired enough to affect driving ability even if their BAC is above .08, and that's a fact.
They also have strict laws against "minors" - under 21 - drinking. It's called extended adolescence. So although you can be drafted to die in a profiteering war before you're 21, and you can go to jail for having sex with your 17 girlfriend when you're 18, God help you if you have a swig of beer or smoke a joint!
And of course, any cop can throw you in jail using public intox as an excuse if he doesn't like you if he claims he smells alcohol on your breath, even if you aren't harming anyone.
*Cough* police state.
One example, the Texas Beer Laws: http://www.brewtiful.com/?p=219
Not to mention dry counties and that you can't buy liquor on Sundays. Fuck arbitrary religious "morality".
And Texas, too, has an arbitrary blood alcohol limit of .08 for driving even though they state explicitly in the Texas Driver's Handbook that different people may have different tolerances to alcohol - in other words, some people are not actually impaired enough to affect driving ability even if their BAC is above .08, and that's a fact.
They also have strict laws against "minors" - under 21 - drinking. It's called extended adolescence. So although you can be drafted to die in a profiteering war before you're 21, and you can go to jail for having sex with your 17 girlfriend when you're 18, God help you if you have a swig of beer or smoke a joint!
And of course, any cop can throw you in jail using public intox as an excuse if he doesn't like you if he claims he smells alcohol on your breath, even if you aren't harming anyone.
*Cough* police state.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Who gives a shit about Roger Clemens?
The government is spending money to persecute this guy because he's accused of lying to Congress?
Congress lies to the American People every day. How about putting them on trial?
Or here's a crazy idea, how about putting false rape accusers on trial for lying in an attempt to ruin innocent men and boys' lives? Seems a bit more important than trying someone for lying about fucking baseball.
Congress lies to the American People every day. How about putting them on trial?
Or here's a crazy idea, how about putting false rape accusers on trial for lying in an attempt to ruin innocent men and boys' lives? Seems a bit more important than trying someone for lying about fucking baseball.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
On the "Move Over" law
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/police-look-for-move-over-law-violators
Sometimes you can't move over to another lane (because there are CARS there). Sometimes you shouldn't slow down to 20 MPH under the speed limit (because there are CARS behind you).
When I see a police car on the side of the road I always try to move over and slow down to the speed limit, which is reasonable. REQUIRING that I slow down to 20 mph under the speed limit OR move over is STUPID, as in many cases this simply is not a SAFE thing to do.
By all means, penalize the jackasses who drive by going 80 mph in a 60 zone in the far right line. But don't penalize me for driving safely.
Texas drivers are terrible in general and selfish. I always let someone in when they're trying to change lanes, within reason. Most Austin drivers don't seem so courteous.
Besides, most of the speed limits posted on the highways in Texas are far too low - when they should be 70, they're 60. When they should be 65, they're 55. I'm sure plenty of people have been ticketed for driving safely but technically being over the arbitrary and silly speed limits.
In Texas, unlike in Michigan, it seems to be generally safest to drive faster than most other drivers, above the speed limit, and in the far left lanes, in order to avoid some asshole rear ending you. This is much safer than driving 5 or 10 under the speed limit in the far right lane, but technically it's illegal because I'm driving over the speed limit. Though from what I've seen, Houston is a lot worse than Austin in this regard.
Now if the cops are going to start ticketing people for driving safely and courteously even if they cannot slow down or change lanes when an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, we know their priorities are fucked up.
If there's not enough REAL crime in Austin to justify the number of police we have, then we should have fewer police officers.
It seems Redditors don't care for the Austin police:
Sometimes you can't move over to another lane (because there are CARS there). Sometimes you shouldn't slow down to 20 MPH under the speed limit (because there are CARS behind you).
When I see a police car on the side of the road I always try to move over and slow down to the speed limit, which is reasonable. REQUIRING that I slow down to 20 mph under the speed limit OR move over is STUPID, as in many cases this simply is not a SAFE thing to do.
By all means, penalize the jackasses who drive by going 80 mph in a 60 zone in the far right line. But don't penalize me for driving safely.
Texas drivers are terrible in general and selfish. I always let someone in when they're trying to change lanes, within reason. Most Austin drivers don't seem so courteous.
Besides, most of the speed limits posted on the highways in Texas are far too low - when they should be 70, they're 60. When they should be 65, they're 55. I'm sure plenty of people have been ticketed for driving safely but technically being over the arbitrary and silly speed limits.
In Texas, unlike in Michigan, it seems to be generally safest to drive faster than most other drivers, above the speed limit, and in the far left lanes, in order to avoid some asshole rear ending you. This is much safer than driving 5 or 10 under the speed limit in the far right lane, but technically it's illegal because I'm driving over the speed limit. Though from what I've seen, Houston is a lot worse than Austin in this regard.
Now if the cops are going to start ticketing people for driving safely and courteously even if they cannot slow down or change lanes when an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, we know their priorities are fucked up.
If there's not enough REAL crime in Austin to justify the number of police we have, then we should have fewer police officers.
It seems Redditors don't care for the Austin police:
Fuck the police, and fuck the APD, in particular. Worthless, tax sucking pieces of shit.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Tell the FDA their Draft Guidance on NDIs is Bad for Consumers
On July 1, the US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for complying with the New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notification protocols required by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)—seventeen years late.
The biggest problem is that this guidance will create such huge barriers for supplement manufacturers that it will be much more difficult and expensive to produce them. But of course, that means consumers would either have to pay much more for nutritional supplements, or else risk not being able to buy them at all if the manufacturer deems them too expensive to produce.
No, we don't need more government control regarding the things we put in our bodies that actually help us, especially when they the FDA allows dangerous drugs like Ciprofloxacin on the market unchecked.
Sign the petition against this foolishness here.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Nominations for persons of the day
My nominations for persons of the day after a few hours at the driver's license office in Austin, TX:
- Obese women who sit next to you and brush up against you until you move then giggle as their friend takes your now open spot.
- Government officials who provide insufficient funding for drivers license offices, with an outrageous shortage of parking, resulting in long waits and inability to park.
- Greedy landlords who tow cars in nearly empty parking lots with insufficient signage.
- Greedy towing company owners who charge exhorbitant fees and are perfectly willing to tow whomever they can get away with.
Selfishness and greed are humanity's strong suits. This is not a world for honorable, decent men.
Yes, I made a mistake by parking where I parked, but I didn't see the sign and I wasn't hurting anyone's business because the parking lot was nigh empty. If the government provided enough driver's license offices with sufficient parking or made renewal easier and less frequent I wouldn't have had to park down the street in the first place, of course. And if anyone - the landlord, the employee who saw my car, or the person who towed my car - had some fucking common decency I wouldn't be over $200 poorer.
Bravo, you got me, a naive soul in an unfamiliar neighborhood just trying to get his fucking driver's license. Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy your soon-to-be-worthless cash payment, because the dollar won't be worth shit in a few years.
Lesson learned. Compassion is dead. Near everyone will screw you over to fill their own fucking pockets and save their own asses, from the government pigs who spend money on misandry and getting rich rather than providing a functioning government service, to the employee who calls in a tow on a car in an empty parking lot to save his own ass and the people doing the unscrupulous towing.
I'll remember this when the shit hits the fan (the coming collapse). Don't think I'll stand idly by then while you try to screw me over, 99% of you bastards. I may be just a complainer and a bit of an activist today, but in a different world where evil bastards aren't protected by the government, I won't sit quietly by. And there are a lot of others like me out there.
Thank you for the lesson. It was a much needed reminder of why things are bad- human beings are generally rotten.
As I suppose is expected, the reviews for Austin Express Towing aren't very good, but it does confirm their unscrupulousness and that of the business owners who contract with them: http://www.yelp.com/biz/austin-express-towing-austin-2
Seems like J & J Towing is even worse based on these reviews: http://www.yelp.com/biz/j-and-j-towing-austin-2 Here's a quotation from a gal named Micaela:
Anyway, yes, I made a mistake. But:
1- The government fucked up in the first place and contributed to my need to park in that spot.
2- The cost for my "infraction" is far too steep.
3- You shouldn't be able to move someone else's car that's been there for half an hour if it's not causing a serious immediate problem or harming your business. It's theft and extortion, and it's wrong.
In the wild west this type of shit would be settled with guns. You take a guy's horse because he left it tied to your tree out in the middle of nowhere for 15 minutes and someone's going to get shot. And nobody will be dusting for fingerprints.
More of Micaela's thoughts from her yelp review:
Soon I think there's going to be a lot of people breaking bad against the assholes of the world:
- Obese women who sit next to you and brush up against you until you move then giggle as their friend takes your now open spot.
- Government officials who provide insufficient funding for drivers license offices, with an outrageous shortage of parking, resulting in long waits and inability to park.
- Greedy landlords who tow cars in nearly empty parking lots with insufficient signage.
- Greedy towing company owners who charge exhorbitant fees and are perfectly willing to tow whomever they can get away with.
Selfishness and greed are humanity's strong suits. This is not a world for honorable, decent men.
Yes, I made a mistake by parking where I parked, but I didn't see the sign and I wasn't hurting anyone's business because the parking lot was nigh empty. If the government provided enough driver's license offices with sufficient parking or made renewal easier and less frequent I wouldn't have had to park down the street in the first place, of course. And if anyone - the landlord, the employee who saw my car, or the person who towed my car - had some fucking common decency I wouldn't be over $200 poorer.
Bravo, you got me, a naive soul in an unfamiliar neighborhood just trying to get his fucking driver's license. Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy your soon-to-be-worthless cash payment, because the dollar won't be worth shit in a few years.
Lesson learned. Compassion is dead. Near everyone will screw you over to fill their own fucking pockets and save their own asses, from the government pigs who spend money on misandry and getting rich rather than providing a functioning government service, to the employee who calls in a tow on a car in an empty parking lot to save his own ass and the people doing the unscrupulous towing.
I'll remember this when the shit hits the fan (the coming collapse). Don't think I'll stand idly by then while you try to screw me over, 99% of you bastards. I may be just a complainer and a bit of an activist today, but in a different world where evil bastards aren't protected by the government, I won't sit quietly by. And there are a lot of others like me out there.
Thank you for the lesson. It was a much needed reminder of why things are bad- human beings are generally rotten.
As I suppose is expected, the reviews for Austin Express Towing aren't very good, but it does confirm their unscrupulousness and that of the business owners who contract with them: http://www.yelp.com/biz/austin-express-towing-austin-2
Seems like J & J Towing is even worse based on these reviews: http://www.yelp.com/biz/j-and-j-towing-austin-2 Here's a quotation from a gal named Micaela:
This morning now marks the FOURTH time these criminals have towed my car illegally. ILLEGALLY. But what am I to do? They hide behind the law, but in reality what they have done to me is grand theft auto.
Anyway, yes, I made a mistake. But:
1- The government fucked up in the first place and contributed to my need to park in that spot.
2- The cost for my "infraction" is far too steep.
3- You shouldn't be able to move someone else's car that's been there for half an hour if it's not causing a serious immediate problem or harming your business. It's theft and extortion, and it's wrong.
In the wild west this type of shit would be settled with guns. You take a guy's horse because he left it tied to your tree out in the middle of nowhere for 15 minutes and someone's going to get shot. And nobody will be dusting for fingerprints.
More of Micaela's thoughts from her yelp review:
I wish there was something I could do to shut them down.. But know this, if ever there is an arson fire at J&J.. it was me.
Soon I think there's going to be a lot of people breaking bad against the assholes of the world:
Friday, June 24, 2011
"You are subsidizing people to fail in their own private lives and become more dependent on the handouts"
From the video here: Latest Feminist Triumph: Black Family Finally Destroyed A good read, too.
Yes, the government incentivizes and subsidizes the destruction of the family (and therefore society as we know it). And what happened to the black family is happening to everyone now.
Yes, the government incentivizes and subsidizes the destruction of the family (and therefore society as we know it). And what happened to the black family is happening to everyone now.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Meter maids
Today I waited for 10 minutes in a parking spot after paying no money, with the car running, while my fiancee took care of some business at the bank. And that's okay, because as far as I know a "meter maid" needs to complete writing his or her ticket before they can ticket you.
When I was a college student a meter maid ticketed me for $20. I stayed there while he wrote it because I was worried I'd get in trouble if I drove off. Later I found out if I drive off, they have to tear up the ticket - though I'm not 100% sure on this, even still.
Because it's legal for meter maids to lie, and it's nearly impossible for a layman to find the law regarding this, most people won't learn the truth about meter maids.
Just another piece of shit rule the government bestows on us.
When I was a college student a meter maid ticketed me for $20. I stayed there while he wrote it because I was worried I'd get in trouble if I drove off. Later I found out if I drive off, they have to tear up the ticket - though I'm not 100% sure on this, even still.
Because it's legal for meter maids to lie, and it's nearly impossible for a layman to find the law regarding this, most people won't learn the truth about meter maids.
Just another piece of shit rule the government bestows on us.
Why the fuck do I need a social security card?
I am applying for a driver's license in Texas. I lost my social security card in the move, but I have to admit it was pretty worn out and in fact it always looked like a piece of shit, made from crummy paper and it certainly looked very easy to counterfeit. Here's an example card. I imagine anyone with a halfway decent printer could create a fake. (confirmation)
But apparently, in order to get a driver's license in Texas, I need to have this flimsy piece of paper. Now realize this. In order to get my social security card, all I had to do was show my passport and birth certificate. These are apparently enough to get a social security card, but in order to get an original driver's license I need both a social security card and a passport.
If a passport and birth certificate are sufficient to get a social security card, and therefore imply the ability to get a social security card, why the fuck do I need the social security card, and not just the passport and birth certificate, to get a driver's license?
Now, it's possible this has something to do with federal government versus state government. Perhaps the social security card verifies that the federal government has done some sort of check. Pardon me if I have little faith in the federal government, or any government for that matter.
More likely, it's unnecessary bureaucracy and a hassle, all for a flimsy piece of easily counterfeited paper.
But apparently, in order to get a driver's license in Texas, I need to have this flimsy piece of paper. Now realize this. In order to get my social security card, all I had to do was show my passport and birth certificate. These are apparently enough to get a social security card, but in order to get an original driver's license I need both a social security card and a passport.
If a passport and birth certificate are sufficient to get a social security card, and therefore imply the ability to get a social security card, why the fuck do I need the social security card, and not just the passport and birth certificate, to get a driver's license?
Now, it's possible this has something to do with federal government versus state government. Perhaps the social security card verifies that the federal government has done some sort of check. Pardon me if I have little faith in the federal government, or any government for that matter.
More likely, it's unnecessary bureaucracy and a hassle, all for a flimsy piece of easily counterfeited paper.
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