If recent history is the template, to be unaccountable you must be:
…if you aren’t all of these then I’m sorry, the rules of accountability apply to you.
In a small win for Progressives, with the power wielded by Peter Thiel to swing elections and public policy, one attribute was removed from the above list:
I don’t think thats what people mean when they say “ACAB”.
With classic cryptography being broken that also opens the need for quantum cryptography and commnications. China is a bit farther ahead of us on this launching their first satellite encorporating these concepts in 2020:
“The nation’s Micius satellite successfully established an ultrasecure link between two ground stations separated by more than 1,000 kilometers” source
China is launching a second newer generation satellite next year. source
“I hope you enjoyed your Uber ride today. Give me 5 stars or I’ll tell the secret police on you even though you never said anything.”
Even “the bible” isn’t “the bible”.
“Protestant Bibles have only 39 books in the Old Testament, however, while Catholic Bibles have 46.” source
From trump’s talk before the election, I don’t think they foresee there will be a 2028 election.
There is a whole youtube rabbit hole you can go down showing videos of miniature versions of larger (larger caliber) guns. The smallest I saw was “replica” Civil War Navy revolver that the whole gun was about 6cm long. It was a functional gun that had a powder charge with a projectile.
If you’re talking about actually scaling, like a CAD drawing, then no.
If you’re talking most of the appearance and function, then yes! There is a scale model of a Browning M2 machine gun (which normally fires 50 cal ammo) that fires 22lr instead. It will set you back about $20,000.
In the USA at least, the mandate was dropped by Supreme Court decision.
Unless regulation is so loose they basically don’t have to pay a damn thing even when you get sick.
If it gets that bad, then people will simply drop insurance.
So will insurance companies stop covering vaccines after the federal government no longer supports/requires them?
I’m betting insurance companies will still cover vaccines. If they didn’t covered individuals will still get sick and consume even more costly medical, hospital, and surgical services. Getting customer to get vaccines are good business for insurance companies.
Shock troops would probably have to break lots of windows. Those shock troops may also be operating at night for the element of surprise. There should be a name for that. Night of broken glass perhaps? How about a loanword from another language to shorten that, like Kristallnacht?
It probably the fact that the industry is getting flooded with people who think working in IT is a easy get rich job.
It certainly was 20-25 years ago. Zero formal education besides high school would land you a job 5 times the minimum wage working mostly in air conditioned comfort. Upward mobility was built in, and many of us have leveraged that for even higher paying positions with the gained experience and continued learning of the tech on our own.
And that surrendering is why centrist democrats lose.
Weren’t both Obama and Biden both Centrist democrats? If they lose how do you account for 12 years of the presidency. Even if we count the new trump presidency, that still means 66% of the last 24 years (counting until 2028 now) has been Centrist Democrats. If anything, your logic says that Centrist democrats win more often than not using this method.
The ACA, IRA, the largest gun control bill in 30 years, DACA, CARD act, Fair Pay act, repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Juneteenth Nationally Act, Honoring out Pact Act, Respect for Marriage Act, Student Loan relief
All of these in the last 2 decades by DNC. Which one of those are you saying shouldn’t have been passed?
trump presented no concrete approaches except “tariffs”. Its easy to promise when there’s few to offend.
Then you run on:
“I’m going to establish national single-payer healthcare!”
And now you’ve alienated the powerful healthcare lobby
“I’m going to break up the big grocery stores that are responsible for all the inflation!”
And now you’ve alienated the powerful agribusiness
“I’m going to reign in and break up big tech!”
And now you’ve alienated the powerful tech companies
“My opponent wants to exterminate the Palestinians, and I will save them!”
And now you’ve alienated the powerful Pro-Israel groups
You could do all of this if you run as a powerful populist with a very engaged electorate. This last election showed that the electorate wasn’t engaged.
What Democrats can’t realize is that fundraising dollars are less important than actual appeals to voters.
trump: “I’m going to fix everything for you and lower all you costs without any knock on consequences to you of the working class.”
DNC: “It is not nearly that simply, but I’m going to do what I can to improve your lives”
A GOP lie is cheaper than a DNC truth.
I can go to a cafe where I’m waited on and served decent food for $20.
How much do you tip on you cafe meal on top of that $20?
At the trial one witness was brought forward claiming to have been turned into a newt by her. When the defense pressed the claim clearly pointing out the witness was indeed human, the witness reported “I got better”. And now for something completely different. /s