Comments by "chocomalk" (@chocomalk) on "ReasonTV" channel.

  1. Watch Waco rules of engagement. And those guns, yeah they owned some but their main business was selling to gun shows. The local Sheriff was interviewed and he said they had a resale license and had the Feds come to him first, all of this could have been prevented.
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  2. Why is this not "The case for incitement"?
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  3. Are all these on top of sales taxes?
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  4. This is not about drawing conclusions it is about looking at the abundance of research and historical data to realize that prohibition does not work and has the opposite effect it intends with the consequence that there are no standards or government oversight on the product that is under prohibition.
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  5. But obviously people can still let the animals go and then kill themselves so this helps how?
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  6. The current solution is to try and prohibit something that is already illegal and has become an epidemic. In other words, prohibition does not work, it only marginalizes and criminalizes the victims that would have occurred anyway.
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  7. I guess he is unaware of current events like torture, drone strikes, white phosphorous, wars for oil and resource, financial corruption, political corruption. Nothing says morals like the reason and scientific basis behind dropping an A bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Or taking out a wedding party with a drone while sitting in an air conditioned environment in the US. Just saying.
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  8. Cool guy. Bringing back the chemistry set in a big way lol
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  9. They can, they just don't.
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  10. D0x0r
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  11. Must be nice to take someones property and make them pay for it :p
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  12. +Joseph Beineke These days it may not be considered a lot of money but in the 60's...? Seriously a shit ton of cash for a "start up" lool
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  13. Funny how they regulate the crap out of ordinary people but when it comes to internal protocols and regulations....lol
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  14. They didn't even take emergency vehicles into account. smh...this is why politics fails on so many levels, they don't have a clue, or they're corrupt.
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  15. So you could build 7 Empire State buildings in the time it took to make this literal piece of shit?
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  16. It's one thing to compare a manual but how about a real life comparison?
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  17. Hope you guys didn't have to pay to be at that rhetoric filled hall of doom. Epic stache @1:01 probably the best part of CPAC outside Fein's comments.
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  18. +FreeGoro Even in the 80's a million was considered a lot of money, in the 60's it was stinking rich.
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  19. The Republican Democrat party has spoiled the elections for quite some time now :p
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  20. Of course there is no bias here lmao
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  21. lol psychopath much?
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  22. Maybe America should have stayed out of it to begin with since they are knee deep in this mess. Oddly enough Russia was already in Crimea and responded exactly how people in the US gov knew they would since it is exactly how they would have responded. Which is to mobilize your forces to protect military assets during a time of civil strife where one of the participants is decidedly "Anti-YOU". I can imagine what the US response in Okinawa would be to an anti-USA gov in Tokyo.  Last I heard Puerto Rico never wanted to be a second class US satellite state.
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  23. Mr. Cheezle  When you say "this kind of content" you are opening a huge mixed bag of nuts that is wholly subject to personal interpretation. It is the reason why porn is legal in the first place. Where do you draw the line? In this case any damages are basically limited to personal reputation, which can be as simple as posting a video of someone really drunk and acting stupid in public, something 100% legal. If you consent to being recorded without an agreement, as long as there is no commercial use of the media, you have put your foot in it. Personally I think it is reprehensible, but law is built on precedence and that is a literal slippery slope.
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  24. PostSurgeOperative  "OIC, so Indian tribes weren't considered an existential threat to States, and that whole 'Whiskey Rebellion' thing never happened, right?" Red Herrings, and the whiskey rebellion occurred after the constitution was drafted so not even relevant.
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  25. I don't like the federal reserve system but there has to be money controls lol
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  26. BitCoin is nothing without the blockchain it is built from, thus any digital currency can be equal to or greater than BC since its utility is not inherent. And yes it could be stopped easily. Regulate it the price will fall, tax it and price will fall, make it illegal and the price will fall, replace it and the price will fall.
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  27. P Mason  Yup, and if anyone thinks they can reform the beast with two heads they are kookoo
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  28. Steve Dogiakos  lol hey stache! To be fair, I wasn't bagging on you or your initiative. Or even repubs for that matter even though I am mostly apolitical. Cheers
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  29. I would never go to an establishment that has replaced a human with a robot. It's bad enough manufacturing jobs have been taken over, we are on our way to obsolescence without a reworking of our economic system.
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  30. castello west "Who would you have in his place?" A piece of burnt toast? Things stay the same and don't get any worse...;p
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  31. Consent in this instance only needs to be granted for commercial use. If they gave consent to be recorded or gave someone media without signing an agreement, it is tacit approval.
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  32. Mr. Cheezle  It really doesn't get more explicit than consenting to be filmed in the first place. You can't be certain the other party will be faithful or if another party will come upon it by chance or by design. And again, where does it end? What about a nude photo made into a painting? Artistic freedom is in jeopardy. Ignorantia juris non excusat.
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  33. The free market would have rid themselves of him years ago if this decision was anything more than damage control.
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  34. Bitcoin is the Tulip of the new millennium, easily replaced and its only real utility based in the blockchain which is free and can be reduplicated, its only value is brand loyalty and ignorance.
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  35. Not even, this was all about exposing CNN and the disruption to the review process.
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  36. Cowards make great tyrants.
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  37. Idiots.
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  38. grantcivyt  Sorry but this innovation does not lower the cost of living for people lol
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  39. grantcivyt  What bar pays for training bartender? NONE.
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  40. TheRetiredtrucker  Reread that post IE "Manufacturing...
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  41. grantcivyt  I have never seen a bar hire a bartender that was untrained or inexperienced. I have never seen a bar pay for a bartenders training. That is up to the person that wants to be a bartender...to go to a "bar tending school" that they pay for out of pocket, just like other people that go school.
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  42. grantcivyt  "The bar owner pays for the training and experience of the bartender through wages." No they pay for their labor. The money for training comes out of their own pockets.
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  43. grantcivyt  Bartenders make most of their money in tps I don't ink you have ever been in a bar or worked in the service industry.
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  44. grantcivyt  Not this customer.
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  45. grantcivyt  Talk about hiding your head in the sand. My point is that most industries are going this route and at that point who will be a customer? And if you have a tight budget, go to the liquor store FFS.
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  46. grantcivyt  The cost to produce goods has gone down and become more efficient for decades yet the COL goes up. Immigrants do work "here" and eventually their jobs will become mechanized. Other countries have lower COL. You really have no clue. "we are on our way to obsolescence without a reworking of our economic system."
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  47. grantcivyt  It cost less but the COL keeps going up which drives prices up. It's simple. We can farm easier and more efficient, same with mining and manufacturing. A small elementary school in India fashioned Ipads for $20.00 each without bulk purchasing and slave labor. The reason for price increase is greed on many fronts, mostly top down via economic policy. And legal immigrants do nothing to curtail COL. Automated bartenders, automated service(McDonald has done this) self serve check outs at grocery stores and gas stations, whole sectors of manufacturing replaced by robots and the result is a failing economy and millions of people working crappy service jobs that will eventually be automated.
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  48. grantcivyt  "The $20 "ipad" wouldn't have been possible without the greed of Apple" That's bullshit, it just shows they are scalping people. The only difference between that tablet and an Ipad is a touch screen. And it was a news report a few years back, regardless, 40 bucks is still a steal.
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  49. Bushrod Rust Johnson  I am not talking about the gov. And tax does not make miracles, the cost is still the cost.
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  50. Bushrod Rust Johnson  $40 is $40, subsidy just means they gave them money.
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  51. Bushrod Rust Johnson  If the unit cost is above $40.00 you have a point but requires citation, if not it is merely the burden of taxation. In any case, the $40.00 pad is someone else entry into this ludicrous thread. I saw a news report a few years back where a small elementary school in India made rudimentary tablets for $20.00 a pop. Students don't need high rez touch screens. Last years tech is dirt cheap as well.
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  52. grantcivyt  lol show me where I compared the two and you can stand by your comment.
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  53. dirksilver  "probably" ≠ "did".
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  54. dirksilver  Well then since I keep missing it why don't you tell it like it is?
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  55. grantcivyt  Fair enough about the comparison since we have been going on about this for some time I missed that, although the difference is primarily in the screen and the OS since the Ipad goes through subsequent versions. This is the reason why Walmart can sell Iphone 5's for less than a burger. Last years tech is cheap. And don't get all high on your horse about "careful thought" in a thread you thought a bartender would ever be "subsidized" by his employer.
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  56. grantcivyt  Status? lol Okay well if that is what you are looking for here then yes that is certainly true :p I-phone 5c http://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-5c-drops-to-97-cents-at-walmart/ "I never said the bartender is "subsidized" by his employer." That is why I put it in quotes because you are implying that the employer or anyone else for that matter ever pays directly or indirectly for their training. People tip because it is a service industry. Employers pay them the same as they pay waiters...dirt. In the end he foot the bill. It's not like a doctor that can charge a set fee for their expertise or a photographer likewise.
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  57. grantcivyt  lol whatever. Investing in your own training is not offset by the employer, that is the end of that. A doctor sets his fee, it is not negotiable. Min wage sets the bartenders wage and no one has to tip. If you don't pay the doctor he sends you to collections or does not operate. If you don't tip, you still have a drink and he cannot refuse service.
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  58. grantcivyt  I never said anything of the sort. I am disputing the fact that the bartender is somehow reimbursed for his training. What points are mistaken? And the difference between a professional that sets their fee and an employee that accepts a wage should be obvious...that is unless you have never worked.
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  59. grantcivyt  No you tip because it is the thing to do, just like you tip a waiter and they did not have to pay for training, or a bellhop, barista etc. Does it really lower the cost? Someone must tend the machines, put the cup, bring the drink to the bar, collect the cash etc. Someone must maintain the machine as well. And the customer will definitely pay for the machine. Meanwhile some bartender is out of a job and that paid training goes to waste. Extrapolate this for every possible job that can be replaced by a machine or program and eventually there are only a few jobs, and a few customers as well. RIght...doctors are negotiable...lol. When someone has you by the balls, you pay what the fee is or you get no service. If you mean as an employee, you can negotiate but there is also private practice. My point was service/customer, not employer/employee and yes there is negotiation but sometimes the only bargaining chip you have is to not accept the position. In some cases, the min wage is the only game in town.
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  60. grantcivyt  Yes people can negotiate, that is not the point here. A bartender accepts a job and makes min wage and maybe gets tipped. The only real negotiating a service job has is acceptance of the job itself whereas a doctor can set his fee regardless if you can talk him down. A bartender cannot negotiate with you in his role as an employee nor can he require a tip from you.
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  61. People exploit people, no matter the ism.
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  62. Artificial scarcity is everywhere.
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  63. PostSurgeOperative  I don't know the answer, it is still irrelevant.
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  64. Sad to say both camps are way off base for the most part.
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  65. Michael Price  That "trend" is in a little box people like to call reality. Unfortunately, that box is limited to places where statistics are kept. Meanwhile, in places that turn mad profits for the war machine...
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  66. Michael Price  No?
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  67. codediporpal  We are 14 years into Iraq/Afghanistan, the middle east and Africa are in Turmoil because of western influence, we are really close to at least another cold war if not WWIII with Russia...millions dead in the last decade. Sure there are some nice areas and some improvements but yeah...lol
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  68. *****  Political corruption, medical research that will be paid by the consumer forever, economic idiocy, waste...blah blah blah
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  69. This is what governments did to world freedom.....on purpose
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  70. When did Jordan ever have say over Gaza? It was the West Bank and they didn't sell it they left it too the PLO.  @sid2112 
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  71. There is nothing legal about stealing peoples land.  @sid2112 
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  72. She kicks ass!
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  73. Gold is real and will exist forever, BC needs power, storage, encryption and acceptance. BitCoin is also nothing without the blockchain it is built from, thus any digital currency can be equal to or greater than BC since its utility is not inherent.
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  74. A prison cell is "safe" in a matter of speaking, so is house arrest. The prob with globalism is that it takes power away from the individual and puts it in the hands of...???
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  75. If you actually believe that you are about as good as the people you would seek to detract. And no, they don't use human shields...like who would they be using? Who would support Hamas if they were being used as shields? You would have to be fairly dim to believe such a thing lol  @noblephoenix6151 
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  76.  @WarningStrangerDanger  Congress could then just push it through.
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  77.  @WarningStrangerDanger  Sure he could veto everything and it would waste a lot of money to pay Congress, lawyers, aides etc a second time just to have it pass.
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  78.  @WarningStrangerDanger  Name these multiple presidents and the times they 100% killed legislation
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  79. Covid impacted the entire world and Congress spends....he also didn't invent the Fed and the debt based banking system.
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  80. "Tom Cotton encourages THROWING anti-Israel ‘CRIMINALS’ off blocked bridges" I tried to find a tweet about throwing people off of bridges to no avail...
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  81. What does it matter who sits in the chair? What a vague argument.
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