Displaying 61 To 83 Of 83 Comments http://www.physorg.com/news184310039.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#United_States Just felt the need to post this, I believe I saw the liquid glass stuff on slashdot a view months back and just finished watching a documentary on BPA in water/plastics… seems like a solution to me. » Posted By invient On July 8, 2011 @ 2:27 pm I agree with you on everything. Direct democracy, as the only system, could not function logistically (well it could, but on geologic time frames). The best first step may be to some how get the Senate to function or to eliminate it… but for some reason I think if the House passes a bill for that, the Senate will not :P! Also states like Wyoming would not enjoy a move to disband the senate. If that does not heal our woes, then maybe the next natural progression is into a combined Representative and Direct democracy system as I proposed. The Direct democracy component would be binary in nature. Voters would have the power to vote on amendments proposed by their representatives, and be able to vote on bills in their final form. There is no extension to the citizens of legislative duties. If you do not vote, well then your representative’s “passive vote” becomes your vote. This should give an incentive for everyone to vote, because it really will have an effect. Nothing really changes besides allowing citizens to vote on the bills, and either reinforce the vote of the representative or possibly over ruling it. In my mind I see it as an ultimate check on my representatives power, and makes me directly liable for the laws in my country (hence the incentive to vote increases). » Posted By invient On June 8, 2011 @ 10:34 am Thanks for responding 🙂 Yes, I did not mention it exactly but the proposal gets rid of both the house and senate, where only the representatives get to keep a subset of their abilities (i.e. propose bills, form committees, ect…). I agree, much would be achieved by ridding ourselves of the Senate, which is far more likely. I should have mentioned the importance of having an educated people before establishing this new form. Of course this is where your point can be explored. Our society clearly does not value education as much as it once did. The issue this time though is that too many of us have this idea that to be educated you have to go through an institution, which you do not. All you need to know to be able to learn is the ability to read and write, the rest comes with time and effort. Too many of us are distracted by entertainment, we concern ourselves with trivial and useless information. We are the victims of ourselves. A quote of the day from the Daily Planet was along the lines of “Those who do not vote get ruled by their inferiors.” The people are complacent, and until something like an inadequate response to another “Great Recession” happens, I see no reason why the placid populace would rise. I am no activist, I would however gladly participate if a movement started. It wont though, anyone I ever talk to about politics really just shies aways from it, like bringing it up is some sort of forbidden subject. My brother in law who is the polar opposite of me politically and economically (minus the libertarian view point), likes to say that it is all BS and there is no point in dealing with it. TO hell with that, we have a right and a duty to change the system if it is not functioning, and I say it is not. I realize that the change will not happen in my lifetime, to much has been engraved in stone. However, I intend to plant the seeds in the hopes that it will take root and break the incessant dogma of inheritance. » Posted By invient On June 8, 2011 @ 7:05 am Chernynkaya, you gave me some ammo with the quote of the day… next time I get into a tax argument with my brother in law I am going to use it :). I may have to read the Wealth of Nations now! » Posted By invient On June 7, 2011 @ 9:14 am In the past they called the study of economics, the study of political-economics. There was not a distinction between the two, because they both influence each other and thus you would only see part of the system by studying only one. I do not know enough about capitalism and its counterpart socialism to determine IMO which is best… but surely unregulated capitalism is just as bad as state-socialism… » Posted By invient On May 16, 2011 @ 5:40 pm I would like to know what would make someone go from a democrat to a republican… did some one take an Ayn Rand novel pass it through a blender and force feed Mr. Moore? I am slowly changing from a democrat/liberal to a libertarian socialist, I’ve started reading Karl Marx and Rosa Luxemberg…. am I about to turn into a republican again?… 😛 As to the question of OBL, I would’ve brought him back to NY and use the “eye for an eye” in sharia law and drop him from the height of the towers, followed by a large mass of steel and concrete… BTW, Great Article! » Posted By invient On May 16, 2011 @ 5:14 pm whatsthatsound has it right, at least from what I have read and understand… » Posted By invient On May 9, 2011 @ 6:32 pm It has been put on the back “burner”… it does not immediately affect our lives (especially live in a temperate climate like Colorado) , and many people do not care about the bigger picture… it is increasingly frustrating, but understandable… people have immediate needs (jobs, stability) that are not being met, and until they are then these extra social concerns will not be considered Also, it is something that any one individual can not solve… really all we can do that actually does have an impact is become a vegetarian and ride a bike for transportation, and recycle … all those take IMO little effort and time and have the greatest benefit in terms of their efficiency… the next best thing once those are done is to buy everything as locally as possible, especially food… but err I love me my bananas » Posted By invient On May 9, 2011 @ 4:43 pm The New Torture Debate is Another Logical Fallacy You can not use the end to justify the means… I’ll just compromise my morals now, and justify it on the outcome… The argument “hey, look it worked therefore it is justified” is a non sequitur. » Posted By invient On May 9, 2011 @ 6:41 am IMO, murder in any instance for any reason is immoral… the question than for me is, is the necessity of survival enough in the case of self-defense to mitigate the murder… In a way I guess I am thinking of an “eye for an eye” justification, that you are only allowed to defend yourself at the same moral level as your attacker… but in reality, I would most likely break my own morality and murder my attacker because in those instances my necessity for survival would outweigh my need to be a moral person… I am a hypocrite! 🙁 What necessities cause us to break our morality? Is it truly only survival, could it extend to our “standard of living” and greed? » Posted By invient On April 22, 2011 @ 8:20 am In situations where my morality is on a sliding scale, I tend to delegate it to the actors involved… they are best left to make the choice and deal with the consequences… I also believe that there is no gray area in morality, that when we use sliding scales we are trying to find an optimally moral action for a situation that we know to be wrong but feel a need to justify… In short, no one wants to be immoral, but sometimes it is necessary. I struggle with the idea of abortion… so I defer it to the mother. I am anti-abortion except in cases like you mentioned (financial burden to me does not justify it), but I try never to impose my particular brand of morals (especially the fuzzy ones) onto others. » Posted By invient On April 22, 2011 @ 7:58 am Pessimism in the Age of Mass Manipulation and Plutocracy… Abby, You mentioned that the internet has been creeping into the for profit model… the internet may eventually be overtaken by it, but regardless there will always be us nerds out there that can recreate it on its original ideals… There is a program called FreeNet, which is a peer-to-peer file distribution system. The internet is a file distribution system as well, but works on a server-to-client design… by moving to peer-to-peer no one has to pay to host their own website, and it can be completely anonymous (if one desires) I have been looking into somehow getting wordpress to work with FreeNet but it just does not seem to deal with anything other than HTML at this point… I have a comp sci background and started thinking of ideas/requirements of how to set up a peer-to-peer program that incorporates a wordpress design… It would not have any of the anonymity of FreeNet, but would allow PlanetPOV to be run without having to pay for a hosting plan (I am not sure what all the costs are to run this site, but I believe it is mostly the hosting costs) BTW there is also a peer-to-peer search engine which looks really interesting (http://yacy.net/en/) … ================= I had more to say, but kept removing it… I guess I feel as helpless as you do… I have student loans and will be a cog in the profit-driven machine for a while… errrrrr!!!!!!!!!!! » Posted By invient On February 26, 2011 @ 8:54 pm In case you are paranoid about torrents for some reason or another, here is a link to the 3+ hour movie that is hosted on youtube…. » Posted By invient On February 24, 2011 @ 5:26 pm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100616122320.htm (65% efficiency) so we are getting close to 90, and once we do there is a technology that Obama referenced in his SOTU that converts the sun & atmosphere into syngas which can be further processed into hydrocarbons (albeit at 15% efficiency)…. Look up LENR-CANR reactions, while progress is slow there have been verifiable results… the issue is finding out the environment that facilitates these reactions (btw LENR-CANR are the names the “cold fusion” researchers feel comfortable calling their field just in case someone goes on a crusade to fire them) If you have never heard of Frank Znidarsic, he I believe has figured out those required environmental variables that lead to LENR-CANR reactions… here is a link that contains a 3+ hour movie explaining the theory (from a layman’s quest to understand it) as well his papers and some historical documents… BTW the torrent was provided by that author of that 3+ hour video, with permission from Frank to use his papers… He does some interesting things with his theory that seems to lend some credibility. » Posted By invient On February 24, 2011 @ 5:25 pm Maddow was making this point for basically the entire revolution… I sincerely hope that they are vigilant and somehow get passed the international influence that will come quickly, changing their old chains for the debt whip is no way for this to end! I am 23, and would go protest if there was a clearly defined spark… for now though I am sending emails to my rep and senators and will attend a “congress at your grocery” tomorrow if that lazy jack ass puts the place on his website! » Posted By invient On February 11, 2011 @ 12:00 pm WATCH LIVE: Mubarak Resigns! Egyptians Celebrate! I want to make an animation of him saying “You are being manipulated”…. 😛 » Posted By invient On February 11, 2011 @ 10:54 am I would think one more… it is telling that the secretary of the treasury in a clip on democracy now said that governments responsibility is to foster an environment for business to succeed…. Last time I checked it was to foster an environment for its’ people to succeed, regardless of where business goes… but hey at-least he was upfront where his loyalties lay. » Posted By invient On February 11, 2011 @ 8:29 am w00t!!!! Except for they are replacing the current dictator with another one, though hopefully he serves as a vehicle to a election… … on a side note, how difficult would it be to have each article be voted on by this site’s user so that the top ones can filter to the top… and possibly give veteran users Bump/Sticky Points to bump articles they believe have been under-voted on to get more attention… » Posted By invient On February 11, 2011 @ 8:25 am An Easy Guide to Global Warming: What Is Global Warming? I am always skeptical… I do believe that climate change is occurring, but at what level and intensity is where I see conflict… The climate typically works off of 100,000 year cycles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles) … and at different transitional eras in those cycles, different feed back systems kick in to either increase temperatures or decrease temperatures depending on the state we are transitioning to… the intensity of these feedback systems is where I have my issue… Dr. Roy Spencer is used often to defend skeptics, and I see his argument and see that it could be valid (in the sense that many inputs effect climate temperatures, and he may have found one)… the question is still whether GH gases have a large enough effect to throw us into a period of warming, that is not warranted by the tilt theory of Milankovitch… I’ll take the precautionary agenda rather than hope Spencer is right. On a somewhat side note, there was an article on how the oil droplets and dispersant have begun to interfere with the gulf stream, which can/will cause major climate issues…http://www.suite101.com/content/bp-oil-spill-to-blame-for-cold-and-snow-as-loop-current-stalled-a325038 » Posted By invient On February 11, 2011 @ 9:58 am Stop making me want to become a Canadian, you are hurting my American ego. » Posted By invient On June 10, 2011 @ 8:20 am I was surprised that Colbert confronted him like that… He tried to get away from the fracking solution being only sand and water… oh, what is this benzene here? Is that good for your children? lol, loved it. » Posted By invient On June 10, 2011 @ 8:12 am Good bye oil http://www.fastcompany.com/1757655/top-up-your-ev-sir-let-me-just-pump-in-a-new-battery Not sure where I read about this originally. Could of been on the daily planet, important enough to repost. » Posted By invient On June 9, 2011 @ 8:50 pm [img]http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2011/6/9/10/kfc-selling-mega-jugs-of-soda-17166-1307630342-2.jpg[/img] This is both sad and » Posted By invient On June 9, 2011 @ 6:15 pmComments Posted By invient
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