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Re: POTUS in Berlin

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George Savage

His point being that the US government already has personal files on its citizens, now all it lacks from a totalitarian standpoint is an American Stasi to put the data to good use.  Lois Lerner's next assignment, perhaps?

Now we know the real reason for the IRS personnel increase in Obamacare.

George Savage The other point burbling beneath the surface:  What is President Obama coming to say?  The Berlin Airlift ended 65 years ago, we are at the 50th anniversary of JFK's famous Berlin address, and  26 years ago Ronald Reagan demanded that Gorbachev "Tear down this wall."   But apart from burnishing his image by pointing to his predecessors, what is Obama up to?

Any ideas? · · 51 minutes ago

Please, all of those "historical events" are mere social constructs hidden by the light of the ascension of the One.

He can no more give praise to his predecessors then Michelle can stomach being on the same plane with him. 

I imagine he will talk climate change and offer weak bromides about Syria.

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Re: Two Cheers for NSA Surveillance

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Umbra Fractus: There isno collection against American entities without written consent from the Attorney General, and if that's the case then we have basically the same problem we've had for years which is that we can trust Eric Holder about as far as I can throw Andre the Giant. 

The definition of "Collection" from JP 2-0, "Collection includes those activities related to the acquisition of data required to satisfy the requirements specified in the collection plan."

Based on that definition and the facts as presented here (and here) I would submit that your categorical statement "There is no collection..." is false.

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Re: Two Cheers for NSA Surveillance

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Umbra Fractus

 

It's not that the people are better, it's that the system is more robust. When I was in Air Force Intelligence (working closely with the NSA) I heard about a guy who almost lost his clearance because he looked up sports scores on an NSA computer. Even something as innocuous as that fit the definition of collecting information on an "American person." The NSA, as a whole, doesn't fart around with American privacy. (cont.) · June 14, 2013 at 11:52pm

Wow, then the penalty for this must have been substantial.

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Re: Were You Hoping Your Life Would Resemble A Kafka Novel?

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Say, I could be wrong, but wasn't Roe decided via a right to privacy? If the left is arguing such a right no longer exists, I guess they are really saying that Roe is reversed by acclimation.

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Re: Why There's Always An Organ Shortage

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Monty Adams

...What's more, as howellis showed in this post, there are reasonable alternatives that would work just as well if not better than what Fred originally proposed. · 3 hours ago

So you are OK with an organ futures market - just not a market where the donor continues to live after the transaction occurs.

Got it.

I am glad you are not my moral arbiter.

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Re: Why There's Always An Organ Shortage

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Mendel

Pseudodionysius: 

Carina’s parents claim that doctors took her off life support too soon, because they were desperate for donated organs.

This could also be a caseforlegalization of organ sales: with monetary compensation, the supply of organs increases, and the desperation of doctors to fill that supply concomitantly decreases.

Obviously that remains an untested hypothesis, and it is also possible that a too-high price for organs might lead to doctors/family members who unduly rush the onset of death.  But that is an empirical question for which we still (unfortunately, in my opinion) have no data. · 14 hours ago

It is not an untested hypothesis in Iran with regard to kidneys. There is no shortage there.

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Re: Why There's Always An Organ Shortage

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Fred Cole

Brian Watt: Perhaps soon have the ability to grow replacement organs based on an individual's DNA and non-embryonic stem cells, and who knows maybe some body parts with 3D printers. In the meantime people should be encouraged to become donors even with financial incentives if the procedures are safe and don't eventually threaten the life of the donor. · 10 minutes ago

And in the meantime that girl is going to die because encouraging donors isn't the same thing as a free market. · 11 hours a

Actually, every person downstream of the donor - Each and every one of them - profits from the transactions necessary to make the transplant. The ONLY person who doesn't profit is the donor (or the donor's heirs), why is that? Legalize the selling of organs.

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Re: Kathleen Sebelius - A Death Panel of One - UPDATE

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Byron Horatio

PracticalMary: Treating people (including their body parts) as commodities always ends badly- it's called slavery. This is already happening and is being called Colonization.
I've come to believe that this topic is the true Civil War. It seems people will have to be taught that it's actually regressing to the worst of human history (hopefully not by a repetition) because on the surface it seems plausible until you dig deeper.   · 8 hours ago

Practical Mary,

I can't quite tell from your post there, but are you suggesting that legalizing the sale of organs would be a destructive thing?  I think it would save a lot of lives. 

Say I was old and trying to enjoy my last few years.  I'd like to travel but don't have a lot of money.  But I have perfectly good kidneys.  If it was legal, I might consider selling one for 100k and then taking my dream vacation.  What's wrong with that?

I may be mistaken, but I believe it's perfectly legal in Brazil or Columbia or one of the South American countries.  · 10 hours ago

Iran.

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Re: Kathleen Sebelius - A Death Panel of One - UPDATE

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There is one place on the planet without a kidney waiting list - and it happens to be the only place where kidneys can be sold. Iran. A stopped clock is still right twice a day...

So the Obama administrtion gets the opportunity to remove discrimination and takes a pass. I guess it wasn't the right sort of discrimination. 

Why can they not grow a temorary replacement, like they did with the throat cancer guy a year ago?

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Re: A Passage to Singapore

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Hi all, more about Durian, and the MRT story is up

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Re: A Passage to Singapore

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Nanda Panjandrum: May I again say thanks, for inviting us along?  Continued enjoyment, safety, and peace along the way...(P. S. St. Francis Xavier rocks! <smile>.) · June 2, 2013 at 5:50am

Nanda, you are more than welcome. I think I would have gotten more cmments/questions if I did it the way Felicia did last year.

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Re: A Passage to Singapore

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Great day today! Story up after I process it in the morning (give me a few hours to process)

See you in my morning!

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Re: Inscrutable: Roger Scruton on Same Sex Desire

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Larry Koler

I read Sarah Ruden's Paul Among the People and she discusses what homosexuality was like in Paul's days. He was railing against the predatory males of the time. Rape of young boys was common. · 26 minutes ago

Still is in the Islamic Middle East.

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Re: People I hate on Ricochet

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Ahhh, back from the cruise to the relaxing warmth of the hate thread. Although I am hating you well - I am certain you are hating me more.

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Re: Ivy Freight: To Each According To His Need, From Each According To His Parents' Ability (And Then Some)

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Robert Ham

Instugator:     I am USAFA '88 and he is USMMA '14. 

Congratulations on the new grad!  Off the payroll (yours) is a good thing! · 59 minutes ago

Edited 58 minutes ago

1 year to go, he is wrapping up his 'sea-year' apprenticeship - then he goes off the payroll. (While we don't pay for college, do give him a couple hundred a month, plus car insurance and cell phone.)

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Re: Ivy Freight: To Each According To His Need, From Each According To His Parents' Ability (And Then Some)

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PsychLynne: Doug, thanks so much for posting on this topic.  Our sons are 12 and 6, so we have bit of time, and continue praying for the bursting of the bubble : )  

Our kids will have to pay a significant, if not all, of their way, as 2 years of unemployment for my husband have left us solvent, but with little margin.  (I make what would be a good salary outside of Northern VA).  

We don't have much military service in either family, but I've often thought my older son, in particular, would be a good fit for the military.  I just haven't thought that much about service academies or ROTC, but it sounds like there have been some pretty positive experiences on this thread.  

What advice do you have from some one with a few years to prep for it ? · 6 hours ago

High School is key. The goal is to have a resume that demonstrates the 'Whole Man Concept'. So you want to demonstrate academic, athletic, leadership and service abilities. Emphasize the grades, but don't neglect the extracurricular activities. Robert H above forgot the US Merchant Marine Academy - but otherwise correct.

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