We convinced the executives to pay for it just until we can migrate away from it.

Wish I had moderation points to distribute... THIS! THIS! THIS! I wish more people understood the example you provided. A lot of people get hung up on this subject because of what they consider the definition of 'MONEY' to be.

Electric cars are a really dumb idea at least outside of an urban area. A general purpose electric truck is an even dumber idea.

These YouTube goons purposefully screwed over their user-base with this content ID garbage. They just side-stepped the legal liability and shoved the consequences of a clearly and obviously broken system onto the content creators. Makes me angry to think of all the thousands of people who's creative efforts were frustrated and were cheated out of who knows how much money.

Really? Do you REALLY mean that? So, do we both agree that Obamacare (or any other Federal involvement in healthcare) needs to be repealed permanently? Because all these laws congress has passed over the years are EXACTLY you 'telling me what my personal medical choices will be.'

Additionally, if it's "her pussy, her choice" then don't come to me, the taxpayer, expecting me to pay for the abortion. I don't want anything to do with it... but if I'm paying for it you may absolutely expect me to have a say in what she can and can't do with her pussy.

No, you listen here, asshat. That 'radio shock jock' did NOT invent any stinking steaming pile of bullshit. Mark levin was talking about stories reported as fact in main-stream news sources such as the New York Times with headlines along the lines of: 'Wiretap Data Reveals Trump Had Contact with Russian Operatives'. So, which is it? Is the New York Times (and other main stream news outlets) bullshit? Or was the Obama administration spying on the opposition political party? Those are your choices. There are no others.

This appears to be one(?) of them... http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi... ...And if you can read and fully comprehend all that without, (A) Being a patent attorney, (B) Hiring a patent attorney, or (C) Having waaaaay more time on your hands than you probably should, you're doing better than I am. -Sigmon

Apple overcame the problem that often drove me away from purchasing CDs from the music industry... Being forced to pay $12-18 for one or two songs I want and a bunch of junk I don't care about. Now I find this Apple Music junk popping up on my iPhone half the time when I, say, search my music library for a song. It's starting to get annoying and if they don't back-off they're going to kill their golden goose.

Every... Day.... :-/

No... I'm trying desperately to get people to understand that Jim Crow was a GOVERNMENT problem. I'm not trying to get anybody 'off the hook'.

I've seen so many people blaming the 'Free-Market' for Jim Crow... and Jim Crow is about a far removed from a free market as one can get! You don't seem to have the mental capacity to understand what free market means.... it doesn't mean the rich and powerful people get the government to make laws in their favor! It means the government STAYS OUT OF IT (nearly) ALLTOGETHER and lets people freely make the decisions they wish to make.

NOTE: I do not argue for a 100% free market... That would be unreasonable. SOME government regulations on a market are desirable - but the goal _should_ be to keep that to a minimum.

Very clever.

The segregated South was NOT a free-market. The south was segregated BY LAW. Laws are enacted and enforced by GOVERNMENT... not a free market. You've heard the term 'Jim Crow', right? They were called 'Jim Crow LAWS'. Jim Crow was not instituted by the free market. It was government. Government FORCED business owners to have things like separate water fountains for blacks and whites. Absent these laws, _some_ may have still discriminated - but most likely would not have.

There is another word that belongs behind 'Jim Crow'... that word is LAWS. Jim Crow laws were passed by GOVERNMENT for force people and business-owners to discriminate - against their will. The business owner didn't have a choice but to have separate water fountains for white and colored people. THAT is NOT a free-market. Educate yourself.