in which case has scotus ruled "that congress is the supreme power 2nd to scotus"?

could not dissagree more. in handball, i seek out my opponents weakness in a certain ability relative to my own. perhaps his relative weakness is in his knees and he's not as capable as me chasing down pass shots and i am quite good at hitting powerful well placed pass shots. am i being arrogant when i run him around the court with pass shot after pass shot in an effort to play to his weakness with my strenght?

but infinite multiverse does not me the requirements of a SCIENTIFIC theory;

'a good theory will describe a large range of phenomena on the basis of a few simple postulates and will make definite predictions that can be tested. if the predictions agrees with the observations, the theory survives that test, though it can never be proved to be correct.'

stephen hawking, the universe in a nutshell.

does your infinite multiverse "theory" describe a large range of phenomena on the basis of a few simple postulates that will make definite predictions that can be tested? if so, what are the predictions and have they been tested and found to be predictable and repeatable as is in the case of the big bang theory?

the world is flat thinking was never a scientific theory and even if it was considered such by some it has been found to be flawed. but if the big bang theory is not the best science has at the moment, which scientific theory do you see as better?




well i don't think what you experienced with your grandpa is a true representation of "the scientific community." which of hawking's theories would your grandpa not reconsider? though degreed, did grandpa actually work in theoretical physics in the capacity of phd as hawking has for decades?

quite conflicting statements. on the one hand, you say that behavioral expectations are subject to cultural relativity. in that i agree. but then you say, 'it does not follow that there are no universally shared behavioral expectations." in this i dissagree. name one UNIVERSALLY shared behavioral expectation.

it was being laid up in a full leg cast for six months that got me into eating right and lifting weights. the result was three inches lost around my waist. i'd been dragging the ex out on hikes and kyaking but with me imobile she put on thirty pounds.

seem he's aasking if drone attacks are acceptable, why isn't waterboarding.

what i say is of little cosequence. we have laws because we all rarely agree on what should and should not be. having said that, i think where aggressive interrogation ends and torture begins is not well defined in a legal or a moral/ethical sense. waterboarding is extremely uncomfortable and terrifying, so i here anyway, but so can depravation of sleep which is a common interrogation technique. neither does permanent physical harm. i would not want to be calling the shots when it came to interrogating a suspect when the information sought would be in the interest of saving lives. but i can see that tough choices are often presented to interrogators and policies regarding such tactics should be decided by people more informed than myself. fortunately, though not perfect, we have a fair representative republic as our governing system in america and my view is we mostly, not always, take the moral and ethical path when it comes to things like this. good enough for government work you might say.

highly subjective to each individual. that's why we have laws. accepted behavior varies among each of us.

haven't a clue what i'm looking for. when i find it i'll know it.

well said

technically then, they are not spreading a lie, they are spreading less than factual information. to tell a lie requires intent.

i love my bacon crispy.

teadipper, i think you just discovered the main difference in men's and women's thinking. you gals are the nurturers. have to fix everything. that's why so many treads started by women here involve a man not being what she want's him to be and this thinking that she can change him for the 'better' ends up looking to him like he'll never be good enough. we guys can be as stubborn and set in our ways as the most unruly canine but like women we want to be loved for who we are. now that you understand that, go with it and you won't be single for long.

hmmmmm. i think it moreso that gravity bends SPACETIME. spacetime resembling a membrane with space and time interwoven if i'm not mistaken. i've not heard the concept that gavity bends space or that space bends time.

cool. i can stand on my head and my feet will die before my brain. every moment counts.

i bit. doesn't sound like same king in the least. always fun to reread the doi though.

we have the liberty to freely chose not to buy auto insurance by simply chosing not to drive as million in america do quite legally. they break no law in chosing so and pay no fine or penalty. these people do not affect insurance premiums because they don't compound the risks that insurance companies take on. no risk because these people don't drive. one cannot be liable for a driving accident if one doesn't drive.

but the topic does not concern our constitutional rights to drive a car does it? it concerns our liberty and freedom to chose to not buy health insurance for whatever reason. we cannot opt out of living as we can opt out of driving a car so insurance companies and health providers will be impacted financially when the uninsured are treated. those uninsured did pose a financial risk to the rest of us and the insurance companies and the providers, no different than now, btw, and yet the penalty taxes go to the government. so what happens next? you guessed it; premiums for the rest of us will ries to offset insurance losses and health care will become even more expensive because hospitals and doctors will need to recover loses as well. and yet the penalty tax goes into the treasury to be spent at congress' will.

obama care changes nothing as regards the financial operatings of the health care industry. it's simply a scheme to raise taxes. insurance premiums will continue to rise as will the costs of health care and we will have sacraficed yet another liberty not to mention more tax dollars for government to waste.

having actually been a soldier i'll leave it to the lesser experienced of you to ramble on about such issues and simply enjoy the weekend's salute to veterans.

bestinshow, so now your son's friend has become a part of this government that you seem to despise so. does that make him a criminal too? afterall, nazis used the, "i was simply following orders" defense at neuremberg, no?