Societies which deny their citizens their right to keep and bear arms increase crime by empowering criminals to prey on defenseless, disarmed citizens.
Societies which recognize their citizens their right to keep and bear arms enjoy low rates of crime because criminals are reluctant to prey on armed citizens who can defend themselves.
Solar is a great idea but that's all it is for many reasons to do with the laws of physics, and simple things like dust which collects on panels, and the angle of the sun being optimal only for a few hours a day.
Rounded off to the nearest whole number, solar supplies zero percent of energy needs. It's great for low current devices, beacon lights at small secondary lighthouses or on buoys, for low power weather telemetry transmitters in remote sites.
But to turn over air conditioners or just provide the base load for lighting typically at night when the sun is long past being useful? Well, either one needs massive batteries which make problems with Bunker C oil seem trivial, or accept that diesel, and gas-fired cogeneration still hold the market.
They've been at solar a long time, but thus far there's no beating the laws our Creator put in place.
Many of us would love it if solar were practical but as of yet it isn't.
Silly things, such as solar panels on roofs are now endangering firemen who respond to housefires. To cut a hole in the roof they must first cut thru solar panels which often are bristling with, you got it, electricity.
When something seems complicated, baffling, difficult to comprehend regardless how many times it is explained, that's typically because it's not on the level.
For decades, it was well understood that the Bahamas were prosperous precisely because of their light tax structure.
No society ever taxed itself into prosperity. Quite the contrary.
No country ever taxed itself into prosperity. Quite the contrary. For decades, until 'progressives' rewrote history with their 'narrative', the Bahamas were always seen as prosperous precisely because of their light tax structure.
Well said. Dr. Minnis' article evokes many parallels to conditions in America, in which liberal policies despite their professed good intentions work to compound existing problems and spawn new ones. Conservative policies work, but one must defeat decades of liberal mindwashing which causes people to reflexively reject the good and embrace the destructive.
The sickest killers are the burners. Perhaps the perps lit the fire for practical reasons in vain attempt to conceal the identity of the victim or themselves. But it sounds like something else is working, doesn't it?
As JohnDoes, above, says, sounds like Creole or some similar, doesn't it?
Many times when Americans cruise from Miami or Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas, they find that their fellow passengers hail from Europe, as well as Central and South America and they flew from those countries to Miami to board the ship. The seemed to have no trouble in so doing. If they wanted to remain in America, they could simply walk off the ship upon return to Miami and disappear into America.
People come here every day via Mexico and are never noticed by the authorities.
What am I missing here? This is a serious incident regardless, but the only way to get at the truth is to ask questions. Usually, people are more than eager to answer them.
Was she in fact in the export business in her home country? Wouldn't business travel be part of her routine? What products did she export?
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
It sounds like an ENRON concept, designed to do just as you suspect.
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paul_vincent_zecchino says...
Societies which deny their citizens their right to keep and bear arms increase crime by empowering criminals to prey on defenseless, disarmed citizens.
Societies which recognize their citizens their right to keep and bear arms enjoy low rates of crime because criminals are reluctant to prey on armed citizens who can defend themselves.
On 'Fishermen have right to firearms'
Posted 21 February 2014, 8:18 p.m. Suggest removal
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
Solar is a great idea but that's all it is for many reasons to do with the laws of physics, and simple things like dust which collects on panels, and the angle of the sun being optimal only for a few hours a day.
Rounded off to the nearest whole number, solar supplies zero percent of energy needs. It's great for low current devices, beacon lights at small secondary lighthouses or on buoys, for low power weather telemetry transmitters in remote sites.
But to turn over air conditioners or just provide the base load for lighting typically at night when the sun is long past being useful? Well, either one needs massive batteries which make problems with Bunker C oil seem trivial, or accept that diesel, and gas-fired cogeneration still hold the market.
They've been at solar a long time, but thus far there's no beating the laws our Creator put in place.
Many of us would love it if solar were practical but as of yet it isn't.
Silly things, such as solar panels on roofs are now endangering firemen who respond to housefires. To cut a hole in the roof they must first cut thru solar panels which often are bristling with, you got it, electricity.
Solve one problem, create many more.
On Recent BEC outages blamed on malfunctioning engine
Posted 11 February 2014, 6:59 p.m. Suggest removal
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
The more punitive the taxes, the more businesses go underground. The Underground Economy is what kept the soviet union going for seventy years.
The more people are taxed, they more they do as they did in soviet union. Every day, they try to figure out ways to beat the system.
A prosperous society is lightly taxed.
On VAT 'not practical'
Posted 3 February 2014, 8:55 p.m. Suggest removal
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
When something seems complicated, baffling, difficult to comprehend regardless how many times it is explained, that's typically because it's not on the level.
For decades, it was well understood that the Bahamas were prosperous precisely because of their light tax structure.
No society ever taxed itself into prosperity. Quite the contrary.
On VAT 'not practical'
Posted 3 February 2014, 8:53 p.m. Suggest removal
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
No country ever taxed itself into prosperity. Quite the contrary. For decades, until 'progressives' rewrote history with their 'narrative', the Bahamas were always seen as prosperous precisely because of their light tax structure.
On Fraud expert says VAT is viable in the Bahamas
Posted 3 February 2014, 8:47 p.m. Suggest removal
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
Well said. Dr. Minnis' article evokes many parallels to conditions in America, in which liberal policies despite their professed good intentions work to compound existing problems and spawn new ones. Conservative policies work, but one must defeat decades of liberal mindwashing which causes people to reflexively reject the good and embrace the destructive.
On The new Bahamians
Posted 31 January 2014, 7:58 p.m. Suggest removal
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
The sickest killers are the burners. Perhaps the perps lit the fire for practical reasons in vain attempt to conceal the identity of the victim or themselves. But it sounds like something else is working, doesn't it?
As JohnDoes, above, says, sounds like Creole or some similar, doesn't it?
On Man shot and set on fire in car
Posted 30 January 2014, 6:27 a.m. Suggest removal
paul_vincent_zecchino says...
Indeed, a smart man. And a good one.
On Mother Pratt: We must stop politicising crime
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paul_vincent_zecchino says...
Many times when Americans cruise from Miami or Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas, they find that their fellow passengers hail from Europe, as well as Central and South America and they flew from those countries to Miami to board the ship. The seemed to have no trouble in so doing. If they wanted to remain in America, they could simply walk off the ship upon return to Miami and disappear into America.
People come here every day via Mexico and are never noticed by the authorities.
What am I missing here? This is a serious incident regardless, but the only way to get at the truth is to ask questions. Usually, people are more than eager to answer them.
Was she in fact in the export business in her home country? Wouldn't business travel be part of her routine? What products did she export?
On Woman missing after vacation in Bahamas
Posted 1 January 2014, 12:53 p.m. Suggest removal