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Yang perhaps, but he's too unknown. I think looking at the times we live in, at least one candidate, either the the presidential candidate or the vice...
February 09, 2020 at 11:00
Actor Michael J. that is. Well, you got me clicking the article. So hope The Hill is happy.
February 09, 2020 at 10:13
Laws are about social organization. Otherwise, without laws it simply would be that people wouldn't like one killing another. I don't like that and yo...
February 09, 2020 at 10:04
Oooh yes... Let's go through Trumps tweets and comment on those tweets and then comment on the comment tweets and... https://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1-...
February 08, 2020 at 18:30
For those who can pay, definitely. Unfortunately the stats don't take into account only the affluent in America, but include all people. The differenc...
February 08, 2020 at 18:11
Even if it's lovable to humanize animals (notice the avatars of Coben and mine!) and it is also honest to admit that we are animals too, yet animal "s...
February 08, 2020 at 13:55
I believe in probability calculus. And "Brett" sounds Anglo-American. :wink: Sorry if I offended you.
February 08, 2020 at 09:06
You think it isn't bad??? Ok. The graph tells you just how much countries spend on health care per on citizen. The US spends the MOST money on it's ci...
February 08, 2020 at 08:55
Don't forget social security. Notice how people aren't talking about this anymore? Especially those tea party people? Because they follow Trump now. A...
February 08, 2020 at 08:14
Question: Why make counting votes so hard? A Finnish newspaper had their journalists report on the Iowa caucus. They found the whole process confusing...
February 07, 2020 at 21:09
This is the effect of populism. Populism that can emerge both from the right and left. You see, you can criticize the EU, where it's going and yet kee...
February 07, 2020 at 20:50
Russian tanks rolling down your streets? Seriously, NOS4A2? Russian tanks? Please give the reference to Russian tanks rolling down your streets. Just ...
February 07, 2020 at 20:28
It seems like everything is just hatred and envy for you. That's the point. Trump supporters yell "Trump derangement syndrome!" for any and every crit...
February 07, 2020 at 14:29
In: Brexit  — view comment
The issue is about sovereignty. How much country loses sovereignty in being in the EU. The fundamental question in Brexit. Finland being in the EU can...
February 07, 2020 at 13:47
In this series there are very good interviews. Some also show how empty the people are while others appear very intelligent. The thing is that the div...
February 06, 2020 at 19:50
Awww. How dare he went against Trump. How dare he!!! If upholding past Republican values means going against Trump, that is simply sacrilege! ..of the...
February 06, 2020 at 19:46
In: Brexit  — view comment
Luckily the English aren't the Spanish. They'll will deal with this issue with silk gloves and shrewd intelligence. Yet the "we love you so much, plea...
February 06, 2020 at 15:23
In: Brexit  — view comment
Benkei, it's just like with Trump and the greatness of the USA. All needed to 'Make America Great Again' was to elect Trump. Then America was great ag...
February 06, 2020 at 15:11
Telling that you are very excited about Bernie and concentrate on his campaign. And of course from the political viewpoint, Buttigieg, Yang, Bloomberg...
February 06, 2020 at 14:37
Is power a thing based on what is right or wrong? We may strive for a moral justification for power, we may accept it as necessary for organization of...
February 06, 2020 at 12:22
You surely aren't going to change NOS4A2's views, only a tiny majority even of this forum will listen to others and have the ability to learn and chan...
February 06, 2020 at 11:26
I haven't given a definition of Bernie Lovers!!! :yikes: Bernie supporters closely resemble the past supporters of Ron Paul on the Republican side: th...
February 06, 2020 at 11:18
W H O P E E ! ! ! Highest approval ratings of sitting US Presidents: G.W.Bush 90% G.H.W.Bush 89% Truman 87% JFK 83% F.D. Roosevelt 83% Johnson 79% Eis...
February 06, 2020 at 10:45
The Bernie lovers here haven't said a word about Buttigieg. (At least haven't noticed) Telling.
February 05, 2020 at 20:54
How deregulation is made and just what is the role of the state is extremely important. Let's remember that Bernie Madoff was the chairman of the NASD...
February 05, 2020 at 17:27
But simply that is not true. If you look at this from the global perspective, malnutrition and people dying in famine has dramatically fallen. The gre...
February 05, 2020 at 17:03
DNC has now a history of problems with electronic devices & systems. Now it's like really hilarious. How out-off-tech can a political party become? If...
February 04, 2020 at 21:26
I have no idea. I doubt that this was the intension. Yet a good forecast ought to also extrapolate at least something similar to the advance of techno...
February 04, 2020 at 15:07
Actually, The Club of Rome was mostly speaking of the last century, where the utter doom scenario would already had taken hold and the final collapse ...
February 04, 2020 at 14:17
For wielding power, obviously. For wealth, I'm not so sure. Not all of those hungry for power desire wealth and riches, especially those who have an i...
February 04, 2020 at 11:41
They could have this agreement not to um,...ah, F***, who am I kidding. Yes. Using hired people and bots to paint your competitor to be this filthy ch...
February 04, 2020 at 09:12
Perhaps it's a tight race without any "official candidate vs others", so they really have to count the votes.
February 04, 2020 at 09:03
And there are multiple far larger trade unions in the US. If Bernie would get an endorsement from NEA (National Education Association), a 2,9 million ...
February 04, 2020 at 09:01
Devil is in the details with things like writing laws on hate speech. The simple guideline would be that the majority of the people have a basic under...
February 03, 2020 at 21:05
Bill Clinton. NAFTA. The Internet Boom (early 1990's to 2000) was in full swing. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ecyJP-Xpl29SrtRD8FCLbX_tRHyHM...
February 03, 2020 at 20:59
I disagree partially with the view of Soros that Facebook is a publisher not just a neutral moderator or platform and It should be held accountable fo...
February 03, 2020 at 20:06
No, but they didn't get into power by killing their competitors, like Stalin and Hitler did. That truly is a big issue. A big dividing issue. People w...
February 03, 2020 at 19:37
Wow. 200 000 in an 300 million country. Btw, American Postal Service has 644 000 employees, so if even in a government organization you have only 31% ...
February 03, 2020 at 19:29
Well, Clinton was impeached on 11 grounds, including perjury, obstruction of justice, witness-tampering, and abuse of power. With the obstruction of j...
February 02, 2020 at 21:33
And it's not going away. When Occupy Wall Street / Tea Party were still hype, I remember putting this below on the forum and started to talk about the...
February 02, 2020 at 14:11
They are doing their job, because the majority of the Senate are Republicans. And because the vast majority of Republicans choose to favor Trump and/o...
February 02, 2020 at 13:23
And with that the state intervenes nearly everywhere. Like you as above. If a state upholds the rights of all individuals/citizens, then that interven...
February 01, 2020 at 19:25
Wellcome to the forum, Aristocles! If the one who ought to govern simply cannot, then power lies with other people. And do notice that representative ...
February 01, 2020 at 19:09
In: Brexit  — view comment
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C63y0NwVwAAUS8U.jpg Ah, the time when Scotland will be Independent again. https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aj8MBe8_700b.j...
February 01, 2020 at 17:17
In: Brexit  — view comment
Yes, obviously Michael you have changed today to be a foreigner to me like all the Americans here. At least I have Benkei, a fellow citizen of the uni...
February 01, 2020 at 15:03
It's the perception of the government and public attitudes in the society towards the government that define just how "big" or "small" it is. For exam...
February 01, 2020 at 14:52
Yes, I agree. The extreme left is hugely incompetent and doesn't understand things. :grin: Dunning-Kruger effect is surely real, but also there is a g...
February 01, 2020 at 14:40
This is one of those smart moves the US have ever done, which likely has had a huge effect. 16 million Americans served in WW2 and not to care about t...
February 01, 2020 at 14:22
Unwavering support for the POTUS from the GOP is what Trump supporters like. Who cares about things like truth and following the rules? Politics is al...
January 31, 2020 at 23:33
The real awesomeness of the US system of non-commissioned officers is that it too represents a hierarchy where on top you have the sergeant majors of ...
January 31, 2020 at 23:22