Instead of trying to carry the world on our (figurative) shoulders, it would be better for the spread of Science itself to work cooperatively.
As the US government is gradually corrupted by the Christian Taliban and corporate budget cutters, mankind needs research to continue.
The US has ceased to be a global force for good, so route around the damage. Political entropy is not new, so work to enhance Science in DEVELOPING countries.
"We really could rebuild Afghanistan, but it would mean acting just like the British"
The British failed in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is tribal and Muslim, thus perfectly inoculated against Western values.
The locals already have the most robust culture suitable to their country, and they have PAKISTAN next door. That creates a insurmountable problem because it facilitates Taliban logistics and provides sanctuary.
We don't need to "fix" Afghanistan. Americans forget that what the Taliban did was host AL QAEDA. That smallish group has been sufficiently disrupted and furthermore can be monitored and attacked in ways not available in the beginning of this century.
Occupying areas where the enemy's RELIGION is the reason for their resistance is silly and can only strengthen their resistance.
Word! My sister does physical rehab, and MANY of her patients are morbidly obese fat slobs who lived/live on a diet of HFCS products and meat.
Moderation in all things, not for me, PETA, or Gaia, but because when you fuck up your body it stops working properly and you will suffer misery that no amount of the slop you eat can assuage.
"Gasoline supplies are being exported to the highest bidder, says Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. "It's a world market," he says.
Refining companies won't say how much they make by selling fuel overseas. But analysts say those sales are likely generating higher profits per gallon than they would have generated in the U.S. Otherwise, they wouldn't occur."
I have points distributors accumulated (not installed, I hate adjusting points under a hood!) which will fit my much later 1980s V-8s, and my 1988 Harley runs a points conversion so I can kickstart it (also a conversion).
I don't see EMP destroying all the simple Hall effect etc ignition boxes though, and if it can reach into my "Faraday cage" shipping container storage/shop units and zap the parts on the shelf then color me impressed!
Because not all surgery is in a nice clean operating room. I'm not affilitated with the company, I just think it's way cooler than the simple moulage training I had back in the day.
"Medical Procedures Currently Available on the Cut Suit:
Extremity tourniquet application and hemorrhage control
Extremity arterial hemorrhage clamping
Needle and Surgical Chricothyroidotomy
Bilateral Chest Needle Thoracentesis
Surgical Chest Tube Thoracotomy
Surgical incisions to the thoracic and abdominal cavity with venous bleeding
Thoracotomy & intra-thoracic exploration and hemorrhage control of gross organ structures
Laporotomy & intra-abdominal exploration and hemorrhage control of gross organ structures
Suturing or stapling of gross organs & skin in all locations
Urinary catheterization and bladder tap
Peripheral IV access"
No. We do NOT need more Muslims. If they all repudiate their superstition and become atheists, that would be different, but that will not happen.
Never, ever forget that when you allow someone into YOUR country, you GIVE them political power to VOTE how YOUR country is run.
To the extent you allow YOUR property, YOUR birthright, to be GIVEN to those who in thrall of backward cultures and superstitions, you DELIBERATELY change your country to be like THEIRS.
We do not need more religious people in the US. Religion is nonsense, unsupported by science. We have enough proponents of such drivel already.
"which are, of course beliefs about God, if only by denial and uncertainty) "
Being theism-free is "being theism-free". Understanding that superstition is not supported by evidence is not strictly necessary to being free of theism, as one may merely be indifferent to teachings of witch-doctors.
Prove your god exists or fuck off. Do it now. Here. Immediately, with no Faith as a requirement for belief. If your Sky Fairie is real, prove it and end the discussion for all time.
Extremists are enabled by the less-faithful masses. The fighter is enabled by the paper-pusher, the logistician, the propagandist, the ordinary shmuck who tithes, and the ordinary shmuck who shows up at services to join the herd.
Religion is nonsense. Prove God with science and I'll bow before her/him/it. N
o proof? Then it's all lies and an obstacle to seekers of truth.
Religion still opposes the pursuit of truth, and substitutes for that its own mumbo-jumbo. That's abhorrent to those who seek truth.
"Next time instead of attacking what you don't agree with, try to understand it."
Supply scientific proof your deity exists and your religion is the correct one. Otherwise there is nothing to discuss. Proof, and I bow before your Sky Fairie. No proof? No respect for lies.
I could assert that the universe sprang from my balls, is sustained by my balls, and after my death my balls will live on in the Paradise they created, and that would be as "valid" as every superstition.
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What practical separation technologies exist for separating the water from "the rest of" frac fluid?
Would evaporation be practical?
"England isn't the UK. Most of the reserves are off the coast of Scotland."
It's all part of that amorphous blob Americans know so well from documentaries like Benny Hill and Top Gear.
Instead of trying to carry the world on our (figurative) shoulders, it would be better for the spread of Science itself to work cooperatively.
As the US government is gradually corrupted by the Christian Taliban and corporate budget cutters, mankind needs research to continue.
The US has ceased to be a global force for good, so route around the damage. Political entropy is not new, so work to enhance Science in DEVELOPING countries.
"We really could rebuild Afghanistan, but it would mean acting just like the British"
The British failed in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is tribal and Muslim, thus perfectly inoculated against Western values.
The locals already have the most robust culture suitable to their country, and they have PAKISTAN next door. That creates a insurmountable problem because it facilitates Taliban logistics and provides sanctuary.
We don't need to "fix" Afghanistan. Americans forget that what the Taliban did was host AL QAEDA. That smallish group has been sufficiently disrupted and furthermore can be monitored and attacked in ways not available in the beginning of this century.
Occupying areas where the enemy's RELIGION is the reason for their resistance is silly and can only strengthen their resistance.
"In a way, they will. China will no doubt show up with this first."
Great. Let's buy a bunch from Droneconn and save money!
"What Africa needs is leaders who actually care for their people, so they can exploit the land better and be educated."
Which African cultures tend to produce such leaders? It's a diverse continent.
"Most people I know that would read the newspaper, wouldn't buy (or use) a tablet."
Those people are generally very old and will be dead soon.
"And most people I know that have a tablet, wouldn't read the newspaper."
I read them online, but wouldn't pay for a sub. Let them make money from adverts if they like.
"Good. Humans don't need meat every day anyway."
Word! My sister does physical rehab, and MANY of her patients are morbidly obese fat slobs who lived/live on a diet of HFCS products and meat.
Moderation in all things, not for me, PETA, or Gaia, but because when you fuck up your body it stops working properly and you will suffer misery that no amount of the slop you eat can assuage.
I'm an American, and wouldn't attend the Olympics if I had free tickets and a chartered jet.
Jocks. So what? Yawn.
The way to defund such things is not to try to find ways to support them.
"But let's not do anything practical to actually reduce gas prices (drill)"
Drilling doesn't reduce gas prices. Crude oil /= motor fuel.
The US __exports__ gasoline. The free market sets gas prices, and no one has an economic incentive to sell you cheap fuel.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/story/2011-12-31/united-states-export/52298812/1
"Gasoline supplies are being exported to the highest bidder, says Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. "It's a world market," he says.
Refining companies won't say how much they make by selling fuel overseas. But analysts say those sales are likely generating higher profits per gallon than they would have generated in the U.S. Otherwise, they wouldn't occur."
"I only drive vehicles '60s or older."
I have points distributors accumulated (not installed, I hate adjusting points under a hood!) which will fit my much later 1980s V-8s, and my 1988 Harley runs a points conversion so I can kickstart it (also a conversion).
I don't see EMP destroying all the simple Hall effect etc ignition boxes though, and if it can reach into my "Faraday cage" shipping container storage/shop units and zap the parts on the shelf then color me impressed!
"Republicans were ike that post-Eisenhower and pre-George Bush."
Richard Nixon was hardly a defender of civil liberty.
Because not all surgery is in a nice clean operating room. I'm not affilitated with the company, I just think it's way cooler than the simple moulage training I had back in the day.
http://www.strategic-operations.com/products/cut-suit
"Medical Procedures Currently Available on the Cut Suit:
Extremity tourniquet application and hemorrhage control
Extremity arterial hemorrhage clamping
Needle and Surgical Chricothyroidotomy
Bilateral Chest Needle Thoracentesis
Surgical Chest Tube Thoracotomy
Surgical incisions to the thoracic and abdominal cavity with venous bleeding
Thoracotomy & intra-thoracic exploration and hemorrhage control of gross organ structures
Laporotomy & intra-abdominal exploration and hemorrhage control of gross organ structures
Suturing or stapling of gross organs & skin in all locations
Urinary catheterization and bladder tap
Peripheral IV access"
"What, London's not in the US?"
It's been a province of the US since the Blair administration. (runs)
Get a prenup anyway.
They CHANGE. Menopause has a large blast radius!
That's horrible! No child should be fondled without benefit of clergy!
Fred Phelps is a strong argument that parent post isn't a Troll.
"Right, because the American culture is the One True Culture. "
As measured by attempts to immigrate TO the US FROM _failed_ cultures, yes.
"Because they're the norm, so they're not newsworthy. It's far easier for a raving idiot to make the news than an average person."
The "norm" no longer need mass media to make themselves "heard", as they have a vast array of alternatives for self-expression.
They don't say or do shit because they refuse to go against their co-religionists.
Religion per se is "wacko". It's all, 100%, superstition.
Those offended by the above comment should prove their Sky Fairie exists, at which point I'll recant and bow down to worship him/her/it.
Unless and until such proof happens, religion deserves to be scorned as a tissue of lies designed to enslave men to other men.
No. We do NOT need more Muslims. If they all repudiate their superstition and become atheists, that would be different, but that will not happen.
Never, ever forget that when you allow someone into YOUR country, you GIVE them political power to VOTE how YOUR country is run.
To the extent you allow YOUR property, YOUR birthright, to be GIVEN to those who in thrall of backward cultures and superstitions, you DELIBERATELY change your country to be like THEIRS.
We do not need more religious people in the US. Religion is nonsense, unsupported by science. We have enough proponents of such drivel already.
Let's support India and China against Pakibanistan. The real problem isn't worthless peasants, it's their nutcase neighbours.
The cure would be a decisive Indian first strike.
"which are, of course beliefs about God, if only by denial and uncertainty) "
Being theism-free is "being theism-free". Understanding that superstition is not supported by evidence is not strictly necessary to being free of theism, as one may merely be indifferent to teachings of witch-doctors.
Prove your god exists or fuck off. Do it now. Here. Immediately, with no Faith as a requirement for belief. If your Sky Fairie is real, prove it and end the discussion for all time.
Extremists are enabled by the less-faithful masses. The fighter is enabled by the paper-pusher, the logistician, the propagandist, the ordinary shmuck who tithes, and the ordinary shmuck who shows up at services to join the herd.
Religion is nonsense. Prove God with science and I'll bow before her/him/it. N
o proof? Then it's all lies and an obstacle to seekers of truth.
Religion still opposes the pursuit of truth, and substitutes for that its own mumbo-jumbo. That's abhorrent to those who seek truth.
"Next time instead of attacking what you don't agree with, try to understand it."
Supply scientific proof your deity exists and your religion is the correct one. Otherwise there is nothing to discuss. Proof, and I bow before your Sky Fairie. No proof? No respect for lies.
I could assert that the universe sprang from my balls, is sustained by my balls, and after my death my balls will live on in the Paradise they created, and that would be as "valid" as every superstition.