Spain and Greece would have problems regardless of whether or not they had their own currency.
The difference between the two is really just political. If it were drachmas and pesetas the currency would get devalued, with the Euro they have to go through a different sort of process that pretty much ends up the same except it's like Elephants mating - lots of noise and it takes two years to get results.
Remarks about body parts is definitely considered harassment.
Uninvited physical contact gets you fired immediately as well as possibly escorted off premises by the police in handcuffs (I have seen this happen to an executive) and the company sued.
There are very few governments I would trust with that function, and it still begs the question as to what about the fact this is a single point of failure than people not constrained by laws would view as the most valuable compromise target possible.
Just imagine - one credential that would give them access to all your financial resources and ability to assume your identity online.
The reason that US has been losing manufacturing jobs has almost nothing to do with offshoring. It's due to improved efficiency; fewer people are needed because of automation and other improvements.
While about 60% of the methane in the atmosphere is due to human activities, that covers a lot of ground. Waste water treatment plants, all sorts of fossils fuel activities, livestock husbandry, landfills, forest fires, rice paddies and so on.
Hmm I thought the Austrian school's primary tenant is that you can't predict economic results.
Also anyone with any market experience could have predicted the dot bomb market crash. It was OBVIOUS that there was a lot of excess in the market and it was going to end badly.
The appropriate guideline here is "trees don't grow to the sky".
> But the US' "interests" range from draconian copyright laws to killing whoever they damn well please.
Draconian US copyright laws are not exclusively a US problem. Countries that don't resist them, especially in their extradition agreements are playing a part in this too.
Extradition treaties are a two way street. If you don't sign one the US can't extradite people from your country.
As far as killing whomever they want, that doesn't have anything to do with extradition treaties or copyright infringement.
The US is in a very messy global soft war, and unfortunately shit happens if you prosecute such wars fully. And if you get into a war and don't prosecute it fully you end up doing more damage to both sides than if you do.
Why does being on US soil have anything to do with committing a crime against a US entity?
People commit crimes. You don't have to be on US soil to commit very nasty crimes against US interests. For example Osama bin Laden was never on US soil AFAIK.
Depending on the extradition treaties of the place they commit them from or later visit the US may or may not be able to bring them to trial. Sometimes the US may even use force of arms to bring such people to reckoning.
It's called being a sovereign power.
Obviously Cyprus is one of the places you don't want to visit after committing such a crime.
> Am I the only US citizen that is concerned about this?
No, but you are seriously in the minority.
> Is Saudi Arabia now able to extradite me because I read playboy?
Very unlikely since there is no extradition treaty between the US and Saudi.
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> The damage to the public is minimal, and would be otherwise dwarfed by any real data breach by real hackers.
It seems to me the damage is actually worse. Real hackers wouldn't make the information as widely available for any two-bit crook to use.
We don't have one right now. We have had great leaders in the past. Most recently MLK.
When things get bad enough another leader will arise. The question is where will he lead us.
> the army will follow orders. they are semi-human
No, they are not and will not. The US has an all-volunteer citizen army. These people are your neighbors and grew up in the same culture you did.
If the Arab Spring can happen in places like Egypt, Libya and Syria it is 10 times as likely to happen in the US.
OWS was far too small to have a real impact.
Read about the Salt Satyagraha to see what is really needed.
That didn't work in Libya, Egypt and in Syria. It certainly wouldn't work here.
The assets they are talking about are assets located in the US.
So it's robbery.
That's silly. Everyone who has actually thought seriously about it knows the US is bankrupt.
http://www.economist.com/economics/by-invitation/guest-contributions/america_bankrupt
> Energy consumption per GDP has decreased when the price of oil increased.
Not globally.
http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=eg_use_pcap_kg_oe&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=global+energy+consumption
> Also, the trends on population growth are pretty clear - we'll be leveling off
10 billion people + consistent economic growth will in fact be a global warming nightmare.
Spain and Greece would have problems regardless of whether or not they had their own currency.
The difference between the two is really just political. If it were drachmas and pesetas the currency would get devalued, with the Euro they have to go through a different sort of process that pretty much ends up the same except it's like Elephants mating - lots of noise and it takes two years to get results.
Remarks about body parts is definitely considered harassment.
Uninvited physical contact gets you fired immediately as well as possibly escorted off premises by the police in handcuffs (I have seen this happen to an executive) and the company sued.
Quid pro quo will get you sued.
That's pretty much the way it has to be these days. Otherwise the employer is leaving itself wide open for a major lawsuit.
There also should be a training program to let people know what the definition of sexual harassment is.
It really isn't that difficult to figure out.
Actually there is no hope.
Energy consumption growth with economic development of emerging economies is inexorable.
Population growth looks like it's going to take off soon because the largest generation of human beings in history is reaching breeding age.
Citation of existing case of this happening needed.
Yes, natural gas as it is currently processed is greenhouse neutral and not a benefit as is currently supposed by just examining the combustion step.
However a lot of the current technology is just flat out sloppy and definitely could be improved pretty easily. Some efforts are in progress.
http://www.epa.gov/gasstar/basic-information/index.html
By including methane in greenhouse gas amelioration efforts quite a bit can be done more cost-effectively than by tackling CO2 alone.
What about all the daylight that was saved up since the start of daylight savings?
What do we do with that? Think we can sell it to China?
There are very few governments I would trust with that function, and it still begs the question as to what about the fact this is a single point of failure than people not constrained by laws would view as the most valuable compromise target possible.
Just imagine - one credential that would give them access to all your financial resources and ability to assume your identity online.
The US has the largest manufacturing output of any nation on planet Earth.
http://www.shopfloor.org/2011/03/u-s-manufacturing-remains-worlds-largest/18756
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/10/us-still-worlds-largest-manufacturer.html
The reason that US has been losing manufacturing jobs has almost nothing to do with offshoring. It's due to improved efficiency; fewer people are needed because of automation and other improvements.
ORLY?
What is this site then?
http://fracfocus.org/chemical-use/what-chemicals-are-used
Uh... the grandparent post was about methane exposure and estrogen mimics from fracking operations.
Sorry, but that's baloney. A human being's primary exposure to methane is from his own farts, that is enteric methane.
http://image.sciencenet.cn/olddata/kexue.com.cn/upload/blog/file/2010/1/2010123203248875447.pdf
While about 60% of the methane in the atmosphere is due to human activities, that covers a lot of ground. Waste water treatment plants, all sorts of fossils fuel activities, livestock husbandry, landfills, forest fires, rice paddies and so on.
Fracking is only a small part of this picture.
I admire a lot of Google's technical innovations but man their business model and practices are something I could do without.
Hmm I thought the Austrian school's primary tenant is that you can't predict economic results.
Also anyone with any market experience could have predicted the dot bomb market crash. It was OBVIOUS that there was a lot of excess in the market and it was going to end badly.
The appropriate guideline here is "trees don't grow to the sky".
Oh fart.
Methane is present in the atmosphere at pretty significant levels. That means it's present in all water.
Endocrine disruption usually occurs at extremely small doses.
Seems to me like more pseudo science going on here.
Actually if you spend some time on Google you'll find the compositions are disclosed.
The idea that they aren't is an anti-frak talking point that isn't true.
> But the US' "interests" range from draconian copyright laws to killing whoever they damn well please.
Draconian US copyright laws are not exclusively a US problem. Countries that don't resist them, especially in their extradition agreements are playing a part in this too.
Extradition treaties are a two way street. If you don't sign one the US can't extradite people from your country.
As far as killing whomever they want, that doesn't have anything to do with extradition treaties or copyright infringement.
The US is in a very messy global soft war, and unfortunately shit happens if you prosecute such wars fully. And if you get into a war and don't prosecute it fully you end up doing more damage to both sides than if you do.
Why does being on US soil have anything to do with committing a crime against a US entity?
People commit crimes. You don't have to be on US soil to commit very nasty crimes against US interests. For example Osama bin Laden was never on US soil AFAIK.
Depending on the extradition treaties of the place they commit them from or later visit the US may or may not be able to bring them to trial. Sometimes the US may even use force of arms to bring such people to reckoning.
It's called being a sovereign power.
Obviously Cyprus is one of the places you don't want to visit after committing such a crime.
> Am I the only US citizen that is concerned about this?
No, but you are seriously in the minority.
> Is Saudi Arabia now able to extradite me because I read playboy?
Very unlikely since there is no extradition treaty between the US and Saudi.