Purchasing power won't fall as fast as debt because America is rich in resources and is very big. We don't import everything. Much of what you buy can be bought in dollars.
The way I see it, for most of humanity's history we didn't need more than a bit of sex drive to want to reproduce. This led to quite a lot of viable genetic variations for people that just aren't predisposed to have kids, but would end up having a few anyway. Plus, in the days when we all lived near our families, not having kids was not a bad option because any random bloke we helped out would likely be a relative.
Nowadays, if you don't want to have kids you don't, and you don't live near your family. So we're breeding out... not the smart people, but the people who want to do something with their lives.
Did it ever occur to you that what's true remains true even if you don't believe in it?
Many, maybe most people, are wise enough to admit that their beliefs may not be true. This is what it means to be in an atheist agnostic. I do not believe in any gods... but I could be wrong. There are also theist agnostics.
IMHO, one of the worst things about these Abrahamic religions is that they've convinced billions that their beliefs are meaningful and important. The arrogance, the backwards stupidity for *thousands of years* is astounding. Plato should share some of the blame.
The only way not to feed it is to shut up. He's just documenting this particular atrocity for those of us who can admire the grand idiocies of human beings.
There's a whole slew of ideas that were once considered so important they were taken for granted but have fallen out so thoroughly that people today barely even think of them at all.
For instance, thirty years ago there was a consensus that one company shouldn't control huge swaths of the media. It was understood that even the appearance of the conflict of interest was not to be tolerated.
You'll get blank stares these days if you bring them up.
My guess is this has to do with politicizing of faith. When you have a pastor telling a 15 year old girl that she can't be a Democrat and good Christian at the same time, then you've got an earthly power structure that depends on faith for stability and anything that undermines the faith is a threat.
They tried and convicted people for invasion so my imagination must have the force of law. You failed to address my second point. The rest of your post is pure blather since the UN didn't approve the use of force. Because Bush went back on his promise to seek a resolution, the UN didn't even get a chance to vote it down.
They didn't actually cook up any evidence, they just cherry picked a few facts that even all added together, and excluding any exculpatory evidence, didn't amount to a case. See Powell's presentation to the UN which as far as I know is the most complete presentation of the evidence against Iraq ever laid out by the Bush administration. There was no there there. At this point it is incumbent on Bush to show how he could possibly believe what he said he believed. The weight of the evidence is such that no reasonable person could have honestly reported such a finding to Congress. Therefore the burden of proof is on Bush to explain why he did so.
Bush, definitely. It's a war crime to invade another country. He also violated Congress's authorization of force since it required him to find Iraq an imminent threat or had ties to Sept 11 '01 attacks, neither of which Bush had evidence for, though he falsely submitted a statement that he did.
You can't rely upon a president to curtail presidential powers. Even if such a thing did happen, it couldn't possibly be permanent. We need a Congress that' s willing to do it.
In "Beowulf and Grendel" they have the Danes speaking in Swedish accents and the Geats in Scottish accents, I guess because they got a Scotsman to play Beowulf and a Swede to play Hrothgar.
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Purchasing power won't fall as fast as debt because America is rich in resources and is very big. We don't import everything. Much of what you buy can be bought in dollars.
Holy Christ, mod parent up.
The way I see it, for most of humanity's history we didn't need more than a bit of sex drive to want to reproduce. This led to quite a lot of viable genetic variations for people that just aren't predisposed to have kids, but would end up having a few anyway. Plus, in the days when we all lived near our families, not having kids was not a bad option because any random bloke we helped out would likely be a relative.
Nowadays, if you don't want to have kids you don't, and you don't live near your family. So we're breeding out ... not the smart people, but the people who want to do something with their lives.
Why do you think you can separate the two?
Did it ever occur to you that what's true remains true even if you don't believe in it?
Many, maybe most people, are wise enough to admit that their beliefs may not be true. This is what it means to be in an atheist agnostic. I do not believe in any gods ... but I could be wrong. There are also theist agnostics.
IMHO, one of the worst things about these Abrahamic religions is that they've convinced billions that their beliefs are meaningful and important. The arrogance, the backwards stupidity for *thousands of years* is astounding. Plato should share some of the blame.
Bing is better in some ways than Google and folks are starting to notice. Microsoft would be stupid to abandon it.
You must use one of those languages weird that puts the modifier before the modified.
The only way not to feed it is to shut up. He's just documenting this particular atrocity for those of us who can admire the grand idiocies of human beings.
What if god is made happy by you not believing in him? What if there is no God and not believing in him is the only way to get to Heaven?
There's a whole slew of ideas that were once considered so important they were taken for granted but have fallen out so thoroughly that people today barely even think of them at all.
For instance, thirty years ago there was a consensus that one company shouldn't control huge swaths of the media. It was understood that even the appearance of the conflict of interest was not to be tolerated.
You'll get blank stares these days if you bring them up.
Plus, Stephenson's writing sounds good. Try picking up one his books and reading it out loud. Calling it poetic may be going too far, but not by much.
The FBI is American.
Worst summary ever.
My guess is this has to do with politicizing of faith. When you have a pastor telling a 15 year old girl that she can't be a Democrat and good Christian at the same time, then you've got an earthly power structure that depends on faith for stability and anything that undermines the faith is a threat.
They tried and convicted people for invasion so my imagination must have the force of law. You failed to address my second point. The rest of your post is pure blather since the UN didn't approve the use of force. Because Bush went back on his promise to seek a resolution, the UN didn't even get a chance to vote it down.
They didn't actually cook up any evidence, they just cherry picked a few facts that even all added together, and excluding any exculpatory evidence, didn't amount to a case. See Powell's presentation to the UN which as far as I know is the most complete presentation of the evidence against Iraq ever laid out by the Bush administration. There was no there there. At this point it is incumbent on Bush to show how he could possibly believe what he said he believed. The weight of the evidence is such that no reasonable person could have honestly reported such a finding to Congress. Therefore the burden of proof is on Bush to explain why he did so.
Yet another slashdotter unsure whether scientists have heard of the sun.
Thank you. You are the reason I read these comments.
Although I always wonder ... who do you think figured out the relation between solar output and solar cycles? Could it be .... scientists?
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Bush, definitely. It's a war crime to invade another country. He also violated Congress's authorization of force since it required him to find Iraq an imminent threat or had ties to Sept 11 '01 attacks, neither of which Bush had evidence for, though he falsely submitted a statement that he did.
You can't rely upon a president to curtail presidential powers. Even if such a thing did happen, it couldn't possibly be permanent. We need a Congress that' s willing to do it.
In "Beowulf and Grendel" they have the Danes speaking in Swedish accents and the Geats in Scottish accents, I guess because they got a Scotsman to play Beowulf and a Swede to play Hrothgar.
Spelling grammer correctly is known to cause cancer in California.
He doesn't remember.
"I read the next two books just to see if it would get any good."
Bless you. This is the slashdot I know and love.
That could be, I've only ever read his speeches, I've never watched him give them.