Yeah, this guy has done just terribly out of the NHS. I don't know which country your ancestors emigrated to, but I hope they were "compatible replacements" for the natives.
I disagree with your conclusion because I think the set of "every possible event" is much smaller than you appear to. Just because there is an arrangement of atoms that is unique does not mean that there is a way for a primordial universe to unfold into it. Although there are a huge number of ways a universe may evolve from a uniform gas of hydrogen, this does not mean that everything that one can think of must happen somewhere. Sure, dragon-like animals might evolve somewhere and I may seize my letter-opener to stab everyone in the room after I write this. These are possibilities, but is it really possible that there's a universe somewhere with a teapot in it, a million light years in diameter made out of cream cheese? or that god-like beings such as Thor can exist?
You'll have to do better than linking an inflammatory opinion from a conservative commentator to make your point, AC.
Are you saying that education, roads, fire fighting services, healthcare, pensions, disability and unemployment benefits just can't be afforded anymore by wealthy nations? Or are you saying that the welfare system is inefficient because it's a government thing? What is your plan for disabled people who have no family to support them, exactly? Do you think that removing education from those that can't afford it will bring about a better society?
Yes, all true. Perhaps though the US has a different set of social issues, or maybe the same set of social issues as the UK but with increased intensity (e.g. US gang organisation and violence is in a different league to the UK's, social inequality is greater etc.) So removing guns from the UK doesn't make much difference to the murder rate but in the US, due to the more heated social problems, removing guns would make a difference?
I think you're confused between the Libyan Embassy Siege (1984) and the Iranian Embassy Siege (1980):
The gunman was in the Libyan embassy: "Following the shooting, the embassy was surrounded by armed police for eleven days, in one of the longest police sieges in London's history. Meanwhile, Gaddafi claimed that the embassy was under attack from British forces, and Libyan soldiers surrounded the United Kingdom's embassy in Tripoli in response. The British government eventually resolved the incident by allowing the embassy staff to leave the embassy and then expelling them from the country." See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher
Whereas the Iranian Embassy was stormed by the DRFLA and retaken by UK security forces: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege
That's true, but that's not the only way to spin it.
Everybody dies and for the majority of people, the most healthcare they receive is in the final few weeks of their lives. The real burden on a socialised healthcare system (and the economy in general) is non-earning old people desiccating away decades after retirement. Bringing forward the day of their death means fewer old aged non-workers hanging on in retirement homes. So, while I suspect that you don't share my views on socialised medicine, I too think that the government has no business in telling people how to live their lives. Let them bloat (and smoke) and die early, just as long as they earn and pay tax up until they croak.
Of course, the homeopathically correct way to take the sleeping medicine is to throw almost all of it away, put the remainder into a swimming pool then dip in a finger and touch it to the tongue.
Waiting lists are inevitable in a system where demand slightly outstrips supply and so are valuable metrics on how the system in operating. That's not to say emergency treatment is restricted, but you will probably have to wait a while to get your bunions treated. It seems to me a sign of a mature and caring democracy where this metric *is* the primary concern of a society.
Oh... and no one believes it is "free". It is only "free" at the point of delivery, we know we pay a lot for it and that's why we need to make sure we're receiving value for the money. This is why the metric is important.
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But a million dollars is not a million pennies, so 250 tonnes is correct!
I had to know. $1m in post-1982 pennies would weigh, I think, 250 metric tonnes.
Yeah, this guy has done just terribly out of the NHS. I don't know which country your ancestors emigrated to, but I hope they were "compatible replacements" for the natives.
Which things in particular do you you feel are falling apart?
Duck Duck Go wouldn't be in great shape, either.
I disagree with your conclusion because I think the set of "every possible event" is much smaller than you appear to. Just because there is an arrangement of atoms that is unique does not mean that there is a way for a primordial universe to unfold into it. Although there are a huge number of ways a universe may evolve from a uniform gas of hydrogen, this does not mean that everything that one can think of must happen somewhere. Sure, dragon-like animals might evolve somewhere and I may seize my letter-opener to stab everyone in the room after I write this. These are possibilities, but is it really possible that there's a universe somewhere with a teapot in it, a million light years in diameter made out of cream cheese? or that god-like beings such as Thor can exist?
At the time of the American revolution they really were among the best
Well yes, they were British then ;-)
Well the good news is that you don't need to fix the drive to get your personal information back. Just write to the NSA and ask them for a copy :-)
David Miranda is a Brazillian national.
You'll have to do better than linking an inflammatory opinion from a conservative commentator to make your point, AC. Are you saying that education, roads, fire fighting services, healthcare, pensions, disability and unemployment benefits just can't be afforded anymore by wealthy nations? Or are you saying that the welfare system is inefficient because it's a government thing? What is your plan for disabled people who have no family to support them, exactly? Do you think that removing education from those that can't afford it will bring about a better society?
is he Jose Villar? http://www.upatour.com/8-ball-rankings/
What's your point? Are you suggesting that the recession in the Eurozone was caused by socialised medical protection?
Yes, all true. Perhaps though the US has a different set of social issues, or maybe the same set of social issues as the UK but with increased intensity (e.g. US gang organisation and violence is in a different league to the UK's, social inequality is greater etc.) So removing guns from the UK doesn't make much difference to the murder rate but in the US, due to the more heated social problems, removing guns would make a difference?
Woosh!
The implications of this treatment would be clearer if they identified which animals they used as guinea pigs.
That's not what he said, and by suggesting it was, you have rather proved his point about your stupidity.
You're confusing the Libyan Embassy Siege (1984) and the Iranian Embassy Siege (1980). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege
I think you're confused between the Libyan Embassy Siege (1984) and the Iranian Embassy Siege (1980): The gunman was in the Libyan embassy: "Following the shooting, the embassy was surrounded by armed police for eleven days, in one of the longest police sieges in London's history. Meanwhile, Gaddafi claimed that the embassy was under attack from British forces, and Libyan soldiers surrounded the United Kingdom's embassy in Tripoli in response. The British government eventually resolved the incident by allowing the embassy staff to leave the embassy and then expelling them from the country." See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher Whereas the Iranian Embassy was stormed by the DRFLA and retaken by UK security forces: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege
Firstly, the UK hasn't threatened to storm anything, and secondly, the UK has protected embassies in the past in just the way that you describe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege
Also, oblig. xkcd: http://xkcd.com/936/
But if we all start using "correcthorsebatterystaple" that's surely even worse?
That's true, but that's not the only way to spin it. Everybody dies and for the majority of people, the most healthcare they receive is in the final few weeks of their lives. The real burden on a socialised healthcare system (and the economy in general) is non-earning old people desiccating away decades after retirement. Bringing forward the day of their death means fewer old aged non-workers hanging on in retirement homes. So, while I suspect that you don't share my views on socialised medicine, I too think that the government has no business in telling people how to live their lives. Let them bloat (and smoke) and die early, just as long as they earn and pay tax up until they croak.
Don't we already have the word "specious" for things that look true but are not? So might "intentionally specious" be a better definition?
Of course, the homeopathically correct way to take the sleeping medicine is to throw almost all of it away, put the remainder into a swimming pool then dip in a finger and touch it to the tongue.
Waiting lists are inevitable in a system where demand slightly outstrips supply and so are valuable metrics on how the system in operating. That's not to say emergency treatment is restricted, but you will probably have to wait a while to get your bunions treated. It seems to me a sign of a mature and caring democracy where this metric *is* the primary concern of a society. Oh... and no one believes it is "free". It is only "free" at the point of delivery, we know we pay a lot for it and that's why we need to make sure we're receiving value for the money. This is why the metric is important.
Tastiness?