And HITLER was elected too. Do you what percentage he got? 95.7% When you are a ruler for life you are a Dictator. It doesn't matter if you were elected.
You lose, fucktard, Hitler got at most 30% of the votes IIRC. He was appointed chancellor, not elected. From there he dismantled the parliament, and got away with those pesky votes.
Their results are also surprisingly consistent with independtly performed polls and exit pollings -- unlike in the US of A! Remember 2004? That wasn't long ago.
Plus Venezuelian voting machines (that's bad) are Open Source (that's good). Unlike Diebold's.
Just a little fact check considering all the bullshit I see .
Noam Chomsky made a very interesting point,as he usually does: public trust in governments, as measured through opinion polls, is going down worldwide, and particularly accross america.
Guess where it's currently the highest? That's right, Venezuela.
CNN and other corporate US medias -- including Associated Press! -- call Chavez a dictator. It's the word they use in headline, litterally, no exageration on my part. That's hilariously, if not completely revolting, libellous. Chavez was democratically elected and re-elected, his numbers going UP from one election to the next. They've been validated by international organisations, including Pdt. Carter's organisation. Compare this Florida '00 for good measure.
Esp. considering how little media attention it gets.
I wonder if the guy can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, I hope they would cancel this scandalous extradition considering the terrible track record of the US justice system.
Note that before this case I believed that no country extradited its own citizens, because that's how it is here in France. Might have to do with brits being subjects, not citizens, I guess;) Anyway, they (government) couldn't pull that shit off here. You might make fun of our propension to demonstrations and strikes, but that's how we keep the man in check.
EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli today hosted a press conference at EMI's headquarters in London where he announced that EMI Music is launching DRM-free superior quality downloads across its entire digital repertoire and that Apple's iTunes Store will be the first online music store to sell EMI's new downloads.
Gas turbines, as well as vapour turbines used for energy generation, are MUCH more efficient than your average piston engine. I believe it's something like 50-60% vs 20-25%.
Cuba went through rough times after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but recovered after having made changes to their food production. In any case, it's much better than those countries where the US spread "democracy" (ah aha ah good ones) in terms of security, education and health. In fact, in those areas, it's comparable to what the US middle clas. (Sure, the top 1% in the US can afford top of the line medical service, send their kids to expensive universities, and live in gated communities)
The US economy is fueled by massive debt, both at the gov't level and personal level. Nowhere in the world does any country have that much credit card debt.
As for unemployment... the unemployment rate is a misleading number, chiefly because it is easily skewed. Per the BIT, it's defined as the ratio of people who say they are looking for a job over the active population. Who's looking for a job... when there's hefty unemployment benefits as in France, many people without a job do have an incentive to tell the governement that they are looking. Contrast this with the US: what's the fucking point being "officially" looking since you don't get jack shit after a few months?
So this is a bad metric. Here's a better one: the employment ratio. Divide the number of people working by the overall population in the 24-54(*) bracket. According to OECD it's 86.3% in the US, 86.9% in France.
Quite a difference?
(*) Why the limited range? So as not to penalize, for example, countries which subsidize higher education, versus those who don't and therefore have more people below 25 working.
What should we believe? Microsoft's claims -- that they favor and aim to provide an open platform --, or our lieing eyes, which are currently witnessing a thing called "Zune" which is the exact opposite of open.
In Europe, basically, your personal information belongs to you. No one (with obvious *limited* exceptions for law enforcement and tax collection) can keep information about you without your knowledge & consent. You have a right to have your record erased / corrected. Infringers face jail time.
All US military forces currently in Iraq are involved in crimes against peace. They should just shut up and get the fuck out. 650000+ Iraqis have died as a result of this crime, why should anyone give a fuck whether some yanks get a few limbs yanked off?
Linux is arguably better than Solaris for the desktop, esp. as far as device support is concerned. In fact, Linux supports more devices than Windows out of the box.
I'm not sure, but it seems to me that Second Life is able to stream content to users. I don't know if any other 3D client does that? WoW doesn't, does it?
That might not make it pretty, but in itself it's quite powerful.
My point is there very likely no hope of engaging someone who is obviously anti-American and writing from a.fr domain in a decent discussion. Oh well. Really? I speak your language, and I know quite a bit about your country, as well as the arab world, which is more than 99% of your countrymen can claim.
The U.S. does what it needs to do in what it sees as its own interest, just like every other sane nation on earth. That's understood. Just like Don Corleone does what he does for the good of his family. But would you agree with him claiming that the Mafia is good for society in general?
France is certainly a good example of that. In fact, the last Frenchman I talked to (I realize I don't know that you're actually French) explained that the French knew the U.S. was going to lose in Iraq because they had already tried and failed to do what the U.S. was trying (after a lengthy period of colonization, no less). Well, yes, that's what Villepin and Chirac said repeatedly at the UN and everywhere else. Think what you will of Chirac, but he knew what a Shia and a Sunni were, unlike Mr. Bush.
While we're waiting for that to come true, why don't you go visit Seoul and then Pyongyang and then write me about the mistakes we've made. That's all fine. Except that I'm not arguing about whether the Korean war, or any of the others I've mentioned for that matter, were necessary or had redeeming qualities. I'm arguing about their legality, first of all, and then I was talking about "asymetrical warfare" to begin with.
Vietnam is the only war in history in which the side that lost the war actually won every battle fought in the war.France won every battle in the Algerian war.
I don't recall Gandi actually firing one shot against british soldiers.
Those were colonial wars; Vietnam qualifies as one IMO.
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He's not a good dictator because he's not a dictator to begin with. He got 60% of the votes last time. Not. A. Dictator.
And HITLER was elected too. Do you what percentage he got? 95.7% When you are a ruler for life you are a Dictator. It doesn't matter if you were elected.
You lose, fucktard, Hitler got at most 30% of the votes IIRC. He was appointed chancellor, not elected. From there he dismantled the parliament, and got away with those pesky votes.
The US President has that power, he doesn't even need asking Congress.
That's the difference between parliementary and presidential democracy.
Carter's organisation vetted the elections.
Their results are also surprisingly consistent with independtly performed polls and exit pollings -- unlike in the US of A! Remember 2004? That wasn't long ago.
Plus Venezuelian voting machines (that's bad) are Open Source (that's good). Unlike Diebold's.
Just a little fact check considering all the bullshit I see .
Noam Chomsky made a very interesting point,as he usually does: public trust in governments, as measured through opinion polls, is going down worldwide, and particularly accross america.
Guess where it's currently the highest? That's right, Venezuela.
CNN and other corporate US medias -- including Associated Press! -- call Chavez a dictator. It's the word they use in headline, litterally, no exageration on my part. That's hilariously, if not completely revolting, libellous. Chavez was democratically elected and re-elected, his numbers going UP from one election to the next. They've been validated by international organisations, including Pdt. Carter's organisation. Compare this Florida '00 for good measure.
It runs contrary of privacy laws.
Did you realize the title of the article included the two letters "U" and "K", juxtaposed? It means "United Kingdom", not "United States."
Esp. considering how little media attention it gets.
;) Anyway, they (government) couldn't pull that shit off here. You might make fun of our propension to demonstrations and strikes, but that's how we keep the man in check.
I wonder if the guy can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, I hope they would cancel this scandalous extradition considering the terrible track record of the US justice system.
Note that before this case I believed that no country extradited its own citizens, because that's how it is here in France. Might have to do with brits being subjects, not citizens, I guess
Epson inkjet printing is definitely very good on Linux, I believe this is due to Epson having open specs in that regard.
I print a lot of photos with my lowly 6-ink R220 fitted with a continuous ink supply device. Works just fine, even 6"x4".
It works perfectly well, too. Even with 32 bit apps. I use it everyday.
Gas turbines, as well as vapour turbines used for energy generation, are MUCH more efficient than your average piston engine. I believe it's something like 50-60% vs 20-25%.
Cuba went through rough times after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but recovered after having made changes to their food production. In any case, it's much better than those countries where the US spread "democracy" (ah aha ah good ones) in terms of security, education and health. In fact, in those areas, it's comparable to what the US middle clas. (Sure, the top 1% in the US can afford top of the line medical service, send their kids to expensive universities, and live in gated communities)
The solution is in /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/
Some providers offer basic (no IPTV/VOIP) ADSL2+ for 14.
Includes IPTV, and free international calls to most countries. They provide an HD set top box with built in PVR. 29.99. And they make money.
This summer they start rolling out 50Mbps symmetrical FTTH. Yay!
The US economy is fueled by massive debt, both at the gov't level and personal level. Nowhere in the world does any country have that much credit card debt.
... the unemployment rate is a misleading number, chiefly because it is easily skewed. Per the BIT, it's defined as the ratio of people who say they are looking for a job over the active population. Who's looking for a job ... when there's hefty unemployment benefits as in France, many people without a job do have an incentive to tell the governement that they are looking. Contrast this with the US: what's the fucking point being "officially" looking since you don't get jack shit after a few months?
As for unemployment
So this is a bad metric. Here's a better one: the employment ratio. Divide the number of people working by the overall population in the 24-54(*) bracket. According to OECD it's 86.3% in the US, 86.9% in France.
Quite a difference?
(*) Why the limited range? So as not to penalize, for example, countries which subsidize higher education, versus those who don't and therefore have more people below 25 working.
What should we believe? Microsoft's claims -- that they favor and aim to provide an open platform --, or our lieing eyes, which are currently witnessing a thing called "Zune" which is the exact opposite of open.
It's extremely weak.
In Europe, basically, your personal information belongs to you. No one (with obvious *limited* exceptions for law enforcement and tax collection) can keep information about you without your knowledge & consent. You have a right to have your record erased / corrected. Infringers face jail time.
All US military forces currently in Iraq are involved in crimes against peace. They should just shut up and get the fuck out. 650000+ Iraqis have died as a result of this crime, why should anyone give a fuck whether some yanks get a few limbs yanked off?
Linux is arguably better than Solaris for the desktop, esp. as far as device support is concerned. In fact, Linux supports more devices than Windows out of the box.
I'm not sure, but it seems to me that Second Life is able to stream content to users. I don't know if any other 3D client does that? WoW doesn't, does it?
That might not make it pretty, but in itself it's quite powerful.
How many countries has North Korea invaded or attacked in the past 60 years? Zero.
How many countries has the US invaded / attacked / destabilized in the past 60 years? VALUE OUT OF BOUND ERROR.
"Civilians reported killed by military intervention in Iraq"
That site counts the casualties reported by the occupying forces.
The John Hopkins study used epidemiologic methodologies to estimate the actual number, not the "official" one.
Vietnam is the only war in history in which the side that lost the war actually won every battle fought in the war.France won every battle in the Algerian war.
I don't recall Gandi actually firing one shot against british soldiers.
Those were colonial wars; Vietnam qualifies as one IMO.