Britain is threatening an act of war because some hippie embarrassed them and made them look like douche-nozzles. I've never heard anything so sinister that's also so petty.
UK is looking more and more like the Ãoeber dunce
I guess we have to thank none other than Uncle Sam
Ecuador already helped Assange and Wikileaks by provoking the idiotic UK foreign minister into airing that uber idiotic "embassy storming" threat out loud
This has put the UK government (and the entire UK, as a country) in a very, VERY bad light
The more UK is trying to suck up to Uncle Sam, the more UK is looking like a 4th-rate banana republic
I won't say UK is worse than Nazi Germany. What I will say is, UK is almost as bad as the Nazis, and if they do carry out the embassy storming exercise, I'll regard the present UK government worse than that of the Nazi
You asked a bunch of questions, now lemme answer them, one by one ---
Question #1:
why would the Swedes would bow to U.S. pressure in the first place?
The total of export from Sweden in 2011 is $204.2 billion
http://www.indexmundi.com/sweden/exports.html
Yes, _ONLY_ $204.2 billion !!
The GDP of Sweden for 2011 is $538 billion http://www.tradingeconomics.com/sweden/gdp
By comparison, the gdp of the state of California, in 2010, came out to $1.936 trillion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California
You read it right, the gdp of _a_single_state_ of USA is more than TRIPLE that of the gdp of the entire country of Sweden !!
The biggest industrial corporation in Sweden is Saab, and it's crumbling. The Saab car company used to belong to General Motors of USA, and when they wanted to sell it to China, GM vetoed it and now, the whole deal is in limbo
Sweden has to depend on USA for economic survival. It has no other choice.
Question #2:
Sweden isn't some corrupt and backwards little banana republic
While the corruption level in Sweden is much less than that of in USA or India, or China, Sweden, by definition in economic sense, qualifies to be included in the "banana" category (not even a republic, for there is a Swedish royal family)
Question #3:
they're a modern European democracy and they're perfectly capable of telling the U.S. to go f*** themselves if they feel like it
Sweden _is_ a European country, and Sweden is democratic, but so what?
So is Greece, or Spain, or Portugal
So what's your point on bring out the "European democracy" thing?
Does a "European democracy" thing has a special ring to it? Or is it some sort of "brand value", huh?
As for the "perfectly capable of telling the U.S. to go f*** themselves part, no, I'm afraid Sweden never dare to even dream of that, for they need USA to survive
Reality is very very cruel to Sweden, and the Swedes know it
They really have no other choice. They have to kow-tow to the U.S. of A.
Corruption in India is unlike corruption in other places on earth, for in India, corruption is the norm, not the exception
Funds spent on anything - including education - would be reduced 80% to 90% by the time the money reaches the intended target(s)
And the Indian government's announcement that they will spend $100 million dollars on the Mars exploration project (BBC is reporting it as I type) means the project actually cost in between $10 million to $20 million dollars
Incredible, simply incredible !
If the Japan announces that they are going to explore Mars, I would have put more credence on it than this announcement from India
I'm sorry, it's not that I'm anti-India or something - but things that sound too good to be true, may be just that, too-good-to-be-true
Now most other things about the UK can be considered shitty (as with the US), but the one thing that *DOES* work in the UK is the NHS.
I know this is off-topic, as this is supposed to be related to UK threatening to storm a foreign embassy over Assange... but since you bring up the NHS - I ain't a Brit, but I *had* an aunt who told me horror stories of how the UK NHS had let patients die miserable deaths, the things that she had witnessed herself, as a nurse in Britain, from 1960's to 1990's (she passed away recently)
Islam and Christianity use to be violent many many moons ago but so were non-religious people. Humans have evolved beyond that. Today Islam and Christianity are generally peaceful
Islam is "generally peaceful"?
Bullfarking shit !!
A religion that encourages its followers to kill people of other religion cannot be said to be peaceful. Not at all, not in my book !!
When I was young, when my friends were feeding pinball machines with money from their parents, I couldn't join them because I didn't have any money, nor I had any free time for that either
Now that I ain't young no more, I tried playing video games, but I just ain't good at it
I tried, I earnestly tried to play the best I could, but I end up phailing miserably
The British government are not the country, I doubt there are many people in the UK who would support this action and even fewer who are happy with the way the government sucks up to the US.
If THAT's the case, then CHANGE YOUR GOVERNMENT, for crying out loud !!
You guys in UK are still calling yourself a "democratic country", right?
You still have the right to change your government, right?
I remember reading a thesis saying it more of a cultural phenomenon ultimately targeted at children by way of the women. The idea was that in societies were you can trust mostly everyone else as individuals, women were (and are) freer because you can trust your neighbor or the guy from that other family to self control and not come make your wife pregnant for you. On the other hand, on those were another person's word to you is worth shit if his clan leader as much as sneezes and men have no self control, you restrict your wife (a single person), because there's no way you can restrict everyone else.
I am a man. I am definitely not a card carrying member of the "Political Correct" movement, but even so, I have to say that the thesis you referred to, is full of shit
It does not matter what 'cultural phenomenon' one is in, the fact that male chauvinism thrives in some societies is because the male species there are chauvinists.
Human are human, no matter if that human originates from the Middle East or from Europe or from China or Africa.
Male chauvinism is everywhere - but is expressed in different degree - and in places like Europe, the male species there are not less male like - but rather, they use their BIG head rather than their little one to think
And in places like Pakistan or Middle East or in Malaysia - where the Muslim culture predominates - the religion of Islam has encouraged the male species to think with their little head - so much so that it is written in their so-called "holy book" that every single man is permitted to marry four (4) wives at any given time - which is to say, that little head can get to visit 4 different holes instead of one
And that's the gist of it
To say otherwise is to become an apologist of Islam
No matter if the guy has raped that Swedish girl or not, - that's not the main point, for that "rape story" has become an excuse for UK to take action on behalf of Uncle Sam/
By doing so, UK no longer honors its own sovereignty.
A sovereign nation is like a free, dignified person, an entity that takes up action to protect it/him/herself, and has the freedom to do whatever it/he/she wants to do.
United Kingdom, by threatening to storm the embassy of another nation, over a person whom we all know Uncle Sam wants, is no longer a nation which I respect - and I suspect I am not alone in not regarding UK as a dignified country no more.
A PhD opens a lot of doors to jobs that are not available to people without doctorate degrees.
Exactly !!
Plus, if do not have to state your PhD degree on your CV if you do not want to - I did that on couple of occasions to get the jobs I wanted, and only after I landed the job, and out-performed the rest in the company that I revealed my PhD degree
By that time the company would be crazy to fire you
Need to stress this, Triclosan is not the only drug found in waterways
A lot of other substances that human being are using ended up in waterways and they are having all types of side effects on ecology around us
I read an article about 10 years ago that nano-silver particles that we human are using - to kill bacteria, -somehow entered the waterways and end up killing a lot of microbial lifeforms, and the chain reaction (according to the articles that i read, can't find the links to them anymore, sorry) was worrying
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The gloves have come off guys, the coalition of the willing are now willing to violate any number of international laws to satisfy their ...
I beg to differ if you think that the whole thing is out of control
It's part and parcel of the whole thing -
What international laws?
What international conventions?
To USA and its lackeys, all things humankind be damned, as long as they get to make their profit
Britain is threatening an act of war because some hippie embarrassed them and made them look like douche-nozzles. I've never heard anything so sinister that's also so petty.
UK is looking more and more like the Ãoeber dunce
I guess we have to thank none other than Uncle Sam
Not sure how getting to Ecuador helps Assange.
Haven't you realized it yet?
Ecuador already helped Assange and Wikileaks by provoking the idiotic UK foreign minister into airing that uber idiotic "embassy storming" threat out loud
This has put the UK government (and the entire UK, as a country) in a very, VERY bad light
The more UK is trying to suck up to Uncle Sam, the more UK is looking like a 4th-rate banana republic
Rich bankers are untouchable but if you mess with the powerful no law will protect you.
Just in case you do not know
LAWS ARE MADE TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE SUPER RICH
I don't care which country you are from
I don't care whether the country you are staying is democratic, or not
The LAWS of the land you are in, were written by experts who worked for the super rich
The laws written were written such ways that the interests of the super rich will always be protected
No matter it's the "justice system", or "judiciary", whatever fancy name they use, the entire system is structured to serve the super rich
That is all to it
You seem to forget one thing -
After they stormed the embassy, Mr. Assange will no longer a human being
He will be dead
They could plant weapons in his hand and then declare they have eliminated a "terrorist"
1. Establish a fat-based pyramid scheme.
2. ????
3. Americans are no longer fat!
You forgot one thing:
4. Profit !
Don't get angry
Get revenge
Start organizing
If not for you, do it for your children
We've got a choice between: The Tories, the New Tories, and the We-will-do-whatever-it-takes-to-share-power-with-the-Tories!
If that's the case, you guys need to give yourself yet-another-choice --- start at grass root level and organize
You'd never know how many of your fellow Brits are fed up with the present system that you got until you start organize them
Democracy should not remain a "name" thing
Democracy should be more a verb, than a noun
UK worse than nazi germany?
I won't say UK is worse than Nazi Germany. What I will say is, UK is almost as bad as the Nazis, and if they do carry out the embassy storming exercise, I'll regard the present UK government worse than that of the Nazi
Last time the establishment was changed in living history was ... when?
Are you looking for real change, or change in the sense of 'same wine, different bottles' ?
For the former, the most recent genuine change was what happened in Nepal
As for the latter, Egypt, Libya, and pretty soon, Syria
Even more serious, although IKEA originated from Sweden, it is no longer, legally, a Sweden company
IKEA is owned by a family trust based in Luxembourg, or something like that
Many thanks for sharing your story with us, even though it's kinda off topic
:)
At the very least I get to learn what is Eisenmenger Syndrome - Yes, I searched for that term
Thanks again and ALL THE BEST !!
You asked a bunch of questions, now lemme answer them, one by one ---
Question #1:
why would the Swedes would bow to U.S. pressure in the first place?
The total of export from Sweden in 2011 is $204.2 billion
http://www.indexmundi.com/sweden/exports.html
Yes, _ONLY_ $204.2 billion !!
The GDP of Sweden for 2011 is $538 billion
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/sweden/gdp
By comparison, the gdp of the state of California, in 2010, came out to $1.936 trillion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California
You read it right, the gdp of _a_single_state_ of USA is more than TRIPLE that of the gdp of the entire country of Sweden !!
The biggest industrial corporation in Sweden is Saab, and it's crumbling. The Saab car company used to belong to General Motors of USA, and when they wanted to sell it to China, GM vetoed it and now, the whole deal is in limbo
Sweden has to depend on USA for economic survival. It has no other choice.
Question #2:
Sweden isn't some corrupt and backwards little banana republic
While the corruption level in Sweden is much less than that of in USA or India, or China, Sweden, by definition in economic sense, qualifies to be included in the "banana" category (not even a republic, for there is a Swedish royal family)
Question #3:
they're a modern European democracy and they're perfectly capable of telling the U.S. to go f*** themselves if they feel like it
Sweden _is_ a European country, and Sweden is democratic, but so what?
So is Greece, or Spain, or Portugal
So what's your point on bring out the "European democracy" thing?
Does a "European democracy" thing has a special ring to it? Or is it some sort of "brand value", huh?
As for the "perfectly capable of telling the U.S. to go f*** themselves part, no, I'm afraid Sweden never dare to even dream of that, for they need USA to survive
Reality is very very cruel to Sweden, and the Swedes know it
They really have no other choice. They have to kow-tow to the U.S. of A.
Corruption in India is unlike corruption in other places on earth, for in India, corruption is the norm, not the exception
Funds spent on anything - including education - would be reduced 80% to 90% by the time the money reaches the intended target(s)
And the Indian government's announcement that they will spend $100 million dollars on the Mars exploration project (BBC is reporting it as I type) means the project actually cost in between $10 million to $20 million dollars
Incredible, simply incredible !
If the Japan announces that they are going to explore Mars, I would have put more credence on it than this announcement from India
I'm sorry, it's not that I'm anti-India or something - but things that sound too good to be true, may be just that, too-good-to-be-true
India claims it can send something to orbit the Mars for $100 millions.
Can anyone believe that?
Now most other things about the UK can be considered shitty (as with the US), but the one thing that *DOES* work in the UK is the NHS.
I know this is off-topic, as this is supposed to be related to UK threatening to storm a foreign embassy over Assange
NHS does not work, not according to my aunt
Islam and Christianity use to be violent many many moons ago but so were non-religious people. Humans have evolved beyond that. Today Islam and Christianity are generally peaceful
Islam is "generally peaceful"?
Bull farking shit !!
A religion that encourages its followers to kill people of other religion cannot be said to be peaceful. Not at all, not in my book !!
When I was young, when my friends were feeding pinball machines with money from their parents, I couldn't join them because I didn't have any money, nor I had any free time for that either
Now that I ain't young no more, I tried playing video games, but I just ain't good at it
I tried, I earnestly tried to play the best I could, but I end up phailing miserably
Yep
The British government are not the country, I doubt there are many people in the UK who would support this action and even fewer who are happy with the way the government sucks up to the US.
If THAT's the case, then CHANGE YOUR GOVERNMENT, for crying out loud !!
You guys in UK are still calling yourself a "democratic country", right?
You still have the right to change your government, right?
RIGHT ??
I remember reading a thesis saying it more of a cultural phenomenon ultimately targeted at children by way of the women. The idea was that in societies were you can trust mostly everyone else as individuals, women were (and are) freer because you can trust your neighbor or the guy from that other family to self control and not come make your wife pregnant for you. On the other hand, on those were another person's word to you is worth shit if his clan leader as much as sneezes and men have no self control, you restrict your wife (a single person), because there's no way you can restrict everyone else.
I am a man. I am definitely not a card carrying member of the "Political Correct" movement, but even so, I have to say that the thesis you referred to, is full of shit
It does not matter what 'cultural phenomenon' one is in, the fact that male chauvinism thrives in some societies is because the male species there are chauvinists.
Human are human, no matter if that human originates from the Middle East or from Europe or from China or Africa.
Male chauvinism is everywhere - but is expressed in different degree - and in places like Europe, the male species there are not less male like - but rather, they use their BIG head rather than their little one to think
And in places like Pakistan or Middle East or in Malaysia - where the Muslim culture predominates - the religion of Islam has encouraged the male species to think with their little head - so much so that it is written in their so-called "holy book" that every single man is permitted to marry four (4) wives at any given time - which is to say, that little head can get to visit 4 different holes instead of one
And that's the gist of it
To say otherwise is to become an apologist of Islam
No matter if the guy has raped that Swedish girl or not, - that's not the main point, for that "rape story" has become an excuse for UK to take action on behalf of Uncle Sam/
By doing so, UK no longer honors its own sovereignty.
A sovereign nation is like a free, dignified person, an entity that takes up action to protect it/him/herself, and has the freedom to do whatever it/he/she wants to do.
United Kingdom, by threatening to storm the embassy of another nation, over a person whom we all know Uncle Sam wants, is no longer a nation which I respect - and I suspect I am not alone in not regarding UK as a dignified country no more.
Theobromine is deadly to dogs but fairly harmless to us
Your neighbor's chihuahua yelping all day (and all night ) long?
Losing sleep because of the inconsiderate neighbor letting that little bitch yelping non-stop?
Well
A PhD opens a lot of doors to jobs that are not available to people without doctorate degrees.
Exactly !!
Plus, if do not have to state your PhD degree on your CV if you do not want to - I did that on couple of occasions to get the jobs I wanted, and only after I landed the job, and out-performed the rest in the company that I revealed my PhD degree
By that time the company would be crazy to fire you
Need to stress this, Triclosan is not the only drug found in waterways
A lot of other substances that human being are using ended up in waterways and they are having all types of side effects on ecology around us
I read an article about 10 years ago that nano-silver particles that we human are using - to kill bacteria, -somehow entered the waterways and end up killing a lot of microbial lifeforms, and the chain reaction (according to the articles that i read, can't find the links to them anymore, sorry) was worrying