- My ex's family were from Greece. Business there was as business in any Southern European country: stronger sense of family and community, so local businesses which were perceived as ethical would thrive, whereas people in it for a quick buck would be viewed with suspicion and would have regulations more stringently applied. Health&Safety in Britain is much more intrusive than there.
Wow, I didn't expect it but (not kidding) you've seriously opened my eyes.
Ignoring for the moment the rather unfortunate comparison you did to China (do you even realize the argument you made there???), when considering the situation in southern europe I at least _assumed_ that the population in general was conscious of the reasons why they were uncompetitive and just acted out of self-interest.
That the family and community business thing you described above is seen as a good thing makes clear that they got no fucking clue. I can hardly think of a way to structure a business environment that would lead to more corruption than that. When your neighbor or cousine's business is threatened by a more competitive smartass from out-of-town, the 'family and community' oriented society would see it as normal to put in any and all obstacles possible.
Fuck that, I guess Greece really is destined to leave the Euro. (And having left a sour taste in the mouth of leaders up north from all those protests and threats to the Euro stability in order to 'renegotiate', etc, reconstruction 'aid' won't be very forthcoming)
Do you know how easy it was for me to start up a company in Norway? Required only internet access and a couple of days, and that was 8 years ago.
In greece, you'd be lucky with 10 months and lots of bribes. E.g. check out this article. And there's plenty of renowned international studies into corruption, ease of business, etc, and the Northern European countries top all those.
There's no grand conspiracy, no effort at keeping the south down through infrastructure loans or anything. The countries that are doing excellent through this crisis, e.g. the Northern European countries, do so for entirely obvious reasons.
It might have been slightly naive of us to think that Greece would have taken the out-stretched hand and used it to reform into a prosperous European social-democratic country, not try to steal our watch and rings to waste on wine and dance.
It's no different than secretly filming your roommate having straight sex, and then sending the video to her ultra-conservative parents who disown her for no longer being a virgin fit for marriage.
I have a better idea, one that has a much lower ratio of intelligent people needing to die.
It involves handing out guns to cyclists and giving them permits to shoot any fucker texting. Even if there's a few fake positives it will be much lower than the number dying due to texting drivers.
When your government decided to give a fuck about legalities and do what ever they wanted with 'enemy combatants'... What did you expect people to think?
Your (and any other) country is only as fair and righteous as what it did in the living memory of those wronged. That is why the Bush years were so devastating; no matter what Obama does the period between 2001 and 2008 very much defines how the rest of the world looks at the US.
Torturing people is wrong? Says 'dictator A', ok... We'll only do sleep depravation, water-boarding and electro-shocks to the balls, cause that's legal, lol.
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It's not even VIDEO.... I'm stealing net from some open WiFi 1.5 km away (in the middle of the densest populated part of a largest city... ehm... anyway), at 2-400k the intro video was _very_ laggy. And when I restarted it, it would work perfectly until the spot where it stopped last.
Yet after finally getting through it and trying replay... It started buffering again; the video was not saved.
Getting climate related policy suggestions from Gaia or Earth Day people is like taking social reform ideas from terrorists flying planes into buildings.
And there's community-based black-market suppliers that, if you select the ones with good reputation, provide better products, don't call you a potential thief and don't charge you any money at all.
There's a map out there, showing the paths each of them took and their positions at various points in their respective phone calls. Zimmerman was _NOT_ going back to his car, consider that he doubled back and went around the houses so that he'd approach the kid straight on.
Considering that the main reason for moving to steam-powered, and later gasoline powered, transportation was the huge horse shit problem in major cities... And in WWI Britain alone lost 600k horses.
I'd say yes, the market shrank quite a lot unless those were all bare-hoofed.
You're a retard. (And it didn't cost me nor society shit to diagnose you, lol)
One of the most expensive countries in the world to live in (for the middle class), yet we spend per capita close to half on health care compare to the US. Explain that... You can't, cause your system sucks balls in ways that defies imagination.
Thanks for being so stupid, it improves my self-image to realize there can be so many fucking stupid people in one place.
Having had about a dozen or so MRI's, I would say it's not very likely that the airflow was an issue. If your mind starts wandering the wrong way it can cause issues, the 'airflow' is one I can easily imagine coming up.
Similar to the emergency button/pump you receive, as long as you hold it in your hand you're ok. But if it slips out of your hand then many fill freak out cause their state of mind ends up in an irretrievable place.
So to sum it up; yes, it was the restrictive head position, yes, it was the closeness making it hard to focus on anything except for the small mirror, yes, it was the stress of trying to stay so very still while your heart is pumping and you need to swallow, and most definitely, yes, it was the loud clack clack clak drrrr sound that the boring music couldn't keep out.
Just relax, it's not the airflow, you just need to relax and let your mind wander.
Well, more like every second year... When the brain is involved it's better to be on the safe side.
And it is one of the benefits of free universal healthcare; when it is necessary with regular checkups, even if expensive, there's no health insurance company there to complain.
Remembering that information would conflict with the "Everything that is wrong or has gone wrong in the last 10 - 15 years is George W Bush's fault" pillar. Thus, down the memory hole with that.
The OP also failed to mention Ahmadinejad's "wipe Israel off the map" speech along with all the various speeches from him and others in their government saying Israel has no right to exist. I've never really supported the seeming "Israel First" politics of the US government over the last few decades, but to say that Iran only wants to get along with its neighbors and be good little world citizens is a bit off. Again, we can't mention any of that though as it conflicts with the central pillars of "GWB blame" and "USA blame".
Iran has elections, just like the US. (And both seem to be about selecting one of two equally bad choices)
Do you really want to base foreign policy on shit that politicians say to win elections? In that case the US looks like the 3rd Reich reborn.
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- My ex's family were from Greece. Business there was as business in any Southern European country: stronger sense of family and community, so local businesses which were perceived as ethical would thrive, whereas people in it for a quick buck would be viewed with suspicion and would have regulations more stringently applied. Health&Safety in Britain is much more intrusive than there.
Wow, I didn't expect it but (not kidding) you've seriously opened my eyes.
Ignoring for the moment the rather unfortunate comparison you did to China (do you even realize the argument you made there???), when considering the situation in southern europe I at least _assumed_ that the population in general was conscious of the reasons why they were uncompetitive and just acted out of self-interest.
That the family and community business thing you described above is seen as a good thing makes clear that they got no fucking clue. I can hardly think of a way to structure a business environment that would lead to more corruption than that. When your neighbor or cousine's business is threatened by a more competitive smartass from out-of-town, the 'family and community' oriented society would see it as normal to put in any and all obstacles possible.
Fuck that, I guess Greece really is destined to leave the Euro. (And having left a sour taste in the mouth of leaders up north from all those protests and threats to the Euro stability in order to 'renegotiate', etc, reconstruction 'aid' won't be very forthcoming)
What a load of bullcrap.
Do you know how easy it was for me to start up a company in Norway? Required only internet access and a couple of days, and that was 8 years ago.
In greece, you'd be lucky with 10 months and lots of bribes. E.g. check out this article. And there's plenty of renowned international studies into corruption, ease of business, etc, and the Northern European countries top all those.
There's no grand conspiracy, no effort at keeping the south down through infrastructure loans or anything. The countries that are doing excellent through this crisis, e.g. the Northern European countries, do so for entirely obvious reasons.
It might have been slightly naive of us to think that Greece would have taken the out-stretched hand and used it to reform into a prosperous European social-democratic country, not try to steal our watch and rings to waste on wine and dance.
Except there are no charges.
Go ahead, try to dig yourself out of that hole.
If all you do is read the big bold letters, it gets hard to read between the lines.
Congratulations on completely missing the point of the GP.
I hear judges the world over are very receptive to being told to fuck off. It makes them warm and fuzzy inside.
The best part is, many of those "enemy combatants" the Taliban doesn't even need to pay for nor train.
It's no different than secretly filming your roommate having straight sex, and then sending the video to her ultra-conservative parents who disown her for no longer being a virgin fit for marriage.
Context never matters.
I have a better idea, one that has a much lower ratio of intelligent people needing to die.
It involves handing out guns to cyclists and giving them permits to shoot any fucker texting. Even if there's a few fake positives it will be much lower than the number dying due to texting drivers.
Obama isn't as blatant about it, at least he pretends to be a good guy.
Not that I find it acceptable...
When your government decided to give a fuck about legalities and do what ever they wanted with 'enemy combatants'... What did you expect people to think?
Your (and any other) country is only as fair and righteous as what it did in the living memory of those wronged. That is why the Bush years were so devastating; no matter what Obama does the period between 2001 and 2008 very much defines how the rest of the world looks at the US.
Torturing people is wrong? Says 'dictator A', ok... We'll only do sleep depravation, water-boarding and electro-shocks to the balls, cause that's legal, lol.
It's not even VIDEO.... I'm stealing net from some open WiFi 1.5 km away (in the middle of the densest populated part of a largest city... ehm... anyway), at 2-400k the intro video was _very_ laggy. And when I restarted it, it would work perfectly until the spot where it stopped last.
Yet after finally getting through it and trying replay... It started buffering again; the video was not saved.
Getting climate related policy suggestions from Gaia or Earth Day people is like taking social reform ideas from terrorists flying planes into buildings.
And there's community-based black-market suppliers that, if you select the ones with good reputation, provide better products, don't call you a potential thief and don't charge you any money at all.
Totally agree.
Also, recently I also told all my friends to fuck off... Cause who knows what they'll do with all the personal information they're receiving.
I was confused reading the summary, wondering how football could cause head trauma from the few times the ball and head was in contact...
Turns out it's that weird wrestling / handball game they play in the US.
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Did you learn to love Alaska? Your story makes me a bit confused.
There's a map out there, showing the paths each of them took and their positions at various points in their respective phone calls. Zimmerman was _NOT_ going back to his car, consider that he doubled back and went around the houses so that he'd approach the kid straight on.
Actually, it is; "News for Nerds" XOR "Stuff that Matters".
Considering that the main reason for moving to steam-powered, and later gasoline powered, transportation was the huge horse shit problem in major cities... And in WWI Britain alone lost 600k horses.
I'd say yes, the market shrank quite a lot unless those were all bare-hoofed.
You're a retard. (And it didn't cost me nor society shit to diagnose you, lol)
One of the most expensive countries in the world to live in (for the middle class), yet we spend per capita close to half on health care compare to the US. Explain that... You can't, cause your system sucks balls in ways that defies imagination.
Thanks for being so stupid, it improves my self-image to realize there can be so many fucking stupid people in one place.
Having had about a dozen or so MRI's, I would say it's not very likely that the airflow was an issue. If your mind starts wandering the wrong way it can cause issues, the 'airflow' is one I can easily imagine coming up.
Similar to the emergency button/pump you receive, as long as you hold it in your hand you're ok. But if it slips out of your hand then many fill freak out cause their state of mind ends up in an irretrievable place.
So to sum it up; yes, it was the restrictive head position, yes, it was the closeness making it hard to focus on anything except for the small mirror, yes, it was the stress of trying to stay so very still while your heart is pumping and you need to swallow, and most definitely, yes, it was the loud clack clack clak drrrr sound that the boring music couldn't keep out.
Just relax, it's not the airflow, you just need to relax and let your mind wander.
Well, more like every second year... When the brain is involved it's better to be on the safe side.
And it is one of the benefits of free universal healthcare; when it is necessary with regular checkups, even if expensive, there's no health insurance company there to complain.
I was like... wow... I want that.
Then I read your comment and realized I'd rather not have my skin ripped off every year.
Remembering that information would conflict with the "Everything that is wrong or has gone wrong in the last 10 - 15 years is George W Bush's fault" pillar. Thus, down the memory hole with that.
The OP also failed to mention Ahmadinejad's "wipe Israel off the map" speech along with all the various speeches from him and others in their government saying Israel has no right to exist. I've never really supported the seeming "Israel First" politics of the US government over the last few decades, but to say that Iran only wants to get along with its neighbors and be good little world citizens is a bit off. Again, we can't mention any of that though as it conflicts with the central pillars of "GWB blame" and "USA blame".
Iran has elections, just like the US. (And both seem to be about selecting one of two equally bad choices)
Do you really want to base foreign policy on shit that politicians say to win elections? In that case the US looks like the 3rd Reich reborn.
Also they aren't out to drill for oil at 500-1000 km depths.