The political spectrum is not one-dimensional left/right, at the very least it's two-dimensional left/right and authoritarian/libertarian. And you should also read up on socialism and marxism in particular, and the end goal of the withering of the state, which is the complete opposite of statism. Realize that with welfare and perhaps even unconditional basic income (UBI) comes freedom from worrying about the future and your next meal. Freedom to be a completely free actor and not bound to an unfair employer.
Pure collectivism and pure individualism are both deeply flawed. We need to realize that we are collectives of individuals, and that we can only achieve individual greatness if we work together.
It's Reinhard Engels from his site http://nosdiet.com/. He's not a widely acclaimed dietition or nutrional expert or anything, but the idea is simple and straightforward enough that it's really hard to fuck up. He's also the guy behind the "Shovelglove" workout, which is similarly straightforward.
I know that you've definitely had issues with your unions in the US, they've been just as bad as the employers in a lot of cases. I know the UK has had similar issues.
Obviously, I can only speak from my own perspective of being a union member here in Denmark, where the monthly dues go towards good union work, such as collective bargaining (the company I work for is notoriously tight-fisted), unemployment benefits, legal assistance, job hunting assistance and a bunch of other benefits. Luckily, we're spared the issues you mention, where seniority is what counts the most when it comes to firing people, and of course we can go on strike, should the need arise.
Corrupt systems are garbage, no matter which side they're on.
I agree that any power can be abused, and that the US unions in particular have a lot of baggage. But we are in a period of time that is very employer-friendly, due to the influences of corporate lobbying and influence. The only realistic way to push back is unionization and worker solidarity.
Automation of tasks and the gradual phasing out of manual tasks has been going on since the industrial revolution, and shows no signs of slowing down. As we increasingly delegate physically demanding tasks to robots and automated systems, efficiency is greatly increased, and the overall demanded workload on humans should be proportionally reduced. In an ideal society, this increased efficiency and reduced overall workload should mean that everyone could work less while maintaining or even increasing their standard of living.
Instead, the majority of the results of this increased automation are sequestered in the pockets of the wealthy few, put in tax shelters and deliberately kept from stimulating the economy. While they amass wealth, a desperate underclass is created, sedated by mindless reality TV and The American Dream that they are actually just temporarily embarrassed millionaires, and that they'll make it big any day know if they just keep their heads down and work as hard as they can. Any day now.
Increased automation could make life easier and better for everyone, but it's fucking over the majority, thanks to corporate greed.
Unionizing is still a good idea, even if your pay and benefits are good. A union is also a social construct that increases solidarity and loyalty. Both towards each other, but actually towards the company as well. And if/when the company decides to try screwing over the workers again for short term profits, they will have a stronger voice to oppose destructive changes.
I grew up eating lots of foods fried in margarine. We even ate the leftover margarine from the pan as 'sauce' on potatoes. After the whole transfats thing was exposed, I completely switched away from margarine and started using oils and butter instead. I've also been taking the "easy way" out and using butter-based spreads that combine butter with canola oil to reduce the amount of saturated fats, but apparently those can contain trans fats as well, due to the refining used on the canola oil, so maybe straight butter and straight canola oil is better.
Now I absolutely cannot stand the smell of frying in margarine. It reeks so bad, I cannot fathom why people can stand it.
You can still get the tetra-ethyl lead as supplements, to kick up that knock resistence. Remember, if your eyes start twitching, you're running low on blinker fluid.
Brining (or pre-salting) is good for any meat. I pre-salt my steaks and pork chops at least 15 minutes in advance, and it really does improve the flavor and tenderness, because it lets the salt penetrate into the meat instead of just sitting on the surface. It can also help pull other flavors into the meat through osmosis.
One of the best tricks I've learned is to pre-salt fish with a bit of sugar as well. Pre-salted lightly sugared fresh mackerel, fried skin side down is ridiculously tasty.
And it doesn't even have to be complicated. In fact, you're probably more likely to succeed by adhering to a few simple rules rather than a huge complicated "don't eat this! Eat this instead!" regimen.
Personally, I follow the No 'S' Diet, which anyone should be able to follow without much trouble or any undue financial burden: http://nosdiet.com/
Unfortunately, that's way too simple and straightforward for most people, so they can't believe it actually works. Personally, I combine it with the No 'S' Diet.
"No snacks, no sweets, no seconds, except (sometimes) on days that start with 'S'."
Eating protein powder is not the same as being "chemically enhanced". They're not steroids, they're just extracted and refined protein in powder form, with various flavors added to make it palatable.
You're right, of course. Heck, I don't even know the names of my great-great-grandparents, not to mention what they did in life or even where they lived. We pass down some information through the generations, but it gets severely diluted.
Of course, you can either see this as reason to be the best person that you can while you live, or as a reason to be a hedonistic self-centered shitlord. In a hundred years, all will be forgotten.
Yeah, Vollsmose is a known ghetto. Similarly, Gellerupplanen in Aarhus, and Mjølnerparken and Tingbjerg are also problematic ghetto areas. There are more, but those are the most well-known.
There have been issues with attacks on fire engines and police, but it's no as bad as the right-wing media (such as the cited article from b.dk) would have you think. Certainly not bad enough to be classified as "ethnic cleansing". The right-wing media has been stepping up their hateful rhetoric enormously due to the current humanitarian crisis in Syria and surround countries. According to right-wing pundits, all of the refugees are basically only here to take our public benefits and turn the country into a sharia state in the great global caliphate. Yeah, it's exactly as insane as it sounds.
I worked in Vollsmose for 3 months ~10 years ago, and the only major difference I experienced compared to anywhere else was that we ate chicken at the company barbecue rather than pork chops and sausages. And I'm as whitey-white as can be.
We don't have ethnic cleansing in Denmark (WTF?), but I wouldn't put it past our current nationalistic right-wing government to consider it. They've already put refugees from Syria in ill-maintained barely-functioning tent camps, even though there are plenty of available public buildings with modern sanitation etc. available for them.
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The political spectrum is not one-dimensional left/right, at the very least it's two-dimensional left/right and authoritarian/libertarian. And you should also read up on socialism and marxism in particular, and the end goal of the withering of the state, which is the complete opposite of statism. Realize that with welfare and perhaps even unconditional basic income (UBI) comes freedom from worrying about the future and your next meal. Freedom to be a completely free actor and not bound to an unfair employer.
Pure collectivism and pure individualism are both deeply flawed. We need to realize that we are collectives of individuals, and that we can only achieve individual greatness if we work together.
Those regulations you hate so much wouldn't be needed if the shitheel companies hadn't fucked over the environment in countless ways already.
Oh boo hoo.
"I can't do whetever I want with toxic chemicals because of regulations designed to prevent abuse and widespread environmental damage. Woe is me."
It's Reinhard Engels from his site http://nosdiet.com/. He's not a widely acclaimed dietition or nutrional expert or anything, but the idea is simple and straightforward enough that it's really hard to fuck up. He's also the guy behind the "Shovelglove" workout, which is similarly straightforward.
I know that you've definitely had issues with your unions in the US, they've been just as bad as the employers in a lot of cases. I know the UK has had similar issues.
Obviously, I can only speak from my own perspective of being a union member here in Denmark, where the monthly dues go towards good union work, such as collective bargaining (the company I work for is notoriously tight-fisted), unemployment benefits, legal assistance, job hunting assistance and a bunch of other benefits. Luckily, we're spared the issues you mention, where seniority is what counts the most when it comes to firing people, and of course we can go on strike, should the need arise.
Corrupt systems are garbage, no matter which side they're on.
I agree that any power can be abused, and that the US unions in particular have a lot of baggage. But we are in a period of time that is very employer-friendly, due to the influences of corporate lobbying and influence. The only realistic way to push back is unionization and worker solidarity.
Automation of tasks and the gradual phasing out of manual tasks has been going on since the industrial revolution, and shows no signs of slowing down. As we increasingly delegate physically demanding tasks to robots and automated systems, efficiency is greatly increased, and the overall demanded workload on humans should be proportionally reduced. In an ideal society, this increased efficiency and reduced overall workload should mean that everyone could work less while maintaining or even increasing their standard of living.
Instead, the majority of the results of this increased automation are sequestered in the pockets of the wealthy few, put in tax shelters and deliberately kept from stimulating the economy. While they amass wealth, a desperate underclass is created, sedated by mindless reality TV and The American Dream that they are actually just temporarily embarrassed millionaires, and that they'll make it big any day know if they just keep their heads down and work as hard as they can. Any day now.
Increased automation could make life easier and better for everyone, but it's fucking over the majority, thanks to corporate greed.
Unionizing is still a good idea, even if your pay and benefits are good. A union is also a social construct that increases solidarity and loyalty. Both towards each other, but actually towards the company as well. And if/when the company decides to try screwing over the workers again for short term profits, they will have a stronger voice to oppose destructive changes.
Don't be evil, for real this time.
I grew up eating lots of foods fried in margarine. We even ate the leftover margarine from the pan as 'sauce' on potatoes. After the whole transfats thing was exposed, I completely switched away from margarine and started using oils and butter instead. I've also been taking the "easy way" out and using butter-based spreads that combine butter with canola oil to reduce the amount of saturated fats, but apparently those can contain trans fats as well, due to the refining used on the canola oil, so maybe straight butter and straight canola oil is better.
Now I absolutely cannot stand the smell of frying in margarine. It reeks so bad, I cannot fathom why people can stand it.
You can still get the tetra-ethyl lead as supplements, to kick up that knock resistence. Remember, if your eyes start twitching, you're running low on blinker fluid.
Brining (or pre-salting) is good for any meat. I pre-salt my steaks and pork chops at least 15 minutes in advance, and it really does improve the flavor and tenderness, because it lets the salt penetrate into the meat instead of just sitting on the surface. It can also help pull other flavors into the meat through osmosis.
One of the best tricks I've learned is to pre-salt fish with a bit of sugar as well. Pre-salted lightly sugared fresh mackerel, fried skin side down is ridiculously tasty.
And it doesn't even have to be complicated. In fact, you're probably more likely to succeed by adhering to a few simple rules rather than a huge complicated "don't eat this! Eat this instead!" regimen.
Personally, I follow the No 'S' Diet, which anyone should be able to follow without much trouble or any undue financial burden: http://nosdiet.com/
"Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."
Unfortunately, that's way too simple and straightforward for most people, so they can't believe it actually works. Personally, I combine it with the No 'S' Diet.
"No snacks, no sweets, no seconds, except (sometimes) on days that start with 'S'."
I hope no one is actually silly enough to use the unflavored protein power straight, that's just masochistic.
Cocoa-flavored protein powder makes genuinely delicious shakes when made with skim milk and a teaspoon of smooth peanut butter added to the shaker.
Eating protein powder is not the same as being "chemically enhanced". They're not steroids, they're just extracted and refined protein in powder form, with various flavors added to make it palatable.
Sure, if you disregard all the poor and homeless people scraping by in the gutters.
Punish the wealth creators, and they'll stop creating wealth.
Considering all the wealth they create ends up in their own pockets, I'd say it's a fair deal.
But barely evolutionary pressure for only the best genes to live on, so it all gets randomized.
Then after a couple more generations. Probably only one or two more, since it's exponential.
It will still be diluted and changed.
http://genetics.thetech.org/as...
You're right, of course. Heck, I don't even know the names of my great-great-grandparents, not to mention what they did in life or even where they lived. We pass down some information through the generations, but it gets severely diluted.
Of course, you can either see this as reason to be the best person that you can while you live, or as a reason to be a hedonistic self-centered shitlord. In a hundred years, all will be forgotten.
In the grand scope of things, your DNA is basically diluted to nothing after a couple of generations.
The ideas and values you imprint on the kids you raise have a much greater chance of surviving and creating a legacy for you.
That's not to say that you should ever accept your spouse banging other people without your consent, but the DNA argument is somewhat flawed.
Yeah, Vollsmose is a known ghetto. Similarly, Gellerupplanen in Aarhus, and Mjølnerparken and Tingbjerg are also problematic ghetto areas. There are more, but those are the most well-known.
There have been issues with attacks on fire engines and police, but it's no as bad as the right-wing media (such as the cited article from b.dk) would have you think. Certainly not bad enough to be classified as "ethnic cleansing". The right-wing media has been stepping up their hateful rhetoric enormously due to the current humanitarian crisis in Syria and surround countries. According to right-wing pundits, all of the refugees are basically only here to take our public benefits and turn the country into a sharia state in the great global caliphate. Yeah, it's exactly as insane as it sounds.
I worked in Vollsmose for 3 months ~10 years ago, and the only major difference I experienced compared to anywhere else was that we ate chicken at the company barbecue rather than pork chops and sausages. And I'm as whitey-white as can be.
We don't have ethnic cleansing in Denmark (WTF?), but I wouldn't put it past our current nationalistic right-wing government to consider it. They've already put refugees from Syria in ill-maintained barely-functioning tent camps, even though there are plenty of available public buildings with modern sanitation etc. available for them.
Eat my words? I'm eating mashed potatoes with a delicious chicken+tomato sauce right now, there are no words being eaten here.
All I see is a pointless spammer who can't even answer a simple question of why he insists on mistaking my identity and motives.
Oh well, I guess you won't come to your senses today, either. Have a nice one.