The double-running means it's easier to keep the tracks operational and work on the system at the same time. London doesn't have this luxury, as it's older and mostly single-running. And London's system is still far better:) Where is your god now??
Save your breath. As long as unfounded or sensationalised complaints against the NHS exist, the sheer fact that the NHS operates far better than the US system for the vast majority of people will go unnoticed. You might not have noticed, but Cold Fjord doesn't really rely on reality to make judgements or arguments, just what the loudest newspaper article or prettiest talking head spouts. If it disagrees with his/her opinion, it's clearly nonsensical gibberish and is promptly ignored.
You really should read more about what's going on in "other nations". The problems they complain of are insignificant compared to the issues going on in the US's healthcare system. The spiralling costs are nowhere near approaching how much the US spends as percentage of the GDP, the healthcare rationing is a spectre dragged out by the scare media when it is nowhere near as common as is made out to be (and also happens in the US, as every healthcare system is finite, and so rationing will have to happen at some point), and the long waiting lines are for people who are not in serious danger, as they are made to wait for people who actually are in serious danger. If you could bring the healthcare systems you are so scared of into the US, split the country in half and compare the two, you'd see the upset people in other countries are happier with their "failing" systems than they would be with the joke that is the US system.
Oh, and in those other countries not a single person has to go bankrupt because they have the sheer, unbridled tenacity to get ill. The horror.
It only saves 100 lives because it's being administered. If it was not administered, then that number would increase. And increase. And increase. And increase. When you have a vaccine which saves relatively few lives per year, yet each year people still die from the disease, then it shows that the vaccine is working, and without it, more people would be dying than the number of those who are saved.
Not everyone can be vaccinated, even if they want to be. Some people have immune system issues which prevent vaccination, or are simply too young or too old. These people rely on herd immunity for protection, which anti-vaccination people are actively hurting. So no, it's not "ridiculous", it's just something you have no idea about, but assume you do, because you're awesome and know everything.
Some of the laws, yes, but you can't pick overlaps between the two and claim that they are the same systems. That's not being very honest. Almost bearing false witness...
So much nonsense. An atheistic law system is precisely what most of the western world has. Blasphemy isn't illegal, adultery isn't illegal, keeping the Sabbath holy isn't illegal, not honouring parents isn't illegal, and so on. Heck, the only one of the ten commandments that is illegal is murder. I fail to see how you can argue that legal systems which evolved through common law are somehow based on religion. That sounds like wishful thinking on behalf of some theist looking to find some reason why they are right and atheists are wrong.
Patriarchy simply means "run by men", which is true of Saudi Arabia. What is also true is that a fair few of the laws are actively against women, which is why misogyny is an apt term. The OP is not commenting on the fact that the majority is male, but that the males are actively discriminating against women in some rather senseless ways. The only thing worth laughing about (albeit not out loud) is your poor grasp of some rather simple words, and the refusal to see that Saudi Arabia is misogynistic. You do know what that word means, right? Of course you don't, otherwise I wouldn't have to post this.
The US gave Saddam the green light to invade Kuwait, who were allegedly slant-drilling into Iraq's oil fields. Then the US invaded Iraq because Iraq did something the US said was OK to do. Weird, huh? And the 2003 invasion was due to the Bush government doing everything they could to conjure up the bogeyman of WMDs, in spite of having absolutely no evidence for their existence. I don't know how you can possibly spin this as something else.
You are conveniently forgetting Cheney's ties with Haliburton, before, during, and after his tenure as VP. Haliburton made out like thieves due to those ties and those wars.
I think what it really shows is that GCHQ/NSA/MI5/SIS are using everything at their disposal to do what they have been tasked to do. I don't agree with it, as the real possibility of innocent people being caught in their online trawling is clearly going to increase the more it goes on, with the real possibility of hit squads/drone strikes/kidnapping coming their way. My real fear is if they concentrate too much on the internet, they cease performing actual intelligence work as they rely too heavily on internet traffic. But saying that, terrorism can be easily stopped with earnest dialogue between states and aggrieved parties, preferably before they feel the need to pick up arms to be heard in the first place.
Hardly. The US government in particular has tried to describe acts as terrorism without understanding the motives of the perpetrator(s), which is impossible to do as an act of terrorism is only terrorism if the motive is to coerce people. So no.
Claims of "unspecified capabilities" against SSH ooooh!!! Scary! When there's actual evidence of SSH being compromised, then you have a point. Until then, it's just guesswork.
Nonsense. They're closer to being nearly-universally loved than loathed. They're easier to keep loose in your pocket than notes, so you can easily pay for small items with ease. I just bought my lunch with coins, and it was far easier than messing about with notes. Plus, as I was using coins anyway, it was a cinch to make exact change, meaning a nice clean transaction. You should actually ask some EU folks before spouting such nonsense.
Hell, in the UK you can just pick up a prepaid SIM for £15 with literally unlimited 3G data, 300 texts and 300 minutes, which is good for a month. That takes care of your internet, and you have it wherever you are. It takes 3 minutes to buy the SIM, a minute to install it and restart your phone, and you're good to go.
Apart from all the inventions that those Americans relied upon in order to make their inventions. You drawing some arbitrary line before which inventions suddenly don't count, just to demonstrate some point, is rather dishonest.
That's simply not how it works everywhere in the world. If it was, most governments would be drowning in the nonsensical blame-throwing that frequently happens in the US system, and their governments would also be as screwed up. While most (all?) governments are not perfect, most seem to actually be able to keep functioning during disagreements between parties.
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The double-running means it's easier to keep the tracks operational and work on the system at the same time. London doesn't have this luxury, as it's older and mostly single-running. And London's system is still far better :) Where is your god now??
Exactly. The criminals don't need to carry guns because the police don't have them.
Like just before WWI? Sounds awesome.
Except in single payer systems the insurance middlemen are not so ridiculous, and don't waste nearly as much of the pool's value in paperwork.
Or maybe we could use your seemingly-limitless supply of straw men as fuel. Problem solved!
Save your breath. As long as unfounded or sensationalised complaints against the NHS exist, the sheer fact that the NHS operates far better than the US system for the vast majority of people will go unnoticed. You might not have noticed, but Cold Fjord doesn't really rely on reality to make judgements or arguments, just what the loudest newspaper article or prettiest talking head spouts. If it disagrees with his/her opinion, it's clearly nonsensical gibberish and is promptly ignored.
You really should read more about what's going on in "other nations". The problems they complain of are insignificant compared to the issues going on in the US's healthcare system. The spiralling costs are nowhere near approaching how much the US spends as percentage of the GDP, the healthcare rationing is a spectre dragged out by the scare media when it is nowhere near as common as is made out to be (and also happens in the US, as every healthcare system is finite, and so rationing will have to happen at some point), and the long waiting lines are for people who are not in serious danger, as they are made to wait for people who actually are in serious danger. If you could bring the healthcare systems you are so scared of into the US, split the country in half and compare the two, you'd see the upset people in other countries are happier with their "failing" systems than they would be with the joke that is the US system.
Oh, and in those other countries not a single person has to go bankrupt because they have the sheer, unbridled tenacity to get ill. The horror.
It only saves 100 lives because it's being administered. If it was not administered, then that number would increase. And increase. And increase. And increase. When you have a vaccine which saves relatively few lives per year, yet each year people still die from the disease, then it shows that the vaccine is working, and without it, more people would be dying than the number of those who are saved.
Not everyone can be vaccinated, even if they want to be. Some people have immune system issues which prevent vaccination, or are simply too young or too old. These people rely on herd immunity for protection, which anti-vaccination people are actively hurting. So no, it's not "ridiculous", it's just something you have no idea about, but assume you do, because you're awesome and know everything.
Some of the laws, yes, but you can't pick overlaps between the two and claim that they are the same systems. That's not being very honest. Almost bearing false witness...
So much nonsense. An atheistic law system is precisely what most of the western world has. Blasphemy isn't illegal, adultery isn't illegal, keeping the Sabbath holy isn't illegal, not honouring parents isn't illegal, and so on. Heck, the only one of the ten commandments that is illegal is murder. I fail to see how you can argue that legal systems which evolved through common law are somehow based on religion. That sounds like wishful thinking on behalf of some theist looking to find some reason why they are right and atheists are wrong.
Patriarchy simply means "run by men", which is true of Saudi Arabia. What is also true is that a fair few of the laws are actively against women, which is why misogyny is an apt term. The OP is not commenting on the fact that the majority is male, but that the males are actively discriminating against women in some rather senseless ways. The only thing worth laughing about (albeit not out loud) is your poor grasp of some rather simple words, and the refusal to see that Saudi Arabia is misogynistic. You do know what that word means, right? Of course you don't, otherwise I wouldn't have to post this.
The US gave Saddam the green light to invade Kuwait, who were allegedly slant-drilling into Iraq's oil fields. Then the US invaded Iraq because Iraq did something the US said was OK to do. Weird, huh? And the 2003 invasion was due to the Bush government doing everything they could to conjure up the bogeyman of WMDs, in spite of having absolutely no evidence for their existence. I don't know how you can possibly spin this as something else.
You are conveniently forgetting Cheney's ties with Haliburton, before, during, and after his tenure as VP. Haliburton made out like thieves due to those ties and those wars.
I think what it really shows is that GCHQ/NSA/MI5/SIS are using everything at their disposal to do what they have been tasked to do. I don't agree with it, as the real possibility of innocent people being caught in their online trawling is clearly going to increase the more it goes on, with the real possibility of hit squads/drone strikes/kidnapping coming their way. My real fear is if they concentrate too much on the internet, they cease performing actual intelligence work as they rely too heavily on internet traffic. But saying that, terrorism can be easily stopped with earnest dialogue between states and aggrieved parties, preferably before they feel the need to pick up arms to be heard in the first place.
No, OBL wanted the US to stop funding Israel and to stop dicking around in the affairs of Muslim nations the world over. Which is a rather obvious reaction to the dicking around the US has done in those countries, and the mountains of aid it gives Israel to continue its occupation and subjugation. Why do you keep on peddling these nonsensical claims? I hate to use such a cliché to highlight your behaviour, but you really do sound like a talking head on Fox News. Seriously. It's embarrassing, as you are clearly intelligent and capable of learning about the world for yourself, but for whatever reason (be it fear, ignorance, nationalism, or a thousand others), you seem reluctant to do so. Are you so set in your ways that learning the institutions you seem to support are not what they purport to be is a perceived death sentence to your very being? It's truly perplexing.
Hardly. The US government in particular has tried to describe acts as terrorism without understanding the motives of the perpetrator(s), which is impossible to do as an act of terrorism is only terrorism if the motive is to coerce people. So no.
Claims of "unspecified capabilities" against SSH ooooh!!! Scary! When there's actual evidence of SSH being compromised, then you have a point. Until then, it's just guesswork.
Nonsense. They're closer to being nearly-universally loved than loathed. They're easier to keep loose in your pocket than notes, so you can easily pay for small items with ease. I just bought my lunch with coins, and it was far easier than messing about with notes. Plus, as I was using coins anyway, it was a cinch to make exact change, meaning a nice clean transaction. You should actually ask some EU folks before spouting such nonsense.
Hell, in the UK you can just pick up a prepaid SIM for £15 with literally unlimited 3G data, 300 texts and 300 minutes, which is good for a month. That takes care of your internet, and you have it wherever you are. It takes 3 minutes to buy the SIM, a minute to install it and restart your phone, and you're good to go.
All that does is show your education was so poor you think your post has something to do with what's being discussed.
Germany's education system is far behind that of Finland. Far, far, far behind.
Apart from all the inventions that those Americans relied upon in order to make their inventions. You drawing some arbitrary line before which inventions suddenly don't count, just to demonstrate some point, is rather dishonest.
America is just large and young. That's the only difference. You'll find those cross sections in most countries. Stop thinking you're special.
That's simply not how it works everywhere in the world. If it was, most governments would be drowning in the nonsensical blame-throwing that frequently happens in the US system, and their governments would also be as screwed up. While most (all?) governments are not perfect, most seem to actually be able to keep functioning during disagreements between parties.