A "hybrid" is the product of cross-breeding two different species. It has absolutely nothing to do with this.
"Greyhound" and "collie" are just names for dogs that have a bunch of determined characteristics. Those definitions are merely conventions and have changed with time.
As far as we Europeans are concerned, Obama can stuff the missile shield up his ass. And while we're at it, he can stuff NATO, too.
We have no issues with Russia. We even buy them gas and oil. We have more important problems than the Russian missiles. Why the fuck should we spend money buying extremely expensive (and useless) technology to protect us from the Bogeyman or whatever?
When Chavez screamed "Gringos de mierda! Vayan-se al carajo cien veces!" during a speech, the reactions were diverse:
Americans were outraged.
Europeans found it funny, though many wouldn't admit it.
The rest of the world was amused.
Latin Americans (the people, not the few rich) considered him the greatest hero of all times. Reading posts like yours, it's not hard to understand why.
If we really want to convince Venezuelans to get rid of this guy
Why don't you mind your own business and stop trying to teach people what to do in their own countries? Don't you have enough in the US to keep you busy?
anything that will make the common people laugh at him, and thereby undermine his social standing from within is just about the only hope Venezuela has left
People can't laugh now. They're too busy doing stuff they never did during the times of "democracy", like getting health care, learning to read and eating.
It occurred to me that this could be a powerful virus killer.
Viri escape the immunity system because they hide inside the cells. Since they don't have DNA (only RNA) and can't replicate themselves, they convince the host cell to replicate them.
If there's a way to penetrate the cells and target some RNA sequence we could defeat viri.
An uncle of mine was given 2 years to live, with treatment. After a few chemo sessions, he refused treatment, since it was extremely painful. He lived 7 years more and died suddenly. A week of suffering in bed was all he got. He was weighing about 45 Kg, but lived his life fully until that last week.
Cancer is one of the saddest things that can happen. Seeing someone slowly fade away without any hope is horrible. I'm very happy this breakthrough has worked. Maybe finally we'll defeat cancer for good.
But among the countries that top the "surveillance society" world ranking are the UK and USA, both countries without ID card. It appears that your problem is not the ID card, it's your politicians.
You guys have such a fertile imagination! Why don't you go to Hollywood? You'll get rich pretty soon.
You must have a very nasty government. In my country we've had socialised medicine for decades and ID cards for centuries. I never heard about any of the situations you mentioned. It's just ultra-paranoid made up shit.
If I find a person in my home without my permission (i.e. an intruder), I'm going to warn him to leave voluntarily. If he refuses then he will eat a bullet
This is simply right-wing bullshit. If you don't like immigrants don't hire them. But then, instead of an illegal Guatemalan nanny you'll have to hire a chubby, pink, blonde American for 5 times the salary plus Social Security, taxes, and shit. Good luck with that.
The anti-immigrant speech is the same everywhere. Hypocritical bullshit.
I'm perfectly aware of that. The media are owned by huge economic corporations. They report what the corporation tells them to, in the way they tell them to. I can give you many, many examples, all of them so blatant that anyone with a brain can immediately detect them. But most people will simply eat that shit with a spoon and regurgitate it every time I try to argue with them about social and political issues.
I take my information from many sources, always with a grain of salt, and try to match and double check everything. But that's a lot of work, most Average Joes just want to be spoon fed a bunch of lies and manipulation, and pop open another beer.
I spent some time working in the US and used to watch Fox News to entertain myself in my lonely evenings in the hotel. I watched it like a comic show.
We have a few pretty bad TVs and newspapers here in Portugal, with half-illiterate idiots posing as journalists that make that kind of opinionated, ill-informed pseudo-journalism. But I've never seen anything like Fox News, and I never thought that was possible.
Actually, the Colbert Report and Jon Stewart, despite being comic shows, are more insightful and reliable than Fox News.
The fun goes away when I think that millions watch that Fox shit and take it seriously. That scares the shit out of me.
First, true capitalism is democracy (People vote with their money).
That argument is so outrageously flawed that it's ridiculous. How is a democracy possible when some have a huge lot of votes (= money) and others don't have any?
Oh God, more laughable scapegoating of the insurance companies. Have you looked at their profit margins? They aren't raking in money hand over fist like the rabble rousers would have us believe.
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A "hybrid" is the product of cross-breeding two different species. It has absolutely nothing to do with this.
"Greyhound" and "collie" are just names for dogs that have a bunch of determined characteristics. Those definitions are merely conventions and have changed with time.
But why on earth would Chavez invade Colombia?
I was modded "Troll". Oh, did I hit a nerve?
I have news for you guys, Latin America is not your backyard any more. Live with it.
Modded "Troll" for saying the truth. And then you call the other guy dictator!
As far as we Europeans are concerned, Obama can stuff the missile shield up his ass. And while we're at it, he can stuff NATO, too.
We have no issues with Russia. We even buy them gas and oil. We have more important problems than the Russian missiles. Why the fuck should we spend money buying extremely expensive (and useless) technology to protect us from the Bogeyman or whatever?
When Chavez screamed "Gringos de mierda! Vayan-se al carajo cien veces!" during a speech, the reactions were diverse:
If we really want to convince Venezuelans to get rid of this guy
Why don't you mind your own business and stop trying to teach people what to do in their own countries? Don't you have enough in the US to keep you busy?
stop refining their frickin' oil.
Yeah, good luck with that. Go ahead.
I got a clue for you, almost all Latin America would take the side of Chavez, including the monsters Brazil and Argentina.
Now you have a clue.
This dictator should not be allowed to exist.
Guess what? The people keep voting for him, in free and fair elections according to international observers. This makes him a very original dictator.
anything that will make the common people laugh at him, and thereby undermine his social standing from within is just about the only hope Venezuela has left
People can't laugh now. They're too busy doing stuff they never did during the times of "democracy", like getting health care, learning to read and eating.
It occurred to me that this could be a powerful virus killer.
Viri escape the immunity system because they hide inside the cells. Since they don't have DNA (only RNA) and can't replicate themselves, they convince the host cell to replicate them.
If there's a way to penetrate the cells and target some RNA sequence we could defeat viri.
An uncle of mine was given 2 years to live, with treatment. After a few chemo sessions, he refused treatment, since it was extremely painful. He lived 7 years more and died suddenly. A week of suffering in bed was all he got. He was weighing about 45 Kg, but lived his life fully until that last week.
Cancer is one of the saddest things that can happen. Seeing someone slowly fade away without any hope is horrible. I'm very happy this breakthrough has worked. Maybe finally we'll defeat cancer for good.
Now years and years of tests will have to happen before this is approved as a medicine.
But I believe many cancer patients will be happy to offer themselves as guinea pigs, they have nothing to lose.
How can you classify the child of a Maori man with a Chinese woman?
But among the countries that top the "surveillance society" world ranking are the UK and USA, both countries without ID card. It appears that your problem is not the ID card, it's your politicians.
Russia wasn't mostly democratic before the Soviets siezed power
No, it really wasn't. It was a huge, tyrannical, miserable shithole.
You guys have such a fertile imagination! Why don't you go to Hollywood? You'll get rich pretty soon.
You must have a very nasty government. In my country we've had socialised medicine for decades and ID cards for centuries. I never heard about any of the situations you mentioned. It's just ultra-paranoid made up shit.
Wow, great idea! You should patent that!
Too bad a few European countries already have that for years...
If I find a person in my home without my permission (i.e. an intruder), I'm going to warn him to leave voluntarily. If he refuses then he will eat a bullet
This is simply right-wing bullshit. If you don't like immigrants don't hire them. But then, instead of an illegal Guatemalan nanny you'll have to hire a chubby, pink, blonde American for 5 times the salary plus Social Security, taxes, and shit. Good luck with that.
The anti-immigrant speech is the same everywhere. Hypocritical bullshit.
I'm sending shitloads of free energy your way every day...why the fuck are you wasting it?"
Because nobody's making a shitload of money with it. When they invent a way to cover the sun and charge you for sunlight, solar will be a success!
I'm perfectly aware of that. The media are owned by huge economic corporations. They report what the corporation tells them to, in the way they tell them to. I can give you many, many examples, all of them so blatant that anyone with a brain can immediately detect them. But most people will simply eat that shit with a spoon and regurgitate it every time I try to argue with them about social and political issues.
I take my information from many sources, always with a grain of salt, and try to match and double check everything. But that's a lot of work, most Average Joes just want to be spoon fed a bunch of lies and manipulation, and pop open another beer.
I'm from EU (Portuguese).
I spent some time working in the US and used to watch Fox News to entertain myself in my lonely evenings in the hotel. I watched it like a comic show.
We have a few pretty bad TVs and newspapers here in Portugal, with half-illiterate idiots posing as journalists that make that kind of opinionated, ill-informed pseudo-journalism. But I've never seen anything like Fox News, and I never thought that was possible.
Actually, the Colbert Report and Jon Stewart, despite being comic shows, are more insightful and reliable than Fox News.
The fun goes away when I think that millions watch that Fox shit and take it seriously. That scares the shit out of me.
First, true capitalism is democracy (People vote with their money).
That argument is so outrageously flawed that it's ridiculous. How is a democracy possible when some have a huge lot of votes (= money) and others don't have any?
Oh God, more laughable scapegoating of the insurance companies. Have you looked at their profit margins? They aren't raking in money hand over fist like the rabble rousers would have us believe.
Oh, the poor, poor insurance companies! Hey, look, I'm weeping again.
I said "civilised".