It's scientifically proven that a small amount of alcohol (1 dose) every day reduces the possibilities of trombosis.
Besides of that, red wine has anti-aging, anti-cholesterol and anti-carcinogen effects. Beer is not so beneficial, but it's proven to prevent osteoporosis.
Of course, I'm talking about 1 or 2 doses a day, drink one litre a day and the highly damaging effects of alcohol will overcome any possible benefit.
I have a band, and we won't play for free unless at philanthropic events. Businesses make money on us, we want our cut. Music is hard work and work without pay is called slavery.
Actually, porn has benefits. I read a news article some time ago about the results of a research that showed health benefits in watching porn. Some guys I know wouldn't know what a pussy looks like if it wasn't for porn. I can say the same for some women and dicks.
In my country, a specialist suggested detecting pedophiles early and treating them through state-financed psycho-therapy. According to him, the pedo tendencies can be annulled with proper treatment.
Everybody jumped up screaming that they didn't want to pay taxes to treat sick bastards. After all, it's a lot cheaper to spend money on cops, courts, prisons, therapy for abused children, etc. And in the end we will eventually pay therapy for the sick bastards, but only after they have committed the crimes.
Human stupidity is boundless.
Back to the subject, why not prohibiting all violent movies? After all, they may trigger violent behavior in psycho people. And have you noticed the huge amount of violence in Literature? That bastard Shakespeare has it coming!
This is all about sex, nothing else. The idiots in the Government are motivated by moralism. I hope this stupid law goes down the drain.
You are mistaking biotech with OGMs. The things I read Cuba was great about had nothing to do with OGM food. It was biotech for medical stuff, vaccines and the like.
I didn't say that Castro would switch to democracy if the embargo ended. A good economical environment would do that. The embargo is the best excuse to keep the dictatorship.
USA is the richest country in the World, and no sensible company in the World would prevent themselves to have business with USA to be able to deal with a small country like Cuba. Even the governments in the whole globe passively participate in the embargo because they are constantly blackmailed by American government and get chicken. Get real, the American embargo goes much more deeper than it looks like.
I don't think this is true. Most bullies I've known at school were disturbed kids who had problems at home. They took advantage of the physical superiority to bully others, but emotionally were very insecure and not very intelligent. Most of them are nice guys now, and have crappy jobs. On the other hand, most of the bullied guys are successful, with better jobs.
Abusing other people shows your weakness of character, not strength.
They are already a world power in advanced medicine. I personally know some people that went to Cuba for treatments that don't exist anywhere else. I read they are becoming great at biotech and registering patents like crazy.
Sure, it's a dictatorship but the social indicators for Cuba are among the best in the World. Even in the human rights issue, Cuba ranks better than many american countries, including... cough, cough, the USA. If it wasn't for this dumb embargo, Cuba would have gone democratic many years ago.
EU countries have businesses with Cuba but the private companies are weary of doing any business because they don't want to piss off the Americans. And our politicians are a bunch of wusses that won't do anything about it. That's how you starve an intelligent, creative, colourful, proud nation.
This embargo is a crime against the Cuban people, it's stupid and has yet to produce any positive result. Cuba is an incredible business oportunity for the capitalist World. Please tell your politicians to stop being assholes, I'll tell mine to stop being wusses.
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You bet! Cuban rum is great, that Bacardi shit they sell us everywhere sucks.
Have you ever seen a work by Picasso? I defy you to take a look at Guernica, or one of the many portraits he did, and I'm sure you'll reformulate your post.
I don't like your system pretty much, but you should check out the schmucks that rule us here in Europe. And if the national politicians suck big time, the more they suck, the more chances are they will be promoted to the EU-level, which explains our president, Mr. Barroso.
Well, it's democracy, love it or leave it. At least we can complain, unlike most of World's population.
It's far more efficient to have a properly managed welfare system than to have a system where people are unprotected and dependent on the generosity of the fortunate.
Compare the USA with rich European countries or Canada, which have a welfare system. The poor are much better protected in the latter than the former, despite all the private money that goes to social works. And we are only talking about rich countries.
Altruism is hardwired in the brain most likely because it provides a competitive advantage, evolution made the rest. Being physically inferior to most large animals, the humans had a need to work for each other to survive. Without altruism, we would never have evolved into intelligent beings and have a society, culture and science.
This should be considered attentively by the ones advocating reckless capitalism is the key for progress (in Continental Europe those are called neo-liberals or ultra-liberals). Opposite to the beliefs of the "fashionable" economists, a society based only upon individualism and selfishness is bound to decay into barbarism.
Clarification: The word "liberal" has a different meaning for Anglo-Saxons. In Continental Europe, a liberal is a right-wing guy that advocates free market. Left-wingers here are called "socialists", or the like.
Why would someone drink something awful like Pepsi or Coca Cola? What good are those drinks, anyway? What was the purpose of someone inventing them, apart from making huge loads of money? What did these drinks contribute to the advancement of Mankind?
This is total bullshit. Someone hiring illegal immigrants is committing a crime, if the immigrants are in the database, what's the difference?
If the government was serious about stopping immigration they would crack down not on the immigrants but on the companies hiring them, but of course, they don't want to stop their friends from making big bucks. The immigrants wouldn't come if nobody could hire them.
The same hypocrisy happens here in the EU. The right-wing politicians score big time with the public opinion yelling against immigration, but the fact is, the ones that benefit the most from illegally hiring immigrants are the supporters of those parties, I mean corporations. It's not that they hire them directly, but they outsource to small companies employing people with low wages, no labor rights and that can be deported at any time if they become "inconvenient". And, let's face it, they do the dirty jobs that European or American citizens don't want to do.
One thing makes me shiver, if our rulers are so incompetent to stop illegal immigration and (apparently) can't find and punish the companies that break the law by hiring illegal immigrants, how are we supposed to believe they will be more competent at stopping terrorists from entering our countries and do whatever they please? Why is it that this "war on terror" sounds like bullshit to me?
I know a guy in the military who was expelled because of smoking hash. He was able to return some years later. An officer once gave the whole company a sermon about drugs. He said "You can drink anything you want, we don't mind, illegal drugs are forbidden!".
Once I paid him a visit in his quarters. There's not much to do, there. The guys spend the whole day at the cafeteria drinking beer, which is about half the price as on the outside. They all get drunk everyday, starting in the morning. I believe most of them are severely addicted to alcohol.
The most stupid thing is, hard drugs leave the body completely after a couple of days. Cannabis stays in the fat tissues for 1 month. So, you can be a cocaine junkie, you only need to refrain for a couple of days to get your job, but if you smoke a single joint at a party or something, you're junkie considered for 1 month, even if you behave like a monk afterwards.
If common batteries started paying an environmental tax, people would switch. There's no motivation for change, right now. The same for incandescent light bulbs.
It's all psychological. The anti-environmental behavior is actually a lot more expensive, but people don't do anything because they don't feel the cost. I try to convince people to use rechargeable batteries and gas light bulbs with rational arguments, I make the calculations in front of them to show the money they would spare. The answer is always "but they are more expensive".
Not also crop pests. Malaria is likely to reach the coastal swampy areas of Southern Europe as the average temperature rises above the malaria survival threshold.
Not mentioning desertification, which is happening at fast pace in Southern Europe. I'm looking for camel at a nice price.
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If our politicians were just cold calculators, they might think that way. But most of the times, they are just plain stupid.
They would be owing me a shitload of money if it wasn't for that.
Isn't it right? How should I write it?
It's scientifically proven that a small amount of alcohol (1 dose) every day reduces the possibilities of trombosis.
Besides of that, red wine has anti-aging, anti-cholesterol and anti-carcinogen effects. Beer is not so beneficial, but it's proven to prevent osteoporosis.
Of course, I'm talking about 1 or 2 doses a day, drink one litre a day and the highly damaging effects of alcohol will overcome any possible benefit.
I have a band, and we won't play for free unless at philanthropic events. Businesses make money on us, we want our cut. Music is hard work and work without pay is called slavery.
Actually, porn has benefits. I read a news article some time ago about the results of a research that showed health benefits in watching porn. Some guys I know wouldn't know what a pussy looks like if it wasn't for porn. I can say the same for some women and dicks.
In my country, a specialist suggested detecting pedophiles early and treating them through state-financed psycho-therapy. According to him, the pedo tendencies can be annulled with proper treatment.
Everybody jumped up screaming that they didn't want to pay taxes to treat sick bastards. After all, it's a lot cheaper to spend money on cops, courts, prisons, therapy for abused children, etc. And in the end we will eventually pay therapy for the sick bastards, but only after they have committed the crimes.
Human stupidity is boundless.
Back to the subject, why not prohibiting all violent movies? After all, they may trigger violent behavior in psycho people. And have you noticed the huge amount of violence in Literature? That bastard Shakespeare has it coming!
This is all about sex, nothing else. The idiots in the Government are motivated by moralism. I hope this stupid law goes down the drain.
You are mistaking biotech with OGMs. The things I read Cuba was great about had nothing to do with OGM food. It was biotech for medical stuff, vaccines and the like.
Looks like you didn't read my post.
I didn't say that Castro would switch to democracy if the embargo ended. A good economical environment would do that. The embargo is the best excuse to keep the dictatorship.
USA is the richest country in the World, and no sensible company in the World would prevent themselves to have business with USA to be able to deal with a small country like Cuba. Even the governments in the whole globe passively participate in the embargo because they are constantly blackmailed by American government and get chicken. Get real, the American embargo goes much more deeper than it looks like.
I don't think this is true. Most bullies I've known at school were disturbed kids who had problems at home. They took advantage of the physical superiority to bully others, but emotionally were very insecure and not very intelligent. Most of them are nice guys now, and have crappy jobs. On the other hand, most of the bullied guys are successful, with better jobs.
Abusing other people shows your weakness of character, not strength.
They are already a world power in advanced medicine. I personally know some people that went to Cuba for treatments that don't exist anywhere else. I read they are becoming great at biotech and registering patents like crazy.
Sure, it's a dictatorship but the social indicators for Cuba are among the best in the World. Even in the human rights issue, Cuba ranks better than many american countries, including... cough, cough, the USA. If it wasn't for this dumb embargo, Cuba would have gone democratic many years ago.
EU countries have businesses with Cuba but the private companies are weary of doing any business because they don't want to piss off the Americans. And our politicians are a bunch of wusses that won't do anything about it. That's how you starve an intelligent, creative, colourful, proud nation.
This embargo is a crime against the Cuban people, it's stupid and has yet to produce any positive result. Cuba is an incredible business oportunity for the capitalist World. Please tell your politicians to stop being assholes, I'll tell mine to stop being wusses.
You bet! Cuban rum is great, that Bacardi shit they sell us everywhere sucks.
You mean, giving weapons to the terrorist bastards that nowadays are committed to destroy America? What ROI are you talking about?
Have you ever seen a work by Picasso? I defy you to take a look at Guernica, or one of the many portraits he did, and I'm sure you'll reformulate your post.
The Czars ruled the Russian Empire with iron hand for centuries surrounded by luxuries, I wouldn't call it a failure.
I don't like your system pretty much, but you should check out the schmucks that rule us here in Europe. And if the national politicians suck big time, the more they suck, the more chances are they will be promoted to the EU-level, which explains our president, Mr. Barroso.
Well, it's democracy, love it or leave it. At least we can complain, unlike most of World's population.
IANA Economist but here go my € 0,02.
It's far more efficient to have a properly managed welfare system than to have a system where people are unprotected and dependent on the generosity of the fortunate.
Compare the USA with rich European countries or Canada, which have a welfare system. The poor are much better protected in the latter than the former, despite all the private money that goes to social works. And we are only talking about rich countries.
Altruism is hardwired in the brain most likely because it provides a competitive advantage, evolution made the rest. Being physically inferior to most large animals, the humans had a need to work for each other to survive. Without altruism, we would never have evolved into intelligent beings and have a society, culture and science.
This should be considered attentively by the ones advocating reckless capitalism is the key for progress (in Continental Europe those are called neo-liberals or ultra-liberals). Opposite to the beliefs of the "fashionable" economists, a society based only upon individualism and selfishness is bound to decay into barbarism.
Clarification: The word "liberal" has a different meaning for Anglo-Saxons. In Continental Europe, a liberal is a right-wing guy that advocates free market. Left-wingers here are called "socialists", or the like.
Why would someone drink something awful like Pepsi or Coca Cola? What good are those drinks, anyway? What was the purpose of someone inventing them, apart from making huge loads of money? What did these drinks contribute to the advancement of Mankind?
Scotland and Wales are part of England???
Not only that's totally false, but I'd like to see your face minutes after you said that in loud voice at a pub in Edinburgh.
This is total bullshit. Someone hiring illegal immigrants is committing a crime, if the immigrants are in the database, what's the difference?
If the government was serious about stopping immigration they would crack down not on the immigrants but on the companies hiring them, but of course, they don't want to stop their friends from making big bucks. The immigrants wouldn't come if nobody could hire them.
The same hypocrisy happens here in the EU. The right-wing politicians score big time with the public opinion yelling against immigration, but the fact is, the ones that benefit the most from illegally hiring immigrants are the supporters of those parties, I mean corporations. It's not that they hire them directly, but they outsource to small companies employing people with low wages, no labor rights and that can be deported at any time if they become "inconvenient". And, let's face it, they do the dirty jobs that European or American citizens don't want to do.
One thing makes me shiver, if our rulers are so incompetent to stop illegal immigration and (apparently) can't find and punish the companies that break the law by hiring illegal immigrants, how are we supposed to believe they will be more competent at stopping terrorists from entering our countries and do whatever they please? Why is it that this "war on terror" sounds like bullshit to me?
I know a guy in the military who was expelled because of smoking hash. He was able to return some years later. An officer once gave the whole company a sermon about drugs. He said "You can drink anything you want, we don't mind, illegal drugs are forbidden!".
Once I paid him a visit in his quarters. There's not much to do, there. The guys spend the whole day at the cafeteria drinking beer, which is about half the price as on the outside. They all get drunk everyday, starting in the morning. I believe most of them are severely addicted to alcohol.
Fortunately, I keep mine clipped at 1mm :-D
The most stupid thing is, hard drugs leave the body completely after a couple of days. Cannabis stays in the fat tissues for 1 month. So, you can be a cocaine junkie, you only need to refrain for a couple of days to get your job, but if you smoke a single joint at a party or something, you're junkie considered for 1 month, even if you behave like a monk afterwards.
If common batteries started paying an environmental tax, people would switch. There's no motivation for change, right now. The same for incandescent light bulbs.
It's all psychological. The anti-environmental behavior is actually a lot more expensive, but people don't do anything because they don't feel the cost. I try to convince people to use rechargeable batteries and gas light bulbs with rational arguments, I make the calculations in front of them to show the money they would spare. The answer is always "but they are more expensive".
Not also crop pests. Malaria is likely to reach the coastal swampy areas of Southern Europe as the average temperature rises above the malaria survival threshold.
Not mentioning desertification, which is happening at fast pace in Southern Europe. I'm looking for camel at a nice price.