1. Remove the artificial barriers to Brazilian ethanol. 2. Increase the taxes on petroleum and coal 3. Decrease the taxes on wind, solar, and next-generation nuclear.
Given that the renewable technologies are already close to reaching grid parity*, the government only has to give them a small extra push.
And we can accelerate the cooling process with geo-engineering:
The reason they would not be worried is because there have been no charges filed against Assange. The rational they used was that he is wanted for "questioning" about the situation.
In the Swedish legal system, I think questioning precedes charges.
Julian Assange is being prosecuted for rape in a well-recognized first-world democracy.
I assure you: if this guy was a Tea Party leader, and was accused of rape in Sweden, everyone here would say "rot in jail you rapist!". But because he shares the bias of Slashdot, then he is portrayed as an innocent hero.
You would be surprised [youtube.com] at the non universality of your "freedom".
That video portrays "percentage of adults who believe in angels" as a bad thing; this is bigotry, but because it is politically correct bigotry, then slashdotters think it is a good thing.
Also, the video forgets about the First Amendment; America has considerably more freedom of speech and religion than England (for example), with its "hate speech" legislation.
Also, America has more federalism than most other countries I know.
Also, America has a better demographic future than European countries, because American women still have 2 children per woman. Europeans have only 1.6 children per woman, which will lead, in the long term, to population ageing, shrinking and ossifying.
The USA is a leader in economy, science, technology, sports, and military.
The President was ousted in a right wing kangaroo court where he was give 24 hours to prepare and 2 hours to testify. If you read the Wikipedia entry, you'll read that most of the neighboring countries considered this to be a coup.
The procedure respected the rules in Paraguay Constitution. Regarding the neighboring countries, they are very biased. Paraguay was opposed to Venezuela (which is undeniably a dictatorship), and the neighboring countries took the opportunity (of Paraguay being expelled from Mercosur) to immediately welcome Venezuela.
These same countries don't consider FARC to be terrorist... these people are very left-biased, and it is no wonder they complained about the ousting of Lugo (who was leftist).
Spoken like someone who's never tried confronting an American politician or candidate [progressive.org] with an opinion [niemanwatchdog.org] they don't care for, [pjmedia.com] in person.
In the last link, the guy was arrested for a short while, and he will likely sue the police station for damages. In the second link, we read
almost all of which stem from protests involving nonviolent civil disobedience
I know this kind of people - I would not be surprised if "nonviolent civil disobedience" means invading public buildings, stopping traffic in a key avenue without authorization, and other "please arrest me so I can claim to be a victim" tactics.
In the first link, the victims were arrested for a short while and were awarded $80,000 !
In short: the situation in America is not remotely comparable to the situation in Vietnam. Duh.
Yet. If we engage in other constitutionally protected rights, such as the right to peaceably assemble, we can reasonably expect to be arrested for it. Thousands of people already have been.
I can see the US having "entrepreneur drain" as young people quickly realize that there is an entire world out there to explore and many places where it is easier and more profitable (not just in dollars but in quality of life) to run a business outside of the USA.
Except that entrepreneurial geniuses (like Elon Musk) go to the USA. And American Universities are full of bright Indians, Chinese, etc.
Pay taxes, deducted weekly from your pay, and levied higher if they think you didn't pay enough over the course of the year. Pay taxes at the fuel pump Pay taxes at the grocery store Pay taxes when you buy alcohol or tobacco Pay taxes when you somehow manage to buy a luxury item Pay taxes on your property anually Pay taxes on your vehicle Pay levies for public scools
Duh, Americans pay taxes.
Speak publicly and exercise your right to assemble and address grievances in authorised "free speech zones" Be subjected to brutal beatings if you exercise those rights anywere else Be subjected to brutal beatings if you exercise those rights in the designated areas, if the message is controvertial or inconvenient
Oh please. This is ridiculous hyperbole. The USA is so radically pro-freespeech that it allows ***hats to offend people in funerals.
Be innundated in outright lies and yellow journalism 24/7 during election years
It is pretty weird that this is the first time you hear that. Marxism, an extremely well-known atheist philosophy, is radically materialist. See the "materialistic conception of History".
Do you even know what "materialist philosophy" means? "Materialism", in philosophy, is the doctrine that everything that exists is material. Thus, materialism denies the existence of God, angels, and the human soul. To a materialist, the human mind is nothing special; it doesn't exist separated from the brain; the human "mind" is just a software that runs on a wetware (the brain).
Have you ever asked you atheist friends "do you believe that the material universe is all that exists?" If they say "yes", then they are materialists.
Are you serious? Pretty much every single atheist I know is decidedly not materialistic. Honestly, it's the Christians I know that think they need to acquire crap to prove how much God has "blessed" them.
You have seriously embarrassed yourself. "Materialism", in philosophy, is the doctrine that anything that exists is material.
I use Unity in Ubuntu 12.04. I don't understand why Slashdot hates Unity. Unity saves screen real state, is beautiful, convenient and fun to use. Unity has 3 stars in the Ubuntu Software Center, but the most recent reviews average 4 stars. My friends accept Unity. So why does Slashdot hate it?
Call it what you like, but the odds are far greater that we're going to be dealing with very few beneficial mutations, and more than likely a good many bad ones
You forget that nature will select out the detrimental mutations and select in the beneficial mutations. It seems (to me, a layman) that this incident has accelerated evolution and will, on the medium term, make the bugs more adapted to the environment (for example, they will better adapt to climate change). It increased the raw material (genetic diversity) which fuels evolution.
This is my overall evaluation, based on the DEM wanting high government interference in the market, high taxation, no school choice, etc. This is not Wikipedia; not everything needs a citation.
He is far right, get over it. You don't get to drag the marker of the middle to the right until you get to claim the middle.
This is what the Left did! Early America was federalist. The average American citizen would never see a federal employee in their lives. The Federal government did practically nothing besides keeping an Army, a Navy, diplomats, and standardizing the currency. The currency was gold-based, meaning that it was controlled by the free-market. Banks were unregulated.
Today, federalism is very weak, and the federal government has pretty much taken over. The federal government has not only abolished the gold standard, but actually confiscated gold and legally forced every American to accept the paper dollar. Now, the federal government inflates the currency at will. The market is regulated. The tax burden is at 24%.
Clearly, the USA has stopped being Capitalist and became a mixed economy.
So clearly, the Left has moved the marker to the Left and now everyone who supports Federalism is considered far-right!
"Don't demonize your political adversareis." You first. Call Rush and a sundry.
You mean Rush Limbaugh? I have never listened to him. And don't give me "you first". Both sides have to do it NOW, without expecting the other to be the first. Otherwise it will never happen.
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Bradley Manning has not being tortured.
1. Remove the artificial barriers to Brazilian ethanol.
2. Increase the taxes on petroleum and coal
3. Decrease the taxes on wind, solar, and next-generation nuclear.
Given that the renewable technologies are already close to reaching grid parity*, the government only has to give them a small extra push.
And we can accelerate the cooling process with geo-engineering:
4. Actively cool Earth**
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_parity
** http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/08/putting-the-breaks-on-climate-change-with-diamonds/
In the Swedish legal system, I think questioning precedes charges.
So basically he exchanged simple incarceration (having your movements restricted) to death by bunda.
Why would they _not_ be worried about such a charge?
And why would they _not_ be worried about the embassy being used to circumvent the law?
Julian Assange is being prosecuted for rape in a well-recognized first-world democracy.
I assure you: if this guy was a Tea Party leader, and was accused of rape in Sweden, everyone here would say "rot in jail you rapist!". But because he shares the bias of Slashdot, then he is portrayed as an innocent hero.
That video portrays "percentage of adults who believe in angels" as a bad thing; this is bigotry, but because it is politically correct bigotry, then slashdotters think it is a good thing.
Also, the video forgets about the First Amendment; America has considerably more freedom of speech and religion than England (for example), with its "hate speech" legislation.
Also, America has more federalism than most other countries I know.
Also, America has a better demographic future than European countries, because American women still have 2 children per woman. Europeans have only 1.6 children per woman, which will lead, in the long term, to population ageing, shrinking and ossifying.
The USA is a leader in economy, science, technology, sports, and military.
The procedure respected the rules in Paraguay Constitution. Regarding the neighboring countries, they are very biased. Paraguay was opposed to Venezuela (which is undeniably a dictatorship), and the neighboring countries took the opportunity (of Paraguay being expelled from Mercosur) to immediately welcome Venezuela.
These same countries don't consider FARC to be terrorist... these people are very left-biased, and it is no wonder they complained about the ousting of Lugo (who was leftist).
In the last link, the guy was arrested for a short while, and he will likely sue the police station for damages. In the second link, we read
I know this kind of people - I would not be surprised if "nonviolent civil disobedience" means invading public buildings, stopping traffic in a key avenue without authorization, and other "please arrest me so I can claim to be a victim" tactics.
In the first link, the victims were arrested for a short while and were awarded $80,000 !
In short: the situation in America is not remotely comparable to the situation in Vietnam. Duh.
Source?
Sweden is a first world democracy with duly separated branches of government.
The USA doesn't manipulate Sweden's judicial branch.
By the way, if you claim this to be a conspiracy, then don't complain when some conservative claims that Obama's nationality is hidden.
If you start believing in conspiracies, you must give your opponents the same right.
I, myself, deny conspiracies.
Sweden is a first-world democracy, with duly separated branches of government.
The Swedish judges are entirely independent from the ambassadors. They come from separated branches of the government.
Except that entrepreneurial geniuses (like Elon Musk) go to the USA.
And American Universities are full of bright Indians, Chinese, etc.
American jobs pay quite well.
Duh, Americans pay taxes.
Oh please. This is ridiculous hyperbole. The USA is so radically pro-freespeech that it allows ***hats to offend people in funerals.
How is American media worse than anywhere else?
Assange is being prosecuted for a common crime.
The Paraguayan President was ousted in a Contitutional manner, due to his enormous incompetence.
Source?
The "Land of the Stupid" dominates science and technology. It also has great Constitutional freedoms.
That thought has overflowed a buffer in my brain, and I will now follow your orders.
It is pretty weird that this is the first time you hear that.
Marxism, an extremely well-known atheist philosophy, is radically materialist. See the "materialistic conception of History".
Do you even know what "materialist philosophy" means?
"Materialism", in philosophy, is the doctrine that everything that exists is material. Thus, materialism denies the existence of God, angels, and the human soul. To a materialist, the human mind is nothing special; it doesn't exist separated from the brain; the human "mind" is just a software that runs on a wetware (the brain).
Have you ever asked you atheist friends "do you believe that the material universe is all that exists?" If they say "yes", then they are materialists.
You have seriously embarrassed yourself.
"Materialism", in philosophy, is the doctrine that anything that exists is material.
I use Unity in Ubuntu 12.04.
I don't understand why Slashdot hates Unity.
Unity saves screen real state, is beautiful, convenient and fun to use.
Unity has 3 stars in the Ubuntu Software Center, but the most recent reviews average 4 stars.
My friends accept Unity.
So why does Slashdot hate it?
You forget that nature will select out the detrimental mutations and select in the beneficial mutations.
It seems (to me, a layman) that this incident has accelerated evolution and will, on the medium term, make the bugs more adapted to the environment (for example, they will better adapt to climate change). It increased the raw material (genetic diversity) which fuels evolution.
This is my overall evaluation, based on the DEM wanting high government interference in the market, high taxation, no school choice, etc.
This is not Wikipedia; not everything needs a citation.
This is what the Left did! Early America was federalist. The average American citizen would never see a federal employee in their lives. The Federal government did practically nothing besides keeping an Army, a Navy, diplomats, and standardizing the currency. The currency was gold-based, meaning that it was controlled by the free-market. Banks were unregulated.
Today, federalism is very weak, and the federal government has pretty much taken over. The federal government has not only abolished the gold standard, but actually confiscated gold and legally forced every American to accept the paper dollar. Now, the federal government inflates the currency at will. The market is regulated. The tax burden is at 24%.
Clearly, the USA has stopped being Capitalist and became a mixed economy.
So clearly, the Left has moved the marker to the Left and now everyone who supports Federalism is considered far-right!
You mean Rush Limbaugh? I have never listened to him. And don't give me "you first". Both sides have to do it NOW, without expecting the other to be the first. Otherwise it will never happen.