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Natural disasters generally do represent temporary collapses of society.

There’s a lot of hard data which actually suggests otherwise. From the classic paper “Why G Matters”: https://images.app.goo.gl/X4wAFYFC6xQrSU259

I don’t agree with Pilger that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were unjustified, but his points about China are valid. What do we gain by instigating war now?

“Give me liberty or give me death” were founding words of our country. If you don’t believe our commitment to liberty and freedom was important, then what else made America the #1 …

Why do you think you can speak for “hard-core” libertarians? I am a thoroughly moderate one and don’t believe this at all

The globe might feel stable while sitting inside the US and reading domestic media sources, but it sure hasn’t been easy for the dozens of countries we’ve been invading/occupying f…

Have you ever spoken to a Chinese? They have their own good intentions too. Besides that, why do you always trust that our governments’s label of “terrorist” is never self-serving …

Thanks for posting this, I now have a new opinion on climate change :)

This is pure speculation. Meanwhile, our government is actively invading and occupying how many countries?

I'm pretty sure this is just a subset of Intrusive Thoughts ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive_thought ) which affect all people equally.

China's actions seem horrendous from our perspective, but at least they are only operating within their own borders. How do you feel about the decades of war and destruction wreake…

Could you please source this claim? A quick google search is revealing a lot of contrary evidence.

Yes, definitely. It might be a different situation if Japan also had military bases inside our country, or if they had any choice in the matter. Do you think Japan, Germany, or Sou…

If I follow you around with a gun held to your head, is it fair to characterize you as my ally?

Looks like the new GTX 970/980 can push 4k at 60hz through these with HDMI 2.0, it's a very exciting combo

I disagree with the very premise; why go out of your way to encourage bad behaviour? I stand for freedom of information and will avoid New Yorker from this point forward.

It's even more confusing that Obama would push for more names to be added when the article clearly states that the underwear bomber was already on the list: >...after a Nigerian te…

As a developer working for a major competitor to airbnb on a shopping page, and having implemented hundreds of experiments on my page, I can say that these guys are way too obsesse…

Using four buckets instead of two like that will improve your confidence in the results, but will also double the required sample / testing duration. You could just as easily use t…

The act of walking itself doesn't burn very many calories, no, but it does strengthen your legs (the largest muscles in your body) which then burn more calories 24/7.

1. War and conflict are desirable 2. Unfit/unintelligent people should be sterilized 3. Sex with children is ok mad yet?

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