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The saying is "A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch" By democracy I mean a system where basic human rights are protected and cannot be voted out. W…

Name one Mid-east democracy right now that "we" would want to live in /where basic human rights are protected 1 1. Minus Israel....not that it fits my description.

For the record: I don't think that Mid-East is ready for democracy yet (the majority wouldn't support basic human rights IMO) so the biggest mistake was for the "West" to support t…

Because they have a LOT of money. Like over $100,000,000,000 to invest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-20/japan-s-s... . They don't have time /resources to hand out…

I think Hong Kong is also owned by the state...you can lease it for as long as 999 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_rent_in_Hong_Kong but you do not own it. But in r…

* What they can do is deny you entry. For citizens, not even that.* Job lost. Father died without you seeing him. Thousands of dollars gone in lost ticket, reservations. That's mor…

"Then there is no way of restoring at the airport." IIRC, the border agent has the power to turn you back, visa or no visa. So there might be a price to pay for getting too cute. T…

Move fast and break things. Break laws, steal, cheat and stuff. It's OK if you're big enough and are a "startup."

Yeah really. A Craigslist post to do such a transaction at some back alley isn't going work; they'll wipe your entire family for $1 million. If you get ripped off, probably can't e…

According to the ALS Association, the treatment’s list price is $1,000 per infusion, or about $146,000 annually, and it is expected to be available for use by August A whole new cl…

The government will have no realistic choice but to legalize them and give them ownership of the land. Maybe they'll sell it to them and reimburse the real owners. When everyone do…

If it's so easy to run a profitable business, why not run your own and keep that money for yourself? Irrelevant. How do you know know I'm not already doing that. My main point, whi…

42 inch or about 1.06 meters when waves can be as high as 62 feet http://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-wave-atlantic-ocean-smas... ....even common waves of 10-15 feet will more than…

so if we remove "distractions" and work like robots will we get $30k more a year? People are not robots. If I'm worth $200 an hour for the first 5 hours to an employee, by the 16th…

As the confinement in the Embassy is confinement. And he's been unjustly confined for a longer period than the maximum penalty for rape in Sweden. That's valid if Sweden locked him…

They are not secret in that sense. Assange will know them when they are filed with the court. I have a feeling that there's enough material to put him on trial in USA and he has go…

Facebook fined €110M for providing misleading information on WhatsApp takeover Should be fine plus undoing what they did. or spin Whatsapp...go back to square one.

We need password managers and use unique 20 digit password (or max allowed) for each login. If it's online, we need to assume that it will be hacked in time.

US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High Yeah but this time is different :). Memo to self: looks like US stock market goes from feast to famine in 10 year cycles. Sell now and buy at …

Maybe security these days? But they can get ex-special forces soldiers from third world countries for $15k a year. Not sure how it works with visas, being armed while visiting so m…

With no controls on the ship, pirates wouldn't be able to take control. 20 lbs of C4 in the control and /or engine room might just do it. So they don't take control (ship can be $u…

I have seen ~3 decades old earth bricks (granted, uncompressed) and it's not pretty. Maybe compression and hydro-isolation does wonders.

I know you can't walk to NSA HQ and demand to see everything that they have in TS but Snwoden and Manning case showed that stuff isn't that compartmentalized