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Bring back an Alcatraz-style island prison. It's cheaper to imprison for life than it is to sentence someone to death. In other words, we can afford to keep ALL our criminals locked up for longer if we stop killing them. Conversely, by insisting on the death penalty, you burden our penal...

No no no, it's much simpler than all that. No successful trader is "supportive" because no successful trader is that stupid/suicidal. This isn't the Special Olympics... not everyone comes home with a medal. In most cases, helping other traders will actually cut into one's profits to some...

Just can't quite bring myself to let this slide. So... do you even know what "organic" means? It refers to a carbon-containing compound. Thus, there is no such thing as an inorganic apple. Period. That is the concrete, indisputable definition of the word "organic". The definition the...

Do you have a similar chart for, say, Rome? Or the Ottoman Empire? Or ancient China? Or hell, even Great Britain. At their height (i.e., back when "the sun never set"), I'm guessing that they were probably the undisputed economic powerhouse of the world. Charts or no charts, for each of...

A common sentiment, but (as always) it neglects to take into account the possibility of self-reinforcement. If the company's own trades happen before their customers' (this could be due to an intentional lag implemented in the publicly available system, or a simple result of no internet latency...

Errr, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't both of the twin towers collapse due to fire, too? Damage from impact wasn't enough; it was the burning jet fuel that weakened the steel. This is evidenced by the fact that the towers stood burning for an hour or so before collapsing. So... I'm not...

I'm looking for a way to automatically download the 1 year of historical bars IB offers with TWS. This requires a large number of requests, as at the smallest granularity (1 second bars) you're capped at around 30 minutes' worth of data per request. My friend and I have so far managed to...

Canyonman, do you understand the concept of "sunk costs"? It's not too unusual for a corporation will undertake a major project, sink millions of dollars in it, and then at the last minute just walk away from it. Some people are completely baffled by this--"Why didn't you just finish the...

Don't care. Countries all over the world--much of South America, Southeast Asia, China, North Korea, etc.--are full of similar assholes. Dictators generally kill thousands. Hundreds of thousands isn't as rare as you might think. Let me take that back--I DO care, but I do NOT think it is...

You want to guarantee our safety? Let's get the hell out of Iraq and use the ~$2.5 billion WEEKLY savings to build that border fence people keep yammering on about. Also, mandatory surveillance of all non-citizen Middle Easterners in the country. If they don't like it, tough, they can be...

My monitor is messed up at the moment and I'm pressed for time, so I'll make this brief and focused. Do some research. In its earliest years, Osama intended to use al-Qaeda an anti-Iraqi/ANTI-SADDAM militia. Along the way he got his panties in a twist and the organization developed a strong...

Since you're too lazy/apathetic to read my previous post, let me ask you: why is it ok to give Iraqis billions of dollars a week yet it's unacceptable to give poor Americans, say, a hundred million per week? Let it be known I am against both. That said, faced with a one-or-the-other choice...

The hell? Last time I checked, Bush was not the president of China, nor am I a citizen of China. I highly doubt that Bush is directly responsible for such changes in China. Even if he were, I don't much care--helping out the citizens of another nation (which happens to be communist and...

And I do not agree with such attitudes. However, a few hundred million here and there just isn't nearly as important as the billions we squander every week in Iraq. Put it this way, if the money WILL be "wasted" one way or the other, would you rather give that money to Iraqis or Americans...

Canyonman: I'm for Obama mainly for two reasons: 1. Since we lack the courage to make it right (e.g. forcibly partition the country) we need to get the hell out of Iraq. Now. We're wasting far more money over there than Obama could ever waste on social programs. We're also directly...

Why would you think that? Before the general election, I think this is a significant possibility. If he somehow manages to win, I think this is a *very* strong possibility. King was shot and killed, JFK was shot and killed, RFK was shot and killed (while still a candidate), Regan was shot...

People who limit themselves to military targets are not terrorists. That doesn't make them good people--witness the German navy, which (at first--prior to the British Q-boats) generally behaved "honorably" in battle. That doesn't mean one has to then respect the cause the German navy was...

Exactly. Back in '04, I saw several grass roots campaigns spring up dedicated to getting out the "truth" about Kerry. Like it or not, the religious and pro-imperial contingent in this country is an incredible force to be reckoned with. Guys like Karl Rove manufacture issues like gay marriage...

Disclaimer: Do not mistake the tone of this post to be anti-Obama. Come November, I will likely be voting for him just on principle. However, I am having a problem with people who genuinely believe that Obama is going to win in a landslide. Where do you guys live? More importantly, what...

No, that wouldn't be unreasonable. It also wouldn't be unreasonable to expect them to be civil about it and inform their client of the situation and their policies.