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The US has been involved in toppling more than 50 democracies in the last century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_on_Democracy US School of Americas - teaching torture, interrogation etc. - just look up the "US interrogation manuals" for the region, pretty horrific stuff... Donald...

It is fundamentally flawed to think that the US reflects more than 25% of the world's "worth". Growth has much stronger potential elsewhere as long as there is no conflict to destroy the effort.

jobig04, "Peace is only here because we have the biggest stick." Well, a big stick can keep you safe, but when you keep hitting others with it - you are going to have a reaction. If you destroy everything around you - you essentially die yourself. The world is a hard place, but longevity...

How have really conservative investors been doing? Earlier the pension funds were not investing in hedge funds etc - but have recently been using more advanced investments and assumed more risk, I gather. Are institutional investors doing great?

Many people are "information challenged" and have a lack of knowledge. This might be because of lack of time, opportunity, disabilities or other deficiencies. That doesn't stop people from having an opinion, though - and they still get to vote. The results are "interesting". :D

As long as it is all anonymous it is basically useless and could be just fabricated rumours and lies for all that we know. If someone comes forward - and particularly if there is more than one - then it gathers credibility. But as it stands now it might just as well be fabricated and lacks...

thesharpone, Richard Nixon once said of Latin America: “People don’t give a shit about the place.” Well, you are wrong. "People" is not only the country where you live, and that is the most ignorant assumption that some make. Then it's the systemic tug-of-war that can be observed...

thesharpone, well, the US government are using Eagle cash themselves. There are also many other interesting effects to using various types of digital currencies, e-gold is one of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-gold Of course there are huge controversies about removing government...

slapshot, why not make infants pay for their own healthcare? Maybe they can have it deferred to future billing when they start working? When should a parent stop paying for their children? Why not bill the brats and make them pay later? Unless you are a lone insect, reptile or similar...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angoor_Ada_raid Any means possible - any civilian loss is acceptable - in the hunt for bin Laden?

Remember "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." - Joseph Stalin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Democracy http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4463776866669054201 (82 minutes) HACKING DEMOCRACY takes a nonpartisan, clear-eyed look at the...

Anyone who want to hold politicians accountable for their mistakes should have the support of everyone by any means of reason. I find it commendable if they would sift through the bile of the current presidency.

Is it better or worse that China has a booming economy? Is it better to be one rich nation, or several rich nations - raising the levels of all? Are you a conservative capitalist - looking to isolate your wealth, funnel all growth to yourself by any means possible? Can you safely live...

Sarah Palin is hot and controversial. It is simple and perfect - a distraction from everything important.

Conservative capitalism is just about as abusive, repulsive and revolting as you can imagine - funnelled so that a few can protect and keep their positions at the top. Complexity, corruption and confusion are the primary defences of the conservatives. Responsible capitalism with balanced...

The stuff on Freddie Mac and Fannie is absolutely true... no denying that. In all fairness, it could be viewed from many different stances - but I think the facts would still remain. If most investment comes from overseas - it stinks badly... Hopefully investors will wise up.

Some even more interesting links... It is really a wide explosion of related issues and ongoing research work. http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/ Some interesting conferences and workshops are - Workshop of Deception, Fraud and Trust in Agent Societies. - Workshop Trust in Agent...

It is possible to set the size within a Flash application to be full-screen, full-page etc. It could be some Flash-version issue if no one else got this. If the ad was one of ET's ads, then there could be some issue within the ad Flash code itself. If it was more unrelated to ET, then it...

Currencies are zero-sum games - one investor's losses are other investor's profits. Hehe, scalping currencies on job-market numbers is probably the most intense thing you could try to handle... You need reaction time as fast as any drag-racer or F1-driver - really, no kidding. First and...

First there is the conflict in Georgia with US and Israeli equipped and trained military facing Russia. Now the US first does ground strikes, then rapidly two air-strikes on Pakistani villages - all attacks with predominantly civilian casualties. Are they completely mad? There is an...