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Ben will pick up the slack.

Prey on innocent children?! My god, man. It's a toy! It's not like this is Marlboro giving out free GI Joe's with every cigarette pack, it's a happy meal! Is the odd happy meal for children really that big of a threat that we need government to step in to stop these companies?

A good parent will teach his/her kids to excercise and eat properly to not become obese in the first place. Blaming MacDonalds because they put a toy in with their meal for kids is a cheap cop out. Anyways, I think you missed the bigger issue here of more government control.

Well obviously it is not the parents' fault! After all, if their kids want to eat at MacDonalds, what can the parents possibly do to stop them?! LOL

forexfactory.com has a great economic calendar. I use it daily.

I have a couple of thoughts on the quoted post. Bear in mind that I'm not necessarily disagreeing with all of these points, I'm just trying to understand your position and thought process better. 1. Why do you assume asset values will fall 80% when the bubble pops? 2. You say money...

And then things get even messier when trying to distinguish between betting against your own customers, and hedging risk.

I was going to post this in the other thread on the same subject but after a quick glance in there is appears to have degenerated into a flame war. http://travel.ca.msn.com/canadianpress-article.aspx?cp-documentid=24046319 I did not fully grasp the magnitude or importance of this law...

I am not sure I totally agree with you. Especially about your comment "better now than later". Why is that? Is the idea to reset now and somehow everything will be rosy afterwards? Deflation would virtually mean economic activity would come to a standstill as all lending would cease...

Bring it. :cool:

I would tend to agree. If they are that far advanced, they likely don't need us for anything. As for Hawking and why he's saying this now is likely because, as the OP stated, Hawking has a documentary coming out on Discovery Channel next month. Likely wants to generate some buzz.

I would love to see more funding for space exploration. I find it very interesting.

Here's a thought - what if WE are the ones who discover THEM? And then WE proceed to use THEM as OUR slaves, or WE choose to befriend THEM or destroy THEM or whatever?

:D Awesome response. This is common of believers. When an answer does not exist, the old cop out of "we cannot possibly understand god" is brought out. This type of thinking encourages ignorance and discourages the search for answers. Similar to the argument that if science can't...

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You turned this argument from something to do with capitalism and greed to Palin's political agenda. I suspect you are arguing for the sake of arguing, as usual. Therefore I will leave you to babble. This thread has degenerated into nothing anyways.

Then why do you hate on Palin for making massive dough?

Like I said, she is not a bright woman. But she has enough business sense to make a buck. In that regard, she is smart.

Yes, I am. I encourage people to work hard and achieve wealth. I encourage those people to spend their wealth however they please. Unlike you, I do not believe in equality for all.