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Never a good idea to count your chickens before they come home to roost but... things are looking pretty good.

TIL that, in some places, you get credibility through social standing, personal charisma, or adroit rhetoric. In others, being a white man who speaks the Queen's english gives you a significant head start over a black dude who mumbles pidgin.

Sounds to me like someone's just not thinking positive.

Finland just knocked Russia out of men's ice hockey. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/10649343/Sochi-2014-Vladimir-Putin-furious-as-Russia-crash-out-of-Winter-Olympics-ice-hockey-tournament-to-Finland.html Sweden, you're next.

The Press Freedom Index 2014 came out. *Ahem* So, where does your country stand?

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Russia’s Anti-Gay Law & LGBT Rights 1. The law never mentions or uses the word gay, lesbian, homosexual or any other LGBT identifier. [Chapter 2 & Appendix] 2. The law focuses on children, it’s title is “On Protections of Minors from Propaganda of...

That idea would seem to me to be a massive under-utilisation of a society's resources. Why not encourage job creation by making conducting business and hiring people a little easier for the companies instead?

I think we are in agreement as to the general principle, but we disagree on the application. But as you said, establishing guidelines on what constitutes 'necessities' would be a monumental task. Though I still think a vehicle, to say nothing of a particular kind of vehicle such as a 4x4, falls...

Perhaps I was not entirely clear on my meaning. Permit me to clarify With this I disagree. One lives within one's means, and if one can't afford something or chooses to prioritise other things, then one needs to live without it. And deal with the consequences. As I believe I've said...

I am certainly not suggesting anything of the kind. I believe not only The Wealthy but also all members of society have some form of duty towards those who are less fortunate, whether through their own actions or force of circumstance. In most western societies that duty is discharged through...

When there's more supply of labor than there are available jobs in a given sector, sure, wages are subject to downward pressure in a free market. But to what extent is society responsible for ameliorating the effects of the free decisions of it's members, really? If they have nothing interesting...

What mechanism would you suggest to determine the proper amount of wages, if not the market? They're getting as much as their bargaining position entitles them to, according to the law of supply and demand. If they were in a position to demand for more, they'd get it.

I think there is such a transfer of wealth from the elite to the working classes. I believe it's called 'wages', and it happens every month or so. I'm sure it will comfort the less fortunate to know that those more fortunater will get their come-uppance eventually... even if it should take some...

When you just refuse to give up... ... you will still never be as tough as this guy. Seriously, that shit takes a lot of guts. I can't do anything but admire his dedication, though as single-minded as it may be. I think he was the last of the japanese holdouts from wartime.

The bad part of this as I see it is that the distribution seems inefficient. It spreads the burden around to everyone through taxation, gives a part of the monies to people who do not need it (the rich), while depriving the people who do need it (the poor) of that much more. I'll put up a...

Mmm. So it's an ingrained biological instinct amongst a certain subset of the population to acquire and display wealth as a sign of material security in order to enhance mating prospects? Taking that to be true, if material wealth matters less to some than to others, how do you find it renders...

The wage gap as a concept, a disparity on what forms of material wealth can be acquired by which individuals. As long as there is a positive correlation in the amount of effort put into an endeavour, and the benefits accrued thereof, I believe there exists an argument as to why the wage gap...

If there was no wage gap, and the earnings of all were more or less the same, then how in today's society would one encourage hard work, good performance, and achievement? What rewards could be offered to those whose efforts prove to be of benefit, and what penalties could be imposed on the...

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It is with heavy heart that I announce that Christmas is cancelled. Earlier this evening, an armed homeowner in a suitable timezone heard strange noises coming from his roof. As any sane man would do, he emptied his assault weapon into a suspicious shadow messing around his chimney. It was only...