Recent content by maverick44

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    Myth of Eurabia

    It seems to me that the lesson is not so much that poor immigrants are filling rich countries but that all "rich countries" eventually face declining populations regardless of ethnicity. Take Japan and South Korea ... both were VERY VERY poor couple of decades ago... now their incomes have...
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    Myth of Eurabia

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com...=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us I have seen a lot of posts about an islamic takeover by muslims ... seems it aint so
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    Japans short of engineers

    http://www.iht.com/articles/20...business/engineers.php America is not alone
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    Other countries have similar value systems too.. Singapore , Hong Kong, Taiwan , South Korea..... They are much richer than mexico... The oil rich countries have value systems that are completely against economic prosperity but that doesnt stop their growth. They just use the oil. Value...
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_miracle Your article is more about filth than real poverty......
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    It has nothing to do with culture.. it has everything to do with the United States being the largest cohesive market with the most liberal trade regimes available. Economies of scale work better here .... Mexico was actually more prosperous and progressive versus the United States till...
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    Mexico and the United States historically have the same culture.... that of immigrants
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    Mexico doesnt want its citizens back

    When a family man kills someone then usually the courts take either transfer the legal custody of the child to the mother or transfers custody to a foster home. Its not like the govt can say "why should we give a flying fuck"
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    Taliban declares war on Pakistan

    Quick video on pakistani nukes since it its extremely likely its going to come to that. http://video.google.com/videop...+bull+shit&vt=lf&hl=en
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    Innocent or guilty

    It aint about the guns or night vision goggles..... The more serious charge is that she is a bioterrorist...... They haven't brought the main charges upfront instead accusing her of shooting US army officers... a story that is extremely unlikely She has to be the most ambitious...
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    American exports growing faster than china's

    for all you free trade naysayers: http://www.economist.com/finan....cfm?story_id=11921655
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    Does the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian situation analogize well with India/Kashmir/Pakistan?

    India CAN invade pakistan to "reclaim" the whole subcontinent. Kashmir is a small part of it. But it wont. There have been three wars around kashmir and india has not crossed the Line of control even once. As for pakistan trying to invade kashmir they tried it in 1965 and in 1999. In...
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    Innocent or guilty

    so in your opinion muslim+ qualified anything = dangerous terrorist. computer scientist = hacker chemical engineer = bomb maker Doctor= bomb maker ( hey even a psychologist would qualify since cognitive neuroscience is more about psychology) Any other professions you would like to blame?
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    Innocent or guilty

    Fern, She has a degree in cognitive neuroscience... ie how the brain recognizes certain images... Regardless of whether you believe whether or not the charges are true... her education never qualified her to be a terrorist... not to say that institutions like MIT or bandeis prepare you on...