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This has nothing to do with the 70's -- it's a pathetic showing for the United States here and now in the 21st century. The nation is so paralyzed by an irrational fear of communism and George Bernard Shaw that it is unable to look after the common welfare of its citizens. Thank You Very Much for y...

This has nothing to do with the 70's -- it's a pathetic showing for the United States here and now in the 21st century. The nation is so paralyzed by an irrational fear of communism and George Bernard Shaw that it is unable to look after the common welfare of its citizens. Thank You Very Much for y...

First of all, Shaw appears to have been speaking tongue in cheek. Second, the views expressed are more characteristic of corporate America than, say, the Democratic Party platform. As for the CNBC moderators, they did a fine job asking substantive questions, for example when Carson was challenged o...

Marco Rubio’s New Billionaire Backer Top Funder for Open Borders by Julia Hahn31 Oct 2015Washington D.C. Hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer’s decision to throw his financial weight behind the donor-class 2016 favorite, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), has sparked fresh questions about Rubio’s coziness with...

Thank you, no friends or family involved. Sadly, it's the usual story: inadequate location (only two regular doors, one of which was barred), owners too poor or too stingy to pay for fireproof soundproofing, 500 people crammed inside the club because there was no admission fee, fireworks were used ...

Thank You Very Much to the Moderators for Maintaining the Forum..... Survivors: Singer at nightclub did not realize fire danger Oct 31, 8:35 AM (ET) By ALISON MUTLER (AP) A survivor of a fire that occurred in a... Full Image BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Survivors of a deadly nightclub fire and stampede...

If nothing else, it's interesting to discuss another country in N Am for a change :wink: Two more points: 1/ Negative campaigning does not work well in Canada. 2/ Appeals to xenophobia, including Islamophobia, do not work well in Canada. Apparently the incumbent Conservatives, unlike the other two ...

I think Poland still has a vulnerable national psyche due to their past experiences of rape: Stalin, Hitler. They are also extremely suspicious of Hijo de Putin for that reason. Despite all that that they are doing economically very well, mainly thanks to years long investments mostly coming from G...

Thank You Very Much to the Moderators for maintaining the forum.

Wondering if we Need Steve Jobs/Apple versus Microsoft/Android/Google thread?

The Next Wave: Afghans Flee To Europe in Droves Redwan Eharai's journey ends where it began: in Afghanistan, in the city of Herat. Eharai, a 15-year-old boy, is carrying the heavy body of his mother Sima up the hill to the cemetery, together with neighbors and relatives. He and his mother had set o...

The Next Wave: Afghans Flee To Europe in Droves Redwan Eharai's journey ends where it began: in Afghanistan, in the city of Herat. Eharai, a 15-year-old boy, is carrying the heavy body of his mother Sima up the hill to the cemetery, together with neighbors and relatives. He and his mother had set o...

Man’s Facebook post about traffic stop goes viral Posted 12:39 pm, October 29, 2015, by Tribune Media Wire, Updated at 12:40pm, October 29, 2015 TUCSON, Ariz. — A man’s Facebook post about a recent traffic stop is going viral. Steven Hildreth Jr. says he was pulled over by the Tucson Police Departm...

I think Poland still has a vulnerable national psyche due to their past experiences of rape: Stalin, Hitler. They are also extremely suspicious of Hijo de Putin for that reason. Despite all that that they are doing economically very well, mainly thanks to years long investments mostly coming from G...

That they (PIS voters) get paranoid already of the prospect of only 7000 Muslim refugee immigrants, as it would "threaten their national-Catholic identity", is somewhat sad. I can't say for sure, because I've not had the opportunity to discuss the matters with actual Poles. But my guess w...

I've often read that Video Killed the Radio Star was the 1st video played on MTV. Catchy pop tune. Thank You VERY Much for your reply, Typhoon, I've often read that Video Killed the Radio Star was the 1st video played on MTV. http://www.businessinsider.com/video-killed-the-radio-star-34th-anniversa...

Another Trudeau Makes Canada Cool I don't recall a time when the global media took such an interest in a Canadian election. Okay, so Trudeau and his LIberals won, but why did Harper and his Conservatives lose? The Star | How irony killed Stephen Harper More than anything, it was the irony that lodg...

LONDON, United Kingdom – Lithuania was not forced into NATO by the US but instead joined in the face of Russian imperial “menace” according to the country's Ambassador to the UK. Asta Skaisgiryte comments came as the British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn renewed his opposition to Britain's member...

WSJ | Dutch Investigators Say MH17 Downed by Russian-Made Missile Accident investigators also conclude that Ukraine should have closed airspace due to fighting in east Perhaps airlines should also actively avoid airspace over areas where fighting is known to be taking place? BBC | MH17 crash: Dutch...

The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House Thank You VERY Much for your post, YMix Interesting.......... Am reminded of the collaboration between the Business Community/Trusts & the Republican Party in the 19th Century....... Till Teddy Ro...

. If obama wants to be non-interventionist....... fine........ . dollar_devaluation.png International Monetary Fund END Of The U.S. DOLLAR As We Know It It is not that Obama "wants" to be "non-interventionist", he no other choice America pretty much broke Intervention in 10,000 ...

. :lol: :lol: .. Brits agitating again Russia's bombing of American Syrian allies shows how much more powerful & provocative Putin is than he was before Obama took office . Russian warplanes began bombing American-backed Syrian opposition strongholds on Wednesday, a move that can be viewed as t...

. We have been listening to Iran......... Here's what is heard*......... Death to America... http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/03/23/tsr-acosta-iran-ayatollah-nuke-talks.cnn . Can not believe you guys waisted trillions of Dollars, leading to ruining America's "once in history position"...

Off the record, parts of NYC, Detroit, DC, Chicago, Baltimore, etc. are kinda like giant, free range, insane asylums our elites have set up for some of the more problem prone/emotionally unstable Merikans. If that is indeed the case, don't you think that it is a bit of a problem that significant pa...

Italy tells EU it will opt out of growing GMO crops: statement ROME (Reuters) - Italy has told the European Commission that it will ban growing crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under a rule that allows European Union countries to opt out of GMO cultivation, a government statement sa...

. P.Buchanan : “ Do you realize now what you have done ? ” . A dozen years after George W. Bush invaded Iraq, ISIS occupies its second city, Mosul, controls its largest province, Anbar, and holds Anbar’s capital, Ramadi, as Baghdad turns away from us—to Tehran. The cost to Iraqis of their “liberati...