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1831
« on: September 04, 2014, 01:58:33 PM »
1832
« on: September 04, 2014, 11:50:26 AM »
According to some of Germany's top business owners, the government is becoming complacent as the German economy - which has been the powerhouse of the Eurozone - is showing signs of slowing down. Their remarks come after much-disliked policies have been enacted by the German government, including the creation of the country's first-ever minimum wage and the reduced retirement age for long-term workers. Germany's national chamber of commerce have also opposed the policies, as structural problems will only add to the issue of declining consumer confidence in Germany due to the crisis in Ukraine. This problem is also going to make the ECB's battle with low inflation all the more difficult, and increase the likelihood of quantitative easing (which should've been done a long time ago, anyway).
1833
« on: September 04, 2014, 09:04:09 AM »
 Challenger, Comms and I are the Noble Hierarchs. Sentra represents the Great Journey. If you truly desire to join the Swagenant, you must change your nameplate to Le Lenny, and your personal text to "Swagenant Minor".
1834
« on: September 04, 2014, 08:09:00 AM »
Say what again. Say what again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time! 
1835
« on: September 03, 2014, 05:50:03 PM »
http://tinychat.com/6oi0psYou'll get to see Door and I's sexy face, as well as Vien as a panda.
1836
« on: September 03, 2014, 05:06:38 PM »
1837
« on: September 03, 2014, 04:26:32 PM »
The Office for National Statistics has released a rather rare revision of real and nominal GDP growth from 1997 to 2012. The Recession of 2008 has been made shallower, marked down from 5.2pc to 4.3pc, and removes a lot of concerns regarding weak productivity in the following years. The new information comes as the ONS tears up its previous methods of measuring the economy and instills a new system in line with international standards, and it is now considering the economic contributions of charity, the sex industry and illegal drugs. Between 2010 and 2012, real GDP growth has been revised up by 1pc. Since 2008, the level of output has been raised by 2.6pc. While the revisions venerate Osborne's economic policies as good for economic growth, there is still the cost of living crisis. How much the government can do to counteract that, however, is shrouded in ambivalence.
1838
« on: September 03, 2014, 02:43:50 PM »
1839
« on: September 03, 2014, 02:04:35 PM »
He wouldn't need to, a real Verbatim wouldn't allow himself to be born. 
1840
« on: September 03, 2014, 12:32:32 PM »
1841
« on: September 03, 2014, 12:22:33 PM »
I hate Jeremy Paxman, but it'd be nice to pick up on how Labour might handle the economy.
1842
« on: September 03, 2014, 10:28:48 AM »
 Feels good, mang. . . Spoiler Yes, the picture is supposed to be ironic.
1843
« on: September 03, 2014, 08:59:14 AM »
So, essentially, I'm starting my second year of college next week. I just finished my AS (lower A-levels) levels and will be starting my A2 (higher A-levels).
For my AS results I got a D in philosophy, a B in history and an A in politics.
I was thinking about taking up economics as an AS while I'm also doing my A2 subjects. My teachers seem divided about it, so I'm throwing it out to you.
1844
« on: September 02, 2014, 05:39:02 PM »
I was debating whether or not to put this in Serious, but I'd like it to be here. If any mod or monitor wants to move it over to Serious, feel free.
So, it was called The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Religion and Politics by Jonathan Haidt. Essentially, the book takes a very Humean and descriptive view to how we, as individuals and groups, come to acquire moral sentiments, how those moral foundations evolve into different political beliefs and how they link to how we've been genetically programmed and culturally influenced.
It also talks about how liberalism, of which Haidt is a subscriber, has a narrower moral foundation than does conservatism, and how it can lead to conservatives having the upper hand in political elections during times of perceived threat, and how they so often misunderstand each other and are driven to hostility. He also suggests considerations from each partisan group that should be adopted be liberals, libertarians and conservatives alike.
It also takes a different line to the New Atheist people who describe religion, often, as a failed science with no genetic basis - like a parasitic meme. It talks about how religion makes people "better" citizens and neighbours - in terms of altruistic behaviour - and comes to the conclusion that community, not the beliefs on their own, come to dominate the motivations of those in worshipful communities to act for good or for ill.
On the whole, it was a great, well-sourced and informative book. While I'm dubious to some of its claims, it's still definitely worth the read. It changed my political opinions to a degree, and even made me more sympathetic to religion.
Check it out.
1845
« on: September 02, 2014, 04:07:16 PM »
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
1846
« on: September 02, 2014, 03:51:23 PM »
What puzzles me most is why we seem to give these people any sense of legitimacy. We treat them as a foreign military, as a political entity, as a government. They are not. We all know what happens when you have a moral system which combines tribalism and worshipful devotion. Religion isn't the problem, it's an accessory to the problem. The true problem lies in the politics. No worshipful institution, be they State or Church, should command a group for its own ends. It's like a psychopath with an army. Our countries have stood side-by-side before in the face of tyranny, even if we did so ambivalently at time. We've stood against France in the 1800s, Germany in the 1930s-40s and again the Soviets until 1991. That was tyranny, they were threats. We aren't dealing with a rogue government here. We're dealing with a fucking mafia; thieves and murderers with principles. I think they deserve to be treated like the criminals they are, and face death for their crimes. /rant Spoiler No, I'm not condoning extreme military action against them. That normally causes more problem than they solve, but they simply must be dealt with, and I'm calling them out for what they are.
1847
« on: September 02, 2014, 02:53:03 PM »
Of course, I'm being sardonic. Parliaments are much more entertaining than Congress.
1848
« on: September 02, 2014, 02:46:11 PM »
It's a story that's actually from way back in April. I don't remember anyone really picking up on it. Anyway, it's being hailed as a tipping point in the fight against cancer. Half of all people diagnosed with cancer in England and Wales today will survive the disease, Britain’s leading research charity has said, in a landmark announcement which experts have hailed as a “tipping point” in the global fight against cancer.
Using the largest and most up-to-date set of statistics on cancer treatment and survival available anywhere in the world, Cancer Research UK have been able to estimate that 50 per cent of patients who were diagnosed in 2010-11 will survive for 10 years – effectively meaning that they have been cured.who
Announcing their findings, which are derived from an analysis of survival trends involving more than seven million cancer patients diagnosed between 1971 and 2011 in England and Wales, Cancer Research UK said that by the 2030s, it was realistic to hope that as many as three in every four cancer patients would survive 10 years after diagnosis.
1849
« on: September 02, 2014, 10:38:30 AM »
Free speech is merely an extension of (or synonymous with, depending on your outlook,) the freedom of expression. One of the greatest determinants of the importance of freedom of expression is that you're able to choose that which you don't express. That's the dividing line between important expression.
Everybody I talk to doesn't seem to grasp this idea that freedom to privacy is just the necessary consequence of freedom of expression.
1850
« on: September 02, 2014, 08:36:04 AM »
My friend knows all the digits of pie and he's only 11
1851
« on: September 02, 2014, 05:44:09 AM »
> "do we need to go into college tomorrow or Wednesday for that appointment" > doesn't respond > wake up this morning (tuesday) > "Wednesday" > ooh > fucking cold > no emotion > i guess she isn't into me > still gotta try > "cheers  " > waiting > she's read it > she's replying > "your welcome hunny " 
1852
« on: September 01, 2014, 04:35:57 PM »
FUCK IT ALL This is pretty much me when it comes to exams.
1853
« on: September 01, 2014, 03:33:58 PM »
We've given them $125m in the past five years. We're practically fucking bankrolling them. If it means hostages have to die, so be it. Paying the Danegeld doesn't make the Danish go away.
1854
« on: September 01, 2014, 03:25:18 PM »
Partly out of laziness and partly out of curiosity, I want you to help me write my personal statement for uni. It can be true to me, or completely fabricated.
Just say something fucking interesting.
1855
« on: September 01, 2014, 02:21:03 PM »
Just had a job interview for the local supermarket. Nice guy, had a laugh alongside a candlelit dinner.
But yeah, I'm hopeful. Turns out it's not minimum wage, either, it's £6.69 on time-and-a-half.
ITT: Talk about jobs.
1856
« on: September 01, 2014, 07:08:09 AM »
This was under "Grassroots Democracy": Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives and not be subject to the will of another. Therefore, we will work to increase public participation at every level of government and to ensure that our public representatives are fully accountable to the people who elect them. We will also work to create new types of political organizations which expand the process of participatory democracy by directly including citizens in the decision-making process. What the fuck? Why not just leave them alone in the first place.
1857
« on: August 31, 2014, 08:03:00 PM »
Just a part-time minimum-wage deal at a local supermarket. Should be able to help pay for shit for my car and various subscriptions I got going on. So, any interview techniques? I did all right at my first ever job interview, but it really is who you know (my mom's manager played golf there), and funnily enough I know one of the supervisors at this place. Still, tips are welcome. Hopefully I don't get fired from this one. So, spit or swallow? Spoiler Yes, I'm happy about earning minimum wage. Shut your fucking whining up you entitled liberal queens.
1858
« on: August 31, 2014, 07:53:27 PM »
Apparently he was just "smiting a member".
1859
« on: August 31, 2014, 07:42:49 PM »
 I see her, being fucking sneaky.  They're up to something.  WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
1860
« on: August 31, 2014, 07:27:35 PM »
 I like my top hat. Spoiler Hue, looks like I have a giant arm.
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