Politics

Students at the UK's most prestigious universities Oxford and Cambridge are being offered many hundreds of pounds to write essays for other students. The website describes itself as "the world's first vendor of custom-made essays written exclusively by members of either Cambridge or Oxford university". Oxbridge students can get paid up to £1,800 ($3,150) for a 2,000 word undergraduate exam answer done the next day, £2,250 ($3,900) for a 2,500 word undergraduate essay done the next day or £750 ($1,300) done within 6 days. The site is: http://oxbridgeessays.com/ and was set up by two brothers still studying at Birmingham and King's. All universities involved are said to…

Grabbed this from a FB friend. Seems like a good clarification, but is probably too long to read for those who need to read it most. Enjoy. //“I would like all of my right wing, conservative friends and family members to read the following. It explains my beliefs in a nutshell. I borrowed this from my buddy, who borrowed this from another friend.This explains my views in an even tempered, logical way. Let's break it down, shall we? Because quite frankly, I'm getting a little tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for. Spoiler alert: Not every Liberal is the same, though the majority of Liberals I know think along roughly these same lines: “1. …

"House Speaker Paul Ryan says he has no interest in working with Democrats on getting health care legislation passed, disputing a suggestion by the White House to reach across the aisle and bypass conservative House Republicans." https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/03/30/politics/paul-ryan-democrats-health-care/index.html#ampshare=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/politics/paul-ryan-democrats-health-care/index.html Republicans make no bones about. They are not interested in bipartisanship. They blocked Obama's SCOTUS nominee for a year demanding a super majority then changed the rules and seated Trump's pick with a simple majority. In my opinion the re…

"President Trump’s vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan a grand military parade later this year showcasing the might of America’s armed forces. Trump has long mused publicly and privately about wanting such a parade, but a Jan. 18 meeting between Trump and top generals in the Pentagon’s tank — a room reserved for top-secret discussions — marked a tipping point, according to two officials briefed on the planning. Surrounded by the military’s highest-ranking officials, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint C…

The wealth gap is the natural intended product of capitalism. It is actually the essential component. It creates the drive to create products or services at low prices so more people can afford to purchase them. Productivity is maximized. Wages are determined the number of qualified workers in the labor pool and their labor output on the job. Productive people get paid more because they do more than the average person. Fairness isn't even a consideration, nor should it be. Its an unplanned wild free for all controlled by what' called the invisible hand No planning is even possible. The system is designed to create winners and losers. So do we need …

I doubt I need to point out what made me decide to post this. And another note, I don't consider Republicans as very accurate representations of conservatives. This is virtually copied word for word from what others have told me. But this is why I don't have a problem being half conservative. 1. I'm pragmatic. At its heart, politics should be about making the lives of people better. If an education system sounds good but doesn't help kids learn, what good is it? No matter how good an economic policy sounds today if it turns your city into Detroit over the long term, what good is it? If your stimulus program just adds to the deficit…

Why does it never occur to any of you that the branch of government under attack is the executive branch? Yeah, I get that you don't like Trump but he is the President of the United States. He has been under investigation for over a year and nothing on Trump has been uncovered. Nothing of importance has even been leaked. The only Russia collusion that has been found has been between the Democratic party, the Hillary campaign, or the Clinton charity. Having the press as your political ally has burred those stories, but maybe this FISA report will change that. If it is just BS it will only make Trump look bad, so what are you worried about? Look, any thinking per…

I can't imagine the Republicans doing so, but I can certainly imagine Democrats doing so.

Today, Friday 26th Jan is Australia Day, celebrating 240 years since colonisation in Sydney Cove in 1778 by Captain Arthur Philip of the first fleet. Quantum physicist Michelle Simmons named 2018 Australian of the Year Quantum physicist Michelle Simmons has been named 2018 Australian of the Year, in recognition of her work in the "space race of the computing era". The University of New South Wales professor is leading the development of a new type of computer, which would allow humans to solve problems in minutes that might otherwise take thousands of years. A "quantum computer", which could look at all possible outcomes simultaneously, has the potential to …

It's hard to get an accurate estimate of job creation and demise. Does anyone know of a good source for [math] \Delta [/math]jobs.

For the Solar panel tariff: The solar panel tariff started with solar panel-maker Suniva (who filed bankruptcy) filed the complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission. And the trade commission sided with them. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/trade-commission-decision-finds-solar-manufacturers-harmed-by-imports/ “On behalf of the entire solar cell and panel manufacturing industry, we welcome this important step toward securing relief from a surge of imports that has idled and shuttered dozens of factories, leaving thousands of workers without jobs.” -Juergen Stein, CEO and president of SolarWorld Americas https://www.solarpowerworl…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/22/nasa-pulled-this-astronaut-from-a-space-station-crew-her-brother-blames-racism/?utm_term=.e7ba7e573772 There are rumors going around that Nasa is racist because they pulled a black astronaut from the ISS mission in June and replaced her with a Hispanic woman. Thoughts?

Would it help international relations, if US and North Korean delegates gave each other piggybacks at the next UN summit?

my cousins friend, an engineer with a masters on robotics, diploma on java, bachelor on computer science and majored in physics.after years of finding a job, he ended up with one which with pay 2500 dollars as a building constructor..HOW IN THE WORLD can this happened, over the past years many businessmen benefit so much more than scientists who are the main objective to evolve the ECONOMY, treated with such low key behavior. right now only the economy matters, if this continues, is there a possibility that young children of our age would have crushed dreams over to chose science over money?

Is it possible, for a movement or a public to demolish the White House, Capitol Hill and the Pentagon?

I'm doing some background research for an article and came across a blog describing the USA's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as being "far right, alt-right". I am not that familiar with PBS. I have listened occasionally when in the US and hadn't noticed any particular bias. So is this opinion justified, outrageous or just indicative of the blogger's own biases? p.s. just read through to the end of the blog post inquisition and it ends with a ridiculous (but presumably deliberately provocative) straw man. Which, oddly, seems to be something someone on the far right would say. So I'm not inclined to take his opinion seriously. But I would still be…

Let's face it, our world today is flooded by a generation of people that put justice before anything in their lives and are allergic to any sense of normalcy, but the fact of the matter is the 'justice' they seek is an illusion. Justice is an abstract concept conceived by man to judge what is right and what is wrong, however justice in this sense always harms someone somewhere because they did nothing wrong but they are not in accordance of what the group that has the most power in society thinks. This is exactly why the power to make and levy laws based on 'right, and wrong according to justice' needs to be destroyed, and why justice itself needs to be redefined entirely…

In a number of posts male suicide have been cited as a counterargument of sexism and it has even been suggested (ridiculously) that women's right are a potential cause. While there is still a lot of unknowns regarding the recent increase especially in the US, I'd like to lay out some of the things that we know so far. - male suicide rate is higher than female, though attempted suicide rates are higher in women - men tend to act faster on suicidal thoughts and are less likely than women to seek help - men are more likely to be socially isolated, which is a risk factor for suicide - men are more distressed when encountering financial troubles and suicide…

Some will say I am "prophet".. I am not.. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/us/politics/trump-tweet-north-korea.html "Trump Tweets 'Mine Is Much Bigger Than Kim Jong-un's'... "

Figured we could start listing any things Trumps policies have done. I mean, we have a thread for "how trump annoys you" so I figured this would be at least related to politics. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-infosys-usa-idUSKBN17Y09Y

Being an identical twin I am in a category that any person who is not an identical twin can identify with or as, or even aspire to be or have a preference for. As such there are people who are identical twins and people who aren't identical twins. Can anybody name any other human classifications, apart from triplets etc, that are also apolitically correct?

"The Trump administration released a dire scientific report Friday calling human activity the dominant driver of global warming, a conclusion at odds with White House decisions to withdraw from a key international climate accord, champion fossil fuels and reverse Obama-era climate policies." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/03/trump-administration-releases-report-finds-no-convincing-alternative-explanation-for-climate-change/?utm_term=.da10d08a57ef " Since 1980, the cost of extreme events for the United States has exceeded $1.1 trillion; therefore, better understanding of the frequency and severity of these events in the context …

This is not the end, it is the beginning of the beginning of the end... Fermi's paradox starts with the whimpering of stupid people who just can't figure out why combining religion and politics will not work. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely... When you are so delusional and ignorant you don't understand why god's people are lying sacks of steaming monkey shit that doesn't taste like chocolate the way religious conservatives said it would if you only had enough faith and too stupid to stop eating the monkey shit because faith and belief is the most powerful things in the universe because the people feeding you the monkey shit said they were... …

So in three days time I have a decision to make. Roy Moore (R) or Doug Jones (D) for Alabama Senate seat. Due to the allegations against RM it is an easy decision (for me) to make. DJ will get my vote. Although there is no evidence against him and these 8 or 9 ladies have been sitting on this for a long time. I will in no way risk casting my vote for a predator. Is this fair to RM? Well if he is innocent (probably never know for sure) it isn't fair at all and that bothers me not in the least. Due to his aspirations he should expect this treatment and accept it gracefully. He should have stepped down. So my question for those who voted for Hillary Rodham Clinton is wh…

Trump's latest tweet. What do you think? "Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office "begging" for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!" Please help me figure this out. Because Gillibrand called for Trump to resign, so he lashes back with fury, that she is a "lightweight, flunky, would come begging for contributions, and would do anything for them." Even for Trump this is an outrageous, sexist slur, to the extreme. Then press secretary Sanders explains it away that if we…