Politics

Hello guys, I wanted to try something. Now this is going to seem a little odd, but I think it would be fun. I would like to try and create a "perfect" government. Now obviously it won't be PERFECT to everyone, but it would do the best to make everyone happy, while also presenting the best possible life for the people ruled under it. I.E. protection, education, good living conditions, etc. Now someone once told me that the best way for deciding on whats good is too come up with that desired outcome, and then create the path to that desired outcome. So to get started, I would like it if we came up with our thoughts of a perfect government, then create "laws" and stuff l…

It breaks my heart seeing what is happening. What is the solution? If the problem arises from this we have no hope of a solution: Disarray http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/95413-who-was-abraham-that-religions-get-named-after-him/page-5#entry924786

Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman and his wife Beth are ending their hit show Dog and Beth: On the Hunt in an attempt to save the bail industry, which is under attack nationwide. http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/dog-bounty-hunter-ending-show-87099 It seems the TV show Dog the Bounty Hunter and Dog and Beth On the Hunt are making conservatives hate the bail industry!!! And conservatives what to kill the bail industry!! Why? Because they say it makes it too easy for the bad guys to get out of jail. The conservatives hate the bail industry!!! That it is too easy for the bad guys to get out of jail.

Hey guys, does anyone of you know some specialist literature about the Latin American political development, especially in the 21st century. Besides some well known classics, i figured out it's harder to find anything than i thought...

I have watched a german comedy show with the topic TTIP. I guess most Europeans do not want a free trade asociation with the USA. Very shocking for me even that in the USA asbestos is not banned!!! Even more they(us food industries and us-farmers) want GMO food exported to Europe thanks this shitty free trade association. Also very shocking for is that in the USA chicken desinfectized with chorid!Yuck! That's illegal here.

This isn't a would-you-vote-for-him thread. Or a Hillary vs Bernie thread. I'd like to discuss what The Sanders Movement would need to do to achieve the real change Sen. Sanders wants. Because it seems obvious that just being nominated, or even elected, just won't be enough. Some experts and polls think Bernie Sanders has a chance to beat any of the Republicans should he get the nomination. If he does, he admits himself he wants a movement on ideas, rather than a personality contest for candidates. So what do you think his movement needs, not only to get him the nomination, but to help him also gain the Presidency, and reduce the amount of obstructionists in Congress?

Here you can discuss various aspects of the current war in eastern Ukraine as well as post news about it. Quite an important thing happened recently - the new PM of the "Donetsk People's Republc", Alexandr Zakharchenko confirmed recently that training camps for terrorists indeed exist in Russia and that 1200 of them are in the process of being trained: Video removed by moderator Besides that, Igor Strelkov (aka. Girkin), the military leader of separatists, resigned from his post of the defence minister of DPR. There are unconfirmed reports of him being wounded. Girkin is a Russian veteran who fought during the war in Bosnia on the Serbian side, with reports…

What is the balance to be found here? Surely, there are valid arguments to be made about the importance of gun right protections and the ability of people to own them, and also valid arguments to be made that this has become a bit of a national health problem or epidemic that we should seriously consider addressing like we would a disease. To frame the discussion, consider these facts: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/27/guns-children-hospitalizations/4796999/ Every year since 2006 in the US, in a typical year there are 30 mass killings with 137 victims. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/16/mass-killi…

A recent study of traffic that determined most of the gridlock on the highways is caused by a few jerks driving badly and forcing everyone else to put on their brakes, robbing the system of its momentum. I say jerks mainly because these folks are completely oblivious to the fact that they ARE the problem they're spending so much time complaining about! They're so wrapped up in themselves and what THEY want, they fail to recognize themselves as the source of it all. When it's pointed out to them, they deny it vehemently, and insist that if everyone drove like them, everything would be fine. Are political conservatives being the tailgaters, lane-changers, and cutter-off…

"Medicine Hat becomes the first city in Canada to eliminate homelessness" http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.3074402/medicine-hat-becomes-the-first-city-in-canada-to-eliminate-homelessness-1.3074742 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/14/medicine-hat-homelessness-end-2015_n_7280232.html They did exactly what I said numerous times f.e. here: http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/87282-how-to-reduce-wealth-inequality/?p=846769 "And now f.e. half of Detroit is dead city without population, with quarters of houses owned by banks, ruined, and waiting to be demolished. They could/should be resident by all these NY homeless people.." …

Clarence Thomas, disgusting nomination, and betray of democracy.. Guy who molested womans, she passed lie detector test (Anita Hill), he has been nominated to US Supreme Court Justice... That's disgusting to justice. Until he pass through lie detector test. Which he will never do... That's disgusting to democracy. ps. if you would put him in front of lie detector, he would piss off, because of afraid of being examined.... ps2. I don't want to be accused to attacking just russians. Like here: http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/94549-russian-democracy/ Nationality does not matter, really. It matters what you do, and who you are, really. I will threat …

I really respect this community alot, and love the discussion of scientific ideas...so hopefully this will be my first and last thread on a political topic. People who are advocating public restrooms, locker rooms and showers all seem to use the same scenario in defending their position: "Well, if a pedophile or rapist wanted to molest or rape someone, what's stopping them from walking into a woman's bathroom or shower and doing it?". Firstly, it's illegal, so I think it's going to deter a large percentage of the rapists/ molesters out there. Secondly, its not normalized for a man to walk into a women's restroom or shower. So, when a man does this, it kinda it stic…

hey guys, I was just wondering what was it that caused the Iraq war to occur? How did politicians from various countries manage to manipulate the masses in such a coordinated way as to be successful in fulfilling their objectives of starting a war?? Also, who have been the major beneficiaries of the war?? Did the Iraqi people do enough to prevent other countries from attacking their country? If you were a politician and Iraqi and wanted to prevent such a conflict what would you do? Do ordinary people have any power at all? What was it which lead to so many people being killed and so many people doing nothing? Typically, is it easy to start wars li…

To start, I don't want this to be a giant political argument. I want you guys to post your thoughts on each of the 4 candidates(Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Bernie Sanders. After that who you would probably vote for. Now you don't have to go into extreme detail, but the basic reasoning would be nice. If you post your thoughts on one candidate, please post your thoughts on a candidate on the other side as well, to keep it even. Also, try to use minor opinions, rather than just saying things that don't really add up at all. If two post counteract each other, or one is proven wrong, they really don't point out anything except that you didn't really research e…

Not all advocates for climate action are 'green/left' and not all are anti-nuclear. Not all advocates for nuclear are 'conservative/right' and not all are against strong climate action or oppose renewables. Yet that divide looks strong. Open and direct opposition to nuclear is well known and broadly popular - even if I think distrust of nuclear is not so deeply held that many would abandon it were there compelling need for it. And there is compelling need for low emissions solutions and it seems unreasonable to me that somehow such advocates can have set the energy agenda in the face of it. Something else has to have been going on - or perhaps not going on - for them to h…

Majority of Ukrainians want Ukraine to become a developed, civilized European country. But development of this country is going slowly staggered by internal and external problems. What do you think about implementing some kind of "Marshal Plan" for Ukraine under which developed countries would take most of administration in Ukraine in their hands and develop new administrative system for this country? Also Ukraine may form some kind of Confederacy with more developed country. From what I know about Ukrainians, the vast majority of them would agree to live under foreign administration if it will help bring down corruption and increase level standards drastically.

What do you think about possibility to legalize short range cell phone jammers which could be used for security purposes (electronic bug jamming)? Government could certify such devices making sure they work on very short range and unlikely creating threat to other people.

Bruce Springsteen explaining the cancellation of his recent show Bryan Adams in his press release also cancelling a show In which god-forsaken hell hole are these ageing rockstars (who still really rock) cancelling tour shows because of the recent wave of anti LGBT legislation? It's the land of the free - the Good Ole U S of A. Springsteen cancelled in Greensboro North Carolina and Adams cancelled at the Mississippi Colisseum

We all know that Trump has said some strange things about global warming, including it is a Chinese hoax to perturb US industry. His latest on twitter includes 'It's freezing outside, where the hell is "global warming"?' Now, I think that it is not important that our leaders underststand global warming, but it is important that they listen to those experts that clearly do know. Trump of course has gone beyond not understanding and has landed in the crack-pot bin. What are your thoughts in general on our leaders understanding science?

I didn't know whether put it to politics or to "The Official JOKES SECTION", both fit IMHO quite nicely. See this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7sH4zLPBb8 russian parliament members vote for their missing colleagues, every one voted for 4 in the same bench, one even voted for 8... Maybe it's open day in state duma, and they are just visitors?

Given my skills to apply to any and all jobs on a job site I have compiled a list of the main inhibitors to employment here. 1. Availability of housing - Job-seeker's won't come work for you if it costs more than their paycheck to live in your area 2. Driving License - Many governments require driving licenses,tax and insurance before anybody is allowed to drive. It has become this money making scheme for them. However there is no point in forcing job-seeker's to have them because the job-seekers can't afford them but still have to drive to work and logically the government doesn't lose anything in taxes to let them drive. 3. Employers are lazy - The idea that they …

Should all politicians and presadintal runners (before you ask, no, this isn't aimed at Trump) take some form of a psychology* test, to even be considered for taking a job in the government. We have doctors who work in advance fields of health and science, and some of them have to take a test, right? Why not the people who run the country?

Is this info that needs to be available on the internet? Is this knowledge that should be freely available to every dummy on Earth? This kind of knowledge, no matter how simple the bomb, should be banned from the internet, like child porn or how to build a nuclear bomb or bio weapon, and other harmful or deadly subjects. It should be illegal to post this anywhere on the internet. I propose that anyone who posts info on how to build a bomb should be tracked down and arrested, and whatever they post be deleted upon detection.

There is a video clip where Conan O'Brien creates a utopic sandwich, which is meant as a joke. One you tube comment was that you shouldn't play with food, because in African children die cause of starvation. I believe this comment has no meaning, because if you waste your food or not doesn't matter children in Africa still die. Stores and supermarkets have to dump their unsold food(a big amount by the way). In Switzerland and also in America this is the case. But not in France anymore. Last year they changed the law. All French stores have to recycle, compost or donate their unsold food. That's good in my opionion. I wished we also had the law here in Switzerland…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism What does Socialism mean to you? What are it's strengths and weaknesses? In the US, we're being exposed to the Sanders campaign as a liberal socialist candidate, yet elsewhere he's barely on the left side of the scale. Is Sander's brand of socialism a good step in the right direction, or does he go too far for the US, or not far enough for everyone else?