Politics

There is an draught here in California. I wonder when will it get so critical that the price of water actually starts to go up significantly? I recall seeing on my water bill the water cost for me is about two gallons of water for one PENNY. Water cost seems to stay the same no matter how low our supply is. Some big water users may be wasting water and not bothering to fix leaks because water cost is low. Local govt encourages people to save water and replace lawns with local draught-resistant plants. Do you think that in the future there will be a "big" tax on water, like a 100% tax? Maybe just in California, or other states as well? Maybe other countries mig…

I'm wondering, what exactly would our plan be? Critique my idea, share yours if you want. I would propose a defensive standpoint. Try to work with Canada and Mexico as much as possible on defensive relations. Have a fleet of a few hundred nuclear submarines located around the gulf of mexico and Pacific Ocean. An outline of NMD's over our border. Rally more national gaurdsmen and raise bases on coastlines. Launch lots of neighborhood watch satellites and make regular inspections with drones. I doubt that a WW3 incident could climax anytime soon atleast. Still think it's neat to ponder at what we would do. I like generals and strategy

Thoughts and opinions please. I think the coordinated groups involved in prohibition cause more violence and harm to people than the individuals who use drugs would. Yes drug users have a potential to harm people and themselves. Thus if drugs were not prohibited the hospitalization for harm to users would increase. More children would need to be fostered. More people would be hindered from drug abusers. At the same time, I think that the coordinated actions of law enforcement detain more innocent people than drug users would harm. I also think the cartels harm more people than drug abusers would. I think that with education of drug abuse and treating people as if they…

I'm starting this thread for a debate about why and how humans form governmental systems. This seems like a fairly interesting idea to discuss. Note, too, that even before humans evolved, primitive caste systems were used by the more advanced organisms (e.g. Gorillas, ants are a prime example of a complex organisational system). This is not a thread about anarchy.

Anyone here know about nuclear reactors using Thorium? I just did some research on and an interview of someone who collects radioactive antiques. He fell across a Wired article Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors - and did got enthused by what they purport to offer - clean energy that's nearly impossible to be weaponized. I did some reading as well and came across a couple of mentions about how the US had started testing Thorium in the 1950s-1960s but abandoned this in favor of Uranium reactors due to the showdown ability of weaponized Uranium, potential deterrents against the Soviets. Does anyone here know who would be the person / persons responsible for making t…

Hey there, I'm sorry to post something so stupid here, but there's an aspect of this that I'd like to get a clear, concise answer to if at all possible. It's regarding this supposed patent on the "EboBun" variant. The patent information cited in the the whacko page below.... http://www.choiceandtruth.com/2014/09/alternative-news/ebola-and-the-rapid-vaccine-response-the-u-s-government-patented-ebola-in-2009-now-owns-all-victims-blood/ Is here: https://www.google.com/patents/CA2741523A1 The particular whacko who's posting this junk says: "This is not the exact strain that is currently infecting people but they [the US gov] are stating that any form of th…

Supposedly there was old legislation lying around declaring war with Denmark in 1666 that never got changed which is to be scrapped. Sorry about that.

I, as an Englishman, think an independent Scotland would diminish both Scotland and the rest of the UK. As this is an international community I’m hoping for a more dispassionate perspective, how do you think independence would affect the world, if at all?

Hello I'm from Switzerland There is something I don't understand. Why US-Americans have only the possibility to vote for two parties(democrats or republicans)? Here in Switzerland we have many different parties in the parlament we can vote for. So in all other wester democraties,too. Only in the USA you only vote for two parties? And this two parites very often don't compromise rather go in conflict with each other!? That's not democracy. Democracy means to compromise and to talk with each other. And anyway the USA only has a representative democracy! Here in Switzerland we have a semi direct democracy. As a Swiss I believe the only two countries which are democra…

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This group is a national priority for the USA and many other nations. Why are we not discussing this here? ISIS is accumulating great wealth from sympathetic wealthy donors from Saudi Arabia and other gulf states. How do you decapitate ISIS? Air strikes in Syria. Will Asad object if a coalition destroys his enemy? Not likely. After the head of ISIS is cut off in Syria we can worry about Asad. Why do I never hear of an effort at INFILTRATION against ISIS? Hundreds of jihadi yahoos from all over the world are joining with apparent ease, why can't some anti-ISIS Muslims also slip in unnoticed? I never hear about it so I suppose there is only a SECRET CIA …

Since about 11 days Israel began bombing Gaza again after being pissed off by shelling of Israel by Hamas. So far the whole operation has resulted with at least 400 Palestinian dead with 48-72% of them being civilians. One Israeli civilian and at least 18 IDF soldiers were killed with 13 of them killed today. Here you can discuss the entire issue, just remember - keep it civil.

The last thirty years or so have seen the rise of corporate efficiency expertise. Wealthy firms that need to get even wealthier hired the best penny-pinchers around, and incrementally over the last few decades, the practices they've instituted have grown profits to record levels. But after these financial wizards removed the low-hanging fruit, they turned their sights on other ways to save. They started paying less and made it clear that the workers were lucky to have a job. Over time, we've seen a good deal of money that should have gone to the middle class get reallocated to the execs and shareholders, where tax loopholes and the best attorneys decrease the amount o…

Many does not understand why r feels themself very sure and strong, they have no any high-tech technologies except one- his name is project Zolotov.() plus "extrasenses". Plus some kind of black magicians,(tonkijmir.ru) that give them energy. Second, do not allow let in US russ from ex-ussr. They will create troubles for you. They are using their supertechnologies in such way that through the social contact, their strength are increased. America should be aware that some stupid group of peoples - russian magicians, extrasensors compete with them. Maybe there 10 000 maybe 20 000, but when they disapear, whole STRENGTH OF RUS will simply disapear like an air. I…

G4S is a security firm that runs (covert) operations all over the world, it also has a private army of mercenaries. What im curious about is whether this, or other cloak and dagger type firms could be responsible for moving and shaping the world around us, such as catalysing a combined europe, inducing civil unrest in the middle etc... Sorry if this is a conspiracy post, in retrospect it seems like one, if so just delete it. Kind regards, Devilsolution.

Should there be serious penalty's for assault cases in school? Adults beating each other is assault UNLESS its in the name of self defense. However students are often allowed to be beaten with no real justice and are not allowed to defend either with these black and white rulings. Should we give children a right to defend themselves and actually punish children with actual penalty's for bullying? A few days off of school doesn't seem to be teaching anything.

From the Sec of Defense it appears that ISIS is an extraordinary new terrorist threat to the US. Their assets are in the Billions. What does it take to freeze their assets? That kind of funding may buy a nuke. ISIS would not hesitate to destroy all of New York City. They are now attracting extreme jihadis from all over the world. The best way I can figure to disable them and similar terrorist groups is by making them seem too dangerous to join. To infiltrate is a very dangerous job, you can get beheaded for doing it, but only true believers can do this important job. The good, true-believer, Muslims need to INFILTRATE the extremist groups. This will ta…

Today, downloading from an illegal source is illegal in the Netherlands. Up until today, downloading of material was tolerated, and was compensated to the producers (musicians, studios, etc) through a tax. The EU overruled this, and that created the current situation. Let's not discuss this change, and just accept it as a fact. For me, and all other people living in the Netherlands with internet acces (that's nearly everybody), this is a huge change. Starting today, I can break the law by clicking on the wrong thing. Now, obviously, like in every other country where it already was illegal, it is nearly impossible for the government to catch and punish people violating…

Conduct a public inquiry into the deaths of 100,000 civilians in Iraq and covering up of the works of war contractors. Petitioning: The President of the United States of America Petitions against Hillary Rodham Clinton 01. Conduct a public inquiry into the deaths of 100,000 civilians in Iraq and covering up for war contractors. Objective: Expose the system ... to fix the system. 100,000 ""civilians"" were reportedly killed in Iraq ... files were leaked, evidence was shown. She ignored the evidence ... silenced those who spoke up ... and covered up the works of the war contractors. The American people deserve to know what happened and how it happened. click here fo…

The cost of college has risen dramatically here. With large numbers of wealthy people moving to the city the cost of renting a house near enough to actually go to college has become too high for most lower income families. Also employers will not employ people without a degree.

So, it turns out that even Republican-led committees show that the Benghazi conspiracy theories are all false.

In the biggest study of on the subject, it turns out that gay parents are great for children (better, in fact, than straight parents). Oh, and being a jerk to gay people is, unsurprisingly, bad for children. Will somebody think of the children?!

In schools when a students have good grade and doesn't have a lot of friends they complain they are not social enough. If you are too social and don't pay attention in class than they say you have to focus more and stop socializing. Children end up bullying each other since they don't know how to handle stress or puberty. We force them to work in teams but we don't assign a leader and expect them to just figure it out. There is also always the issue of one kid taking over all the work of the group and the rest of the group doing nothing. We also don't teach children how to interview or even do taxes or handle money. Of all the things they teach why is this never stressed …

Thousands flee the United States. According to the web site <edited out by mod>, each year thousands of Americans leave the U.S. for a new home aboard. According to the main contributors of the site, there are many reason for this, including economical issue such as wages continuing to decline. Also crime is on the rise. The cost of health care in the US is a big problem, too. Americans pay more for health care than any other country, yet America ranks only 38th in the world in terms of health care. Lastly, education in the U.S. is extremely expensive. And getting in to a college can be very difficult even if you can afford it. [Name] is a 30 year resident of the U.…

Just read this truly depressing article about yet another law-maker on influential committees (Healthcare, and Science & Technology) who is a firm advocate of the use of Astrology within Healthcare. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28464009 It's not news - a bit of digging reveals that the cognoscenti have known of this loon for years but he has just come to my knowledge via the above article. http://www.dcscience.net/?p=6007