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The conclusion of the WSJ was: "The great tragedy of the Fukushima accident is that Japan shut down all its nuclear reactors. Even though officials have now turned two back on, the hardships and economic disruptions induced by this policy w
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Exactly. No doubt the scam that is Grameen Bank will be licking their chops. Microcredit or Macrowelfare: The Myth of Grameen https://mises.org/daily/2375
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"it can also be used to offer hundreds of millions their greatest chance at inclusion and a prosperous life." This would be hilarious if it weren't so tragic. The banks are SO well known for their unselfish altruism. After all, they have p
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So, according to you, we have no right to privacy, and we will be "caught and charged" regardless of justice or the facts. This sounds very much like a warning from Big Brother. Be warned, Biggie, when the revolution comes, you just might f
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Well, I'm gonna upvote you just for being baked! First, you have accepted the principle that you will follow what YOU feel is OK to do, regardless of its legality, and second, it's a damned good excuse! Have you had a look at how widely th
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Tor is good, but totalitarianism is galloping to control the internet. They HATE the freedom we have come to take for granted, and they are surely encouraged by how easily the sheep are persuaded to acquiesce whenever they point at the fam
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I'd rather "the authorities" would stop spying on me whatever I'm doing, and I believe everyone should actively send up as many red flags as possible to confuse the bastards. I don't accept the authority of any random gang of thugs over me,
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So you missed my point exactly. Would you not shed a tear for the OP then?
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The saddest aspect of this kind of discussion to me is to see how people argue in favor of their own oppression. People seem to be increasingly conditioned by fear, and increasingly cowardly. What happened to sentiments like "Live free or
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There are many bafflingly dumb laws. Hundreds of them. If I was smoking cannabis right now I might be thrown in jail for breaking the law. The problem is that there are so many stupid laws and so many state goons employed to enforce them
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"At present, TOR is simply enabling child predators to be better child predators." As are their cars, their phones, the air they breathe, etc. When are smart people going to stop falling into this fallacy?
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Good point. Especially in the UK, the so-called "good guys" are a hair's breadth away from a doctrine of thought-crime, and pre-crime.
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Nice. Was the cop a Linux user? (Just kidding).
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My route: Slackware, Redhat, Mandrake, Kubuntu, Ubuntu, and now Mint Debian. I finally got fed up with reinstalls, and so far very happy with Mint Debian's semi-rolling approach. Also very happy with their inclusion of Cinnamon and Mate. E
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Still being downvoted, no reasons given. How about a link from the feminist section of Slate? http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/04/hen_s... Insane? Radical? You decide!
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Read the submission guidelines: "Only those submissions that can be corroborated by either a link(s) to a recognized news affiliate and/or digital copies of court records, with correct contact information for that court, or other compelling
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The Gender War is a two hour documentary by journalist Evin Rubar, about radical feminism and its influence on Swedish politics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yta55u2zP2U&list=PL849AE3... Now, before you downvote me, as I see some 'e
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Oh? No SCUM for you? Bye! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCUM_Manifesto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tQSOlF9ZZM
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I beg to differ. Sweden is thought by many especially enlightened people to be case study in radical feminist insanity. http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/government-tyranny/the-...
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A 1994 study by Dr. Eugene Kanin of Purdue University revealed that 41% of rape allegations are fabrications. The Innocence Project reports that the number one crime for which they release wrongfully convicted individuals from prison is rap
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To me, this article boiled down to two sentences: "Cerebrospinal fluid flowed along the outside of blood vessels, carried through a network of pipe-like protein structures. The fluid picked up waste that accumulated between cells, then drai
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Fasting is good for your immune system as it stimulates phagocytosis. Here's a paper on Ramadan fasting: http://www.ayubmed.edu.pk/JAMC/PAST/21-4/Latifynia.pdf An amusing book on complete fasting by vintage american novelist Upton Sincla
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Barack Obama does not approve this message! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/politics/latest-word-on...
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"incorrect social views" ? Please let me know where to find the official canon of "correct social views", as I am anxious not to end up in the Gulag accidentally.
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Kopied him: St. Ignucius.
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No one said it better than RMS: “Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died. As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, “I’m n
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The lasting cultural influence of Jobs seems to me to be that he made ruthless Machiavellian sociopathy acceptable to a large segment of the population. What does it really matter how shiny and "faux-zen" the design of the perishable toys
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The horrific repercussions of loudly proclaiming the obvious are completely nullified by the near universal preference for comfortable illusions. Don't worry, be happy :)
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Intellectual stimulation is not always a pleasant experience, which tends to make people susceptible to restricting their reading to material with which they broadly agree. For most HN readers, I'd suggest visiting a site like http://www.v
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"The security professions need to learn a lesson which doctors have understood for some time now: treating everyone for a rare threat does more harm than good." Nanny states need to learn this principle too: "First do no harm".

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