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Russian proxy invasion of Ukraine

dimanche 5 octobre 2014 à 14:00

The Russian proxy invasion of Ukraine is trying to capture Donetsk airport with tanks.

Guantanamo force-feeding videos

dimanche 5 octobre 2014 à 14:00

Judge Kessler ordered the US government to publish videos of force-feeding in Guantanamo.

Being self-employed

dimanche 5 octobre 2014 à 14:00

Nowadays, being self-employed mostly means doing an unglamorous job with no job security and does not get a living wage.

Being an entrepreneur (not counting funded startups) means taking a risk with your money — gambling on your success. There's a small chance you will make a lot, and a big chance you will lose all.

You shouldn't gamble what you can't afford to lose, and nowadays most Americans (and Britons) are so close to the edge that they can't afford to lose anything. Therefore, it is foolish for them to be "entrepreneurial". When politicians say they want most people to be "entrepreneurial," it means they intend to make most people's lives risky.

Thatcher

dimanche 5 octobre 2014 à 14:00

Margaret Thatcher was planning to call striking miners, and the whole Labour Party, "the enemy within", more or less traitors. Only an opportune terrorist bombing led her to change her rhetoric. But her systematic state violence and frame-ups made her the real "enemy within".

Millions of Britons had good reason to celebrate Thatcher's death, but her successors today are pushing far beyond Thatcher to push them into penury. Today's Tories don't speak with venom about the non-rich but kick them harder.

Companies with Links to Tories "Have Won £1.5bn Worth of NHS Contracts."

If the NHS contracts work out to companies, the companies will get their profits by squeezing either the patients or the employees. Such contracts should not be allowed at all.

Brain myth

dimanche 5 octobre 2014 à 14:00

Debunking the myth that we "only use 10% of our brains".

Every part of the brain gets used in various kinds of mental processes.