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3201  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why We Need Women In Blockchain on: May 02, 2019, 02:21:22 AM
I think the better question is why do we need gender in the blockchain. This was created with the idea of anonymity. Sounds like there are special snowflakes who are getting hurt

I agree on this. Women should be included -- even educated -- to this new environment. They will be the ones who will give a push for a better future. It's like the old days, isn't it?

By force?


The SJW know best and they have opined that women must be in blockchain.

We'll need special calming-down rooms for women who don't understand why they must be forced this training. After being locked in these rooms for a while I am sure that the women will meet the standards imposed by the SJW. And who would manage this process of purification of thought? How many different rooms would there be in each Processing Center?

Obviously separate but equal for blacks, hispanic and white women. And it'd be mandated that trans and lesbians could not be segregated but must be put in their proper subpopulation.

Another really obvious issue would be — for their own safety of course — the need to lock these rooms, preventing just anyone from walking in while the women were being thought processed.

What about those women who are Trumpians?
3202  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Venezuela: Guaidó pledges end of Maduro era in militaristic video on: May 01, 2019, 10:30:32 PM
I am against the regime in Venezuala, but at the same time, I will never support the USA. What daoes the USA want in Venezuela? a democratic regime, or its oïl?

Probably a democratic regime, since today the US is a net energy EXPORTER.
3203  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do islam hates people? on: May 01, 2019, 05:06:00 PM
i dont think Islam hates people, Islam is the most peaceful religion of world. Its about you people how you differentiate between religion and some bad followers of that religion. People are calling Islam as extremist religion, Muslims as terrorist and on the same time Muslims are on the receiving end of terrorism. How is it even possible ? Have you forgotten the recent incident of Newzeland which shocked the whole world except extremist and haters.

What is your guess as to how many have been killed or injured in Islamic terror attacks since the New Zealand anti-Islam attack of March 15, 2019?

Terrorists are terrorists.

The fact that those terrorists are of the Islamic faith doesn't make all Muslims terrorists.

The same goes when a white cops shoots a black kid it doesn't make all cops racist murders nor makes all white men racists.
Or the fact that most of the last school shootings in America have been done by white males, doesn't mean that all white males are supremacists.

The actions of a few (literally a few compared to the 1.8 billion Muslims) don't speak for the majority.


Oh, by the way, since the NZ attacks (I am in NZ), the Jews have killed dozens and injured thousands in Palestine
https://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=12398  (this is just the report for one week)
But hey, are all Jews everywhere in the world Arab killers? No, they are not.

I'll ignore your misdirections because this thread is "Why do ISLAM hates people?"

What is your guess as to how many have been killed or injured in Islamic terror attacks since March 15, 2019?
3204  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Crypto-friendliest country in the world? on: May 01, 2019, 12:11:08 AM
I've been wondering for a while now which country in the world is the most "crypto-friendly" if that makes any sense... and I don't mean it with a negative connotation. I really wish to find out which country supports crypto and sees crypto as a potential way of taking over fiat. Any suggestions?


Edit: I found this cool article about Malta being super crypto friendly? https://cryptotradernews.com/cryptocurrency/why-crypto-millionaires-love-switzerlands-taxation-policies/ Although most of these perks only apply to millionaires?



Estonia.
3205  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Real Time Socialist Train Wreck (again) Happening Now in Venezuela on: May 01, 2019, 12:10:13 AM

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Forces loyal to the Maduro regime in Venezuela were just seen live on TV mowing down pro-Guaido protesters with a National Guard armored personnel vehicle. Warning: Graphic video:

According to reports, this occurred at the La Carlota airbase.

Another video appears to show members of the military arresting National Guard troops loyal to Maduro:

.....


Always the same ending with Marxism...



Reminds me of the Poland uprising....
3206  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Who wins American Presidential Election 2020? on: April 30, 2019, 11:14:18 PM
Sanders will win in my view.

She has no chance in primaries against Trump... oh wait...

I predict that yet again, Sanders will be the Democrat runner up to the Chosen Candidate, and again will play a Useful Role.
3207  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do islam hates people? on: April 30, 2019, 11:08:48 PM
i dont think Islam hates people, Islam is the most peaceful religion of world. Its about you people how you differentiate between religion and some bad followers of that religion. People are calling Islam as extremist religion, Muslims as terrorist and on the same time Muslims are on the receiving end of terrorism. How is it even possible ? Have you forgotten the recent incident of Newzeland which shocked the whole world except extremist and haters.

What is your guess as to how many have been killed or injured in Islamic terror attacks since the New Zealand anti-Islam attack of March 15, 2019?
3208  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Venezuela: Guaidó pledges end of Maduro era in militaristic video on: April 30, 2019, 03:39:46 PM
Venezuela: Guaidó pledges end of Maduro era in militaristic video

Flanked by soldiers near Caracas airbase, opposition leader promises liberation

A military uprising appears to be under way....
The use of soldiers signals to those who follow Maduro that it's finally over, and that they can have refuge and not fear.

That's the final moment, yes.

Going forward will be hard. But that is different than the hopelessness of communism.
3209  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why We Need Women In Blockchain on: April 30, 2019, 03:02:09 PM
robbylove, I think no need to make these fast movements  Smiley  Couple of weeks ago, when I ordered the testimonial from a third party of writers, company called ivoryresearch, one pretty smart lady has done it for me. Before that, my paper was doing a man, who didn't match my expectations. So, is it a reason to make far-fetched tags? I don't think so.

I don't understand what you mean by fast movements and by far-fetched tags.
Someone created a thread with a link to a lie, in my humble opinion. Please read post #1

The Blockchain tech cannot know if you are a man or woman. Do you agree? To be good in Blockchain tech you need a working brain. Do you agree? Anyone can participate in Blockchain tech. Do you agree?

I think we do.

 Wink

(Thought I'd just toss in a completely politically incorrect mod of a Trumpian joke just to drive the SJW nearby into a fit of rage)


This is getting too complicated.

I thought the question was ...

Do Pussies grab crypto too?

Smiley
3210  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Corruption in The White House. on: April 30, 2019, 12:05:23 PM
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The main stream media has shown themselves to have been complicit, if not accessory.  To this day they continue to omit from their programming what they would rather we did not know.  If they do report on a story which makes Democrats look bad, it's actually about how absurdly Trump reacted to the story.

The Republicans don't get a pass from me.  They sat their with their majority for years and did nothing.  Were they complicit?  Were they accessory?  What the fuck was Paul Ryan up to, exactly?  Lets find out......


There did seem to be some remarkable duplicity from Paul Ryan. But I am not aware of anything there that rises to the level of criminal conduct.

The do-nothingness of the Repub did seem very odd, but could have been due to the lack of a Repub leader. Remember the old rule "Divide and Conquer?" Obama et. al. had the repubs divided into Tea Party Conservatives, and "Real Repubs." Ryan tried to bridge that gap, albeit poorly.

And then there was Trump.
3211  Other / Politics & Society / Re: A message from the future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on: April 30, 2019, 11:46:07 AM
She nor the bill suggests any of those things you just said.  Thanks for proving my point though and showing tecshare that people who "know" about it actually just believe a bunch of crazy misinformation like a train from dc to Hawaii.

Her bills are no better than her margaritas.
3212  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do islam hates people? on: April 30, 2019, 11:37:11 AM
I do not think that Islam hates people.... I personally find Islam very peaceful religion in the world.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8951952/saudi-execution-gay-confessions-beheading/
3213  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Keep religious beliefs personal to promote peaceful coexistence on: April 29, 2019, 09:16:29 PM
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Well that's certainly true, christians have ''evolved'' in a way, they basically ignore all the immoral passages of the bible and at least try to be somewhat good, muslims are still too outdated, they are basically living in 1500 still.

It's fair to say that Christianity has evolved.
3214  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Keep religious beliefs personal to promote peaceful coexistence on: April 29, 2019, 04:51:57 PM
because religious societies grow naturally atheist ones like usa or communist russia dont grow naturally and dont work for the long term naturally,

usa is dependent on immigrants that are becoming highly offensive

You are extremely ignorant if you just mentioned USA as an atheistic community. USA is one of the most religious countries out there. Please do some research before typing these things.

The guy likely never heard of the Bible Belt. If there's a place that one could consider atheistic, it would be Europe.

It's kinda true that it's "immgrants" that are having more children in the US. Whites would eventually be a minority, though not as quickly as it is going in Europe.

USA is much more religious when compared to my country (Canada). Even the American metros such as SF and LA have significant evangelical populations. And another thing is that the US is the primary destination for evangelical immigrants, especially those from South Korea, Vietnam and Latin America. If that was not the case, then Trump would have lose the 2016 elections.

Don't forget the Muslim immigrants. These are basically extreme fundamentalists as far as religious orientation. Where the Christian churches vary widely, and only a few are considered "fundamentalist," all Islamic groups are so.
3215  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do islam hates people? on: April 29, 2019, 02:48:50 AM
I do not believe in any religion and i don't actually care what does anyone do. for me, everyone is just human no categories. why is that some of you guys like to destroy or interrupt others life? why can't you just be happy like others are? it's your life if it is bad it is because of your poor decisions and if it is good its again your decision. I have seen the smile when I donated some food to some poor boys in the street and i do not know what category they are from( should I care about it) why can't you live without making nonsense stuff all the time. to all the wars which are related to religion, I have to say only one thing "Grow up man you are not a kid anymore".

Historically and culturally there are clear and obvious reasons why religions arose, and why they spread. Think about it, you'll see it makes perfect sense in a world where people are illiterate, yet it's important to transfer and retain knowledge longer than one generation.
3216  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What do we expect the Mueller Report to Contain? on: April 29, 2019, 02:45:38 AM
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It's also pretty clear that pretty much all countries ''intervene'' some way in other country's elections and other affairs, after all is no secret that there are still spies working for each country trying to gather information about other countries everyday, I don't know why liberals act like USA doesn't do it.

Today the reason is because foreign influences have made deep inroads into the Democratic Party with the intention of influencing the future direction of this country.

Of course they don't want that out in the open.
3217  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Can this be one of the biggest science breakthroughs so far?(Blackhole) on: April 29, 2019, 12:05:39 AM



Scientists Measure The Spin of M87 Black Hole and It's Mind Blowing







Can't watch those at the moment but my guess is the spin rate of matter headed inward is a fair percentage of light speed.
3218  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Real Problems with American Healthcare on: April 29, 2019, 12:04:05 AM
I have done so in one case, which you conveniently ignored.
Except I didn't ignore it. I responded directly to it.

But that's okay because you would have read up on the criticism of the 4% number, clipped and pasted that
Go and find my source then if you think I copy and pasted (hint: I didn't. I read and critiqued the paper, like anyone who is actually interested in the facts.)

and then you would have expected me to argue similarly on the 65% number.
Well, yes. To disagree with the facts I have presented, you must have, at a minimum, read them and critiqued them. Otherwise you are simply writing them off based on your biases and preconceived notions.

Your responses really resemble the canned "ready to clip and paste"  responses by climate alarmists used commonly on the web.
What's this got to do with anything?

To me they look like stuff made up by big Pharma and big Med
If they are so clearly made up, then they should be easy for you to refute.

Basically you are ignoring facts to the contrary while pushing a polemic.
Again, please present your facts which refute mine.

And by the way, I've been in numerous countries with "socialized medicine" so I kind of know first hand home much of this is true and not true.
Personal experience and anecdotes are not on an equivalent level of evidence as methodologically sound studies.

You can continue to ignore the facts I have presented and talk about "Big Pharma" if you like - I will not be responding to these non-arguments any further. If you have any evidence to support your points, I'd be more than happy to discuss it.

Perhaps step back a second and look at the matter? The "facts" may not be what you think they are and may not have the effect of refuting argumentation as you think they may?

Personal experience is highly relevant. It gives us a feel of the vast gap between a UN chartered paid for set of propaganda and the reality on the ground, doesn't it?  Or it can verify the high quality of such data and the care that it represents. I have worked in survey design and statistical methods, so we don't need to try to impress each other with such things. Neither do you need to hold up your surveys as golden, which they certainly are not.

Advancing the state of understanding of a large and complex matter is not going to be found in politically biased polemics.
3219  Other / Politics & Society / Re: A radical left-right compromise US budget on: April 28, 2019, 07:41:18 PM
Although I'm an anarcho-capitalist and in an ideal world I'd like there to be no government at all, I'm very interested in government/politics, and I don't scoff at gradual changes in the right direction. For a while I've been thinking that a left-right compromise is possible by increasing total tax collected while simultaneously reducing intrusiveness, regulation, and size of government. Here is a specific plan:

1 - Remove income tax and replace it with a national sales tax and a national property tax

Income tax is bad for the economy -- when you tax something you always get less of it --, and it's also highly invasive because almost everything you do might generate some income.

Property tax is a sort of wealth tax, which is quite anti-freedom, but it's also a pretty non-invasive tax since the government just has to go to the land and demand that the tax be handed over. They don't even need to know who lives on the land. It's also impossible to evade, which would be relevant if the entire world switched to private cryptocurrencies. Sales tax is also pretty non-invasive. Only businesses have to directly deal with it, and they just have to count up their sales and pay the appropriate tax.

The total land value of the US (not including improvements) is about $18 trillion.1 US consumers buy about $14.3 trilion in goods per year.2

I propose a 10% annual national property tax (on the value of the land alone, not including improvements, unlike most local property taxes) and a 55% national sales tax. This gives a (naïvely estimated) revenue of $9.7 trillion, much higher than the current US tax revenue of about $3.4 trillion.

A 55% sales tax sounds high, but keep in mind that the US currently has a 25% "sales tax" on imported steel, an 8% sales tax on diesel, and roughly a 22% sales tax on cigarettes. People can live with it, especially if their income tax is being eliminated.

2 - universal basic income

In order to offset the regressive nature of the sales tax and also act as a sort of very easy-to-administer welfare system, I propose a UBI of $20,608 per US citizen per year. This is calculated from the current federal poverty guideline of $12,490 plus 55% to cover the sales tax and 10% to cover the property tax. No means testing, since that complexifies the system -- think of it as undoing some of the property/sales tax in a progressive way.

More humans are good. A new human is someone who's almost certainly going to produce more in his lifetime than he's going to consume; it's not "just another mouth to feed". So in my plan I decided to include even children in the UBI, which massively subsidizes having children. You could instead choose to not include the 20% of US people under 16, or to give them less per year, which would reduce costs.

The US population is about 306 million3 when you subtract the 7% of the US population who are non-citizens 4. So the UBI has a total cost of $6.3 trillion per year, far higher than the current welfare spending.

3 - eliminate all other welfare

Eliminate social security, medicare, medicaid, and all other welfare. The UBI covers it instead. This saves about $3.3 trillion from the budget.5

Most people should be working. So don't complain about the (real) $12k/year not being enough for every little thing. For the miniscule percentage of the population who can't work at all, they could move to somewhere far away from major cities, where $12k/year is often enough to live on, or they could live with one or more roommates to reduce costs. If someone needs major surgery or something and they can't afford it, they should look to charities and their neighbors for help.

4 - eliminate all work-related regulations

Since nobody has to work in a particular job in order to survive, there's no argument for any work-related regulations. All work is now totally optional. So eliminate minimum wage laws, regulations related to hours worked, child labor laws, etc. This will boost GDP and probably increase tax revenue, possibly allowing for lower tax rates than given above, though I'm not qualified to estimate this.

Summary

So the budget is:
 - Property tax revenue: $1.8 trillion
 - Sales tax revenue: $7.9 trillion
 - Total tax revenue: $9.7 trillion
 - Non-welfare spending retained*: $3.3 trillion5
 - UBI: $6.3 trillion
 - Total cost: $9.6 trillion

(*Note that I would want to massively reduce war spending, but that's out of scope for this discussion.)

Although tax revenue is massively increased and total welfare is about doubled, the size of government in its intrusiveness and number employees massively shrinks. This IMO would be a pretty good outcome, and perhaps it's not politically impossible that the "far-left" and "far-right" could join forces in order to achieve something like this.


Almost without exception, proposals such as yours fail to anticipate outcomes in what might best be described as an adversarial gaming environment, in which your proposal is only "Game On..." and then the gaming starts. The outcomes are always far from what was anticipated by the designers.

For example, millions of illegal immigrants would likely return home but manage to continue getting their checks...
3220  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Real Problems with American Healthcare on: April 28, 2019, 07:31:54 PM
I am seriously unimpressed with your one sided use of biased propaganda statistics.
Feel free to present some actual data of your own to refute them.

I have done so in one case, which you conveniently ignored. But that's okay because you would have read up on the criticism of the 4% number, clipped and pasted that, and then you would have expected me to argue similarly on the 65% number. Where you went wrong there was to assume your audience would believe a number by Senator Pocahantas....

Your responses really resemble the canned "ready to clip and paste"  responses by climate alarmists used commonly on the web. That's why they are not convincing. To me they look like stuff made up by big Pharma and big Med for yet another (or the last, given the age of the citations) takeover of income streams in the government sector.

Basically you are ignoring facts to the contrary while pushing a polemic. That's more in line with propaganda methods than any effort to actually figure a problem out.

And by the way, I've been in numerous countries with "socialized medicine" so I kind of know first hand home much of this is true and not true.

Let's take a different look at this. Instead of exporting your favorite Euro-progressive-half-commie paradise's health care to the USA, let's export our Washington DC lobbyist industry to them, and see how they do with their legislation.
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