Fracking may increase health risks, scientists warnStudy of water pollution at sites in the US finds hormone-disrupting chemicals in the environmenthttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/17/fracking-increase-health-risks-hormone"Fracking may increase health risks from hormone-disrupting chemicals released into the environment, say researchers. Scientists sounded the warning after studying water pollution at sites in the US where the controversial natural gas drilling technique is used. The team looked at 12 suspected or known "endocrine disrupting chemicals" (EDCs) used in fracking operations and measured their ability to mimic or block the effects of reproductive hormones. Water samples from drilling sites with a record of spillages had levels of the chemicals high enough to interfere with the body's responses to male hormones, as well as oestrogen".
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Over 50 million americans without health insurance, poor people literally dropping dead in the street. Is this the american dream? lol
Obama for all his faults is doing the right thing here, most other developed nations have some system of healthcare provided by the government, that's why people pay taxes. Funny how the US government can scrape together over $700 billion for the military industrial complex yet can't even look after it's own citizens. I don't care what political persuation you're from, that's shit's fucking twisted.
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Looks great @sockopen. Thanks for the submission.
lol are you taking the piss? |
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Disclaimer: I'm sure Gavin's a nice guy, not accusing him of anything nefarious, just that organisations like the CIA need to be treated with suspicion.
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Not all , but most of them are miss interpreted , let's have some big news , NSA is spying your microwave  I like the fact that only 1% of the Snowden files have been released so far, plenty more revelations on the way  |
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It's a good idea, I think the best plan would be to target small private retailers first, kind of like a grassroots approach. If you could organise a couple of people in every city/town to go round with some printouts/documents clearly explaining the simplicity and benefits of Bitcoin (emails are ok but they are easily ignored and may just end up being deleted as spam) it would be a lot more effective in my opinion. Will be interesting to hear any responses from the retailers you've contacted.
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You honestly believe that to be true, in every case? You're not just collectivizing all wealthy individuals, right?
Regardless, it's true that most of humanity could probably be considered as living in poverty. And that's mainly the result of oppressive systems that keep it that way, systems that are typically run by fairly rich individuals.
But simply attacking their wealth isn't going to change that system; even if they just gave it all away they'd have it right back a generation later. Changing the system to remove the oppressive restrictions and tributes must come first, then the "problem" of wealth inequality will fix itself.
Yes in most cases I think that's true. It doesn't matter if you're the CEO of Dow Chemical who poisoned thousands of people in Bhopal or the multi-millionaire CEO of some charity, there is no need to accumulate such ridiculous amounts of wealth. People should be rewarded for hard work, if that were the case, all of the slaves working 60 hours a week @ $2 a day to make our clothes/consumer goods/food etc would be relatively wealthy. US Macdonald's employees work ~50/60 hours a week, their wages are so low that they still have to claim foodstamps to feed their families yet they're still vilified by the media/society as scroungers. Guaranteed the CEO of MacDonalds has never flipped a burger in his/her life and probably smarmed and backstabbed his way to the top of the corporation, that motherfucker enforces policies that fire workers who try to unionise/ask for higher wages etc. Corporations dictate what salaries their workers get paid, I don't care whether their workforce is outsourced to some corrupt third-party, they are still the people who decide, not oppressive regimes. No doubt there are some nasty countries who exploit their workers more than the West, but we're supposed to lead by example in the 'developed' world. Working conditions in the factories that make Apple/Mac goods etc are so bad that they've put nets under all the windows to stop their workforce from commiting suicide, juxtapose that with the happy/glossy family adverts you see on TV for Apple products. How is it right that there are people who earn more than a hour than I can make in year? |
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Why did Gavin even bother meeting with the CIA? I hate it how people bend over to authority figures... no wonder Satoshi left, glad that he/she has some moral fibre. What happened to people wanting to make a difference?
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Or you guys could just stop invading other countries and mind your own business.. no offense
Exactly, wonder what would happen if China sent drones over to the US and started bombing random civilians. Sad thing is half of the posters in this thread would be supporting the airstrikes if Mitt Romney had won the election. |
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wow, all the deposits I made today came in quickly. trades and withdrawals all went smooth.
seems like a 1000% improvement to last week!
wow.......  I already posted that. first time happening to me today, so still 1000% improvement. had over 50 successfull trades today, all the deposits and withdrawals worked fine all of the time. can't say that about other days in the past weeks. 50 successful trades.....bullshit. Nearly every trade I've made recently, my coins have disappeared for hours. Don't get me wrong, I like cryptsy when it works and I know they've got problems with the influx of new people but fuck me...would better to close the site down for a week and sort shit out than let it limp along like it is. |
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wow, all the deposits I made today came in quickly. trades and withdrawals all went smooth.
seems like a 1000% improvement to last week!
wow....... |
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Here's the point that I was getting at: if the poorest people in a society have adequate wealth to take care of the basics, then why does it matter if there are a few billionaires or even trillionaires around, provided they aren't causing the poorer folk to remain poorer?
But that's the problem, most people on this planet do not have enough wealth to cover even basic living standards. The fact that billionaires even exist is a pretty f*cked up example of what's wrong with the world. The only way they could have accumulated so much wealth is by ripping off less fortunate people down the social pecking order. |
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Enough is enough I'm calling my lawyer.
Oh grow up ffs |
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@Honeypot Fucking lol, it scares me that there are people like you in the world. I've got nothing more to say about your unhinged rant, enjoy the rest of your bitter hate-filled life. Watch out for scary black people!!! |
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Obama has a lot to answer for with regards to his foreign policy, it's more right-wing than Dubya's in some respects. All of these illegal drone strikes against civilians are a great propaganda gift for Al Qaeda and Co, I'd be pretty pissed off if a foreign nation invaded my country and blew up my entire family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Drone_Strikes_in_Pakistan |
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Obama? The empty and naive school boy who thinks half the color of his skin grants him immunity from genuine criticism?
No body outside of US cares or gives a two shit about that kind of pathetic PC bullshit, and will gladly show him how deluded and childish such notion is. Chinese and Russians think he's a joke, and Putin pretty much nuclear ass fucked the boy during their last encounter over Syria.
Obamacare.......is a lying piece of garbage drawn up by people who have no idea what it means to fund healthcare over long term. It is an incredibly weak and amateurish attempt, which is just what I would expect from this high school boy-in-chief.
Obama's nothing but a bitch made punk who is outclassed, outwitted, and outsmarted both internationally and domestically. This boy and his ilk tries to pander to minorities like me in US using color of his skin as some sort of a pass.
Is it any wonder than, that we received this incredibly incompetent and ignorant 'reform' that ignores all realities of american health care system?
Pathetic.
What exactly does the colour of Obama's skin have to do with Obamacare? It's painfully obvious you are not a 'minority', any chance you could provide some evidence of how he 'panders to his ilk'? |
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Nice Will be getting one of these |
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