Probably the latter. The selection bias here is huge. The really smart criminals aren't caught.

Not the complete picture. In Norway, soil is replaced very quickly so their farming technique of clearing trees and planting what they wanted worked fine. In Greenland, soil is replaced from volcanic activity, so extremely slowly. When they cleared the trees for planting, the soil washed away down to the rock. They overfarmed the limited soil, and quickly starved.

Agreed. But what about Assange?

There have been many many collapses of civilizations since man started making them. Egypt, Rome, Easter Island, Greenland, Incas, Anasazi, Khmer, etc. In fact, most large civilizations have collapsed, and for very similar reasons: over consumption of resources. We're doing the same thing, but on a global scale and consuming food, wood, land, oil, etc at ever increasing rates. A global collapse of civilization seems quite likely to me, and it won't be pretty.

*Dons sunglasses*

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Do you find it equally upsetting when someone hyphenates "anal retentive"?

But does it run linux?

Why bother?

The US is the third largest oil producer in the world and produces almost three times as much oil as Iraq. Iraq has more proven reserves, but lacks the infrastructure to get it out faster. And also lacks the stability to be able to set up shop, drill, and pipe it out.

And apparently the officer was immediately fired and is under investigation? So I guess he didn't get off scot free as the OP suggested.

Possibly because it's legal. It's called the fleeing felon rule. If the person fleeing has committed a felony and is a threat to others, the officer can use lethal force to stop him. I'll admit I don't know the details of this case yet, but even if I did I wouldn't jump to conclusions either way just yet.

Is 256GB on the microSD slot not enough? Oh, maybe you could get a second 256GB card then.

It's clear with your vast background in both NSA's technical capabilities and CIA's clandestine activities, that Gen Flynn should have consulted with you before talking to the media and making a fool of himself.

Somebody mod parent up already. I'm all out of points.

It's up to you to not pass the laws for which we lobby.