The rate of social mobility in the US is the second lowest in the industrialized world (after the UK). Many poorer, developing countries actually have higher rates of upward mobility:
"Social immobility erodes the American dream", Washington Post
"The Myth of the American Dream", CNN

This, combined with the highest income inequality in the industrialized world, is the legacy of 40 years of anti-government policies, breaking trade unions, and reducing taxes on the wealthy.

The roll-back of the New Deal has produced this, not the imposition of whatever you call "socialism"

"They also have greater economic freedoms..."

At the expense of those freedoms that matter to most people:

The Economist Intelligence Unit classifies Singapore as a "hybrid" country, with authoritarian and democratic elements. Freedom House does not consider Singapore an "electoral democracy" and ranks the country as "partly free". Reporters Without Borders ranked Singapore 140th out of 167 countries in its 2005 Press Freedom Index.[2]

It has also been alleged that the PAP employs censorship, gerrymandering and the filing of civil suits against the opposition for libel or slander to impede their success. Several former and present members of the opposition, including Francis Seow, J.B. Jeyaretnam and Chee Soon Juan perceive the Singaporean courts as favourable towards the government and the PAP due to a lack of separation of powers. There are however three cases in which opposition leader Chiam See Tong sued PAP ministers for defamation and successfully obtained damages before trial.[3] ... ...the PAP has also consistently rejected liberal democratic values, which it typifies as Western and states that there should not be a 'one-size-fits-all' solution to a democracy. Laws restricting the freedom of speech are justified by claims that they are intended to prohibit speech that may breed ill will or cause disharmony within Singapore's multiracial, multi-religious society. For example, in September 2005, three bloggers were convicted of sedition for posting racist remarks targeting minorities.[7] Some offences can lead to heavy fines or caning and there are laws which allow capital punishment in Singapore for first-degree murder and drug trafficking. Amnesty International has criticised Singapore for having "possibly the highest execution rate in the world" per capita.[8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Singapore

The mystery of the origin of the Indo-Europeans may be solved within the next 2 years , and yes I know Discover is not a peer reviewed journal.

The timeframe is correct for the supposed origin of indo europeans in Europe.

Does that mean I have canine DNA?

Now you will have to excuse me - I have some territory to mark

But did the Great Programmer use Agile or Waterfall?

Until we can know, this will be the source of great sectarian divides and shrill accusations of heresy

It's been done already:

For half a century, Crypto AG, a Swiss company located in Zug, has sold to more than 100 countries the encryption machines their officials rely upon to exchange their most sensitive economic, diplomatic and military messages. Crypto AG was founded in 1952 by the legendary (Russian born) Swedish cryptographer Boris Hagelin. During World War II, Hagelin sold 140,000 of his machine to the US Army.

"In the meantime, the Crypto AG has built up long standing cooperative relations with customers in 130 countries," states a prospectus of the company. The home page of the company Web site says, "Crypto AG is the preferred top-security partner for civilian and military authorities worldwide. Security is our business and will always remain our business."

And for all those years, US eavesdroppers could read these messages without the least difficulty. A decade after the end of WWII, the NSA, also known as No Such Agency, had rigged the Crypto AG machines in various ways according to the targeted countries. It is probably no exaggeration to state that this 20th century version of the "Trojan horse" is quite likely the greatest sting in modern history.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/nsa_backdoors_i.html

Using strong words only lessens an argument for the weak minded.

Spoken like a true asshole.

No stronger words could be spoken

You obviously don't own a dog.

The plastic market bags are perfect for cleaning up after the pooch on walks.

If they banned supermarket bags, I'd have to pay for exactly the same thing - with no net gain in recyclables.

Button, Button (The Twilight Zone)

I think of this when I consider the whole concept of drones as used to murder inconvenient individuals.

Some day, someone else who does not see you as fully human will have control over the box.

"Applied Cryptography" used exactly this method when crypto algorithms were subject to export controls.

You couldn't export say the source code for DES, but you could include the source code in a book on crypto, as first amendment protections applied.

The first amendment even protected use of an OCR friendly font for the source code.

There were plenty of DoD specifically for ESPers at one point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project

As long as you didn't mind staring at goats

After Sharknado, anything is possible

I set up a Facebook account for my dog. Female, 5 years old so I figured that was 35 years old in human years. Neutered, so obviously single and never married.

Amazing the number of invites she gets from lesbian singles.

You should take advantage of our amazing free enterprise system and create a counter-game called "Free Market: Chile"

I'm sure the thrilling scenes of political opponents being thrown from helicopters into the Pacific Ocean will take your breath away.

All in the interests of defending freedom of course

Show those Cubans what real freedom is all about

"I always wanted to be a millionaire. Never thought my ticket would be a house in Van Nuys"

- Former co-worker