It actually works out. Idiots vote for people like Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio, who make laws that make them seem less idiotic, if you're following. This leads to a place tailored toward that type of person, which leads to an increase of them, which puts your back at step 1. Eventually, you get a nanny state.

We might spend more money on defense than other countries (which happens to be the most important part of our budget, though I'm not saying it's not a tad large), but it helps to look at the budget as a whole. Only 16% of the said budget is spent on defense. Our problem is that the whole pie is too big ($3,900,000,000,000 or $3.9 Trillion).

No, it's not.

The self parameter increases clarity, especially for beginners. Concerning automatic code generation: I don't think python was built for that. Maybe something like Lisp might be better for the job than say, Python or Groovy. So, categories are like monkey patching in Ruby?

No, the important part is that it's the global index.

Enforcing style isn't a bad thing. It's not like they're telling you what type of indentation to use. If you don't indent, then you shouldn't even be writing code anyway.
What's wrong with calling the first parameter 'self'. Is that just bothersome? If you don't want to call it self, call it whatever you want. Python does not force you to name it that.
I'm not sure what categories are, so I can't refute that.
Groovy being simpler to read and write is highly subjective.

In Japan, it seems to be illegal to be obese.

Yes, but the question is whether it's a good idea to buy out the backbone companies. Internet, which is similar to other utilities such as water and electricity, should not go down the path of those two, which are much more expensive where they have been nationalized (like where I live), both in price and government spending (taxes).

However, it seems Deutsche Telekom AG only has 67% of T-Mobile shares (see this article for more details).

I don't know about the 67%, but T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, which could get the 15% share of the merged corporation.

Asians tend to score about 6 points higher on IQ tests (Ethnic Group Differences In Cognitive Ability In Employment And Educational Settings: A Meta-Analysis)

What is the normal number hypothesis?

Environmentalists say that less people leads to a better environment. Therefore, if the researchers dies it would be good for the environment (according to the environmentalists)!

s/Republicans/progressives

It's not like the federal government has ever complied with the tenth amendment, especially after the government expanded tremendously during the 20th century (and continues to do so, at the expense of the states and people).