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Comment Re:Oblig. Madison quote: (Score 1) 170

Both? Presumably of the same genus as humans since there was some bumpin uglies goin on back in the day. It's a free will thing. Angels were created with the sole purpose of being conduits of God's will, ie messengers. If they're no longer serving God they can't really be called angels anymore, because that's their sole purpose. Metatron was Enoch son of Noah transformed to an angel. So I guess in that sense you could kind of call it a position.

Comment Re:Merkel wasn't two-faced about spying on friends (Score 1) 170

Eh the US, France, and UK have always had this kind of circle jerk friendly rivalry.

US revolts against the UK, France helps. US helps France and UK economically during Napoleonic wars. UK steals our ships, US declares war. US has a civil war, France and UK help the seccessionists, France even tries to get Mexico to invade. It's all good fun!

Comment Re:Germany not responsible for call recordings (Score 1) 170

If he was a double-agent, in the vein of your latter option, it could simply be he was informing the US that the Germans were tapping US officials' calls. I'm more of the vein that he wasn't a double-agent and was more a leaker upset over the hypocrisy of Germany's actions.

Comment Re:Bottom line... (Score 1) 170

Nation states are not artifiical constructs and do not need defending. They are naturally forming political entities based primarily in cultural and ethnic ties. For example the Kurds are a nation but they are not a nation state because they do not have political borders dictating the scope of their nation. Humans naturally form nations of like individuals and then seek to dictate their scope of control thus creating a nation state. Essentially, my people live here we control this farm land and river ways for our benefit; then later, my people need more space so I'm going to take this farm land and water for my people's benefit.

Comment Re:Already happened to sharks (Score 1) 180

I don't think you understand what capitalism is. Capitalism is a for profit enterprise. If you're economy is centered around subsistence then it's not a capitalistic. A form of currency is also required for it to exist, as it requires the accumulation of disposable wealth. The essential feature of all this is the investment of money in order to make a profit.

Comment Re:Creating demand? (Score 1) 180

You'd have controlled fish farms though instead and they wouldn't be part of the natural ecosystem anymore. Even if there's economic incentive doesn't mean people won't fish the hell out of a species. Take certain delicacies in Britain. There's a worm that you can fish for that used be considered a common man food, but overfishing has made it so hard to get that the prices for it are so high that it's now a rich man's food

Comment Re:Not Surprising (Score 1) 160

This question makes no sense. The Native Americans for argument's sake are the government. The funded themselves...

Tribal Leader - "Life here isn't getting better, what's over that mountain? Everyone grab your stuff and we're going to find a better place to live." Eventually that led to migration into the Americas.

Comment Re:Drake (Score 1) 77

Also to add, if the moon is too far from the planet, seasonal temperatures might swing too much. And if it's too close, it would be tidally locked to the planet. Add to that if the planet possess a strong magnetic sphere it'd wreak havoc on the moon's. By and large, it'd be unlikely to find a Pandora around any of these planets.

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