Ugh. The hiatus doesn't exist. Warming has continued, albeit not as much as first thought. So please educate yourself before you keep embarrassing yourself like this.

The ol' Tea Party cleaning-up-after-themselves thing wasn't/isn't always true, so it's not a great idea to ask that question...

You benefit from analytics, even if you don't think you do. Harping on about it being useless just serves to illustrate your ignorance of the subject.

Or maybe it's the US's InfinityX number of troops in military bases around the world, coupled with the US's InfinityX support of Israel, with a dash of the US's InfinityX military bases engaging in torture and detention without trial...

Yes, the US is powerful, but if it had used that power for the greater good, there would be less nutters out there with problems with the US and its leadership... You can't pretend it's just a case of the big boy on the block getting bullied...

Australia witnessed a massive drop in gun crime, which was the idea. The crime rates did actually decrease, with the decrease in gun crime not being countered by an increase in other forms of violence.

They set the lower vote because unlike a general election, the outcome of this vote would stick with young people for at least a generation to come.

You seem to be confused. It's not a theocracy. In a theocracy, priests rule in the name of a god or gods. The queen is entirely ceremonial. You seem to be confusing history and the present, something that someone from such a young country can be easily excused. The constitution does exist - it's just not written down in a single document.

Ha! Any reason to hate, amirite? Your logic is weak and paranoid.

It already is a fortress. In time of war, nations protect their leaders. And the US has been at war for twenty years.

Open the doors of the Temple of Janus, acknowledge the truth. Every day that the US drops a bomb somewhere in the world is a day that the President of the United States should not sleep easy in his bed. One cannot be angry when one nation attacks another, and that other nation responds in any manner it can.

I still prefer KDE 3.5.

It has less of a PlaySkool feel to it than what came later.

I'll give the new stuff a try eventually but I have no compelling reason to change yet.

LK

Netflix should seriously consider abandoning Canada. Or even, just take a week off and refund all of their customers 1/4 of their monthly payment.

People will call their elected representatives if they lose access to something they want.

LK

You were wrong. Accept it and move on, Senior System Engineer/Architect/Asshat.

No it doesn't. Why are you making excuses for the ridiculous state of internet access in the US?

Rural areas of Europe frequently have internet access that make most US cities look terribly slow.

The more you parrot your nonsense argument the longer it will take to fix.

Try again:

"Tesla is new, different, and shaking up the ridiculously old way of doing things."

"... basically says Tesla is going to prevail in every state against ..."

The problems with Africa are directly born from the west's meddling. Redrawing borders, destroying institutions, creating new ones bent on serving the west, stealing minerals & raw materials, working the native people in to the ground or stealing them. The list goes on. It's massive. Pretending the repercussions of that aren't still being felt - and being felt hard - is pathetic.

Your impression about Africa is nothing but a bunch of racist nonsense. It's not cultural, but educational. Just go look at places in Africa where education is being made available, and you'll mysteriously notice your "cultural" shortcomings disappearing. Weird, huh?

I used to think you were pretty cool, but apparently I was wrong. You're either intellectually lazy or a racist - neither is particularly becoming.