That’s sweet. Money without people on it is the best, it shows what your country values when you don’t have to pick influential figures.

With quantitative easing, the two are more similar than different

Lol, tell me you don’t understand posturing without telling me you don’t understand posturing

I thought it was called a job requirement.

So no source? Not even a link? Just mindlessly spouting off?

Got it, I guess I wasted my time responding in the first place.

It’s always the shadiest, most conspiratorial people that refuse to provide sources and say “jUsT gOoGLe iT”.

Provide sources or you simply will not be taken seriously, and overall look like an embarrassment.

Not the OC but the problem I have is in just one private citizen’s ability to influence so much military power. While historically this isn’t new and in this case it does overall good, I think that this kind of thing is a slippery slope that eventually could lead to billionaires funding wars to manipulate market elements for profit.

That and companies producing red ink will be doing great

I’m not the OP but I have a similar situation. I work in multimedia design and use a wide array of software from the full Adobe suite, to in-house command line apps, to the Articulate suite and everything in between.

I’d love to be on Linux but that just isn’t a possibility for me.

“oh no, who put that coked up polar bear there?”

Aren’t we all just scientists in this big experiment called life?

I hate that when she’s in the news I get excited because I think it’s about magic: the gathering…

It would be sweet if we could create some trade/ military alliance similar to the EU between the ol’ Commonwealth gang.

I wish that was true.

As a Canadian, the US can have my eggs on the condition of the delivery method being lobbing them over the border at official government buildings.

What are you even saying?

All throughout history, murder was almost a requirement for creating a better life for people. If we hit a point in society where murder is not okay, that takes away the one final chip the working class has against the rich.

Even just looking at the health insurance side of things, we’re talking about a horrible ethically misaligned industry that makes murder look like shoplifting. Ideally no murder has to happen, but it becomes a lot more grey from a utilitarian perspective and when considering the sheer scale that the world operates at.

In an isolated system, free from external dipshits sure.

Not true. Germany and France have the more influence over the other members of the European Union than any other country. To say they have an equal say is like saying the US has an equal say in UN resolution voting. Sure, they have one vote, but many other members will lockstep vote in line with that country for multiple reasons. It’s called soft power… I’m sorry but how is anyone this dense?

You’re right that it’s not formed yet, however it would be pretty ignorant not to see the pieces on the board. To say that CDU and SPD are being handed an opportunity on a golden platter is an understatement. Not only that, but they both very aware of the direness of their situation. There is simply no world where this coalition isn’t formed, mark my words. Plus, you’re so, so, so wrong about nothing changing in Europe. To not understand the power a two party coalition has versus a three party coalition is like intentionally burying your head in the sand.

It might actually happen more now after the results of the recent German election. They formed a two-way coalition which makes it much easier to do anything.