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benny

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  1. Even (retro-)virus doesn't belong per se to the field of biology since they are not living things (i.e. they cannot reproduce themselves by their own means).
  2. Also, how can we call a country that runs, all by itself, such a prison outside its borders? An Empire I think.
  3. A painful emotion can become a fruitful motivation.
  4. There is a parallel to make between accessing consumers' eyeballs (tobacco companies) and accessing the Canadian citizenship status (foreigners). At first sight, I see no reason why the Canadian government should allocate airwaves differently than it is choosing its immigrants.
  5. You cannot cross-post; this thread is about shame.
  6. Only the most efficient producers would be able to see the fines as a kind of royalty payments. This seems quite optimal to me.
  7. To me, it is just becoming too easy for Westerners to treat some angry and desperate groups of fascists.
  8. Decriminalizing pot would allow its production in locations (possibly in southern countries) where this production is more cost effective than inside a house.
  9. In this regard, the Canadian citizenship has to be conceived as a valuable piece of property. We would like to design a mechanism to allocate this asset to those who are best able to maximize a social welfare function. I cannot think of a better mechanism than the one where Immigration Canada gives the Canadian status to the foreigners who are willing to pre-commit more resources than others.
  10. To me, Army Guy is overshooting his target.
  11. Sun rays cause mutations. Understand: isolating one science from the others will not lead you very far.
  12. He was not plotting against the Queen.
  13. A court is a mix system with lawyers representing private interests and the judges or jurors representing the public interest.
  14. Mutations are often provoked by astrophysical events.
  15. Adversarial system means competition. Competition is what makes market more efficient than the state.
  16. That is Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Wolfovitch, etc.
  17. I think I know how it should work.
  18. He quits more than one month ago!
  19. Let's no thread end!
  20. Jesus: "I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword" ( Matthew 10:34)
  21. Consider Betsy as the thread opener.
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