Expensive, but nice design.
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Actually the US does not need Saudi oil. Yes, we do import from them, but we can easily replace them. We get almost 4x as much oil from Canada as we do from Saudi Arabia, by the way.
Our military needs their money to create and sustain critical jobs here and buy billions worth of military tools most of which they barely know how to use.
These type of "intervention" follows a pattern.
1. First we instigate an uprising by exploiting existing tensions or creating one.
2. Then when the local govt reacts like we expected them to, we cry foul, and say we have to defend helpless civilians from a "brutal and authoritarian" regime.
3. We warn members of that regime's police and military that they'll be guilty of war crimes if they act against the "rebels". This is when you come to see the role the International Criminal Court plays in our efforts at global domination. Key members of the govt military will start getting phone calls to defect. And many will defect.
4. At this point all you'll read in the western press about the local govt are just how bad the regime is. Propaganda all the way.
5. If things are not going according to plan, we rush to the UN for permission to establish a "no fly zone" in the country. We'll get our wish, of course. And that's when cruise missiles start taking our the military infrastructure of the local govt. Dams and other civilian infrastructure are fair game too. Everything goes down hill from there.
That was how it played out in Libya. Syria was close to 5 when Russian stepped in. Assad owes Putin big!
While this is going on, we in the west (the rest of us not involved in the war effort) are busy with our lives. We don't bother if it's our govt doing it to others.
And the beat goes on. Until something happens. But it happened because "they hate our freedom".
But the gods are not to blame.
These types of reporting will continue until Assad goes the way of Saddam and Muammar Gaddafi. That's been the goal from Day 1. If we really cared about stuff like this, we need to hear about what's going on in Yemen courtesy of our friends over in Saudi Arabia, and in the Gaza strip. Even events in Bahrain deserve attention.
But no, it's about how hard the Syrian army's hitting the terrorist we're arming.
Sorry to break it to you, dude, but some people do care. And if all "food we eat is GMO", why are some labelled non-GMO and other, GMO?
Stranger things have happened.
If this country does not want you to come and spend money here, go spend it somewhere else.
The part of that that I don't agree with, is "on their own time". What if the change that needs to be made an urgent security fix?
So he fooled you, just like every other politician has done and will do. Blimey!
The combination, or even both items separately, contains a ton of fiber. However, the result is contra to what's expected from eating such a food combination. Instead of making matters worse, like eating other beans (black-eyed beans, for example) would do, it completely stopped (cured) it.
I think it deserves further study by those in the area of research.
Black turtle bean (frijoles negros) and small red bean (frijoles rojos). 2 parts of the former and 1 part of the latter cooked together worked wonders for me.
Just a couple of quotes from the article that my assertion is based on fact.
Experts say the region’s health crisis is primarily driven by a decades-long shift from traditional diets based on root crops toward ones that are high in sugar, refined starch and processed foods.
It is so wrong what is being done to exploit these nations by providing a food supply that is not, in the long term, better for health,...
I cured a congenital gastrointestinal condition simply by introducing a couple of food items into my diet. I wish somebody had told me about them when I was much younger.
In general, countries like that don't have unhealthy, locally-produced food. And the article agrees with that assertion. We have a patent on junk food.
I mean, if one person makes a bad decision, you can say, OK, we all make mistakes, but a room full of smart? people...
Well, if you have to receive public assistance because of your bad eating habits, then that's a "quantifiable effect" on my pocket book.
True, but when that level of individual freedom has negative repercussions on the community, the government has to step in. Else the society will cease to be.
Imagine if our (USA) govt allowed us to buy gas (fuel, petrol) with lead in it, ignoring the long term impact of lead in the environment.
Individual freedom is not absolute. An one should not be allowed to engage in habits that harms the community in that fashion. Yes, there are things we can't avoid, but when necessary, the govt has the powers to regulate individual habits.
Unfortunately for these countries, membership in the WTO does not serve their interests in this regard.
Eliminate a policy designed for the betterment of the population! So that's one of the aims of the WTO, to promote corporate interests, even when it's bad for the general population.
That's the real problem. When looking for a co-founder, I think it's very important to choose one who shares the same vision about whatever you intend to build. If a potential co-founder doesn't agree with the direction you wish to go, keep looking.
Grey text on white background is kinda difficult to read.
These folks don't believe in climate change and in Darwinian evolution. And they want to make "America great again"!