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Inherently stable was the wrong word to use. Indian leaders have maintained strong democratic institutions has been competent in economic growth. In doing so it has avoided the instability we see in other areas of European occupation and imperialism India is currently controlled by a proto-fascist ...

India is inherently stable Bitch what Inherently stable was the wrong word to use. Indian leaders have maintained strong democratic institutions has been competent in economic growth. In doing so it has avoided the instability we see in other areas of European occupation and imperialism India is cu...

Well, if the problems with Hydro are so, annoying, we simply focus on replacing all power generation with Thorium reactors, and treat Hydro like we will Solar and Wind - Useful assist where it's feasible. (Actually, it might be better to turn all Hydro plants into power generating water treatment/p...

Since this is no different then expanding energy infrastructure, just without some of the environmental impact concerns (hey, if something is dead, why worry about it, right?), we just need to look at current options and technology, or in development stuff, to find our energy production answers. I'...

More than likely, we'll see the following - - Massive Starvation in low-developed countries - Probably some wars in that area - Wide scale implimentation of factory-farming (i.e growing crops in buildings, meat in vats) - pulling out of countries that can't implement factory-farming. - Eventually, ...

More than likely, we'll see the following - - Massive Starvation in low-developed countries - Probably some wars in that area - Wide scale implimentation of factory-farming (i.e growing crops in buildings, meat in vats) - pulling out of countries that can't implement factory-farming. - Eventually, ...

It mostly depends on how you define 'humanity' and 'fucked'. If by 'humanity' you mean our current industrial civilization and way of life, and 'fucked' you mean 'will it collapse off hard'? Yes, absolutely. We're already doing that. There is simply no viable way to continue with our way of life in ...

Yep. This is the kind of contract that you send on to your client with a cover sheet saying 'never sign this, do not sign this, under no circumstances should you sign this, we should renegotiate', and that you take over in person to point to those words, read them out loud, make sure he understands ...

It's honestly an impressively terrible set of choices on Musk's part. You genuinely don't see many cases that actually read like a first year contracts problem designed to see if you can spot all the ways your client is screwed, and yet... Here we are. Honestly, at this point, having read some of t...

It's honestly an impressively terrible set of choices on Musk's part. You genuinely don't see many cases that actually read like a first year contracts problem designed to see if you can spot all the ways your client is screwed, and yet... Here we are.

Also, the monetary penalty on bailing on the contract is capped at $1 Billion. But... that's irrelevant because he can't legally bail on this contract, there is no out. He signed a deal saying he was going to buy Twitter at a specific price, and the clauses in it let Twitter force him to buy the th...

As expected, Twitter has commenced suit seeking specific performance. The moral of the story: never sign a massive contract making you, individually, liable for the specific performance of an overinflated purchase price unless you actually plan to follow through, because it can and will bite you in ...

That's where the specific performance clause comes in. That clause is really something, since it means they can genuinely just make Musk buy. The actual penalties by comparison are trifling and there's really no reason for Twitter to settle for them. Now, the odds of successfully compelling that spe...

I'll be honest. I did not have this one down to an objection to the Moonies. Not even on the card at all - I knew a couple of sects I'd have raised a question over, but, uh. Not the Moonies.

If I had to pick a mystery organization that might motivate a shooter and Abe belonged to, I'd pick Nippon Kaigi. About five years ago I made an informal study of the uyoko dantai (a very limited one since I don't read Japanese!) as research for a story and wound up looking quite a lot at the Nippon...

On the less personal note, the Koori Mail offices are wiped right out. Sikh volunteers are now here along with the big crew of Samoans and Fijians, and a big mob of surfers from the coast. Things slowly improving but much of town still without power, death toll still rising, and water still limited....

Our towns are starting to run dangerously low on water. The impact of this on public health and the cleanup is going to be enormous. Many of us will soon be unable to bathe even after working in excrement and filth to clear houses. Hosing our the mud and sewage is now not an option. The sewers are b...

So, powers still out here but the community is finding alternatives. Much of the town was completely submerged, and my house had eight feet of water. I got out with my family and pets, the clothes on my back, and my laptop, though I had to go back in for the dog after she spooked and ran back in des...

If we all live long enough to see it, the conflict may kickstart a real push to implement the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statute more broadly. I encourage all of you in CANZUS to write to your local, state, and federal politicians to urge them to bring whatever pressure to bear that they can on ...

The only reason to maintain it when we need to massively scale down our energy use is as as emergency strategic reserves. That's part of why we fought it so hard where I am. Anyone who tries to lump fracking in with nuclear as another technology those damn greenies irrationally hates either hasn't t...

As someone who works for the UK Court's Service I'm curious as to why they ordered it remitted to Westminster magistrates court, they don't deal with appeals of any kind. Also we don't have "district Justices" we have "District Judges." - though I'm not surprised the Guardian ma...

Julian Assange can be extradited to US to face espionage charges, court rules WikiLeaks co-founder’s fiancee says appeal will be launched, as Amnesty International says decision is a ‘travesty of justice’ Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, the high court has ruled as it overturned a judgme...

The system works all the time. If it didn't, we would hear about it more. It's just high profile cases where it doesn't work that stick out. My study of American history in regards to White people killing Black people (or Native, or Asian, or...) leads me to a different conclusions than yours. Espe...

Solauren wrote: ↑2021-11-26 07:40am

Broomstick wrote: ↑2021-11-26 03:58am The system working should be routine and expected, not something so rare that it is notable and seen as a reason to celebrate.

The system works all the time. If it didn't, we would hear about it more.

It's just high profile cases where it doesn't work that stick out.

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We'd have far fewer people trying to play Punisher, if the police DID THEIR DAMN JOBS and stopped the rioters from looting and burning businesses. If I stood outside your home with a Molotov cocktail, and verbally threatened to burn down your home, while the police did nothing to stop me, wouldn't ...