Recent content by manhunter098

Id like to point out rich people saving money, takes more money out of circulation than government does (though it does help US banks lending capacity I suppose, except when their accounts are in another country of course). I mean our government is adding money to the economy we don't own (so...

Much of the economic growth seen in the late 1800s as well as the upset markets could also be very strongly attributed to the global energy shift that happened during that time period as well, economic instability is a key feature of energy shfits. Coal was becoming more scarce and as a result...

Jewish Sabbath begins Friday with the setting of the sun and ends Saturday with the setting of the sun. There is the difference of day, but also the difference of calendars. Jewish holidays tend to always start the "night before" our calendar date for the holiday.

I did the quiz, got every question right. I was somewhat unsure on like two of them, but I am good at multiple choice. I guess it helps that I was raised Jewish and am now an atheist though (parents were pretty darn secular though). Dre, there is actually another tab to look at how religious...

IRV (in the case of the house of reps) with just one district, the state. As long as we have districts like we do it is going to favor the major parties. Duvergers Law has a little bit to say on this, though it isn't an always the case kind of law.

It all depends on the drug. The United States makes a lot of its marijuana domestically now (it has since High Times taught people how to do home grows) and it is the most valuable crop in the nation employing more people than the cultivation of any other plant. That said we still import a lot...

Well that I feel is a difference possibly created by the fact that a lot of drugs go through Mexico on their way to America, so there is a lot of business opportunity there. Considering we mostly go after marijuana in the United States though, I would hardly say we are focusing on hard drugs at...

Can we sharply reduce the drug supply though (is it possible)? If the current cost of the drug war is in tens of billions each year, and it is really only scraping up the surface, we simply cannot allocate enough capital to enable the government to institute the necessary measures to basically...

So basically by throwing people who possess drugs into jail and rehab systems will turn most of these peoplel around (everyone I know that has ever been arrested for drugs never stopped after their probation/rehab ended, not to say that replaces some good statistics, but I am just saying)? As...

And does making drugs illegal keep people from using them improperly (or from just using them)? Not one bit. Now, if I asked how you would mediate the damage done to society by drugs, how exactly do you go about that? Keep doing the same thing, or do something different? So how does making a...

This We don't really need to apply the lens of social contract theory to see that the drug war is not right because it is an utter and complete failure on every single level (except effectively arresting people, in that case it has done a "great" job). If we are going to try to keep people from...

It only helps the environment if you are recycling some types of plastic or aluminum (I heard steel mentioned, but I am not sure if we use it enough in throw away goods to make it worthwhile anymore). In other cases it actually burns more fossil fuels because of transportation and processing...

I'm not offended. But I know that drugs can be done responsibly. And that just like you have to learn to be responsible about other things you do that can endanger others (like driving, some business practices would fall under this (especially environmental ones), and using any kind of drug that...

I know that cocaine is dangerous while driving. I am not sure the potency of coca leaves in say a tea for a little extra boost would have on driving. But you shouldn't blanket the statement over both, cocaine is somewhat dangerous. Coca leaves are unhealthy at worst, but not necessarily very...

I'm not saying it makes you a better driver. I am saying that it makes you driver slower and more cautiously. The impairment is not nearly as bad as alcohol with even extremely high doses of marijuana. You are more likely to get into an accident, but you are less likely than if you are talking...