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Comment · 10 years ago
Or like the people who are unable to have jobs, even programming ones, despite being very skilled at it, because their aspergers causes them so many problems that they cannot work in an environment with other people or to deadlines, so, instead they are stuck unemployed, living at home, and terrified about what happens when their parents die and how they will cope, while people make fun of them for being basement dwellers.
Comment · 11 years ago
2500 raids, 230 illegal weapons?

We could say "Oh, this means there were almost 10 illegal weapons at every raid", but, they were not evenly distributed, just like raiding every house in a dodgy estate will turn up a lot of illegal items, but most of them will be centered in a small % of properties, so, yeah, for 2500 raids, most of them will have returned nothing.

Comment · 11 years ago
I thought most people used the insulin pumps now, with the lancet for testing?
Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Indeed.

I don't see anti-immigration people and Christians being asked to apologize for Breivik, nor all catholic priests being asked to distance themselves from the catholic scandal of the last decade.

Comment · 11 years ago
No, it says that they cannot work at detention settings which are in violation of the US constitution or international law.

If it is legal, ethical interrogation, then it is not in violation of the US Constitution, or international law

It even says they can provide general consultation on issues related to humane information gathering

Comment · 11 years ago
Yes, it is recent.

We are evolutionary newcomers.

Comment · 11 years ago
There was a time..so I hear, where nobody used email.

How come people simply cannot avoid using it?

If you have a non-internet way for my computer illiterate parents to see photos of their grandchildren on different continents, please let me know

Comment · 11 years ago
Carbohydrates are not "added sugar".

High-sugar fruits are not "added sugar".

Added sugar = sugar which is added to a product, and shows up on the ingredient list.

The only fruits you would worry about is fruit juice, because good luck eating 10-12 apples in one session, but you can drink 10-12 apples worth of juice without any problems.

Comment · 11 years ago
Unless the bully then brings his friends (and they usually have more "friends" than their targets) to have a go at the person who hit them.

I was bullied to shit at school, all anonymously (pre-internet era)....urine soaked chocolates put through my front door, cans of drink emptied and refilled with urine, someone even fired an air rifle through my front door one weekend..not all bullying is "easily" solved by retaliating in kind, and punching someone will have fairly heavy consequences as an adult, so perhaps it is best to learn other ways of dealing with it..."But he started it" does not cut it if someone bullies you at work.

(incidentally, I later found out that it was my "friends" who had been doing this)

Comment · 11 years ago
My BF knows my email address, and I know his, but going through each others computers/phones/whatever is a big nope.
Comment · 11 years ago
I saw the data you linked, but I don't see the "poor".

From what I see, they make up a range of demographics and educational levels.

As to why they did not bring their families over in the first place? That is usually because they want to make sure they have somewhere to stay before bringing their families over.

Bigger picture. The population of Europe as a whole is 740 million or so. Even if the entire population of Syrian pitched up in Europe (20 million or so), it would be under 5% of the population. The actual numbers of refugees is around 5 million, so less than 1%. You are trying to suggest that 1% of the population is a "demographic shock"?

The problem arises when the refugees are concentrated in a few countries, and then other nations use the crowding and chaos there as an excuse not to take any.

"Men without solid economic recourse", as per my previous point, these individuals span the entire socio-economic range, and have a wide range of skills. If they are able to gain employment (Many countries do not allow refugees to work) then I do not see why they would not have solid economic recourse.

Comment · 11 years ago
I always put it down to my dopamine responses, as I don't get the same feeling from eating, or any of the other well known things that elicit a dopamine release, and assumed excercise was the same thing.
Comment · 11 years ago
So you think it is better that Turkey shoulders 1.6m extra inhabitants, while Europe gets all excitable about a few hundred thousand?
Comment · 11 years ago
Would that be because there is less of a culture of presenteeism, and more vacation days, and more time off when sick?

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