The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?

[rene]

On a side note, we were very fortunate here in Canada to have the current Enbridge project not approved recently.

 

Which one? the Northern Gateway through BC?

[voidisyinyang]

Making text larger, bolder and bright red does not help your argument any. Someone isn't going to agree with you just because it's "louder".

 

On a side note, we were very fortunate here in Canada to have the current Enbridge project not approved recently. Of course there will be more in the future though; it at least sets a good precedent.

 

The red large text should not be a formatting option apparently. haha.

 

It's actually just a type of response to people's past 500 years of ignoring structural racism.

 

The issue goes back to Plato. Form is content.

 

Which Enbridge Project are you talking about? I'm in Minnesota and so the Native Indians have been protesting the new Enbridge project which will be as big as the Keystone Project that so many people have protested against. Not much attention to the Enbridge Project though.

 

 

Enbridge is currently seeking permission to increase the amount of oil from 450,000 barrels to 570,000 barrels per day, but was added another application to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to increase the flow to the maximum of 880,000 barrels. This is the same diameter of pipeline the TransCanada Keystone XL, 800,000 barrels per day, which is under great scrutiny in its Presidential Permit application.

 

Yep protesting --

 

http://www.ienearth.org/enbridge-spill-in-viking-mn/

 

Making noise, being loud and colorful.

 

I have a masters degree in protesting.

 

Compare it to billboards which are a tax deduction for corporate advertising - big loud, and a way to decrease the amount of monies going to education, healthcare, food stamps, etc. CORPORATE ADVERTISING.

 

haha. Mind control.

 

No one complains about billboards.

 

 

Chevron granted access to environmental activists' email accounts

 

Fascism.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/southern-crossroads/2013/jul/15/chevron-environmental-activists-email-accounts?CMP=twt_fd

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA2JZt0jfTk

[voidisyinyang]

[voidisyinyang]

I wonder if she is against big red words.

 

 

BREAKING: Bemidji, MN Enbridge office shut down to remove illegal tar sands pipes on Red Lake land!

[Marblehead]

I have a masters degree in protesting.

I have an MA in BS.

[Apech]

I have an MA in BS.

 

 

I wanted to go to the University of Life but I failed the entrance exam.

[ralis]

Ralis, hi

 

Thank you for your thoughts on this. I can see how each suggestion could be helpful and, more importantly, within the realm of possibility.

 

Is there a reason you chose four years for the ipr/patent maximum? I would think 8-10 years would be more fair to enable full recoup of any R&D costs, and enable maximum profits, yes for a longer limited time period but not so short it would discourage funding creativity. But maybe there is something I'm not aware of that makes four years the better option?

 

warm regards

 

Here is one example of a new transportation technology being open source as opposed to patent.

 

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/15/billionaire-entrepreneur-elon-musk-to-unveil-secretive-hyperloop-design-in-august/

Edited July 16, 2013 by ralis

[voidisyinyang]

The Enbridge “Alberta Clipper” runs from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, through a bit of northeast North Dakota, across northern Minnesota to the city of Superior, Wisconsin (sister city to Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior). There are multiple tar sands oil pipelines to transport Enbridge diluted bitumen to the Midwest, and to the East and Gulf coasts for export.

 

Enbridge is currently requesting a 26.6 percent (120,000 barrels per day) increase in sands oil through the “Alberta Clipper” pipeline from 450,000 to 570,000 bpd. We await the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission decision on the Clipper increase with our presence on the land and at hearings, with comments and public pressure.

 

The next increase, already in the works, from 570 bpd to 880,000 bpd would bring the total to a 97.85 percent increase in the existing pipe. That increase would require stronger pumping pressure as well as more pumping stations. It would carry a greater volume than the Keystone XL designed to move 830,000 bpd.

An Enbridge sands oil spill on July 25, 2010, was flushed into the Kalamazoo River (Michigan) where clean up costs are approaching $1 billion.

 

http://wammtoday.org/2013/07/11/susu-jeffrey-keystone-in-minnesota-enbridge-and-the-alberta-clipper/

 

https://www.facebook.com/EnbridgeBlockade

[narveen]

I wanted to go to the University of Life but I failed the entrance exam.

 

what is a ghost cat?

[voidisyinyang]

http://www.democracynow.org/

 

the real world.

 

"George had done this out of racial hatred if you will"

 

- quoting George Zimmerman's cousin by head of the NAACP.

Edited July 16, 2013 by pythagoreanfulllotus

[Apech]

what is a ghost cat?

 

 

my cat died ... so ...

[rene]

Here is one example of a new transportation technology being open source as opposed to patent.

 

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/15/billionaire-entrepreneur-elon-musk-to-unveil-secretive-hyperloop-design-in-august/

 

wow, ralis, I'm impressed that you would post anything about something good being done by your loathed evil elitist 1%. So, I guess the answer to my question as to why the four year max was chosen by you is that is the longest you could stomach? Fair enough. Thanks for your replies! Most appreciated.

[ralis]

Charles Koch declares that 34,000/year puts one in the wealthiest 1% in the world. The Koch bros. are a joke! The Koch bros. aspire to become feudal lords which is where the U.S. is heading.

 

 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023265058

Edited July 17, 2013 by ralis

[ralis]

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Edited July 17, 2013 by ralis

[narveen]

Charles Koch declares that 34,000/year puts one in the wealthiest 1% in the world. The Koch bros. are a joke! The Koch bros. aspire to become feudal lords which is where the U.S. is heading.

 

 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023265058

 

you sound like a feudal lord yourself

or an official in government service

if you think 34,000/year is chicken shit

[ralis]

you sound like a feudal lord yourself

or an official in government service

if you think 34,000/year is chicken shit

 

Do you even read what I post? Koch is twisting the 1% debate in this country. He is advocating eliminating the minimum wage. I would appreciate you refraining from the incessant need to know where I am from or anything about me. Ad hominem attacks are against forum rules! The next question in regards to my personal life or where I am from will be reported to the mods.

[narveen]

Do you even read what I post? Koch is twisting the 1% debate in this country. He is advocating eliminating the minimum wage. I would appreciate you refraining from the incessant need to know where I am from or anything about me. Ad hominem attacks are against forum rules! The next question in regards to my personal life or where I am from will be reported to the mods.

 

don't be silly

i am not interested in who you are personally.

but when you make conclusions that are ridiculous to me,

i need to know where you are coming from

if i knew, then i would be able to see the rationality of your viewpoints

and not debate you unnecessarily

 

where i come from, which is america

the koch bros are like the three pure ones

on my altar

Edited July 17, 2013 by narveen

[ralis]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Republican-Brain-Science-Science-/dp/1118094514/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374027202&sr=8-1&keywords=republican+brain

[narveen]

chris mooney?

he defends climate change and evolution theory

and concludes republicans who reject those suppositions

do not accept science and reality.

 

guys like mooney lives in a democracy

but belittle the rights of others to their opinions

he thinks that liberals with an arts degree are smart

and conservatives with an engineering degree are stupid.

[ralis]

chris mooney?

he defends climate change and evolution theory

and concludes republicans who reject those suppositions

do not accept science and reality.

 

guys like mooney lives in a democracy

but belittle the rights of others to their opinions

he thinks that liberals with an arts degree are smart

and conservatives with an engineering degree are stupid.

 

You have a problem with evolution and man made climate change? Opinions are one thing but to refute scientific research without evidence or understanding the research is ludicrous.

[narveen]

You have a problem with evolution and man made climate change?

 

yes, i have because both are controversies

and either one has scientists supporting it.

not that i agree with any of them

 

Opinions are one thing but to refute scientific research without evidence or understanding the research is ludicrous.

 

what research?

show me.

i have two degrees in engineering

and will not be wasting your time

if you offer your research material

for my review and discussion.

[ralis]

yes, i have because both are controversies

and either one has scientists supporting it.

not that i agree with any of them

 

 

what research?

show me.

i have two degrees in engineering

and will not be wasting your time

if you offer your research material

for my review and discussion.

 

The research is factual and not controversial as to evolution and you can read books online or check out at your local library. Furthermore, it is religious conservatives quoting the bible that have created the so called controversy in regards to evolution. Evolution is only controversial in their narrow minds. I suppose you believe the earth is 6000 years old?

 

Having two degrees in engineering proves what in regards to evolutionary theory? Does that make you an expert?

 

 

There is another thread here devoted to discussing AGW so I am not going to waste my time with you on that.

Edited July 17, 2013 by ralis

[rene]

Edited July 17, 2013 by rene

[rene]

i'm actually illiterate like most folks here

dropped out of college like steve jobs and bill gates

 

what research?

show me.

i have two degrees in engineering

and will not be wasting your time

if you offer your research material

for my review and discussion.

 

Make up your mind.

[ralis]

 

Make up your mind.

 

Thanks for reminding me that he is a college dropout with two degrees in engineering. I wonder how that works. Haha.