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How the 'miracle' of Singapore was achieved - a police state. "Lee was an exquisite example of the developing-nation leader who gets the dirty work of political repression done with the minimum of embarrassing mess."
Friday, April 3, 2015 11:46 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Saturday, April 4, 2015 3:56 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Saturday, April 4, 2015 4:10 AM
Saturday, April 4, 2015 5:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: When I read things like this: "... Lee also had a third dimension, especially in western eyes – statesman, philosopher king, embodiment of the wisdom of the east." my bullshit meter goes off. It puts everything else under a cloud.
Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:53 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Saturday, April 4, 2015 6:34 PM
Sunday, April 5, 2015 11:02 AM
KPO
Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.
Sunday, April 5, 2015 12:17 PM
Sunday, April 5, 2015 3:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by kpo: Two Putin fans criticising autocracy, hilarious.
Sunday, April 5, 2015 7:34 PM
MAGONSDAUGHTER
Sunday, April 5, 2015 11:55 PM
Monday, April 6, 2015 12:19 PM
Quote: that coding errors, [the dreaded spreadsheet cell reference errors- SIGNY], selective exclusion of available data, and unconventional weighting of summary statistics lead to serious errors that inaccurately represent the relationship between public debt and GDP growth among 20 advanced economies in the post-war period. Our nding is that when properly calculated, the average real GDP growth rate for countries carrying a public-debt-to-GDP ratio of over 90 percent is actually 2.2 percent, not -0.1 percent
Monday, April 6, 2015 4:44 PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 6:24 PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 8:20 PM
Quote: I think his idea was that western style democracy just wouldn't work in these regions at these times and perhaps he is right. I do believe that some regions need long transitions to anything resembling democracy.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 10:47 PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 11:26 PM
Quote:Originally posted by kpo: Quote: I think his idea was that western style democracy just wouldn't work in these regions at these times and perhaps he is right. I do believe that some regions need long transitions to anything resembling democracy. I think this is a good point. I read a good quote recently (with regards to Russia and Putin) along the lines of 'fascism is the scourge of young democracies'. And it rings true, when you think about the notorious fascist governments of the past. I think with some of these undemocratic countries it pays to take the long view, and celebrate stability, economic growth and good governance in the short term, with the expectation that these will lay a good platform for democracy later.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 12:13 AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:12 AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:42 AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:59 AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 8:42 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: You'd also need to compare Singapore to other countries in the region, both economically and in terms of 'freedom' to get an idea of whether you approve of what happens there or not.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 10:59 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by kpo: Quote: I think his idea was that western style democracy just wouldn't work in these regions at these times and perhaps he is right. I do believe that some regions need long transitions to anything resembling democracy. I think this is a good point. I read a good quote recently (with regards to Russia and Putin) along the lines of 'fascism is the scourge of young democracies'. And it rings true, when you think about the notorious fascist governments of the past. I think with some of these undemocratic countries it pays to take the long view, and celebrate stability, economic growth and good governance in the short term, with the expectation that these will lay a good platform for democracy later. Are you talking about Ukraine under Poroshenko? Or Russia under Putin?
Saturday, April 11, 2015 10:58 AM
Quote: I think his idea was that western style democracy just wouldn't work in these regions at these times and perhaps he is right. I do believe that some regions need long transitions to anything resembling democracy.- MAGONS I think this is a good point. I read a good quote recently (with regards to Russia and Putin) along the lines of 'fascism is the scourge of young democracies'. And it rings true, when you think about the notorious fascist governments of the past. I think with some of these undemocratic countries it pays to take the long view, and celebrate stability, economic growth and good governance in the short term, with the expectation that these will lay a good platform for democracy later.- KPO Are you talking about Ukraine under Poroshenko? Or Russia under Putin? -SIGNY Russia under Putin, of course. A fascist state in Ukraine is complete nonsense - the invention of Russian propagandists.-KPO
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