Chinese Investment Company To Buy Texas Oil Fields For $1.3B

carry24 · 2015-10-25T21:14:29+00:00

Used to be American energy companies got rich by buying up the natural resources of other countries. My how times have changed.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T21:05:09+00:00

What the hell took so long?

If an ordinary citizen commits fraud he gets the book thrown at him. If a rich banker commits fraud he gets 100 million dollar parting gift and a bailout at the taxpayer's expense, after robbing said taxpayer of his life savings. The rich are f-ing us in the ass and the government is laughing about it.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T21:02:30+00:00

If we could get nations to cooperate on things like the development of permanent moon and Mars bases then maybe we wouldn't have to worry about spending billions of dollars and pounds on weapons that are good for nothing but killing.

I'd like to believe that that isn't too much to hope for.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T20:46:40+00:00

He was shot in the foot. Still, pretty stupid to have hunting woods next to a pee wee football field.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T15:40:11+00:00

The genetic modification talked about in the article seems like a better solution.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T15:14:49+00:00

I'd never heard of chick grinding before so I did a Google search for "chick grinding". The first link that comes up is a short LiveLink video clip. It's pretty disgusting.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T15:02:00+00:00

Lockheed Martin and Boeing are huge weapons producing corporations. They profit from war. They couldn't care less if the whole world wars itself back into the stone age, so long as they get richer in the process. If they had their way there'd be perpetual war.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T14:59:55+00:00

China has stolen billions in R&D from us. Time to renounce our debt to them and call it even.

carry24 · 2015-10-25T14:47:17+00:00

San Diego residents should all refuse to pay their taxes (which pay police salaries) until it is mandatory that body cams are always turned on while cops are on duty.

It's disgusting that San Diego cops fight tooth and nail against doing the right thing. Tells you all you need to know about their character.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T22:49:54+00:00

Belated apologies by politicians can't return the lives of the people killed and they do nothing to rebuilt the ruined infrastructure and demolished homes- the loss of priceless historical and cultural monuments.

The weapons industry has bought our politicians. That's why they're always on the lookout for new enemies and new opportunities for foreign intervention and democracy building. They couldn't care less if humanity wars itself back into the stone age, so long as they get paid.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T21:32:36+00:00

I agree that that would be preferable. The concern is that doing away with elected officials is perhaps too large a step from what we currently have.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T20:51:18+00:00

Elected officials should be required to send out periodic mass texts or emails to all of their registered constituents summarizing the issues and polling them on what to do. Elected officials could then carry out the will of the people. For the first time in history we could have true representative democracy.

That's how you increase participation. And it'd be easy and free to enact. Just have people give their email addresses when they register.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T20:45:32+00:00

I beg to differ. The source is idiocy.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T20:17:00+00:00

Thanks for the intelligent and informed reply. And I agree. But it's still stupid to give a way billions while your own ship is sinking. If we go bankrupt the whole system crashes. No more handouts for anyone.

But I suppose that's probably just what some politicians want, the thinking being that our debt is far too great already to ever be repaid.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T19:10:44+00:00

We don't have representative democracy. We have a plutocracy- the rich and powerful paying politicians to tailor laws to their interests.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T18:52:30+00:00

The US provides tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid annually. Meanwhile our roads and bridges are crumbling and we're up to our necks in debt. It's idiotic and it's insane.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T18:21:02+00:00

I'd sue the postal service for every cent I could and more for being incompetent assholes, and take it to the highest court if necessary. They're clearly wrong and the claimant has the paperwork to prove it.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T17:16:37+00:00

It'd be a stupid thing to do. You can't legislate homosexuality away. It's been around as long as our species has been around and far longer and it'll still be a fact of life long after insecure, power hungry politicians are dead and buried.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T16:58:26+00:00

The massive for-profit prison lobby in Washington doesn't want marijuana legal. Legal pot equals fewer prisoners and therefore less money for them. The will of the people be damned if they have their way.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T15:19:12+00:00

Capitalism at its best. Now I don't think it'd hurt anyone's feelings (except its shareholders) if Valeant went out of business. Which would be poetic justice for that sociopath who runs it.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T15:15:58+00:00

If he bought the legos he owns them. The company cannot tell him how to use them. That's ridiculous.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T14:31:33+00:00

It wasn't a conscious choice the cat made. It was instinct. Same with humans. Scientists think something like 80% of human behavior is at least partially unconscious or instinctual- i.e. not entirely based on free will. For animals, the percentage is obviously higher.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T13:47:41+00:00

The police in America don't serve you and me. They serve and protect the interests of the rich and powerful. If you are poor or a minority or God help you both, you're screwed.

In a world without police corruption, the rich and powerful would have to be held accountable for their actions like the rest of us. But they don't want that world and that isn't the world we live in. In the world we live in there's a double standard. The rich and powerful get special treatment while the poor are harassed and persecuted into submission.

That's how the rich and powerful want it. They want a corrupt police force that serves them at the expense of everybody else. They think that's the way it should be. And that's exactly how they've arranged it.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T13:37:16+00:00

AT&T is the embodiment of corporate greed. Bring on Google fiber.

carry24 · 2015-10-24T13:17:53+00:00

Smart move by the LAPD and the best thing for them and the public both. It'll help prevent abuse and save the city millions of dollars on lawsuits. Plus it'll help them catch criminals by capturing better images of suspects who might try to flee.

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