(February 28, 2017 at 6:09 pm)Alex K Wrote: Maybe they were in it for some kind of long con, and Sigmar Gabriel was just a joke...

There's one thing to say in favor of Gabriel. You always see what he thinks. It's that bad smell under his nose look that is a dead giveaway. Last time seen when he visited the USA. Not sure if he's the best foreign minister.

First, get the money out of politics. Second cut %50 of the funding for our bloated military and reallocated towards education and healthcare. Third adopt single payer healthcare.

Additionally, make sure that mental healthcare is easier to gain access to and make sure it has equal funding. The last time I stayed in a behavioral ward it was plain to me that it was grossly underfunded. In fact they didn't even have individual therapy. In this vein, I would like it if people were more accepting of the mentally ill here, to the point that I wouldn't have to be embarrassed to say "I don't work or have a wife and kids because I have schizophrenia." Some might think I'm lazy or something but it's safer for them to think that right now, I think.
I'd rather not test how accepting people are.

(February 28, 2017 at 6:21 pm)abaris Wrote:

(February 28, 2017 at 6:09 pm)Alex K Wrote: Maybe they were in it for some kind of long con, and Sigmar Gabriel was just a joke...

There's one thing to say in favor of Gabriel. You always see what he thinks. It's that bad smell under his nose look that is a dead giveaway. Last time seen when he visited the USA. Not sure if he's the best foreign minister.

Yes, haha, and I don't think he's a bad guy per se, but he's not your popular candidate.

(February 28, 2017 at 5:33 pm)Aristocatt Wrote: For the US:
Time travel funding to unfuck everything.

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I think the best place to start would be providing solar technology and the necessary technology for resource extraction back 100 years.

If we're going to time travel, we need to go back in time and re-write the whole bible.

-Same Sex Marriage is A.Ok
-Women are NOT property, and are equal to men
-Slavery is BAD
-Polluting the environment is bad
-Education is the cornerstone of civilization
-Earth revolves around the sun, and is totally not flat
-Germs cause disease
-Transgender people should use whichever bathroom they identify with
-Rape is bad, including if she's 'just drunk'
-Governments should take care of their poor
-If you spend millions of dollars to build a stupid ark, you're going to burn in hell for all eternity
-EVOLUTION
-treat all people with compassion, including those who are from other countries, who are other races and religion, and who have different sexuality or gender.
-Criminals should not have guns.  Nor should the mentally ill.
-Feed the poor
-Feed students lunches and breakfasts at no cost to them
-Don't spend more on the military than on the poor
-Bullying is bad
-Killing people for religious reasons is bad.  Killing children for religious reasons is double bad.

*comes back to the present*

"So... wait... why is Jesus part of the avengers?  What do you mean Christianity was a short lived religion, and that we all worship Jupiter?  JUPITER DAMMIT, all that for nothing?  At least tell me people don't go door to door spreading the good word of Hercules.  Oh, phew.  WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY SPREAD THE WORD OF MARS?!"

Accept me as benevolent dictator for life.

(February 28, 2017 at 6:32 pm)Cecelia Wrote:

(February 28, 2017 at 5:33 pm)Aristocatt Wrote: For the US:
Time travel funding to unfuck everything.

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I think the best place to start would be providing solar technology and the necessary technology for resource extraction back 100 years.

If we're going to time travel, we need to go back in time and re-write the whole bible.

-Same Sex Marriage is A.Ok
-Women are NOT property, and are equal to men
-Slavery is BAD
-Polluting the environment is bad
-Education is the cornerstone of civilization
-Earth revolves around the sun, and is totally not flat
-Germs cause disease
-Transgender people should use whichever bathroom they identify with
-Rape is bad, including if she's 'just drunk'
-Governments should take care of their poor
-If you spend millions of dollars to build a stupid ark, you're going to burn in hell for all eternity
-EVOLUTION
-treat all people with compassion, including those who are from other countries, who are other races and religion, and who have different sexuality or gender.
-Criminals should not have guns.  Nor should the mentally ill.
-Feed the poor
-Feed students lunches and breakfasts at no cost to them
-Don't spend more on the military than on the poor
-Bullying is bad
-Killing people for religious reasons is bad.  Killing children for religious reasons is double bad.

*comes back to the present*

"So... wait... why is Jesus part of the avengers?  What do you mean Christianity was a short lived religion, and that we all worship Jupiter?  JUPITER DAMMIT, all that for nothing?  At least tell me people don't go door to door spreading the good word of Hercules.  Oh, phew.  WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY SPREAD THE WORD OF MARS?!"

That would be Zeus, heretic!

Funny as hell if Trump adopted Simpson Bowles Commission recommendations:

(February 28, 2017 at 6:12 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: Who's likely to win the German election then?

It obviously won't be the AfD or the other party that I forgot the name of.

CDU or SPD. Seems as if it's an open race between them again. Can't say any of them are outright bad. Both have reputable candidates that showed to care.

(February 28, 2017 at 6:25 pm)Industrial Lad Wrote: First, get the money out of politics. Second cut %50 of the funding for our bloated military and reallocated towards education and healthcare. Third adopt single payer healthcare.

Additionally, make sure that mental healthcare is easier to gain access to and make sure it has equal funding. The last time I stayed in a behavioral ward it was plain to me that it was grossly underfunded. In fact they didn't even have individual therapy. In this vein, I would like it if people were more accepting of the mentally ill here, to the point that I wouldn't have to be embarrassed to say "I don't work or have a wife and kids because I have schizophrenia." Some might think I'm lazy or something but it's safer for them to think that right now, I think.
I'd rather not test how accepting people are.

There is no shame in that. I interact with both treated and untreated schiz individuals on a weekly basis.

I need to get my twang like this fellow.