Recent content by boomtrain

Your link is to a google search. Was there a specific page we were supposed to click on? anyway...

I'm not American and I think Trump is a clown, but I can see the appeal. The average schmo feels like the elites of the country aren't on their side. Political correctness has become a tool to shut down debate on important but controversial issues, and plenty of people would rather vote for a...

What gave you the impression that I support politically charged death sentences? Describing recent history isn't the same thing as endorsing it. I'm still mostly disputing your assertion that, since Jordan and Egypt don't currently have shariah law, Jordanians and Egyptians aren't in favour...

The army staged a coup, and jailed the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood. Many of those leaders are facing long jail terms or the death penalty

As Jordan and Egypt are secular dictatorships, these people weren't exactly in a position to demand such laws. When Egypt became briefly democratic, the Muslim Brotherhood took power

that will be a fantastic rebuttal if anyone ever makes the argument that their votes aren't valid for some reason.

I don't think immigrants will just "vote along one line rather than being as diverse and open to persuasion as anyone else"... if they assimilate! It seems that I'm not the only one who thinks so...

but ethnic block voting is real, and can influence general elections. For better or worse, didn't the hispanic vote help the democrats with the last American presidential election? but this thread isn't about extreme religion. it's about immigrants integrating (or not), specifically...

To convince Swedes that letting them in was a good idea. It's too late not to let them in now, but public opinion will have an effect on future immigration policy

I'm not sure I agree with this statement. I'm definitely biased towards isolationism, but am open to being wrong. Are there any examples of this happening in recent history? How frequently does that happen versus the reverse? (I don't think Kosovars, Somalians, or Afghanis are very...

I think the outrage is over the suspicion that the postal service's retiree medical plan will be bailed out if it comes up short, while private plans (for anyone other than GM and Chryslter!) won't get that kind of taxpayer support.

The handful of employers I know personally in business/ engineering don't care about your undergrad after a masters or a few years of work experience. How did you get into an Msc?

you forgot to mention it'll bring about world peace... do you have sources for any of those claims?

And that's not even the only input! For average life expectancy you'd also have to look out for other factors that effect the health of your population (obesity, genetics, ect.)

This analogy will only make sense if this is a magic pie that grows in line with the economic activity of the Americans competing for it Who decides who gets what slice of the pie?