The Pax Britannia is long over. The Pax Americana is waning. If there must be an "indispensable nation", deciding upon world affairs, who should be next? China? India? Luxembourg?
Me, I say India. They play Test Cricket and like a cup of tea.
The Next Masters of the World
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China. Deffo.
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Ireland.
If someone can loan us a few quid until payback day.
If someone can loan us a few quid until payback day.
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Australia.
No matter where you are or who's in power, it will be precisely the same as before.
No matter where you are or who's in power, it will be precisely the same as before.
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."
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Narnia.
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
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Ani is a furry.
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."
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Deffo NOT China. More than a billion of their 1.3 billion people live on less than $2k per year. Only a tiny percent (a veneer, some might say) lives on First World-level wages, and the great majority is still a vastly-impoverished Third World country. Moreover, the wealth in concentrated along the coast and heavily tied to foreign, not domestic, commerce. Moreover, their finance system is artificially skewed by Beijing. Moreover, their banking/credit system looks like 1980s-era Japan on steroids: tons of low-interest, cheap money, based more on personal connections than sound business investments. A roaring engine producing more heat than movement. And the logic of perpetual economic growth defies all of history: no country grows uninterrupted for decades without dealing with some serious problems at the end of it. There are some severe structural limits to their growth, and China is approaching them, and they're going to be hurting badly as they hit them.Pappa wrote:China. Deffo.
But don't discount Iceland. Poised to conquer the world, I tell ya.
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"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Must be an older picture. He still looks really plump.FBM wrote:
The Dear Leader has lost quite a bit of weight the last couple years.
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You can tell it's an old pic. There's uneaten pine needles and bark left on the trees.Ian wrote:Must be an older picture. He still looks really plump.FBM wrote:
The Dear Leader has lost quite a bit of weight the last couple years.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Kim Jong Ill... 
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."
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It's tempting to laugh at that, if it weren't tragically true!FBM wrote:You can tell it's an old pic. There's uneaten pine needles and bark left on the trees.Ian wrote:Must be an older picture. He still looks really plump.FBM wrote:
The Dear Leader has lost quite a bit of weight the last couple years.
But I'm sure Juche is on the verge of succeeding. Any time now...
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Yeah. 주체. Consider it done.Ian wrote:It's tempting to laugh at that, if it weren't tragically true!FBM wrote:You can tell it's an old pic. There's uneaten pine needles and bark left on the trees.Ian wrote:Must be an older picture. He still looks really plump.FBM wrote:
The Dear Leader has lost quite a bit of weight the last couple years.
But I'm sure Juche is on the verge of succeeding. Any time now...
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"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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I think you are all overlooking Vanuatu. A country so obscure it doesn't even need armed forces, simply relying on the fact that no-one can find it on a map in any case!
You wait until Vanuatu develops electric can-openers and petrol powered lawn-mowers! The rest of you won't have a clue what hit you!
You wait until Vanuatu develops electric can-openers and petrol powered lawn-mowers! The rest of you won't have a clue what hit you!
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Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
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I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
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The US will never allow that to happen. We've got big plans for Vanuatu...Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I think you are all overlooking Vanuatu. A country so obscure it doesn't even need armed forces, simply relying on the fact that no-one can find it on a map in any case!
You wait until Vanuatu develops electric can-openers and petrol powered lawn-mowers! The rest of you won't have a clue what hit you!
Muahahahahahaaaa!!!!!!! :twisted:
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