Seen on my way home this evening in Washington DC.

Seen on my way home this evening in Washington DC.
US small arms per 100 persons: 120
Portugal small arms per 100 persons: 20
US murder rate: 5.9 per 100,000
Portugal murder rate: 0.8 per 100,000
US mental health care system: for-profit, limited by insurance carriers
Portugal mental health care system: Single-payer public
Smart kid in Portugal gets scholarship to come to US, lives here 20 years, has mental breakdown, kills a professor and shoots up a university.
I don’t think the problem is immigration from Portugal. The problem is here.
You wouldn’t know it from hanging out with American Christians but the Bible condemns charging interest on loans more often and more harshly than homosexuality.
Have you ever heard an American Christian say credit cards or mortgages are an abomination in their religion?
When Microsoft started giving away Internet Explorer, it became a serious challenger for Netscape. This program looked at the battle to become the dominant...
"We will rebuild" is repeated a lot after climate disasters nowadays. Sadly, i don't think you can "rebuild it back like it was" and expect different results and a repeat nowadays.
Personally, I think the Japanese have the right idea with "Tsunami Stones"
Smithsonian: These Century-Old Stone “Tsunami Stones” Dot Japan’s Coastline
“Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”