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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#35926: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:05:34 PM

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Well its excluding Hong Kong and Macau, so that might be the reason.

Still I doubt China's English speaking population is even over 50 million

edited 29th Oct '12 5:06:00 PM by DeviantBraeburn

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#35927: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:11:39 PM

Here's a Wikipedia article that might help.

I'm fairly sure that Finland should be in the same category as Sweden. The same goes for Norway; in the map they have in that article, Norway isn't coloured at all, so they're probably using a survey of EU countries. Norway's public education system is about equal to that of Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden, and the average teen in any of those countries is almost... almost as good at English as I am. ("Almost almost" because the gap is big enough that one "almost" won't do, but not big enough to say "more than half as good" or something like that. Maybe I should've said "pretty close to being almost at my level.")

edited 29th Oct '12 5:13:14 PM by BestOf

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#35928: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:11:46 PM

so in hilarious news a friend found a political documentary with such interesting "facts" about liberals such as that we abort all our children and recruit by brainwashing college students into our ranks.

wait

there are actual (self-described) conservatives who actually believe that liberals abort all their children?

where do our babies come from then

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#35929: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:13:17 PM

[up]

Clearly there illegal immigrants.

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35930: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:16:50 PM

Clearly the liberals steal them from the hardworking God fearing Christians. That explains all the child abductions.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#35932: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:21:36 PM

@GMH: I don't know about the aborting "all" the children thing, but I do know some that believe that most liberals have had multiple abortions.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35933: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:25:43 PM

I have a feeling there are a ton of liberals that wouldn't even want to get an abortion themselves despite their support of its legalization.

I know if I was a woman I'd want people to have the option but I myself would probably never get one.

edited 29th Oct '12 5:25:59 PM by Kostya

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#35934: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:26:10 PM

BTW: When you think "Well, who are they borrowing from" anyone that has a US Treasury bond.

pvtnum11 OMG NO NOSECONES from Kerbin low orbit Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
OMG NO NOSECONES
#35935: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:27:58 PM

While I think that private charity work can do a lot to help people, the fact is that it cannot be reasonably expected to shoulder the burden all by itself. At least, not anymore. We're about 90 years past being able to do so. Hoover made the mistake of thinking that Charities could do everything when the Depression hit.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#35936: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:31:36 PM

Now we have 'hurricaners.' People who believe that Obama engineered hurricane Sandy to hold back the job numbers so Obama can the election.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/10/29/conspiracy-theorists-say-obama-engineered-hurricane-sandy

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35937: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:31:41 PM

That's what kills me. We tried to let the invisible hand of the market fix things during the Great Depression and it failed. Despite that people blame FDR for the slow economic recovery of the depression. This seems to be ignoring the fact that things only started getting better with the New Deal.

pvtnum11 OMG NO NOSECONES from Kerbin low orbit Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
OMG NO NOSECONES
#35938: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:40:22 PM

Wait, how in the [EXPLETIVE DELETED] can you blame a single human for Nature shifting heat and moisture around?

What did he do, park Air Force One somewhere in Western Africa for a few hours at full throttle and that somehow created a Tropical Wave, which then in turn created Sandy....?

Like, wow. I'll start calling him President Storm or something.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
ohsointocats from The Sand Wastes Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#35939: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:42:49 PM

If people thought that Obama caused the hurricane, wouldn't they be terrified of him? I don't mean like "har blarg ruin the country" terror but bow down and pay tribute of first-borns terror?

edited 29th Oct '12 5:43:20 PM by ohsointocats

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#35940: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:45:00 PM

A government-funded research program that carries out research on the ionosphere was used to create the cyclone, according to Alex Jones.

He's approaching Harold Camping levels of stupidity.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#35941: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:45:19 PM

The same types of people believe Bush planted bombs at the levees in New Orleans so they'd collapse and fail during Katrina. They're very vocal, but very much in the minority. While stupid, they don't deserve much attention. They also have a negligible effect on the election.

So yeah, we can boggle at their insanity, but they're not really going to effect much.

pvtnum11 OMG NO NOSECONES from Kerbin low orbit Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
OMG NO NOSECONES
#35942: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:46:30 PM

My oven called, it wants the tinfoil back.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#35943: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:47:38 PM

God's Twitter feed:

For Mitt Romney, FEMA stands for Fuck 'EM All.

[up][up]Oh, I know. I posted Alex Jones as a curiosity.

edited 29th Oct '12 5:48:28 PM by BestOf

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ohsointocats from The Sand Wastes Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#35944: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:50:40 PM

Well it's one thing to plant bombs in a dam. That's something that we know right now a human being can do. I did not however realize that we elected the male incarnation of Pele.

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#35945: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:52:13 PM

Clearly, he's just finally getting around to his duties as antichrist. Took him long enough. tongue

LooseCannon The Groose Is Loose from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jun, 2012
The Groose Is Loose
#35946: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:53:54 PM

I actually know a guy who thinks Obama is the Anti-Christ at my school. He's not the only one with immense ire at Obama.

I remember when I drove to Baton Rouge one time. I saw a billboard saying "SATAN AS BARACK OBAMA."

Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35947: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:55:23 PM

You know if Obama can control the weather I think he'd have done a lot more than make a hurricane. Why couldn't he just cause storms to follow Romney wherever he went so it would look like a bad omen?

[up]Show him this.

edited 29th Oct '12 5:56:10 PM by Kostya

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#35948: Oct 29th 2012 at 5:57:10 PM

I did not however realize that we elected the male incarnation of Pele.

*Looks up* Oh, a Hawaiian goddess of, among other things, the wind.

When I hear "Pele," like almost everyone else in the world I think of a god that actually exists.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
ohsointocats from The Sand Wastes Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#35949: Oct 29th 2012 at 6:10:17 PM

I would have said Poseidon but it didn't seem very apt.

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#35950: Oct 29th 2012 at 6:15:30 PM

[up] Vaguely relevant.

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary

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