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I expect a major factor is tax rates. Developed countries, particularly Scandinavia, have higher and very progressive tax rates, in general. Makes moving there with a lot of money less attractive.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it is garbage, it just isn't up to the standards of what you can buy on the international market yet.

LoL! Pot meet kettle. You remember the Berlin Wall? Where you had to wall people in to keep them there? Remember that big party when they tore it down? That had to really stick in your throat :-) Go visit sometime, they still have pieces of it preserved. Ask Germans to compare and...

Curious, the USN is moving away from amphibious assault toward helicopter assault. I'd be interested in hearing from Indians the rational for not leapfrogging water-borne landing craft. The only counter-arguments I can think of: 1) Water-borne is less expensive (??) 2) Water-borne is more...

They import oil? or they import petroleum products? There are a number of countries that don't have the refining facilities to produce some petroleum products, and consequently have to export oil and import gasoline, for example. Oil does not turn itself into usable end-user-products...

Mmm, I've never seen a US military convoy try to get through a US city. I assume it must happen sometimes, but I've never seen it. The US army isn't given to convoying around as much as you'd think though. They have large bases, and mainly stick to them. They aren't going off to N. Dakota to...

That's a lawnmower engine in the US. Shop Troy-Bilt Bronco 17-HP Automatic 42-in Riding Lawn Mower with Kohler Engine at Lowes.com There is a certain amount of truth to it. The Manhattan Project took 24 months. Jet engine design, both in Germany and the UK began in 1939, and it was 1944...

I know my company (American) has a large sale in Russia in process. It does not seem to be affected by sanctions, either US or Russian. I asked (being very peripherally involved as a technical advisor). The word is that Russia may be stocking up on US oil field/processing and related...

You guys have the dumbest pissing matches.

If your tank hulls are based on 1920s tech, you should expect to get rolled the way Russia got rolled in 1941, with its 1920s tech. Please say you were joking, lest the world think you an idiot.

So, the Swedes are chasing a submarine, with some suggesting that it is Russian and may have mechanical problems. This started a few days back when someone claimed to have seen a sub inside Sweden's island banks (between the islands and the mainland). Now the Swedes are looking for it. Its...

Well, not recently. The US transferred some 30 CVE to the UK during WWII. The USS Cabot (CVL) was transferred to Spain (Delgado) in 1955, where it served till 2002. The USS Belleau Wood and USS Langley were both transferred (in the 1950s) to France (and returned in the 1960s for scrapping). A...

Hard to find sitcom - Better Off Ted (its on Netflix, not sure where else you could find it). I've watched "The Killing" as well, but it is also slow paced, and very dark. Breaking Bad is dark, with dark humor. The Killing is just borderline depressing. Breaking Bad is an awesome show, but...

He'd already eaten. Not sure how India works, but normally any "sit-down" eatery in the US, you pay after you eat. I don't think that they thought for a moment that he wasn't good for it. Most middle-class+ Americans have more than 1 credit card, so you just use another. Or pay cash. In the...

I'm seeing @Arya Desa -- "LaLaLaLaLa I can't hear you LaLaLaLaLa Shut UP LaLaLaLa" with his hands over his ears. Banning someone you disagree with doesn't make them wrong. The fact that you cannot out-argue him and need to resort to ban appeals kind of indicates YOU are wrong. It is a...

Oh, as a non-Muslim, I love this! /sarcasm Seriously, you're going to blame non-Muslims for Shia-Sunni split, for your internal politics in Pakistan, for Muslims killing Muslims all over? Are you saying Muslims are so weak willed and inattentive to their own scriptures and beliefs that they...

ISIS: Is It All About The Oil? – Pakistan Compare to threads on this site speculating how great it would be if the whole Muslim world was united. Pretty much every Muslim you talk to wants to see a united Muslim world. It's the "how" and what it would look like that they disagree on, and who...

I think every Muslim country has risk. The stated goal of these guys is to unite the Muslim world under their leadership. Almost every country in the West has had at least a few radicals run off to join ISIS. I suspect just on the numbers that Muslim countries will have more. They will come...

Its strange some folks bring up the slavery topic however slavery has never left the world its not been renamed into different forms Are people not enslaved by Banks with their mortgage payments if you don't pay that then you are kicked out of homes Not at all. The house belongs to the bank...

No, its half the size of the Nimitz or Fords.