In the news today

[rockmanj]

I don't think public schools should teach ideals in any way shape or form. I went to HS in Texas and they basically said premarital sex causes you to have sex with everyone that other person had sex with and gives you AIDS and herpes.

Apparently in Korea, they taught students that anal sex creates AIDS. I have actually had arguments where my friend said: "how could anyone know what really causes it?" And my reply was :"science!"

Obama announces US deficit deal between party leaders

Well, I guess the politicians avoided that one for now. I wouldn't be surprised if this issue came back up again in a few months like it has since the beginning of this year.

As for this, poor dealing by the Dems. and actually, as per some parts of this deal, it will happen next year (in about 6 months maybe), since I believe that they have to address this in 2012. Reid wanted to push it back to 2013, but that didn't happen. I really think it sucks that neither party will push for increased revenue (Most of the right is anti-revenue). I thought that was basic economics.

[Assassin]

the american people are retards and american politicians are self serving actors playing out what is probably the best daytime soap on television.

Your country is doomed to fail, and though it'll probably take everyone down with it, i will still be laughing when it inevitably happens. Both capitalism and democracy are inherently faulty ideals to begin with, and they've been mutated beyond recognition by america, americans and american business/wallstreet. There's no going back now.

[Sapphire]

What's wrong with capitalism? :O

[Buffalobiian]

What's wrong with capitalism? :O

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_capitalism

Critics of capitalism associate it with: unfair distribution of wealth and power; a tendency toward market monopoly or oligopoly (and government by oligarchy); imperialism, counter-revolutionary wars and various forms of economic and cultural exploitation; repression of workers and trade unionists; social alienation; economic inequality; unemployment; and economic instability.

[Edort4]

What's wrong with capitalism? :O

Have we gone back to 2006¿?

[Assassin]

What's wrong with capitalism? :O

Since americans seem to judge everything by how successful it is, capitalism is seen as the only way to do economics. That's why i like china so much. They made communism work. And now they own you all (and hell, probably me too)

[Buffalobiian]

Since americans seem to judge everything by how successful it is, capitalism is seen as the only way to do economics. That's why i like china so much. They made communism work. And now they own you all (and hell, probably me too)

I'm not sure if that's what you're saying already, but they only made communism (if it can still be called that) "work" by maintaining their government control in everything that could badmouth the government while letting their economy run away in a "make money in anyway you can" ultra-capitalist style.

[rockmanj]

I'm not sure if that's what you're saying already, but they only made communism (if it can still be called that) "work" by maintaining their government control in everything that could badmouth the government while letting their economy run away in a "make money in anyway you can" ultra-capitalist style.

I was just about to say that. I am not a fan of unrestrained greed, but some capitalism is not really that bad. In the US, it has run rampart, and is kind of eroding our society.

[Assertn]

the american people are retards and american politicians are self serving actors playing out what is probably the best daytime soap on television.

Your country is doomed to fail, and though it'll probably take everyone down with it, i will still be laughing when it inevitably happens. Both capitalism and democracy are inherently faulty ideals to begin with, and they've been mutated beyond recognition by america, americans and american business/wallstreet. There's no going back now.

I imagined Assassin throwing his hot-dog-on-a-stick hat and apron furiously at the ground while making this outburst.

[Assassin]

I imagined Assassin throwing his hot-dog-on-a-stick hat and apron furiously at the ground while making this outburst.

you know me so well <3

[Sapphire]

Sandy McMillin Allegedly Kicked Out Of Walmart For Wearing A String Bikini

[enkoujin]

This actually sounds similar to another story where a woman was jailed for wearing short shorts to court.

If it wasn't 90 °F (~32 °C) outside, then I wouldn't have let her into the store with her bikini either assuming she was escorted outside because of that.

I understand that people have the ability to exercise their rights and civil liberties, but you can only go so far in some situations before it becomes inappropriate. Then, there's blaming being passed around because someone refused to admit that they might be in the slightest wrong for wearing something inappropriate at a public establishment.

Also, I just realized that there's actually a website dedicated to show the customers of Wal-Mart.

Where I work, we occasionally get customers coming in wearing skimpy and seductive clothing during the summer. In rare cases, it becomes distracting and also becomes sexual arousing as well. I find myself in situations where my sexual arousal will be so high that I will have to go to the empty parts of the store and meditate to calm myself down. It's very cumbersome, unproductive and unprofessional when customers do things like this, so this is where my views are coming from.

[Buffalobiian]

Hey, if the French can ban full-body Muslim clothing at the beach, Wal-Mart can ban bikini-tops in their supermarkets.

[Kraco]

What I was left wondering is that since Wal-Mart told to either get out or wear a shirt, would they have donated that said shirt (or borrowed it)? You can't really demand a person to wear a nonexistent shirt, after all, and I've never heard of a store demanding a person to first buy clothes from their selection in order to continue shopping for something else.

[animus]

Or you could ask them to wear one of their empty cardboard boxes. Problem solved.

[Sapphire]

Totally within Walmart's rights to ban half-naked hambeasts...

[Ryllharu]

No shirt, [or] no shoes, no service. Common policy in retail establishments throughout the US.

While the People of Walmart site shows plenty of things that equal (and often exceed) the lack of clothing this woman was wearing, it's up to the management of the store if they want to deny someone service.

[DO]

Hooray! our credit rating as a nation fell today!

[dragonrage]

The world will end soon

Apple, the way of the future ?

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/...urant.cnn.html

[Buffalobiian]

The world will end soon

Apple, the way of the future ?

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/...urant.cnn.html

hah, I'm seeing similar approaches here too.

Bad customer service? Then how about no customer service?!