Insurance companies need profit not jobs. Baby boomers are the major subscribers and executionists. They don't afraid of wars for there are profits. Rebuilding something what people lost does require new skill or innovation of disastor proofed measure. Anything burned down is still going to be burned down after rebuild.
Naomi Klein is the sexiest woman on earth. And she should be appointed attorney general with full subpoena power and right to arrest, impeach, and bring to trial all these criminals.
The fact that the US tortures and that large numbers of Americans are proud of that makes me hate Americans. And I'm an estadounidense myself. I hope the rest of the world gets back at us for ruining the world in this way.
I disagree that most Americans are "proud" of torture. I believe that most Americans are afraid of a possible alternative - that a un-tortured terrorist will withhold information that could save American lives.
For the record, i do not subscribe to such a belief.
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Pretty good investment if you ask me. $19,000 per year in insurance premiums to have your house saved. Hey, if you can afford it, do it. If not, stop whining and deal with life!
It's a scam. That $19,000 should have gone to taxes towards R&D preventing Global Warming the last 30 years, ever since Ronald Reagan removed Carter's solar panels from the WH roof. It is pretty stupid to think you are going to save your house year after year while your neighbors burn down: eventually no private insurance will save you. Also who wants to live in the middle of a neighborhood that's being devastated at an increased frequency as the planet burns up?!
"stupid to think you are going to save your house year after year while your neighbors burn down: eventually no private insurance will save you" - it will save your wealth, which is the point. However your comments about global warming are substantially misguided. If global warming were to "Cause" wildfires that consistently put certain regions in jeopardy, insurance premiums will increase for those regions. Consequently, less people will demand high-risk property.
"substantially misguided" - now we are debating metaphysics....gosh you gotta love bs experts ;) Ok, if I am "misguided" the worst thing that will happen is we create a couple million jobs in the new energy sector, if your side is "misguided" and all major experts, and oh i dunno, major re-insurance companies in Zürich are correct we are in for weather and property damage extremes just before all life ends on the planet. "cost benefit analysis" anyone?!
Last February's Davos Conference set the tone. The Lloyd's delegation, headed by Chairman Lord Levene, told business leaders that it aimed to make them aware "that the past five years cannot be seen as a simple spike, but an indication of a growing trend of the rising economic costs of natural and man-made catastrophes."
You know they employ actuaries and they have the best experts money can buy....
Losses to insurers from natural disasters nearly doubled this year to just below $30 billion globally after an unusually quiet 2006, reinsurer Munich Re said Thursday, from winter storms in Europe, flooding in Britain and wildfires in the United States.
(...)
Wildfires in the United States in October caused insured losses of $1.9 billion
the real question to ask is, what if YOUR mom got rounded up and tortured because someone ELSE who was tortured falsely accused her of being a terrorist just so the torture would stop? guess you'd be all right with that, yes?
remember, most of these people are ultimately getting released without charges. there's no accountability, therefore the system isn't working and lots of innocent people are being tortured.
this is something youre helping happen by publicly supporting it.
I have to say, having finished her new book, she made efforts. The sad part, however, is that there are a lot of inconsistencies between her reasoning and conclusion. Her most egregious offense, however, is that she's essentially trying to awkwardly coerce the horrors of tortures to fit in the frame of Bush, neocon, free-marke. She doesn't yet understand how "well-intended" plans can do more harms and cause miseries in the third world countries - so, instead, she ridicules them.
saludos desde el México zapatista..grande Naomi
lacan75 2 years ago
Insurance companies need profit not jobs. Baby boomers are the major subscribers and executionists. They don't afraid of wars for there are profits. Rebuilding something what people lost does require new skill or innovation of disastor proofed measure. Anything burned down is still going to be burned down after rebuild.
beancube2008 3 years ago
Naomi Klein is the sexiest woman on earth. And she should be appointed attorney general with full subpoena power and right to arrest, impeach, and bring to trial all these criminals.
bestinhouse 3 years ago 7
Thank you for posting this.
Good on you Naomi Klein, expose them.
MariannaZF 3 years ago 4
thank you for posting this. Naomi Klein is great.
daderone 4 years ago 3
The fact that the US tortures and that large numbers of Americans are proud of that makes me hate Americans. And I'm an estadounidense myself. I hope the rest of the world gets back at us for ruining the world in this way.
colibri1 4 years ago
I disagree that most Americans are "proud" of torture. I believe that most Americans are afraid of a possible alternative - that a un-tortured terrorist will withhold information that could save American lives.
For the record, i do not subscribe to such a belief.
youngseandunn 4 years ago 2
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Pretty good investment if you ask me. $19,000 per year in insurance premiums to have your house saved. Hey, if you can afford it, do it. If not, stop whining and deal with life!
fazoolius 4 years ago
It's a scam. That $19,000 should have gone to taxes towards R&D preventing Global Warming the last 30 years, ever since Ronald Reagan removed Carter's solar panels from the WH roof. It is pretty stupid to think you are going to save your house year after year while your neighbors burn down: eventually no private insurance will save you. Also who wants to live in the middle of a neighborhood that's being devastated at an increased frequency as the planet burns up?!
madashelldude 4 years ago
"stupid to think you are going to save your house year after year while your neighbors burn down: eventually no private insurance will save you" - it will save your wealth, which is the point. However your comments about global warming are substantially misguided. If global warming were to "Cause" wildfires that consistently put certain regions in jeopardy, insurance premiums will increase for those regions. Consequently, less people will demand high-risk property.
youngseandunn 4 years ago
"substantially misguided" - now we are debating metaphysics....gosh you gotta love bs experts ;) Ok, if I am "misguided" the worst thing that will happen is we create a couple million jobs in the new energy sector, if your side is "misguided" and all major experts, and oh i dunno, major re-insurance companies in Zürich are correct we are in for weather and property damage extremes just before all life ends on the planet. "cost benefit analysis" anyone?!
madashelldude 4 years ago
google "reinsurance climate change":
Last February's Davos Conference set the tone. The Lloyd's delegation, headed by Chairman Lord Levene, told business leaders that it aimed to make them aware "that the past five years cannot be seen as a simple spike, but an indication of a growing trend of the rising economic costs of natural and man-made catastrophes."
You know they employ actuaries and they have the best experts money can buy....
madashelldude 4 years ago
google "Reinsurer warns of climate change":
Losses to insurers from natural disasters nearly doubled this year to just below $30 billion globally after an unusually quiet 2006, reinsurer Munich Re said Thursday, from winter storms in Europe, flooding in Britain and wildfires in the United States.
(...)
Wildfires in the United States in October caused insured losses of $1.9 billion
madashelldude 4 years ago
Instilling the belief that you are going to die I think is a far cry from actually cutting someone's head off don't you think?
Wonder if her mom was going to be killed and she was in a position to torture an accomplice to try to save her life, would she do it?
Hmmmm....
fazoolius 4 years ago
the real question to ask is, what if YOUR mom got rounded up and tortured because someone ELSE who was tortured falsely accused her of being a terrorist just so the torture would stop? guess you'd be all right with that, yes?
remember, most of these people are ultimately getting released without charges. there's no accountability, therefore the system isn't working and lots of innocent people are being tortured.
this is something youre helping happen by publicly supporting it.
highway234 4 years ago 5
I have to say, having finished her new book, she made efforts. The sad part, however, is that there are a lot of inconsistencies between her reasoning and conclusion. Her most egregious offense, however, is that she's essentially trying to awkwardly coerce the horrors of tortures to fit in the frame of Bush, neocon, free-marke. She doesn't yet understand how "well-intended" plans can do more harms and cause miseries in the third world countries - so, instead, she ridicules them.
tooltalk 4 years ago
Oh i meen Ms. Klein
lhooq21 4 years ago
Naomi Klein, my new fav.Pleqase keep writeing Ms. Kline
lhooq21 4 years ago