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Globalization relocates industries, jobs, people, and redistributes wealth both across and within borders, all often unevenly, thereby impacting the livelihood, social fabric, and culture at the local level in many places and for many people not necessarily for the better.
Since when was there a rule that wealth has to be spread out evenly through out the world? o_O Did African nations, most of Asia, South America and the Middle East enjoyed any fruits of their labor (colonialism and slavery) by the Western nations when they were busy conquering the world?
 
Since when was there a rule that wealth has to be spread out evenly through out the world? o_O Did African nations, most of Asia, South America and the Middle East enjoyed any fruits of their labor (colonialism and slavery) by the Western nations when they were busy conquering the world?

Or within a society, country, or company for that matter but it's for those involved to decide for themselves what's acceptable or not.
 
it's very interesting, I don't know where to put it:
according to the most recent (
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estimate, there's $5.7t (= 5700b LOL) world market for 41.8k airliners needed in the coming 20 years

5.7e12/41.8e3 = 1.3636e+08
136m would be an average

and yes, those interested in commercial aircraft know this, I guess :)
 
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Police: Errant US bombing kills 12 Afghan security forces
Jul 22, 2:30 AM EDT
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An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, Helmand provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Safi said Saturday.

The death toll in Friday's airstrike was determined after a site inspection of the compound in the Gereshk district, he said.

The United States in a statement confirmed that the airstrike on the Security Forces compound happened during a U.S.-supported operation against Taliban insurgents in the area. In the statement the U.S. offered its condolences to the families of the security forces who were killed.

While much of Helmand province is under the control of Taliban, Afghan national security forces have been waging fierce battles to retake territory. NATO and U.S. troops are in Helmand to assist Afghan troops.

Safi told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the dead were police officers who were operating with the army in the area. He said they had recaptured the post from the Taliban when the airstrike occurred. On Friday, the Helmand Gov. Hayatullah Hayat said it was believed the police officers were not in uniform, which may have resulted in mistakenly identifying them as Taliban fighters.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, in northern Badakhshan province Gov. Ahmad Faisal Bigzad said Saturday that 11 police were killed and another six wounded during a roaring battle with Taliban insurgents in the remote Tagab region.

Bigzad said another 20 members of a local police force were missing following Friday's firefight. It wasn't immediately clear if they had been kidnapped or had escaped.

The area in which the fighting occurred is tucked inside a mountainous region where access is restricted and even telephone contact is erratic.

In western Farah province, a ferocious gun battle between the Afghan army and Taliban insurgents left six Afghan soldiers dead and 12 Taliban killed, said Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor.

The five-hour battle Friday occurred after Taliban insurgents stormed a compound of the Afghan National Security Force in Pusht Rod district, he said.

A Taliban statement meanwhile claimed a victory and said 16 Afghan soldiers were killed. Taliban have in the past exaggerated their successes and the remoteness of the area made it impossible to independently verify.
 

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Quite the different story told from the beginning. The media and their quick lies from the beginning like within 24 hours charging the Virginia Tech shooter as a Chinese terrorist on orders from Beijing. And there were a lot of comments on bad Asian drivers on news comments sections. What was that about unprofessional behavior? Such outlandish lies from the beginning that this could be the real one. Gotta keep Japan and the Philippines on their good side instead of the blame game and threats of lawsuits in these tense times in the Far East. You can't tell what's the truth anymore.
 

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Quite the different story told from the beginning. The media and their quick lies from the beginning like within 24 hours charging the Virginia Tech shooter as a Chinese terrorist on orders from Beijing. And there were a lot of comments on bad Asian drivers on news comments sections. What was that about unprofessional behavior? Such outlandish lies from the beginning that this could be the real one. Gotta keep Japan and the Philippines on their good side instead of the blame game and threats of lawsuits in these tense times in the Far East. You can't tell what's the truth anymore.

The fake "free media" is the mouth piece to the government and certain special interest groups that has a beef against China and the CPC.
 

delft

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Quite the different story told from the beginning. The media and their quick lies from the beginning like within 24 hours charging the Virginia Tech shooter as a Chinese terrorist on orders from Beijing. And there were a lot of comments on bad Asian drivers on news comments sections. What was that about unprofessional behavior? Such outlandish lies from the beginning that this could be the real one. Gotta keep Japan and the Philippines on their good side instead of the blame game and threats of lawsuits in these tense times in the Far East. You can't tell what's the truth anymore.
This seems to show that the crew was highly incompetent and under these circumstances it might well be right to say that the crew showed extraordinary courage rather than well honed competence in keeping the ship afloat.
Question is: How far has this rot spread in the USN?
 

B.I.B.

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This seems to show that the crew was highly incompetent and under these circumstances it might well be right to say that the crew showed extraordinary courage rather than well honed competence in keeping the ship afloat.
Question is: How far has this rot spread in the USN?
umm... it seems the bridge crew were incompetent
 

delft

Brigadier
umm... it seems the bridge crew were incompetent
Such things cannot be limited to a few crew members. If this is the explanation the captain and the executive officer are guilty of not having a well trained crew and they will not have had a good crew with a few bad apples which together were manning the bridge.
 
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