Random Politics & Religion #00

Two polls released this week both ask a question that you would hope wouldn't need asking: how many people support the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Unfortunately, in all four countries surveyed, the answer is greater than zero, and by a lot.

Here is a chart of the results of the polls. The first, by ICM Research, asked people in Germany, France, and the UK whether they had a favorable or unfavorable view of ISIS. The second, by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, asked Gazans whether they support or oppose ISIS. Here are the results.





This is alarming, in part because a growing number of Europeans, often from predominantly Muslim immigrant communities, are not just expressing their support for ISIS in polls: they are traveling to Syria and Iraq to join up. The ISIS fighter who killed American journalist James Foley on video last week spoke with a strong London accent. European governments are rightly worried about the implications of this for their own national security.

But there's more going on here. It's no secret that far-right politics have been on the rise in Western Europe, which includes a growing willingness to embrace extremism and greater intolerance of all kinds. It is ironic but by no means impossible that far-right Islamophobia would rise in Europe alongside a greater approval of the Islamist group ISIS. Extremism is often reactive and ideologically contradictory.

Again: citation needed, as that bad video's poor use of calculating costs is dishonest at best.

I have a degree in electronics, and know some BS and MA's (not Ph.d's in engineering (inb4 Howard joke) and we all think it's good.

I'm sure there's more backing it, but I'd have to take time off from killing these leeches to do so, and I have a time restraint today, so I'll get back to you.

glue solar panels to your *** and walk backwards!

glue solar panels to your *** and walk backwards!

The whole point is that a Solar Roadway is the least efficient way to create solar infrastructure. Not that solar energy is non-viable. An infinitely better solution is just to line the roads with solar panels, not integrate them.

If you at least agree with that, then you have to accept the fact that "Solar Roadways" was nothing but a con job.

The whole point is that a Solar Roadway is the least efficient way to create solar infrastructure. Not that solar energy is non-viable. An infinitely better solution is just to line the roads with solar panels, not integrate them.

If you at least agree with that, then you have to accept the fact that "Solar Roadways" was nothing but a con job.

The whole point is that a Solar Roadway is the least efficient way to create solar infrastructure. Not that solar energy is non-viable. An infinitely better solution is just to line the roads with solar panels, not integrate them.

If you at least agree with that, then you have to accept the fact that "Solar Roadways" was nothing but a con job.

Wasn't there an idea once where roads themselves could conduct the electricity needed to power a car?

Or was that fantasy?

(Disclaimer: This was back in 1990s where I heard this)

Serious note: who really cares anyway?

Glue solar panels to women's chests. Then we'll have energy being produced AND lecherous Republican men won't be interested in staring at women's boobs all day, because they wouldn't want to be confused as having interest in alternate energy.

Slightly off topic: still of the idea that publicly funded (even if partially) projects should be subject to public publication of the work.

For electronics: public specs/design.

for software: viewable source, maybe even open.

for research: public published research, free of charge.

etc.

But alas, another "pipe dream" (for you Zic).

Slightly off topic: still of the idea that publicly funded (even if partially) projects should be subject to public publication of the work.

For electronics: public specs/design.

for software: viewable source, maybe even open.

for research: public published research, free of charge.

etc.

But alas, another "pipe dream" (for you Zic).

Bolded, I assume you mean software that's meant to be for public consumption later? Because offering the public open-source access to government software used in a secure setting sounds like possibly the king of all absolutely horrible *** ideas you could have related to government.