Decades of conflict have seen millions leave the countryside for the cities, fleeing wave after wave of violence at the hands of guerrilla groups, paramilitaries, drug cartels and the state. And even where fewer people were displaced by conflict, youths have continued to drift to the cities, driven by a wage gap that has traditionally seen rural workers earn less than their urban counterparts.

Found it. Lower pay and quality of life than living in cities.

The Art of the Deal was that the ghost writer got actually writing credit.

The problem is that the map features a contested border.

It would be like Pakistan or India showing up wearing a map of their countries which show they annexed all of Jammu & Kashmir. It isn’t just an expression of national identity at that point.

What’s regime change going to do in the long run?

Iran currently has elections which routinely elect pro-nuclear Presidents. Also, changing the government to remove clerical influence doesn’t resolve the Sunni-Shia split in regional politics.

Also, rapid weight loss could cause issues with your gall bladder.

Stewart Hicks noted that a lot of housing being built now are urban studios.

https://youtu.be/ejPOLhfBpy8

This kind of housing is in very high demand, but it can only really get built in places with decent transit.

Well, when Republicans are in power.

These sorts of attacks is what the US military has been investing in capacity to complete for decades. This is why there has been an investment bleeding edge tech which costs insane amounts of money to develop.

Woo hoo!

Not every war is caused by the USA. Pakistan and Afghanistan have had low level conflicts since Pakistani independence.

I’ve seen the work of others.

Eh, you can still read the PRNDL.

I used to be a “save the best for last” kind of person, but that’s changed over time as my total capacity to do certain things has diminished I want to focus first on the stuff I like the most.

I’m surprised there haven’t been more shootings of the wealthy since Luigi given the positive response to him shooting a health care millionaire.

Outside of signals intelligence, what benefit is this going to have for South Korea? Canada had a decent military, but it is a shell of its former self.

This is typical for international sporting events.

Nah. The Federal Government got close to breaking apart his company once for monopolistic behavior and decided that it was too risky to try to compete in new markets like it previously did. That wasn’t in Gates’s style of running Microsoft, so he stepped from day to day operations because he was bored.

In American banking companies, Vice President is usually the first promotion you get.

They are buying the Mac Minis since they are a cheap way to run a server where this would work. They aren’t create a safe environment for AI, but an access point on local hardware.

It hasn’t really been an economic necessity or cultural priority like other countries.

Most countries who have a population who speak more than one language usually either have a variety of languages spoken within/near the country or rely on ESL speakers to participate in the international workforce.

With English being the current lingua franca, Americans already know the current dominant language. There is really only one major language which is relevant to neighbors, but Americans are usually in the more dominant economic position and there is a cultural aversion to adopting Spanish more.