Wasn't russia the only country in the 1st and 2nd world where life expectancy actually went DOWN significantly over the last 20 years? You've dated russian girls that are heads and tails above americans - fine, they can be educated and educated women aren't stupid. They are the ones who self-select and try to do what they can to get out of a bad situation and glom on to some expat dude. Wouldn't you do the same in their shoes? As far as them being uniformly slim and attractive, well its easy to be skinny when there isn't much food around. That's hardly a legitimate consideration. There is a surplus of females in Russia because all their men are unavailable - many are dead, alcohol addicted, HIV, etc... hence the dropping life expectancy. Russia has more of a chance of recovering in the next 50 years than you think though, and might really be a surprise to all of us (including China) thereafter. But right now, well....
I have no doubt about that, there are a lot of smart educated russians and a lot of ignorant, stupid Brits (you being the best example). Nevertheless statistics deals with averages and the european research I posted showed that the average westerner is way smarter than the average russian. A trilingual russian chick you can pick up on the streets of London is not a typical russian girl - one out of 1000 russians can afford to travel to Britain, even smaller percentage of russians speak foreign languages.
lol - typical - you are making posts based on wild assumptions and no facts as you usually do. you know the best thing about you dddooo - the bit that ran down your momas leg when she was doing her trick. anyway, lets get back to the point: america is on the edge. other countries are getting richer and more powerful, yet americas influence and power is declining. americas economy is fucked america has no friends america rip. when america is in the drain - i just want you to know dddooo that i will be there ready to bail you out. i will buy your house for $5 (use it for a kennel for my dog), and i will hire your whole family to clean my assets as long as you dont get your grubby finger prints on my stuff. i will pay you $2 a day because i feel sorry for you. americans will be the new poor 3rd world immigrant asylum seekers in the next few decades as the republicans make your sorry ass country fubar. hahaha. anymore cheeky comebacks, and i will remember and cut your pay by 10c a day. :eek:
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006 British trade deficit climbs to a record Britain posted its biggest current account deficit ever in 2005, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday, raising concerns that the economy was still unbalanced and might not accelerate as fast as policy makers were expecting. The deficit for the year stood at a record £31.9 billion, or $55.4 billion, which was 2.6 percent of gross domestic product, the highest level since 1999. The agency also said GDP growth in the fourth quarter was 0.6 percent, unchanged from earlier estimates. But the figures showed a big drop in the savings ratio to 4.8 percent as consumers financed spending while their incomes remained static. The retail survey of the Confederation of British Industry, also released Wednesday, showed sales volumes falling at a much sharper than expected pace in March as cold weather kept shoppers away. (Reuters) http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/29/business/ibrief.php
. March 30, 2007 SouthAmerica: This front-page article on a major Brazilian newspaper starts by saying that: âThe American satellite program for earth observation is âcrippledâ and NASA very soon will need to buy satellite data from countries such as India, China and Brazilâ¦. âScienceâ magazine â March 30, 2007 - âCrisis in Earth Observationâ by Scott Goetz Source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/315/5820/1767 ********** âEUA perdem primazia em satélites, afirma revista "Science"â A Folha de Sao Paulo March 30, 2007 O programa americano de satélites de observação da Terra está "aleijado", e a Nasa em breve poderá precisar comprar dados de satélites de paÃses como Ãndia, China e Brasil. O alerta é da revista cientÃfica "Science", que dedicou ontem um editorial ao assunto. No texto, o pesquisador Scott Goetz, do Centro de Pesquisa de Woods Hole, diz que os satélites da série Landsat, burros-de-carga da observação das mudanças ambientais no globo, estão envelhecendo e já têm problemas sérios de dados. O satélite mais recente da série, o Landsat-7, foi lançado em 1999 e ficou parcialmente "cego" devido a uma pane em 2003. Seu antecessor, o Landsat-6, caiu sobre o oceano PacÃfico em 1993. E não há previsão de lançamento de uma nova unidade da série antes de 2011 --quando o Landsat-5, que decolou na década de 1980, deve ficar sem combustÃvel. Os problemas no Landsat afetam diretamente o Brasil. Afinal, esse satélite é uma das principais ferramentas usadas hoje pelo Inpe (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) para monitorar o desmatamento da Amazônia. Imagens desse satélite são usadas no sistema Prodes, que faz o cálculo anual da área desmatada. Segundo a "Science", outros sistemas de observação desenvolvidos pelos EUA também têm problemas. "Enquanto isso, Ãndia, China e Brasil estão lançando satélites da categoria do Landsat", afirma o editorial. Um exemplo é a série CBERS, lançada em parceria entre o Brasil e a China e atual carro-chefe do programa espacial brasileiro. Esses satélites (dois já lançados e um terceiro previsto para setembro) já vêm sendo usados tanto no Prodes quanto no Deter, o sistema de detecção do desmate em tempo real. "Se o Brasil não tivesse entrado no programa CBERS, hoje não terÃamos de onde tirar imagens para o Prodes e o Deter", disse à Folha o diretor do Inpe, Gilberto Câmara. Segundo a "Science", um programa de US$ 500 milhões por ano seria necessário para restaurar o programa de observação da Terra do paÃs. "Infelizmente, o foco atual da Nasa --a "nova visão" para uma missão tripulada a Marte-- está com prioridade sobre a observação da Terra." .