Kid needs to level up his constitution stat.

Guitar Hero World Tour band kit + Rock Band 2 game = Sweet Odin's Raven!

*cough*Prototype*cough*

Wrong. Fascism is a system of government where the citizens are caught up by their emotions in a national myth invoking some heroic or proud past and usually fitting in with a charismatic leader's vision the nation's future. Though the corporate rule currently in sway in the United States is supported by fascist elements (the Neoconservative conception of the United States as the only true democracy, and the guardian of all that is good in the world is the sort of myth that would be produced to support a fascist rule), the system of "governance" in place there is not fascist in itself.

No, "plutocracy" is the word you're looking for. It describes the concept of rule by the wealthy, rather than "democracy", the rule of the people as a whole.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy

Just tellin' it like it is.

Hey, guys. If the Republicans (or Clintons) win again, I hear the immigration process for Americans moving to Canada is relatively painless. There's plenty of room up here for people who still believe in liberty over safety, in the true north strong and free. (emphasis on "free")

Why, so the RIAA can get handicapped grandmothers and children to pay its legal bills, or have extra ammunition to force people to settle out of court.

Think of the implications! Corporations could sue anyone with impunity, because most people of average means (most /targets/, let's say) don't have the money to pay a lawyer good enough to win.

Good God, no. The current system is flawed, but still isn't a total failure.

What we need is a system that measures the income of the complainant against that of the defendant, and if the difference is greater than, say, $50,000 yearly, then the participant of greater income pays the legal fees. Put in an exemption or higher differential standard, of course, for corporation-on-corporation lawsuits. Done. So what if the poor sue the rich needlessly? It's better than the rich taking undue advantage those who can't defend themselves. Especially the RIAA, and especially any corporation who poisons people indiscriminately in the name of the market.

This has nothing to do with economics and everything to do with a captive market. It doesn't help the Canadian economy to overcharge Canadians for no reason other than to fatten the wallet of men whose wallets are already fat enough. Shipping is no more expensive to Canada than to many parts of the United States - most of our population lives within a couple hundred kilometres of the border.

This isn't the result of market forces - this is an artificial price difference maintained by pure greed when it should have been adjusted long ago. Sure Wal*Mart has to take a hit - they've been making profit hand over fist on our backs for the last few months.

Just because you failed a high school economics course doesn't mean you're an economist, douche.

Try ethics next time.

There should be an option on the last question that reads, "How the hell do I get an iPhone in this country, anyway?"

My prediction: this is a clearance sale. Meaning, the major retailers are gearing up to slash prices on PS3s so they can get rid of these overpriced and underselling consoles once and for all. Then Sony will cry.

He probably won't be the last journalist to suffer such a fate once they start rolling this out as standard equipment.