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anyone been able to locate the field that determines whether or not a regional settlement is considered a High Elven colony?

pretty basic question. I was just wondering how I could enable the diplomacy functions for the pirate faction. It's made playable in several mods, but the faction cannot ever initiate diplomatic...

As your neighbour to the north, I can agree that things aren't looking great for American democracy. But we always have room up here in Canada... :)

I hope it does too, but the problem is big business is so entrenched in federal politics, and the democrats are so damn cowardly, that nothing like that is gonna happen any time soon.

but if you're income is low enough that the premiums increase places you in a position of financial risk, then the subsidies are supposed to kick in to help you comply with the individual mandate.

okay. California opted into the Medicare/Medicaid expansion. This means 100% of the health care costs are being subsidized by the federal government. So I don't really know why you're facing an...

You're missing the point. Did you say you're from California?

You have this image of people just all sleeping around carelessly and that's how they get STIs. Did it occur to you that they aren't? That many cases involve passing a disease you don't even know...

Man, I'm not arguing with HOW they get STIs. Obviously its from sex and contamination. But you're missing the point: people are having sex and they don't know they even have a disease. And I...

with regards to the fact sheet using 2008 info: point well taken.

with regards to your response:

http://www.stdtestexpress.com/std-facts/

Percentage of Americans who have herpes and do not...

not all of my info. I checked elsewhere, and the data seemed consistent.



makes sense, given the importance of maintaining up-to-date medical information for R&D purposes. However, one...

I've checked the STD data on the CDC, and nowhere does it say one in four Americans have STDs by age 19. What it says is 50% of the new cases each year are between ages 15-24. Also, keep in mind it...

I read that link, and it is indeed a great report on the American health care system.

I would love to see America have universal health care.

"Anyone else got Obamacare horror stories? I would love to hear about it here. Misery loves company."

You mean this little bit right here?

Basically. So he starts the whole thread trolling and :wub: about ObamaCare expecting us to care or seeking sympathetic voices, then when he's met with opposition he refuses to engage in a...

I read them while I formulated my post. I persisted anyway largely to try and demonstrate why I actually find it difficult to look at anything in a vacuum.

Now, with that said, I do think the...

my understanding was Sparta simply couldn't remain so brutal and restrictive in its military training. They lost control of their Helots on more than one occasion, and it cost them dearly. The...

depends on how you define your parameters. If you mean the event in a vacuum, then sure. However, if you mean the event situated in the historical context, both leading up to and after the attack,...

In many ways you're right, though from what research I've done on the subject (admittedly it isn't very extensive), the German morale was not noticeably altered by the Allied bombing campaigns. Now,...

not just drawing back the Luftwaffe, but something like half a million German soldiers were held back to garrison the cities, man AA defences, jumpstart recovery and restoration, etc.

greatest military campaigns, eh? I'll throw my vote in for Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian expedition into Italia. I will also nominate Xenophon for his March of the 10,000, and perhaps even...

first, if I needed health care, I would have gone to my local hospital here in Canada, where I live :P Second, the whole point of presenting an argument is to provide your supporting evidence and...

good. I applaud you for that. It's a great value. Now, as for paying healthcare... are you familiar with the Lihn family? ...

welcome to big boy discussions. Here in the real world, you provide your sources. You don't be a little smartass and expect others to do your research for you. Now, exact sources please. I want...

yes at the federal level America is very much an oligarchy run by big business. However, at the state level there is still a representative democracy.

And your peer-reviewed or statistical census sources are...

tons of folks have mentioned "not willing to subsidize the health care for those who made reckless decisions". Umm, remember, 48 million Americans DO NOT have health insurance prior to ObamaCare. ...

fair point.

the conspiracy nut's opinions aside, I was enjoying this conversation.

I didn't say they were. I said the are both FOUNDED on the same thing, ie, an individual mandate.

and that was one of the funniest points about the whole 2012 election: RomneyCare and ObamaCare are both founded on the same damn thing.

and just in case party politics is a factor in this current discussion thread, let me clarify this by reminding everyone that ObamaCare, ie the individual mandate, was originally conceived by the...

He didn't. the name of the bill is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. "ObamaCare" was coined by the GOP.

given that prior to ObamaCare 48 million Americans do not have any health insurance because they can't afford it, and considering the federal government will completely subsidize the...

No worries. It was an informative post :)

as to Greek military reforms, I suspect you may be right, though there does seem to be evidence of the Greeks at least relying more on light infantry and...

I'm aware of the offensive nature of the hoplite phalanx (I know, I said perhaps at the start of my last post; I didn't mean to be misleading). I know they were used offensively all during the city...

Perhaps it wasn't a defensive formation during its conception and application over the centuries, but maybe by the time of the wars of the diadochi its efficacy was reduced to simply a defensive...

cancel vassalship and confederate Libya first. Nova Carthago will agree to be confederated after that. I had this problem when I first tried it, and this is what fixed it for me.

this.

This is actually not true. The covering of your neighbour is, largely, an automated consequence of battle, not so much a deliberate one. In hoplite battles, the men would lean to their right to...