I guess that's it then... on to plan B, cannibalism.

To be honest, the world goes on and I don't think of the United States on a daily basis. I love the US, and I'd be very happy to live there again, but when you're living somewhere I think you're so immersed in that, so unless you are American I don't think it really crosses your mind so often unless you're reading…

May I suggest Berlin? It's very cheap ("Berlin is poor but sexy" so goes the saying), people speak English, and the music scene is great if you're open to electronic stuff. The arts community is really booming, like it's one of the best places for visual art right now.

Totally: having lived elsewhere, I'm a really big fan of Canadian multiculturalism in cities, but this narrative of Canada as the good guys is often used to gloss over the ongoing systemic racism against natives and in rural places.

I think that's a bit sweeping- Idle No More dominated Canadian front page news during the first 6 months of the movement, even though the government response was not there. Canada's really grim history with native peoples is an ongoing disgrace, but the multiculturalism of Canadian cities is an entrenched part if the…

Haha, more like because of the strict financial controls and the fiscal excellence of the 90s Liberal finance minister that gave them control of a country in surplus. The conservative government was handed a phenomenally great pass, and acted like it was all their run alone. People used to make fun of how…

Harper might align in terms of his personal ideology in alot of ways with the American conservatives, but he's running a country with a different history and a political centre that is much farther to the left: Harper for example specifically spoke out against bringing up the abortion debate, and his other policies…

Merkel, as much as you might disagree with her, also wrote her doctorate thesis on quantum chemistry.

(von der Leyen to be fair, also has a doctorate in medicine. Makes you wonder about politicians in North America...)

Maybe in other cities it's better, but New Yorkers really suffer through an awful event where people come from all over to just puke in their city and harass people. I normally have no hate for tourists... heck, I love being one in other places and they don't really impact my daily life, but SantaCon in NYC…

She's kinda on a similar ticket in some ways to Stephen Harper in Canada... conservative politician in times of financial instability, who maintains a competent government machine in the face of divided and less credible-looking opposition. The politics of Germany are quite progressive but they're not very radical,…

Despite the username I'm not German, so I don't really follow German politics... but from what I hear Guido Westerwelle is pretty ridiculous but somehow sticks around. How does Merkel feel about multiculturalism by the way? I've only read the extremely brief English translations of the remarks, so I don't know the…

PS: My post was written in English, if you need some online language learning resources I can provide links. Let me know.

That's a dick comment. Leave ESL out of your little cat fight.

That whole scene of "old master" (it's rarely that competent) portrait and neo-classical painting is mind-numbingly boring. These paintings aren't even that good- any professional illustrator worth his salt could do better, and for the love of God oil paintings drips to make it look water-coloury, how did they…

After Logan turning into a full-out shill for the military industrial complex, it'd be nice to see them turn back the tide.

Hell, look then at the Canadian model. The culture is similar, and it's not as if you can't own guns in Canada, you just have to pass a basic course for hunting gear, and an advanced course for "restricted" firearms like pistols and semi-automatic rifles. You have a permit, and you have rules about how your gun and…

Basically everyone in Iceland lives in the capital city, seeing as its so small. Most of it is uninhabited wilderness.

Also last week Icelandic police killed a man for the first time in the entire history of their country. It's a different model of how to run a society. Even though Iceland is so small, I challenge…

I think their research methods are ridiculous, but it would make alot of sense... although our popular culture is very youth centric, young artists lack the experience or maturity to make truly ground breaking work. Of course many people throughout history have made great while they where young, but everything we know…

oh wait...

Ugh... 2013 but still a long way to go. :/