Yes, cause those large infrastructural works mean they don't have supplies for months

\o/

"most people can run on custard"

That exactly was the joke....

The cold war almost seems bliss to me. At least there was a clear world order back then

Sad to hear. Hang in there lad!

Urgh, Pendulum... My brother loves that music as much as I hate it
Funny clip though, dreadful music..

"However, liberals HATE meritocracy. Why is this? I don't get it. It's a very utilitarian principle to put in to effect."

There are 2 kinds of liberals, the anglo saxon kind, where it's a name for leftists, and the term we use in europe, where it is a economic set of minds that strife for an adam smith-like economy. I don't think the latter one is not really against a meritocracy, but it would never voice that as it would only cost them votes.
It's been done for ages, this meritocracy., Medieval and early modern cities often were meritocracies. It only works for a certain time, until it leads to oligarchy. A group that holds the economic and political party tends to favour it's own needs and regard all others as less important, wich again leads to fanatic coups. As I did some research on this, I suggest you read "patterns of urban rebellion" (no worries, it's not a long article) by Haemers and Dumolyn. It gives you a very good idea of how it worked.

What?!

History should be better!

"\o. (to be different and use my other arm)"

Congratulations, you just did a Nazi greeting!

pictures lads!

http://users.pandora.be/Land.of.Arnor/IC/IMGP2513.JPG

This one was 2 weeks ago, so it's slightly more beard than this!

Waterhorse?

That can be said about everything..

Your distaste for post modernism is silly though! I don't like religion, but I don't think all religious people should be exterminated.

Besides, post-modernism can be productive, look at Fairclough!