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America Ranks Below Israel In World Happiness Index

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Despite aerial bombardment, growing tensions with every neighbor, and the almost ubiquitous daily car-bombs, Israelis are "happier" than Americans according to Bloomberg's world happiness index. Happiness, it appears, is most abundant a long way from the equator with Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, and Canada all topping the list; whereas the unhappiest nations are all in Saharan or sub-Saharan Africa (apart from war-torn Syria and Afghanistan).

The U.S. is the 15th happiest country of the 158 covered by the survey, which obtained its data primarily from the Gallup World Poll. That puts the U.S. just behind Mexico (14) but ahead of Brazil (16), Britain (21), Japan (46), Russia (64), China (84), and Iran (110).

 

Greece suffered the biggest decrease, followed by Egypt, Italy, and Saudi Arabia. As for those at the bottom, their unhappiness probably has a lot more to do with poverty and violence.

 

According to the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which was launched by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2012, social cohesiveness is hugely important to a society's happiness. Iceland's high level of trust helped it stay happy despite a serious financial crisis, while Spain, Italy, and Greece tumbled in the happiness rankings in part because they lacked the cohesiveness to pull through their financial troubles, say the authors.

 

Source: Bloomberg

 

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Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:34 | 6027880 Semi-employed W...
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With all of the free money the parasitic Israelis get from the US, it's no wonder they are happier than us.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:34 | 6027883 Herd Redirectio...
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Tell me, does this 'happiness' correlate to anti-depressant use?  Opiate use? 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:39 | 6027895 kaiserhoff
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So what would Jews know about happiness?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:41 | 6027898 knukles
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So what's with the Rainbow Coalition Color Chart?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:44 | 6027902 kaiserhoff
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Tie dye is the new black.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:47 | 6027908 knukles
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Regardless of the rankings; 1.)  It's a Bloomberg chart and thus biased as shit.  2.) note that "researchers estimated how much each factor contributed to people's happiness"
Well, fuck me, I can estimate any fucking thing I want any fuckin way I want. 

           OK, quitchur yakin', what's the bid?  Wanna live there, by all means.  I hear homes are real cheap in Detroit.  What, Detroit ain't on the chart?  Must be like Heaven

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:48 | 6027921 kaiserhoff
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Yup, if they could handicap race horses, I would be impressed.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:52 | 6027930 COSMOS
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Guess that is why all the Africans are going to Europe via Libya, they are just looking for some Happiness.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:00 | 6028088 MonetaryApostate
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Or revenge?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 23:58 | 6028686 Handful of Dust
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The peeples I see in the Carrib are pretty happy too. Either that, or they're high as a kite 99% of the time.

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 00:22 | 6028708 Macchendra
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The "everything else" is the human mind adapting the way it does to make a recently paralyzed quadriplegic as happy as a lottery winner after 6 months. Just lop it off for the real score

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 02:59 | 6028815 Manthong
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WTF is to be unhappy about if you can open carry a real machine gun?

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:57 | 6027940 McMolotov
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I imagine the process of interviewing potential job candidates for this sort of thing goes something like:

Government or Media Stooge: "Can you fabricate information and pull numbers out of your ass and twist them to meet a predetermined conclusion?"

Job Applicant: "I sure can!"

Government or Media Stooge: "You're hired!"

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:50 | 6028210 ILLILLILLI
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"It's good work if you can get it..."

/s

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:51 | 6028065 Mentaliusanything
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This Is Racist but confirms Black is the new unhappy pappy

Go on ask me why I dares you

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 20:57 | 6028342 msmith9962
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Why?  And where is Bhutan on the list.  They dont do GDP they do GDH (happyness).  They think they're so fuckin happy there/better than us.

 

They should add another color for actual corruption vs perceived corruption.  

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 22:07 | 6028490 August
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If only this Bloomberg Index had included the boon of suicide (cultural as well as personal), those Happy Happy Scandinavians would really be on top of the world.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 22:19 | 6028516 tired1
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There was a Brit governor of Hong Kong who forbade the keeping of the usual statistics, he was quite successful for the general population. He was concerned that is stats were kept it would lead to the pols to micro-manage the economy.

In Chinese happiness is represented by a grain of rice.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:50 | 6027914 kaiserhoff
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One Jew made quite a study of it.

Eric Weiner Geography of Bliss compares happiness in places like Thailand, India, Moldova, Iceland, and never reached any great conclusions, but culture and money do matter.

Note:  he got divorced shortly after publication.  Don't try this without a net.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:01 | 6028091 MonetaryApostate
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What difference does it make?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:04 | 6027960 teslaberry
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maybe if you had read ANYTHING BY JUST ABOUT ANY 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY psychologist or philosopher, you mgiht know. 

or just go talk to your average rabbi if you are curious. 

 

otherwise, please enjoy the comfort of your armchair anti-semitism. ...oh...look...it's the juws!!. sneer. 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:18 | 6027985 kaiserhoff
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Just speaking from years of experience with dozens of Jews I have known, and one I dated.

On balance, not happy people.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:39 | 6028038 bid the soldier...
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'Tickle them, do they not laugh?

Give them state of the art F35's are they not happy?

Vice President Joe Biden says US will deliver new F-35 planes to Israel next year

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:09 | 6028059 kaiserhoff
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I've always rather admired the Jews as individuals.  They are articulate, well educated, support the arts, and make a serious effort to raise their children.  All of our neighbors should be so, but no one tribe should control the media, the big banks, and most of the government.  That is not antisemitism.  It is free speech, and a statement of the obvious facts.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:21 | 6028144 knukles
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Well, Olde Obie's sure gonna help 'em out with those hi-tec flawless F-35's.  Just wait until we see how poorly they do against Gen 5 "Soviet" equipment.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:22 | 6028390 weburke
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dear Kaiserhoff, mostly, really, as residents of the 51st state, or 52nd after japan ect, they are useful to the elites, but they are not in charge. Religiously, there are some things to resolve here on planet earth, and leaving things as they are is not in the plans. 

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 00:02 | 6028691 bid the soldier...
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Agree KH, agree.

Though it seems that several Jews have a scary ability to achieve 'critical mass' and no one wants to be around when they do.

 

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:57 | 6028082 CarrierWave
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Israel is actually one of the countries who keep experiencing a high percentage of outflow of its citizens ever since it was declared a state.

The joke in Israel is that The American Dream is to own a house, but the Israeli dream is to migrate to the US.

Also, there is a misconception that Israelis (of the Jewish kind) and Jews who have been living abroad for a generation or more are one and the same,

but that's hardly the case!!!

Compared to Jewish people who have been living abroad for a generation or more, Israeli (Jews) have a completely different outlook on life,

perception of self, and sense of Identity, whether they live in Israel or abroad. Many Israelis have a strong Israeli identity and only then a Jewish one.

Non-Israeli Jewish people will likely gravitate to a level of well-being resembling the surrounding population on average in whatever country they reside.

Numerous Israelis keep emigrating from Israel to seek better life abroad and that trend has not changed one bit.

Those who chose to reamin in Israel are generally sufficiently satisfied with life there but have no mistake - the Israeli society is harsh and racist towards every element of itself, also nothing is politically correct, everyone is 'in your face' and the cost of living as well as demands on the population (e.g. MIlitary service in the reserve until you are 45, and high taxation) take a toll too.

Yet, it's a brave little country with amazing achievements in any field of Science, Technology, Medicine, Agriculture and more, while having to fend for itself time and again and try to define a better future in the face of terrorists near and far.

Israel in-spite of what some may think has been the strongest ally to the US and will remain so and is the only true Democracy in the MIddle East.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:54 | 6028229 ILLILLILLI
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Well, I think when you sucking on a great big governemt titty you hardly want to bite down, eh?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 20:10 | 6028256 The_Prisoner
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"Achievent" is Hebrew for steal as much as you can, then blame the victim by labelling them terrorists or anti-Semites.

As far as the US ally canard, as long as the US dollar hegemony is superseded, the Zionist state will find another host to which attach it's "ally" fangs to.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 20:36 | 6028304 The_Prisoner
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In the 100th aniversary of another of Churchill's military sucesses know as Gallipoli, where Australian and New Zealander young men were sacrificed, one finds out that the Go ahead for the attack was given to the British Prime Minister by his mistress Venetia Stanley who then went on to marry Montagu. Guess you can chalk that off as another Jewish "achievement".

 

http://www.smh.com.au/national/ww1/anzac-100-what-stunned-peter-fitzsimo...

They are real world vampyres, invite them into your home at your own peril.

 

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:29 | 6028018 booboo
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You know how you know when a JAP has an orgasm?

She stop filing her fingernails

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 11:05 | 6029184 Kirk2NCC1701
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If all these Most Unhappy places are so darn Unhappy, why don't we just put them out of their misery?

Oh, wait...

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:11 | 6028106 Tzanchan
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The survey is probably not valid...were Moslems who make up 20% of the Israeli citizenship polled? They're a LOT happier than living in Ramallah or Gaza. Were Blacks interviewed in the US? See, e.g., Freakonomics where an Indian grad student went into the projects in Chicago and asked how does being Black and poor make you feel: Very happy; somewhat happy; neither happy nor unhappy; somewhat unhappy or very unhappy. He soon found he left out the most frequent response: Fu@k You!

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 22:48 | 6028569 capital one
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I freelance over th? internet and earn about 80-85$ an hour. I was without a job for 7 months but last month my paycheck with big fat bonus was $15000 just working on my computer from my home for 5-6 hours. Here's what i have been doing... www.globe-report.com

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:34 | 6027881 IridiumRebel
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Nothing a little bombing can't take care of....

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:57 | 6027943 Urban Redneck
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That's why we have bomb shelters.  But actually we're not the happiest place on earth.  IT'S ALL A BIG LIE!  

We're all miserable, and struggling with outrageous prices (like CHF 730 for driving 40mph in a 25mph zone or over CHF 500 for a KEL-TEC .32, actually CHF 600 after the paperwork & may-issue gun purchase permit costs).  

The there are our huge TBTF banks, and currency manipulation, and money printing that makes the Federal Reserve look like rank amateurs.  Don't get me started on the evil VAT that they add to certain PM's to discourage ownership.    

YOU DO NOT WANT TO COME HERE! (except perhaps as a tourist with your lottery winnings or bank theft proceeds).  

I hear the People's Republic of Kalifornia is a wonderful place.  And despite their rumored lack of water, it is far more desireable than Swiss water, which is so hard and metal-laden that you have to wash your coffee machine once a week if you don't buy CHF3/L Evian for the machine.  

And if you hate California for some reason, there is always TEXAS!  

But whatever you do, DON'T MOVE TO SWITZERLAND!  It's not the happiest place on earth, or anywhere even close to Happy Land.  We just get confused sometimes when politlely answering pollsters because we are required to know and speak so many languages...      

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 07:13 | 6028920 Urban Redneck
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Danke vielmals!

I need one of those filters (since I'm in not interested in a [salt] water softener as remediation for hard water).  I will have to go down there and check them out. 

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:36 | 6027885 Miffed Microbio...
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And the point of this is? Shall I ask the elites for more gruel?

Somehow I just don't think my happiness fits into their world vision.

Miffed

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:12 | 6027893 AIIB
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I can only gather that the point is that when America, like Israel, decides to adopt 'apartheid' as a policy, then it'll tick up one above Israel. But not that's how I'd want it. My guess is that moar illegal aliens need to migrate first. You know, to keep the Washington/NY/LA rulership class served.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:16 | 6027989 Miffed Microbio...
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I think we have reached peak illegal but I'm sure the elite psychopaths disagree. If 51 million have come here in 8 years, I don't think this country will survive much longer.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/census-record-51-million-immigrants-in...

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:24 | 6028006 kaiserhoff
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Is it illegal to yell IMMIGRATION in a crowded beanery?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:57 | 6028083 Miffed Microbio...
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No, that creates as much catastrophic confusion as offering free ham to a Jew.

Miffed;-)

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:38 | 6028416 IronForge
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Too Late.

There's too much to be had here. 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 22:48 | 6028565 tired1
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Miffed, I have a question for you about Big Pharma (or as my Chineese buddy called them 'psudo- pharmicals).

There are several huge pharma companies; who is thier national clientel? I suspect that the big drugster companies have a targeted US herd. This is most likely dictated by medical proticols and rarely subject to review. A case in point is the ongoing vaccine scandal.

I have a hard time believing that most other countries, including 'enlighened' European states are as promicuous in their medical delivery systems.

My overall sense is that the US population has become the exclusive cash cow for chemically based pallitives.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:37 | 6027892 gwar5
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Why so high up, did they only poll people with jobs?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:47 | 6027912 suteibu
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You are assuming that they actually polled anyone.  Given most things "authorities" do these days, it is just as possible that the numbers were all made up in order to justify some as yet undetermined agenda.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:35 | 6028029 AIIB
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When I fight authority, authority always wins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEwK69LXjQ

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:39 | 6027894 Nobody Important
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Maybe because there is nothing left in AmeriKa to be happy about?

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:44 | 6027903 alexcojones
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Happiness is a state of mind.

NOT a police state of mine.

Have a wonderful weekend ZHers.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:47 | 6027913 samsara
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You too.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:46 | 6027910 ali-ali-al-qomfri
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was Police Assisted Suicide one the measurements?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:46 | 6027911 samsara
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We got'em right where they want us.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:47 | 6027916 alexcojones
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Brazil is behind USA in happiness? !!!

Soon, we'll be a third world Brazil, but without those great behinds.

Miss Butt Brazil Finalists Bikini Photos
Fri, 04/24/2015 - 17:51 | 6027926 suteibu
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The first one wins.

No, the second one wins...

Well...they stopped showing butts after those two.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:25 | 6028010 bid the soldier...
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"There's  a divinity that shapes our ends"

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:18 | 6028386 mijev
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Note the first comment on that site by a happy camper named Hugh G. Rection. Love it!

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:45 | 6027952 Chuck Knoblauch
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Israelis surrounded by ISIS are happier than you?

LOL - that's funny!

They're only interested in killing Christians, right?

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:07 | 6027965 Equality 7-25-1
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I just completed a study that shows Bloomberg is the most trusted shit shilling cabal mouthpiece in Tonga, with the high score of 0 - never heard of it.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:09 | 6027971 Fun Facts
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Maybe if the US had a government that represented Americans instead of being ruled by the global financial oligarchy for the benefit of Israel and to the detriment of the US, the poll would show a different result.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:10 | 6027974 Peak Finance
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I hate this place with a fucking un-real all-consuming burining passion and I am planning my exit.  It will take a year or so to get out and I hope that's enough time.

Lucky for me I qualify for dual citizenship which makes it easier to GTFO (No, I am NOT a tribe member) 

IF you are only third generation American, meaning that your Grandparents are from the old country, you may qualify for citizenship in either of your grandparents home country. Right now I believe it's Ireland, Italy, Poland, there may be some more I am unaware of. 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:49 | 6028064 Peak Finance
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To the asshole that downvoted me, look this up in google:

 

Stockholm syndrome

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:20 | 6028137 kaiserhoff
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I don't disagree, in fact I've often had similar thoughts in the past.

Could you be more specific about what you hate?  I could, but I don't want to prejudice the younger jury pool.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:58 | 6028233 Peak Finance
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Crushing taxation  - Don't think this needs explaination

Crushing regulation - Same here, don't think an explaination is necessary. I have gotten into arguments with people on this board before who tell me to "do it anyway" and that "i have no balls" but we are talking *felonies* here for certain unregulated businesses and I don't want to be the one "made an example of" 

Cultural Marxism

Feminism

Poison food - It's hard and expensive to get clean food, and, even if you do get clean food is it really clean or a lie? Did you evr ask yourself why 100+ food additives used in the USA are banned like everywhere else on the planet? Why is GMO banned everywhere but here? Why is FUCKING ESTROGEN in the water supply? 

Illegals  - Illegals are EVERYWHERE vastly lowering my quality of life. Man I can tell some stoires on this one!

Petty crimes!!!!!!  - Seriously this is a big one. Fucking have had my cards stolen MULTUPLE times a year! This is becuase I travel a lot by car / motorcycle and the center of fraud seems to be gas stations? Lots of other petty crimes, like little things / tools / ladders stolen from front yard, etc. Mostly related to Illegals but also I feel that the petty criminals are no longer being prosecuted for some unknown reason. 

Corporate Scumbaggery - Endless price increases for no reason, Screwed by Geico on an insurance claim, just feel like everytime I buy something I am getting ripped off, I try to do research on-line before I buy something and it's stil a piece of shit and falls apart after a few uses. 

 

I mean a lot of the above goes on everywhere now, but, it seems that there is a vast overload of the above hitting us right here right now. I don't see things in this country ever getting any better at this point and it's time to go.

Some of the countries I mentioned to leave to also have these problems. However, these smaller countries don't have vast police states or the budgets to actually enforce the bullshit laws that are on the books. Also, in other countries, there are viable nationalist movements. There is no viable nationalist movement in this country and honestly I don't think the de-balled Americans will EVER have a nationalist movement. Contrast this to Italy for example, where they are BURNING DOWN FUCKING IMMIGRATION CENTERS.  Can you imaging an American getting up off of the couch long enough to do this?

 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 20:10 | 6028258 kaiserhoff
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Well said.  Thanks.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:16 | 6027982 I need more asshats
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Hey Tyler. Do you have a Happiest Victim's chart?

If an unproductive country is leaching untold billions from a host country why not be happy? Real happy.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:18 | 6027997 czarangelus
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"Almost ubiquitous daily car bombs."
Really. When was the last car bomb explosion in Israel, exactly?

The Jewish conquest of the goyim mind is complete.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:37 | 6028034 Magnum
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Another dancing israeli story...

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:38 | 6028036 Usura
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There it is, in black and white.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:43 | 6028049 I Write Code
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So if we had more corruption we'd be happier? 

H->illary 2016!

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:50 | 6028442 Keyboard Kommando
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If there were millions less of them on the planet, I would be happy!

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:47 | 6028058 Chuck Knoblauch
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Iceland is a no Zionist zone.

And they are the happiest.

Well, let's get rid of the Zionists then.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:53 | 6028071 Weaponized Innocense
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I see demented humor wasn't included.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 18:57 | 6028078 Jonesy
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I thought Israel and the JewSA were one in the same, both are full of criminal Jews but maybe the US ranks lower because 'Muricans have to die for Israel, while the freeloading Jews in Israel lie around and count their "aid"?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:00 | 6028087 Chuck Knoblauch
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Lucrative contract jobs with ISIS make the Israeli Jew happy.

Plus the China business!

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:53 | 6028454 Seychelles
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We must never forget that the Israelis are totally free of the stresses of social multiculturalism...which they foist off on everybody else as being necessary for a "good" society....and even if the US politicians become less compliant, the Zionist central bankers of every stripe will always be there to stir up a profitable war somewhere to generate bread money for the tribe.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:08 | 6028100 Infinite QE
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A better chart would be one measuring the misery created by the orc zionists.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:44 | 6028192 q99x2
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Switzerland has a constitution that the corporations back and Iceland put their banksters in prison. What's that tell you. We know who the enemy is and we are going to arrest them, arrest them, and arrest them. 

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:49 | 6028206 Pancho de Villa
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BULLSHIT! Peoples in Mexico are barely "Happier" than in Estados Unidos? Yo No Creo!

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:51 | 6028213 BI2
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We give these idiots $5Billion a year to live off of us. Why shouldn't they be happy?

Israel= America's CURSE  >>> http://wp.me/p4OZ4v-3z

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 19:53 | 6028222 New_Meat
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"sustainable solutions" thang, ol' ban ke moon has it all figgered out.

What? Iceland after the rape that they have survived is No. 2?  That mes amis is quite encouraging.

And further, with all the SNAP and EBT and FRAUD goin' on, makes the US so LOW?

Maybe a change in policy is in order--after all, the change will make us "happier".

- Ned

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 20:56 | 6028343 roadhazard
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Nobody interviewed me, I live in gods country, North Kackalacky. Wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm leaving these mountains for a trip to the beach for the first time in fifteen years just for something to do. Got to get back before it gets too hot down on the flatlands. The leaves should be all the way out when I get back.

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:08 | 6028363 Bunga Bunga
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Iceland did not bail out their banks. Mmmmhm, maybe it has something to do with that?

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:41 | 6028422 IronForge
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If MEX has a higher Happiness Rating, why come to the USA?

I know USA's downturn has slowed the invasion/secession process; but seriously...

/sarc

Fri, 04/24/2015 - 21:44 | 6028428 The_Prisoner
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That is the US is reaping the sucess of its own propaganda. After all, the USA is #1, dontchaknow?

But seriously, as with most things in the universe, it takes time for the momentum to turn.

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 00:06 | 6028695 Peak Finance
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LOLZ About this:

If MEX has a higher Happiness Rating, why come to the USA?

Well, maybe because all of the MS-13 and other various criminal groups left Mexico for the states? 

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 00:54 | 6028726 Steaming_Pile
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They forgot to mention Bhutan, which measures Gross National Happiness instead of GDP.

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 02:55 | 6028812 SystemOfaDrown
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Lets see - Israeli military force shooting at Palestinian citizens. American police force shooting at American citzens. So where's the problem?

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 10:00 | 6029104 Firewood
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"Israelis are "happier" than Americans."

I would certainly hope so looking at the state of this militarized Third World Fourth Reich chosen racer zero 1 % built ghetto we have cobbled together for ourselves.

 

And one needed the presstitute Goebells' screed Bloomberg to confirm that Mercan tax cattle are simply there to provide tribute for the mutt sect in occupied apartheid Palestine?

 

So back to the grind stone; joos in Palestine need more...much more!

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 17:23 | 6029814 danepol
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Here's why. Because Jews devote their time to healing others and being a light to the world.

Others like you spend their time hating, and their is no happiness in that.

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