Have we been able to win wars and get the spoils? Have we created any less suffering somewhere in the world? Have we been able to stop piracy on the high seas?

http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending

Out of every dollar spent on defense in the world the US spends 46.5 cents. A couple years ago it was 51%.

Reminder: The question was what good has come of it? Not is it enough.

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Does the law allow the countries to have tolls on their coast? And in the high-sea? Could it be controlled by satellite?
Thanks

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Situation taken from a judge’s decision: The crew of an English yacht were cast away in a storm on the high seas. In this boat they had no supply of water and no supply of food….that on the 18th day they suggested that one should be sacrificed to save the rest. That next day they went to the boy put a knife into his throat and killed him; that the 3 men fed upon the body of the boy for 4 days; that on the 4th day after the act had been commited the boat was picked up by a passing vessel and they were rescued, still alive. They were carried to the port of Falmouth and committed for trial. If the men had not fed upon the body of the boy they would probably not have survived to be picked up and rescued, but would within the 4 days have died of famine. The boy being in a much weaker condition, was likely to have died before them…. The real question is whether killing under the the conditions set forth be or be not murder. What factors should the judge take into account?

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What are some old fashioned ways of addressing others?
For example during the Renaissance or Medieval times, what did they call one another?
Also, what did the regular folk call each other?

Please give me examples and tell me what they mean.

Examples~

Madam: Used as a form of polite address for a woman, the mistress of a household, or a woman who manages a brothel.

My lady: a form of madam

Wench: A young woman or girl, especially a peasant girl, a woman servant, or a vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety.

Sir: Used as a form of polite address for a man or used as an honorific before the given name or the full name of baronets and knights.

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I know the line pressure 1500 psig, sea bed temperature 65°F and gas flow rate is 50 MMSCFD ( million standard cubic feet per day).

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I always thought that those words were normal words for "Man" and "Woman" but me and my cousin were having a conversation and he talked about a documentary where church singers of those times (I think he said 13th century) weren’t like the religious people singing in churches today. They were actually a bunch of hooligans and fought among themselves. One even got expelled for calling his fellow singers "Rogues" and "Knaves."
So if "Knave" wasn’t the standard term for "Man" I wonder if the same is for "Wench."

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For government a question is to explain the 18 expressed powers of Congress which are

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof

please explain each one. thank you!

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