The 2006 UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX has just come out. Australia does
extremely well as always. The ONLY 2 countries with a better standard of
living than Australia are Norway and Iceland.

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/

Old Europe sucks shit as always. Losers. Germany... TWENTY-ONE. The UK
is a miserable number 18.

High unemployment, MASSIVE muslim immigration... Old Europe is going to
become a third world Islamic state within a few years.

1 Norway
2 Iceland
3 Australia
4 Ireland
5 Sweden
6 Canada
7 Japan
8 United States
9 Switzerland
10 Netherlands
11 Finland
12 Luxembourg
13 Belgium
14 Austria
15 Denmark
16 France
17 Italy
18 United Kingdom
19 Spain
20 New Zealand
21 Germany

"F&C" <[email protected]> kirjoitti
viestissä:[email protected]. com.au...
    > The 2006 UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX has just come out. Australia does
    > extremely well as always. The ONLY 2 countries with a better standard of
    > living than Australia are Norway and Iceland.
    > http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/
    > Old Europe sucks shit as always. Losers. Germany... TWENTY-ONE. The UK is
    > a miserable number 18.
In reading comprehension ceylonese living in Australia are among the poorest
in the world. This compilation the turd is referring to is NOT based on
standard of living but something else.

    > In reading comprehension ceylonese living in Australia are among the poorest
    > in the world. This compilation the turd is referring to is NOT based on
    > standard of living but something else.

Just like the massive number of unemployed people in your failed state.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (F&C) wrote:

    > *From:* F&C <[email protected]>
    > *Date:* Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:29:02 +1000
    >
    > The 2006 UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX has just come out. Australia does
    > extremely well as always. The ONLY 2 countries with a better standard
    > of living than Australia are Norway and Iceland.
    >
    > http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/
    >
    > Old Europe sucks shit as always. Losers. Germany... TWENTY-ONE. The UK
    > is a miserable number 18.

156 countries are lower than Germany in the full list. 15 out of the top
21 you post are in Europe.

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:29:02 +1000, F&C <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >The 2006 UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX has just come out. Australia does
    >extremely well as always. The ONLY 2 countries with a better standard of
    >living than Australia are Norway and Iceland.
    >http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/
    >Old Europe sucks shit as always. Losers. Germany... TWENTY-ONE. The UK
    >is a miserable number 18.
    >High unemployment, MASSIVE muslim immigration... Old Europe is going to
    >become a third world Islamic state within a few years.
    >1 Norway
    >2 Iceland
    >3 Australia
    >4 Ireland
    >5 Sweden
    >6 Canada
    >7 Japan
    >8 United States
    >9 Switzerland
    >10 Netherlands
    >11 Finland
    >12 Luxembourg
    >13 Belgium
    >14 Austria
    >15 Denmark
    >16 France
    >17 Italy
    >18 United Kingdom
    >19 Spain
    >20 New Zealand
    >21 Germany


Some links/addresses:

http://www.immi.gov.au/
misc.immigration.australia+nz

Just being helpful:-)
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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F&C wrote:

    > 8 United States
    > 9 Switzerland

ROTFL

F&C wrote:

    > 8 United States
    > 9 Switzerland

ROTFL

All those swiss ghettos like LA South or paradises like New Orleans
(Lugano perhaps) LOL.
Millions Swiss without health insurance, rotted
infrastructure...............

What a funny statistic. Do You really believe that rubbish???
Come on.

F&C wrote:

    > 8 United States
    > 9 Switzerland

ROTFL

All those swiss ghettos like LA South or paradises like New Orleans
(Lugano perhaps) LOL.
Millions Swiss without health insurance, rotten
infrastructure...............

What a funny statistic. Do You really believe that rubbish???
Come on.

Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Some links/addresses:
    >http://www.immi.gov.au/
    >misc.immigration.australia+nz
    >Just being helpful:-)

Does any other country have a home page for a Department of
Immigration with a direct link to pages concerning detention of
would-be migrants?

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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:05:42 +1100, Alan S wrote :

    > On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:29:02 +1000, F&C <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>The 2006 UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX has just come out. Australia does
    >>extremely well as always. The ONLY 2 countries with a better standard of
    >>living than Australia are Norway and Iceland.
    >>http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/
    >>Old Europe sucks shit as always. Losers. Germany... TWENTY-ONE. The UK is
    >>a miserable number 18.
[...]
    >
    >
    > Some links/addresses:
    >
    > http://www.immi.gov.au/
    > misc.immigration.australia+nz
    >
    > Just being helpful:-)
    > Cheers, Alan, Australia
Thank you, I was wondering how to make my packs and get a visa to
Australia when I had a second thought. Looking more carefully at the PDF
table, realized that the differences between the 20 first countries were
not so huge. I could expect to gain some weeks of life expectancy and some
percents of GDP by capita that, maybe, would not balance the longer
holidays I have here. Yes, I am a bit lazy, money is important, but
leisures are not to be despised.

And when it comes to the 113% of enrolment ratio in schools, I do not
really understand its real meaning. I suspect that non homogenous
statistics could somewhat introduce a bias in the comparison.

--
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do
it himself. -- A.H. Weiler

    > And when it comes to the 113% of enrolment ratio in schools, I do not
    > really understand its real meaning. I suspect that non homogenous
    > statistics could somewhat introduce a bias in the comparison.

The high enrolment is probably because so many people have access to
university in Australia. People from all walks of life can go to
university, young and old.

Whereas in a poorer country like Finland, you have to brutally compete
to get into a university. And after that you face sky-high unemployment
rates.

F&C wrote:
    >> And when it comes to the 113% of enrolment ratio in schools, I do not
    >> really understand its real meaning. I suspect that non homogenous
    >> statistics could somewhat introduce a bias in the comparison.
    >
    > The high enrolment is probably because so many people have access to
    > university in Australia. People from all walks of life can go to
    > university, young and old.
    >
    > Whereas in a poorer country like Finland, you have to brutally compete
    > to get into a university. And after that you face sky-high unemployment
    > rates.
But the soviet like 113% is a good indication that this statistic has
not the same meaning in every surveyed country. In the country I live,
very few could possibly attend two complete school cursus the same year,
and even if they did it, they would be counted one time. 100% is
completely unreachable. But it could be easily the case by including the
children who attend a music school.

Remember, even in the ideal country, some childs may be severely ill. A
small proportion of teens don't like school and prefer to earn their
living as soon as they are able.
So something is wrong in this statistic, and it could have an influence
in the ranking.

So Australia got the bronze medal, Norway got the gold, Norway is not in
the EU but is in Europe, old Europe too. Ireland, Netherlands,
Finland... Old Europe. Not really best, not really worse, only really
different.

The GDP of poor Finland (29951$GDP/capita) compares very well (within
1.2%) with Australia (30331$GDP/capita), within the currency fluctuation
margins.

On 12/11/06 7:29, in article [email protected],
"F&C" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Old Europe sucks shit as always. Losers. Germany... TWENTY-ONE. The UK
    > is a miserable number 18.
    >
    > High unemployment, MASSIVE muslim immigration... Old Europe is going to
    > become a third world Islamic state within a few years.


The index is highly compressed at the top end, those in the top 20 all have
about the same score with the top figure, 0.965, for Norway, 0.948 for the
US, in position 8 and Germany at 0.932 in 21st. The number one comes up
with depends on the weighting factor on the various components that go
into figuring this figure. The US figure 0.948, is packed with with
others at 0.947 for Switzerland, France at 0.942, which have much different
GDP (corrected using the OECD's PPP estimates).

The web page itself offers the caveat

"The index is not in any sense a comprehensive measure of human development.
It does not, for example, include important indicators such as inequality
and difficult to measure indicators like respect for human rights and
political freedoms."

You should not report statistics unless you are capable of understanding
what they mean and can discuss them intelligently. A comment
like "Old Europe is going to become a third world Islamic state within a few
years." shows your inability to do so.

Padraig Breathnach wrote:
    > Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >Some links/addresses:
    > >
    > >http://www.immi.gov.au/
    > >misc.immigration.australia+nz
    > >
    > >Just being helpful:-)
    > Does any other country have a home page for a Department of
    > Immigration with a direct link to pages concerning detention of
    > would-be migrants?

Well, Holland publishes a video showing how migrants are treated "pour
encourager les autres".

B;

On 12 Nov 2006 07:49:00 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

    >Padraig Breathnach wrote:
    >> Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >Some links/addresses:
    >> >
    >> >http://www.immi.gov.au/
    >> >misc.immigration.australia+nz
    >> >
    >> >Just being helpful:-)
    >> Does any other country have a home page for a Department of
    >> Immigration with a direct link to pages concerning detention of
    >> would-be migrants?
    >Well, Holland publishes a video showing how migrants are treated "pour
    >encourager les autres".

Featuring a hooded Mrs B?
--

Martin