It's not often that the payoff comes so quickly for even the best laid political trap. But that happened Tuesday morning after another one of President-elect Donald Trump's tweets produced just the kind of response he and his team must have hoped for all along. It was so easy and quick, it was kind of like watching a Washington version of the old practical joke show "Punked."
Here's how it went down. At about 7am Eastern Time, the following message appeared on Trump's Twitter feed:
It's likely the tweet was in response to some flag burning incidents that have been reported across the country in protest of Trump's election. The most famous of which occurred at Hampshire College in Massachusetts and resulted in the school's administration taking the drastic step of removing the flag from the campus flagpole.
But right on cue, an army of sanctimonious Trump critics took to social media and even newspaper web sites to attack the President-elect's tweet and use it as proof that he is a reckless and scary fascist. Almost uniformly, the critical comments pointed out that flag burning was a protected form of Free Speech protected by the U.S. Supreme Court in a decision joined even by the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
The Washington Post's political writer Philip Bump perhaps bit the hardest and fastest on the bait as he quickly attacked Trump for flouting existing law but also for supposedly letting this flag burning comment distract him from the more important work he should be doing assembling his cabinet.
Well, the joke's on you folks. As Trump and his team must have certainly known, the last nationally prominent American politician to propose making flag burning illegal and affixing a hefty fine of as much as $100,000 for doing so was... then-Senator Hillary Clinton in 2005. She and the late Republican Senator Bob Bennett introduced and co-authored the Flag Protection Act of 2005 and it came to the floor in October of that year but was never passed....
And the Times and the other Trump bashers today all failed to mention Hillary Clinton's eerily similar position in their attacks on Trump today. And in so doing, they were basically the victims of a sneaky practical joke that Trump is likely to use again to continue to embarrass and delegitimize his opponents. If Trump can make it appear that his opponents don't actually believe in any political philosophy and only attack and defend policies based on who's proposing them, then he makes all that supposed principled opposition quite moot.
But even without the delicious Clinton connection, the tweet served to get Trump's opponents to very loudly defend the right to burn the flag. Legal or not, that's simply not a very politically popular position. Every politician of course holds a few unpopular positions, but the trick is to get him or her to go public with them. This ploy Tuesday morning from Trump did that too.
And social media platforms like Twitter help Trump achieve that delegitimizing goal instantly and publicly. After today's quite gratifying exercise, we can all forget about getting Trump to stop tweeting. As long as so many people are going to be gullible enough to give him exactly what he wants every time he tweets, this will continue. Tune in tomorrow or the next day, when he does it again. For Trump, Twitter isn't a problem. It's a gift that keeps on giving.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/29/trump-tweets-his-opponents-into-a-trap-commentary.html
November 30, 2016
/R bans inc. no wonder reddit is dying
More than anything, I want Reddit to heal, and I want our country to heal, and although many of you have asked us to ban the r/the_donald outright, it is with this spirit of healing that I have resisted doing so. If there is anything about this election that we have learned, it is that there are communities that feel alienated and just want to be heard, and Reddit has always been a place where those voices can be heard.
However, when we separate the behavior of some of r/the_donald users from their politics, it is their behavior we cannot tolerate. The opening statement of our Content Policy asks that we all show enough respect to others so that we all may continue to enjoy Reddit for what it is. It is my first duty to do what is best for Reddit, and the current situation is not sustainable.
Historically, we have relied on our relationship with moderators to curb bad behaviors. While some of the moderators have been helpful, this has not been wholly effective, and we are now taking a more proactive approach to policing behavior that is detrimental to Reddit:
We have identified hundreds of the most toxic users and are taking action against them, ranging from warnings to timeouts to permanent bans. Posts stickied on r/the_donald will no longer appear in r/all. r/all is not our frontpage, but is a popular listing that our most engaged users frequent, including myself. The sticky feature was designed for moderators to make announcements or highlight specific posts. It was not meant to circumvent organic voting, which r/the_donald does to slingshot posts into r/all, often in a manner that is antagonistic to the rest of the community.
We will continue taking on the most troublesome users, and going forward, if we do not see the situation improve, we will continue to take privileges from communities whose users continually cross the line—up to an outright ban.
However, when we separate the behavior of some of r/the_donald users from their politics, it is their behavior we cannot tolerate. The opening statement of our Content Policy asks that we all show enough respect to others so that we all may continue to enjoy Reddit for what it is. It is my first duty to do what is best for Reddit, and the current situation is not sustainable.
Historically, we have relied on our relationship with moderators to curb bad behaviors. While some of the moderators have been helpful, this has not been wholly effective, and we are now taking a more proactive approach to policing behavior that is detrimental to Reddit:
We have identified hundreds of the most toxic users and are taking action against them, ranging from warnings to timeouts to permanent bans. Posts stickied on r/the_donald will no longer appear in r/all. r/all is not our frontpage, but is a popular listing that our most engaged users frequent, including myself. The sticky feature was designed for moderators to make announcements or highlight specific posts. It was not meant to circumvent organic voting, which r/the_donald does to slingshot posts into r/all, often in a manner that is antagonistic to the rest of the community.
We will continue taking on the most troublesome users, and going forward, if we do not see the situation improve, we will continue to take privileges from communities whose users continually cross the line—up to an outright ban.
November 29, 2016
Way To Look Silly
Failed Democrat vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine leapt to Twitter to decry the “senseless act of gun violence” minutes after the attack at Ohio State University was reported on Monday morning, only to be embarrassed hours later when it was revealed that the attacker used a car and a knife but no gun.
November 27, 2016
The Fall of the Church
People are losing connection to their communities. They don't feel like they belong anywhere.
Churches used to bring each other together. They let people share and discuss morality in a communal setting. They gave a common identity.
Churches are not nor have always been places only filled with "true believers". Agnostics and even atheists should be active in the churches. Even more secular types do not fundamentally disagree with Church morality, with obvious exceptions of course. But instead of engaging them, too many have abandoned them as community institutions.
It is not surprising that so many youths feel untethered.
Joseph Campbell was worried about what would happen if the culture stopped storytelling and now we see that the culture is decaying in general. When you go to a spiritual place they tell you stories to guide you or have a book with stories and now, without people listening to those stories, there is no guidance either. On another note, maybe some of the judgmental stories could be replaced with non judgmental stories (these are the stories we need now).
I'm sure that that different churches are different. But one can appeal to the very teachings of the church to correct those people. Engagement is almost always better than shutting out. More likely the culture will continue to literally disintegrate and atomize even further. Most likely with harmful results.
Churches used to bring each other together. They let people share and discuss morality in a communal setting. They gave a common identity.
Churches are not nor have always been places only filled with "true believers". Agnostics and even atheists should be active in the churches. Even more secular types do not fundamentally disagree with Church morality, with obvious exceptions of course. But instead of engaging them, too many have abandoned them as community institutions.
It is not surprising that so many youths feel untethered.
Joseph Campbell was worried about what would happen if the culture stopped storytelling and now we see that the culture is decaying in general. When you go to a spiritual place they tell you stories to guide you or have a book with stories and now, without people listening to those stories, there is no guidance either. On another note, maybe some of the judgmental stories could be replaced with non judgmental stories (these are the stories we need now).
I'm sure that that different churches are different. But one can appeal to the very teachings of the church to correct those people. Engagement is almost always better than shutting out. More likely the culture will continue to literally disintegrate and atomize even further. Most likely with harmful results.
BLM & the excuses to kill cops
For the most part, BLM and its supporters are pretty damn anti-cop. Just watch the marches. You'll hear hundreds of people chanting "f*** the police," signs saying "f*** the police," flipping the bird at any cop, getting in anyone's face who goes and shake a cop/soldier's hand. And of course, while rare, you will see chants calling for death of police officers.
An immediate end to the criminalization and dehumanization of Black youth across all areas of society including, but not limited to; our nation’s justice and education systems, social service agencies, and media and pop culture. This includes an end to zero-tolerance school policies and arrests of students, the removal of police from schools, and the reallocation of funds from police and punitive school discipline practices to restorative services.
An end to capital punishment.
An end to money bail, mandatory fines, fees, court surcharges and “defendant funded” court proceedings.
An end to the mass surveillance of Black communities, and the end to the use of technologies that criminalize and target our communities (including IMSI catchers, drones, body cameras, and predictive policing software).
The demilitarization of law enforcement, including law enforcement in schools and on college campuses.
An immediate end to the privatization of police, prisons, jails, probation, parole, food, phone and all other criminal justice related services.
Until we achieve a world where cages are no longer used against our people we demand an immediate change in conditions and an end to all jails, detention centers, youth facilities and prisons as we know them. This includes the end of solitary confinement, the end of shackling of pregnant people, access to quality healthcare, and effective measures to address the needs of our youth, queer, gender nonconforming and trans families.
https://policy.m4bl.org/end-war-on-black-people/
This is literally their platform. Anti cop doesn't necessarily have to mean "want cops dead." But anti cop in the sense that they don't want law enforcement or anyone up the chain to do their damn jobs, those boots fit BLM and they wear them proudly.
I'm curious at the bold part about media and pop culture; are they referring to the glorified "thug culture" in rap and on TV? Or are they blaming the media as some evil entity that portrays all black people the same. I'm serious; not trolling. I genuinely would like to know.
You're right, anti cop doesn't necessarily mean "want cops dead". But consider the support BLM gets from police departments across the country, they aren't anti cop, but more like anti justice system. And they don't even want it abolished, they just want it to change. They want an end to black men being disproportionately locked up for crimes they commit at the same rate as white men.
They're angry at cops, which is why they insult them and, in some rare cases, call for their deaths. But practically none of them want all cops dead or gone. They just want the police to do better, because until the day private security firms become dirt cheap (aka never), the cops are all we the people have.
Thug culture isn't really glorified in the black community. Artists are. A lot of rappers came up by dealing drugs and gangbanging, but most of the popular ones that are considered idols left that life behind and their songs criticize that culture, and some of them were never involved in that culture at all.
An immediate end to the criminalization and dehumanization of Black youth across all areas of society including, but not limited to; our nation’s justice and education systems, social service agencies, and media and pop culture. This includes an end to zero-tolerance school policies and arrests of students, the removal of police from schools, and the reallocation of funds from police and punitive school discipline practices to restorative services.
An end to capital punishment.
An end to money bail, mandatory fines, fees, court surcharges and “defendant funded” court proceedings.
An end to the mass surveillance of Black communities, and the end to the use of technologies that criminalize and target our communities (including IMSI catchers, drones, body cameras, and predictive policing software).
The demilitarization of law enforcement, including law enforcement in schools and on college campuses.
An immediate end to the privatization of police, prisons, jails, probation, parole, food, phone and all other criminal justice related services.
Until we achieve a world where cages are no longer used against our people we demand an immediate change in conditions and an end to all jails, detention centers, youth facilities and prisons as we know them. This includes the end of solitary confinement, the end of shackling of pregnant people, access to quality healthcare, and effective measures to address the needs of our youth, queer, gender nonconforming and trans families.
https://policy.m4bl.org/end-war-on-black-people/
This is literally their platform. Anti cop doesn't necessarily have to mean "want cops dead." But anti cop in the sense that they don't want law enforcement or anyone up the chain to do their damn jobs, those boots fit BLM and they wear them proudly.
I'm curious at the bold part about media and pop culture; are they referring to the glorified "thug culture" in rap and on TV? Or are they blaming the media as some evil entity that portrays all black people the same. I'm serious; not trolling. I genuinely would like to know.
You're right, anti cop doesn't necessarily mean "want cops dead". But consider the support BLM gets from police departments across the country, they aren't anti cop, but more like anti justice system. And they don't even want it abolished, they just want it to change. They want an end to black men being disproportionately locked up for crimes they commit at the same rate as white men.
They're angry at cops, which is why they insult them and, in some rare cases, call for their deaths. But practically none of them want all cops dead or gone. They just want the police to do better, because until the day private security firms become dirt cheap (aka never), the cops are all we the people have.
Thug culture isn't really glorified in the black community. Artists are. A lot of rappers came up by dealing drugs and gangbanging, but most of the popular ones that are considered idols left that life behind and their songs criticize that culture, and some of them were never involved in that culture at all.
Flint, MI
Flint city government was saying that in order to resolve the water situation, the pipes need to be flushed out and in order to do that, people in Flint need to just turn on their faucets and let it run. but the thing is, they weren't going to reimburse anyone on their water bill for doing so. so they were literally trying to get people to just let unusable water run for an extended and indeterminate amount of time thereby running up their water bill, with nothing to show for it and no compensation whatsoever. yeah, you can imagine how well that was received.
They tried to sue the government but that was quickly shut down, now some of them are getting arrested for not paying their bills while others are flat out abandoning the city for another place despite shooting their credit in the foot and few are just saying there because they have no place else to go. Lots of people got sick but since most of them are lower middle class and poor nobody really cares.
Flint MI was just a tool for the left and right to hammer each other with gotcha moments for votes for the election cycle now that it's over they both went back to not giving a fuck about Flint or the people there.
They tried to sue the government but that was quickly shut down, now some of them are getting arrested for not paying their bills while others are flat out abandoning the city for another place despite shooting their credit in the foot and few are just saying there because they have no place else to go. Lots of people got sick but since most of them are lower middle class and poor nobody really cares.
Flint MI was just a tool for the left and right to hammer each other with gotcha moments for votes for the election cycle now that it's over they both went back to not giving a fuck about Flint or the people there.
November 25, 2016
Buddist man arrested for "insulting Islam" on facebook
Saudi police arrested an Indian immigrant who allegedly disrespected Islam’s holiest shrine, the Kaaba, on Facebook, covering it with an image of Buddha, a local media outlet reported on Monday. The Kaaba, an ancient monument at the centre of the Al-Masjid al-Haram mosque in Mecca, is Islam's most sacred place.
“The region’s investigative department were able to capture and arrest a suspect, in his forties and who works in agriculture, who insulted our holy site,” stated the media spokesman for the Riyadh police. “He superimposed a picture of the Buddha on the Kaaba and posted on social media,” the spokesman added.
According to Al Arabiya news, “The police were able to identify and arrest the unnamed suspect at a farm in Al Majma'ah city.”
For decades, ultra-conservative Wahhabi clerics have been pushing the materialistic Saudi monarchy to enforce Islamic practices codified in medieval religious texts. Fearing a coup similar to the one successfully executed in 1979 by Shiite mullahs in Iran, the House of Saud has generally acquiesced to their demands.
NITI Aayog’s chief executive officer, Amitabh Kant, today (23 November) said India is moving towards a totally digitised payment economy that will bring huge gains in the long term.
"There are long-term gains for the country. The country will move towards a totally digitised payment economy. It will move towards formalised economy," Kant said on the sidelines of a conference organised by India Energy Forum.
On the demonetisation of high-value currency, he said, "It is a very mammoth and unprecedented thing. There will be some short-term issues. I don’t think we need to worry about them."
Kant termed the demonetisation move “excellent” and asked people to have patience and faith.
Full Article: http://swarajyamag.com/insta/three-pakistani-soldiers-killed-as-part-of-indian-armys-counter-offensive
“The region’s investigative department were able to capture and arrest a suspect, in his forties and who works in agriculture, who insulted our holy site,” stated the media spokesman for the Riyadh police. “He superimposed a picture of the Buddha on the Kaaba and posted on social media,” the spokesman added.
According to Al Arabiya news, “The police were able to identify and arrest the unnamed suspect at a farm in Al Majma'ah city.”
For decades, ultra-conservative Wahhabi clerics have been pushing the materialistic Saudi monarchy to enforce Islamic practices codified in medieval religious texts. Fearing a coup similar to the one successfully executed in 1979 by Shiite mullahs in Iran, the House of Saud has generally acquiesced to their demands.
NITI Aayog’s chief executive officer, Amitabh Kant, today (23 November) said India is moving towards a totally digitised payment economy that will bring huge gains in the long term.
"There are long-term gains for the country. The country will move towards a totally digitised payment economy. It will move towards formalised economy," Kant said on the sidelines of a conference organised by India Energy Forum.
On the demonetisation of high-value currency, he said, "It is a very mammoth and unprecedented thing. There will be some short-term issues. I don’t think we need to worry about them."
Kant termed the demonetisation move “excellent” and asked people to have patience and faith.
Full Article: http://swarajyamag.com/insta/three-pakistani-soldiers-killed-as-part-of-indian-armys-counter-offensive
November 24, 2016
7 Signs They Are Poor
1. They keep telling you about the newest MLM and cryptocurrency
2. They keep telling you that you should drop my Accounting major and just join Amway because they heard some people are making 6-figures doing it
3. Think "drumpf should've lost he didn't get the popular vote!!"
4. Keep telling you liberal things they heard on bernie sanders discussion forums
5. Keep telling you how capitalism is evil and horrible and that there's a conspiracy to make us poor
6. Keep telling you how world war 3 will start soon and so money will become useless anyway
7. They don't believe in the gold standard
2. They keep telling you that you should drop my Accounting major and just join Amway because they heard some people are making 6-figures doing it
3. Think "drumpf should've lost he didn't get the popular vote!!"
4. Keep telling you liberal things they heard on bernie sanders discussion forums
5. Keep telling you how capitalism is evil and horrible and that there's a conspiracy to make us poor
6. Keep telling you how world war 3 will start soon and so money will become useless anyway
7. They don't believe in the gold standard
Axe Post
Let’s say you have an axe. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said axe to behead a man. Don’t worry, he was already dead. Or maybe you should worry, because you’re the one who killed him.
He had been a big, twitchy guy with veiny skin stretched over swollen biceps. Teeth filed into razor-sharp fangs, you know the type. And you’re chopping off his head because you’re pretty sure he’s about to spring back to his feet and eat the look of terror right off your face. On the follow-through of the last swing, though, the handle of the axe snaps in a spray of splinters. You now have a broken axe. So you go to town with your axe. You go to the hardware store, explaining away the dark reddish stains on the broken handle as barbecue sauce. You walk out with a brand new handle for your axe.
The repaired axe sits undisturbed in your garage until the next spring when, on one rainy morning, you find in your kitchen a creature that appears to be a foot-long slug, Its jaws bite one of your forks in half with what seems like very little effort. You grab your trusty axe and chop the thing into several pieces. On the last blow, however, the axe strikes a metal leg of the overturned kitchen table and chips out a notch right in the middle of the blade.
Of course, a chipped head means yet another trip to the hardware store. They sell you a brand new head for your axe. As soon as you get home with your newly-headed ax, though, you meet the reanimated body of the guy you beheaded last year. He’s also got a new head, stitched on with what looks like plastic weed trimmer line, and it’s wearing that unique expression of “you’re the man who killed me last winter” resentment that one so rarely encounters in everyday life.
You brandish your axe.
The guy takes a long look at the weapon with his squishy, rotting eyes and in a gargly voice he says “That’s the same axe that slayed me!”
Is he right?
He had been a big, twitchy guy with veiny skin stretched over swollen biceps. Teeth filed into razor-sharp fangs, you know the type. And you’re chopping off his head because you’re pretty sure he’s about to spring back to his feet and eat the look of terror right off your face. On the follow-through of the last swing, though, the handle of the axe snaps in a spray of splinters. You now have a broken axe. So you go to town with your axe. You go to the hardware store, explaining away the dark reddish stains on the broken handle as barbecue sauce. You walk out with a brand new handle for your axe.
The repaired axe sits undisturbed in your garage until the next spring when, on one rainy morning, you find in your kitchen a creature that appears to be a foot-long slug, Its jaws bite one of your forks in half with what seems like very little effort. You grab your trusty axe and chop the thing into several pieces. On the last blow, however, the axe strikes a metal leg of the overturned kitchen table and chips out a notch right in the middle of the blade.
Of course, a chipped head means yet another trip to the hardware store. They sell you a brand new head for your axe. As soon as you get home with your newly-headed ax, though, you meet the reanimated body of the guy you beheaded last year. He’s also got a new head, stitched on with what looks like plastic weed trimmer line, and it’s wearing that unique expression of “you’re the man who killed me last winter” resentment that one so rarely encounters in everyday life.
You brandish your axe.
The guy takes a long look at the weapon with his squishy, rotting eyes and in a gargly voice he says “That’s the same axe that slayed me!”
Is he right?
Redditarted
Reddit had potential, but was ruined by the liberal agenda. It's great to go to /r/LifeProTips and sort by top. You'll get a lot of amazing information. That's great design regardless of how you feel about Reddit. They didn't pioneer it, but they had the most potential. Had. You don't get that anywhere else. Not efficiently at least.
Twitter had potential, but was ruined by the liberal agenda. The CEO is a numale. You're able to follow a public figure and instantly get their input on anything. You can communicate with them in real time, too. Not great for social media in terms of talking to family and friends, but great for popular people. Had potential. Fucked it up.
Facebook had potential, but was ruined by the fucking dirty Jewish scumbags. And liberal agendas. It was supposed to be this clean and professional social media platform. Not the bullshit faggoty middle schooler shit MySpace was. It fucked it up. The foundation is shit and the people are even worse. It attracts insecure people that want all the validation they can get. You either play the game or don't. You have no choice. It's cancer. It's just a glorified Buzzfeed, frankly.
4chan was ruined by fucking liberal retards too. No one is safe. 4+4chan is the only genuine one, honestly, and it's shit. Funny how 4chan doesn't allow you to say its name... Fucking pussies.
It's all shit, guys. Invest in nothing. Social media is a bubble that will burst within time. It's only surviving on angel investors and even that can't help it for long. It had potential and could have been great, but the Jews have ruined it by sticking their long noses in it. Just like they do with everything.
Twitter had potential, but was ruined by the liberal agenda. The CEO is a numale. You're able to follow a public figure and instantly get their input on anything. You can communicate with them in real time, too. Not great for social media in terms of talking to family and friends, but great for popular people. Had potential. Fucked it up.
Facebook had potential, but was ruined by the fucking dirty Jewish scumbags. And liberal agendas. It was supposed to be this clean and professional social media platform. Not the bullshit faggoty middle schooler shit MySpace was. It fucked it up. The foundation is shit and the people are even worse. It attracts insecure people that want all the validation they can get. You either play the game or don't. You have no choice. It's cancer. It's just a glorified Buzzfeed, frankly.
4chan was ruined by fucking liberal retards too. No one is safe. 4+4chan is the only genuine one, honestly, and it's shit. Funny how 4chan doesn't allow you to say its name... Fucking pussies.
It's all shit, guys. Invest in nothing. Social media is a bubble that will burst within time. It's only surviving on angel investors and even that can't help it for long. It had potential and could have been great, but the Jews have ruined it by sticking their long noses in it. Just like they do with everything.
average /biz/ poster
>HE'S NOT HOLDING ZEC
>Does he even trade?
>He thinks waves is money
>He takes his "altcoins" very seriously
>He takes tips from an online child molestation discussion forum
>He thinks bitcoin will be 800 by December
>He buys monero
>When he trades he makes losses
>Then he gambles to make his losses back
>He cries and says it doesn't matter, but you can see the pain in his eyes
>He fell from the trumpcoin meme
>He's going to miss the zec train
>He's already missed the zec train
>He buys at the top instead of shorting and he sells at the bottom instead of buying
>He calls this momentum trading
>He takes his "trading" very seriously
>He's going to FOMO into buying ZEC at the top again
>Does he even trade?
>He thinks waves is money
>He takes his "altcoins" very seriously
>He takes tips from an online child molestation discussion forum
>He thinks bitcoin will be 800 by December
>He buys monero
>When he trades he makes losses
>Then he gambles to make his losses back
>He cries and says it doesn't matter, but you can see the pain in his eyes
>He fell from the trumpcoin meme
>He's going to miss the zec train
>He's already missed the zec train
>He buys at the top instead of shorting and he sells at the bottom instead of buying
>He calls this momentum trading
>He takes his "trading" very seriously
>He's going to FOMO into buying ZEC at the top again
November 23, 2016
The Fall Of Paris 2016
The Paris you know or remember from adverts or brochures no longer exists. While no part of Paris looks like the romantic Cliches in Hollywood movies, some districts now resemble post-apocalyptic scenes of a dystopian thriller. This footage, taken with a hidden camera by an anonymous Frenchman in the Avenue de Flandres, 19th Arrondissement, near the Stalingrad Metro Station in Paris as well as areas in close proximity, shows the devastating effects of uncontrolled illegal mass immigration of young African males into Europe.
If it weren't for the somewhat working infrastructure, the scene might as well have been the setting of movie shooting - or a slum in Mogadishu. The streets are littered in garbage, the sidewalks are blocked with trash, junk and mattresses, thousands of African men claim the streets as their own - they sleep and live in tents like homeless people.
If no portable toilets are in reach, open urination and defecation are commonplace. Tens of thousands of homeless Illegal immigrants, undocumented or waiting for a decision of their asylum application, waste away trying to pass the time in the city. Although their prospects of being granted asylum as Africans are bleak, they're hoping for a decision that would grant them an apartment, welfare and make France their new home.
The conditions are absolutely devastating. The police have given up trying to control these areas, the remaining French people avoid the areas at all cost, crime and rape is rampant, just recently mass brawls and riots made the news as fights broke out near the Stalingrad metro station.
If current trends continue and the French become minority in their own capital in even more areas, scenes like this might spread to areas frequented by tourists, forever changing the last romantic parts of Paris that match what most people have in mind when they think of the iconic city.
If it weren't for the somewhat working infrastructure, the scene might as well have been the setting of movie shooting - or a slum in Mogadishu. The streets are littered in garbage, the sidewalks are blocked with trash, junk and mattresses, thousands of African men claim the streets as their own - they sleep and live in tents like homeless people.
If no portable toilets are in reach, open urination and defecation are commonplace. Tens of thousands of homeless Illegal immigrants, undocumented or waiting for a decision of their asylum application, waste away trying to pass the time in the city. Although their prospects of being granted asylum as Africans are bleak, they're hoping for a decision that would grant them an apartment, welfare and make France their new home.
The conditions are absolutely devastating. The police have given up trying to control these areas, the remaining French people avoid the areas at all cost, crime and rape is rampant, just recently mass brawls and riots made the news as fights broke out near the Stalingrad metro station.
If current trends continue and the French become minority in their own capital in even more areas, scenes like this might spread to areas frequented by tourists, forever changing the last romantic parts of Paris that match what most people have in mind when they think of the iconic city.
Reddit Sics Internet Hate Machine On Innocent Pizza Parlor
Days before the presidential election, James Alefantis, owner of a local pizza restaurant called Comet Ping Pong, noticed an unusual spike in the number of his Instagram followers. Within hours, menacing messages like “we’re on to you” began appearing in his Instagram feed. In the ensuing days, hundreds of death threats — one read “I will kill you personally” — started arriving via texts, Facebook and Twitter. All of them alleged something that made Mr. Alefantis’s jaw drop: that Comet Ping Pong was the home base of a child abuse ring led by Hillary Clinton and her campaign chief, John D. Podesta. When Mr. Alefantis discovered that his employees were getting similar abusive messages, he looked online to unravel the accusations. He found dozens of made-up articles about Mrs. Clinton kidnapping, molesting and trafficking children in the restaurant’s back rooms. The articles appeared on Facebook and on websites such as The New Nationalist and The Vigilant Citizen, with one headline blaring: “Pizzagate: How 4Chan Uncovered the Sick World of Washington’s Occult Elite.”None of it was true. While Mr. Alefantis has some prominent Democratic friends in Washington and was a supporter of Mrs. Clinton, he has never met her, does not sell or abuse children, and is not being investigated by law enforcement for any of these claims. “From this insane, fabricated conspiracy theory, we’ve come under constant assault,” said Mr. Alefantis, 42
For more than two weeks, they have struggled to deal with the abusive social media comments and to protect photos of their own children, which were used in the false articles as evidence that the pizza restaurant was running a pedophilia ring. One person even visited Comet Ping Pong to investigate the allegations for himself. To combat the fake news tide, Mr. Alefantis has contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the local police, and he has asked Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Reddit to remove the articles. Yet the misinformation has continued to spread, growing into a theory known as #pizzagate that has traveled to Ireland. At one point, Comet’s staff counted five #pizzagate Twitter posts a minute. As recently as Sunday night, the Twitter message “Don’t let up. #PizzaGate EVERYWHERE” was reposted and liked hundreds of times. The 4Chan users immediately speculated about the links between Comet Ping Pong and the Democratic Party. Some posited the restaurant was part of a larger Democratic child trafficking ring, which was a theory long held by some conservative blogs. That idea jumped to other social media services such as Twitter and Reddit, where it gained momentum on the page “The_Donald.” A new Reddit discussion thread called “Pizzagate” quickly attracted 20,000 subscribers.
For more than two weeks, they have struggled to deal with the abusive social media comments and to protect photos of their own children, which were used in the false articles as evidence that the pizza restaurant was running a pedophilia ring. One person even visited Comet Ping Pong to investigate the allegations for himself. To combat the fake news tide, Mr. Alefantis has contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the local police, and he has asked Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Reddit to remove the articles. Yet the misinformation has continued to spread, growing into a theory known as #pizzagate that has traveled to Ireland. At one point, Comet’s staff counted five #pizzagate Twitter posts a minute. As recently as Sunday night, the Twitter message “Don’t let up. #PizzaGate EVERYWHERE” was reposted and liked hundreds of times. The 4Chan users immediately speculated about the links between Comet Ping Pong and the Democratic Party. Some posited the restaurant was part of a larger Democratic child trafficking ring, which was a theory long held by some conservative blogs. That idea jumped to other social media services such as Twitter and Reddit, where it gained momentum on the page “The_Donald.” A new Reddit discussion thread called “Pizzagate” quickly attracted 20,000 subscribers.
"We have to pass [the ACA] so we can go home and find out what's in it." - Pelosi
A subway rider was shoved toward the tracks in Harlem by aman who said he hates “white people” and hours later, a train operator was the victim of a similar attack in lower Manhattan, police sources said. The terrifying assaults come amid a rash of pushing, jumping and falling incidents in the subway system that has officials exploring the addition of barriers on platforms. Gary Weeks, 51, who is black, approached a 28-year-old white man as he was waiting on the northbound 4 train platform at 125th Street around 1 p.m. Monday and allegedly said: “I don’t like white people,” police sources said. Weeks then grabbed the victim and tried to shove him onto the tracks, the sources said. The man was able to break away from the attacker, with the aid of a good Samaritan, and called for help. Weeks allegedly remained violent after police showed up and even spat in an officer’s face before being brought under control. He was taken to Metropolitan Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, and was charged with attempted murder as a hate crime.
The Death of Malls
Instead of reading bullshit articles with less than questionable sources and assumptions why not figure out which public holding companies own which malls and hit the streets.
Find out what storefronts they house in their malls and since most are public you'll be able to scour their 10k's to see which companies have profitable storefronts. Start connection the dots from there by asking which holding companies house the highest concentration of losers. Other variables to consider are region, the cyclical aspect of some stores, and how diversified said holding company is.
Does their retail space have high turnover?
What percentage of their storefronts are unoccupied and for how long?
I guess from there if you find anything conclusive you could start building a short position.
But that's a lot of work for a long shot. I don't think malls are going down fast enough to make a play.
Find out what storefronts they house in their malls and since most are public you'll be able to scour their 10k's to see which companies have profitable storefronts. Start connection the dots from there by asking which holding companies house the highest concentration of losers. Other variables to consider are region, the cyclical aspect of some stores, and how diversified said holding company is.
Does their retail space have high turnover?
What percentage of their storefronts are unoccupied and for how long?
I guess from there if you find anything conclusive you could start building a short position.
But that's a lot of work for a long shot. I don't think malls are going down fast enough to make a play.
Girls Who Reject Guys Solely Because Of Their Height Aren't Worth It Anyway
If you think height is a deal breaker for a relationship, there is something inherently wrong with you to start with, so I always see it as a good way to weed out people.
I'm referring to girls who go "Don't bother talking to me unless you are 6 feet tall."
I'm referring to girls who go "Don't bother talking to me unless you are 6 feet tall."
November 20, 2016
Trump Wars 1627276
In a system with perfect inter generational altruism, rational expectations and no chance of government default, rational economic actors will buy bonds when a government runs a deficit to pay the expected tax increases.
Entities run by technocratic precision who see out to the infinite time horizon do exist. They are called governments. The REH predicts that such entities will buy government bonds if they expect future tax increases that the bonds are going to pay off. Let me repeat that because it is important, the reason other governments will buy US treasuries is if they have a rational expectation that, at some future point in time, there will be a dramatic increase in the cost of government.
But governments don't pay taxes . They shouldn't have any rational reason to buy treasuries to pay future taxes - unless they rationally expect there to be a situation where they will have to pay increased costs related to the debt that they can then sell the bonds to pay the costs of. That is, REH holds for governments if they are rationally expecting that the bonds will be redeemable for the costs that the borrowing is incuring.
Let's think on that. They aren't buying the bonds to get more of the US, otherwise the rational thing to do would be to let the US sell bonds, have interest rates rise, and then buy up the US when the costs of borrowing got very high, and the US is forced to sell assets at the low prices of a high interest rate
The only way REH holds for governments then is if the US can later charge other states higher prices for something they have to buy - and they are buying zero risk bonds denominated in dollars against that eventuality or they are expecting there to be higher costs charged by some other means which the purchase of zero risk bonds denominated in dollars will allow them to purchase.
The deficit then is not based on GDP or exports, but on the expected future tax increases. How can the US increase taxes on other governments?
Entities run by technocratic precision who see out to the infinite time horizon do exist. They are called governments. The REH predicts that such entities will buy government bonds if they expect future tax increases that the bonds are going to pay off. Let me repeat that because it is important, the reason other governments will buy US treasuries is if they have a rational expectation that, at some future point in time, there will be a dramatic increase in the cost of government.
But governments don't pay taxes . They shouldn't have any rational reason to buy treasuries to pay future taxes - unless they rationally expect there to be a situation where they will have to pay increased costs related to the debt that they can then sell the bonds to pay the costs of. That is, REH holds for governments if they are rationally expecting that the bonds will be redeemable for the costs that the borrowing is incuring.
Let's think on that. They aren't buying the bonds to get more of the US, otherwise the rational thing to do would be to let the US sell bonds, have interest rates rise, and then buy up the US when the costs of borrowing got very high, and the US is forced to sell assets at the low prices of a high interest rate
The only way REH holds for governments then is if the US can later charge other states higher prices for something they have to buy - and they are buying zero risk bonds denominated in dollars against that eventuality or they are expecting there to be higher costs charged by some other means which the purchase of zero risk bonds denominated in dollars will allow them to purchase.
The deficit then is not based on GDP or exports, but on the expected future tax increases. How can the US increase taxes on other governments?
November 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton Made Pepe a Hate Symbol
Lost some more friends today simply because I changed my profile pic to adorable smiling Pepe (his smile makes me happy inside? problem?). One even texted me now asking me why I have taken on this hate symbol. Why does everyone have to make our Pepe about hate? Here is a loving Pepe I send to you all. Please comment "Praise Kek!" in order to help protect me from hateful friends and also shower yourself and myself and all ourselves with friends who love and support and KEK us! Praise Kek!
8th MS team parallel
Anyone who's actually read the four gospels, as opposed to being a contrarian edgelord bigot just because, knows that the Pharisees conspired to have Christ killed for threatening their established order of pretentious hypocrisy, cronyism, and personal gain, hence why they threatened the Roman governor with insurrection if he didn't give in to their demands for crucifixion. Christ had thousands of Jewish followers, many of whom, like Peter, feared persecution by the local governing establishment.
>>14945387
The Papal clergy did the same during the Middle Ages in Europe. They were more interested in power and personal gain than teaching the lessons of Christ, and because the general populace was illiterate, it could easily be coerced into believing whatever the con men feigning righteousness claimed came from God.
That all gradually changed with the Reformation, which encouraged education and reading the Bible and interpreting it for one's self. Notice how traditionally Protestant countries are not only more socially and economically advanced than traditionally Catholic countries, but have also been more historically Jew friendly.
Considering how quickly Islam spread within a matter of decades, as opposed to Christianity which took centuries to become a dominant faith, it's clear that Islam's initial foundation was based on warfare and subjugation through force, hence Christendom's hardened resistance with the Crusades. Today's Islamic terrorists are following what Muhammad's earliest followers would have done: forcibly convert or kill. A Crusade would be an act of self defense and preservation against invasive Islamo-fascism, which is presently resulting in another Holocaust against Jews, Christians, and all non-Muslims who refuse to convert, and yes this includes even Muslims who would denounce such violent terrorist hate.
>>14945387
The Papal clergy did the same during the Middle Ages in Europe. They were more interested in power and personal gain than teaching the lessons of Christ, and because the general populace was illiterate, it could easily be coerced into believing whatever the con men feigning righteousness claimed came from God.
That all gradually changed with the Reformation, which encouraged education and reading the Bible and interpreting it for one's self. Notice how traditionally Protestant countries are not only more socially and economically advanced than traditionally Catholic countries, but have also been more historically Jew friendly.
Considering how quickly Islam spread within a matter of decades, as opposed to Christianity which took centuries to become a dominant faith, it's clear that Islam's initial foundation was based on warfare and subjugation through force, hence Christendom's hardened resistance with the Crusades. Today's Islamic terrorists are following what Muhammad's earliest followers would have done: forcibly convert or kill. A Crusade would be an act of self defense and preservation against invasive Islamo-fascism, which is presently resulting in another Holocaust against Jews, Christians, and all non-Muslims who refuse to convert, and yes this includes even Muslims who would denounce such violent terrorist hate.
November 18, 2016
George Lucas says there will be no episode VII in 2005
we are breathing crappy air, chemical ladened food, we are sucking down weed, cigarette's and alcohol which is screwing up men's testosterone levels, we are being prescribed terrible addictive pain killers, anti-depressants and benzo's which are making things worse. women are taking birth control pills which is screwing them over hardcore and giving them cancer. kids who are naturally full of energy and are supposed to be outside all the time instead of being crammed in a building at age 4 are put on ritalin to calm down which is screwing them up also.
we are constantly bombarded with ads for food, materialistic goods that most of us cant afford with cash but we get brainwashed into thinking we need it so we go into credit card debt. mortgage's are one of the most stressful things a person can get yet people dont know that until they get one.
prison.
we are constantly bombarded with ads for food, materialistic goods that most of us cant afford with cash but we get brainwashed into thinking we need it so we go into credit card debt. mortgage's are one of the most stressful things a person can get yet people dont know that until they get one.
prison.
Stock Talk No.1623300
I'm sure someone mentioned KNM was just a reject shop version of 3PL, who happens to be doing well in this space. Their products would want to be fantastic in every way to make any real earnings in the industry - educational software is a difficult sell at the best of times. Look at the trouble FUN had with Leapfrog and growing its sales base - the licence was revoked in june and taken back over by the lead company with a plan to rapidly expand the 'leapfrog universe' on non leapfrog devices - i.e google & apple app stores.
IAM may have a chance to grow, if they move away from the "tech support" model for financial data. Their current downfall is they use a step by step/checklist system without deviations for their customers - so it is very OneSize at this point. There is another group in WA about to RTO a mining shell who uses a one on one approach to financial services, and centralises the data to allow movement throughout their 'network' ausgrid or something like it -i only remember it because its an electrical group with a giant sign in Sydney. They're in managed funds, real estate, financial planning and a handful of related areas - More than 146 compliant so safe if there are changes.
CKL will more than likely fall victim to the export issues next year, and the 10 year phase out of foreign owned mines unless they are looking to upgrade or process their resources before export. I read somewhere they are looking at selling it in country to a third party/sovereign owned group - BMM or something like it. It will circumvent most of the taxation on sales and transport. PWC can confirm coking coal is under the purview of the mining act and its revisions.
and DRM, Its a gold mining and refining company that's doing the same now as it did last year, and lower than it was 5 years ago, same pattern as gold - in theory should go up. Only red flag i have against it is that it's listed on Motley Fool a few times - fucking shills.
IAM may have a chance to grow, if they move away from the "tech support" model for financial data. Their current downfall is they use a step by step/checklist system without deviations for their customers - so it is very OneSize at this point. There is another group in WA about to RTO a mining shell who uses a one on one approach to financial services, and centralises the data to allow movement throughout their 'network' ausgrid or something like it -i only remember it because its an electrical group with a giant sign in Sydney. They're in managed funds, real estate, financial planning and a handful of related areas - More than 146 compliant so safe if there are changes.
CKL will more than likely fall victim to the export issues next year, and the 10 year phase out of foreign owned mines unless they are looking to upgrade or process their resources before export. I read somewhere they are looking at selling it in country to a third party/sovereign owned group - BMM or something like it. It will circumvent most of the taxation on sales and transport. PWC can confirm coking coal is under the purview of the mining act and its revisions.
and DRM, Its a gold mining and refining company that's doing the same now as it did last year, and lower than it was 5 years ago, same pattern as gold - in theory should go up. Only red flag i have against it is that it's listed on Motley Fool a few times - fucking shills.
love x relationships No.712153459
First you have to get the mentality out of your head that you want to bang her. That's important because it makes everything easier and gets rid of the pressure.
Then you just talk to them, find some topic that both of you like and keet it platonic. Give her the feeling that you don't want her but say flirty Stuff. The best way to learn this is to keep it on a fun level.
The number one tip I can give you, is being flirty and romantic but then break the tension by saying something really stupid or laughing in her face.
If she takes the bait she'll try the same and from that point on forwards both of you know what's happening but due to some social rules we don't explicitaly state it till both of you are lying on your bed.
Girls have this mindset where they brush everything of by saying "I'm just being nice".
It's can be quite tricky but that's why you do it with as many women as possible, especially some you'll never see again.
When you go out just sit down at some table with some girls and start nagging them in a flirty and still fun way.
Hell you can even put a sarcastic tone on and tell them "yeah, you're so pretty I definitly want kids with you" or do it the other way around "ew, who would ever bang you".
The trick is getting them excited so they want to know what's coming next.
Then you just talk to them, find some topic that both of you like and keet it platonic. Give her the feeling that you don't want her but say flirty Stuff. The best way to learn this is to keep it on a fun level.
The number one tip I can give you, is being flirty and romantic but then break the tension by saying something really stupid or laughing in her face.
If she takes the bait she'll try the same and from that point on forwards both of you know what's happening but due to some social rules we don't explicitaly state it till both of you are lying on your bed.
Girls have this mindset where they brush everything of by saying "I'm just being nice".
It's can be quite tricky but that's why you do it with as many women as possible, especially some you'll never see again.
When you go out just sit down at some table with some girls and start nagging them in a flirty and still fun way.
Hell you can even put a sarcastic tone on and tell them "yeah, you're so pretty I definitly want kids with you" or do it the other way around "ew, who would ever bang you".
The trick is getting them excited so they want to know what's coming next.
Z Pasta
The Buu saga was amazing. A part of me wishes the series could have ended at the Cell. The problem with the Buu saga for me is how it just slugs on after Super Buu. It's just a huge final fight to me. First Vegeta, then Gotenks, then Gohan, then Vegito, then finally Goku.
I always felt like Buu saga was originally meant to come before Cell saga, or Akira Toriyama was telling us through subtle hints in dialogue and what not. Like first of all, Cell was made to be like the final bad guy, because he knew every move of every character, paying an homage to Dragonball Z's history. When Supreme Kai and Kibito show up at the World Martial Arts Tournament, they assume that Goku is the strongest fighter in the group, at the level of a super saiyan (well he was the strongest, but he was hiding his power). When they see Gohan turn into a super saiyan 2 they are confused as fuck because they were expecting Gohan to be a weak piece of shit like he is in the later series'. I love the scenes in Babidi's ship where Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Supreme Kai and Kibito just plough through the enemies. Supreme Kai says to Goku when Vegeta fights Pui Pui shit like "we should all attack together if we want to win" because he always goes on about how strong they are. But then (in the pic) Vegeta owns the fuck out of Pui Pui without even having to transform or break a sweat for that matter.
Now imagine if buu saga had gone before Cell. Many characters power levels would have to be adjusted but it would have been really nice to then have Buu saga end (hopefully in a better fashion) And then let an actual teen Gohan (12 years old is not teen, why the fuck does dbz refer to him as teen Gohan?) fight Cell and uncover super saiyan 3. There end series, Gohan is the strongest fighter and successor of Goku. Vegeta has already gone through his arc of admitting he is not the strongest, Akira Toriyama can make tons of spinoff movies that are way better than the battle of gods and Goku Black, Super shit.
I always felt like Buu saga was originally meant to come before Cell saga, or Akira Toriyama was telling us through subtle hints in dialogue and what not. Like first of all, Cell was made to be like the final bad guy, because he knew every move of every character, paying an homage to Dragonball Z's history. When Supreme Kai and Kibito show up at the World Martial Arts Tournament, they assume that Goku is the strongest fighter in the group, at the level of a super saiyan (well he was the strongest, but he was hiding his power). When they see Gohan turn into a super saiyan 2 they are confused as fuck because they were expecting Gohan to be a weak piece of shit like he is in the later series'. I love the scenes in Babidi's ship where Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Supreme Kai and Kibito just plough through the enemies. Supreme Kai says to Goku when Vegeta fights Pui Pui shit like "we should all attack together if we want to win" because he always goes on about how strong they are. But then (in the pic) Vegeta owns the fuck out of Pui Pui without even having to transform or break a sweat for that matter.
Now imagine if buu saga had gone before Cell. Many characters power levels would have to be adjusted but it would have been really nice to then have Buu saga end (hopefully in a better fashion) And then let an actual teen Gohan (12 years old is not teen, why the fuck does dbz refer to him as teen Gohan?) fight Cell and uncover super saiyan 3. There end series, Gohan is the strongest fighter and successor of Goku. Vegeta has already gone through his arc of admitting he is not the strongest, Akira Toriyama can make tons of spinoff movies that are way better than the battle of gods and Goku Black, Super shit.
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you can go create your own player; come one come all, the more the merrier
Dear god Clinton making 4chan worse than it already is by trying to bring CTR and news media here.
I hope the Don gets her for treason just for shitting up my Taiwanese Pong forum.
Nobody fucking cares how some thin-skinned shitskins feel about people being realist online. This thread isn't even about race, but you first-posted some bullshit racial angle into it. You know people dislike poc?
This is why. It's not always about you!
Dear God, just get over it. You can't be liked by everybody.
I hope the Don gets her for treason just for shitting up my Taiwanese Pong forum.
Nobody fucking cares how some thin-skinned shitskins feel about people being realist online. This thread isn't even about race, but you first-posted some bullshit racial angle into it. You know people dislike poc?
This is why. It's not always about you!
Dear God, just get over it. You can't be liked by everybody.
White Priv Is Planned Parenthood Paying More $ For Aborted White Fetuses Then An Aborted Black
It's an unfortunate thought, but even in death the white system holds more value for a dead white then a dead black. Institutional racism at its core. So that's why shops are looted and cars are burned up, because their lives matter.
Illinois has a trade secret act ,so if you plan to steal former clients you can be sued by your boss
(source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilc
try to follow these guidelines
Limit your solicitations to those clients for whom you're the "sole and exclusive" firm contact--if you do most of the client's work but the client plays golf with your boss every week, you're not the "sole and exclusive" firm contact and should avoid soliciting that client.
Wait until after you leave the firm before sending any e-mail or written correspondence to those client with your new contact information.
Do not offer these clients any discounts or "deals" you wouldn't also give to someone who walks in off the street.
also never delete your company's mailing lists/client contact/etc...
Ttl;Dr:
Start contacting partners/clients after you have left
steal but don't delete business information
and try to talk about it with him first, maybe even buy the business
(you can get a loan for that if you don't have the capital)
as long as you copy the bussines model and don't steal it, contact clients independently you should be fine
Illinois has a trade secret act ,so if you plan to steal former clients you can be sued by your boss
(source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilc
try to follow these guidelines
Limit your solicitations to those clients for whom you're the "sole and exclusive" firm contact--if you do most of the client's work but the client plays golf with your boss every week, you're not the "sole and exclusive" firm contact and should avoid soliciting that client.
Wait until after you leave the firm before sending any e-mail or written correspondence to those client with your new contact information.
Do not offer these clients any discounts or "deals" you wouldn't also give to someone who walks in off the street.
also never delete your company's mailing lists/client contact/etc...
Ttl;Dr:
Start contacting partners/clients after you have left
steal but don't delete business information
and try to talk about it with him first, maybe even buy the business
(you can get a loan for that if you don't have the capital)
as long as you copy the bussines model and don't steal it, contact clients independently you should be fine
classic cuts: I think I inadvertently met my girlfriend's physical boyfriend today
Being the mental boyfriend, I am there for emotional support and having a rich relationship. The back story is this: we met two years ago and she was my first hug, hand hold, kiss, etc. I bought her tons of gifts to lead up to telling her I loved her, and then I told her I loved her after a month and wanted to try having sex. She told me she ruined too many relationships because having sex with someone takes away from the mental aspect of the relationship. She wanted me to stay a pure virgin and love her as much as I always did.
Anyways, today I was walking through the hallway at school and I took out my Droid, which has a picture of me and her on the lock screen. This guy was looking down at me from above on the second floor and started laughing at me for some reason. I turned around and he winked at me, and I realized he had perfect view of my phone.
So I went home and explained how he looked to my girlfriend and asked her if it was him, and she was giggling and wouldn't tell me yes or no. She told me I shouldn't know who it is because it will mess up the dynamics of our relationship for when we get married.
What do you guys think? Do I have the right to know now that I have most likely seen who the physical boyfriend is?
Anyways, today I was walking through the hallway at school and I took out my Droid, which has a picture of me and her on the lock screen. This guy was looking down at me from above on the second floor and started laughing at me for some reason. I turned around and he winked at me, and I realized he had perfect view of my phone.
So I went home and explained how he looked to my girlfriend and asked her if it was him, and she was giggling and wouldn't tell me yes or no. She told me I shouldn't know who it is because it will mess up the dynamics of our relationship for when we get married.
What do you guys think? Do I have the right to know now that I have most likely seen who the physical boyfriend is?
sean murray is running away with no man's sky money
your game will NEVER be updated: sorry.
they got the money, millions of them. they don't care anymore sean murray is retiring with the millions he made from NMS.
the players dropped from 50k to 200 ish now. but they don't care. they've got their hands on multiple millions dollars divided among a small team.
why do people easily buy hype and don't make smart purchase? because people are dumb. people like this exist because idiots. the gaming industry thrive because of idiots.
i don't get why most people doenst even refund. steam offered full refund with no time limit, no question asked.
maybe because people are idiots too.
i am an idiot, you are and idiot, everyone is an idiot. there are idiots who are less stupid than the others, but humans are still idiots.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/5dfo92/90_days_of_silence_from_hello_games_about_their/
they got the money, millions of them. they don't care anymore sean murray is retiring with the millions he made from NMS.
the players dropped from 50k to 200 ish now. but they don't care. they've got their hands on multiple millions dollars divided among a small team.
why do people easily buy hype and don't make smart purchase? because people are dumb. people like this exist because idiots. the gaming industry thrive because of idiots.
i don't get why most people doenst even refund. steam offered full refund with no time limit, no question asked.
maybe because people are idiots too.
i am an idiot, you are and idiot, everyone is an idiot. there are idiots who are less stupid than the others, but humans are still idiots.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/5dfo92/90_days_of_silence_from_hello_games_about_their/
Anti KKK bill could ban female Muslims from covering their face in public
A Georgia bill originally written to prevent Ku Klux Klan members from wearing hoods could be expanded to include Muslim women from covering their faces.
Republican state Rep. Jason Spencer of Georgia authored House Bill 3, which bars women from wearing a face covering while takign a driver's license photo, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But the law could also prevent women from wearing a face covering on any public property.
The law, which was originally passed in 1951, states, “A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed or covered as the conceal the identity of the wearer and is upon any public way or public property or upon the private property of another without the written permission of the owner or occupier of the property to do so.”
Spencer hopes to add the following line: “For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase ‘upon any public way or property’ includes but is not limited to operating a motor vehicle upon any public street, road , or highway.”
“The bill is a bad solution to a nonexistent problem,” Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Georgia, told The Huffington Post. “[These Muslim women] are not endangering themselves or anyone else. We have a new president, but not a new Constitution. The bill is unnecessary and unconstitutional, and we intend to oppose it if it goes forward.”
The anti-mask law most recently made headlines after counter-protesters confronted a white supremacist rally at Stone Mountain, Georgia in April.
Although the law was intended to prevent KKK members from wearing masks while committing crimes, it was the counter-protesters in Guy Fawkes masks who police arrested.
The masks were “intimidating,” said John Bankhead, a spokesman for the Stone Mountain Park Police, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Full Article: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/georgia-bill-would-ban-muslim-women-wearing-hijabs-niqabs-public
Republican state Rep. Jason Spencer of Georgia authored House Bill 3, which bars women from wearing a face covering while takign a driver's license photo, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But the law could also prevent women from wearing a face covering on any public property.
The law, which was originally passed in 1951, states, “A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed or covered as the conceal the identity of the wearer and is upon any public way or public property or upon the private property of another without the written permission of the owner or occupier of the property to do so.”
Spencer hopes to add the following line: “For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase ‘upon any public way or property’ includes but is not limited to operating a motor vehicle upon any public street, road , or highway.”
“The bill is a bad solution to a nonexistent problem,” Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Georgia, told The Huffington Post. “[These Muslim women] are not endangering themselves or anyone else. We have a new president, but not a new Constitution. The bill is unnecessary and unconstitutional, and we intend to oppose it if it goes forward.”
The anti-mask law most recently made headlines after counter-protesters confronted a white supremacist rally at Stone Mountain, Georgia in April.
Although the law was intended to prevent KKK members from wearing masks while committing crimes, it was the counter-protesters in Guy Fawkes masks who police arrested.
The masks were “intimidating,” said John Bankhead, a spokesman for the Stone Mountain Park Police, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Full Article: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/georgia-bill-would-ban-muslim-women-wearing-hijabs-niqabs-public
November 15, 2016
6 Tips From a Salesman
1) No book or person has the magic secrets, you learn sales by selling. And failing. And selling. Rinse repeat until you get it.
2) Different things work for different people. There are outgoing sales people and more reserved sales people. Both can make money. You have to find find what works for you.
3) Honesty works. Brutal honesty is powerful, liberating, and customers usually love it. Just hold back that 1% of information that you know will hurt the deal.
4) Just keep trying. Styles, methods, strategies. Until you discover how to sell properly.
5) Sales breed sales, failures breed failures. When you get a sale, launch into another sale, launch to the moon if you can.
6) Play a little hard to get. Make the customer work to get you a little bit. How you do that is to tell them you're busy, can't meet them right away, etc... This is a time honored sales tradition, that works like a charm. You'll never make more money, then when you are in high demand and have to put customers off. They eat it up like crack cocaine.
2) Different things work for different people. There are outgoing sales people and more reserved sales people. Both can make money. You have to find find what works for you.
3) Honesty works. Brutal honesty is powerful, liberating, and customers usually love it. Just hold back that 1% of information that you know will hurt the deal.
4) Just keep trying. Styles, methods, strategies. Until you discover how to sell properly.
5) Sales breed sales, failures breed failures. When you get a sale, launch into another sale, launch to the moon if you can.
6) Play a little hard to get. Make the customer work to get you a little bit. How you do that is to tell them you're busy, can't meet them right away, etc... This is a time honored sales tradition, that works like a charm. You'll never make more money, then when you are in high demand and have to put customers off. They eat it up like crack cocaine.
Abortion Monologues
It's more responsible than running away from what you did and not stepping up to actually face it. The only time abortion is justified is if the woman would die if she had the kid
No, it's actually quite smart and responsible to avoid bringing an unwanted life into the world. Forcing it into the world anyway just so *you* can give yourself a pat on the back and nothing else is f***ing ridiculous, doubly so when the moment it's out in the world, people like you want to drop your concern for it like hot garbage. (It never ceases to amaze me how some of the same people that are pro-life are often anti-welfare too.)
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Nothing. Doesn't mean that the kid should die though. What did the fetus do?
You do realize that trying to force/guilt-trip a rape victim into carrying her assailant's child is literally punishing her for being a victim, right? Exactly what "responsibility" do you think she's obligated to uphold?
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pro woman or pro baby
I'll admit, that's a legitimately good suggestion. Makes it quite clear and concise as to which entity each side shows concerns for, what part of the equation they're perfectly keen to dismiss, and it doesn't p****foot around the required cold-heartedness that comes with picking a side.
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Adoption only goes so far. It's a very expensive, obtuse system that a lot of people circumvent by going to places where adoption laws are less suffocating, and there are problems in the system that leave kids who never get adopted in a pretty bad way. Adoption is a whole other can of worms that never gets discussed. It's seen as an easy solution, but it's not.
Adoption has enough problems without throwing excess humans onto the pile. Even now there's thousands of kids in orphanages and foster homes across the US, and the conditions in some of those places are poor to downright vile, and it only gets worse for them the older they get until the fateful day they're 18 and out on their ass.
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As said, both sides demonize the other, they believe they are right and will refuse to calmly talk about things.
At least I'm not propping myself up as some moral crusader. I know full well and damn well that abortion might be constituted as murder and I don't care. The woman always takes priority, period, and it's argued on the grounds of practicality because if you ask me what matters more; The life of the fully actualized woman, or the hypothetical life of the almost-baby, the one that's actually f***ing real and standing in front me gets my vote.
Contrast that with pro-lifers who *always* think they're proving themselves to have the biggest bleeding hearts in the world my siding with the fetus, despite how every single one of their lines of defense treats the woman like a slab of meat that doesn't matter (and it only gets more disgusting as the "who cares if they were raped/could die" crowd shows up). I'll gladly owe up to the fact that I sound like a monstrous asshole because that's far and beyond better than being a self-righteous hypocrite any goddamn day of the week.
No, it's actually quite smart and responsible to avoid bringing an unwanted life into the world. Forcing it into the world anyway just so *you* can give yourself a pat on the back and nothing else is f***ing ridiculous, doubly so when the moment it's out in the world, people like you want to drop your concern for it like hot garbage. (It never ceases to amaze me how some of the same people that are pro-life are often anti-welfare too.)
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Nothing. Doesn't mean that the kid should die though. What did the fetus do?
You do realize that trying to force/guilt-trip a rape victim into carrying her assailant's child is literally punishing her for being a victim, right? Exactly what "responsibility" do you think she's obligated to uphold?
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pro woman or pro baby
I'll admit, that's a legitimately good suggestion. Makes it quite clear and concise as to which entity each side shows concerns for, what part of the equation they're perfectly keen to dismiss, and it doesn't p****foot around the required cold-heartedness that comes with picking a side.
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Adoption only goes so far. It's a very expensive, obtuse system that a lot of people circumvent by going to places where adoption laws are less suffocating, and there are problems in the system that leave kids who never get adopted in a pretty bad way. Adoption is a whole other can of worms that never gets discussed. It's seen as an easy solution, but it's not.
Adoption has enough problems without throwing excess humans onto the pile. Even now there's thousands of kids in orphanages and foster homes across the US, and the conditions in some of those places are poor to downright vile, and it only gets worse for them the older they get until the fateful day they're 18 and out on their ass.
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As said, both sides demonize the other, they believe they are right and will refuse to calmly talk about things.
At least I'm not propping myself up as some moral crusader. I know full well and damn well that abortion might be constituted as murder and I don't care. The woman always takes priority, period, and it's argued on the grounds of practicality because if you ask me what matters more; The life of the fully actualized woman, or the hypothetical life of the almost-baby, the one that's actually f***ing real and standing in front me gets my vote.
Contrast that with pro-lifers who *always* think they're proving themselves to have the biggest bleeding hearts in the world my siding with the fetus, despite how every single one of their lines of defense treats the woman like a slab of meat that doesn't matter (and it only gets more disgusting as the "who cares if they were raped/could die" crowd shows up). I'll gladly owe up to the fact that I sound like a monstrous asshole because that's far and beyond better than being a self-righteous hypocrite any goddamn day of the week.
Veteran's Free Meal Taken Away At Chilli's Because He Supports Trump
U.S. Army veteran Ernest Walker was eating at a Chili’s restaurant when a manager came over to question his service and take away his food.
Chili’s was offering free meals to veterans for Veterans Day, but according to Walker, a man wearing a Trump T-shirt questioned his service.
“He said he was in Germany, and that they did not let Blacks serve over there,” Walker wrote on Facebook of the incident.
Walker then said that the manager of the Texas eatery came to question him, saying that Walker was “not a real soldier because [he] had [his] hat on indoors.” Eventually, Walker’s meal was taken away even though he showed the manager his ID and discharge paperwork.
Walker recorded the incident and posted the video to social media, saying he felt “grossly offended, embarrassed, dehumanized.”
Although Chili’s released a statement of apology and said it was reaching out to Walker, the veteran told the Dallas Morning News that he had not been directly contacted. He blamed the current political climate surrounding the election for the incident.
“I do believe that the election has changed the hearts and changed the motives of people so much so that he believed in his heart and mind after talking to the Trump supporter that I was stealing food.
Chili’s was offering free meals to veterans for Veterans Day, but according to Walker, a man wearing a Trump T-shirt questioned his service.
“He said he was in Germany, and that they did not let Blacks serve over there,” Walker wrote on Facebook of the incident.
Walker then said that the manager of the Texas eatery came to question him, saying that Walker was “not a real soldier because [he] had [his] hat on indoors.” Eventually, Walker’s meal was taken away even though he showed the manager his ID and discharge paperwork.
Walker recorded the incident and posted the video to social media, saying he felt “grossly offended, embarrassed, dehumanized.”
Although Chili’s released a statement of apology and said it was reaching out to Walker, the veteran told the Dallas Morning News that he had not been directly contacted. He blamed the current political climate surrounding the election for the incident.
“I do believe that the election has changed the hearts and changed the motives of people so much so that he believed in his heart and mind after talking to the Trump supporter that I was stealing food.
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