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God has it really got that far?
Very much so, unfortunately. Turning and turning in the widening gyre
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El duderino_
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El duderino_
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El duderino_
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January 20, 2019, 12:28:36 AM |
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those are some good size ... prawns
We call them jumbo shrimp; kind of an oxymoron though. Yeah... Unka George used to have a good riff on jumbo shrimp. And another on the insidious nature of the central banking system, come to think of it.
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January 20, 2019, 12:35:50 AM |
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Hmmm. Was not aware of this connection. Those of you too young to remember this event -- at least those amongst you who are 'merkin -- ought to do some study. Horiuchi's punishment for murdering an innocent woman with sniper fire, while cradling her baby in her arms? Later becoming lead of the sniper team at the Branch Davidian massacre at Waco. Both incidents properly viewed in time as kin to the japanese-american WWII internment or the routing of the Bonus March. I have a personally-signed copy of Randy's book giving his account of the horrific events at Ruby Ridge.
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January 20, 2019, 12:37:56 AM |
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God has it really got that far?
Very much so, unfortunately. Turning and turning in the widening gyre The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Always found the first part of this difficult to understand, while it's all too easy to see the latter part. Certainly we need better leaders.
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January 20, 2019, 12:49:28 AM |
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Always found the first part of this difficult to understand, while it's all too easy to see the latter part. Certainly we need better leaders. The best realise the world is not black and white. Their caution is taken as prevarication.
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January 20, 2019, 01:07:12 AM |
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For a potential future societal structure I suggest to read or re-read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson (first published in 1992).
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jojo69
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January 20, 2019, 01:11:47 AM |
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For a potential future societal structure I suggest to read or re-read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson (first published in 1992).
does that mean I get my own nuclear submarine?
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January 20, 2019, 01:12:25 AM |
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Always found the first part of this difficult to understand, while it's all too easy to see the latter part. Certainly we need better leaders. The best realise the world is not black and white. Their caution is taken as prevarication. Typical Foreign Office-type answer there. What are you? ASD? You lot got us into this mess with your shades of grey crapola. We need someone with balls and clarity to get us out.
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January 20, 2019, 01:13:37 AM |
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If the Democrats refuse this deal, I fear we'll legitimately be facing a civil war situation. God help us all. A temporary 3 year deal for Dreamers as a swap for the Wall? Nah, crappy deal. If you want to stop illegal immigration, how about removing the incentives. Let's make it illegal to employ illegal immigrants. Prosecute the farmers, cleaning companies and construction companies that employ Mexicans. Of course, we all know the dirty secret that much of the US economy is propped up by illegal labour.
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January 20, 2019, 01:14:53 AM |
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Always found the first part of this difficult to understand, while it's all too easy to see the latter part. Certainly we need better leaders. The best realise the world is not black and white. Their caution is taken as prevarication. Typical Foreign Office-type answer there. What are you? ASD? You lot got us into this mess with your shades of grey crapola. We need someone with balls and clarity to get us out. No you need someone sensible with long term planning skills. Someone prepared to invest in the future. The problem with conservatives is that they aren't conservative enough. None of them can see more than two election cycles ahead at most. Most Tory politicans can't see past the end of their own term. Most conservative voters can't see past this year's tax return. That's how you get Brexit as a result of a Tory infight. That's how you end up with places like Blackpool that have the lowest life expectancy in the UK, and its actually starting falling further. Plenty of us have gotten rich during austerity. But we are fucking up the country as a result.
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jojo69
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January 20, 2019, 01:19:16 AM |
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Last of the V8s will make the trains run on time
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January 20, 2019, 01:21:51 AM |
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Always found the first part of this difficult to understand, while it's all too easy to see the latter part. Certainly we need better leaders. The best realise the world is not black and white. Their caution is taken as prevarication. Typical Foreign Office-type answer there. What are you? ASD? You lot got us into this mess with your shades of grey crapola. We need someone with balls and clarity to get us out. No you need someone sensible with long term planning skills. Someone prepared to invest in the future. The problem with conservatives is that they aren't conservative enough. None of them can see more than two election cycles ahead at most. Most Tory politicans can't see past the end of their own term. Most conservative voters can't see past this year's tax return. That's how you get Brexit as a result of a Tory infight. That's how you end up with places like Blackpool that have the lowest life expectancy in the UK, and its actually starting falling further. Plenty of us have gotten rich during austerity. But we are fucking up the country as a result. No it's just one of the problems of your democracy. Neither a left nor a right thing, but a lack of anything better thing.
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January 20, 2019, 01:22:52 AM |
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For a potential future societal structure I suggest to read or re-read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson (first published in 1992).
Great book. Could be where we are headed.
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January 20, 2019, 01:23:33 AM |
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Last of the V8s will make the trains run on time
Sometimes I'm seriously tempted.
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