As a black man, my understanding of African-American is this: I believe the term came into vogue in the 1970s with the black pride movement. It was a way for a people who have historically been marginalized for the previous centuries to loosely connect with one another since one way or another[,][1] their ancestors had all been some type of Africa. Unless you're a pretentious douche or are within one or two generations of immigrants, most black people don't claim themselves as Ghanian-American or Ethiopian-American etc but they still respect their heritage[.][2]
Also, Nelson Mandela on African-American history month? That's just ignant.
So here's the thing about that. We never jumped off the ledge but we did walk across the sandbar once to the other side (my father wanted to look at a sailboat for sale)[.][1] We made it across no problem but on our way back[,][2] the tide began to come in. My father put my sister up on his shoulders and pretty much dragged me across the now chest (his) deep water. There were all sorts of large shadows moving around us traversing between the hole and the sea. We never told Mom about that...
edit: We did however jump off the ledge of Uncle Charlies' Blue Hole on Andros. You always made sure the ladder was there before you jumped...
I lived in Nigeria for a couple years and still travel back often for work. The people will kill you there if you hit someone[.][1] Mob justice is something else and if you haven't lived in a country like this you can't understand how dangerous it is as a foreigner.
If these people were to have stopped or stayed in the country after this had happened there likely wouldn't be any establishing fault there would only be people seeking justice[.][2]
Also in Nigeria the police can often be the most dangerous of people. I have had to outrun corrupt police threatening to arrest me for fictitious reasons if I don't pay them huge bribes. I have no diplomatic immunity so the dangers are even that much more real for me. I even had to save a friend from a mob once after he got in a crash. That was one of the scariest experiences of my life. The power of a mob of people is a crazy thing.
US foreign policy in Latin America should make any American cringe[.][1] As a rule, military coups are given direct assistance when it's deemed that they protect the interests and property of American corporations, as in Guatemala[,][2] Chile, and more recently and ineffectively Venezuela. There's the fucking Contras, too. As far as Cuba, when you see the US government continually refusing to extradite the repeat terrorist Luis Posada Carriles because they claim he might face torture there, the hypocrisy is fairly sickening. Also, the Helms-Burton and Torricelli acts continue to fuck over Cuban civilians for no good reason, simply because American politicians are too scared to alienate the voting bloc of exiles in Miami.
There are at least 3 major types of people in this sub, minarchists, anarchists, and statists. Within those groups there are fully functioning rationals for both a left-right paradigm. Some minarchists might advocate the use of the constitution[,][1] military defense, or state sponsored judicial services, while anarchists believe in no governmental body such as a state. Even anarchists are divided and existent within this sub[,][2] left-anarchists who believe in a more socialized situation, many who do not believe in rent seeking or property, but do not believe in a state. And on the other side, right-anarchists (ancaps/voluntaryists), who believe in spontaneous order as well as private property.
This is the reason why the Rubi is now replacing the Law and Order as the premier weapon of choice for melee Zer0s or any melee build[,][1] for that matter. Combined with the Love Thumper, you're healing up to full off of every nova while dealing ridiculous amounts of AoE damage[.][2] You lose the shield and you don't deal as much damage as the Law and Order, but it's an amazing combo and is great in conjunction with a Rapier (use it for your first auto, switch to Rubi when you're in trouble). The best version of it is an Evisceration Rubi with Slag and +50% melee damage, but this is pretty difficult to get. Fortunately, farming for it is easy enough.
I'm no troll but I don't know that. I was just a engineer/designer[.][1] There was a couple telecom companies above us providing dialers. I was just a peon there[.][2] My role was to design enthralling Japanese language content and systems (click thru systems and the like) and maintain the servers.
You're right. Any idiot could search this on the internet and do this AMA. I actually worked at the place though. Sorry to disappoint. If you know anything I behest you to supplement wherever you see fit.
It did work[,][1] but political realism achieved a victory when the United States put an embargo on Cuba. If there was trade with regional partners (they could only trade with the Soviet Union after the ussr and china split politically) they would have been able to industrialize more quickly. Cuba was only good at exporting certain things so without successful trading partners an island couldn't really prosper as a socialist paradise[.][2] But regardless the brains behind it was Che, he had unbelievable iron will, we honestly don't understand what we lost when the CIA shot him. I would argue Cuba is the best socialist state to emerge from the turbulent 20th century.
Fundamentally, I do not believe that the assumption that a government taking money from the people is inherently wrong. This is an ideological stance, and experience has taught me that it is difficult to apply logic when we are working from different axioms.
To summarize my stance briefly[,][1] I would rather supply the courts, police, and military with a mandatory tax that cannot be cut off, than have the judges and the enforcement of their rule paid from private coffers. To this end, taxes are a necessary requirement to ensure the safety of the whole[.][2]
There are lots of ways to fight taxes, but illegal approaches are not ones I would take. Nullifying a tax evader by jury, possibly. Lobbying for lower taxes, or having them abolished? Absolutely. But fraud? Not so much.
The only reason I heard past the first second of her spiel was that we were with some new friends, and they were briefly cornered by her. Fortunately they wised up quickly once my girlfriend mentioned seeing her the day before.
I posted this because it seems new (to Ballard, anyways), the woman didn't look homeless[,][1] and she was super aggressive[.][2] Maybe if enough people call out her bullshit in public she'll go away, or at least come up with a better story.
tribunespeaker says...
As a black man, my understanding of African-American is this: I believe the term came into vogue in the 1970s with the black pride movement. It was a way for a people who have historically been marginalized for the previous centuries to loosely connect with one another since one way or another[,][1] their ancestors had all been some type of Africa. Unless you're a pretentious douche or are within one or two generations of immigrants, most black people don't claim themselves as Ghanian-American or Ethiopian-American etc but they still respect their heritage[.][2]
Also, Nelson Mandela on African-American history month? That's just ignant.
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On Bahamians receive 13 tourism scholarships
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tribunespeaker says...
So here's the thing about that. We never jumped off the ledge but we did walk across the sandbar once to the other side (my father wanted to look at a sailboat for sale)[.][1] We made it across no problem but on our way back[,][2] the tide began to come in. My father put my sister up on his shoulders and pretty much dragged me across the now chest (his) deep water. There were all sorts of large shadows moving around us traversing between the hole and the sea. We never told Mom about that...
edit: We did however jump off the ledge of Uncle Charlies' Blue Hole on Andros. You always made sure the ladder was there before you jumped...
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[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On ADRIAN GIBSON: The Elliston Rahming diplomatic 'fiasco'
Posted 16 March 2014, 8:30 a.m. Suggest removal
tribunespeaker says...
I lived in Nigeria for a couple years and still travel back often for work. The people will kill you there if you hit someone[.][1] Mob justice is something else and if you haven't lived in a country like this you can't understand how dangerous it is as a foreigner.
If these people were to have stopped or stayed in the country after this had happened there likely wouldn't be any establishing fault there would only be people seeking justice[.][2]
Also in Nigeria the police can often be the most dangerous of people. I have had to outrun corrupt police threatening to arrest me for fictitious reasons if I don't pay them huge bribes. I have no diplomatic immunity so the dangers are even that much more real for me. I even had to save a friend from a mob once after he got in a crash. That was one of the scariest experiences of my life. The power of a mob of people is a crazy thing.
[1]: http://www.casualcollision.com/profile/…
[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On Crash victim's daughter petitions for a review of laws on driving recklessly
Posted 16 March 2014, 8:26 a.m. Suggest removal
tribunespeaker says...
US foreign policy in Latin America should make any American cringe[.][1] As a rule, military coups are given direct assistance when it's deemed that they protect the interests and property of American corporations, as in Guatemala[,][2] Chile, and more recently and ineffectively Venezuela. There's the fucking Contras, too. As far as Cuba, when you see the US government continually refusing to extradite the repeat terrorist Luis Posada Carriles because they claim he might face torture there, the hypocrisy is fairly sickening. Also, the Helms-Burton and Torricelli acts continue to fuck over Cuban civilians for no good reason, simply because American politicians are too scared to alienate the voting bloc of exiles in Miami.
[1]: http://www.casualcollision.com/profile/…
[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On Defence Force officers have admitted abusing Cuban detainees says FNM
Posted 16 March 2014, 8:23 a.m. Suggest removal
tribunespeaker says...
There are at least 3 major types of people in this sub, minarchists, anarchists, and statists. Within those groups there are fully functioning rationals for both a left-right paradigm. Some minarchists might advocate the use of the constitution[,][1] military defense, or state sponsored judicial services, while anarchists believe in no governmental body such as a state. Even anarchists are divided and existent within this sub[,][2] left-anarchists who believe in a more socialized situation, many who do not believe in rent seeking or property, but do not believe in a state. And on the other side, right-anarchists (ancaps/voluntaryists), who believe in spontaneous order as well as private property.
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[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On Small Business Agency budget Branded 'gross underestimate'
Posted 16 March 2014, 8:18 a.m. Suggest removal
tribunespeaker says...
This is the reason why the Rubi is now replacing the Law and Order as the premier weapon of choice for melee Zer0s or any melee build[,][1] for that matter. Combined with the Love Thumper, you're healing up to full off of every nova while dealing ridiculous amounts of AoE damage[.][2] You lose the shield and you don't deal as much damage as the Law and Order, but it's an amazing combo and is great in conjunction with a Rapier (use it for your first auto, switch to Rubi when you're in trouble). The best version of it is an Evisceration Rubi with Slag and +50% melee damage, but this is pretty difficult to get. Fortunately, farming for it is easy enough.
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[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On Rubis readies for 'critical' re-brand
Posted 16 March 2014, 8:15 a.m. Suggest removal
tribunespeaker says...
I'm no troll but I don't know that. I was just a engineer/designer[.][1] There was a couple telecom companies above us providing dialers. I was just a peon there[.][2] My role was to design enthralling Japanese language content and systems (click thru systems and the like) and maintain the servers.
You're right. Any idiot could search this on the internet and do this AMA. I actually worked at the place though. Sorry to disappoint. If you know anything I behest you to supplement wherever you see fit.
[1]: http://www.casualcollision.com/profile/…
[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On BTC 'vehemently denies' Cable portability claim
Posted 16 March 2014, 8:14 a.m. Suggest removal
tribunespeaker says...
It did work[,][1] but political realism achieved a victory when the United States put an embargo on Cuba. If there was trade with regional partners (they could only trade with the Soviet Union after the ussr and china split politically) they would have been able to industrialize more quickly. Cuba was only good at exporting certain things so without successful trading partners an island couldn't really prosper as a socialist paradise[.][2] But regardless the brains behind it was Che, he had unbelievable iron will, we honestly don't understand what we lost when the CIA shot him. I would argue Cuba is the best socialist state to emerge from the turbulent 20th century.
[1]: http://www.casualcollision.com/profile/…
[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On Detainee was left with broken ribs and collapsed lung
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tribunespeaker says...
Fundamentally, I do not believe that the assumption that a government taking money from the people is inherently wrong. This is an ideological stance, and experience has taught me that it is difficult to apply logic when we are working from different axioms.
To summarize my stance briefly[,][1] I would rather supply the courts, police, and military with a mandatory tax that cannot be cut off, than have the judges and the enforcement of their rule paid from private coffers. To this end, taxes are a necessary requirement to ensure the safety of the whole[.][2]
There are lots of ways to fight taxes, but illegal approaches are not ones I would take. Nullifying a tax evader by jury, possibly. Lobbying for lower taxes, or having them abolished? Absolutely. But fraud? Not so much.
[1]: http://www.casualcollision.com/profile/…
[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On VAT like 'changing the Devil for one of his disciples'
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tribunespeaker says...
The only reason I heard past the first second of her spiel was that we were with some new friends, and they were briefly cornered by her. Fortunately they wised up quickly once my girlfriend mentioned seeing her the day before.
I posted this because it seems new (to Ballard, anyways), the woman didn't look homeless[,][1] and she was super aggressive[.][2] Maybe if enough people call out her bullshit in public she'll go away, or at least come up with a better story.
[1]: http://www.casualcollision.com/profile/…
[2]: http://www.kidsgamehouse.com/profile/po…
On VIDEO: Young woman shot during robbery
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