gragas

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by gragas 9y ago
More than half of Crimea was always ethnic Russian. If the people of Ukraine want to be part of Russia, let them. It is not the case that everyone thinks Russia is some horrible, evil country.
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by gragas 9y ago
To me, this just shows that Poroshenko does not represent Ukraine. It's yet another example of a failed attempt to label Russia as the baddies.
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by gragas 9y ago
"If my people aren't going to support me, I'm going to make them support me."
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by gragas 9y ago
I think you could say the same thing about almost any first world country.
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by gragas 9y ago
>Money/greed on the supply side. Lack of happiness on the demand side. You have nothing to back that up. In fact, all the evidence I've seen points towards the opposite: the places with the least opiate abuse are (1) not happy
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by gragas 9y ago
>What caused it, why it is more than in other parts of the world and why so many painkillers? >Is it cultural? That's actually a really common misconception on HN. The United States ranks 27th among countries which abuse opiates,
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by gragas 9y ago
How can a place be known for pluralism and tolerance if it literally jails people for blasphemy against the majority religion? I can hardly think of a single Muslim-majority country that doesn't have absurd violations of basic human ri
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by gragas 9y ago
Making it illegal to say something that's false is ridiculous. That is a very, very bad idea.
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by gragas 9y ago
We don't draw the line. Anything goes, as long as you're only speaking or writing. It's called "free speech" because anyone is free to say anything.
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by gragas 9y ago
>a penalty that shocked many inhabitants of the majority-Muslim country known for its tolerance and pluralism. This made me laugh out loud. Obviously, some people equate "majority-Muslim" to "tolerance and pluralism,"
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by gragas 9y ago
It's interesting how many people instantly try to twist this into an anti-Israel thread.
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by gragas 9y ago
The whole Bitfinex scandal could have contributed to the rise as well. Bitfinex was one of the largest exchanges, but now no one (except people with Taiwanese bank accounts) can wire fiat out. Suddenly, traders are pouring out of Bitfinex a
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by gragas 9y ago
>Just make up any reality/answers you want. What if I want my kids to understand that dinosaurs aren't real? Why should Google deflect from the truth? You're the one who suggested that.
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by gragas 9y ago
>To me, that's probably why they care about this so much, because if your kids asks "are dinosaurs real" to Google Home, replying "no" is a big big failure. It's honestly better if it doesn't say anythi
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by gragas 9y ago
He didn't mean it was literally news.
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by gragas 9y ago
>Income from land is thus completely unearned and thus any income gained from land ownership should be completely taxed at 100%. That pretty much sums up the article. This is a horrible idea and will never happen.
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by gragas 9y ago
>I'm sure our future generations (2-3 centuries from now) would be studying about Indians in the same way as we are studying about Ashkenazi Jews today. That is truly repulsive, man. I'm not sure why you have such a wet dream a
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by gragas 9y ago
>"pay the cost": People are coming to America to work for American companies, make American goods, pay American taxes. The cost is the difference between an American getting a job and someone who has absolutely no relationship
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by gragas 9y ago
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." I will always put my fellow Americans first.
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by gragas 9y ago
The thing is, Indians and Chinese are fleeing their countries because it's so much worse there. If life was better in their countries, they would stay. But it's not. So instead of trying to help their fellow citizens, they run awa
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by gragas 9y ago
There are also thousands of Americans that are much more talented than 95% of H1Bs.
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by gragas 9y ago
>The problem really is that you are comparing a geographic (Indian) to followers of a religion (Jews). Wrong. Keep telling yourself what you want to hear. I'm talking about Jewish ancestry (i.e., genetics), not Jewish faith. Essen
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by gragas 9y ago
>Sure, you don't need a LI profile to get a dead-end job. I'm pretty sure the only people who ever say that are people who were raised to hate themselves if they aren't at least in the upper-middle class. There will always
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by gragas 9y ago
>Now any gap in your linkedin profile is interrogated. You don't need a LinkedIn profile to be a - plumber - electrician - nurse - teacher - truck driver The list goes on.
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by gragas 9y ago
>That's not true. The American Universities don't choose to admit foreign students just because. The good schools always try to balance the mix of students admitted into the program. Then why do Indians make up more than 30% of
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by gragas 9y ago
>Like all the other executive orders, it’s just words If that sentence isn't a contradiction to you, then I won't be able to convince you. Think for yourself. Schumer overstepped in the name of his political ends.
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by gragas 9y ago
>Like all the other executive orders, it’s just words Was the executive order on immigration "just words" to Chuck Schumer? No. The answer is no. Just plain no . Chuck Schumer is a hypocrite, and if you align with him on both
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by gragas 9y ago
A month ago: Chuck Schumer proclaims "hey! thing A actually affects people! doing thing A is too powerful to use without careful thought!" A few weeks later, after Trump does thing A: Chuck Schumer says "thing A is meaningles
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by gragas 9y ago
>Like all the other executive orders, it’s just words The hypocrisy here is truly disgusting. One moment, executive orders are the end of the world. The next moment, they don't mean anything at all. If a person can't see past t
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by gragas 9y ago
That is indeed what I meant.

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