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by jriot 9y ago
I would also add that Cajun food is a quintessential melting pot cuisine.
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Are aware Lincoln didn't win the election with majority of votes?
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Farm land.
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Jordan Peterson’s Gospel of Masculinity(newyorker.com)
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I would fall into this category. I am 5'11", weighing 220lbs, which equates to a BMI of 30.7. My hobby is powerlifting, 1,300 lbs total. I have a clean diet, but do eat a heavy animal fat diet. Though all my meat comes from a loca
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Emojis in real life are just tone, facial expressions and body language. Natural language is feature rich, you just overlooked key aspects in which smilies and/or emojis are attempting to replicate.
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Dow drops over 900 points, volatility spikes(foxbusiness.com)
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If I remember correctly it was set up in Bangladesh. You are correct people did pay back the loans but it required much higher interest rates e.g., 60%, due to small size of the loans and having to factor in those who wouldn't pay back
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There is a good book on this topic by Muhammad Yunnus - Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, https://www.amazon.com/Banker-Poor-Micro-Lending-Against-Pov... . Overall, it is difficult to be
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An article from the Atlantic in 2001 explaining the idea behind 4th Generation Warfare. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/12/fourth-...
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A headline that will never see the light of day.
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Honest question here: Why do people use my partner and I, and not my spouse and I? In all honesty, when I read my partner and I and I assume it is a same-sex couple, and spouse and I as a heterosexual couple. Did language change when descri
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By Shelby Steele The recent protests by black players in the National Football League were rather sad for their fruitlessness. They may point to the end of an era for black America, and for the country generally—an era in which protest has
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Black Protest Has Lost Its Power(wsj.com)
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Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars(newrepublic.com)
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I don't know why people give a damn about loosing weight. You want to be healthy, which means having muscle that weighs more than fat. Never seen a thin guy and thought I would like to look like him. I weigh 215lbs, 71" and I am 3
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Bacon grease, real butter and olive oil for certain foods. When you fry up some bacon, just put it into a jar then throw it in the fridge. When you need a tablespoon of olive oil or vegetable oil, use the bacon grease.
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https://qz.com/749443/being-vegan-isnt-as-environmentally-fr... Being vegan is that efficient either.
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Here is a good article breaking it all down along with the amounts you would need to eat to get the same benefit. https://www.muscleforlife.com/animal-protein-vs-plant-protei...
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It is far more efficient to eat animals and produce muscle. There aren't many world renowned athletes who are vegan for obvious reasons.
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I went to a Yankees game, saw Blackbird with Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams (forget the theater), Smalls Jazz Club in the West Village, Nom Wah Tea Palor in the Chinese district, Diwanekhaas in the financial district, walked the Brookly
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I visited NYC a year ago for the first time. It amazed me the amount of police present everywhere. The sheer number of police out and about was shocking.
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White is a broad category, yet I don't see the outcry there.
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I completely agree here. Most of the replies state that the VC provides a return on the investment of other people's money. Which then leads me to question, why do we need to invest money? If you have enough money to live comfortable a
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If we were to compares ourselves to actual animals. Personal anecdotes wouldn't matter as fatality rates would increase without modern comforts not afford to animals. The child doesn't crawl or start walking for another year, chil
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Maybe we can all be so lucky and get a jelly of the month club. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QNVe9Hbhwc
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Originally I am from the South but I have lived throughout the US and overseas - New Mexico, Idaho, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Turkey and I have traveled through Europe (western/eastern), Asia and the Middle East etc... Southern Pride is abo
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You have to be an idiot to think Southern Pride is based on slavery being legal.
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You are completely wrong. What you eat is a personal choice, such as smoking is personal choice. Regardless of societal norms, it is still a personal choice. Not every issue in society requires a victim. Victim for example is someone who wa
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If he owns his house, he doesn't need more because his main living expense is paid for.

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