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by kls 6y ago
They will argue that true communism has not been given it's fair shake, the US intervention prevented it, and that this time they will get it right. They could not package traditional communism in a palatable manner so the Marxist went
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I don't think it is paranoia and they are not hinting, when one of the founder, of one of the prominent moments proclaims proudly that "We are Marxist". That is just paying attention to what people are saying.
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And I too am sorry that you suffered thru whatever your government put you thru, I mean that sincerely. Just so we are clear, and for the record I was not painting all of the left with the same brush, just Communism. I have no issue with De
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by kls 6y ago
I know exactly what I am talking about when it comes to communism and Fascism as they have always been, when implemented, a direct path to central planning. Fascism absolutely has an economic model you could call it socialism lite. The Nazi
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So the US made every one of these alternative systems, turn into a dictatorship with an abominable human rights record? Did you see the old Cubans at Versailles (or for that fact all over Little Havana) celebrating Castro's death? Did
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by kls 6y ago
Well you don't put my farther-in-law in a death camp at 16 years old and have him escape out a sewer pipe and run a mine-field to Guantanamo for starters. I don't think the US was involved in those death camps last time I checked.
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While it may be move convincing, the hope is for people to see that these rights exist for a reason and that even in the presence of mortal outrage, they should still be defended. Because someone out there, is morally outraged at the way yo
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Not to mention the blame on the current administration for the current situation, when it is well known that US diplomats and dignitaries where routinely targeted with microwave weapons, some of which, have as of so far, suffered permanent
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North and South Korea. While the US has a lot of influence on South Korea, North Korea has virtually no intelligence presence due to their guarded nature. Couple this with the fact that China outed all of the US resources in Asia and you ge
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In Monroe county, FL we voted out a host of surveillance tech like traffic cameras etc. I was actually surprised to see that the sheriffs office signed onto the Ring data sharing as surveillance tech has been thoroughly rejected by our comm
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Exactly there are established legal proceedings to protect sensitive information be it a source that could be endangered, classified information or a method employed, the judge can seal that information, but it has historically been the jud
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But the end does not justify the means, due to the fact that it is a violation of their 4th Amendment specifically the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. Illegal searches are illegal no matter the sound basis
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Same here, it is actually how I got into computers, my writing was so bad (I have dysgraphia) that they put me in a special computer lab in the 3rd grade. I am 45 so, that was not a common thing back then. My grades improved and I did well
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Going into any hot zone as a small squad is always a big deal. There are always rouge actors and self interested individuals, that will exploit the lawlessness of a hot zone. Knowing how to deal with them can mean the difference between lif
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by kls 6y ago
Yes, I remember reading someones arm chair theory that less intelligent people cannot gauge when they are in the presence of more intelligent people, but more intelligent people certainly know when they are surrounded by idiots. It was this
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by kls 6y ago
First and foremost get a thermometer, until you can trust you experience, cook meat with a thermometer. You will get better results. I am color blind so I use a thermometer to this day. Then start with the basics, as they translate between
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by kls 6y ago
on #1 and expert that can identify other experts is a force enabler and they offer more value by expanding the field of expertise laterally. While saying that, just because one is an expert does not mean they are an expert at identifying ot
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by kls 6y ago
I mentioned this in another post on another topic but there was immigration reform in the 70's and 80's that opened up migrant work to the conglomerate farms. Which drove down prices most family farms where able to survive this on
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by kls 6y ago
Yes there where but that was mainly from timber stock which matures faster than true hardwood stock, if you are very young say in your 20's you could plant hardwood stock for retirement but generally hardwood stock foresting is a gener
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by kls 6y ago
If you are wanting to do it as a commercial venture, then livestock (particularly beef if you are in the US) is about the only way to go unless you can purchase vast tracts of land and the equipment to run it. If you are considering vegetab
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by kls 6y ago
Yes I understand that the finalization of NAFTA was years later but the seed of NAFTA was the immigration program the same players where lobbying for both and saw them as complementary legislation in a package of legislation they wanted pas
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by kls 6y ago
>disproportionate fear on the order of 20X Because if you successfully defend yourself from a murderer you have a rightful plea to self defense. If you successfully defend yourself from a cop trying to murder you. You will be lucky with
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by kls 6y ago
I would agree with the parent here, try to not go into abstractions until they are apparent but there are some pretty solid patterns that have worked thru the years and still hold up today. The first being pub-sub, this can be an event syst
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> xenophobic morons As a person that lived thru it, it was not xenophobia, it was NAFTA that sent everyone scrambling to survive. Our farm lost viability due to it, as did most small family farms. You either conglomerated with the emergi
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The question is do they hold the same standard for Chinese politics and Chinese corporations? If not, then why the double standard?
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I would say a legal poison pill, something that builds a framework that the company is dissolved if the core tenants are violated, or that all digital assets are forfeited to a no-profit privacy group.
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I am an old developer and I completely disagree with some of the advice. Specifically a lot of older developers think we should be delivering thin client applications which was how the early web did it, but the early web did it for two impo
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The problem is the change with success. Page and Brin where once idealistic hackers and even came up with a catch phrase of "Don't be evil", fast forward and it did not work and the reality is it probably had very little to d
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TLDR; they are investment insurance, and they serve a purpose but like every market they attract speculators.
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It's not that hard of a market but it is a market with a higher risk tolerance than the average investor should tolerate. Most people that trade in the market know you are negative till the other trade settles. You are right it is not

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