2011-08-09, 22:14 | Link #15603 | |
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Wyoming bills would crack down on shell companies
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2011-08-09, 23:09 | Link #15604 |
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I hope it just stays at that level, like with Europe's massive protests in 1968. There was some rioting, debating, and knocking heads, and Charles de Gaulle ended up resigning as French president a year later, but it obviously wasn't the end of the world.
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2011-08-10, 00:04 | Link #15606 | |
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However - it has been a volatile year and all it takes is a spark to encourage people to do stupid things, riots or not. Even if many of these people are simply in it "for the lulz" (trivial reasons essentially), there is the underpinning of disenfranchisement with the establishment that helps create the conditions for mass civil unrest. Unfortunately what I fear is that once the riots are squashed, everyone will move on to something else and ignore the causes for social collapses like this.
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2011-08-10, 01:17 | Link #15607 |
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The riots came up over dinner with some older friends of mine. One (who is still a hippie) wondered why this kind of "active social movement" hasn't happened in the US even in lighter tones (she'd been very active in a number of movements and protests back in the 60s among other things) considering similarities in social injustice and I jokingly said maybe it's because most Americans are too overweight to be that active. Then we talked about how the demographic who may have been motivated to march or protest (or just riot) in the states during her youth are probably too absorbed in raging at each other or preaching to thin air on blogs, forums, or on other social media sites.
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2011-08-10, 01:47 | Link #15608 | |
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hello??? where were you in 2009 and 2010? there was a genuine movement called the tea party. the tea party movement is a fine example of how to conduct civilized peaceful protest (and later gain legitimacy and victory) without resorting to questionable Alinsky-ite radical tactics oh, if you're thinking euro-style... hell no!... U.S. won't stoop that low! ever wonder why you won't see euro-style shenanigans in the U.S.? guns! ... and law abiding citizens & store owners have 'em! (except if you're in selected democrat ctrld city/county) dipshit trouble making ass hats (as seen in london and paris) better think twice before fucking with anybodies shit! Last edited by flying ^; 2011-08-10 at 02:09. |
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2011-08-10, 02:13 | Link #15610 |
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Wisconsin Republicans Keep Senate Control After Recalls in Win for Walker
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...or-walker.html I imagine this jibe at the Dems is appropriate: ...that's what happens when you run away from your responsibilities.
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2011-08-10, 02:56 | Link #15611 | |
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Oh I know, everyone was hoping for the best case scenario - flipping majorities. But let's not pretend that this was a total defeat for the recall movement. At least the Wisconsin Dems did what they thought was needed to make a stand.
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2011-08-10, 03:22 | Link #15612 | |
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The question is, what costs more lifes on the long run... up armed gangs, or a riot once in a while. I am not saying that something could be done to change the situation in a fair way. The guns are there to stay, if legislation forbids law abiding citizens to own them, this would give the thugs (who own them illegaly) an advantage (certainly a worst case scenario for the law abiding people).
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2011-08-10, 03:33 | Link #15613 | |
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BTW amazon UK shows that a lot of people are ordering kubotan, baseball bats and other battering tools. |
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2011-08-10, 06:00 | Link #15614 | |
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Fury brewing at ratings agencies as markets gyrate
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2011-08-10, 06:25 | Link #15615 | |
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I think it is a good think that they did the downgrade, because the US government needs to know that the Tea Party is screwing around with them and messing up the economy, and that the European government needs to get rid of the Euro, or get the PIGS to straighten out their finances. With the fury, what does the market want exactly from the rating agencies? Sugar-coating bad news, or not making any mistakes at all so they could rely on stock talkers to make their trading easier? These people need to take some responsibility for their personal finances FFS. Or else, don't trade, and go work under the heel of Big Corp.
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2011-08-10, 06:39 | Link #15616 | |
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After many joked with the idea, here it comes:
Gaddafi asks for Cameron to leave office. Quote:
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2011-08-10, 06:53 | Link #15618 | |
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2011-08-10, 06:55 | Link #15620 | ||
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While Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Zimbabwean President Mugabe join the fray:
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In the meantime, China's first aircraft carrier goes at sea: video Quote:
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