While Japan wastes their time building robotic slaves to assist and augment their citizenry, we in America use "willing workers" to accomplish the same.
Place the citizen on the shoulders of two undocumented workers, they are the "legs". Now, stand one undocumented worker behind the perched citizen, the feet firmly positioned onto the outer shoulders of the "legs". He is the "arms". Insert another undocumented worker if reproductive functionality will be required.
Congratulations! 'Bush' is still spelled 'Bush' (as opposed to 'Kerry'). Same man, same party...
And now for four more years of the usual thought substituting buzzwords:
'we are a nation of immigrants' (...and > 90% European derived until a few decades ago).
'diversity is our strength' (war is peace, freedom is slavery, etc)
'"heal the divide" via reparations, affirmative action, reverse discrimination' (ad nauseam)
'hate crime laws must be enforced' (...how about 'bad crime laws'? same jingoism)
'it's time for europeans/christians/males/etc to "pay back"' (...for being alive)
'nationalism must be abolished, we are a global village now' ('cause nationalism is only good for the master race, err "chosen tribe" in US taxpayer-funded Israel. Goyim cannot be trusted to look after their own interests)
...mod me down if it makes you feel better; jam that finger in the dike!
'Nazi' came from the phrase 'National Socialism', which, as a form of government, has many parallels in modern Israel.
Israel is strongly national-centered around a 'chosen people' (master race), with distributed social initiatives for this specific class or set. Marriage laws are present to forbid intermarrying with outsiders (goyim). The education system is fully integrated with the religious hierarchy, and nationalist/religious indoctrination is begun at an early age. Military service is mandatory. Finally, both nations share foundations based in myth (Nibelung/Holocaust)....not that there is anything inherently wrong with nationalism. Humanity has lived under small nationalist monarchies and aristocracies for most of known history. Every people should have the right to survive and manage their nation in ways they see fit (including living under national socialist governments if they so choose). The problem is when people that would wish a utopia for themselves deny such for others.
If, without these hate laws, the people of France decide they want a national socialist government, Jews should pack up and head home, become 'French' (religiously, culturally, etc), or be prepared to live like the Palestinians under their own regime.
However, the use of the word 'antisemitism' seems to be a blanket to cover any objective look at why Jews seem to have been disliked by every people they have come in contact through the ages.
Instead of ending discussion of the cause of this unpopularity with a routine labeling of 'them' as antisemitic, Jews should look at themselves as a possible part of the problem.
If at the end of a school year every child in a classroom had been in a altercation with a particular student, and all of their reasons ran along the lines of 'he said something about my family', 'he tried to steal from me', or 'he lied to me', maybe there is something tangible in the volume and unanimity of the complaints.
Of course, as a non-jew, I could have taken the easy way out and label all Jews as 'antianglo' or 'antiepiscopalian' and not write any of the above. That probably would have been a cheap way out of any discussion. Many hate and defamation groups seem to use this tactic, Jew and gentile.
...the 'ion' window manager for 30 mins and you will not go back. Seldom use my mouse since switching, and am able to juggle xterms, gimp, emacs, ogle, firefox, mutt, etc with a couple of keystrokes (of course, you still need the mouse within 'clicky' apps like gimp and ff though).
'twm' is a good keyboard-cenric wm, but ion seems to take it further. All apps are run fully expanded within their 'pane', which are split from the screen by the user and resized accordingly. Multiple applications are 'tab-able' within each pane, and panes can be switch using shortcuts.
To each their own, but please try it before deciding.
Not likely, now that we are subsidising the education of millions of illegal alien children.
Our education options appear to be thus:
Private schools - How will we pay for them when our jobs are overseas?
Home education - Who has the time when mom and dad have to work 3 tele-billcollecting jobs a week to pay for the 500k mortgage they've buried themselves with?
Public schools - Affordable (when not considering tax implications), convienient (moreso for illiterate foreign nationals), "character-building" (teaches street smarts as well as any peneteniary system.
It's a drag race to the bottom, at-home and abroad.
Just be happy you have the job. There are thousands who'd like be in your position (or have it transferred overseas). Try not to waste any "employment karma" loathing your users; it might seep through the facade.
IBM should try their own website.
Passport-Advantage is about the most hideous labyrinth I've ever spelunked (sp). IBM is not alone, but through sheer scale the site just screams "bueromaze".
It can be assumed that the client will still have provisions for recieving un-"penny blacked" mail.
Senders/spammers will still be capable of mailing traditional mail, but if enough people use the scheme, "untaxed" mail will not be automatically accepted and will generally need to be explicitly "allowed" by the end user. A "friends list" could be setup in the mail client to only accept untaxed mail from trusted sources (IE: specific listservers, etc).
If enough people do not accept untaxed mail by default, spam will be falling on deaf-ears, and hopefully severly curtailed....at least that seems to be what MS is gunning for.
No, he was an Israelite. Modern Judaism shares lineage with the Pharasees and later exposure to the mysticism of Babylon. Most Israelites during the time of Jesus were considered "goyim" by the ruling Pharasee tribe.
...the "versificator" in Orwell's 1984, which should go along nicely next years unkillable election year mantra of:
War is Peace (IE: Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.) Freedom is Slavery (IE: ever-growing government taxation) Diversity is Strength (IE: politicians cash in on ethnic politics and slave labor via illegal immigration. "Only a biggot and a hater could disagree.")
Yeah, except it's been proven by mitochondrial DNA analysis that Europe was settled quite late from Asia and from the Middle East.
Yeah, except that I never stated that caucasians did not come from the places you've listed.
If anything, existing variation in skin color meant that light-skinned people could do better in the north, and climate difference acted as a gradient filter as much as a force for evolutionary adaptation.
...and what are you taking exception with from the earlier post?
BTW, below is a link to a critique of the PBS special "Race" many seem to have received information on the subject from (opposing veiwpoints did not seem to be allowed on the program).
Actually, people with dark skin have kept that feature from proto homo-sapien times. It was caucasian people who adapted to the lack of sunlight in northern climes.
The skin produces vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. Too much pigment in a low-sunlight environment will result in rickets and other problems from lack of vitamin D. Hence, light-skinned people winning out in sexual selection in the northern geographical regions. This carries over to asiatic peoples, with lighter skinned north and darker south.
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While Japan wastes their time building robotic slaves to assist and augment their citizenry, we in America use "willing workers" to accomplish the same.
Place the citizen on the shoulders of two undocumented workers, they are the "legs". Now, stand one undocumented worker behind the perched citizen, the feet firmly positioned onto the outer shoulders of the "legs". He is the "arms". Insert another undocumented worker if reproductive functionality will be required.
Diversity is our strength!
Do yourselves a favor; try ion for 15 minutes and you'll be hooked.
Here is a beautiful derivative of prolog in desparate need of an o'reilly treatment.
Please mod parent up.
And now for four more years of the usual thought substituting buzzwords:
'we are a nation of immigrants' (...and > 90% European derived until a few decades ago).
'diversity is our strength' (war is peace, freedom is slavery, etc)
'"heal the divide" via reparations, affirmative action, reverse discrimination' (ad nauseam)
'hate crime laws must be enforced' (...how about 'bad crime laws'? same jingoism)
'it's time for europeans/christians/males/etc to "pay back"' (...for being alive)
'nationalism must be abolished, we are a global village now' ('cause nationalism is only good for the master race, err "chosen tribe" in US taxpayer-funded Israel. Goyim cannot be trusted to look after their own interests)
It has become the central issue for many voters here (Arizona) this year.
'Nazi' came from the phrase 'National Socialism', which, as a form of government, has many parallels in modern Israel.
...not that there is anything inherently wrong with nationalism. Humanity has lived under small nationalist monarchies and aristocracies for most of known history. Every people should have the right to survive and manage their nation in ways they see fit (including living under national socialist governments if they so choose). The problem is when people that would wish a utopia for themselves deny such for others.
Israel is strongly national-centered around a 'chosen people' (master race), with distributed social initiatives for this specific class or set. Marriage laws are present to forbid intermarrying with outsiders (goyim). The education system is fully integrated with the religious hierarchy, and nationalist/religious indoctrination is begun at an early age. Military service is mandatory. Finally, both nations share foundations based in myth (Nibelung/Holocaust).
If, without these hate laws, the people of France decide they want a national socialist government, Jews should pack up and head home, become 'French' (religiously, culturally, etc), or be prepared to live like the Palestinians under their own regime.
Nice post.
However, the use of the word 'antisemitism' seems to be a blanket to cover any objective look at why Jews seem to have been disliked by every people they have come in contact through the ages.
Instead of ending discussion of the cause of this unpopularity with a routine labeling of 'them' as antisemitic, Jews should look at themselves as a possible part of the problem.
If at the end of a school year every child in a classroom had been in a altercation with a particular student, and all of their reasons ran along the lines of 'he said something about my family', 'he tried to steal from me', or 'he lied to me', maybe there is something tangible in the volume and unanimity of the complaints.
Of course, as a non-jew, I could have taken the easy way out and label all Jews as 'antianglo' or 'antiepiscopalian' and not write any of the above. That probably would have been a cheap way out of any discussion. Many hate and defamation groups seem to use this tactic, Jew and gentile.
Dialogue suffers when constrained by buzzwords.
Excellent refute. Please mod up.
Investigator: May I acx you a few questions?
Employee: Well... uhh... iom...
...the 'ion' window manager for 30 mins and you will not go back. Seldom use my mouse since switching, and am able to juggle xterms, gimp, emacs, ogle, firefox, mutt, etc with a couple of keystrokes (of course, you still need the mouse within 'clicky' apps like gimp and ff though).
'twm' is a good keyboard-cenric wm, but ion seems to take it further. All apps are run fully expanded within their 'pane', which are split from the screen by the user and resized accordingly. Multiple applications are 'tab-able' within each pane, and panes can be switch using shortcuts.
To each their own, but please try it before deciding.
Try this counter argument by a paleo-libertarian.
Our education options appear to be thus:
Private schools - How will we pay for them when our jobs are overseas?
Home education - Who has the time when mom and dad have to work 3 tele-billcollecting jobs a week to pay for the 500k mortgage they've buried themselves with?
Public schools - Affordable (when not considering tax implications), convienient (moreso for illiterate foreign nationals), "character-building" (teaches street smarts as well as any peneteniary system.
It's a drag race to the bottom, at-home and abroad.
Just be happy you have the job. There are thousands who'd like be in your position (or have it transferred overseas). Try not to waste any "employment karma" loathing your users; it might seep through the facade.
IBM should try their own website. Passport-Advantage is about the most hideous labyrinth I've ever spelunked (sp). IBM is not alone, but through sheer scale the site just screams "bueromaze".
It can be assumed that the client will still have provisions for recieving un-"penny blacked" mail.
...at least that seems to be what MS is gunning for.
Senders/spammers will still be capable of mailing traditional mail, but if enough people use the scheme, "untaxed" mail will not be automatically accepted and will generally need to be explicitly "allowed" by the end user. A "friends list" could be setup in the mail client to only accept untaxed mail from trusted sources (IE: specific listservers, etc).
If enough people do not accept untaxed mail by default, spam will be falling on deaf-ears, and hopefully severly curtailed.
No, he was an Israelite. Modern Judaism shares lineage with the Pharasees and later exposure to the mysticism of Babylon. Most Israelites during the time of Jesus were considered "goyim" by the ruling Pharasee tribe.
Space stations could be the ultimate "gated community". Read more of the argument here.
War is Peace (IE: Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.)
Freedom is Slavery (IE: ever-growing government taxation)
Diversity is Strength (IE: politicians cash in on ethnic politics and slave labor via illegal immigration. "Only a biggot and a hater could disagree.")
The republicans for cheap labor.
The democrats for cheap votes.
Different reasons, same result.
Yeah, except that I never stated that caucasians did not come from the places you've listed.
If anything, existing variation in skin color meant that light-skinned people could do better in the north, and climate difference acted as a gradient filter as much as a force for evolutionary adaptation.
BTW, below is a link to a critique of the PBS special "Race" many seem to have received information on the subject from (opposing veiwpoints did not seem to be allowed on the program).
Race: The Power Of A Lie
The skin produces vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. Too much pigment in a low-sunlight environment will result in rickets and other problems from lack of vitamin D. Hence, light-skinned people winning out in sexual selection in the northern geographical regions. This carries over to asiatic peoples, with lighter skinned north and darker south.
There is a reason for everything.
Yes. Derek Smart of BC3K fame.
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