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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
... Those still exist outside of sub-Saharan Africa and some Central Asian countries' rural areas?
edited 7th Jan '13 7:14:33 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.![]()
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Good. Fun fact: There are more people arrested in the United States than in the whole of China.
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But force labour isnt too diferent from the form of corporate explotation that happens in the United States. They just happen to be honest about it.
Its called Re-Education trough labour.
Those are more like concentration camps.
(God Damn it I cant stop!)
edited 7th Jan '13 7:18:56 AM by Baff
I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.Also, John Brennan is to be nominated for Director of the CIA
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He supports the drone strikes.
edited 7th Jan '13 7:19:29 AM by Sledgesaul
@Septimus: I was deliberately not counting North Korea for obvious reasons.
edited 7th Jan '13 7:24:44 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Crap. It would be nice to see Brennan kept from the position of CIA Director, but they're not gonna block his nomination.
Criminalize marijuana. Disproportionately target black neighbourhoods and arrest teenagers for possession, after which they are tried as adults. With a criminal record, they never get hired and must turn to the endemic crime in those neighbourhoods to pay the bills. Then privatize the prison system so it can profit off of unpaid labour and be paid by the state for the privilege. The prison lobby suddenly creates a tremendous pressure via lobbying to arrest those kids again and sentence them to really long terms. Boom, the return of slavery on the down low.
Next up: Wal-Mart. On tomorrow's episode, the exploitation of illegal migrant workers in the agriculture industry.
edited 7th Jan '13 7:30:59 AM by RadicalTaoist
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.When is the Volcano due to erupt?
@ Baff: Mexico Called; They Want Texas Back — is that what you mean?
Keep Rolling OnI must direct you to Ian Cromwell
, who has said as much
, and more
, and better than I
. I will not let my sources go uncited and Ian's the best source I've had for issues on race and social justice for a while.
(And to Starship, you may want to see a black man's approach to atheism too. It's spread out between his posts, but Ian's is an interesting story and one that might provide you with insight into us godless commies.)
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.U.S. Supreme Court to hear California's Proposition 8 arguments on March 26
Bloomberg Working With Biden’s Task Force On Gun Control
Rahm Emanuel pushes for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Supreme Court lets embryonic stem cell research go forward
Paranoia over the influence of the Israel-lobby in the United States, belief that Jews controlled much of the media, and belief that many Jews were Communist sympathizers.
Why the sudden interest?
edited 7th Jan '13 3:46:19 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016In short, Nixon was a notorious Conspiracy Theorist, if only because he let his obssession with conspiracy theories considerably affect his actions as a president (mainly via such wonders as "The Plumbers", and other abuses of presidential powers/authority).
edited 7th Jan '13 4:22:21 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Senator Rand Paul's teenage son arrested on alcohol charges and discordely conduct.
edited 7th Jan '13 5:08:31 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Man, I like how everyone has spent the last couple pages just shitting all over America. I mean, I'm a fan of constructive criticism as much as the next guy, but going by the recent sentiment in this thread, America is nothing but a cesspool of greedy, psychotic, gun-toting racist social darwinist ubercapitalists.
Stay something nice about America and/or Americans. Something sincerely nice, not backhanded. Go on, I know you can do it.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.![]()
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It's a slooooooooooooow news day.
edited 7th Jan '13 6:46:36 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016

Or when it conquers the northern part of your country or destroys the income of the lower classes trough NAFTA etc, or pumps your country full of weapons, etc.
I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.