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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
My mother used to tell a story about being severely punished for writing with her left hand.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Being a lefty ain't easy, lemme tell ya. I dealt with alot of shit from a couple of teacher's and the older students over it when I went to Church School (a Baptist one) for preschool and Kindergarten.
Of course once the Pastor found out, he got them off my back. And I think the teachers were fired.
But I digress
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BTDT.
But it is scary how backwards some places and people are. Especially in America.
edited 22nd Sep '15 8:26:44 PM by Skycobra51
Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.Actually, I think that's the point. A layman can't tell an IED apart from a homebuilt electric clock. Ergo, suspecting that it was a bomb is at least somewhat forgivable.
Leviticus 19:34It earns the politican responsible the undying love of racist voters, that and it will also catch up a lot of legitimate South American migrants/descendants of migrants (who are in the US legally/are US citizens) and thus diminish the power of the Hispanic vote.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranHowever, 1) it will cost far more to build and maintain than it would cost us to pay every single border crosser welfarenote ; 2) it's against the ideals of the USnote by playing to the ever-present racist voters; 3) it won't actually in any way be effective, as corporations that depend on cheap under-the-table labornote will act to undermine it at every opportunity; 4) it'll be even less effective because the criminal enterprises (drug cartels) will find more ways around it than they already have to get their product over the border; 5) it makes us look like East Germany.
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - SilaswAlso it will cut tax income, as illegal migrants do pay taxes but don't claim welfare. Also is looking like East Germany really jaywalking? Then again, how did East Germany punish jaywalkers?
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Five years of hard labor in the camps? I don't know, just guessing.
Anyway, a border wall would accomplish nothing useful. It would make commerce harder, wouldn't significantly impact the flow of drugs (in fact, by making them a bit more expensive, it would increase revenue to the cartels), and it would significantly impact U.S. businesses that depend on cheap imported labor to hold costs down.
edited 23rd Sep '15 5:16:59 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Obama and Francis: Different views on the state of the world
On September 23, U.S. president Barack Obama will host Pope Francis in Washington, D.C. The two leaders, one described as a towering figure of American progressivism and the other as a liberal revolutionary, are often seen as allies. Strangely, the two men hold starkly differing views on the state of the world. Whereas Obama sees the world as generally improving, Francis’ statements often verge on the apocalyptic. Who is right?

Exactly. If anything, that makes the school look even more stupid should it be true, which I doubt.
Whatever the case, we got issues with deep tans over here.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur