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#126127: Jun 13th 2016 at 10:48:59 PM

Supreme Court: American Samoans are U.S. nationals, not citizens.

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#126128: Jun 13th 2016 at 11:59:24 PM

Interview with the Marine bouncer at the club who helped many patrons escape.

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#126129: Jun 14th 2016 at 12:10:32 AM

This is a really interesting video I recently found about "shaming" and how it backfires in US politics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VPiLfbesUI

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#126130: Jun 14th 2016 at 1:26:53 AM

[up][up]I'd like it emphasized that the man was Muslim as well.

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Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
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#126131: Jun 14th 2016 at 1:43:23 AM

[up]Article says he's a Hindu though. Now that you mention it, how did that name come about?

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#126132: Jun 14th 2016 at 1:46:13 AM

Maybe he converted? I mean, that name is about as Muslim as it gets.

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#126134: Jun 14th 2016 at 2:26:37 AM

More importantly, very few Arabs are Hindu!

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#126135: Jun 14th 2016 at 2:42:46 AM

Or he could be of Pakistani extraction, where Arabic is the official language and there's a sizeable Hindu population.

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TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#126136: Jun 14th 2016 at 2:45:30 AM

In that case, there's a high possibility his family originates from Sindh Province.

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#126137: Jun 14th 2016 at 2:47:57 AM

I mean most of the googling around those names I did suggested they were Urdu rather than Arabic, so yeah.

The point I am trying to make is that we need to stop making assumptions about background based purely on a name.

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#126138: Jun 14th 2016 at 3:59:32 AM

Krieger, I'm at Uni, and I've never encountered anything like that, or these so called "safe spaces", seems to be a US thing, our students our too busy planning a violent revolution against the Tory's

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#126140: Jun 14th 2016 at 4:15:44 AM

got a friend studying up there, I'll ask her about that

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#126141: Jun 14th 2016 at 4:16:13 AM

[up][up][up] They've been planing that thing since Thatcher was PM.wink

edited 14th Jun '16 4:16:21 AM by JackOLantern1337

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#126142: Jun 14th 2016 at 4:18:16 AM

yeah, but it always gets scuppered as finals approach "hmmm.... revolution or good grades.... GOOD GRADES! *panic studies*"

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#126143: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:04:51 AM

In news that is a blessed relief right now, polling shows Clinton expanding lead over Trump...while obviously it's only mid-June, this will hopefully carry on.

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#126144: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:08:29 AM

Supreme Court: American Samoans are U.S. nationals, not citizens
Not surprising, the law on the issue is pretty clear. Residents of other US territories get citizenship because Congress passed laws saying they do. American Samoa does not because Congress didn't. If they want to change that, they need to either get Congress to pass a law or else petition to become a state, not sue the government over it.

edited 14th Jun '16 6:08:51 AM by NativeJovian

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#126145: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:17:50 AM

Speaking of Orlando, I just had a conversation with my neighbor this morning. Her family is Muslim, and she and her husband migrated from Syria, years ago. He's a U.S. citizen now, and they have family over there who are starving because of the civil war.

She told me how their friends in the American Muslim community gathered to express their shock and grief over the attack. They all want everyone to know that Islam is not about violence, and they are really afraid of retribution from people who mistakenly blame them.

[up][up] Not surprising at all; Trump's momentary blip in the polls was due to enthusiasm over winning the nomination. Clinton'll start to pull away now that she's the nominee.

edited 14th Jun '16 6:18:37 AM by Fighteer

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#126146: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:22:25 AM

In my mind, the poll effects of an unexpected event (such as a terrorist attack) does need a bit more than a few days to materialize. So I'd be wary of using early polls.

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Perian Since: Jun, 2016
#126147: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:33:22 AM

[up] The poll was also conducted before the attack happened.

edited 14th Jun '16 6:36:18 AM by Perian

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#126148: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:37:42 AM

I concur there. My great fear on the election is GOP fearmongering over an event like this.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#126149: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:38:10 AM

You mean like we've already been seeing over this side of the water?

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Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#126150: Jun 14th 2016 at 6:42:39 AM

We're facing Donald Trump if it works here.


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