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Google translates the title of that document as "Proof of Recognition of Refugee Status". It is a temporary acceptance of the family's refugee claim pending further verification. Were the application accepted, Mexico would issue individual documents for each of them. I wonder if the public can requ...

Sounds like not just another peronality with a substance problem, and not just another personality with a substance problem and a tendency toward conspiracy thinking, but very possibly one who was also a Russian asset. Why else go to Russia? Why else submit (if it was actually voluntary) to second-...

unlike rehab anywhere else, where he would've been slowly weaned off the benzos with accompanying therapy and pain management, it sounds as if he was strapped down and sent off cold turkey. my guess is that induced a stroke. he's lucky to be alive at all. From watching some other threads, I gather ...

Well, that is flat out wrong for news programming to show political bias. It's the thing that makes a large percentage of US citizens unwilling to watch Faux News. It's one thing for individuals to have personal opinions about the candidates they prefer. But, we don't need to copy Faux News' habit ...

Trump says the military should look at disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Vindman, who gave testimony in impeachment hearings about the president Which will effectively ensure that it won't (undue command influence, and all that). Moran. Depends on how many people are hoping to get promoted, or l...

If a nation like South Africa can achieve by peaceful means to incorporate a minority white population with a majority black population then Israel can achieve the same results with its Jewish and Palestinians population if only Netanyahu can take the extraordinary steps of De Klerk but then again ...

I actually disagree with this statement. I think there are a lot of people on the political left and right who value ideological purity over winning and actually having the chance to implement policy. Governing means having to compromise. An awful lot of people view compromise as a dirty word. I'm ...

Panch Villlain wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:53 am

This "peace plan" is like the many treaties the US made with Indian Nations.

It also kinda reminds me of someone going 'wasn't South Africa great before civil rights?'

neonzx wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:16 pm

That doesn't look like a country /w clean edge borders. It looks more like a GOP gerrymandered congressional district map.

In this case, probably strategically drawn around water sources and other such resources.

neonzx wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:51 pm

How do you announce a "peace plan" when a key party is not in attendance?

Same way you found a country when only one party agrees to the partitioning plan?

The group’s founder is an American living in Russia The group purchased 30 acres in Washington for a training camp A massive property in Georgia was used as another training camp Given how these angry losers tend to not have all that much money, I would be really curious to see what the flow of cas...

If only they would vote. Expressing one's opinion is easy for these kids. Actually checking off a box seems like too much work for many of them. It does not help that the barriers for voting among those groups have been going up. While the ID requirements get the most attention, the 'make it diffic...

Volkonski wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:38 am

The Republican controlled Senate set the schedule.

Also really shows how he still thinks in terms of TV.

Aid for farmers and tax breaks for the middle class conveniently expire after the next election. So, just in case someone from the Democratic party wins, it will, of course, be all their fault. This is why I suspect the GoP does not expect Trump to win, or they have some other plan to not be holdin...

Why bother with an oath of office if you're able to violate it in plain sight every day? (President and senators alike.) Reversed logic. Kinda like the religious 'I am good, so anyone I fight is evil', if you have an oath that you claim is valid, then you can claim anything you do is upholding thei...

That is such absolute bullshit. Guns don't just go off if you drop them. How about "the idiot motherfucker was playing with his son when he proved his complete motherfuckerness by managing to shoot both of them in the head. Unfortunately, the wrong victim is expected to recover." Eh, there have bee...

https://twitter.com/SebastianMurdoc/status/1219264315511005186 This gentleman who told me he’s a gun seller in NY is currently the bell of the ball as he shows off his Barrett. Seems unnecessary but ok That is double sad. He is a dealer and that is the best toy he can show off? Why do is suspect he...

neonzx wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:28 am

*blink* so... heavily armed middle aged white conservative guy complaining about politicians owning your body if they support background checks?

That’s a $14,000 rifle. With a gun restriction in effect, the police should be wary of that thing being anywhere NEAR the zone. I a weird way though, it is also kinda sad. Rifles like that are kinda the "I want to go as big as possible without filling out paperwork'. So it makes him look extra path...

As with so many other things, it's cultural. It's the same thing that motivates people in Wisconsin to fly Confederate flags. It's a form of signalling. Of course, what signal is actually being sent is sort of open to interpretation. Gun related events have also become nexi.. nexusus? of radicaliza...

It is essentially re-org'ing the armed forces' org charts, in the name of efficiency. No other country presently has a similar force. And when you re-org, you create new leaders and fiefdoms where you can shape the initial culture and have a bunch of very grateful newly powerful people who would no...

My puzzlement is why some become radicalized? Is there some common denominator? There is something I cannot pinpoint. Heh, now there is a can of worms that a lot of smart people are trying to wade through. The same question can be applied to radical groups in general, and is not easy to answer. A l...

Part of what you(Dan) are saying is true, BUT. These people ARE NOT Incels because they have not had sex in however long, they have not had sex, or human contact, because they are thoroughly unpleasant(in any number of spectacularly awful ways) socially maladapted people who have alienated themselv...

As far as I know, the state does not consider 13-year-olds competent to make their own decisions on many issues, e.g. sex, mariage, smoking, etc. I know this gets into a really contentious area, with people having different ideas about how many rights a minor should have when. But for me, forced su...

Okay looked it up, they really are fighting for the right of parents to let their kids die of cancer. :brickwallsmall: Apparently the kid is also saying 'no' to the surgery, so I kinda have to agree with this being messed up. If the kid wanted it and the parent was stonewalling, screw the parent. I...