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Thats a low blow Hurlshot and very unCalifornia liberal of you, I thought your side dont judge others who make prudent investments? You being very naughty

No, GD....no my friend. You are definitely not a fatcat. You are clearly a fatdog

What is the definition of a fatcat, we cant call people that word if we dont have an agreed on definition? I dont think just owning property means you a fatcat?

Absolutely correct, I am glad you have finally realized this. I hope you came to this inescapable conclusion due to my constructive words and accurate accounts of history I feel like a mother bird watching its chick take that first flight out of the nest Well done my son, I am proud of you

GD I must say this is one of the funniest things I have ever come across on any satire website, just to quote from a few things that are still making me laugh Todd-- a white male puppet who is blamed for everything wrong in the world Todd's culpability regarding a distant ancestor who fought for the Confederacy ignorant puppet who thinks some cops might be good And my favorite In a particularly jarring sketch, Todd is caught teaching kids to face life’s unfairness with hard work, self-sacrifice, and hope for the future

I am very happy with all these patches and fixes being released to make the game more stable and address bugs. Well done CDPR !!! I think I should be able to play this game in the next 3-6 months and I should avoid most of the issues experienced on this games disastrous launch

The numerous virus strains we see globally should be a huge concern to all of us. And as these articles mention this is caused when you allow the virus to spread exponentially and dont try to stop it The only sustainable solution to stop these mutations of the virus is vaccines so that the virus is not able to mutate as it spreads to thousands of different people The good news at the moment is the current vaccines just need to altered in documented cases to stop spread of most virus variants. Because it is normal and expected for any virus to mutate in order to survive, we just need to slowdown and eventually eradicate the spread from most of our countries But without an effective vaccine strategy you have very little chance of stopping the virus and its mutations

Thanks for sharing this, I will go through these links later I mentioned to you earlier that I was unaware of the harsh treatment that Poland has been subjected to by numerous countries through its history. And I am glad I know this now and that their is a movement in Poland to raise and discuss historical injustice that the Polish people have every right to discuss and be concerned about. The historical truth of events matters and needs to be told

well said and QFT but we still must support hot twerking hip-hop models

Yes you right, you can keep quiet about the CCP human rights abuses or raise valid criticism but then face the risk of being banned in China. Each company must decide for themselves and the decision to criticize the CCP should be based on how this will impact the revenue stream of the company. The H&M link raises that only 5 % of their global business is from China so in that case its good to stand by your principles and raise issues with how the CCP governs the country I asked my uncle what is the hedge funds views about the CCP and do they criticize the policies. He said its a global standard within his company to never criticize any government in any country they operate in because they are a financial institution and they stay out of internal politics because this can be seen as bias and then impact the ability of the fund to operate I understand this and support this view because political commentary should generally be made by governments and private sector listed companies should stay out of it because they not suppose to be politically aligned

Its strange behavior we see throughout the world when it comes to this rejection of the virus and how it spreads despite all the deaths and hospitals getting full in numerous countries which have mishandled the pandemic. What I think makes it worse is when any government also rejects the virus and science like Bolsonaro still does The same thing happened in the USA, and still does to certain degrees, under Trump where in certain states you can see people not wearing masks and restaurants and beaches full with people not adhering to virus protocols like social distancing. But you see less of this under Biden because they have a cogent and established virus policy and acceptance of the pandemic

Its fine and this is to be expected. The world is not going to keep quiet about the blatant and consistent hypocrisy of the CCP around its rejection of human rights and abuse of different ethnic groups in Chinese controlled territories like the mass rape and re-education camps that the Uyghurs Muslim community are subjected to If they want to close down stores and shops like H&M let them, I have an British uncle who works for a USA hedge fund that operates in China and I can guarantee you they wont ban this type of investment because its real money https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/global-hedge-fund-investors-with-24812-billion-prefer-asia/ar-BB1eOLUX But the CCP have never understood and never will the principle of freedom of speech and how it irrefutably matters to most countries and this will never change. So we are not going to stop criticizing the CCP unethical and unacceptable attempts to control the worlds narrative and views of their own domestic policies

Yes I did, I just wasnt sure if it was a joke or you posted it their because it was a real but absurd development

@Gorth https://culturedarm.com/the-crimean-referendums-of-1991-and-1994/ I never forgot to do that research on the debate we were having around the legitimate or illegitimate objectives of Crimea to join Russia. I found several articles that explained things in an interesting but overly complicated way but this discussion is complex and has several historical developments to it that make the final outcome and its legal validity nuanced I posted the link above for you to reference as I found it to be overall fair and accurate. I dont really have the appetite to have this debate again at the moment but in the interests of consistency I wanted to stick to what I said I was going to do and get back to you after I did some research In summary from the article I agree with you that despite the 1954 decision of Khrushchev giving Crimea to Ukraine their was a rejection of what the Crimean autonomous parliament wanted from Kiev from 1991 . So yes you can make a valid argument that Crimea should have been able to join Russia but this process should have been managed by the current Ukraine government and Russia together in a legitimate vote to ensure credibility....the annexing of Crimea was done in a unilateral way and that is not the way you achieve meaningful independence. But you are right IMO on several points you raised To summarize my new view on this from the link Gorbachev’s new Union Treaty was never implemented: Ukraine couldn’t agree its terms, and by late 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolving. On 1 December, Ukraine held a referendum and Ukrainians voted for independence. This essentially marked the end of the Soviet Union. 54% of Crimean voters opted for Ukrainian independence, with the turnout in Crimea placed at 60%. Thus Ukraine became independent, and Crimea remained part of the newly independent Ukraine, retaining its autonomous status. Throughout 1992, the Crimean parliament made gestures towards full Crimean independence, but really sought to secure only greater autonomy from Kiev. Perhaps more controversially – and as the refworld.org link details – in May 1992 the Crimean parliament established a Crimean constitution, and in September-October 1993 it established the post of President of Crimea. But in early 1994, after a polarising election campaign, Crimeans elected as their President a strongly pro-Russian candidate, Yuriy Meshkov. A power struggle between the Ukrainian parliament and the Crimean parliament commenced. Another Crimean referendum in March 1994 asked three questions: ‘1.3 million voted, 78.4% of whom supported greater autonomy from Ukraine, 82.8% supported allowing dual Russian-Ukrainian citizenship, and 77.9% favored giving Crimean presidential decrees the force of law’. Yet after more political turbulence – with the Crimean parliament voting to oust Meshkov in September – in March 1995 the Ukrainian parliament unilaterally abolished the post of President of Crimea, and scrapped the Crimean constitution. The Crimean parliament was forced to define a new constitution, which the Ukrainian parliament finally ratified in 1998. So when the interim Ukrainian government today talks about the Crimean parliament’s lack of legislative power – when it comes to appointing a Prime Minister, and when it comes to calling a referendum – there is an argument that this power was taken from Crimeans by Kiev in an underhand, undemocratic, if not entirely illegitimate manner back in 1995.

What an article to really get me going around blatant and unacceptable anti-white bias if it was true Thanks for clarifying

What an interesting story about using the books to solve the gaming problem, those were the days when you had to really think and or consult alternative sources to complete games like this. Nowadays when faced with a similar problem it takes 30 seconds to use the amazing invention of the Internet to find the same solution I really respect the effort you had to put in but I am glad we have the Internet to find things quickly nowadays and its not that I consider myself lazy but their is just so much to do in our modern era and time is of the essence White people in SA are different ethic groups the same as everywhere else and the Dutch association is only for Afrikaans white people. I am English and our surnames are generally the same as English surnames like Wainwright, Bollington, ****craft and then also Scottish and Irish influence. But we have no direct connection to the Dutch unless you changed your surname when you married an Afrikaans\Dutch person

I wonder if the Danish version is as boring as the English version? I read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings about 30 years ago and I found them both boring compared to the fantasy books I read nowadays from the likes of Steven Erikson or George R R Martin. I do acknowledge their absolutely important contribution towards the fantasy genre that I love and how they are classics and that will never change but for me to read them nowadays is difficult compared to modern writers I also have a cool story for my forum sobriquet, its my RL name and then my initial and surname. Its amazing how much you and I have in common...you probably find we are related?

Its funny you mention cats like that, my family are mostly dog lovers and arent that partial to cats. Only a few of us love cats. My Dad thinks cats are unaffectionate and are a destructive force around conservation and nature . When one of my brothers house got broken into, he has only cats and no dogs, my dads unhelpful response was " useless animals those cats, you should have them put down and get a proper pet that will at least raise the noise level if an intruder comes into your property " ....clearly he is not a cat person

But Gfted1 you forgetting how it works, remember white people dont work for anything and never have. We only achieved resources and perceived wealth due to Colonialism, neo-imperialism and historical injustice at the expense of everyone else. I cant believe you actually have been trying to do things yourself and not relying on the wealth of your ancestors?

Excellent idea for a good stock pick and it wont compromise Hurlshots California liberal code because weed is legal in over 30 states ?

https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2021-03-29-aspens-gqeberha-factory-to-make-millions-of-covid-19-vaccines/ At last some good news for SA around the Vaccines and our battle to address the virus spread Aspen Pharmaceuticals is a SA listed company and will be producing the J&J vaccine, it cant be sooner enough for me to take the vaccine

Thank you for explaining your view on this matter and yes I am happy now. This is all I ask, lets debate in a robust and constructive way even if we disagree with each other And just for the record I was talking about the broader principle of how the free market works and how price is influenced by supply and demand and availability of the item or goods The oil price is just one example based directly on this principle. And its not a monopoly as any country or company that has access to oil can trade oil based on the global price on the open market I cant comment on the reality of insulin production because I am not familiar with that sector

And Gfted1 has a spare room since his daughter moved out so we talking about at least 4-5 illegal immigrants who he could charge rent to ? Gfted1 forget UBI, this is how you can seriously increase your revenue stream

You can own cats and they dont have to be fat Shady. Their are some excellent books and advice on how as a cat owner this can be achieved. So no its not a joke to me but its also something that can be addressed if you put effort in https://www.wikihow.pet/Help-Your-Cat-Lose-Weight

I know their will be different definitions of grind and boredom but in some games I dont mind grinding, I find the repetition fun in some ways For example in RDR2 Online I still repeat hunting of animals for Collection purposes ...even though I have maxed my Naturalist role. I gain money but I have also bought everything you can buy in the online game yet I still enjoy the " grind " of hunting animals and selling the skins