BruceVC

Surely you must realize that somebody who needs the money to pay for basic amenities like housing, bills, food and clothing is more likely to spend it than literally anybody else. Giving money to people living below the poverty line is 100% sure to breed economic activity because they will die otherwise. Yes of course thats true but the idea of wealth creation in a Capitalist society is suppose to be where your Capital is used to generate revenue So for example owning shares and then getting dividends or investing in a property deal....but the reality is most people really work to just pay bills and they simply dont have excess money So for me I was fortunate my great grandfather really created the initial wealth and then his sons continued to manage the investment portfolios ..but without the initial wealth generation in the 1920's I would also be asking " how do people actually become wealthy " ...

Meshugger when Trump gets horribly beaten in November will you acknowledge you were wrong? Our American members are allowed to be wrong as its there country but foreigners like you and I who had a lot to say about Hilary or Trump need to show some humility I think you totally missed a beautiful joke in that post! Meshugger actually cracked a decent joke....you sure? He is Finnish, there idea of a joke is something like " why did the chicken cross the road....because it needed to "

Meshugger when Trump gets horribly beaten in November will you acknowledge you were wrong? Our American members are allowed to be wrong as its there country but foreigners like you and I who had a lot to say about Hilary or Trump need to show some humility

Volo you shouldn't think about yourself as scum just because you are aligned to .....some weird Canadian right wing group that probably only exists in Canada You notice I never say Im scum because even though I'm aligned to the " left " I believe we do more good than bad

Yes, you probably right but it also doesn't need to be like it was End of the day its the effectiveness of information gathering and departments like the NSA that probably are the most effective considering the threat that the West faces from Islamic extremism ?

Oby you cant possibly believe the US is behind the current crisis in Brazil ? Why not? Overtrow of democratic regimes is what Murica usually do in Latin America and Africa. http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/20/mapped-the-7-governments-the-u-s-has-overthrown/ In other words i see nothing non-beliveable thing in such Murican actions. And when Bruce reject such obvious facts - it's not unusual thing also. Yes but Oby in the 1960's and during the Cold War this use to happen, it made sense and both sides did it But nowadays, the West doesnt have to use the CIA to overthrow leaders because without fail most of the " anti-Western " leaders in the world were generally mishandling there economies and they became unpopular on there own

To be fair, studying the Bible probably should be part of any literature class. There's a massive body of texts that engage with it one way or the other, where lots of nuance is lost if you don't have the same background information the writer assumes is default. You really think studying the bible should be part of literature, you see this would not be considered a reasonable way of learning in many African countries because using religious text would be seen as being biased against people who aren't Christian ...also is the bible well written from a studying perspective? And most people in Africa are Catholic or Christian but more neutral sources would be used

Ungrateful louts. They were even reclassified as humans in what, 1967? (before that, they were considered part of the flora and fauna of Australia, no kidding) I know But Gorthie I'm not trying to attack all Australians but they do have issues around integration and how they feel about things like racism After Apartheid there was a surge of white people who had resources and immigrated immediately to Australia....including my cousins. For these South Africans they basically had a view " that black people cannot run countries ".....for people like me we would rather not have them in SA. Its nothing personal but we dont want white people in SA who dont believe that black people cannot run countries Now I'm not saying all Australians are racist, of course not but that country definitely has segments of people who are racist and unconcerned with announcing it

Well in South Africa and almost every country I have traveled to no one even knows what a SJW is Many people know what SJ is but the SJW concept seems primarily an American development that would have spread through the Internet I have said this numerous times but this concept of SJW becomes more divisive than helpful within the general gaming community

Holy Smoke ....that is a huge number of people But those big family events are great and its nice to be part of something like that ....but thats lot of presents to buy for Xmas

Yes it does have different campaigns and SJ will differ depending where you live I live in South Africa so my commitment and view of SJ will be different to someone living in Finland I've never been to Finland, or South Africa for that matter. Have you ever been to the US? Yes Several times, we use to go once a year to a partner symposium in Vegas The USA is the most amazing country, people outside the USA misunderstood it and tend to assume all Americans are the same Who you voting for ...please tell me Hilary? I support Bernie at the moment, but will vote for whoever runs against Trump. Ah yes, Bernie has got several supporters on this forum But Bernie will throw his weight and get his supporters to vote for Hilary once the Democrat race is over...anything but 4 years of Trump Well I hope it is Hillary throwing her support to Bernie however whichever gets nominated will get the support of the other. As for 4 years of Trump, do you think this country would survive for that long under Trump? (Snippy snide grin) Yes ...despite all the rhetoric Trump cannot actually destroy the USA with his policies but he can take the USA backwards around how people view the USA..and this gets complicated because each controversial thing he wants to do can have different consequences But I keep telling my American friends ....Trump will lose horribly to Clinton, he has offended the biggest voting block in the USA. Women make up 53 % of all voting Americans. Trump is a sexist and clearly has no real respect for what women think...did you see that Megyn Kelly interview with Trump? I missed that interview. And I am afraid I mislead you a bit Bruce. I won't be old enough to vote here for two more years. no problem Do you think Trump is a sexist, what do your family think about him

Yes it does have different campaigns and SJ will differ depending where you live I live in South Africa so my commitment and view of SJ will be different to someone living in Finland I've never been to Finland, or South Africa for that matter. Have you ever been to the US? Yes Several times, we use to go once a year to a partner symposium in Vegas The USA is the most amazing country, people outside the USA misunderstood it and tend to assume all Americans are the same Who you voting for ...please tell me Hilary? I support Bernie at the moment, but will vote for whoever runs against Trump. Ah yes, Bernie has got several supporters on this forum But Bernie will throw his weight and get his supporters to vote for Hilary once the Democrat race is over...anything but 4 years of Trump Well I hope it is Hillary throwing her support to Bernie however whichever gets nominated will get the support of the other. As for 4 years of Trump, do you think this country would survive for that long under Trump? (Snippy snide grin) Yes ...despite all the rhetoric Trump cannot actually destroy the USA with his policies but he can take the USA backwards around how people view the USA..and this gets complicated because each controversial thing he wants to do can have different consequences But I keep telling my American friends ....Trump will lose horribly to Clinton, he has offended the biggest voting block in the USA. Women make up 53 % of all voting Americans. Trump is a sexist and clearly has no real respect for what women think...did you see that Megyn Kelly interview with Trump?

Volo its fine to say that when its just us but when there is a new person on the forums a comment like that is.......odd and not really relevant to Hilary supporters That is ok Bruce. In a forum titled Way Off Topic I would expect it to be an open discussion. I just can't believe Hillary would do such a thing. I imagine it wa either taken out of context or something someone edited to discredit her. Switching topics a bit, I was born in Paris but left when I was three and consider Calif to be home. Other than the years in Paris, I have never been out of Southern Calif. I have chatted with a lot of people from all around the globe and many feel Americans are all self absorbed bullies. Not true of course, maybe it was in the past, but with world wide news and communications happening everywhere, we are moving toward a World Centric Society, even in the States lol. I have never been to California but there are several members who live there so you wont be alone Yes, there often is criticism towards the USA but its normally based on historical precedent or something that is exaggerated...like that book "Confessions of an Economic Hitman " The consideration with something like a " World Centric Society " is all countries need to contribute in there own way meaningfully and we have to all have certain universal values for it to work. So you cant have human rights abuses and things like gay and womens rights must be protected

Yes it does have different campaigns and SJ will differ depending where you live I live in South Africa so my commitment and view of SJ will be different to someone living in Finland I've never been to Finland, or South Africa for that matter. Have you ever been to the US? Yes Several times, we use to go once a year to a partner symposium in Vegas The USA is the most amazing country, people outside the USA misunderstood it and tend to assume all Americans are the same Who you voting for ...please tell me Hilary? I support Bernie at the moment, but will vote for whoever runs against Trump. Ah yes, Bernie has got several supporters on this forum But Bernie will throw his weight and get his supporters to vote for Hilary once the Democrat race is over...anything but 4 years of Trump

What link is this again....I doubt what you saying is true?

Volo its fine to say that when its just us but when there is a new person on the forums a comment like that is.......odd and not really relevant to Hilary supporters

Yes it does have different campaigns and SJ will differ depending where you live I live in South Africa so my commitment and view of SJ will be different to someone living in Finland I've never been to Finland, or South Africa for that matter. Have you ever been to the US? Yes Several times, we use to go once a year to a partner symposium in Vegas The USA is the most amazing country, people outside the USA misunderstood it and tend to assume all Americans are the same Who you voting for ...please tell me Hilary?

Yes it does have different campaigns and SJ will differ depending where you live I live in South Africa so my commitment and view of SJ will be different to someone living in Finland

thats low even for you

I've proved you wrong again Bruce. Here you go on about Australia and its bad policy on refugees in this thread and you admire Sweden's approach and then I pull up a post of yours from earlier this year with you admiring Australia and see justification in its refugee policy. You make this so easy. No you not understanding my point, I admire both policies ....but there are legitimate issues with the Oz one And I do admire Australia...but I couldn't live there

Guys through the years of cooking,experimenting with food and having to satisfy " munchy sessions " I have become very skilled at making delicious toasted sandwiches ...tonight I made myself a sandwich with Madure Irish Cheddar and Blue Cheese Fried panchetta Avo salsa It was soooooooooo nice

If she was a state judge she would not survive her next retention vote. If she were a appellate or Supreme Court justice we'd be stuck with her but she will never get a decent table in a DC restaurant after that. But you agree she should fired? How can she claim an inkling of impartiality to think such things? It isn't because she thinks it. It's because she SAID it. People are going to think what they think. The court has to have the appearance of impartiality. She could never be an effective jurist now. Even if what she is saying is true she should know better than to pop off on social media about it. You make some good points but its not true....its offensive and uninformed, she said things like In another post attributed to her, she said that "murder is also not a biggy" for black men and "gang rapes of baby, daughter, and mother [were] a pleasurable pass [sic] time". I didn't say it was true. I just said even if she said something true. If a judge in the US were to say a higher number of violent offenders are black than white it would be a true statement, But you can't just go say crap like that because it's prejudicial because of a racial qualification. And because it is being presented without context. Even if the judge meant well or only meant to be stating a statistical fact they are feeding a negative stereotype as well as justifying the racism of others. So in other words a jurist should have the good sense to STFU. We dont have juries in SA....only judges so she was basically deciding verdicts for years with that attitude Is there an appellate process? Seems to me every verdict she ever rendered would have solid footing for appeal. In the US the lawyers would be salivating over this! Thanks goodness our legal system is not at your level of scrutiny but yes you right, this should or could lead to major appeals The Black lawyers association has asked for a revue of all her cases...but I doubt that will happen http://www.destinyconnect.com/2016/05/10/black-lawyers-association-wants-review-racist-judge-cases/ But right now she is just suspended ....

If she was a state judge she would not survive her next retention vote. If she were a appellate or Supreme Court justice we'd be stuck with her but she will never get a decent table in a DC restaurant after that. But you agree she should fired? How can she claim an inkling of impartiality to think such things? It isn't because she thinks it. It's because she SAID it. People are going to think what they think. The court has to have the appearance of impartiality. She could never be an effective jurist now. Even if what she is saying is true she should know better than to pop off on social media about it. You make some good points but its not true....its offensive and uninformed, she said things like In another post attributed to her, she said that "murder is also not a biggy" for black men and "gang rapes of baby, daughter, and mother [were] a pleasurable pass [sic] time". I didn't say it was true. I just said even if she said something true. If a judge in the US were to say a higher number of violent offenders are black than white it would be a true statement, But you can't just go say crap like that because it's prejudicial because of a racial qualification. And because it is being presented without context. Even if the judge meant well or only meant to be stating a statistical fact they are feeding a negative stereotype as well as justifying the racism of others. So in other words a jurist should have the good sense to STFU. We dont have juries in SA....only judges so she was basically deciding verdicts for years with that attitude

If she was a state judge she would not survive her next retention vote. If she were a appellate or Supreme Court justice we'd be stuck with her but she will never get a decent table in a DC restaurant after that. But you agree she should fired? How can she claim an inkling of impartiality to think such things? It isn't because she thinks it. It's because she SAID it. People are going to think what they think. The court has to have the appearance of impartiality. She could never be an effective jurist now. Even if what she is saying is true she should know better than to pop off on social media about it. You make some good points but its not true....its offensive and uninformed, she said things like In another post attributed to her, she said that "murder is also not a biggy" for black men and "gang rapes of baby, daughter, and mother [were] a pleasurable pass [sic] time".

If she was a state judge she would not survive her next retention vote. If she were a appellate or Supreme Court justice we'd be stuck with her but she will never get a decent table in a DC restaurant after that. But you agree she should fired? How can she claim an inkling of impartiality to think such things?