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Is that true about the UK? Cananda is part of the Commonwealth and it always adheres to its historical commitments to the UK like when the Queen visits so there is some connection? And the whole slavery accusation is just a distraction, the UK always gets blamed for certain historical things they did. Some people only see the negative I hear this almost everyday, my ancestors came to Africa from the UK and I am accused of slavery, imperialism, colonialism, Apartheid, war-mongering, looting of resources and other things. Now in the history of the UK like every Colonial country yes thats part of the past but the UK has redeemed itself and nowadays is a force of good Why would you be going on about slavery....were your ancestors slaves? Canada was founded by the British loyalists who fled the US after the revolution. Along with the french Canadians who were vilified in the US because of the British codifying their rights to catholicism and their language and culture in law. There had always been an affinity for the UK in Canadian life, which is why the fathers of Confederation kept the monarchy, and the constitution of 1982 did the same. Yeah the UK screwed us in the Alaska negotiations, and accepting the 49th parallel as the border between the US and Canada (British controlled territory was all the way into the dakotas and the Columbia river), but they did that to avoid a war that would have likely ravaged Canada, so its ok.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence Yes its a wikipedia article, but its sourced. The IQ differences are real, the debate is on the causes. Nutrition is a major factor, as maps of food security and average IQ are very similar, but at the same time there is a debate on whether socio economic status causes IQ differences, or the differences in status are a result of IQ.
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College kids. The ones picking up the torch were born after the fall of the Berlin Wall. To them the USSR sounds like some sort of fantasy world of equality that the stuffy old people just don't understand. That free markets and capitalism are an offense to equality. These are the people leading the "liberal" protests and such.
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He is referring to American liberals, and generally with scare quotes. The classical use of the term Liberal is someone who supports limited government intervention in private life and the economy, basically don't initiate force, and keep your word, and everything is hunky dory. The more modern use of Liberal in North America describes people who support big government, limits on fundamental rights to free speech and self defense, heavy regulation of the economy, and being anti-white. Basically the opposite of being an actual Liberal.
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Who's the bigger nitwit, Trump Bruce or (we) the people who keep engaging with and/or insulting him? There's a saying that applies here: 'Fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me.' Many here are way past twice... Trump is not stupid, thats definitely not true But that doesnt mean his political strategy will work or he has not made several terrible decisions in his attempts to be the Predisential choice ....for me the worst thing he has done is alienate the minorities, short term objective to appeal to some Republican sentiments. But this will cost him the final election and he will have no one else but himself to blame Minorities vote Democrat, because they largely support big government, and being the Republican candidate, he can't exactly overtly promise more government just to get a little bit of the urban vote. Trump is trying for the white vote, and he has the highest support for a republican amongst blacks in forever, mostly because of his anti-immigration stance.
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Whites and Asians aren't the only ones with high IQ, its that the average IQ for Whites and East Asians are higher. Whites have an average IQ of around 100, East Asians about 105, Ashenazi Jews about 115, Turks and Indians around 90, American Blacks, latinos, and Muslims around 85, African blacks around 75, etc. This is the average, so some are higher, some are lower, etc. The sweet spot for criminality is about 85, which is why you see so much crime in the black, latino, and muslim communities, no matter where they are on earth. IQ is only partially heritable, there are other environmental factors that go into it, such as pre-natal conditions, early childhood environment, etc. For example, Muslims is mostly cultural. Cosanguinal marriage is not forbidden in Islam like it is in Christianity, and some Muslim societies actually encourage it. Over time this has lead to a pretty serious reduction in IQ, as the early days of Islam their society and culture was quite advanced, and now there is very little in the way of science and cultural product coming out of muslim countries. East Asian and Ashkenazi Jews prized intelligence in their culture, while many of the smartest and most educated Europeans were shuffled off into monestaries or the priesthood where they were sworn to celibacy, leading to a lower IQ in whites than in jews and east asians. I disagree with a lot of his views, for example I doubt humanity will ever have a stateless society, as there will always be some who want power and those who will follow them, but the IQ thing makes sense, and is backed up at least partially by science and the IQ averages are fact, there is just disagreement on why the disparities exist. The evolution+culture+religion idea makes the most sense to me. I mostly like him because he makes me think, which is his only stated goal. He has some questionable sources in some of his presentations, but others are sound. For example his Truth About Slavery presentation was almost all true, but the only source he had on his 300,000 white chattel slaves in America claim was some conspiracy theory website that was itself unsourced, the other source put the number at more like 30,000, most of which were Irish or criminals.
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I don't think he's racist, as racists believe races have attributes that make them inferior or superior, which he doesn't believe. He is just a strong believer that IQ is the most important aspect when it comes to success, and because other races have lower average IQs than Whites and Asians, they need to stop blaming white people for their problems, recognize that its lower IQ that is the problem, and work to change things socially, culturally, and environmentally to raise IQ so we can work to an anarcho capitalist utopia. He mostly doesn't like backwards cultures and people who want to wipe out western culture for the benefit of the state. Something I would think you would support Bruce.
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X-com Enemy Within pisses me off. How does a 2 year old expansion still go for 7.50 with a 75% discount?
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What do youmean- the thematic style? The lack of anything at all to look forward. The sale is here, and what you see on the first day is the same exact thing you'll see on the last day. No activities of any sort, either. All in all, it's just a miserable experience compared to the earlier years of these 'famed' Steam Sales. Also when most of the featured titles are 50% off or less when the appeal of the older ones was the 75-90% discounts, its kinda disappointing.
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Not sure what you mean by people not paying taxes. Are you talking about the 1%? I'm employed and pay less tax than most people who earn half of what I earn due to tax minimisation. My girlfriend earns more than me and paid no income tax last year. But then she does have a couple of accountants helping her to do her tax. If you're talking about the unemployed, that's a slippery slope. The unemployed do pay taxes when they buy food, clothing, petrol. Also, someone unemployed for the last few weeks may be employed next month. I didn't even think of sales tax. That changes things. What I was thinking was anyone who didn't pay income tax during the term prior to the election. And yeah that means people who managed to avoid paying any tax due to creative accounting. But yeah, sales tax makes that whole idea moot.
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Rebecca Romijn couldn't pass for a teenager. My issue with her isn't the lack of charisma, its that she is adorable. No matter what they do, she doesn't come off as threatening.
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I would be ok with the vote being taken from those who don't pay taxes. Voting is essentially choosing who decides how your taxes are spent, so only allowing those who supply those taxes a say in how they are spent makes sense to me.
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I liked that they lampshaded the whole Raptors have feathers thing by saying by filling the holes in their DNA with other reptiles they may look different.
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Jurassic World, I actually quite enjoyed it, but there was a lot of stupid. My daughter was quite upset at the deaths of the Raptors.
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Yeah, they could still do that, just do it for games that don't have a discount. People aren't likely to buy games without a discount during a major sale, so if they limit some titles to an 8 hour period of sale price that would be fine.
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Refunds killed the old style. Though they could meet halfway
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Nice to see they are getting a boost to their economy over this.
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My understanding is the vast majority of British trade is outside the EU anyway, and the EU is hampering British use of its resources. Seems like whatever economic impact there will be won't be huge if they leave.
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I wasn't a fan of the pope comparing Jesus sending his disciples to teach, to ISIS.
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Saw Warcraft. Odd it didn't end with Azeroth overrun and Lothar fleeing to Lordaeron. I felt like that would have been a better place to end it. Overall I really liked it though. Some of the costumes were cheese and I felt some of the sets were too clean, but overall I liked how well they translated the Warcraft aesthetic.
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The US had open immigration and no social programs, it forced people to either work, or go home. Most chose to work, and it resulted in the most prosperous society on earth, because the ones that weren't willing, didn't stay. You can have either mass immigration, or a welfare state, not both.
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I think a large part of the immigration issue could be solved by making social programs only available to citizens.
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Collectivists vs Individualists Bruce. Individualists built the west and the free market economy, collectivists built 3rd world hellholes.
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Well, exactly. I'm not sure how much of the "but why do you not see any Christian terrorist groups!" thing is inherent to Christianity versus just not having that many desperate and disenfranchised people around who can easily be talked into sacrificing themselves for intangible rewards. I would think part of it was the founder of christianity preached love and acceptance, and the founder of Islam preached hate, murdered countless people and raped children. While Christians often fail to uphold the values of Jesus, Muslims do a much better job with that of Muhammad
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Bruce, the UK is the birthplace of parliamentary democracy, I'm sure they have some misgivings about giving it up. As for the UK having a say, my understanding is they objected in 72 instances to having certain EU laws pass, and lost 72 of those votes not much of a say