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In Months Time
My not-quite-so indifference toward one-touch brewing syndrome. Or what one may call the vending machine theory. Instant results may provide instant gratification, but the quality or lasting effects of such gratification is not warranted nor guaranteed.
Drinking coffee goes beyond the mere end-result. It encompasses the grinding, the tamping, the pre-heating, the crema, the noise. It encompasses the conscience of the experience as an entire matter.
The all-encompassing world may not be much different. One-touch anything provides gratification in an on-demand world, where efficiencies are bolstered at the cost of the conscience of the experience. Results. Results. Now.
We are not a vending machine society.
One day you wake up and realize that the mundane itself is the daily norm. Norms, you find, are composed of the mundane, the repetitive, the on-going.
I often see the perils of scripting a culture based on occasional spectaculars. Fireworks for the people that bewilder the eyes but minds that shudder at the thought of returning to the every-day.
Sensationalism, as a way of selling a food culture, has become, dare I say, sensational. This is done at the cost of accurately portraying the real people and their mundanes. Show the mundanes, because they are the people. Fireworks glitter once, twice a year, but they die down and are forgotten. The kitchen stove that births daily dinners and to-go lunches are daily grinds, are non-spectacles, but they're there. And they're the people.
Don't mind the every-day. Or the mundane.
Stepping into the unknown is an exciting exchange of thought and process. But when lives are at stake – living things, like breathing, growing plants – the weight of that first step is multiplied.
Who would have thought that the very soil beneath one's feet could feel so foreign. It was there, all along, but it wasn't there. I wasn't there. To know.
I don't know what makes the ground "soil". I don't know its needs, its wants. Don't know if it has its needs or its wants. Who am I to determine its wants, or to ask, anyway.
Who would have known that the earth is so compact, united, in strength and density, against all downward forces put upon by punishing steel and wood. The earth we stand on exudes its strength towards us unknown inhabitants, habitually lost, continuously divided.
To know, I tilled the soil to, supposedly, allow it to breathe. This, I suppose, was because I assumed that it was not breathing all along, long before my time, before my mind, to know, was put to action. I opened two bags of top soil and spread its contents over the tilled land. The soil contains compost, so it says.
Rotten things for sale.
Design Matters
During the design process for Macintosh circuit boards, Steve Jobs said:
"I want it to be as beautiful as possible, even if it's inside the box. A great carpenter isn't going to use lousy wood for the back of a cabinet, even though nobody's going to see it."
Years later in an interview about the Macintosh, he also said:
"When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."
Jobs' perfection for design was apparent not only for the computer itself, but also for the box that would contain it. Even though the box was going to be thrown in the trash after the consumer opened it, Jobs and the Mac team went through dozens of iterations to perfect the packaging.
Inside and out, designed mattered.
I never thought I'd think of that at a pizza joint.
Fewer things in life are as uneventful as pizza boxes. Most are square or are versions of rectangles. Color schemes and patterns are not inherent, only used to distinguish one box from that of a competitor. Even more so than a personal computer, a pizza box almost evaporates after it is opened, an afterthought that rarely ever rivals its contents. College dorm rooms do not judge pizzas by the boxes; it's what's inside that counts.
But people do judge books by their covers.
& Pizza's new box design is not particularly breathtaking. In fact, I prefer the company's previous version – clear, simple, spacious, yet bold. The shape of the box was oddly addictive, an elongated rectangle that looks as if it should house a keyboard, not a freshly baked gourmet pie. Not only that, they company created an advertising campaign of sorts using its name – "You & Pizza," "Love & Pizza."
The new design maintains the rectangular shape, but all else has changed. Retaining its black and white theme, black lines run through jaggedly. Angular yet not intrusive. The "&" symbol is centerfold, yet not as profound, being at the epicenter of the stripe orgy. The great disappointment, however, is the "Dupont South Now Open" advertisement. Where the company's first box impressed with simplicity, shout outs to a new store are the ultimate blemish. No more clarity, simplicity.
But why am I writing about this box. Why am I daringly quoting Steve Jobs at the head of this piece.
Because someone gave a shit to design a pizza box. Someone decided to put thought into a pizza box, to spend time and resources. Someone cared. About the box.
My reality has not been distorted. For a pizza company, the content – a.k.a. the pizza – matters most, and & Pizza makes tasty pies. But what sets the company apart from a number of would-be competitors is its attention to detail. The willingness to consider the subtleties of the pizza-eating experience is under appreciated. The experience starts in the line, with the menu, with the counter tops, with the stools and chairs. From start to finish, you are eating a brand.
You eat the box as much as the pizza itself.
Design matters.
First Chili On the First
There is a first for everything. First kiss, first drink, first car. Then there's the first meal of the new year. Critical. You can laugh, but the first meal of the year can have implications of how a year will (or will not) play out. After the ball drops in NYC, after the cheers, the hugs, it's chow time. Last year, my choice was cheese steak with fries – very respectable. This year, I went for a classic: Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street.
Parking was hell. I considered public parking in a garage, but the shady-hustler-bouncer-like gentleman was asking $20 in cash. No way. I parked a few blocks away and braved through the cold at 3:00 am. In typical New Year's fashion, U Street was flooded with people. In typical Ben's Chili Bowl fashion, the place was jam packed. Nothing new, I heard.
The line to the cashier snakes around; it's Disneyland trauma all over. Only this time, I seem to be the only sober one in the crowd. For good reasons, I always welcome the new year in a sober state. I cannot see the benefit of leaving one year and entering another completely inebriated, unable to remember anything. I would think that is the last thing you would want. Nevertheless, the crowd was drunk, rowdy, jovial, stinky. Who cares, it's the full Ben's experience.
In all honesty, I had heard so much about Ben's prior to my (virgin) visit, that I thought their food was probably overrated, uber-hyped. But three things surprised me for the better. One, the chili is fantastic. Spicy, tangy, smoky, creamy, it was much better than I had expected. Two, the half-smoke. You have to get the half-smoke. The griddle must have been under a spell. Perfectly cooked, crisp snap of the casing, smoky and salty. It was complementary to the spicy chili. Three, the chili cheese fries. You take all the good things I said and pour cheese over it, you get their chili cheese fries. Not going to say much more – it's just damn good.
What a meal to bring in the new year.
On Fast Think
I was never a great drummer. Snare, I could tap the snare just fine, but not in conjunction with the bass, or with the symbol or the toms. I was never a great classical pianist. I could play the right-hand treble lines just fine, but not while reading the left-hand bass lines. Dammit, I wanted to focus on one thing at a time.
Multitasking is not a great virtue of mine. And despite many critical voices telling me otherwise, I am not too keen on developing it as a skill. The ability to do and complete multiple tasks simultaneously is a valuable asset when your goal is to complete many tasks in a short amount of time. Wait, that is the goal for almost any modern office environment – more, faster, now.
In this centrifuge of everyday "productivity," no one bothers to ask, "at what cost." Day is night, night is day; weekday, weekend, it's all the same. Life becomes a round of pinball, violently bouncing from wall to wall, not at one's one volition or will, but by sheer opposite forces.
This traps us in "fast-think." It's fast food for thought.
We lose the ability to think strenuously. After one-too-many years of fast-think, we lose interest in simmering our thoughts, and our taste buds have become too immature to appreciate or too senile to care the slow-think process.
Running, writing and reading, and cooking combats the epidemic urge to feed all our thoughts into the processor.
Trails and the mountains present us with both the macro and the micro. The sheer size of nature's peaks and falls dwarf us, putting us in our place as mere specks in a much larger sphere. Meanwhile, every tree root and rock on the trail must be taken into account – your mind and body is on full alert as you nimbly and efficiently make your way through weaving paths. Your body may be moving swiftly, but your mind is at a calm standstill. Your thoughts dwindle down to the bare essentials; it's you and your next step, nothing else. Scrambling demands your utmost attention and nothing less, as your fingertips and toes are often the only things keeping one from a devastating or fatal fall. Sounds crazy, but in that void, I get most of my heavy "thinking" done. Thinking less ends up being more. Doing more with less. Things come together at the end of the trail.
Writing, done right, is a painstakingly slow process. The distance from one end of a computer screen to the other is a matter of inches, but sometimes, jotting down that next word feels like a power-hike up a vertical mile. Few other exercises devised by mankind requires you to focus as much as writing. In that moment, you are battling with your self, both past and present, on every word. Then you delete-all and start from scratch again. Reading is similar. Textbooks, Supreme Court opinions, news articles, you can get away with skimming through. You can't bullshit through a novel. I find novels are hard to read during rush hour subway commutes because they require an extra gear of attentive devotion. The sheer depth and breadth of characters and intertwining of plots are only fully appreciated with your ass on a couch for a good three or four hours at a time.
What more can I say about food. Slow-food is now a popular term, countering fast-food. But apart from that, cooking at its core represents the most raw human behavior. Gathering (or shopping for) ingredients, preparing them, cooking them, and eating around a table is the ultimate symbol of slowing down. Along with brewing freshly ground coffee in the morning, cooking and eating a meal with other human beings is what bonds us to life and why we work to sustain ourselves. You stop, you breathe, you look around. The dinner table is a powerful glue that has steadily lost its adhesive power.
Fast-think, it's no different from fast food.
Pork Belly, Five Ways
Versatility is an important characteristic in an ingredient, and few are more versatile than pork belly. You ask folks about Korean cuisine, and the usual suspects come up – BBQ, bibimbap, kimchi. In the grilled meats realm, bulgogi and galbi were the top vote-getters maybe five, seven years ago. But arguably in recent years, charbroiled pork belly has risen in the ranks.
But pork belly over charcoal is just one way to transform the animal to edible form. A recent stroll through H-Mart was enough to remind me of some sublime recipes.
I give you "Pork Belly, Five Ways."
Here is the standard cut. Around half an inch thick, balanced layers of fat and muscle. Perfect for grilling with course sea salt.
Here is a similar rendition – "tenderized." We also call this "honeycomb" pork belly. The H-Mart offering looks like an angry butcher had himself a tricep session. The idea is for the pork to cook faster with increased internal heat exposure, with added tenderness.
Pork and kimchi (specifically, "old" kimchi that is further along in the fermentation process) goes well together like chicken and waffles. The cut below is in smaller chunks for stir-frying with spicy-sour-pungent kimchi. Add peppers, onions, gochoojang, garlic, and rice wine, and your pork horizon will expand beyond your imagination. (Not pictured here are cuts for inclusion in kimchi stew. Those cuts typically have more fat, which produces a rich, hearty broth.)
I have not yet tried pork belly in shabu shabu. I would imagine it would be best in Szechuan-style shabu shabu (hot chili oil), instead of the milder/clearer Korean or Japanese varieties. The final cut is for boiling. In most cases, these two-inch thick cuts of meat are boiled in a simmering pot with dwenjang (fermented soy bean paste), green onions, onions, garlic, and other spices, until tender. Slice into centimeter-thick slabs and consume with raw oysters, garlic, and dipping sauce that is a combination of dwenjang, gochoojang, and sesame seed oil (folks call it "ssamjang").


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5 Signs Your Loved One Is Drinking Too Much
Medically reviewed byDr. Anna Pickering
April 3, 2019
When you care about someone, you want them to be safe and healthy. Drinking too much alcohol can lead to an alcohol use disorder (AUD), which puts their health and safety at risk. An alcohol use disorder is a medical diagnosis for problem drinking, characterized by compulsive drinking, a lack of control over alcohol use, or struggling emotionally when not drinking. Learn how to spot the signs.
How do you know if your loved one drinks too much? Consider the following 5 signs:
1. Too Much, To Often (Heavy Drinking)
Having more than 2 heavy drinking days per week increases the risk of an alcohol use disorder. Heavy drinking days are thought of having more than 4 drinks a day for men and 3 drinks a day for women. The more a person drinks on a daily basis, the more likely they are to develop a drinking problem.
Heavy drinking also occurs over the course of a week. For men, drinking more than 14 drinks a week is too much. For women, it's 7 drinks. So, should you be counting your loved ones drinks? While the risky amount of drinking varies from person to person, knowing your loved ones drinking habits can help you figure out if they have an alcohol use disorder.
2. Little Control Over Drinking (High Tolerance)
You may notice once your loved one starts drinking, they can't stop. One drink is followed by another drink, followed by another, and another, and so on. They may never have intended to drink so much, but continue to drink more without a second thought.
This suggests tolerance or needing to drink more to feel drunk. Most people drink because of the intoxicating effects, and tolerance develops after a person routinely drinks alcohol. You might find your loved one used to drink less than they do now, requiring more alcohol to achieve the desired effects.
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3. Drinking Leads To Risky Behaviors Or Dangerous Situations
When your loved one drinks, they often engage in risky behaviors. Alcohol lowers inhibitions, meaning they may do things that normally make them uncomfortable. This can lead to infidelity, having unprotected sex with multiple partners, or engaging in criminal activity.
Your loved one's drinking also gets them into dangerous situations that increase their risk of injury. This happens frequently, or more than once, and may involve activities like swimming, driving, using heavy equipment or machinery, or walking in dangerous areas (like roadways).
4. Neglecting Responsibilities (Valuing Drinking Over Family, Work, Or School)
Excessive drinking causes your loved one to have problems at home, work, or school. Ignoring responsibilities are the result of drinking too much or feeling sick from drinking. Being late for work, missing deadlines, forgetting to pick the kids up from school, and neglecting other responsibilities for the sake of drinking (or recovering from drinking) are all signs your loved one suffers from an alcohol use disorder.
Problems may occur within relationships and family because your loved one favors drinking over the time they spend with you. They may isolate themselves in order to drink, refrain from their favorite activities, and avoid family or friends because they don't want to be judged or confronted with their drinking habits.
5. Tried To Stop, But Couldn't (Withdrawal Symptoms)
Maybe your loved one recognized they have a drinking problem, tried to stop, but couldn't. The days were too hard, they didn't feel well, and their emotions were out of control. They needed a drink to help manage their emotions or self-medicate, falling right back into the cycle of addiction. Because they drink too much, they experience alcohol withdrawal when they stop.
Other noticeable symptoms of alcohol withdrawal include:
- anxiety
- nausea
- restlessness
- shakiness
- sweating
- trouble sleeping
Treating An Alcohol Use Disorder
It's never too late to get help if your loved one shows any signs of excessive drinking. Although millions of people suffer from alcohol use disorders, only around 10% of people enter treatment. There is no right treatment for everyone, but understanding the treatment options is a good place to start.
Treatment for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) may include a combination of medication, behavioral therapy, and support groups. There is three government approved medications used to treat an AUD. Behavioral therapy can work to change your loved one's thinking and attitudes towards alcohol. Support groups can add an extra layer of support during and after treatment. You and your loved one can decide the best method of treatment, which may involve inpatient or outpatient services.
For more information on treating an alcohol use disorder, contact us today.Article Sources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Fact Sheets: Alcohol Use and Your Health
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Alcohol Use Disorder
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Treatment for Alcohol Problems


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Asrul Wadi Ahmad, 26(right), from Kepala Batas, has been reviewed by four doctors and may be diagnosed as blind in the right eye if his condition does not improve in six months.
Asrul said he was hit by a tear gas canister directly on his face at about 3.15pm around Masjid Jamek, when he was participating in the Bersih protest on April 28.
A member of the public has uploaded a video of the incident on Youtube.
"I lost vision in my right eye, and whenever I look, there is a black spot in my vision. The doctors I consulted told me that the impact on my eye had been due to an object which hit it at high speed," Asrul told a press conference in Penang.
Asrul said the situation was calm when he was around Masjid Jamek, but suddenly turned chaotic when the tear gas was fired into the crowd.
When the canister hit him, Asrul fell to the ground and was assisted by members of the public who took him to a nearby hospital, where he was given nine stitches below his eyes.
When asked if he regretted his decision to participate in the rally, Asrul said, "No, this is the people's struggle."
He added that he would join another rally if a Bersih 4.0 was organised.
"As youths of the nation, we have a responsibility to ensure that our country remains democratic," he stressed.
Asrul is in the process of initiating legal action against the police for his condition. He has also lost his job as a mechanical engineer in a manufacturing company in Penang, where he had been offered the job before the Bersih event.
"They told me the job needs someone with good eyesight, and with my condition, I can no longer be a suitable employee," he lamented.
The Bersih event, following the firing of tear gas, had resulted in scores injured, including journalists covering the event, who claimed they were beaten by the police while on duty.
Doc: Asrul can only see hand movements
Meanwhile, a medical doctor Dr Khim Pa, who accompanied Asrul during the press conference, said the impact of the tear gas canister on the victim's eye was "very serious".
"There was damage to the interior chamber of his eyes, his iris was damaged, and there is a blood clot behind his retina," said the doctor.
"According to the eye specialist, his eyes could not be operated on as there is already scarring on his retina and his nerves there are damaged," he added.
"If he looks at you, Asrul can only see hand movements and not fingers, he can only see a bit around the edges," he stressed.
Dr Pa said that Asrul's blindness may be permanent and in six months if his condition does not improve, he will be certified as "legally blind".
Meanwhile, Suaram secretariat member Ong Jing Cheng condemned the police for their violence and the attorney-general for persecuting Bersih participants.
Ong said the police and the AG's office have become "instruments" of the government to bully the people.
"Both these institutions have been used to instill fear in the people who participate in peaceful gatherings," said Ong at the same press event.
Ong said after two major rallies by Bersih - on July 9 last year, and April 28 - the government and Election Commission have yet to view seriously the demands of Bersih for clean and fair elections.
Victims urged to lodge police reports.
He urged victims of police abuse during the last Bersih rally who live in the northern region to come foward and lodge police reports, if they have not done so.
"It is best that we from Suaram try to accompany the victims to lodge police reports because we have received complaints that some who go by themselves are instead abused by the police," said Ong.
The victims are also urged to lodge reports with the National Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), which has pledged to conduct a public enquiry on the police violence.- malaysiakini
Peserta BERSIH mungkin buta sebelah mata...Salah seorang peserta yang cedera serius terkena kanister gas pemedih mata sewaktu berlaku kekecohan ketika perhimpunan BERSIH 3.0, tampil hari ini untuk mencerita apa yang telah menimpa dirinya.
Asrul Wadi Ahmad, 29, (dua dari kanan) dari Kepala Batas, telah diperiksa oleh empat
orang doktor dan mungkin didiagnosis buta mata kanannya jika keadaan tidak bertambah baik dalam tempoh enam bulan.
Asrul berkata dia terkena kanister gas pemedih mata tepat di mukanya pada kira-kira jam 3.15 petang di sekitar Masjid Jamek, ketika dia menyertai bantahan BERSIH pada 28 April. Saksikan video.
Katanya, dia hilang penglihatan di mata kanannya, dan setiap kali dia melihat, terdapat tompok hitam di dalam pandangannya.
Para doktor memberitahunya bahawa kesan pada matanya disebabkan oleh satu objek yang mengenainya pada kelajuan yang tinggi.
Bercakap dalam satu sidang akhbar di Pulau Pinang, Asrul berkata keadaan adalah tenang ketika dia berada di sekitar Masjid Jamek, tetapi ia tiba-tiba bertukar menjadi kacau-bilau apabila gas pemedih mata ditembak ke arah orang ramai.
Apabila dia terkena kanister tersebut, Asrul rebah dan dibantu oleh orang ramai yang membawanya ke sebuah hospital berhampiran, di mana beliau menerima sembilan jahitan di bawah matanya.
Apabila ditanya sama ada dia menyesal dengan keputusannya untuk menyertai perhimpunan tersebut, Asrul berkata, "Tidak, ini adalah perjuangan rakyat."
Katanya, dia akan menyertai lagi perhimpunan jika BERSIH 4.0 dianjurkan.
Sebagai belia, kata Asrul, mereka mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk memastikan negara kekal demokratik.
Asrul dalam proses mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap polis ekoran apa yang menimpa dirinya.
Dia juga telah hilang pekerjaan sebagai seorang jurutera mekanikal di sebuah syarikat pembuatan di Pulau Pinang, yang ditawarkan kepadanya sebelum perhimpunan BERSIH diadakan.
"Mereka memberitahu saya bahawa pekerjaan tersebut memerlukan seseorang yang mempunyai penglihatan yang baik," katanya sambil menambah, dengan keadaannya itu, dia tidak lagi sesuai untuk pekerjaan tersebut.- malaysiakini
Ambiga a victim of race and religion, says Pak Samad...
Since the Bersih 3.0 protest on April 28 which organisers claimed saw some 250,000 participants taking to the streets of Kuala Lumpur, anti-Bersih groups have taken their counter-protest to the doorstep of Ambiga's residence with burger stalls, butt exercises and now, a mini-market.
But for the 77-year-old A Samad, or more fondly known as Pak Samad, the situation at his residence has been anything but unusual, despite his cheeky baiting of the protesters at Ambiga's residence.
This tale of two Bersih chiefs, Pak Samad said, is likely because Ambiga is being targeted for her race, religion and to some extent, gender; issues that are often played up by the powers-that-be.
"Ambiga should rightfully lead, she is a lawyer with vast experience, she has received various awards but unfortunately, she is an Indian, a non-Muslim, that is unfortunate.
"If Ambiga was me, these threats targeting her would not have happened," he said in an interview with Malaysiakini on Tuesday.
Adding that race was inherently a contentious issue, he said this is being manipulated and perpetrated by the powers-that-be with claims such as the position of Malays are being threatened.
The national laureate added that he, too, has faced accusations of a similar nature, though not as severe as the harassment faced by Ambiga.
'I'm already Malay, I want to be Malaysian'
Among the accusations, he said, was that he has betrayed his own race by participating in the Bersih movement.
"To say that I am not championing my race... There is no need to ask me to be Malay, I am already Malay, I want to be Malaysian," he said in his usual poetic tone.
The septuagenarian added that he has also been labelled as senile, to which he said: "Then those who have invited me to speak, must be really foolish to invite a senile old man to talk."
"I grow old not to become stupid, I grow old to become wiser," he added.
His age, added Pak Samad, has allowed him to break free of being the "slave of power", which he described as the mainstream media when he was a journalist and editor.
"At that time, I worked in the newspapers, a servant of the powers-that-be. That time, I thought, I had children to care for, a family to care for.
"Because of that, I swallowed whatever bitterness there was for the sake of my family... But now, I am prepared to be langgar (hit)," he said.
Pak Samad is perhaps the most prominent literati in the electoral reform movement, but not all his literary colleagues share his activism, with some frowning on his action.
"The literary community is quite divided... it is not about the label of literati, but for individuals to decide whether we want to improve our democracy," he said.
Pak Samad added that it was not his duty to convince fellow literati to the cause, instead, it was up to them to ask their heart if they should join the movement.
"My duty is merely to explain the state of our country, whether we want this to continue or we want a change," he said.
By opting for a 'road not taken' by many others of his stature, the spotlight has fallen on Pak Samad, who has since been offered bodyguard protection.
"But I rejected (the bodyguards), at my age and this point of my life, even with tens of bodyguards, if my time has come, I will still die... I do not want to be accompanied by bodyguards aside from my wife, that is fate, if it's time for death then it is death," he said.- malaysiakini
Ancaman sasar Ambiga kerana dia India, wanita...
Sasterawan Negara Datuk A Samad Said berkata Pengerusi Bersama BERSIH Datuk S Ambiga menjadi sasaran ancaman pelbagai pihak disebabkan beliau keturunan India dan seorang wanita.
Sebaliknya, kata A Samad (kiri), ancaman itu, antaranya 'senaman punggung' di hadapan rumah, tidak akan berlaku sekiranya beliau berada di tempat Ambiga.
"Ambiga memang sepatutnya (mengetuai). Beliau seorang peguam, beliau mempunyai pengalaman yang banyak, dia menerima pujian dan sebagainya.
"Malang, oleh kerana dia seorang India, dia bukan Islam, malang. Kalau Ambiga itu saya, tidak berlaku ancaman yang berlaku terhadapnya (seperti) menayangkan punggung," kata A Samad ketika ditanya perbezaan peranannya dalam BERSIH 2.0 dan BERSIH 3.0.
Samad, seorang lagi pengerusi bersama gabungan proreformasi sistem pilihan raya itu menegaskan bahawa "tiada perbezaan tetapi mempermudahkan" sesuatu perkara.
Ditanya sekiranya beliau dilihat lebih menonjol berbanding Ambiga, segala ancaman itu tidak akan timbul, Pak Samad menjawab:
"(Beliau) seorang wanita kerana itu mereka bersedia untuk melanggar (Ambiga). Kalau dari mula saya (pimpin), barangkali ada kewarasan-kewarasan yang lain," katanya.
Pak Samad berkata, beliau mungkin juga akan dituduh dipengaruhi fahaman komunisme disebabkan beliau membaca buku tokoh aliran itu seperti Mao Zedong dan karya-karya sasterawan kiri antaranya Fyodor Dostoyevsky dan Boris Pasternak.
'Sisa kuasa' hebohkan Melayu disanggah
Beliau bagaimanapun menegaskan membaca buku-buku jenis itu bukan untuk mengikuti fahamannya sebaliknya hanya mahu membandingkan karya pelbagai aliran.
"Jadi sebagai seorang penulis, (kita) ingin memahami. Kita membaca di pihak sana untuk mewaraskan pihak di sini. Ini (tidak), kita baca di pihak sana, tapi terus dicop (mengikuti) pihak sana (juga). Itu salah (menurut pandangan) otak orang-orang yang resah," katanya.
Tokoh yang mesra dipanggil "Pak Samad" berkata rakyat Malaysia mudah bertelagah disebabkan isu perkauman.
Malah, katanya, golongan yang disifatkannya sebagai "sisa kuasa" mula menghebohkan bahawa kuasa Melayu sedang disanggah atau kaum lain akan menyanggah ketuanan Melayu.
Pak Samad bagaimanapun mempersoalkan kewajaran perkara itu ditimbulkan dan membangkitkan apa yang dilakukan pihak yang membangkitkan perkara itu untuk melindungi ketuanan Melayu ketika berada di "takhta kuasa".
"Pada hal kita tidak mudah untuk mempercayainya.
Oleh kerana kita merdeka sudah lama, kita mempunyai perdana menteri, semuanya Melayu. Timbalan perdana menteri, semua Melayu," katanya.
Ditanya sama ada golongan sastera mengambil peduli isu dibangkitkan BERSIH, Pak Samad mengakuinya tetapi menurutnya "bukan tugasnya untuk memobilisasi" kumpulan tersebut.
"Mereka perlu bertanyakan hati mereka, adakah mereka harus menyertainya. Tugas saya untuk memperjelaskan inilah situasi siasah negara kita.
"Adakah kita mahu berlanjutan atau kita mahu mengubahnya," katanya sambil menambah kumpulan sastera tidak terpisah dengan isu politik apabila menghasilkan karya atau mengadakan sesuatu perbincangan. - malaysiakini


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Over the long weekend, we learned the outcome of the EU elections, which was precisely as anticipated. Almost across the board, traditional centrist parties have lost ground to populist or Liberal/Green positions. The UK is no exception to this pattern; Nigel Farage's Brexit Party won by a considerable margin, garnering 31.7% of the vote, which shows the support for his unconditional Brexit agenda. Although the result nearly mirrors the advance polling data, it seems surprising that Nigel Farage has garnered this much political clout. While the UK fundamental backdrop continues to improve at a slow steady rate, the politics continue to become murkier, blocking potential domestic growth and progress.
Bottom line: The trade-weighted Pound Index has fallen for nearly three consecutive weeks in the lead-up to the European elections. Now that the outcome is as expected, we seem to be seeing Pound consolidation suggesting a bottoming of prices.
As US and UK trading open again today, we are witnessing a rebound in risk appetite. Last week, US-China tensions escalated with further tariff threats, and disappointing data from the US dented investor confidence which resulted in equity sell-offs across regions, a notable decline in oil prices as global growth concerns increased, and a continued Sterling sell-off as UK political instability grew. Despite no progress on the trade story over the weekend, equities and oil prices have rebounded suggesting a bottoming of last week's sell-off. Perhaps this signals that last week's dire global growth predictions may have been somewhat overcooked. If anything, we are seeing Brent Crude rebound above 70USD per barrel as demand concerns ebb. Today's US Consumer Confidence data is expected to show some improvement, which may provide further support risk.
Bottom line: Markets signal a reversal in risk aversion as equities and oil prices bounce back. Sterling's record-breaking decline in May shows signs of coming to an end.
The Pound fell over 0.5% against the US Dollar yesterday, despite bank holidays in both the US and the UK. The Pound Index is currently on track for its worst month since October 2016; however, the recent consolidation suggests we might have seen a bottoming out for the pair.
Risk-off sentiment resulting from the US-China trade tensions has caused the Euro to fall 4.0% against the US Dollar since the beginning of the year. The safe-haven appeal of the Dollar could push the pair lower in today's trading session following Trump's comments that the US is not ready to finalise a trade deal with China.
Political uncertainty has risen following the strong showing for Nigel Farage's Brexit party in the EU elections. The Sterling Index fell during yesterday's trading session in a continuation of this months' theme of Pound weakness. With very little data out this week, the Pound's consolidation is unlikely to be determined by fundamental factors.


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With only 80 miles /134km remaining before reaching Santiago de Compostela, people get kind of crazy – as if competing to "arrive" first.
To make matters more interesting today is the commemoration of the martyrdom of St. James (Santiago) so there were tons of people trying to make it on time. There will be another batch of party-rockers between now and the 29th since the celebration continues.
So like being caught up in any mass hysteria, I got shoved along by the momentum.
Today was thoroughly miserable for me. I was already feeling rung out from the previous days of pushing myself and then I didn't sleep a wink last night.
I thought I might do as I always do tired or not – just slog the full 24 k today like taking a prescription medication. I just prayed that I would at least find a tranquil place to revive myself.
7 k away from my goal I came upon a place that drew me in and I knew my prayers had been answered. Later when I looked in my guide it literally states that this is "an oasis of peace and tranquility". It is called the "Alburgue de Paloma y Leña".
All of the beauty and the nurturing environment drew me in. Hammocks, a piano (which I played), cats, a beautiful lounge, unlimited beverages, the family, the clean welcoming rooms…paradise on a budget!
I realized while marinating in the juices of this place that I really needed to regroup. I was becoming pretty miserable and not enjoying myself one bit.
To make matters more interesting, I had a delightful conversation with an Anglican priest who also informed me that the paramount event of Pilgrims mass in Santiago – the "swinging of the gigantic incense burner" only happens Friday's at 7:00pm mass. I would arrive on Wednesday at my current pace, so I have one more reason to slow down.
So, I learned my lesson. Slow down. Go at YOUR pace. Have a great conversation and equally good food. Remember to stay present and enjoy the journey.
The destination is the journey.
Buen Camino — aneternaltraveler 😉


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Light design – Programming DMX & Visualizing with GrandMa2
This workshop gets the technical aspects of lightning design for stage shows across to you. Learn about interconnecting content of traditionally separated AV production pipelines with vvvv and how to visualize your compositions of light and other content as compelling real-time preview.
What's happening in the workshop?
We will learn from scratch what the DMX and Artnet protocols are, and how to use them in vvvv to create a lighting solution. Also we will visualize the created light setups with real dmx fixture devices as well as in GrandMa2 3d. Therefore we will be learning some basics about this professional lightning software, how we can send data to it, and how a lighting operator can send data to vvvv to control our compositions in real-time.
Who is the target audience of the workshop?
Light designers/technicians who wish to control lightning from vvvv, or send data to from vvvv to other professional lighting systems.
Any scenographer, artist, stage designer or VJ who creates dynamic content for shows in which the lighting department needs to be fed with real-time values from the visual composition.
What will attendees of the workshop learn?
- Electronics of the DMX protocol
- Basics logic of the Artnet protocol
- How to send / receive Artnet data from vvvv in a simple friendly way
- How to patch fixtures in vvvv for simple use and re-use
- How to build and use an advanced custom patch solution (instead of a standard dmx console)
- Basics of GrandMa2 (desktop and console) with patching fixtures, using them, park, sending and receiving Artnet
- Basics of GrandMa2 visualizer to preview what we are sending from vvvv in a wysiwyg way
- Controlling WS2811 digital pixel LED stips
- If we have time, building a Artnet to DMX node with Arduino
- If we have time, building a Artnet to i2c wireless node to controll ws2811 led stips
What is the content of your workshop in detail?
This workshop is dedicated to develop a detailed understanding how DMX fixture works, how the dmx protocol (from an electronic point of view) works, how the protocol works in a logical point of view, why Artnet is the more comfortable dmx, how we can patch a dmx console from vvvv, simulate it from vvvv, how can we read a artnet protocol in vvvv and understand whats going on, how we can set up the network between vvvv and grandma2 consoles, how we can understand the console logic, how can we start from scratch (this means that we will learn the basics of GrandMa2) to patch fixture on the desk, how we need to set up the network to talk to vvvv, and to make vvvv talk to the desk, how to visualize 3d fixtures in GrandMa2 3d using a vvvv data, and how can we visualize lightning fixtures using vvvv only!
At the end of the workshop VJs and LJs will understand why they must work connected, and will know how to improve the quality of their shows using interconnected content.
We will learn how to do pixelmapping, what hardware is needed, how we can build our own controller using an Arduino, and how we control it from vvvv.
What hands-on vvvv skills will participants learn?
Networking, spreads and slices, Dx9/11 3d rendering, pipet.
Which specific vvvv contributions are involved?
Which creative techniques are covered in general?
Stage Lighting, a super important topic for expression in performing arts.
At the moment we are selling our own hardware to control DMX lights and WS2811 strips in a wifi way.
We might bring a bunch nodes for the wokshop so each group can really control a fixture / led strip.
To sell our nodes we must show new ways of interactions between computers/lights, we did already several vvvv workshops in Spanish and lighting workshop in Argentina, Bilbao, and Barcelona.
presumed knowledge
- Windows laptop with latest vvvv version and addonpack installed
- A 3 button mouse
- Install a grandma2 software. No special hardware needed. It works on a 2in1 cheap pc with 2gb of ram and no videocard
Event Type
- Workshop
- Wednesday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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Enjoy the ViewJune 2015
By Shelley Edwards
Shelley Edwards was born and raised in the North State. She enjoys exploring and photographing Northern California's natural beauty and wildlife. Her images have earned awards in regional and international shows. Her most recent and ongoing project is "Run Free," an emotional photographic journey of the wild mustangs in Northern California and Nevada. Their freedom matters. [email protected]


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It's All One Big Damn Conspiracy... Or Not
By Kyle McCarthy from SLN More Blogs by This Author
"People love conspiracy theories." – Neil Armstrong
"Devil worshiping pedophiles basically run the New World Order. They love death, and they love killing babies." – Alex Jones
Something for Nothing
In certain cluttered basements and dimly-lit garages throughout the narrow alleys and vast acres of this country, there exists an accepted mode of thinking about the state of the world. It goes like this: "The complete lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working." Please do me a quick favor and reread that sentence.
Now, if the absence of something resonates with you as a logical line of argumentation for the existence of the thing in question, please stop reading this piece. The plan here isn't to insist on the presence of phantoms, but rather to examine the human need for conspiracy and the reasoning behind our motivations. This isn't meant to deny the existence of conspiracies (there are undoubtedly several brewing as I type this sentence), but rather to illuminate the idiocy of individuals who would insist on the existence of nefarious clandestine enterprises based precisely on the absence of any evidence of such.
More commonly, this is known as an appeal to ignorance, which states that something must be true simply because it cannot be proven false. This is no doubt a deliciously convenient argument for anyone whose position is unraveling in a heated debate, but it is nevertheless a logical fallacy - it doesn't actually hold any water. An appeal to ignorance is an excuse to cling to a baseless belief by attempting to subvert the validity of observed truths. It's an attempt to ask irrelevant questions ad infinitum as a way of permanently filibustering a logical conclusion because said conclusion is inconveniently incongruous with an unshakeable agenda.
The "War" for Your Mind
So why is it that conspiracy theorists are so devoutly insistent on pursuing their Google-fueled investigations? There are a number of reasons, but most of them seem to point more toward individual insecurity and a narcissistic impulse than genuine interest in uncovering concealed truths.
Michael Barkun, professor emeritus at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, is an expert in political extremism and the relationship between violence and religion. He's also one of the leading conspiracy theory scholars in the United States. In an interview with Chip Berlet of New Internationalist Magazine, he states that there are three separate appealing categories for the conspiracy theorist:
First, conspiracy theories claim to explain what others can't. They appear to make sense out of a world that is otherwise confusing. Second, they do so in an appealingly simple way, by dividing the world sharply between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. They trace all evil back to a single source, the conspirators and their agents. Finally, conspiracy theories are often presented as special, secret knowledge unknown or unappreciated by others. For conspiracists, the masses are a brainwashed herd, while the conspiracists in the know can congratulate themselves on penetrating the plotters' deceptions.
So, according to Barkun, conspiracists are trying to circumvent outdated (i.e. accepted) institutions to interpret the world around them by splitting it into fantastical binary extremes to seek out the perceived 'evil-doers,' and they're doing so as a means of confirming their own special brilliance. One need look no further than the current ring leader of this circus for confirmation of this hypothesis.
Notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the Texas-based radio host and founder of the popular conspiracy site Infowars.com, is the perfect mix of ego, fear, and mental illness. Think Joseph McCarthy, but instead of accusing everyone of being a Communist, he accuses everyone of being either a demon or a sheep. He envisions himself as the lone crusader for truth and justice, but is actually a paranoid, unstable, hardass, who is simultaneously skeptical of fact, incapable of coherent thought, and delusionally convinced of his own brilliance. (This person went on his radio show and blamed the government for creating the tornadoes ["weather weapons"] that struck Oklahoma last spring.)
When interviewed, Jones cannot physically restrain himself from screaming irrelevant nonsense at his host and mocking other panel members' accents. He seems truly incapable of taking anyone without a southern drawl seriously. (Naturally, he's also suspicious of academics.) Still, despite his brazen lunacy, over 3 million listeners tune in to his syndicated radio show, which airs six days a week on more than 70 radio stations across the United States. Most of these listeners tend to be young, impressionable libertarians (political hipsters) who propagate a repetitive mantra based on an ancient document in an attempt to opt out of paying their taxes. (Taxes are also a conspiracy.)
Kings of Convenience
Surprisingly (or perhaps, thanks to Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, etc., not so surprisingly), this brand of crazy is spreading like wild fire. According to an article posted just last month on TPM, 13% of Americans believe the American government carries out "false flag" operations, 26% of all Americans believe Muslims within the government are incorporating Sharia Law into the U.S. Judicial System, 36% of Americans believe the current administration is "secretly trying to take everyone's guns away," and 44% of Republicans believe that armed rebellion "might be necessary."
These numbers are almost as staggering as the lack of evidence to support their claims, which is exactly what allows conspiracists to continue their crusade - a willing ignorance of facts. Remember, the lack of evidence only serves to affirm their suspicions, and when proof is presented, it must have been planted. In this way, the true conspiracist is able to make something literally out of nothing, which also means that there is no reasoning with them. This thought paradigm also means that very few of these individuals will ever come to their senses, and their numbers will only continue to grow as (ironically) they are shepherded along by obnoxious media personalities.
Research tells us that this willingness to not only believe, but to propagate these beliefs, makes perfect sense. According to Viren Swami, a psychology professor at the University of Westminster who conducted survey and laboratory research on the nature of the conspiracist in 2010, "The best predictor of belief in a conspiracy theory is belief in other conspiracy theories... If you know the truth and others don't, that's one way you can reassert feelings of having agency." So paranoia begets further paranoia as means of reaffirming autonomy, until the whole world is just one large cover up. The reasoning behind such an exponential, existential leap is that these theories aren't based on evidence, logic, or rationale; they're based on emotion and a larger worldview about the political elite and their empirical desire to crush 99.9% of society.
Plausibility vs. Naive Certitude
Now, not everyone who has questions about the Kennedy Assassination, the Moon Landing, or 9/11 is a radical, delusional, narcissist. There had to have been at least one more shooter, the flag appears to be blowing in the wind, and somebody must know what happened to those black boxes. But these are potential clues to a greater truth, not certain conclusions about skeleton theories. Furthermore: Do secret societies like the Bilderberg Group and the Skull and Bones exist? Of course they do; they just aren't all that secretive. The difference between a rational human and a conspiracist is that the former believes these organizations influence global policy, while the conspiracist believes these are organizations influence global policy and want to place your grandparents and all known puppy and/or kitten dissidents in a compound surrounded by barbed wire and patrolled by armed guards.
There's possibility, there's plausibility, and there's fantasy. Conspiracists struggle with the distinction, but what they lack in discernment, they more than make up for with hyperbole.
Dear Mr. Fantasy
When I was four-years old, my older brother snottily informed me on our way home from school one day that Santa Clause wasn't real. As you can imagine, or likely recall from your own childhood, this was a traumatic experience for me. Not only did it severely deafen my sense of wonder, but in an instant, it also transformed my mom and dad from the caring, compassionate parents they were into absolute masters of deceit. There was no magic. There was no fantasy. Just a couple of pseudo-adults trying to give their children a nice Christmas. Screw them.
I was faced with a serious dilemma. I could either call out my parents for feeding me a line of crap, replete with tears, screams, and indignant foot stamps, or I could say nothing and talk myself into believing that it was actually my malevolent sibling who was the liar. I opted for the latter, enjoying another four years or so of Yuletide ignorance as bliss. Believing that a fat, red-faced, magical flying man who lived in the vast recesses of The North Pole could climb down billions of chimneys to deliver copious amounts of loot to greedy children was just so much more fun than facing up to the reality that Christmas actually only consisted of my mom and dad, a trip to Wal-Mart, and a little late night gift-wrapping.
Isn't the fantasy always more fun?
Kludt, Tom. "Poll: Large Numbers of Republicans Believe Conspiracy Theories on Guns, Sharia Law." TPM. 2 Oct. 2013. Web. 1 Nov. 2013.
Koerth-Baker, Maggie. "Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories." The New York Times. 21 May 2013. Web. 1 Nov. 2013.
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26 Comments
"Isn't the fantasy always more fun?"
Yes. Yes it is.
While I tend to be more open-minded than the average person - I read tarot cards, follow astrology and numerology, believe in aliens, and that there must probably be explanation for ghosts - I feel this is sort of misleading and I can be disappointingly skeptical around like-minded people.
My boyfriend has several friends that are passionate conspiracy theorists and I've learned to avoid getting into discussion/arguments over the topics with them. Like you said, there's really no reasoning with them. Obviously, I'm just the unfortunate victim of brainwashing, a helpless sheep in the flock of the ignorant. Otherwise, we get along fine, but they're determined to hold onto the idea that they know better.
"Libertarians (political hipsters)" - Ouch, but isn't it semi-common knowledge that most hipsters actually lean toward liberalism er... progressivism? Sorry that's not rooted in fact, but more on a stereotype. It must be a conspiracy since I have no evidence.
I can understand the wacko non-sense of "Weather Machines" and I agree with you in full that those people such as Alex Jones are nut jobs. It's also super easy to pick the rotten fruit from the pile and use it to make a case. Which one should I pick from big government lovers? Hitler the Heinous Fascist, Stalin the Slaughtering Communist, Mao the Murderous Master? All of them used propaganda and media while silencing the "conspiracy theorist" and mislabel their opposition as nut jobs, or evil. Do you find it a little unreasonable that I use such outrageous figures to illustrate my point?
Like I said I agree with you that there are nut job wacko conspiracy theorist everywhere (birth certificate conspiracy, weather machines, even cem-trails). Where I disagree is your blatant yet slightly hidden labeling of anyone who doesn't like MASSIVE government as a nut job wacko conspiracy theorist that doesn't want to pay their taxes. Anyone who doesn't trust government/think like you is an ignorant, un/undereducated moron incapable of rational though and therefore resorts to dualities of good v. evil.
Am I supposed to believe that black boxes mandated in all new cars by 2014 are solely to protect the public in traffic collisions? Not a single reason for their implementation is based on surveillance purposes, insurance lobbyism, or new forms of taxation? Am I seriously supposed to believe that Wall Street and Politicians aren't stroking each other while while lying on top of the American people? The financial and auto bailouts were pretty clear evidence of this. Am I really supposed to believe that a paper passport survived a jet fuel explosion and fluttered to the ground unscathed allowing authorities to positively IDed one of the 9/11 high-jackers? Am I really supposed to believe that a broken website for browsing and purchasing healthcare plans that costs $450M and has no other alternative purposes beside providing higher cost plans? That's either the biggest waste of taxpayer money I've ever seen, or its has an alternate purpose of driving this nation toward a single payer system that would make the NSA go from 6-midnight.
You'll tear me apart in everything I've written cause you're extremely talented at the art, but I can tell you right now that's we've lost more freedom to our oh so loving, benevolent, never wrong, freedom toting, incorruptible, fact-checked by the media, government. than we've lost to any foreign power or MNC. It's pretty hard to ignore the idea of conspiracy when we keep losing our basic civil liberties such as the fourth amendment to the very people tasked with protecting them. It's a little hard to trust the only entity with the authority to force the people to comply under the threat of jail time. Please forgive people like me for questioning the motives of a controlling force. We are simple minded, overly-aggressive, greedy, gun-toting, racists, that care only for ourselves. We don't know any better.
Why don't you give use a little parcel of land to create our on system on and we'll die off quicker.
It's no secret that Jones uses conspiracy theories to make money and sadly it seems that the more outlandish his claims the more viewer/listenership he gains. He does utilize all the methods you list. The thing that pisses me off the most is he damages the reputation of every movement he touches. Remember his rant on Piers Morgan? I was so embarrassed by that. I was on his side for that and I was embarrassed about my gun-owners rights belief. He gives people plentiful amounts of ammunition to use against himself and people that may agree with some of his points.
I normally don't believe the whole story. If I did that I'd still think Americans helped the native Americans, Mexico gave us Texas, New Mexico, and CA, and Jesus was White.
Now I'm curious would you consider the examples I brought up as conspiracy or just reasonable questioning? I'm more terrified of our current direction than I've ever been, and i guess I'm on of those 44% of people that believe unarmed revolution is necessary to gaining freedom back. They felt it necessary in Egypt, and Libya. Why not here?
As for the Labeling parties we must hangout with vastly different groups.
Republicans = Christians
Liberals = Artists, Teachers, Gov Workers
Libertarians = Small group of loud people who are politically pissed off and probably jobless.
Strike unarmed revolution and replace with armed revolution.
See I don't even need it to come to one ruler. If we hit fascism I'll feel it's necessary, but futile.
The Truth is Treason in An Empire of Lies - Ron Paul
Fascism: The country is ruled by a totalitarian and corporatist government. It has also gone by the names Nazism, Baathism, Corporatism, and Falangism.
American is closer to a fascist state than any other form of government. The executive branch would be the totalitarian portion controlling media, surveillance of citizens and social networks, intelligence, prosecution, sentencing, etc. The ever increasing militarized police shows you the route we're going as a police state. The large labor Unions, MNCs, and regulatory agency bureaucrats would be the corporatist maintaining the workforce and job creation, taxation, resource allocation etc.
The strong sense of Nationalism and Glorification of the Military is the same thing as Merica' back to back World War Champs, and "Land of the free home of the brave", apple pie, "greatest place on earth", etc. Thanking troops for the oppression of another nation, defending corporate interests, and policing the world is common practice here in the states. Do you think the people of Germany said "Thank you for your service" when the Wehrmacht invaded Poland? What about the celebration and over the top patriotism for 9/11? Very Similar to the Reichstag Fire and it's anniversaries wouldn't you say? Not to mention the strong political consequences as a result.
Last you need a common enemy. This common enemy keeps the people wrapped up in that strong sense of nationalism and pride. This unites the people into accepting measures that the people would normally despise, and protest. Ours common enemy just happens to a broad encompassing term labeled terrorism instead of the Jews and Gypsies. I mean we do hold these suspected terrorist in a camp and torture them.
I'm not talking about Obama. I'm talking about the office. This change has been occurring throughout many presidencies. That being said he may have ran as a free market democrat to hide his socialist beliefs, but he has implemented fascist legislation and policy. Look at the Monsanto Protection Act, Automotive bail outs, Solyndra grant, NDAA 2012, extending the PATRIOT Act, drone strikes now legal on American citizens suspected of terrorist activites, gun control executive orders, continuance of NSA spying from Bush Admin, forcing privatized healthcare on to citizens, creating a new agency to monitor and control healthcare. Has he closed gitmo like he promised? Nope.
When you look back at his presidency what's really been achieved in the name of liberty? DOMA getting over turned? What part did he play in that? Clapping his hands and saying a speech?
The three branch system will always be a veil to place in front of the American people, but you know damn well one day a justice may just pass cough (killed) cough away allowing for a new justice that reads the constitution cough (irrelevant) cough the right way. Or legislator gets caught in a sex scandal at just the right moment turning an election.
9/11 is not just a moment of silence and you know it. There you go again with your sweeping exaggerations. The whole nation goes insane about it. Media plays coverage about it for a whole week, history channel runs shows on it, there are memorial parades, and speeches across the nation. It's a big reminder that without our beloved government we're nothing. They protect us from the baddies that live in caves halfway across the world.
Israel an enemy to the US? I wish, you know how many problems that would solve us? I don't know where you pulled this idea, but screw Israel. Our support to them is a waste of money and time.
Ultra-Nationalism like we were after 9/11? Does that count? It's possible here. I know we're divided as hell now. You can see that right here in our convo, but what is the common ground that all of us connect with. Supporting the troops and stopping terrorists. We're a powder keg for catastrophe right now and all it takes is a spark.You're right I have no evidence, but I'm hypothesizing on all this, not claiming it's fact like crazy man Jones. To me this is all anticipated by our glorious all knowing leaders.
You're right Socialism and fascism are different. Socialism is worker control over the state, how is forcing privatized healthcare onto Americans putting workers in power over insurance companies? Duh, K2 the government acts on behalf of the people. Well if that's the case lobbyism shouldn't be an issue right? If all Americans will receive healthcare than why are you opting for the penalty instead of affordable coverage? ACA can be affordable if you don't need it, but as soon you put your affordable subsided Bronze plan to action BOOM massive deductible that you can't afford! Liking ACA to the Civil Rights Act is such a sad joke. You have people being forced to participate or receive penalties for not. Forced and freedom are basically antonyms. People are getting their policy's cancelled and the poor pay for the old. Male's have to purchase insurance plans that cover maternity care even thought they obviously don't need it to pay for poorer women that do. Over turning DOMA was the closest thing to the Civil Rights Act that's happened during this Presidents reign and the he can't even claim responsibility for it. ACA isn't a socialist program. It's a POS program.
I have no proof. You're right I'll retract it, but personally I would feel very naive to think it can't, hasn't, and doesn't happen, but that's just me distrusting the powerful.
Ok, so maybe saying insane wasn't the right word. There are a lot more statements in that paragraph that are true. Especially pertaining to the reminder of our worthlessness and need for government protection.
When it comes to Israel we should let them fend for themselves like a sovereign nation.
See I support the troops that acknowledge their mistake and now resent what they were sent to fight for. They're creating the exact group they are told to neutralize. One day we'll realize that an Iron Fist is no way to lead and that the actions of our government in other countries is what caused 9/11 in the first place. Interventionism is the problem.
The deductibles are set by insurance companies based on the amount of your monthly premium. That's my understanding I could be wrong. It has nothing to do with taxing. The tax penalty only comes from not participating in the system. The subsides are paid for by young people not utilizing their plans that were forced upon. They pay these premiums monthly to fund the subsides. Please tell me how a young professional making S25,000/yr is going to pay his $10,000 deductible if he gets in a car accident? His Bronze plan only covers 60% of his total medical costs so he's also on the line for the remaining 40%. Not to mention that's after his deductible is paid. Please tell me how that is affordable? The system is built on the gamble that he wont get hurt and his payments will pay for the old and sick with larger bills that are subsidized till he gets older and then the younger generation covers him. It's the same stupid system that is Social Security. The oh so stellar cure all for American's without a nest egg. You know the one's that relied on government for their retirement.
You'll never get a black bagged buddy. You like paying your taxes and you do it with a smile. You'll accept new ones also. They don't come after the compliant. They come after the rebels. The ones that don't step in line. Americans are just starting to accept getting spied on it. It's going to be awhile before they accept the imprisonment of ruthless evil domestic terrorists. They may not even notice though with Miley and Justin on the TV. This is the ground work. History in the making. Don't believe me that's fine, but just don't call me ignorant for noticing the security cameras, dragnet surveillance, and tracking devices.
I guess you can say I'm a conspiracy theorists. I don't see that as a bad thing.
Ah yes installments. Quick way for the system to go bankrupt. Glad my healthcare is going into this mess. Yippe! You know he has to pay the full $10,000 deductible before his coverage starts. Does he take a pay day loan to do this? Even a Silver plan covering 80% of his bills has a $5,000 deductible and costs on average $300+ a month. Have you gone to Healthcare.gov? It's anything, but affordable.
What did everyone think they were doing? Spying on foreigners and other countries that harbor terrorists like we were lied to. They never said they were spying on American facebook pages and call logs. It took a whistle-blower to let that cat out of the bag. Furthermore just bacuse everyone joked it was happening made it OK? No!
Anything that drive competition between insurance company's is what I would prefer.
what I was never in favor of any spying. The American Congress ok'ed that and the people didn't fuss cause we were hell bent on justice. If I were President NSA would be kaput and I would press charges on them for treason against the American people. I would do the same to the CIA, but I keep that agency around and maintain a strict/short leash.
That's a huge question hombre, but we've talked about my answer before. Isolationism, and fair trade, not free trade. Hike tariff taxes through the roof and bring all the jobs back to American soil. Protect American workers with tarrif taxation and high employee demand. Sure costs go up, but so do wages as a result of companies having to compete for employees instead of employees having to compete for jobs. Minimum wage only exists when there are little chances for employment meaning people will settle for lower wages instead of going elsewhere. It's all about jobs man! Make it easy for small biz to compete and expand. Don't let major companies buy up small/medium size business. Exercise anti-trust laws.
Competition bring out the best in people and in companies. The more competition the more ideas the more advancement.
There is a reason Clinton signed NAFTA, and other Presidents before him have lowered our tariff taxes. Corps were paying big money to escape union costs.
If you have a surplus of jobs you wont need entitlement programs cause the homeless will only be homeless cause they don't want to work and it will be obvious to everyone.
Actually, forget anti-trust laws and below is why.
"The government is the largest monopoly in existence, and market monopolies can only be maintained with assistance from the government. Large corporations favor regulation because they are able to absorb the high fixed costs associated with such restrictions. This drives smaller, less profitable, stores out of business and helps establish the large firm's unnatural dominance over a market. It also prevents new firms entering the market by raising the cost of entry.
The free market would be better off if anti-trust laws, among other laws, were trashed."
Hippocratic oath is not enough. The doctors may be great, but administration is calling the shots:
It's not just the dude who died, watch to the end and see this woman give birth on the lawn outside the hospital.
Santa Clause ain't real! .......Thanks for ruin it for me........Wait! who's been leaving me presents all these years.
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