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The various PR statehood / commonwealth / independence plebiscites have generally been boycotted or deemed unrepresentative by one faction or another. It's far from a sure thing, should a binding referendum be held, that statehood would even be desired. (see also Ghost's comment above)
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This country, despite an often violent and at times thuggish history, has been fortunate enough at times of major societal change to have avoided the reign of terror that has often followed upheavals in other places. When I see the utter hatred for fellow citizens (let alone fellow humans) that so many have crawled out from under their rocks to espouse, I'm not so certain we will continue to avoid it forever. Empathy fades quickly and the leopards thread becomes more and more popular when actual US congress members representing nearly a million people talk like Ogles. Ceauşescu and a Milan Esso station* out front should have told you. This is a ledge I hope can be stepped back from. It will require repudiation from a lot of people that right now revel in it. *(Mussolini et al were executed at Lake Como, but the point/symbolism remains)
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
flatdawgs replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
First guy I ever had to fire literally had a folder on his work laptop titled "(Employee's) Porn." And it was. Called IT, HR, and the managing partner in before it was opened. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
flatdawgs replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
Flying SEA-ORD Friday, ORD-SAN Monday; no news on any abnormal delays yet. Still planning on going but definitely paying close attention. -
Trumps War on drugs, Venezuela and Colombia
flatdawgs replied to Wally Fairway's topic in Cloak Room
Hey, come on now, that's only Count 2 of the indictments at the first Nuremberg trial of major war criminals. Probably Count 1 as well, but certainly not Counts 3 and 4! Yet. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
flatdawgs replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
Europeans in any given area do their local food - whatever it is - very, very, very well. They've been making it for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, and enjoying whatever the local specialties happen to be is a huge part of getting to know the local culture. However, outside of the bigger cities there is typically very little diversity in what you can find outside of the local fare. If you spend any time at all in a place you'll eventually want something else, and most of us live in places here in the US where we enjoy many different types of food so we miss it at times. I can't get Vietnamese or Mexican for love or money in southern Portugal and was very pleased to find a Thai restaurant in Tavira that was at least a vague shadow of what I can eat in Seattle (for some reason Tavira has several good Indian restaurants and a new Indian grocery). Amazing as they are, you can't just live on sardinhas, bacalhau, or lulas for every meal. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
flatdawgs replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
There's a creditable bbq joint across the street from the train station in Faro, Portugal - young Portuguese guy owns it, not an expat. It's where you change trains in the Algarve so I stop by there every once in a while. It's not even close to what you'd find in Texas/the South, but it's still pretty tasty. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
flatdawgs replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
lol Finland was one place where I could consistently buy things in the grocery store that upon eating turned out to be something completely different than I had thought (and I actually know a few words in Finnish). It was fun. I love my Pingo Doce grocery store in Portugal - food quality is so much better than here, although it took a while to get used to shelf-stable milk and eggs. -
The article pretty clearly states at the end that UCLA has not agreed to the deal.
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hey chucklefucks - Argentinian beef is better. Suck it.
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You know better.
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Was at the Seattle march - 90,000, no arrests, one guy along the route yelling something unintelligible at the marchers. Cops here were barely in evidence; they stay a block away in either direction to stop traffic on the cross streets and basically just wave at everyone. It's easy to march in a place like Seattle, or Portland, or NYC - it's those of you who go out in small towns and red states that will end up making the difference. It's showing up that shows like-minded people in your communities that they are not alone; that there are others like them out there. It's people like you that run risks that we don't. Without the big cities and blue states there would be no momentum for this - but without the smaller communities throughout the country nothing will ever change. Thank you to everyone who went out today.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
flatdawgs replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
You're not incorrect re France's earlier colonies, particularly in North America (and on the frontier, the British were more relaxed about it as well, both often using intermarriage as means to effect trading relationships). The French in Indochina tended also to be somewhat more tolerant. However, the French Caribbean colonies were quite harsh on the matter, as was French Africa (even more so after the first world war). There is a fairly obvious reason as to why the difference. Metropolitan France, on the other hand, was much more open to those actually in France; this dated back to the Revolution. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
flatdawgs replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Brasil. Enough said. (The French and British generally took a much dimmer view of such practices in their colonies than the Portuguese and Spanish did, hence the, um, fairly attractive populations of several of our neighbors to the south.) -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
flatdawgs replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
A while, you say? Nice humblebrag.
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