Depicting afro-americans as monkeys is inappropriate because there's a ton of prejudice behind it. I would be comfortable with a paint depicting whites and blacks as monkeys though. Cops on the other hand have a long, long, long history of abuses. So it is appropriate yes. The Government buildings are public places, the paint won a prize and was displayed there. The only problem is when some idiot dressed in self-righteous moralism decides he can take it out.
"before going on and on and on about how the nation owes law enforcement its undying support."
Lol no. You are doing your goddamn job, being paid for it and you knew about the risks when you took it. Let's talk about how the nation owes doctors? Or engineers for not letting things collapse? Or goddamn waste collection employees for not letting your yard become a stinky pile of garbage?
I hate when some morons that are merely doing their job (!!!) keep whining about their oh-so-high-importance. Every single profession is important. If you want to glorify one at least pick teachers/professors. You'd be a dumb donkey if it wasn't for them and we'd still be in the Middle Ages.
There will need to be fundamental changes if other governments want to undergo such experiment and possibly make it permanent and nationwide. Canada is much better prepared for such model than the US for instance.
While the purpose of those social programs is the same the methods are largely different. When you give everybody a basic income you largely forfeit any other direct distribution program. What's left is housing, health care and education. With no strings attached, everybody will take that income for granted and will know that at the very least they will be able to fulfill their most basic needs without having to prove at every corner they are poor. It also solves the problem of retirement income so many countries are facing.
The 'problem' is they will have to actually tax the rich. So it won't happen in most of the world till we meet a complete economic and social collapse.
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It's not in the US, it's in Brazil. They do offer static IPs but it's about 1.5 times more expensive. The ISP is Live Tim in case you wanna further check.
Speaks volumes of your Government. They'd rather let the worst of the worst criminal go free than follow due process. One has to wonder if the 'criminal' was that criminal at all or the case was forged just to make the Govt look awesome.
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Well, admittedly a VPN and using a custom DNS (OpenDNS even offers encryption to the requests) will make your traffic incognito to the ISP and it's cheaper than other alternatives but you are right, they can still impose 'advantages' to bundle subscriber that are nothing more than penalties to those who go without the cord. Even if I was in the US I'd love to watch people get utterly screwed. Maybe then they'll wake up to the importance of a functional FCC. I won't hold my breath though.
Bikes, then walking via multiple checkpoints it seems. Instead of addressing the causes of terrorism and other social disruptions people all around are either attacking the symptoms (the attacks themselves) or completely unrelated targets (Muslims must be all terrorists, right?).
Oh but expect Obama to be blamed for every single failure in the next administration. It's easier to point fingers. And Trump does that with distinction.
Public pool of creative works. That's what should happen. You want copyright earnings then register your work in the pool and people can choose to pay for specific access or blanket licenses for all the content. Part of the income would be taxes for the Government, part would be distributed equally among the participating artists and part would be distributed according to consumption (ie: times the song/movie/whatever was viewed/played/etc). Can be abused? Sure. Much more just system for both the artists and the public? Certainly.
Except when the advertiser is providing your connection and actively tampering with it to inject ads on you. Then you'll also need a VPN which is still allowed under the law. Still.
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Lol no. You are doing your goddamn job, being paid for it and you knew about the risks when you took it. Let's talk about how the nation owes doctors? Or engineers for not letting things collapse? Or goddamn waste collection employees for not letting your yard become a stinky pile of garbage?
I hate when some morons that are merely doing their job (!!!) keep whining about their oh-so-high-importance. Every single profession is important. If you want to glorify one at least pick teachers/professors. You'd be a dumb donkey if it wasn't for them and we'd still be in the Middle Ages.
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The 'problem' is they will have to actually tax the rich. So it won't happen in most of the world till we meet a complete economic and social collapse.
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As opposed to incompetence osmosis that seem to work wonders throughout the government.
I always giggle when I read it... Probable cause osmosis. They should copyright it for the creativity.
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Bikes, then walking via multiple checkpoints it seems. Instead of addressing the causes of terrorism and other social disruptions people all around are either attacking the symptoms (the attacks themselves) or completely unrelated targets (Muslims must be all terrorists, right?).
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Two words: smart vibrator.
Don't underestimate the bs.
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