No, I don't need to pick one. It's up to the speaker to choose, not me. You say pedantic, but it means nothing in this context. You've got free will. You ask for free speech. Your choices determine what happens. It's that simple. If you don't see that, well, that's unfortunate. I've in no way sought to have, as you say, have "word policing". Quite the contrary, in point of fact.
So, either grow up and grow some balls, exercise your free speech, or well don't. Isn't free will grand?
No, Jesus would have said to follow the Word of God. What was done to him was done because he spoke the Truth, and he lived it without flaw.
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were composed of Christians and Deists. Personally, I believe that's why the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, even the Articles of Confederation in their imperfect form, defined the foundation of what has been to date the most free country on the planet.
I'm not sure what your angle is, and I honestly won't ponder over it for long. I absolutely believe in absolute freedom of speech. Say what you want, when you want. Words are words which are letters arbitrarily aligned. Your conscience will guide the context of those words. Your conscience will be what you either listen to or shake off if you choose to write some specific sequence of characters. Your conscience will also be what you have to answer to if your words cause harm to others. It's one thing to speak freely, but it's another thing if what you spoke was cause for another's harm.
That is my metric.
Speak freely, openly, anything you desire. But be aware that all things have an equal, and opposite, reaction. Don't let such a thing hinder your free speech. Let it simply serve as a gauge you can reference, and either pay the Devil his due or prepare for blowback.
43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[s] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
--Matthew 5:43-45 (NIV)
The very fact society has been imprinted to recoil with absolute horror at even saying the phrase "n-word" instead of the actual word is evidence enough that words scare them. Derogatory words can be openly yelled at every other variant of skin pigmentation, but say this one Voldemortian word and society riots and burns cities to the ground. That in itself is a bad omen for a free society. Double standards. OP says to go to 4chan, 8kun, or anywhere else. Ironically, despite it being a cesspool in general, 4chan seems to be, quite literally, the last bastion of free speech on the internet. For the mods saying this is, for lack of a better description, a civilized board? Our Constitution and Bill of Rights hasn't been blatantly stripped away - they have been eroded by thousands of little cuts. One of the mods even went so far as to say, "It's just one word! Don't be so dramatic!" How absolutely fucking ignorant. One word, one thought, one scary looking item. It always starts with just one, seemingly insignificant thing.
That being said, substantive arguments and constructive discourse do not need slang, or insults, or taboo words to be effective. Civil and constructive, argumentative discourse is successful when it's sound, when it's valid. Devoid of personal attacks and caustic quips. Yes, this is a private board and can be run in any manner the owners/operators wish to run it. The Devil is always in the details.
Randomly measuring using Google Maps, it almost hits Toronto, the Bahamas, Key Largo, and the Cherokee Nation. Not quite far enough for Epstein Island.
Edit: Measuring as the crow flies and not driving on roads. I pulled the bar to the southeast of Toronto and it lands almost in the middle of the Finger Lakes. If I keep doing this I'll have to move to conspiracy.win for the "what if" stuff.
It would be interesting to watch how it is handled by the courts because of the way states were thumbing their nose at Trump's EOs regarding immigration. Self styled "sanctuary" zones created in defiance of immigration policy may be enough precedent for South Dakota to succeed.
I read the answers below and do concur with many of them. But the questions burning in my brain about this whole Biden Presidency is whether or not things such as the Executive Orders will stick around if it's not only proven Biden's election was false, but also, therefore, his Presidency is false? Will the borders remain open while a new Executive "cogitates" on what is best? Will USA manufacturers have to battle with the rest of the world thanks to things such as the Paris Climate Accord?
I'm with you, Fignugent, why are they allowing a fake Biden Presidency when it so obviously punishes the USA? And, no, "give it time" does not work here. This is the real deal, the brass tacks. Real people will begin to feel the effects of the Biden Administration very, very soon. Asking them to "trust the plan" is akin to asking a starving man to not eat the carrot in his right hand - and if he did - it'd turn out to be a Virtual Reality illusion because Pelosi/Schumer have taken control of Production.
Oh, I know about the Pizzagate and Adrenochrome trails.
But, dang, Alex Trebek? Dude was like Mr. Rogers for game shows. Sad, if true.
That reminds me of something I saw posted on the chans at one time. It was about Miley Cyrus actually being dead and buried in the desert, while her replacement was what is seen today. I also remember the Hillary body double arguments during the 2016 election. I do not doubt that "They" will go to any lengths necessary to fulfill their, well, desires. That A-list stuff, heck so many have changed from things such as their childhood photos! Yeah, end of the day it makes me simultaneously sick and also to want to pick up my rifle and go march.
I agree with your sentiment but I have to add in something else. I don't think the Rothschilds fear punishment from any current government. I think they are, and have been so for so long, entrenched, into absolutely everything that they believe they are beyond the reach of normal law & order.
I sincerely hope Team Trump got up close and personal with him. If the NSA had all those communications I hope they are soon made available to the public so they can know who the puppet masters have been. Yeah, Jesse was an excellent anomaly in the whole election crap.
Hypothesis: The thing David Rothschild fears the most is being poor. Being poor means he is no longer in an "elevated" social or economic status, i.e. he is just like the "common man". If all he has ever known, in his insulated familial and social structure is privilege and opulence, his reaction to the possibility - however remote - of his entire world crumbling down would be absolute unrestrained emotion. If at any point in modern time we had a figure such as Andrew Jackson appear to abolish the control (meaning Central Banks and their owners) over the common man, then there would be a marvelous upheaval of society. Rothschild people fear such a man like the Agents in the Matrix feared Neo. Trump came close. An outsider bringing about unforeseen change. Kind of like Jesse Ventura when he tells the story of being summoned down to the basement of the capital when he was elected governor. He called his friend Richard Marcinko to ask Richard's opinion of why he was summoned. Jesse says that Richard's response was, "Because they didn't see you coming."
Do your Boobs hang low Can you swing 'em to and fro Can you tie 'em in a knot Can you tie 'em in a bow Can you swing 'em over your shoulder like a regimental soldier...
Pick one of the Seven Deadly Sins and she's probably done them all. Ten Commandments? Suggestions for her. Ultimately, though, I think she's simply drunk on power. In a civilized world people respect, and listen to, their elected leaders. Up until now we've been a civilized world. For many people that is changing.
I think she's scared.
See if you can get #AlexandriaOcasioSmorlett trending to maybe entice Hershey's chocolate and marshmallow makers into re-tweeting.
Just the Q-tip.
Do you know of any site where people have combined something like that human.globalincidentmap.com with locations of either home or work addresses of high profile people resigning from high positions, or simply dying? Just curious if such a thing has been tried and if it's been made public.
I have to agree because in light of this flurry of Executive Orders, the average citizen now has to prepare for the possibility of not only job competition from illegals/visa holders both due to being currently being unemployed or soon to be unemployed, but also a massive attack on certain Rights and ways of life. Whether that preparation comes in the form of fortifying home gardens and financials, or trying their best to organize as a community, people need to prepare for the coming storm. Especially if it isn't the one for which we had hoped.
Not to sound paranoid, and not meaning to intentionally instill fear into anyone, please back up your findings to both a physical device and a cloud storage. Encrypt everything. Quietly, and without written or digital record, pass the encryption keys and all of your findings to a trusted peer. You're brave to have done what you did, but now you should take precautions to ensure the integrity and immortality of the truth you are digging up. Encryption, trusted peer, and avoid dark alleys. Please be careful.
Reminiscent of Iron Curtain countries saying, "Papers please." It's a way to restrict movement of citizens without blatantly labeling it a removal of one's right to move freely in a "free" country or between "free" countries. Everything about this KungFlu response mimics actions of a totalitarian state sugar coating words and methods to hide the true nature of what is happening.
Ah, but being in the Loan business is not that same as speculating in stocks/commodities/futures. With loans, a banker "should" take into account the borrower's ability to not just repay the loan, but also consider what the borrower brings in as collateral. Which is completely different than using the savings of other people in order to speculate in uncertain markets in order to make money, using someone else's money, and as the bank I pocket all profit.
That's not banking, that's gambling. Providing loans as a bank is nothing like speculating in the markets with the money of other people because at least with loans, the ability of the borrower to repay and offer up collateral is something to consider if that loan should enter default.
I get your sentiment. I completely understand it. Any system crash happening now will hurt the main street person far, far worse than it would any banker or politician. But that's the crux of the issue. How will this type of behavior end, if the blue collar worker doesn't completely understand how much he/she is being screwed over by bankers gambling with funds that don't belong to the banker?
For decades people have been trying to educate and disseminate information about how the banking industry actually operates. Up until this recent /r/wallstreetbets focus on the silver industry, people would have thought you crazy if you said you bought an ASE and tried to explain the difference between currency and money.
What big banks are doing with Wall Street should be, and at one time was, criminal. It's not anymore because the right people lined the pockets of the other right people. If the person on main street doesn't wake up and stop this type of action, then they will keep getting screwed by those same banks and politicians. Any action now to delay it is simply kicking a hand grenade further down the road and praying it doesn't explode.
I have to disagree with you based on your statement:
"Where the banks fucked up is by shorting massive amounts of silver, meaning they sold something they don’t have."
I disagree because a bank should not be speculating in any market such as stocks, commodities, or futures. The moment they begin doing that they are no longer just a bank. They are simply a casino betting with other people's money.
That's wrong.
The regulation prohibiting that was rolled back to the detriment of the entire world. So, no, I don't agree this is something that shouldn't be done simply because it locks up the person on main street. I believe this needs to be done to get rid of this cancer. 2008 didn't change a damn thing for banks. They rewarded themselves with massive bonuses and continued on as if the 2008 event never occurred.
When a system becomes so corrupt, so degenerate and morally bankrupt that it continues to do the same things it's always done - and which always cause pain to the person on main street - without a care in the world because it always gets away with it? Time to tear it down and imprison the people involved.
I've seen financial advice going back to the early 2000's advising people to invest in precious metals because of what happened with the Dot Com bubble. I've read advice going back decades to keep enough liquid cash available to pay for a few months of living expenses. 1987, 1999, 2008. Heck, go back to 1929. The behavior the financial institutions engage in is not new behavior. They've just never been held truly accountable - and never had to worry about the laws preventing such actions from staying on the books for very long.
I keep this book in my vehicle and read it at lunch. I have re-read it so many times. Paperback. It's curved to my carrier bin. Stained, curved, I keep it because the words don't change no matter how much the pages bend.
Correct this if I am incorrect but I believe TX to be the same in that $1500 is the limit (it may be $1000 but double check) for bullion purchases to be taxed. Sales tax can be avoided - know your local values.
-As an edit: avoid local sales tax whenever you can, but don't attempt to mislead Federal collectors when tax comes due. If you want to skip the IRS step, then, either purchase in cash in person or trade some good (a barter of goods) for whatever you seek to purchase in such there is no other record except the spoken word.