Shrooms00087
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I wonder what those instruments are? Violin, cello, and tuba?
^black hearted, find the right way out.
CE&P social thread: why do the people I disagree with hate freedom so much?
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Bardeaux
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looks more like a trumpet to me, or maybe a flute/clarinet?
panic in paradise
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tricomb
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Freedom 4 palestine.
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Escher's Waterfall
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panic in paradise
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A Minority Distort
Lets assume 10% of the earths population has lost their inherent innocence; of which I imagine 6% can not exist with out the naivety of the majority believing they are the minority, whom feel they have the smallest voice.
Lets assume 10% of the earths population has lost their inherent innocence; of which I imagine 6% can not exist with out the naivety of the majority believing they are the minority, whom feel they have the smallest voice.
B1tO'RoughJack
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Immortal Technique talks at UO - part one of 2 - great lil talk, watch it. I wanna see his film - anyone link me up?
panic in paradise
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one of those brain-farts that is lingering.
Its awful, there are so many complexities that our Dead Hand creates and votes for, that if the actual raw simplicity of reality and existence was exposed it would cause many spontaneous combustion's...okay maybe not spontaneous combustion but anyway.
We love to label things, create sub genres and divination's(which are dividing) to make life easier by making more stuff to avoid the process of doing. Its is all comforting and a sense of the plethora, or womb, a comfort blanket. What is occurring though, in a sense that I can not reiterate enough, is how each of us are taking turns banging the division bell blindly.
Yes, the great pinata in the sky!
it carries all the candies to imagine and fight over
mmmmms
Escher's Waterfall
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I saw a car with the license plate of "88H 88H". Should I be worried?
Escher's Waterfall
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panic in paradise
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'it is a long winding stare-case to great office'
- Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth I
tricomb
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Hey guys, kinda new to this forum. Can someone be my hero and link me towards the most current Israel/Palestine Thread? I'm SURE y'all have one, and I've searched I just want to post in the most current one.
Bardeaux
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This thread and this one seems pretty relevant.
disclaimer - I didn't read them in their entirety, so quality may vary.
disclaimer - I didn't read them in their entirety, so quality may vary.
panic in paradise
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Ugh, finals week. Kill me now.
Currently writing a 15 page paper paper on prop 13 in california. Its probably the most important piece of citizen initiated legislation ever in the US and is a big reason for many of the problems that the state is facing. Ive learned a lot about californias political structure in this class and one thing that I definitely take away from it is that the initiative process is broken. People want quality government services, but they dont want to have to pay taxes for them. The initiative process allows them to vote for tax limitations while demands for government services are staying the same or increasing. The result is voting to under-fund and overspend, even in liberal states like California.
13 also creates a huge state bureaucracy that controls property tax revenue, which leads to top down decision making. This type of decision making leads to resentment among local communities that were used to seeing their property taxes go directly back into their community instead of being doled out at the states discretion. So even though property taxes are extremely low in California, people can still find reasons to bitch about it.
In response to 13 many cities now use a fee for service system to pay for services that used to be paid for in property taxes. Things like trash pickup, road cleaning ect all have fees attached, or have been cut from the budget entirely. This results in a loss of "public goods" projects like parks, because there is no way to charge a fee to pay for them. The end result is that most california cities have much less public works, and in general spend a lot less money overall maintaining the city, especially in poor areas where people cannot afford to pay service fees.
Also been studying Rousseaus discourse on the origins of inequality. Its almost funny how the curriculum teaches you about a certain philosophy, then moves on to the next set of ideas which are completely contrary to what you just learned, makes it all seem rather pointless.
Currently writing a 15 page paper paper on prop 13 in california. Its probably the most important piece of citizen initiated legislation ever in the US and is a big reason for many of the problems that the state is facing. Ive learned a lot about californias political structure in this class and one thing that I definitely take away from it is that the initiative process is broken. People want quality government services, but they dont want to have to pay taxes for them. The initiative process allows them to vote for tax limitations while demands for government services are staying the same or increasing. The result is voting to under-fund and overspend, even in liberal states like California.
13 also creates a huge state bureaucracy that controls property tax revenue, which leads to top down decision making. This type of decision making leads to resentment among local communities that were used to seeing their property taxes go directly back into their community instead of being doled out at the states discretion. So even though property taxes are extremely low in California, people can still find reasons to bitch about it.
In response to 13 many cities now use a fee for service system to pay for services that used to be paid for in property taxes. Things like trash pickup, road cleaning ect all have fees attached, or have been cut from the budget entirely. This results in a loss of "public goods" projects like parks, because there is no way to charge a fee to pay for them. The end result is that most california cities have much less public works, and in general spend a lot less money overall maintaining the city, especially in poor areas where people cannot afford to pay service fees.
Also been studying Rousseaus discourse on the origins of inequality. Its almost funny how the curriculum teaches you about a certain philosophy, then moves on to the next set of ideas which are completely contrary to what you just learned, makes it all seem rather pointless.
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Kenickie
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our congressman is up for reelection in july. he'll probably win because he's John Lewis, but the campaign gear he is releasing is pretty goddamn awesome.
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So Michelle Bachmann, current sitting house Republican, former primary candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and all around crazy "patriotic" teabagger, is a Swiss citizen. She formerly registered in March of this year.
Sometimes, I listen to the news and think I'm hallucinating.
Sometimes, I listen to the news and think I'm hallucinating.
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