. 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador? I don't know what advice you mean. But El Salvador recently banned gender ideology from schools, and that is a very good thing indeed. All western countries should do the same. 2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel? Of course not. Why would you even suggest such a thing? Israel was brutally attacked by savage, sub-human terrorists, and your answer is to disestablish Israel?? Should the USA have ?been disestablished because it was attacked on September 11? After being attacked, the USA went after Al Qaeda and then ISIS. It killed a substantial number of innocent civilians in the process. Yet the world did not try to stop it, and in fact even joined in and helped. Hamas is arguably worse than both Al Qaeda and ISIS, and the October 7 attack was worse than September 11. But when Israel goes after Hamas, the whole world jumps up and down and yells - Ceasefire! Proportionality! Innocent Civilians! You would have to look hard to find any innocent civilians in Gaza. Hamas planned the attack and broke in to Israel, but many civilians followed them in, and joined the frenzy of looting, raping and murdering. The invaders carried the broken bodies of innocent young girls back to Gaza with them, and paraded them through the streets in the back of trucks, while the "innocent civilians" laughed and cheered and ran beside them. The whole world should join with Israel to rid the world of Hamas, and as many of those sort of civilians as possible. If the UN wants to disestablish anything, perhaps they should stop the Arabs from invading, occupying and destroying other countries. They have done that to more than 50 countries from India through northern Africa, including Palestine. They continue to slaughter non-Muslims all across Africa, around the edges of Pakistan, and into Europe, in addition to in Israel. This is not an Israel problem. This is an Arab/Muslim problem, and it is a problem for the entire world. Israel just happens to be on the front line. 3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget? Argentina's awesome new President has already produced a balanced monthly budget. The US hasn't had a balanced budget of any kind in a very long time. The US, and Canada, and many other countries should be watching and listening to Mr. Javier Milei, and learning how to run a country correctly. 4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948? I don't know. 5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people? No. Pat
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? 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
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Marvin,
Why are you mentioning a prion in a snake?
Aloha,
Celeste
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LOL! What exactly is a priosn?
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the US take the advice of the president of
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LOL! What exactly is a priosn?
Aloha,
Celeste
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1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
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Re: Friday Five February 23
Rhonda stated: " It is in everyone’s interests if Israel and Palestine learn to co-exist peacefully…..but it does appear the leadership of both countries/areas have a vested interest in not co-existing peacefully."
And Darrell sardonically replied:
I have decided?to go to the Middle East and start a new decentralized, unbounded nomadic religion-state named Woodstock Spirit. We will speak Esperanto, wear beads, hug terrorists and military personnel as well as shopkeepers and farmers. We will all be trained?nurses and veterinary?techs. We will meditate daily, poke flower stems into rifle barrels and calm?escalated would-be combatants with drum circles and poetry.
Back in my day, we knew how to deal with all this silly violence!
D
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
It is disturbing, and I’m certain his death was not accidental or from natural causes (well possibly natural causes from being mistreated for so long.) But concerned? I wouldn’t say I’m concerned. Navaly’s death was not unexpected, and he himself knew that when he voluntarily returned to Russia.
2.? Wgat was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
Venus the 2 faced cat? I’m probably not getting what your question is actually about.
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
Mildly. I don’t doubt Putin would like, and is crazy enough, to use nuclear weapons, but I think that even his staunchest underlings know at best, this action would lead to mutual destruction. I trust that Putin has enough sane underlings, that they would never carry out an order from Putin to use nuclear weapons.
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
I had to check, I do have the day off work. I doubt I will do anything special. I use to like to make a corn beef dish on St. Patrick’s day, but corned beef has been to hard to find for the past several years.
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?|
I think overall it is improving, however illicit drug use is increasing. Many illicit drug users are employed due to the economy being strong. But there are many drug users unable to maintain employment, and homelessness is increasing because of this. I also suspect that my area has become a hub for drug users from other areas to move to (perhaps because of lower cost of living, and its easier for them to get a job.) So its kind of a mixed bag, I do think my local economy is improving by many measures, but the increased homelessness, begging, and drug use, shows that the may not be that secure.
1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
I had heard a blurb about what the president of El Salvador said, but now I don’t remember what he said. I remember thinking it was good advice hypothetically speaking, but not practically helpful.
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
No, and what would it solve if they did? People can debate on what should/could have been done differently in 1948 or in 1967. Just like they can debate any number of things in history that should/could have been done differently. The reality is, the Israel people exist, and the Palestine people exist. Israel is not going away, and in spite of the huge humanitarian crisis on the Gaza strip right now, Palestinian people aren’t going away either. It is in everyone’s interests if Israel and Palestine learn to co-exist peacefully…..but it does appear the leadership of both countries/areas have a vested interest in not co-existing peacefully.
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget
Not sure, I know the US budget is pretty unbalanced, I don’t know about the Argentina budget. I suspect the US has more assets than Argentina (GDP, oil and other natural reserves, etc.) to off-set the unbalancedness of the US budget.
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
Not a clue. Did the Nobel Peace Prize even exist in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
Use, with a proper warrant. But I think this is already allowed with a warrant?
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<<No more or less than the weaponization of the US Department of Justice - an oxymoron if I have ever seen one!>>
This is a talking point of Trump’s, but he has given zero evidence of this. Seems to me the opposite is true, the US Department of Justice is bending over backwards treating Trump with kid gloves. If anyone else had been accused of even half the stuff the Trump has been accused of ?(some of which he has publicly admitted to doing—stealing the classified documents and refusing to return them,) they would be sitting in jail awaiting trial. I never paid attention the US Department of Justice until the past couple of years, but it does seem that they seek justice, even if they drag tail doing so.
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Re: Friday Five February 23
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
It is disturbing, and I’m certain his death was not accidental or from natural causes (well possibly natural causes from being mistreated for so long.) But concerned? I wouldn’t say I’m concerned. Navaly’s death was not unexpected, and he himself knew that when he voluntarily returned to Russia.
2.? Wgat was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
Venus the 2 faced cat? I’m probably not getting what your question is actually about.
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
Mildly. I don’t doubt Putin would like, and is crazy enough, to use nuclear weapons, but I think that even his staunchest underlings know at best, this action would lead to mutual destruction. I trust that Putin has enough sane underlings, that they would never carry out an order from Putin to use nuclear weapons.
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
I had to check, I do have the day off work. I doubt I will do anything special. I use to like to make a corn beef dish on St. Patrick’s day, but corned beef has been to hard to find for the past several years.
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?|
I think overall it is improving, however illicit drug use is increasing. Many illicit drug users are employed due to the economy being strong. But there are many drug users unable to maintain employment, and homelessness is increasing because of this. I also suspect that my area has become a hub for drug users from other areas to move to (perhaps because of lower cost of living, and its easier for them to get a job.) So its kind of a mixed bag, I do think my local economy is improving by many measures, but the increased homelessness, begging, and drug use, shows that the may not be that secure.
1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
I had heard a blurb about what the president of El Salvador said, but now I don’t remember what he said. I remember thinking it was good advice hypothetically speaking, but not practically helpful.
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
No, and what would it solve if they did? People can debate on what should/could have been done differently in 1948 or in 1967. Just like they can debate any number of things in history that should/could have been done differently. The reality is, the Israel people exist, and the Palestine people exist. Israel is not going away, and in spite of the huge humanitarian crisis on the Gaza strip right now, Palestinian people aren’t going away either. It is in everyone’s interests if Israel and Palestine learn to co-exist peacefully…..but it does appear the leadership of both countries/areas have a vested interest in not co-existing peacefully.
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget
Not sure, I know the US budget is pretty unbalanced, I don’t know about the Argentina budget. I suspect the US has more assets than Argentina (GDP, oil and other natural reserves, etc.) to off-set the unbalancedness of the US budget.
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
Not a clue. Did the Nobel Peace Prize even exist in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
Use, with a proper warrant. But I think this is already allowed with a warrant?
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Marvin,
So then I can't be as uninformed as you are? That's rather
hypocritical.
Aloha,
Celeste
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US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
I don't know anything about the Argentina budget.
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Marvin,
Hey, if you don't have to be more specific in your questions then I
don't need to be more specific with my answers.
Aloha,
Celeste
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Marvin,
LOL! What exactly is a priosn?
Aloha,
Celeste
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1.? Should
the US take the advice of the president of El
Salvador?
What was his advice?
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1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
What was his advice?
To put criminals in priosn
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2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
Yes
On what basis?
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3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
I don't know anything about the Argentina budget.
That is not the only thing you don't know anything about
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4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
In 1948, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided not to award the Nobel Peace Prize stating that there was “no suitable living candidate”.
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5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
That is up to the private sources.
Aloha,
Celeste Rogers
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Re: Heaviest snow of season
?I?am seeing extremes of weather? With general overall warming that includes ice melt and wildfire spreads secondary to arid conditions. Of course, I feel like it is not? a clear cut? linear pattern, but I am curious whether I will be burned alive, drowned and then frozen or whether things will progress in a different combination.
Most importantly to me, I will be driving toward the Northeast before those 100+F days return!
D
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1.? Should
the US take the advice of the president of El
Salvador?
What was his advice?
2.?
Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
Yes
3.? Is
the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
I don't know anything about the Argentina budget.
4.? Why
was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
In 1948, the
Norwegian Nobel Committee decided not to award the Nobel Peace
Prize stating that there was “no suitable living candidate”.
5.?
Should the government be allowed to use cell phone
location data from private sources as a way of
tracking people?
That is up to the private sources.
Aloha,
Celeste Rogers
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Re: Heaviest snow of season
Different danger, crisis, with fierce winds, and dangerous gusts. ?Global storming on top of global warming and cataclysmic climate changes. ?New imperative: ?build storm shelters in your homes now. ?Massive federal relief effort on the way. ?Deindustrialize immediately. ?And have a *wonderful* day.
Unprecedented disaster. ?
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?I-80 and several ski resorts closed because of too much snow! What happened to that 1500 year drought caused by global warming a few years ago? Ed
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I-80 and several ski resorts closed because of too much snow! What happened to that 1500 year drought caused by global warming a few years ago? Ed
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1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
Overcome the dark forces? Does not sound like new advice. Admittedly I did not research?this one in depth and so likely missed details, but I am moving the RV westward after four months on Texas Golf coast and so time is a bit?limited.?
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
LOL. How would that work? Israel is not really responsive?to organizations with teeth! In any case, I feel it would be a poor precedent and I feel it?is not warranted. Israel has made its point in Gaza and hopefully Hamas (which is probably far from destroyed) might just try to think up new strategies moving forward. Pouring into Israel and murdering people is obviously not the most effective approach for pursuing their goals.
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
I am not sure, but I suppose that is an illusionary concept at best.
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
No suitable living candidate. That is sad.
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
Only?with a warrant. I imagine that would be useful for criminal investigations.
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1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
No knowledge about this.
The president of El Salvador said criminals should? be in prison
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
Absolutely not.
Trick question.? There is one school of thought that disestablishing Israel would calm down the extremists in the MIddle East - but there is the legal question - given that no country has been disestablished in recent history - other than East Germany which was absorbed into West Germany
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
No knowledge.
Currently according to reports Argentina has the most balanced budget it has had in fifty years - one big reason was that their new president cut government employment by ab out half.
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
Hmmm. No knowledge.
Because Nobel prizes are not given to dead people - Ghandi would have won it if he had not been killed.
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
What private sources?
In this case it was data gatherers
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1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five February 23
How interesting.? We call them "no-show" jobs or "ghost" jobs, and the practice is "featherbedding." It's more likely in the USA to be a mafia-controlled labor union practice than a government job. Ed
On Saturday, February 24, 2024, David Smith < dvdcsmth@...> wrote:
Money buys votes.? In the US, the Democratic Party is famous for that, but I'm certain that the other party does it, too.? Give the voters money; the voters give you votes.? The free market.
?oqui(el) ?o·qui ['?oki]
noun
1. ?Cuisine & Gastronomy, Dishes, concrete masc.??
gnocchi dough
Trocitos cocidos en agua hirviente con sal de una masa elaborada con patatas mezcladas con harina de trigo, mantequilla, leche, huevo y queso rallado.
2. Argentina (empleado público que aparece sólo el día de pago) ?Person neuter??
public employee who appears only on payday
Empleado público que aparece sólo el día de pago.
"Hoy preparé ?oquis caseros con salsa de tomate para la cena."
"El nuevo alcalde prometió despedir a todos los ?oquis del gobierno municipal."
"El sindicato de empleados públicos está investigando posibles casos de ?oquismo en la administración estatal."
? We'll see. Macri also tried, but not so willingly.
The main issue is the political related expenses: not only congress' diets are way too expensive, but there are hundred of advisors per seat, at national congress, and provincial ones. There are lots of people just checking a salary doing -literally- nothing except voting for whomever hired them. Each leaving administration (we use the term government) adds their load of "?oquis", as they are called.?
So far, there seems to be some real action about it, cancelling contracts and firing people who have not shown up to work (at least, check in and on daily) during the last year...
But what some people really want to see (me amongst them), is congress's diets being cut... I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.
El sábado, 24 de febrero de 2024, 01:19:13 ART, mrvnchpmn < chapman@...> escribió:
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Balancing the national budget
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Hahaham and what would that be?
?
El viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024, 15:06:18 ART, mrvnchpmn < chapman@...> escribió: ?
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No problem.? On another note - what do you think of your new president - apparently he has done what no American president has done in thirty years.
Marvin
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My appologies, it was Marvin, not David, who's answer I was quoting and sharing.
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El viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024, 14:08:53 ART, David Smith < dvdcsmth@...> escribió: ?
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No, I seldom answer these, Marvin, and I haven't this time.? Perhaps my best excuse is that I see them as questions, and my ignorance on everything is profound.? Darrell has said, as I recall, that he regards them a stepping stones to wider musing, but I'm a hopeless literalist.? Also, what people in Internet groups seem usually to become most exercised about seems to be what's hot in "the news", the things that people have become convinced that they understand because they've seen them or heard them talked about by talking heads.? I understand that that is a natural phenomenon, but I wish it weren't.? Bah humbug.
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On Feb 23, 2024, at 11:40, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> wrote:
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Actually I think I gave the answer to #2 - rhough David may have also.
Butr I think it s the big one.
Marvin
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I'm going with some of the answers other gave before me:
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By Darrel:
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
????"Concerned" means "worried" to me. I am not worried about it. I am sad that he was cornered and executed, but I am also a bit flabbergasted?that he undertook such a hazardous life mission and remained within the grasp of the dictator he opposed. I respect his commitment to his values,?though. I hope he has achieve both martyrdom and that his fate serves as a warning to others of his ilk.
By David:
2.? What was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
????The menace of international Communism - what actually happened was a bunch of nationalistic movements
By Celeste:
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine????
????I'm not too worried. Russia would most likely lose that fight and they know it.
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Anabel: And I'll add: having lived the cold war and the fall of the Wall, Russia is not the threat, but those independent terrorists doing other dangerous and more easy things, like poisoning water supply, hacking central services, etc.
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By Celeste:
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
????Enjoying a nice Sunday at home.
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Finally, my own answer:
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?
In Argentina economy has been falling for many years now (no matter what you read in the papers). New government is trying to implement many changes, but, if the pull through, those will impact in a not too near future.?
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El jueves, 22 de febrero de 2024, 23:34:13 ART, Darrell King < darrellgking@...> escribió: ?
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1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
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"Concerned" means "worried" to me. I am not worried about it. I am sad that he was cornered and executed, but I am also a bit flabbergasted?that he undertook such a hazardous life mission and remained within the grasp of the dictator he opposed. I respect his commitment to his values,?though. I hope he has achieve both martyrdom and that his fate serves as a warning to others of his ilk.
2.? What was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
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No one stands out. Perhaps the idea that the charge toward the precipice of widespread social collapse is only a pipe dream. Or pipe nightmare. Change is inevitable, but we are gifted with symbol-using minds that allow us to predict potential futures before we have to actually have to live them.
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
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I expect it and have brought it up on?occasion over the past year, even in this exercise if I remember right. If Putin loses in Ukraine, loses his hold on Russia, his own life is likely forfeit. I am sure he is grooming many contingency plans and I am sure battlefield nukes are involved in some of them. I have some concerns around this.
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patrick's Day?
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Not even sure where in the States I will be or what the state of the world will be, but probably the usual: TV, computer, Kindle. Under the right circumstances, a pint.
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5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?
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I am currently?parked in SE Texas and they seem to be doing?okay. I cannot say I have delved very deeply, though!
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Money buys votes. ?In the US, the Democratic Party is famous for that, but I'm certain that the other party does it, too. ?Give the voters money; the voters give you votes. ?The free market.
?oqui(el) ?o·qui ['?oki]
noun
1. ?Cuisine & Gastronomy, Dishes, concrete masc.??
gnocchi dough
Trocitos cocidos en agua hirviente con sal de una masa elaborada con patatas mezcladas con harina de trigo, mantequilla, leche, huevo y queso rallado.
2. Argentina (empleado público que aparece sólo el día de pago) ?Person neuter??
public employee who appears only on payday
Empleado público que aparece sólo el día de pago.
"Hoy preparé ?oquis caseros con salsa de tomate para la cena."
"El nuevo alcalde prometió despedir a todos los ?oquis del gobierno municipal."
"El sindicato de empleados públicos está investigando posibles casos de ?oquismo en la administración estatal."
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On Feb 24, 2024, at 17:54, Anabel Perez via groups.io <perezbem@...> wrote:
? We'll see. Macri also tried, but not so willingly.
The main issue is the political related expenses: not only congress' diets are way too expensive, but there are hundred of advisors per seat, at national congress, and provincial ones. There are lots of people just checking a salary doing -literally- nothing except voting for whomever hired them. Each leaving administration (we use the term government) adds their load of "?oquis", as they are called.?
So far, there seems to be some real action about it, cancelling contracts and firing people who have not shown up to work (at least, check in and on daily) during the last year...
But what some people really want to see (me amongst them), is congress's diets being cut... I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.
El sábado, 24 de febrero de 2024, 01:19:13 ART, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> escribió:
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Balancing the national budget
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Hahaham and what would that be?
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El viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024, 15:06:18 ART, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> escribió:
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No problem.? On another note - what do you think of your new president - apparently he has done what no American president has done in thirty years.
Marvin
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My appologies, it was Marvin, not David, who's answer I was quoting and sharing.
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El viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024, 14:08:53 ART, David Smith <dvdcsmth@...> escribió:
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No, I seldom answer these, Marvin, and I haven't this time. ?Perhaps my best excuse is that I see them as questions, and my ignorance on everything is profound. ?Darrell has said, as I recall, that he regards them a stepping stones to wider musing, but I'm a hopeless literalist. ?Also, what people in Internet groups seem usually to become most exercised about seems to be what's hot in "the news", the things that people have become convinced that they understand because they've seen them or heard them talked about by talking heads. ?I understand that that is a natural phenomenon, but I wish it weren't. ?Bah humbug.
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On Feb 23, 2024, at 11:40, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> wrote:
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Actually I think I gave the answer to #2 - rhough David may have also.
Butr I think it s the big one.
Marvin
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I'm going with some of the answers other gave before me:
?
By Darrel:
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
????"Concerned" means "worried" to me. I am not worried about it. I am sad that he was cornered and executed, but I am also a bit flabbergasted?that he undertook such a hazardous life mission and remained within the grasp of the dictator he opposed. I respect his commitment to his values,?though. I hope he has achieve both martyrdom and that his fate serves as a warning to others of his ilk.
By David:
2.? What was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
????The menace of international Communism - what actually happened was a bunch of nationalistic movements
By Celeste:
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine????
????I'm not too worried. Russia would most likely lose that fight and they know it.
?
Anabel: And I'll add: having lived the cold war and the fall of the Wall, Russia is not the threat, but those independent terrorists doing other dangerous and more easy things, like poisoning water supply, hacking central services, etc.
?
By Celeste:
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
????Enjoying a nice Sunday at home.
?
Finally, my own answer:
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?
In Argentina economy has been falling for many years now (no matter what you read in the papers). New government is trying to implement many changes, but, if the pull through, those will impact in a not too near future.?
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El jueves, 22 de febrero de 2024, 23:34:13 ART, Darrell King <darrellgking@...> escribió:
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1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
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"Concerned" means "worried" to me. I am not worried about it. I am sad that he was cornered and executed, but I am also a bit flabbergasted?that he undertook such a hazardous life mission and remained within the grasp of the dictator he opposed. I respect his commitment to his values,?though. I hope he has achieve both martyrdom and that his fate serves as a warning to others of his ilk.
2.? What was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
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No one stands out. Perhaps the idea that the charge toward the precipice of widespread social collapse is only a pipe dream. Or pipe nightmare. Change is inevitable, but we are gifted with symbol-using minds that allow us to predict potential futures before we have to actually have to live them.
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
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I expect it and have brought it up on?occasion over the past year, even in this exercise if I remember right. If Putin loses in Ukraine, loses his hold on Russia, his own life is likely forfeit. I am sure he is grooming many contingency plans and I am sure battlefield nukes are involved in some of them. I have some concerns around this.
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patrick's Day?
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Not even sure where in the States I will be or what the state of the world will be, but probably the usual: TV, computer, Kindle. Under the right circumstances, a pint.
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5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?
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I am currently?parked in SE Texas and they seem to be doing?okay. I cannot say I have delved very deeply, though!
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Re: Friday Five February 23
We'll see. Macri also tried, but not so willingly.
The main issue is the political related expenses: not only congress' diets are way too expensive, but there are hundred of advisors per seat, at national congress, and provincial ones. There are lots of people just checking a salary doing -literally- nothing except voting for whomever hired them. Each leaving administration (we use the term government) adds their load of "?oquis", as they are called.?
So far, there seems to be some real action about it, cancelling contracts and firing people who have not shown up to work (at least, check in and on daily) during the last year...
But what some people really want to see (me amongst them), is congress's diets being cut... I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.
El sábado, 24 de febrero de 2024, 01:19:13 ART, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> escribió:
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Balancing the national budget
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Hahaham and what would that be?
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El viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024, 15:06:18 ART, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> escribió:
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No problem.? On another note - what do you think of your new president - apparently he has done what no American president has done in thirty years.
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My appologies, it was Marvin, not David, who's answer I was quoting and sharing.
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El viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024, 14:08:53 ART, David Smith <dvdcsmth@...> escribió:
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No, I seldom answer these, Marvin, and I haven't this time. ?Perhaps my best excuse is that I see them as questions, and my ignorance on everything is profound. ?Darrell has said, as I recall, that he regards them a stepping stones to wider musing, but I'm a hopeless literalist. ?Also, what people in Internet groups seem usually to become most exercised about seems to be what's hot in "the news", the things that people have become convinced that they understand because they've seen them or heard them talked about by talking heads. ?I understand that that is a natural phenomenon, but I wish it weren't. ?Bah humbug.
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On Feb 23, 2024, at 11:40, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> wrote:
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Actually I think I gave the answer to #2 - rhough David may have also.
Butr I think it s the big one.
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I'm going with some of the answers other gave before me:
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By Darrel:
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
????"Concerned" means "worried" to me. I am not worried about it. I am sad that he was cornered and executed, but I am also a bit flabbergasted?that he undertook such a hazardous life mission and remained within the grasp of the dictator he opposed. I respect his commitment to his values,?though. I hope he has achieve both martyrdom and that his fate serves as a warning to others of his ilk.
By David:
2.? What was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
????The menace of international Communism - what actually happened was a bunch of nationalistic movements
By Celeste:
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine????
????I'm not too worried. Russia would most likely lose that fight and they know it.
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Anabel: And I'll add: having lived the cold war and the fall of the Wall, Russia is not the threat, but those independent terrorists doing other dangerous and more easy things, like poisoning water supply, hacking central services, etc.
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By Celeste:
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
????Enjoying a nice Sunday at home.
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Finally, my own answer:
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?
In Argentina economy has been falling for many years now (no matter what you read in the papers). New government is trying to implement many changes, but, if the pull through, those will impact in a not too near future.?
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El jueves, 22 de febrero de 2024, 23:34:13 ART, Darrell King <darrellgking@...> escribió:
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1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
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"Concerned" means "worried" to me. I am not worried about it. I am sad that he was cornered and executed, but I am also a bit flabbergasted?that he undertook such a hazardous life mission and remained within the grasp of the dictator he opposed. I respect his commitment to his values,?though. I hope he has achieve both martyrdom and that his fate serves as a warning to others of his ilk.
2.? What was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
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No one stands out. Perhaps the idea that the charge toward the precipice of widespread social collapse is only a pipe dream. Or pipe nightmare. Change is inevitable, but we are gifted with symbol-using minds that allow us to predict potential futures before we have to actually have to live them.
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
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I expect it and have brought it up on?occasion over the past year, even in this exercise if I remember right. If Putin loses in Ukraine, loses his hold on Russia, his own life is likely forfeit. I am sure he is grooming many contingency plans and I am sure battlefield nukes are involved in some of them. I have some concerns around this.
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patrick's Day?
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Not even sure where in the States I will be or what the state of the world will be, but probably the usual: TV, computer, Kindle. Under the right circumstances, a pint.
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5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?
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I am currently?parked in SE Texas and they seem to be doing?okay. I cannot say I have delved very deeply, though!
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