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The difficulty with truth in public – Ferguson

…nless the situation was dire.  Cops are human beings and although highly trained may react in slightly different ways, especially when under pressure.  And cops are under pressure a LOT since they have to constantly deal with the scum of society.   What is also not being discussed is the extremely high crime rate of African American males.  It just follows that the cops are going to interact with African Americans and thus the probably of bad inci…

SPEAK AMERICAN – Fun lesson in language

and repeated a number of times.  Eventually, the original meaning would become completely lost. I’m not sure if I can think of a super great example to demonstrate but I’ll give it a go.  I won’t use English/French/Spanish because they are too close on the linguistic tree.  Instead, let’s do English/Japanese. –  English – I want to eat spaghetti The stress of this sentence is on “I.” – Japanese – Spaghetti tabetai – Spagetti wants to be eaten The…

An International Discussion in Virtual Reality

…e old words as well and fit them to new concepts. So “computer” is made by combining com, which means “together” or “with” and “putare” meaning both to think and to prune. Both are from Latin and we get the word “computer.” Or let’s take “server.” This is a simple word coming from service. In the past it would be someone serves someone in some fashion. A person could serve someone else soup, or simply just be of service for anything. Well, a “serv…

Old man falls down. Who can you trust?

…lice regularly beat up random people whom they suspect are about to file a complaint. They may even go so far as sending petitioners off to mental hospitals or labor camps. A lot of people are just forcibly sent home to their villages and will then literally spend decades playing a cat and mouse game with the police or hired thugs in their attempt to get their cases heard without getting their heads bashed in. Some settle semi-permanently in so-ca…

Letter to My Descendants on the State of the USA

…he ability of people to vote. Isn’t that something!? They cannot win in a fair election so they’ll do everything they can to hijack the process. This is absolutely criminal and those that do it should be tried for treason. Putting kids in cages There is a crisis at the border with many unfortunate people trying to get into the country illegally. Yes, it is a problem and should be addressed. But it should be done so humanely and in line with the im…