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28 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

A little context, Tucker?

Ireland's constitution was drafted in 1937. It includes all sorts of old socialist type language, including this clause meant to prevent the capitalist robber barons from forcing women into work instead of having a bunch of kids in the old Irish fashion. And if Ireland actually enforced this constitutional language it would create a big welfare program for mothers, including the types of "welfare queen" mothers that Reagan used to decry. 

 

I first went to Ireland 40 something years ago. It was fascinating because it was so ... backward. Horse drawn deliveries on the streets of all cities other than Dublin and (maybe) Cork. What I imagine were 1940s style accommodations. Kind of like how we'd think of, say, Bulgaria rather than (West) Germany.

I went again a few years ago. It was kind of boring now because everything seemed so familiar, so "American." People are far, far wealthier on average, with nice modern American-style suburban homes everywhere, modern shopping centers, big well-maintained motorways, nice restaurants, etc. "Neoliberal" policies brought Ireland out of the 1800s and squarely into the lead in the 21st century economy. Good for the Irish people, good for a lot of the super intelligent tech people who flowed in, but kind of boring for tourists, but, hey, they're not trying to create an Irelandland for people like me. They're actually trying to make an open, prosperous society. And so far, so very, very good.

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5 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

A little context, Tucker?

Ireland's constitution was drafted in 1937. It includes all sorts of old socialist type language, including this clause meant to prevent the capitalist robber barons from forcing women into work instead of having a bunch of kids in the old Irish fashion. And if Ireland actually enforced this constitutional language it would create a big welfare program for mothers, including the types of "welfare queen" mothers that Reagan used to decry. 

 

I first went to Ireland 40 something years ago. It was fascinating because it was so ... backward. Horse drawn deliveries on the streets of all cities other than Dublin and (maybe) Cork. What I imagine were 1940s style accommodations. Kind of like how we'd think of, say, Bulgaria rather than (West) Germany.

I went again a few years ago. It was kind of boring now because everything seemed so familiar, so "American." People are far, far wealthier on average, with nice modern American-style suburban homes everywhere, modern shopping centers, big well-maintained motorways, nice restaurants, etc. "Neoliberal" policies brought Ireland out of the 1800s and squarely into the lead in the 21st century economy. Good for the Irish people, good for a lot of the super intelligent tech people who flowed in, but kind of boring for tourists, but, hey, they're not trying to create an Irelandland for people like me. They're actually trying to make an open, prosperous society. And so far, so very, very good.

"With our newfound prosperity, maybe them kids won't always be after me Lucky Charms."

 

Lucky the Leprechaun, circa 2020

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8 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

A little context, Tucker?

Ireland's constitution was drafted in 1937. It includes all sorts of old socialist type language, including this clause meant to prevent the capitalist robber barons from forcing women into work instead of having a bunch of kids in the old Irish fashion. And if Ireland actually enforced this constitutional language it would create a big welfare program for mothers, including the types of "welfare queen" mothers that Reagan used to decry. 

 

I first went to Ireland 40 something years ago. It was fascinating because it was so ... backward. Horse drawn deliveries on the streets of all cities other than Dublin and (maybe) Cork. What I imagine were 1940s style accommodations. Kind of like how we'd think of, say, Bulgaria rather than (West) Germany.

I went again a few years ago. It was kind of boring now because everything seemed so familiar, so "American." People are far, far wealthier on average, with nice modern American-style suburban homes everywhere, modern shopping centers, big well-maintained motorways, nice restaurants, etc. "Neoliberal" policies brought Ireland out of the 1800s and squarely into the lead in the 21st century economy. Good for the Irish people, good for a lot of the super intelligent tech people who flowed in, but kind of boring for tourists, but, hey, they're not trying to create an Irelandland for people like me. They're actually trying to make an open, prosperous society. And so far, so very, very good.

I've seen the same in Eastern Europe with varing degrees of success between countries.  It's very interesting in their case the impact communism had on their mentalities collectively. But the change you see is amazing. I remember years ago a friend bribing a cop to get out of a ticket.   That was normal in the 90's.  In this case it was with a bottle of vodka.  That doesn't happen anymore really.

 

 A bit of a different time frame in my experience of course.   :)

 

 

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13 hours ago, L Ron Burgundy said:

I've seen the same in Eastern Europe with varing degrees of success between countries.  It's very interesting in their case the impact communism had on their mentalities collectively. But the change you see is amazing. I remember years ago a friend bribing a cop to get out of a ticket.   That was normal in the 90's.  In this case it was with a bottle of vodka.  That doesn't happen anymore really.

 

 A bit of a different time frame in my experience of course.   :)

 

 

this is why the Eastern Europeans have no interest in communist era nostalgia. That seems to be a purely Russian thing. It ain't selling anywhere else.

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On 3/21/2024 at 12:52 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

You mean God DIDN'T make Trump as America's savior?

I've been deceived!

 

 

No one believes this.

 

So the correct reply should have been "I've been SELF-deceived" !

 

:flirt:

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile:

 

 

Whether you agree or disagree with the guy on Russia or anything else isn’t important.

 

Freedom of speech is under attack.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

 

Matthew 6:5-8.

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26 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

 

Matthew 6:5-8.

Now that may be the most sensible thing you've ever posted. Kudos to you.

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On 3/25/2024 at 11:20 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

 


Tulsi might be the one VP candidate that would make me actually want to vote for Trump, instead of just voting against Joe

Biden. 

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13 minutes ago, wnyguy said:

Now that may be the most sensible thing you've ever posted. Kudos to you.

 

 

And it was a Bible quote, Frank should stick to those.

 

 

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On 4/6/2024 at 1:23 PM, BillsFanNC said:

 

 

I watched this guy. You know what? He sounds reasonable. Check out 11:00. He talks about a friend of his who's started a geo-engineering firm. He isn't going to just be all gloom and doom, drought, climate change, etc. He's gonna put human ingenuity to work! He's actively cloud-seeding. Good for him.

 

Oh, but wait a minute! Could it be our very own @B-Man who just reposted a tweet saying that all this geo-engineering/cloud-seeding stuff is ILLEGAL and some kind of woke plot that will ruin the planet? Why, yest it was.

 

Unsolicited advice: don't just copy/paste right-wing sh!te willy-nilly and assume it's all good. Sometimes your righty commenters directly contradict each other and make you look like an old fool. (You're welcome)

 

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