Posts made by Eridanos

The problem with Catalonia is that this seccessionist movement is un-constitutional by Spanish Law. The referendums are unconstitutional.

No region can separate unless the whole of Spain accepts it and Spain won't.  From what I can collect from several blogs and news, Catalonians want to separate on the idea that Spain steals from Catalonia, they say that the high income generated in the region is taken out from it.

On the other hand some Spaniards explain that that's how the goverment works, the income from the provinces is pooled together and then assigned.  Also, Catalonia is not rich because of itself, the Spanish goverment invested heavily into its infraestructure (sometimes in detriment of other regions), so to some Spaniards, the Catalonians want to hog all the riches while the rest of the country suffers from unemployment.

And Catalonians aren't pushed aside by the goverment, actually the goverment abides to their whims. there are signs both in castillian and catalonian, but in Catalonia they won't even translate their signs to spanish, there are Catalonian embassies along the Spanish ones, and those are paid by the country as a whole.

It's obvious that the Catalonian leaders just try to promote seccessionism in order to turn the region into their own private minicountry so they can get all the income themselves. Puidgemont even assured them the EU would welcome them with open arms (impossible since it requires unanimous agreement and Spain and France would never concede)

And no, I'm not from the continent but since I have family in Spain I'm interested in the issue.

@cteavin:

According to people I've talked with, there've always been people with brown hair but they are in an extreme minority. But the rules are real. The dress codes encourage conformity and deemphasize fashion so as to apply those energies to their studies.

Oh, so there are japanese with natural brown…didn't know that.  The part about dress codes in order to channel energies into studies I have heard of.  Dunno about encouraging conformity, I thought they were so that students wouldn't ostracize each other regarding their social stance (reflected on what they would wear)

Still kinda odd, specially if the dye causes problems to the kids. Seems counter-intuitive.

Kinda crazy…are these actual dress codes?

I could understand that by referring to have their hair 'black' they mean non-dyed as mayority of asian people have that color.  Maybe is a remnant from way back before Japan opened more to the world? (And hence there was little gene mixing)

I read the article, of course what we are missing are the exact things he posted on social media.

While I agree that everyone has their right to hold their religious views, we actually move in a 'laic' society.  As long as our religion doesn't interfere with others' lives or harms others everything is fine.  But when it does, we have a problem.

Plus, he wanted to be a social worker…the judge words are spot on: “Public religious speech has to be looked at in a regulated context from the perspective of a public readership. Social workers have considerable power over the lives of vulnerable service users and trust is a precious professional commodity.”

Would you trust a social worker who downright shows bias?

As others have expressed, it is not a loyal adaptation from the comic series, but it is entertaining nonetheless. (Still hoping they address some events regarding Hell in the Sandman though)

Tom Ellis is quite handsome, love the accent.  As a character, Lucifer is hilarious - and deserves a spanking sometimes -

David Bowie and Morrisey  :love:

The Mummy (2017)

I give it 6/10.

The good: Naked Tom Cruise (Oh daddy!)

The bad: Too much Tom Cruise

Before watching the flick keep in mind that they're trying to reboot their classic monster mythos (with a dash of Justice League) so don't expect a re-imagining of the beloved The Mummy franchise with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.  Sure it borrows some aspects, but quite liberally.

The action is fast paced and the scenes are crazy rad but sometimes I felt like I was watching Mission:Impossible, maybe there's too much action or it is not the kind of action you would have expected in the old Mummy movies.

And indeed, too much Tom Cruise…way too much Tom Cruise and not the naked one, sorry fellas.  Sometimes I felt the movie time focused too much on Tom Cruise, his character talking and whatever...meanwhile other characters and the antagonist herself lacked exposition and development.

Interesting, that fact that the UK gives welfare to the 'untouchables' even to this day.

Sorry Ricky, but my feet are ticklish and actually hate to be touched by someone else.

Seriously…I'd rather like to hear the opinion of real trans people, what do they think. Seems they get mentioned now and again as if they're the group benefiting the most for it, but I think gender politics just uses the trans community as a meatshield instead of being truly worried about their interests.

California, bastion of political correctness and tumblr-tards.

@koliko6:

Is Mexico that horrible that he would rather kill himself than go back? If he wanted to come to America so bad, he should have followed the law and immigrated LEGALLY like I did. But, you can't expect democrats to follow the laws.

Err…is not horrible per se (otherwise, all mexicans would be crossing the border), it's just that there's so much corruption, insecurity and a true lack of opportunities for social mobility.

Most illegals belong to the lower class echelons in Mexico so they don't even have a high level of education, a great number are farmhands that search for work since agriculture here is pretty death (News Flash: Even though Mexico's diet is based on corn, the country fails to produce the amount it needs, it imports the rest from the US)  if they can't find a job in the fields they can make a living with little jobs or other.  For example, a waiter in USA, can eke out a decent living, while that is impossible in Mexico.

And there's also a disdain towards returned migrants.  For some mexicans, those who migrated to USA have become 'gringos' and behave snobby and uptight towards those who remained in the country. (Some do actually, but that doesn't mean all mexicans living in the USA act like that)

@kaworun83:

okay, people, let us talk more about basic human decency.

There's no room for even the most basic human decency in politics.  Your naivete is endearing though and still gives a speckle of hope for humanity (just an itty bity speckle)

SO!

I was wondering, you guys seem to want Trump to fall with a passion, but you have also stated that if Trump gets impeached, then Pence would rise to Presidency and you say he's even worse than Trump.  So wouldn't that be like, getting from the pan to the fire? (or whatever you say it)

RIP Bill.

Regarding movies, I really enjoyed Twister.

@atlwrthit:

It is weird.. I use to obsessed that my dick was not big enough.  The truth is to some guys, it is a big deal.

To be fair, as males we are all obsessed with our dicks and the worries about is size and girth happen to everyone.

Now, as others have posted, is not the size but how you use it.  Only size queens objectify their partner by the size of their member, if you're gonna be too picky regarding a man's penis lenght, I say buy a dildo instead.

Alright…

Here's an opinion from an actual mexican.

The man killed himself because he has NOTHING back in Mexico okay? It was his 3rd deportation and he decided to take his own life instead of returning to his native country.

Maybe you don't get it because USA recieves immigrants, rather than creating them so I'll explain some stuff, so you better pay fucking attention.

People emigrate to the USA because there are no chances for economic or social mobility here in Mexico.  The agricultural sector is underdeveloped.  As you can see, lots of farmhands cross the border to work at USA's fields.

Second, the cost of living in USA is less than in Mexico.  You can buy more with 1 dollar there than with 1 peso here.  This translates as easy living for migrants.  You can wait tables or work as a domestic and still you can feed your family decently.  It also explains why most of the migrants don't pursue higher education in the US, but their children do.

Now, Mexico actually benefits from the money sent back to their families.  Wires and money transfers from USA to Mexico are an important part of the latter's GDP.

All the rallies here in favor of the deported migrants are hypocritical, since the reason they left in the first place was the lack of opportunities in the country, plus, there's really no reintegration programs for them. They couldn't live in the same level they did back in USA if they were to work in the same things here in Mexico.

So is no wonder the poor sod killed himself.

And raphjd is right regarding Mexico's own treatment to immigrants from Central America, they are treated really badly here. Is the old proverb: 'And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye'

(Don't let the bit of scripture ruffle your Democratic feathers, we have the saying in laic spanish but couldn't translate it into English)

I do feel you're hypocritical too...you don't really care about migrants, you care about your domestics, gardeners, your baristas and waiters, because they do jobs you wouldn't even dare to do anymore. USA has had an imperialistic approach towards Mexico from a long time now, continued by Democrats and Republicans alike.

A Day without Immigrants? Pfft...it only shows that immigrants are employed heavily in the services sector.  What delusional mind thought that some closed restaurants and some hipsters unable to buy fresh produce equals to a 'paralyzed country'?  You Liberals are the ones feeding the migrants your 'Kool-Aid' to keep them bowed down and compliant.

@rawr:

You're the one talking about Hitler and Nazis. I just pointed out that there are similarities.

You're the one who gave cue to that comparison then, don't try to act naive. But meh…I don't want to start a fight with you as it would be pointless, so I'd rather read the damn thing and write my opinion.

Anyways...don't you think it would have been better to...I don't know...keep this shit secret? But they gave out names, so ICE could pinpoint where are the safehouses and just wait for one of the migrants to go out. I thought the idea of a 'safe house' involved it being somewhat secret.

Is people dumb or starved for fame? My guess is both (we're talking about religious wacko people after all)

@aadam101:

So what about sexual assault?  So called President Trump promoted sexual assault against WOMEN in his pussy grabbing tape.  Sexual assault against a WOMAN is ok but conservatives draw the line at sexual assault teen MALES?  It's an interesting line to draw.

Honestly, the fact a person can interpret such stupid and vulgar remarks as promoting sexual assaults is just as bad as someone interpreting them to be a permit for sexual assaults.

@aadam101:

I wasn't implying he predicted it.  I'm implying he paid some people to start a riot.  It's not like it takes thousands.  It only takes one or two people to get something like that started and everyone else follows suit.

I get the feeling that they are not "refusing" to publish the data.  They likely just don't have it.  At my job we get requests for data all the time for various things.  We refuse to provide it because it simply isn't collected in the manner in which the requestor is asking.

I'm SOOOOO tired of hearing Republicans whine "it's not fair" over and over.  Life isn't fair.  Get over  it.

That cop, Springare, posted on February 3.  Also, the news regarding the stoning of the police officers says they were just doing an arrest, but the mob attacked them.

Regarding the data, they stopped getting it since 2005.  If there were any problem regarding the gathering process it should have been resolved by now, don't you think so? Such kind of data is important after all, isn't it?

Also, aadam…I'm not a Republican, I'm not even from the U.S (I do think I can identify with 'Libertarian' thought) and the stuff happening in Sweden shouldn't be viewed in the reductive lense of Democrat vs Republican, it just doesn't apply.

And yes, life isn't fair.  Go tell that to all the Trump protestors plus, tell them to 'Get over it'....Wait, you know what? I don't give a shit about America, it can collapse on itself for all I care, Democrats and Republicans are BOTH rotten. Also, you're getting all worked up (to the point of royalcrown92's level).  I think you're a thoughtful person from your posts in other subforums, but this Trump-mania just pulls out the worst of you.

@aadam101:

Everything that happened in those links happened after Trump made the claim about Sweden.  It almost makes me think that Trump is  somehow involved in these riots and he got the date wrong.

C'mon… The man is a golf-course mogul, not Nostradamus.

It's perfectly logical too think this stuff can happen.  LOTS of immigrants (not refugees - because we know most of the influx was economic immigrants), went to Sweden because it had the most social welfare (they passed through countries offering assylum to go specifically there), but the State can only stretch so much.

Also, despite the speeches regarding Sweden's economic boom due to immigration, we never knew if the benefits of that boom were distributed equally.  Maybe they don't have good working conditions.  Immigrants feed the lumpen proletariate pool most of the time.

Besides, the negative of Sweden to make public the rate of crimes caused by immigrants (as one article says they refuse to publish that data) is fishy at best.

And is not fair, that because politicians refuse to accept they are having problems or they were wrong, the citizenship and the forces of law and order are suffering.

@aadam101:

Where are all the Conservatives now?  Doesn't Milo have a right to free speech?  If he can promote racism why can't he promote pedophilia?

Don't try to put racism and pedophilia at the same level, aadam.  We can tolerate racism (we are all racist in one way or another - some are more willing to accept it than others) but pedophilia has zero tolerance.

Milo went too far, no matter if it was only for shock value or for real.

Also, what's with this reply?, I considered you thoughtful and articulate…