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They link poverty and crime probably because most of the impoverished in America are blacks and blacks also commit most of the murders. Although they don't say this in the article. Plus correlation does not equal causation; just because blacks are impoverished doesn't mean they commit crime.

Article The Mint Press lists its bias on their about page as "Through the lens of social justice and human rights, we report on how these dynamics drive our foreign affairs and impact the world, and examine the effects they have on our democracy and freedoms as defined by the constitution." Now I almost always cringe when I hear the words social justice, however the article makes some good arguments on the correlation between gun ownership and murder rates, notably that they don't correlate either way. They also point out that governments really only want to ban citizens from owning rifles because you need rifles to overthrow a government.

I'm not saying that you are wrong and zero point energy doesn't exist, but what I quoted you saying above is not an argument.

New research is showing the Hitler and other "high" Nazis (pun intended) used opiates on a regular basis. These new findings fit well with "The Origins of War in Child Abuse" and the recent interviews with Dr.Gabor Mate wherein he reveals that almost of the addicts he treats were abused as children. All the more reason to treat your children with love and empathy.

I'm in San Marcos. Between Austin and San Antonio.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/one-in-5-families-admits-to-using-sedative-drugs-including-phenergan-on-their-children-for-a-quieter-life-on-road-trips-20150404-1me7av.html Scary article I found on reddit.

She is saying women want an Alpha male. True enough I think. The only problem is that feminism, socialism, and hyper-statism in general make it difficult and almost toxic for men to do as she says "show up magnificently in all circumstances of life" (whatever that means). Well one thing she seems to forget is that more and more boys are raised my single moms without any male roll model. Which is mostly women's doing. AND women and society as a whole treat men as disposable resources. Not really a recipe for strong men in the world.

Anyone have thoughts on this? I have been considering buy my first Bitcoins now that the price is low and affordable for me. Should I be worried about the low prices?

Have any of you guys looked into Blue Ridge Liberty Project? Its a Voluntaryist/Anarchist community centered around...drum roll please....peaceful parenting! Looks pretty cool, albeit small.

This time it takes the form of racism. We all must ban together to fight our innate racism. http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/26/us/ferguson-racism-or-racial-bias/index.html?hpt=us_t2

By the by, I think "Senor Chops a lot" knows that Stef would rip him a new one. I Have never heard Noam make a stand on anything except to say that the west is dangerous. He is just a stuffy intellectual who lacks consistency and the ability to universalize principles; in my humble opinion. Yes I am aware that this is an Ad Homin attack. lol

They don't even know their own rituals! That makes my head hurt. It makes them a little scarier in my opinion because they are totally unpredictable.

@Wuzzums funny ass clip. that's exactly what it feels like sometimes @ dsayers at least these insane people are stimulating the economy lol.

I just wanted to share this story with some sane people because I feel like I live in an asylum sometimes. Here it goes.... Yesterday at work some employees noticed that the American flag atop our store was was damaged and barely attached to the flag pole. They all seemed puzzled by how to get it down so I gave a suggestion. Me: "Just cut the rope still attached to the pole and the flag will fly off" This was met with some glares, skepticism, and even some stares of disbelief. Person: "But then it will touch the ground.....the flag can't touch the ground" Me:"It is just a piece of cloth......" This was met with what looked like short circuiting in their brains. One guy looked at me like I was speaking Korean. Person, with anger this time: "The flag can't touch the ground. That's really bad!" Me:" Is the CIA going to drone strike you or something? Just cut it down." My humor was lost on them, go figure. I scanned the two guys who looked like they were having the worst migraines of their lives and decided to cut my losses and leave. Later that day I learned that they decided to higher a boom operator to pull the holy cloth down with reverence; which cost the store close to a thousand dollars.

Rape Victims Are Common. Rapists Are Not. (slate.com article) David Lisak (study in article) This study found that only 6% of men ever attempt rape. Just as with pedophiles it a small percentage of people how do a proportionally large amount of violence. PLUS! look at this Rape Stats and compare it to kids hit in school!(doesnt even include how often or brutally kids get hit at home). Rape is terrible but a far greater number of kids are getting hit and a far greater number of people are hitting them. But I'm speaking to the choir here. And if you look at those stats it seems like women could do a lot to help themselves from getting rapped if they were more careful about securely locking their homes and about whose homes they visited considering that a combined total of 57% of rapes happen in either the victims or rapists homes. Just a thought, stop blaming all men for rape.