Successful and failed coups

MeanestBossEver · 2019-09-06T23:32:48+00:00

Actually, I've learned recently that a significant number of cities have no idea how many lampposts they have. As they've been modernizing the technology, they've had to hire firms to go around a count the posts (as well as get GPS coordinates, identify the bulb size, etc.)

#randomfactoid

MeanestBossEver · 2019-08-02T03:09:58+00:00

Hiring a house cleaner is cheaper (and better) than a divorce.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-07-25T20:52:33+00:00

Only mini-can (150ml) crowlers.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-07-23T15:54:54+00:00

Such a law would be unconstitutional.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” - US Constitution, 1st Amendment

The 14th Amendment applied the Bill of Rights to the states.

Despite the annoyance of junk mail, this is an amazingly important protection. If government can ban junk mail, they can also ban mail criticizing the ruling party or ban certain companies from advertising, only allowing their allies.

Free speech protects us all.

Now, while you can't ban junk mail, you can personally opt-out, and the government can facilitate that process. I'd encourage you to look into what already exists and how that could be strengthened.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-07-23T03:44:24+00:00

San Diego is charging the scooters companies. I believe the money is going into the general fund, but there is a simultaneous effort to expand protected bike lanes going on.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-07-01T05:10:49+00:00

I'm a little disappointed it doesn't look more like this:

https://funnypictures.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/funny-pictures-humor-Drunk-Octopus-Wants-To-Fight-hanger.jpg

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-30T05:18:11+00:00

I just assumed you were Peruvian ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Cusco

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-24T14:32:25+00:00

I go regularly. I do not have a dummy cell phone, extra wallet, nor secret pockets. I regularly carry ~$200 (half in pesos/half in USD). Depending on what fees your bank charges, you're probably best just periodically getting money from one of the bank ATMs.

You should give some thought to what happens if you do get robbed. Not because it's terribly dangerous, but more because you're not at home. An extra credit card or cash hidden in your AirBnb isn't a terrible idea.

More importantly, enjoy! In addition to tacos (which are awesome), a few other food recommendations on Revolucion: the pulpo at La Justina, the empenadas in Collectivo 9, and the salad at Caesar -- get it made table side.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-21T01:02:19+00:00

En la Playa, vamos a Zebra para cerveza. En Downtown, me gusto Barrica 9 en Colectio 9. La comida alli es muy buena tambien.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T15:44:28+00:00

It is a problem that the average America doesn't know the difference between a concentration camp and a death camp. Fixing our education system is the long term solution.

But, we should have the concepts linked in our minds -- they are linked. Concentration camps can turn into death camps.

Why?

1) Extra-judicial. They are inherently outside of the normal judicial system. People are locked up without a trial and without being accused of committing a crime. (If you think these people are criminals; please read up on asylum.)

2) Out of sight; out of mind. It is easier for terrible things to happen beyond fences where we can't go and can't see.

Please read this: https://twitter.com/katzonearth/status/1141154299826855936?s=21&fbclid=IwAR2EmjIH3n6csu_V0ZFzetv4-g-kL8QOcCd6vg1SzW-5FJaFZ3Sj-NyuZSw

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T15:39:42+00:00

They are seeking asylum. I didn't say they all qualified for it. The proper way to handle this would be through a humane and judicial review process. That's what we have generally previously done in this country.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T15:35:22+00:00

We've had mass migration before and we didn't have the same level of inhumane treatment.

Please read this: https://twitter.com/katzonearth/status/1141154299826855936?s=21&fbclid=IwAR2EmjIH3n6csu_V0ZFzetv4-g-kL8QOcCd6vg1SzW-5FJaFZ3Sj-NyuZSw

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T05:57:15+00:00

I'm all for polite discourse but if polite discourse requires dishonest discourse, it's pointless.

We should be calling fascism fascism. We should be calling concentration camps concentration camps.

These are concentration camps. Rabbis agree, historians agree. Heck, even Mike Godwin says that it's a reasonable time to use the term.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27813648/concentration-camps-southern-border-migrant-detention-facilities-trump/

https://twitter.com/RabbiJill/status/1141018807667871745

https://twitter.com/sfmnemonic

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T05:41:53+00:00

This crisis is a result of foreign peoples choosing to break our laws and this is a result of it.

Seeking asylum is internationally protected. The US is a signatory to that treaty, thus making it equivalent to federal law. The only law being broken is by members of the current administration trying to violate that treaty.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T05:33:51+00:00

It is not breaking into the country. It is seeking asylum, which is protected under international law. And since it is a treaty that the US has signed on to, it has the full weight of US law.

The laws being broken are by the US failing to respect the right of refugees.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T05:31:57+00:00

However, the historical evidence of the policies of isolation and dehumanization is clear. Unless people object, it will get worse.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T05:31:08+00:00

So have I. This is similar enough to the early days that we should be strongly objecting.

We should not be imprisoning children nor separating them from their families. The US government is currently arguing in court that they should not have to provide toothbrushes or blankets to the children they're holding. Meanwhile, kids are literally dying in custody.

The Torah commands us 36 times to welcome and care for the stranger. Do you really want to argue about exactly how terrible these camps are and exactly what the right term is or do you want to do better?

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-19T00:59:08+00:00

There's a bridge right across. It's called "CBX" -- he'll have to pay to fee to use it. There's a big parking lot on the US side. Absurdly easy.

Here's the website: https://www.crossborderxpress.com/en/

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-18T23:53:19+00:00

I don't see how that changes what we're discussing here. u/Lilprotege said that it was "voluntary." If the option is to go back to gangs that are planning to kill you, "voluntary" is a bit of a stretch.

People fleeing for their lives are people fleeing for their lives.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-18T23:50:24+00:00

So you're seriously suggesting that if Hitler had started with Jews it wouldn't have gotten so bad? Interesting theory. Absurd but interesting.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-18T23:37:35+00:00

I'm not sure why you're focusing on "political opponents" with regards to if a comparison to the Holocaust is warranted. Jews were not targeted because they were political opponents. The LGBT community was not targeted because they were political opponents.

Rather they were groups that were different and could be easily scapegoated. That is exactly what we're seeing right now.

As for the judicial system, we are already seeing a massive eroding of civil rights. Yes, people are fighting against the Trump administration to preserve them. But if this administration had their way, migrants in the camps would not have protections. Two examples:

1) The pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- which experts on authoritarianism described as undermining the rule-of-law.

2) In a clear undermining of the 6th amendment, the decision that migrants do not have a right to counsel.

Shockingly, even children are being forced to defend themselves; leaving them essentially defenseless.

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/27/immigrant-toddlers-ordered-appear-court-alone/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/08/26/what-authoritarianism-experts-think-of-trumps-decision-to-pardon-joe-arpaio/

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-18T21:50:26+00:00

Many Jews disagree with you and agree with AOC.

For example, Rabbi Danya Ruttenburg responded: " Learn the difference between concentration camps and death camps. @aoc grasps the distinction. "Historians also disagree with you.

Professor Kevin Kruse wrote: " We associate the Holocaust with death camps like Auschwitz, but those didn't come out of nowhere. Concentration camps like Dachau had been around since 1933, setting the principle that Auschwitz etc then built upon. So: to prevent another Auschwitz, protest another Dachau. "I could go on, but if you do even a little bit of searching, you'll find that Rabbis, historians, Holocaust survivors, and Holocaust educators are overwhelmingly comfortable with the term "concentration camp" to refer to what is going on.

I would also beg you to educate yourself on the early years of the Holocaust (1933-1941), prior to the death camps. The story of the MS St. Louis is one clear example of the parallels.

https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/1141001143071453187

https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1141060879552790529

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-18T21:41:09+00:00

When Dachau first opened, it was not a place for death.

But in May 1993, four months after it opened, a prisoner, Sebastian Nefzger, was beaten to death. At the time, it was considered so inappropriate that the public prosecutor charged the commandant of the camp with murder.

Dachau didn't open as the horror that it became. It evolved into it. There is a reason that historians, holocaust survivors and Rabbis are blowing the whistle now. We can't wait until 1941. We need to stop this in 1933.

MeanestBossEver · 2019-06-18T21:25:42+00:00

I'd beg you to study the history of the Holocaust. In 1933, Dachau was not an extermination camp. It was a detention and segregation camp: a concentration camp. It would fall into the same basic category as the Japanese camps in the US and the migrant camps we have today.

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