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The people have spoken - the bastards.
At least their elected representatives. Brazil's Senate votes to impeach Rouseff 61-20.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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The question is who will replace her. The opposition was implicated in the corruption too.Originally posted by pchang View PostThe people have spoken - the bastards.
At least their elected representatives. Brazil's Senate votes to impeach Rouseff 61-20.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
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Well, technically, she was impeached for mismanagement, not corruption.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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Just euphemism. The funny is many of the lawmakers that voted for her impeachment were involved in it too. They are just trying to save their own skin.Originally posted by pchang View PostWell, technically, she was impeached for mismanagement, not corruption.
I wonder if free trade can help cure everything... the snake oil mystery tonic that solves all.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
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There is a whole universe of possibilities between solves none and solves all.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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That has been explained to him many times yet the poster who's former name must never be mentioned continues to lie and pretend it has not.Originally posted by pchang View PostThere is a whole universe of possibilities between solves none and solves all.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Step right up. Free trade... Cures all! From gout to cancer!Originally posted by Bereta_Eder View Post
For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
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