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Democracy on the [chat]
Mazzyx
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Since I am currently reading about Chinese politics and democratization I will do a democracy [chat].
Democracy is on the march.
Some of the folks are like this man...
He is helping build an Islamic democracy in Tunisia while joining with secular parties.
Others are fighting it like this man...
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He is kind of a dick.
But whatever happens in the Mid-East it is a new world we are living in. Full of mass movements, peaceful resistance and lots of dead people watering that tree of liberty. And none of it seems to be attached to this man's work.
Democracy is on the march.
Some of the folks are like this man...
He is helping build an Islamic democracy in Tunisia while joining with secular parties.
Others are fighting it like this man...
He is kind of a dick.
But whatever happens in the Mid-East it is a new world we are living in. Full of mass movements, peaceful resistance and lots of dead people watering that tree of liberty. And none of it seems to be attached to this man's work.
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You would think putting a scope on a dot sight on the gun's sight would hamper your aim, not bolster it.
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isn't it
Oh well, wasn't as bad as last year when i had to pay the taxes on selling my NFLX stock. Also, I hate that I have pretty high medical expenses but they are not so high that I can deduct them.
Well, he did sort of set the standard for "this is how fucking crazy we can get motherfucker" when it came to invading other countries, making all future presidents look downright diplomatic.
Seriously, they gave me a new word. Pulling a Brenner.
awful
That's how I perceive them anyway.
anime
They fit the last year of public school age in my head. Which in Japan is 9th grade. High school(10-12) is optional. So that makes a lot of sense culturally. It is the coming of age period.
it's not that anime compared to most JRPGs. Especially since the combat system is basically Equilibrium with 5 people.
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and now it looks like there may be a new way to run each game. Reverse Boss Order for Super Metroid which is: crystal flash -> ridley -> draygon -> phantoon -> kraid
And now it looks like Pacifist runs are in Symphony of the Night, which aren't kill-less its just to keep the kill counter at 0 so there are a few glitches you have to do to progress.
Oh I know just the way I reason the thing you mentioned. and I really should play RoF eventually.
Wasn't Nixon like that as well?
he was pretty good in The Ten Commandments
Technically, Nixon is Obama, becoming president during a war, first escalating it, then pulling troops out finally.
the company that bought the startup I worked for as my first developer job aparently went public a little while back.
those (until now worthless) shares I've been sitting on are currently worth a bit over 120k.
I want for kind of pale and gaunt, and Manson is fairly androgynous, so it does make some sense.
it's an april fool's bonus
SELL SELL SELL!!!
Indeed. Though now I need to find an account to explain the rather confusing rules about when I can sell what (they are restricted shares).
Nixon gets a lot of shit but outside of his war criminal works with Vietnam and the surrounding countries he actually was a pretty successful and respected President when it comes to international relations.
Between the SALT treaty, opening China and working on other important nonproliferation treaties he has a damn good track record. This gets white washed by his illegal bombing of Cambodia and his criminal actions at home.
A six-figure windfall is definitely cause for celebration.
Really. REALLY. It's not that anime?
Seriously, if there were like five or six of them, I might watch
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Where's Tyrannus when you need him?
My dad knows about this stuff. He was a construction worker his entire working life but managed to put away a fair bit and has been living off of stock trading the last few years. He should be able to hook me up with an accountant.
Japanese public school ends at the age of 15. So 14-15 is the final year of the Japanese required school system. Usually in the spring of that year they take an entrance exam for high school which is 15-18.
Well congrats and I hope you can sell them quickly and make all kinds of money. Just be sure to set some of that money aside for taxes.
luckily the company is doing well so there's no rush to unload em. (it's currently trading at about 24 afer an IPO of 11 in Feb.)
edit: probably at least half of any money from this is going into the boys college savings account anyway. And the rest into savings for a house.
Really?
Wow, I was not aware of that. I always wondered about the placement test thing to get into HS. I just thought it was to get into a better high school, not like college.
The current Japanese school system developed in the post war era due to requirements of the occupation government. The system breaks down into 5 different sets. First is Kindergarten which is basically pre-school. They are private and there is competition to get your kids into the best and most expensive kindergartens. Its mostly like any pre-school, some classes on numbers maybe letters. Some do English as well. Lots of play time as well. Then you get elementary school which in the US is grades 1-6. Pretty standard. They learn basic reading and writing in first grade and then add kanji and more complicated grammar as they progress. Their math though is very fast, I was teaching 6th graders algebra. This is the first set of required public school.
Next is Middle school. This is three years (7th-9th). They have more advanced classes. And this is the last set of required schooling in the country. This is also when you first get uniforms. Also this is when they are required to start studying English. Though starting this year actually, 5th and 6th grade are required to study basic English phrases. At the end of middle school there are entrance exams. Those lead to the high school system which is a mix of city, prefectual and private schools.
High schools come in two types, college prep(normal high school) and technical schools. The latter are more for jobs like construction, plumbing and electricians. The former is like high school in the states and those are the students who take entrance exams to go to college.
A lot of the system developed during the post-WWII baby boom so the entrance exams are not nearly as tough as they use to be just because there are so fewer kids for a lot more spaces.
*rage*