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Jose Mujica: The world's 'poorest' president
  • Jxg
    Posts: 1,537
    DoobieMonster said:

    He
    was the leader of an organisation's armed wing that conducted
    terrorists attacks killing civilians. He gave the orders. Plenty of
    evidence out there. His ex wife gave orders for people to be taken out
    including a young boy who was butchered in front of her.


    Check out the church street bombing to start with..mandela  gave his consent to it. I think he even mentioned it in his book. 


    One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist, yeah?


    What
    about 'terrorists groups' past and present that are and were fighting
    foreign occupation are they on a pedestal like this man? Ever see the
    video of mandela singing about killing white people? Shell house
    Massacre? Church Street Bombing?...........


    You are a mainstream moron, but I promise not to tell anyone.


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    This made me laugh. Wait for Knoxy to either ignore it, call you a racist or reply with something completely irrelevant.
  • IdiAminDaDa
    Posts: 7,495
    Jxg said:

    This made me laugh. Wait for Knoxy to either ignore it, call you a racist or reply with something completely irrelevant.


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    Racist mate like...
  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424

    "The Tupamaro movement was supported by Peasant Support Movement and the members of trade unions funded by Sendic in poverty-stricken rural zones.

    The movement began by staging the robbing of banks, gun clubs and other businesses in the early 1960s, then distributing stolen food and money among the poor in Montevideo. It took as slogan "Words divide us; action unites us."

    At the beginning, it abstained from armed actions and violence; they have always made clear about not being a guerrilla group but a political movement; the eventual use of violent means would be made according to strategy and possibilities. In June 1968, President Jorge Pacheco, trying to suppress labour unrest, enforced a state of emergency and repealed all constitutional safeguards. The government imprisoned political dissidents, used torture during interrogations and brutally repressed demonstrations. ...

    As an excuse to justify repressive measures, his administration blamed the Tupamaros, formed earlier in 1963, a left-wing revolutionary organization broadly inspired by Cuba's model. The group kidnapped and later released several foreign nationals, robbed banks to raise funds, freed political prisoners, and killed police officials who were known to torture their political prisoners. 

    The government imposed modified martial law from June 1968 to March 1969. In June 1969, New York (U.S. state) governor Nelson Rockefeller visited Uruguay on a fact-finding mission. He was met by a great deal of demonstrations, and the government used that as an excuse to reimpose the state of emergency.

    In 1971 a truce was declared with the Tupamaros, which led to a relatively quiet atmosphere for the November 1971 national elections, in which Pacheco ran for a second term. Uruguay's constitution does not allow for re-election. The population had become polarized under his presidential term. Many opposition parties united, drawing support from the two traditional parties (Colorado Party and National Party), and created a new coalition named the Frente Amplio ("Broad Front").

    Pacheco's handpicked successor, Juan María Bordaberry, won the elections by roughly ten thousand votesfollowing a mysterious halt in the vote count. The stabilization measures implemented throughout Pacheco's term were moderately successful for the companies that were able to cut down on labor costs but most workers' purchasing power was badly reduced. During Bordaberry's term the economy got even worse."

    just another neo-**** latin american dictatorship overthrown by the people.

  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243493

    "But what are we thinking? Do we want the model of development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians would have the same proportion of cars per household than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left?

    "Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet."

    Mujica accuses most world leaders of having a "blind obsession to achieve growth with consumption, as if the contrary would mean the end of the world".

    over-consumption destroys the environment and makes people slaves to industry.

  • blue32years
    Posts: 16,333
    F*ck off copying and pasting ya sad act and respond to people.


    Stop supporting paedos and terrorist ya sket
  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424
    "Stop supporting paedos and terrorist ya ske"

    why would i support you?

    and as for the article its about a man not a plodding, boring moron like yourself.
  • zagan
    Posts: 4,706

    "Seriously, don’t read this ****.

    I had a great article all lined up about the bullshit of fad dieting and how Gluten-Free advocates are ruining the world for people who actually have celiac disease (yes, I’m looking at William Davis). I’m going to save it for another day because it went pretty long and you already endured that with the Batman article.

    Instead, I’m going to wax poetic on issues that don’t have enough merit to run full length articles. Let me rephrase – these ‘issues’ are so low on people’s radar that the willingness to care about them are on par with a foundation to save Mountain Lions. No, not a reference to Apple in any way, actual Mountain Lions. I’m sure they serve a purpose, but not enough that people would rally around a foundation to save them.

    I don’t even know if Mountain Lions need saving. I’ll have to look into it.

    If you’re still reading, I commend you on being such a brave soul. Maybe the first issue will put an end to your interest.

    What Happened to Courier?

    I love the Courier font!

    It’s an easy font to read and on paper, it’s also a fast font. Reading a document in Courier makes you feel like the world’s greatest speed reader AND it’s also proportionality spaced for easy formatting. When using Courier font, 250 words = 1 page. It’s so damn simple!

    What happened?

    I understand that other serif fonts can be more pleasing to the eye and pack more words on a page… but why get rid of Courier all together?

    …

    …

    Still with me? Now that’s persistence. I mean, I talked about a font for chrissake!

    Okay, try this one. I promise you’ll need all the focus you’ve got to get through it.

    People Shouldn’t Mock CD Collections

    Although my car has a Microsoft Sync system (2010 Focus in case you’re wondering), I still keep my binder of CDs in the back seat and actively listen to each one.

    People who end up in my back seat, including your sister, always have this need to look through each and every album I bought and make comments. However, at the end of the binder, every body who looked through it has a good idea of where my musical tastes lie.

    That’s why when I go into somebody’s house and see a bunch of albums lining their shelves, I don’t mock a single one. These people have felt those artists to be such a big part of their life that they were willing to go to the music store and buy the entire album. That is dedication to music you love.

    Compare that to anybody’s iPod. When was the last time you asked to see the ‘music collection’ on someone’s iPod?

    You didn’t.

    Why? Because you knew it was going to be full of every song this person had an impulse to listen to – ever. In fact, it probably looks similar to your own iPod with the exception of how you organized your ‘Playlists.’

    …

    …

    Okay, I’m somewhat impressed. You’ve hung in there for 529 words, or 2,405 characters and counting.

    If this article was released as Twitter updates, you would have read through 17 tweets by now. Some people consider that spamming your followers.

    As long as you’re still reading, how about this mindless topic?



  • zagan
    Posts: 4,706

    Everything there is to know about Productivity

    I’ve briefly mentioned before the cult of productivity that followed the release of David Allen’s “Getting Things Done.”

    There are now legions of websites, blogs, programs, tools, apps to help you get things done and be “more productive.” I admit, I used to write one of these blogs and I’m still a contributing author to a site that features many productivity posts.

    Then it hit me.

    The entire productivity world is just two pieces of advice told in unnecessarily complicated ways:

    1. Eliminate All Distractions
    2. Work on What Needs to Get Done

    I dare you to find one article on productivity that doesn’t stem from one of those two philosophies. It all seems simple, right?

    Because it is.

    Put a person in a small hut in the middle of the woods with nothing but a typewriter, food and water and the task of writing a document. I promise you they’ll finish it.

    …

    …

    You want to know the site where I’m a contributing author? Didn’t think so.

    This next one is close to my heart. I still have yet to figure it out and since you’re still reading, for whatever reason, maybe you can help?

    Flossing Isn’t that Hard

    If you’re willing to spend 2 minutes brushing your teeth and not bother to spend the extra 40 seconds to floss, there is no hope for your health.

    I actually read about people who talk about how to build a habit of flossing your teeth. Building a habit? If you need an entire system to help you build a 40 second habit, it’s time to stop lying to yourself.

    There is obviously some deep seated issues in your life that you need to work through. Laziness? Apathy? Anxiety?

    Please, figure it out.

    If you still need help, my suggestion is to eat an entire bag of popcorn every evening. Sit down and eat every kernel, but don’t pick any that get stuck from your teeth. Leave it there overnight and tell me how not flossing works out for you.

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    …

    You’re still here?

    Thanks!

    Can you do me a favour?

    Since you read through this entire article, even though I *warned* you it was going to be boring, can you go read some others we posted recently?"




  • zagan
    Posts: 4,706
    Just thought I'd try and top Knoxy's boring copy and paste post's.... but his really are more boring than this one I found....
  • BlueShark
    Posts: 1,398
    zagan said:

    Just thought I'd try and top Knoxy's boring copy and paste post's.... but his really are more boring than this one I found....


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    Hahaha!
  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424
    sad and sorry little lads no brains, no wit or humour,  just a pathetic imitation of it, and no comments on any intelligent topic.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243493

    "But what are we thinking? Do we want the model of development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians would have the same proportion of cars per household than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left?

    "Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet."

    Mujica accuses most world leaders of having a "blind obsession to achieve growth with consumption, as if the contrary would mean the end of the world".

    over-consumption destroys the environment and makes people slaves to industry.

  • Snowcone
    Posts: 6,856
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    Posts: 4,706
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  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424

    "Uruguay has an impressive GDP considering it’s the second-smallest nation in South America, but its president lives more like a pauper –- on purpose.

    Jose Mujica, 77, was elected in 2009, but he has no interest in taking on the grand presidential lifestyle. According to the BBC, Mujica donates 90 percent of his salary to charity and lives in a farmhouse off a dirt road where he and his wife work the land themselves.

    The austere leader earns $12,500 a month, but only keeps $1,250 for himself, he told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, according to a translation by Univision.

    “I do fine with that amount; I have to do fine because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less,” Mujica told the paper.

    He focuses his giving on helping the poor and small entrepreneurs.

    "This is a matter of freedom,” Mujica told the BBC. “If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself."

    Mujica also seems intent on impressing his philanthropic ways on other world leaders."  best of luck with that!


    maybe this would help!


    "Uruguay has unveiled a plan to allow state-controlled sales of marijuana to fight a rise in drug-related crime.

    Under the bill, only the government would be allowed to sell marijuana to adults registered on a database."
  • Snowcone
    Posts: 6,856
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  • blue32years
    Posts: 16,333
    Does he write any of his own thoughts ?
  • Snowcone
    Posts: 6,856
    blue32years said:

    Does he write any of his own thoughts ?


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    Does he have any of his own thoughts? 
  • DoobieMonster
    Posts: 1,180
    I responded with the truth and he ignored it (wiped the floor with you by the way). He goes on about intelligence but he relies on copying and pasting. He would believe anything he reads as long as he agreed with it. If he does not agree with it then it's wrong. 

    Anyways knoxy 
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