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  Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

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  this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

  the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

  the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

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  Nearly all "temporary powers" end up becoming permanent, and all powers are eventually used for political control to suppress opposition and dissent.
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  Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

  by Simon in

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  this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

  the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

  the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

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  This is a good watch.

  I agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry ID are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information. The tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities. The government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.

  Both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGgvgKE0n8o
  
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  Prince Philip dies aged 99

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  born philippos, prince of denmark and greece in 1921, prince philip has died aged 99 years old (june 1921 - april 2021).. a very long, quite remarkable life lived.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaqxest27_e.

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  I've seen accounts of people who were present at some of these "incidents" and they were blown up into something they weren't by the media and the marxists anti-monarchists in them that wanted opportunities to pull the royals down.

  Everyone should know by now that the last thing you should expect from the media are facts and honesty.
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  Do You Tip At Eateries?

  by minimus in

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  if you go to a restaurant, do you tip and typically how much?

  if you were given a 90 minute time frame to eat at a restaurant, would that restriction limit your tipping to the waitress or waiter?.

  also if you order a coffee and donut and pick it up, do you contribute to the “tip jar” that’s on the counter?

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  Why do you have to tip?

  It works both ways. There are undoubtedly servers who make a killing from it - if you're picking up $30+ a time from tables and have 3 - 4 or more per hour, that is a damn good rate and they would probably be willing to work for $0 regular pay to get it rather than only be paid a set rate and the gratuity go to the restaurant.

  But I suspect there are plenty of cheapskates who make that less common and make the job difficult.

  From a business perspective, you would want employees who want to provide great service and if adding "... so that they boost their pay with good tips" on the end of that achieves it, what do they care? It's a system that has evolved that way and the service in such places probably is measurably better than places where they don't have that.
  
  
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

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  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  Re: the ability to breathe or not, only someone who can't breathe can't talk, so someone who is talking can breathe and can breathe well enough that they are using that ability to talk instead of breathe.

  It's a little like drowning - people don't drown like in the movies, splashing about and screaming for help. The reality is that people drown silently - there's many accounts where people trained to spot drowning have saved people who were very close to others (friends, parents etc) that were completely unaware of their predicament.

  Don't forget, the police probably here "I can't breathe", "you're breaking my arm" and 101 other variations of fake claims 24x7.

  The prosecution are bringing forth 3 charges:
  1. Second degree murder
  2. Third degree unintentional murder
  3. Second degree manslaughter.

  Doesn't the charge of manslaughter in itself act as evidence that you don't believe it's murder? Throwing so many charges shows they lack confidence and it's for show as much as for justice - "look, he's being charged for MURDER! (but let's hope we can at least make a manslaughter charge stick)"

  It's a jury trial so really it could go either way. Having sat on a jury myself for a criminal trial, I don't really have much faith in the process - at least half the guys in the jury I was involved in were either desperately inadequate , unbelievably dumb or totally lacking in any sensible judgement.

  Jury trials are hit and miss and often it's left with people who aren't smart enough to get out of doing it. In this case I think there is a real danger that people put their own self interests ahead of the correct decision and weigh up the consequences of an acquittal even though that should not be of any consideration whatsoever.
  

  Because much of it is body cam footage, I’m pretty sure it’s officers themselves posting it (or maybe supportive admin or I.T. staff) I think as you say it’s an attempt to show the public the sort of situations they face on a daily basis

  It's telling that after all the claims that police should have to wear body cams, some people are now wanting it stopped because the reality is the cams often provide the evidence that it was the perps at fault / the police actions were justified (and often the impossible split second choices that have to be made).

  Anyway, media found a new "hero" and people have someone else to riot and loot over, so they don't need this result as much as they did last week.

  Funny how no one seemed to care or riot over the police abuse of the black army lieutenant, it's always some criminal type that it's about.
  
  
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

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  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  you dumb, racist bitch, just shut the fuck up and rot and in Hell

  Racist? You know no one cares about being called racist anymore, right? Apparently everything on the planet is now racist, including the US interstate - yes, roads are racist, who knew.

  One common factor when it comes to racism though - the ones claiming it can never point to it.

  Like you didn't. If you could, you would, but you can't, so you don't.
  

  Trace my ISP are whatever the Hell it's called and block me, I have several logins here, so check for Florida, New York, Georgia and California.

  Wow, imagine just outright admitting publicly that you are so absolutely obsessed with me and my forum that you go to the effort to create so many accounts!

  I'm humbled, I truly am.
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

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  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  And the general public, including the black community is watching this case very closely to see if fair and equatable justice is being served to the accused.

  They rarely want justice. Justice is just (the clue's in the name) and they don't care about facts or reality.
  

  If there is an acquittal and those cops get off scott free without any charges being laid, expect riots in the streets once again.

  Charges have been laid. If they are innocent of the charges then they deserve to be acquitted and free. If the prosecutor sought charges that were an overreach then that is on them.

  If there are riots, that's on the rioters and anyone who encouraged it or didn't call for peace - so the media and democrats.
  
  
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  Lets say Floyd swallowed some tabs just when the cops pulled up behind him in his car. they didn't kick in right away but during the hold down they did and that stopped his heart and breathing.

  Right, it would be reason alone to acquit.

  The toxicology report would have shown high levels of fentanyl in his system if that were the case.

  That was the case.

  This case is a slam-dunk for the defence. The only doubt has been created by the media, creating a narrative and hyping it - trying to create the news rather than just report on it.

  Same as they did with Trayvon Martin.

  Same as they did with Mike Brown.

  Same as they did with all the others.

  People can keep being patsies and falling for it, or they can get a clue and learn to not listen to bad actors.
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  From what I read about fentanyl, one of the ways it kills you is that it stops your automatic responses.

  So if you're drunk, and your head falls forward, the low-level firmware in your nervous system still kicks in and says "whoa, we need to move something!" so you don't die. But with fentanyl it can be more like "we think the whole breathing thing is overrated, let's not bother with it anymore"
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  Do You Tip At Eateries?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you go to a restaurant, do you tip and typically how much?

  if you were given a 90 minute time frame to eat at a restaurant, would that restriction limit your tipping to the waitress or waiter?.

  also if you order a coffee and donut and pick it up, do you contribute to the “tip jar” that’s on the counter?

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  Tipping was never as big of a thing in the UK. Part of that is that I don't think people generally eat out as much.

  Maybe it's changed now.

  Sorry, but not tipping because they are not handing out menus which is a good idea right now? That sounds like an excuse to justify it to yourself.

  Likewise, waiting outside - these are often rules mandated on restaurants or the view that people don't want to see tightly packed groups of people. Punishing the wait staff for it is petty and low and again it sounds like an excuse more than a legitimate reason.

  You should tip more now because wait staff are facing extra challenges, often having to wear masks and wipe things down more thoroughly and more often and the volume of visitors is often less - fewer covers means fewer people who potentially tip, so make up for those people who chose to be assholes.