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Scarfolk Council[^] seems to be the blueprint most governments try to follow. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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so when self driving taxis become the norm will politicians truly become surplus to requirements?
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Never thought that Trump was a true politician, but guess if this is the case he is one of the best: He still has convinced his supporters that he is such a great leader for them, and that he is not strictly out there for himself, and does not care about the proletariat, just about the rich.
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Yeah, his policies are doing so well for his supporters, but we all know that the truth is what you say it is, and not what it looks like. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I first read that in Yoda's voice.
"Suspicious you should be."
Then I noticed the question mark.
"Suspicous? You should be."
That was a little disappointing.
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Quote: For if every instrument could accomplish its own work, obeying or anticipating the will of others, like the statues of Daedalus, or the tripods of Hephaestus, which, says the poet:
'of their own accord entered the assembly of the Gods;'
if, in like manner, the shuttle would weave and the plectrum touch the lyre without a hand to guide them, chief workmen would not want servants, nor masters slaves.
Aristotle, Politics, Book 1, Part 4. mentioned in this interesting Aeon essay: [^]
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Do Cephalopods say: Octopi Wall Street!
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I ink they say Wall Street sucks.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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It is true that stock markets are evil. If you have the stock market going up the way it is when the US federal deficit is beyond imagination, and Trump is in office, then there is something wrong with the Stock Market.
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I squid, you not: that gave me quite a laugh, as though I it had come form at least tentickles.
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There's something fishy about this.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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I agree - it stinks.
/ravi
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Only when they're not throwing molluscov cocktails around.
(PS, I wonder who will be the first pedant to point out that the plural of octopus is octopuses).
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I don't care what any dictionary says... The plural of Octopus is Octopii, so there!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Only because the OED refused to consider Octopuffles. 
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and siamese octopodes are hexadecapii
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No they want to Occupy Whale Street
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Politics aside, I was always a fan of this man, and I am deeply saddened that he decided to kill himself.
modified 8-Jun-18 9:15am.
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Yeah, me too - I was just heading here to post the same.
CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61 - CNN[^]
A fine writer, a funny man who had a real passion for food and people. He will be missed. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
And if you haven't read "Kitchen Confidential" then do: especially before you eat out again ... 
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Can you move this thread to the Lounge? I don't know why I posted this in the Soapbox. Thanks.
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No, I think that is a staff only function.
@Sean-Ewington can you move it for him?
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Ah, for some reason I thought you were staff. 
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More like inventory 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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In my opinion... anything celebrity-related should go to the soap box.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: anything celebrity-related should go to the soap box trash bin.
FTFY
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