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I'm going to guess that number doesn't include "armed conflict" deaths and I suspect the data is suspect with most of the country being essentially lawless.

The country is practically in a state of civil war now. al-Shabab controls substantial portion of the country and the capital Mogadishu is under constant threat of car bombs and you literally need security guards to walk outside.

You will probably survive but it's insane to think it's safer to visit Somalia than Alabama.

03-07-2019 , 09:45 PM

#8352

microbet

Solar Powered

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grizy

How about Honduras or Guatamala? Can you safely travel around there?

03-07-2019 , 10:33 PM

#8353

grizy

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No idea. I assume safer since I remember seeing resorts in those countries listed on travel sites. I assume, like for most central American countries, the state department would tell me to avoid certain areas and possibly the entire country.

03-07-2019 , 10:37 PM

#8354

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

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Apparently, Somalialand (a part of Somalia) is pretty safe. It's the rest of the country that's pretty chaotic.

03-07-2019 , 10:58 PM

#8355

goofyballer

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Originally Posted by King_of_NYC

He just smirked and kept clapping and I very quickly got very loud, in his face and was swearing at him. It ended with him asking why I was so angry

When internet trolls go out IRL

03-08-2019 , 01:17 AM

#8356

suzzer99

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King, I'm fine with public shaming racists and driving them into the shadows. And lets be real Trumpites are either racists or have zero empathy for anyone experiencing racism. Which is effectively the same thing.

He's smirking because it's all just a game to him. He's picked sides and he doesn't understand why you get so upset about it.

He'll probably be quiet the next time a spot like that comes up - because of you.

03-08-2019 , 08:29 AM

#8357

mosdef

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

I agree no one should feel ashamed about batting down vocal Trump supporters in public. As he said, they are on team babies in cages and should be reminded of that over and over again. Getting visibly angry is best to avoid though since that's really what they want. They delight in the trolling so if possible it's better to take that away from them.

03-08-2019 , 08:58 AM

#8358

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mosdef

This.

These people don't have convictions. All they want to do is trigger the libs. So anytime you give into anger, they accomplish their goal. The best way to go is to just throw a light jab to annoy them and then refuse to engage further, leaving them angry and unfulfilled at not getting you back.

03-08-2019 , 12:54 PM

#8359

King_of_NYC

betting he never calls me again

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I hope you're right about this last bit, although the lack of shame that characterizes these people makes me doubtful

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

agreed

03-08-2019 , 12:57 PM

#8360

prana

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Bringing up the word deplorable works well imo. Even calling other Trump voters that weren't the people I was talking to enraged some senior citizen so much I was sure he was going to swing at me.

03-08-2019 , 08:17 PM

#8361

batair

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Trump gives plenty of ammo for humorous jabs at his dumbness. People mostly dont engage after you do. Course thats people i know not normally randoms.

Last edited by batair; 03-08-2019 at 08:22 PM.

03-08-2019 , 08:29 PM

#8362

OmgGlutten!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by prana

Bringing up the word deplorable works well imo. Even calling other Trump voters that weren't the people I was talking to enraged some senior citizen so much I was sure he was going to swing at me.

yeah, my latest ban in OOT was for saying that the owner of Jimmy Johns is a deplorable in the fast food thread, triggering the all caps response NO ******* POLITICS IN OOT, yet someone pointed out that discussion complaining about minimum wage laws is allowed.

03-08-2019 , 08:37 PM

#8363

Strontium Dog

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It's a topsy-turvy world...

A Texas judge is disciplined for telling a jury that God wanted them to acquit a sex trafficking defendant

Quote:

The Texas Judicial Commission is issuing a public warning to a judge who told a jury that God wanted to acquit a woman who was on trial for charges related to sex trafficking.

The jury found her guilty instead, and Gloria Romero Perez was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The judge, Jack Robison, is on the other end of a disciplinary measure.

Robison, a district judge in Comal County, Texas, just north of San Antonio, was presiding over Perez's trial in January 2018. According to the Texas Judicial Commission, he walked into the jury room after the jury's deliberations, said he had been praying about the case, and informed the jurors God told him the defendant was innocent.

He asked the jury to reverse its guilty verdict. Jurors declined.

&

Cops search dying man's hospital room for weed

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Cops raided the hospital room of a Missouri man with stage four pancreatic cancer because a concerned citizen suspected he was using marijuana. The patient said he prefers THC capsules to opioids for pain relief. "I should have the right to choose my end of life medications," said the man in his YouTube description.

03-08-2019 , 09:15 PM

#8364

True North

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If you’re offended over how someone chooses to die, I have to question exactly where you went so wrong in your life.

03-09-2019 , 01:51 PM

#8365

Jiggymike

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Originally Posted by OmgGlutten!

Yup that was me because it was a bull**** ban and of course 27 never responded to my post. This isn’t the first time that someone has caught a ban for making a mildly political statement on the side of liberalism but p4b rants about how his precious McDs now costs him 18 cents extra because AZ increased the minimum wage and explicitly tells people how they should vote and not a peep from the mods.

03-09-2019 , 08:59 PM

#8366

ReasonableGuy

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Ah p4b, such a solid poster that he earned the nickname pig 4 wrong in the medium stakes LHE forum.

One time he was crying about not being able to sell lammers at WSOP. Everyone else posts that they never have a problem? Hey, p4b, try not being such a contrarian grumpy deplorable piece of **** all the time and maybe people will engage with you!

03-09-2019 , 09:07 PM

#8367

Jiggymike

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Originally Posted by ReasonableGuy

His taste in fast food also ranges from questionable to terrible

03-09-2019 , 11:07 PM

#8368

Guy Incognito

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There are people that still don't have him on ignore, huh? That's... unfortunate.

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03-10-2019 , 04:45 AM

#8369

hobbes9324

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Guy Incognito

There are people that still don't have him on ignore, huh? That's... unfortunate.

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I find him entertaining in an Eeyore sort of way.

MM MD

03-10-2019 , 12:53 PM

#8370

.Alex.

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Yea same thing happened to me after I commented how Clarence Thomas is an incompetent scumbag after there was already like 10 posts from the regs discussing his absurd opinion on libel. Pretty funny that the rule seems to be "no politics in oot except when spreading rote gop talking points."

03-10-2019 , 12:58 PM

#8371

SuperUberBob

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What a tragedy in Trump's America. Can't post leftist political takes in a dying message board like OOT.

03-10-2019 , 01:54 PM

#8372

whosnext

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Have you alerted mason to this. I am sure that he will have a stern reaction (probably threaten to close the forum).

03-11-2019 , 12:40 PM

#8373

Inso0

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Quote:

Originally Posted by King_of_NYC

I hate Trump's America

He probably thought to himself, "Who is this crazy dude screaming at me about protocols that were in place during the Obama administration?"

Heat of the moment and all so I get it, but yeah you didn't do yourself any favors by picking that particular issue out or your bag of rage topics.

Unfortunately, he's going to tell all his deplorable friends about and they'll probably laugh at the triggered liberal.