The largest Hindu temple in the US opens in central NJ
A farming community in New Jersey is home to Akshardham Mahamandir, the largest Hindu temple in the nation and the second largest in the world.
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getsoutalive
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You guys are cute. Ever heard of advertising?
Abele Rizieri Ferrari
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Why does that even matter? The fact that it's akin to or explainable as advertising doesn't make it less fucked up. If that's what you mean? Or do you mean that if someone mentions that big oil pushing propaganda on the next generation is fucked up, they can't also think advertising other harmful shit is fucked up as well? In which case you're also not making sense. It's feels like it's just a whataboutist excuse to patronize people you disagree with.
florduh
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Shell Grappled with Climate Change 20 Years Ago, Documents Show
Company scientists foresaw a storm like Sandy, as well as climate lawsuits
www.scientificamerican.com
Shell has been worried about what young people think about them for a while now.
getsoutalive
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THEY ALL LIE. ALL OF THEM. expect it and you will not be disappointed.
not much more to say.
Shouldn't we point out their lies and hold them accountable?
Sneering at people exposing the lies doesn't seem remotely helpful.
getsoutalive
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Sure, you bitch about the lies you see, they bitch about the lies they see, each ignores the others and we get more of the same.
Knock yourselves out.
getsoutalive
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Thank you for proving my point in less than 10 minutes.
Happy to have serious conversation on any topic.
Tried to broach the subject of earnings, wealth disparity and money, but was dismissed as a "religious" fanatic.
Cheebsy
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Yeah, ok.... This kind of language does not lead to a conversation...
Thanks for giving me a reason to try the ignore function... It's really very good!
Edit: actually, I can give you the benefit of the doubt, let's try to have a conversation...
Do you believe it's ok to advertise any product on any platform without any oversight? If so, why? If not, what products do you think shouldn't be advertised?
florduh
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Very sad news. The same thing happened to my granny.
www.livescience.com
Mercury is still shrinking after billions of years, and scientists can see its 'wrinkles'
The smallest planet in our solar system is getting smaller as heat escapes its core and fresh cracks open on its surface, new research finds.
getsoutalive
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For Adults, Yes. "The platform" should have the right to refuse to carry anything they wish (absent "public" funding, a whole 'nother ball of wax) and both should be subject to liability.
Cheebsy
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Fortnight, is aimed and enjoyed by a massive section of society. Children, not exclusively, play a lot of fortnight.
How do you feel about this statement? We shouldn't be letting miscreant multinationals influence adolescent minds with propaganda designed to give them an easy ride as those adolescents mature.
The platform should have the ability to run whatever advertising plans they like as long as its within the local law. I agree with that entirely.
I'm sorry but I have no idea what you mean by this, it must be because I'm not in the US *shrug*
I do think that certain things shouldn't be advertised... Cigarettes for example cost health systems across the globe huge amounts of money from thier consequences, even when I was a smoker I could see the sense in limiting advertising.
getsoutalive
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Without seeing any of the ads, I seriously doubt there is anything in them that I would consider objectionable for children, as that would likely go along with things that we attempt to limit minors from accessing already. (sex, drugs, etc.)
Adults should be treated like adults. Who gets to decide what is or is not allowed in my house? What makes the morons in charge capable of making choices for ALL adults? Who REALLY writes the regulations you so eagerly seek? Not the politician whose name is on it.
Adults should be treated like adults. Who gets to decide what is or is not allowed in my house? What makes the morons in charge capable of making choices for ALL adults? Who REALLY writes the regulations you so eagerly seek? Not the politician whose name is on it.
Cheebsy
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I can't imagine which of thier products they would like to sell to children... Mostly, children don't buy shells products directly. Therefore it must be propaganda to improve their standing. I honestly don't blame them, they look bad to a large majority of the worlds population, when you have more information than a child you see this truth and don't fall for it.
I also believe that adults should make thier own choices. Most of us on this board have made choices to consume an illegal substance so I think most of us here believe the same.
I'm not sure the morons are making choices for all adults, just the ones that they think will vote then in next time... Politics seems broken the world over too, never mind what kind of society you live in. Do you know who I blame that on? Multinational corporations with too much power because of politics one the take.
I also believe that adults should make thier own choices. Most of us on this board have made choices to consume an illegal substance so I think most of us here believe the same.
I'm not sure the morons are making choices for all adults, just the ones that they think will vote then in next time... Politics seems broken the world over too, never mind what kind of society you live in. Do you know who I blame that on? Multinational corporations with too much power because of politics one the take.
florduh
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You have to give your email addy to read this story, but it's worth it. Haaretz is the oldest paper in Israel. Basically, their version of the New York Times.
Reading their coverage over the past few days, I can't help but think that, if in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the actual NYT had half of Haaretz's courage and honesty, we might live in a far more sane world today. They may have prevented hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths as well.
Reminder that the Taliban, and later Al Qaeda, were creations of the CIA. We supported them to act as Anti-Communists in Afghanistan. Oooops!
Reading their coverage over the past few days, I can't help but think that, if in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the actual NYT had half of Haaretz's courage and honesty, we might live in a far more sane world today. They may have prevented hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths as well.
Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas to Bombing It
Hamas wants to destroy Israel, right? But as Mehdi Hasan shows in a new video on blowback, Israeli officials admit they helped start the group.
theintercept.com
Reminder that the Taliban, and later Al Qaeda, were creations of the CIA. We supported them to act as Anti-Communists in Afghanistan. Oooops!
Canna Chameleon
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Colonial powers cause much suffering when they arrive, and often more when they leave. And their arbitrary division of territories based on religion has only set the stage for ongoing conflict. Zionists and anti-Semites were united in their desire to establish a place for Jewish people outside of Europe, but the Palestinians whose land was in question were never consulted. Sho'ah and Nakba both mean catastrophe, and "unless we can hold these two moments in our hearts and minds as part of the same story, there can be no moving forward in the seemingly unmovable conflict that is Israel-Palestine" (Bashir & Goldberg - 2018).
florduh
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Yeah, the whole story takes on a different flavor once you realize a big part of the motivation was British antisemites not wanting Jews to live anywhere near them.
There was a similar dynamic in the 19th century with freed slaves and whole Liberia movement.
How a Movement to Send Formerly Enslaved People to Africa Created Liberia | HISTORY
Starting 50 years before the end of slavery, the American Colonization Society moved 12,000 people from America to West Africa.
www.history.com
Dustin McKief
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Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.
Yes, I realize the irony of sharing this story here. ;^)
I'm not surprised that commoditization of all things eventually happens, but it's still eye-opening and makes me think. With AI, this behavior will intensify into surreal territory. And, now that corporations are people who can hold their assets in offshore banks, the idea of 'trust busting' monopolies with antitrust laws (similar to what was done at the turn of the last century) seems very unlikely.
Yes, I realize the irony of sharing this story here. ;^)
I'm not surprised that commoditization of all things eventually happens, but it's still eye-opening and makes me think. With AI, this behavior will intensify into surreal territory. And, now that corporations are people who can hold their assets in offshore banks, the idea of 'trust busting' monopolies with antitrust laws (similar to what was done at the turn of the last century) seems very unlikely.
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SPAC returns remaining $533 mln raise for Trump social media deal
Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC), the blank-check acquisition company that plans to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media firm, said on Thursday it would return to investors $533 million raised for a cash infusion in the deal, after some already backtracked on another...
www.reuters.com
florduh
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Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Stocks Notch Best Days In Years Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict
The defense giants tallied larger single-day gains than they did immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.
www.forbes.com
florduh
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Terence McKenna really nailed it when he said "we are ruled by the least among us".
Our governments and media are baying for blood, while the humanity, bravery, and decency of regular people goes totally unrepresented.
Our governments and media are baying for blood, while the humanity, bravery, and decency of regular people goes totally unrepresented.
Abele Rizieri Ferrari
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There's plenty to say about the rhetoric, but despite the similarities involving Bin Laden is sensationalist use of false equivalence fallacy. Israel has just suffered a immense terrorist attack to which it is responding and which has instigated a war wherein Israel is combatting in defense of the country and its people. US wasn't at war with an Islamic country when they got attacked, let alone had they just committed a terrorist attack to which was being responded in defense. They were attacked for supporting and helping protect the existence of Israel. The manner wherein and consequences thereof can be debated, but they weren't committing a terrorist attack. And US and its allies weren't vowing to destroy any Islamic countries, which is what Israel bordering Hezbollah forces and nuclear power Iran by members of parliament are doing.
From Osama Bin Laden's Open Letter to America in 2002:
