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#163780
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BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
To be fair, Kev and AWK are both around Emma Watson's age, so it's ok for them to like her (it also seemed ok for the quidditch champ character in the movie to take her to the dance despite looking about 30, but I digress). Either way, guys, she's your age, so cool, but I've got 10 years on her so how about not posting those pics?


I admit they are her age. So, if they want to ogle her and others her age, start a new thread. Call it "Beautiful Girls" or some such. Please get this discussion out of here.
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#163497
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Austria Turns on Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Originally posted by: Darth Enzo
Originally posted by: Bossk
As U.S. law currently stands, a President can only be a person born in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nobody born outside the U.S., including those who have rescinded their citizenship or had their citizenship rescinded by their native country, can be president of the U.S.


Close. A person is also considered a natural-born citizen (and thus eligible for Presidency) if they're born to American citizen parents overseas, or in a U.S. possession with at least one citizen parent. There are some other small provisos, but these rules make sure that, for instance, my wife (born in Berlin when her dad was in the USAF stationed in Germany) and people like her are full citizens at birth.


Good point. Wasn't thinking of those that are living and working overseas while maintaining their U.S. citizenship or those in the military overseas. Good catch. Still saves us for having to worry about Schwarzy as prez, though.
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#163240
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Austria Turns on Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Bizarre. But... If Austria denies his citizenship, he could change nationality and become the president! Just like Hitler did!


Nope. As U.S. law currently stands, a President can only be a person born in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nobody born outside the U.S., including those who have rescinded their citizenship or had their citizenship rescinded by their native country, can be president of the U.S.

'Tis the law. Governors are a different thing. Just need to have a certain time period of legal citizenship.
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#161833
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A Deep, Abiding Emptiness
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161833/action/topic#161833
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If you're not feeling fulfilled by an accumulation of stuff, then try the opposite. Give it away. Find a bunch of stuff you don't want or need anymore and take it to Goodwill or take it to a local hospital or orphanage or some such. 'Tis the season, eh?

I donate pretty regularly, but that's not quite too fulfilling. However, several years ago, I liquidated my sports card collection. I pulled out a few I wanted to keep from a collection of about 20,000 cards and took the rest to a hospital for them to give out in their pediatric ward. It felt pretty good.
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#161832
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Ethics
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161832/action/topic#161832
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Originally posted by: JediSage
I work at an alcohol/drug rehabilitation center that has residential programs. One of the programs has men that are basically 1 step away from going back to jail. I believe that it's mandatory for them to give a DNA sample to department of corrections as part of their deal. IMO, that's Orwellian.


Difference being that they agreed to it as part of their rehabilitation, probation, etc. No one forced them to sign on the line saying that they had to do this. They could have gone to jail.

This guy who was cured of HIV has a choice as well. He can submit to more testing (and he's probably been through a ton already in his life) or he can just live. Thankfully, his choices are a bit better than the guy in your rehab center, but it's still a choice. You can't take that away from him. Or, at least, I hope you can't.
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#161794
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Ethics
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DNA evidence is taken a couple different ways...

When it is collected from a crime scene, it is because this DNA is out in the public and the person who owns it has given up rights to it. It is effectively public domain.

When a sample is taken from a suspect, they are asked. It is not just taken as that would be illegal. However, if a suspect were to decline giving a DNA sample, they are pretty much admitting guilt by denial. It's like saying no to taking a breathalizer test as part of a field sobriety stop. If you say no, it's likely because you are drunk and don't want to incriminate yourself. If you're innocent, then you have nothing to hide and should just submit to the test.

Cops can't walk up to a suspected criminal, tackle him to the ground, and just swab his mouth for DNA. That's illegal.
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#161793
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Ethics
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161793/action/topic#161793
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Originally posted by: Shimraa
Originally posted by: Bossk
Well, when you consider the billions of dollars that have been spent on HIV/AIDS reasearch and the possibility that there is a cure right here inside this man, I think governments might try to change the law so they could save the money. But they would do it under a giant guilt trip. They would mount a pro-cure campaign intended to make this guy look bad and guilt the hell out of him.


the large majority of that money is put up by drug companies, universities, and charities, not the government.


A big chunk of it is footed by tax money as well. Tax money that our government would rather spend on just about anything else like military and homeland security.
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#161590
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Ethics
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161590/action/topic#161590
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Well, when you consider the billions of dollars that have been spent on HIV/AIDS reasearch and the possibility that there is a cure right here inside this man, I think governments might try to change the law so they could save the money. But they would do it under a giant guilt trip. They would mount a pro-cure campaign intended to make this guy look bad and guilt the hell out of him.