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Mark_Wallace wrote: a variety of doughnut that's made with brick dust.
Dwarf bread? 
(From Discworld, for those who are triggered)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Went shopping for my wife's Christmas present (at the last moment of course) and stopped at Café Du Monde for Beignets and Coffee as a present for myself. 
If you ever come to New Orleans, be sure to get some.
Oh Yeah!
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Whatever your beliefs, at least we can all join today and say "Thank ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) the Christmas TV add season is over!"
Merry Winterval / Chrimbo / Hanukkah / Saturnalia / ... (Delete as appropriate) to everybody at CP!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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OriginalGriff wrote: TV add season is over
Your complains about that regularly over the years make me strong in my decision not to get on (a TV I mean)... Thanks for that... And Merry Christmas to you...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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We were still getting "Get your Christmas food from M&S" adverts just before we went to bed last night, hours after all the shops had actually shut until Thursday ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Yes and the holiday music, shopping lines, etc..
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
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Scares me to think that I agree with you.
Have a happy. I have to go find my lump of coal.
Lou
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Santa delivered mine himself!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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But was it still warm and squishy?
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It still had a live dinosaur stuck in it!
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That sounds more like amber.
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OriginalGriff wrote: "Thank [mastadon] the Christmas TV add season is over!"
Just to be replaced by the one for Valentine's day (Feb. 14th)
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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OriginalGriff wrote: "Thank [mastadon] the Christmas TV add season is over!"
That reminds me of another great commonality that spans all manner of mankind.
Confirmed by the other reasonably certain idea that "in the past, both you and I used to be younger."
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Don't forget Festivus from Seinfeld.
A TV show (out of New York City of course) used "Airing of Grievances" as one of their segment headings over the holidays.
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I would post a reply except for that llamas are cute.
modified 25-Dec-19 11:46am.
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Did you mean Alpaca? Alpaca are cuter than Llama! 
(Even though Llama have 2 Ls, which is always good)
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Socialism have a lot to say about economy of course...
I wasn't aware that people talking about socialism that much... Probably not those were part of the failing attempt of materializing the ideas in a vacuum...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I would say socialism give you some suggestion what to do with some of the money.
Capitalism will tell you how to best get money.
Those are, in fact, complimentary!
I just saw a youtube post (or something) about those 2 together and I was reminded that I have the feeling the debate has been obscured by propaganda...
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Socialism is all about how you deal with people, and capitalism is all about how you deal with money.
I don't give a toss about money, and I'm not that keen on spending too much of my own time on people, so I'm in favour of neither.
Politically, my only preference is along the lines of "Don't f***ing lie to me, you c***s!" -- as long as a politician is a reasonably decent, truthful person, I'll give him the trust he deserves, no matter his political persuasion.
... And the same goes for the lying f***ers who seem to have taken over most of the world's governments, over the last few years. They get absolutely the trust they deserve.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The difference is not between socialism and capitalism; even the most capitalistic society has some socialist elements. The difference is between collectivism and individualism.
Not-so-benign examples of collectivist societies are communist (== international socialism), Nazi (== national socialism). More benign examples are nuclear families, communes (== the kibbutz) , etc.
A capitalistic society is an example of an individualist society.
IMO, collectivist societies are ideal for social insects, not so good for human beings. Most human beings are happier in a society that gives them room to be themselves.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Indeed, I feel that it comes down to scale. You can't run a small community (a family or commune) with capitalism. Nor can you run a large community (city, state, country) with communism.
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I would say the reason they're pitted against each other boils down to different views on property rights.
Socialists are more likely to take Proudhon's views on property. Property is Liberty/Property is Theft, which leads to the notion of Personal Property vs. Private property. The latter, which socialists look to abolish.
Without private property, capitalism cannot operate, simply because there's no way to accumulate capital under such a model.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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 This^. Strictly speaking, socialism means common ownership of the means of production (capital). But to many people it now means a welfare state. The word "liberal" has also lost its original meaning and must now be prefaced by "classical" to recover it.
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