No, today baton twirling is much more than that. It is thousands of women and men gathering together to complete a common goal- be a world champion.

TIL

Olympics is full of "artsy" garbage.

Baton twirling is still baton twirling. Except people compete to be the best baton twirler.

Do you see what's going on in that picture? What the fuck is that? Send me a picture of you tryin it Dan. I'm waiting...

I say, if it can't be measured objectively, through distance, weight, speed, etc, it has no place in the Olympics. And if it's not the person doing the work, it shouldn't be in the Olympics either.

Otherwise just add Miss Universe to the Olympics.

And a singing competition.

Hitler would certainly disagree with you there!

and ESPORTS

And dog races.

what do you mean "add a singing competition", there already was

And scrabble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_art_competitions#Vocal

Key word here is "was".

good thing for putin there's an election in march

no wait, he's seeking re-election isn't he

I say thank you to my driver in a taxi

don't see how it's weird

there's no driver :P

well how did we arrive then ? 😃

no no, in the pizza delivery car in that news story, there's no driver

and people still say "thank you"

seems ok

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-42658211/ces-2018-hushme-mask-lets-users-make-private-calls

Or do what I do

and go somewhere else that's quieter

In my country we even have Mobile Phones you can take ANYWHERE

2+2=5

-2 is 3 quik mafs

There are 4 lights!

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....

You could hire

The Liberalists

still better investigation team than the liberal crime squad

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTXm38gX0AA66Zh.jpg:large

Saudi Oil must be running out

or, it's supporting evidence for the saudi texas shooter theory

or both

las vegas, I meant

yeah I assumed

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” “Why do we need more Haitians?” “Take them out.”

they are people, no mention of colour

<:think_literalpepe:378717098630971397>

the countries are shitholes

why DO they need more, people from Haiti?

<:what:382980756139409409>

they vote for Donkey

they vote?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/did-trumps-visit-to-littl_b_12930834.html

REEE?

My head hurts

Call Haiti a shithole

Dig up the Clinton Foundation Story again

Put Hillary in Prison (A Camapign Promise)

lock her up

in Haiti?

guantanamo. Obama broke his promise to close it

eww. pls no. Companies stay out of Politics

"Not all types of consumers react to brands taking on social and political issues in the same way.

Sprout Social’s study found a wide disparity, for example, in receptiveness to brands tackling such issues between consumers who identify as “Liberal” and those who identify as “Conservative.”

78 percent of liberal consumers in the study said it was either “Somewhat Important” or “Very Important,” compared to just 52 percent of conservatives. 19 percent of conservatives responded that it was “Not at All Important,” compared to just 7 percent of liberals."

"Similarly, liberals respondents were far more likely to consider brands’ stances on political and social issues credible. 82 percent of liberal respondents said brands stances on such issues were either “Somewhat Credible” or “Very Credible,” compared to just 46 percent of conservatives. 25 percent of conservative respondents went as far as to call such brand stances “Not at All Credible,” compared to only 3 percent of liberals."

is this a mirror of #metoo credibility distribution?

Let Apple come out as Conservative

"Ganczarski, whose sentence was due to end in February, is being held at the Vendin-le-Vieil prison in northern France. The United States had indicated it wanted him extradited for his suspected role in the September 11, 2001 attacks."

could julian assange learn from this?

@Fulcrum010 no talking in <#377519392956874752> the mods will raep you :P

dude

i was so distracted i haven't noticed lol

still

they are integrating them right, but there are too many people coming

half a million?

too many people

weeeell, did you see the article earlier about swiss integration?

[4:41 PM] folk: "If you live in Switzerland, i.e. hold a valid Swiss residence or settlement permit (see list of questions on entries and stays in Switzerland) and meet the requirements, you will be entitled to receive unemployment benefits. Your nationality does not affect your entitlement to unemployment benefits."
[4:41 PM] Reaps: <:think_woke:378717098681171988>
[4:43 PM] folk: you can't apply for citizenship while receiving those benefits apparently
[4:45 PM] folk: also, you need to pass a written language test, and have lived permanently in switzerland for 5 or 10 years, depending on your country of origin
[4:47 PM] folk: have no criminal convictions, "pose no threat to the country", and also "demonstrate social integration"
[4:47 PM] folk: I believe that last requirement there is mostly done by getting neighbours and such to write a letter where they vouch for you
[4:47 PM] folk: (the closest neighbour who is a citizen)
[4:48 PM] folk: "Candidates must demonstrate A2 level writing ability and B1 spoken skills under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages."
[4:48 PM] folk: https://www.ch.ch/en/regular-naturalisation-requirements/
[4:49 PM] folk: "Most cantons and/or communes require you to face an interview to prove your integration and knowledge of Switzerland where you could be quizzed on anything from the number of lakes in your canton to which days are public holidays and the names of local traditions and festivals. In some cases a communal residents’ committee gathers to vote on your application, so it pays to keep in with the locals – last year a Dutch woman hit the headlines after she was turned down by her community for campaigning against cowbells (though she later won citizenship on appeal)."
[4:49 PM] folk: canton is a district/county
[4:49 PM] folk: this seems like a great system

"Switzerland has banned citizenship to anyone who has lived on welfare in the country in the previous three years unless they pay back the money they received."

that's a pretty redpilled citizenship policy

Can they apply again after 3 years of no welfare?

they can apply after 5 or 10 years of permanent residency, like I said in the quote above, and then they need to pass all those tests

if they've paid back the money they got during those 5-10 years

5 or 10 years depends on which country they're immigrating from, I don't know which countries are 5 or 10 specifically

I'm sure there's a list somewhere

Man

that's a great immigration policy

because

it's easy for hard work people who wants to live in a better place

but, hard for people who wants to leech the system

every 10th welfare cheque should come with an injection that has a 1 in 10 chance of euthanizing the recipient...

Watch as all the leeches go out and get jobs

Speaking of Haiti, the Clintons are currently buying huge amounts of land over there, especially the lands that have mining potential (mining is virtually non-existant there). The problem is that, under the Haitian constitution, only Haitians can buy land. Corporations or rich individuals buying land abroad is not uncommon, but you have to admit that they are either powerful or connected with the leaders over there to allow for this to happen.

Source: My taxi-driver friend

As for the switzerland immigration policy, it looks good but I suspect that only very attractive countries (those who have a huge immigration pull) can afford to be so strict

To apply these rules with an unattractive destination could be dire

If the destination is unattractive you're probably a skilled worker on a very lucrative permit

Or a do gooding charity worker

or a pedophile

lol

^^

I guess it also depends on the nature of your economy, if you have a high-technology industry, great, let competent people in. But if you have an economy based on primary resources or that involve tons of cheap labour, the immigration policies should reflect your needs *if* you are using immigration mostly for economical reasons.

I think that my over-arching point is that immigration rules should not be based on ideology but more so on practical or pragmatic reasons

So if you have lot's of a people out of work, don't import a bunch more people. Shocking

lol ya

that's racist I'm afraid