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Actually, I've served enough of them to know just how true this is. There should be a process whereby countries rescind passports of citizens not judged likely to be great ambassadors.
Britons on Vacation: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/new-zealand-tourists-john-johnson-tina-cash-arrest.html
I double checked the veracity to make sure it wasn't just written in fun. Nope, it's true: https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/unruly-tourists-young-british-boy-pulls-the-finger-as-locals-lash-out/news-story/dfc1afa1dc8a874baf82aaea6319509d and Video for those unable to read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ4XcSd2Trw
I've met a very few civilized ones, but the majority should be kept home on short leashes. On that note, why, why do we still have the Queen on our currency? What year is this? Time maybe, given the diversity of our culture, to stop paying homage to the past and look towards embracing the present.
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Another great heist story, the French "Spider-Man". Always they inspire me...
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A curious website - or, ordinary website with some curious content. Curated and user-submitted found objects - scraps of paper with writing on them, notes to self, birthday cards, postcards, old photographs, you name it, it's here.
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Ha! Not everything good has been destroyed:
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Know people that have died as a result of the Opioid Epidemic? Chances are it wasn't Heroin. In fact, chances are the blame could be directly laid at the door of the Purdue Family of Pharmaceuticals.
Addiction is only legal if it's monopolized by Big Pharma:
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/08/the-making-of-an-opioid-epidemic
and: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain
and, with patents about to expire, you extend your lease by creating the competition: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/after-illegally-pushing-oxycontin-super-rich-family-set-up-2nd-opioid-company/
What do you do when tens of thousands of people die yearly to support your Billionaire lifestyle? You patent a cure: https://www.ft.com/content/a3a53ae8-b1e3-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c
While their being sued, this is the endgame of Capitalism, and money doesn't bring anyone back from the grave.