Same with apologies: They cost nothing but buy a lot.
I'm not sure about that. It's not clear how private apologies affect one's group status, but in public an apology might lower one's position/status in the tribe.
The king rarely apologizes to anyone. The serf does it every hour.
Several thousand people, all across America, are meeting in cities beyond NYC and yet there is an amazing lack of mainstream ( big corporate ) media attention to them, and their counterparts in Ireland and other countries...if you are interested, you can go to YouTube and search on them yourself...but to get an idea of how big the movement is, simply click on this link:
Remember, this protest are not being run by the wealthy elite nor populated by them...but rather the other 99% of us who will never be in the bracket, and now, have no hope of it so long as Big Money is in control...it's rather worrying, in fact, that no events are scheduled in England, as it's probably due to the recent violent riots there...But Occupy Together is a peaceful movement, though I suspect if things continue as they have been...it won't stay that way...and that's when the media will show it to you, so you will think it's insanity let loose...right now, it's a 'media blackout' so you will stay put and mock those actually trying to confront the fiscal abuses of us all...
The Revolution will not be televised
The Revolution will not be privatized
Click on 'Events' and you will see how rapidly this movement is organizing itself and spreading...
'austerity measures' is a term that bankers evolved...and gold backed money is part of our current problems...this matters...please don't ignore this just because my handle's on it..it's about YOU...unless, of course, your income is over a million dollars or pounds a year..then, maybe it's not...otherwise...
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As a reformed wingnut, I recall those times. There's a whole fringe camp out there full of folks just like Bill Ayers who are upset with our President for not being the far left revolutionary that they really want him to be. These hard bitten partisans are willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with the hard right right whenever the opportunity presents to fling ...
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The first experimental drug to boost brain synapses lost in Alzheimer's disease has been developed by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. The drug, called NitroMemantine, combines two FDA-approved medicines to stop the destructive cascade of changes in the brain that destroys the connections between neurons, leading to memory loss and cognitive decline. The decade-long study, led by Stuart A. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., professor ...
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"It's striking how preoccupied Harris and VandeHei are with the perception that Politico is too 'insidery,'" Silver wrote. "My personal critique of their work cuts a little deeper than that, however. It's not that they are too 'insidery' per se, but that the perceptions of Beltway insiders, which Politico echoes and embraces, are not always very insightful or accurate. In other words, the conventional ...
President Barack Obama is expected to use his speech at the iconic Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday to renew calls for a reduction in nuclear weapons. It is not the first time the president has called for a reduction in stockpiles, but by addressing the issue in a major foreign speech, Obama is hoping to rekindle the issue, which was at the center of his ...
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When Laura Gambrel, 22, of Zionsville, Ind., graduated from Indiana University in May, she wanted to keep the celebration pretty low key. She didn’t walk at the ceremony, nor did she have a party because she planned to go right back to the university this coming fall for grad school. It seemed only fitting then that the one thing her mother attempted to do ...
We haven't got'em whipped on this one yet. You got a bear by the tail here, uh? Jeezis! -- Bill of Rights ground into 'hoopla' by a woman (presumably a senator's wife). from sleeve MOP -1985.
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