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scot47
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I had a student who was born in Washington.
"Washington DC or Washington State" I asked him. He did not know. He as not aware of the distinction until I asked him. Not too strong on Geography ! |
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plumpy nut
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Reaction to my announcement has run the gamut from panic to disbelief.
Most of these guys eventually formally adopt KSA citizenship and relinquish their USA citizenship. Their ties to KSA are much more substantial whereas their ties to the USA was simply an accident of birth. Of course, a few will secretly keep both nationalities.....but again, they put themselves in possible legal jeopardy by doing so. Over time, most people simply are unable to put up with the strain this causes and opt out of one or the other nationality, usually keeping the father's citizenship.
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Reliquishing US citizenship, not very smart on their part, although who would have known 8 years ago that the Saudi welfare system might collapse. The Saudis had little to lose unless their earnings were in the 80000 US range, and the military wouldn't want a Saudi anyway. |
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johnslat
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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gregory999
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Location: 999
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grahamb
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:14 pm Post subject: Where's it at, dude? |
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John, a former colleague of mine thought that Noo England was a state. He was from California and was rather fond of recreational stupefactants, which might explain his confusion.  |
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izmigari
Joined: 04 Feb 2016
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Location: Rubbing shoulders with the 8-Ball in the top left pocket
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In the "faq" found at the bottom of the page.
"What is Recoil?
Recoil is news and social satire like you’ve never seen before – unless you’ve seen The Onion. Recoil has been West Michigan’s favorite free monthly tabloid comedy and music magazine since 2001.
Why should Recoil be allowed to exist?
Recoil offers a humorous and provocative reflection of the state of modern society through the use of satire, in an effort to maintain awareness of our culture’s imperfections."
Instead of plumpynut or Trump, I wonder what would Uncle Bandar say?
Also:
"disclaimer: the parable of the snake
An old woman was walking down a road one day when she happened upon a group of men beating a poisonous snake with clubs. The woman intervened, saving the snake. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. When the snake recovered, the woman carried the snake with her wherever she went, caressing it as if it were her child. One day, the snake bit her on the neck. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, “Why have you done this, after I have been so kind to you?”
“You knew I was a snake when you picked me up,” said the snake.
Recoil contains satire. If you do not understand the concept of satire, you should not read the satirical news stories that comprise a good part of Recoil, because you WILL BE OFFENDED by some of the subject matter.
Recoil is not intended for readers under 18 years of age."
Way to research, double-ought-some number between 6 & 8, whiskey-tango-foxtrot, gregory 999, etc, et. al.! I believe that the disclaimer speaks most clearly!  |
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izmigari
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| The last message is too cryptic for me. |
I speak of the "good weather", Scot. |
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