Who are your heroes?

[kalm]

He must have been from a big city in the north. I never saw a Moroccan with blue eyes, I'm sure they have them, but I lived in the south east near the Algerian border. I did see a Berber woman with red hair and green eyes at a wedding in the Atlas mountains.

Blue-eyed and/or red-haired Moroccans? Probably descended form University of Idaho fans ...

“Came a hoard from the north.”

[UNI88]

Blue-eyed and/or red-haired Moroccans? Probably descended form University of Idaho fans ...

“Came a hoard from the north.”

I knew you’d get the reference.


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[Caribbean Hen]

Uncle Jack

He’s pushing 90 and I just met him a few years ago. He’s actually my son in laws uncle. Very well groomed and well dressed classy man that lives in the Hamptons and casual CH had to make a showing out on ritzy eastern LI because I was the father of the bride to be.

Anyway, they only thing that I knew about him from my daughter was that he had came to the states from Morocco in the 50s. Kind of curious how he ended up a multi millionaire and still running his own business out in the Hamptons at 88 years of age…..

He told me when he first came he was working nonstop, this was circa 1955.

I said, what do you mean nonstop? like where? Anywhere anything you name it, I wasn’t even sleeping…

I told him you’ve gotta be kidding me… no sleep?

Yes, at first I was working two or three days without sleeping, but I got sick…. and had to slow down meaning I had get some sleep. He was living in Queens and saved up enough money to start his own business. He said by the early 70s New York City crime was so bad that he needed to get out of there and then headed out to the Hamptons.

And then he looked at me with his baby blues and said, It really saddens me as to what this country has become and the fucking President is an idiot……. Before he said that, I already had a great admiration for him, but after he said that, Uncle Jack became my newest hero.

He must have been from a big city in the north. I never saw a Moroccan with blue eyes, I'm sure they have them, but I lived in the south east near the Algerian border. I did see a Berber woman with red hair and green eyes at a wedding in the Atlas mountains.

Not sure on the city but he’s pale white, you would never guess this guy was from Morocco. At the event I was at you almost had to get a number and stand in line to talk to this guy. He’s very popular especially with the ladies. Last year I learned that he and his wife sold their business in the Hamptons because the new building owner jacked the rent up to like $10,000 a month so now he’s just idling away at home and he mentioned to my son-in-law he was talking about going back to Morocco. He’s too old but talking about it won’t hurt him.

[houndawg]

He must have been from a big city in the north. I never saw a Moroccan with blue eyes, I'm sure they have them, but I lived in the south east near the Algerian border. I did see a Berber woman with red hair and green eyes at a wedding in the Atlas mountains.

Blue-eyed and/or red-haired Moroccans? Probably descended form University of Idaho fans ...

Celts, they were everywhere. I have two grandparents from Switzerland and 100% of my ancestors have some Irish DNA

[houndawg]

He must have been from a big city in the north. I never saw a Moroccan with blue eyes, I'm sure they have them, but I lived in the south east near the Algerian border. I did see a Berber woman with red hair and green eyes at a wedding in the Atlas mountains.

Not sure on the city but he’s pale white, you would never guess this guy was from Morocco. At the event I was at you almost had to get a number and stand in line to talk to this guy. He’s very popular especially with the ladies. Last year I learned that he and his wife sold their business in the Hamptons because the new building owner jacked the rent up to like $10,000 a month so now he’s just idling away at home and he mentioned to my son-in-law he was talking about going back to Morocco. He’s too old but talking about it won’t hurt him.

He's Berber, like most Moroccans - only about 20% of Moroccans are Arab.

[UNI88]

Blue-eyed and/or red-haired Moroccans? Probably descended form University of Idaho fans ...

Celts, they were everywhere. I have two grandparents from Switzerland and 100% of my ancestors have some Irish DNA

I’d guess Vandal before Celt.


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[Caribbean Hen]

Not sure on the city but he’s pale white, you would never guess this guy was from Morocco. At the event I was at you almost had to get a number and stand in line to talk to this guy. He’s very popular especially with the ladies. Last year I learned that he and his wife sold their business in the Hamptons because the new building owner jacked the rent up to like $10,000 a month so now he’s just idling away at home and he mentioned to my son-in-law he was talking about going back to Morocco. He’s too old but talking about it won’t hurt him.

He's Berber, like most Moroccans - only about 20% of Moroccans are Arab.

I’ll take your word on that, honestly when I heard he was originally from Morocco I didn’t know what to expect but I wasn’t really expecting what I saw. I’ll dig more into it.

[houndawg]

He's Berber, like most Moroccans - only about 20% of Moroccans are Arab.

I’ll take your word on that, honestly when I heard he was originally from Morocco I didn’t know what to expect but I wasn’t really expecting what I saw. I’ll dig more into it.

they're the indigenous tribes of North Africa, predating the Arabs. Different language family and they come in the full spectrum of color from your friend to black, or rather, I have heard heard black folk call themselves Berber. The Arabic spoken in Morocco is different than in the rest of North Africa sort of like how Mexican Spanish is a bit different from the Spanish in Central and South America. The women very often don't wear veils, or didn't in 1969 anyway, look you in the eye, and can haggle like Larry Bird can talk trash.

[Caribbean Hen]

I’ll take your word on that, honestly when I heard he was originally from Morocco I didn’t know what to expect but I wasn’t really expecting what I saw. I’ll dig more into it.

they're the indigenous tribes of North Africa, predating the Arabs. Different language family and they come in the full spectrum of color from your friend to black, or rather, I have heard heard black folk call themselves Berber. The Arabic spoken in Morocco is different than in the rest of North Africa sort of like how Mexican Spanish is a bit different from the Spanish in Central and South America. The women very often don't wear veils, or didn't in 1969 anyway, look you in the eye, and can haggle like Larry Bird can talk trash.

Now that’s my speaking from experience kind of a post

What were you doing in Morocco besides trying to get laid?

[houndawg]

they're the indigenous tribes of North Africa, predating the Arabs. Different language family and they come in the full spectrum of color from your friend to black, or rather, I have heard heard black folk call themselves Berber. The Arabic spoken in Morocco is different than in the rest of North Africa sort of like how Mexican Spanish is a bit different from the Spanish in Central and South America. The women very often don't wear veils, or didn't in 1969 anyway, look you in the eye, and can haggle like Larry Bird can talk trash.

Now that’s my speaking from experience kind of a post

What were you doing in Morocco besides trying to get laid?

Having crushing burden of my virginity was removed by a young lady from London...

My dad worked at a dam project on the Ziz river near the edge of the Sahara - perfect place to read the copy of Dune that a guy from SanFrancisco gave to me at the marketplace in Ksar-es-Souk - since renamed Errachidia. This guy was on a motorcycle and was on his way to Capetown and I always wondered what became of him

[Caribbean Hen]

Now that’s my speaking from experience kind of a post

What were you doing in Morocco besides trying to get laid?

Having crushing burden of my virginity was removed by a young lady from London...

My dad worked at a dam project on the Ziz river near the edge of the Sahara - perfect place to read the copy of Dune that a guy from SanFrancisco gave to me at the marketplace in Ksar-es-Souk - since renamed Errachidia. This guy was on a motorcycle and was on his way to Capetown and I always wondered what became of him

London Town…. SPM & Wings… play it and the memories will Get Back to where the once belonged

The guy on the motorcycle might have been assassinated in Boliva…. Your story kind of reminded me of loser Che but that was a different continent

[Caribbean Hen]

https://apnews.com/article/argentina-mi ... ea9e321800

Javier Milei .... President of Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When libertarian President Javier Milei assumed office one year ago, Argentine supermarkets were marking price increases on an almost daily basis. Middle-class family ies tried to spend their rapidly depreciating pesos as quickly as they got them, and economists warned the country was teetering on the brink of hyperinflation.

It was popular outrage over this upside-down economy that fueled the rise of Milei, a self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” and former TV pundit who rode to power on vows to “blow up” the central bank, take an axe to the bloated government and kill sky-high inflation.

It was an almost impossible job, and Milei’s lack of government experience, unkempt hairdo, sexual boasts and missionary-like zeal for his dead dog, the Rolling Stones and the free market didn’t inspire much confidence in a country with a history of failed economic reforms.

[kalm]

https://apnews.com/article/argentina-mi ... ea9e321800

Javier Milei .... President of Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When libertarian President Javier Milei assumed office one year ago, Argentine supermarkets were marking price increases on an almost daily basis. Middle-class family ies tried to spend their rapidly depreciating pesos as quickly as they got them, and economists warned the country was teetering on the brink of hyperinflation.

It was popular outrage over this upside-down economy that fueled the rise of Milei, a self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” and former TV pundit who rode to power on vows to “blow up” the central bank, take an axe to the bloated government and kill sky-high inflation.

It was an almost impossible job, and Milei’s lack of government experience, unkempt hairdo, sexual boasts and missionary-like zeal for his dead dog, the Rolling Stones and the free market didn’t inspire much confidence in a country with a history of failed economic reforms.

Worth keeping one hairy eyeball on some temporary recent success. Is it sustainable and does it help their working class and pensioners in the long term? “We shall see” said the zen master.

From the same article:

Painful consequences

Argentina’s first budget surplus in 12 years has come at a steep cost. Milei halted inflation increases for university budgets, leaving some universities struggling to keep their lights on and elevators running. He downgraded the culture ministry, closed the national theater institute, shuttered a state-funded news agency and defunded scientific research.

He suspended public works projects, leaving cities littered with white-elephant structures. An estimated 200,000 construction workers lost their jobs in the last year, says the Argentine Chamber of Construction.

The brutal austerity has deepened Argentina’s recession, with consumer spending falling 20% percent in the past year and poverty rates soaring to a two-decade high of 52.9% in the second half of last year.

Argentina’s retirees are perhaps the most potent symbol of the strife inflicted by Milei’s fiscal shock.

Some of the government’s biggest savings came from holding down the real value of pensions. The average minimum monthly pension is just $300.

“We have always been in bad shape, but now things are even harsher,” said Rubén Cocurullo, 76, among dozens of pensioners protesting at the social welfare office in Buenos Aires last week. “Do they want to kill us?”

[kalm]

[Caribbean Hen]

The Adam Smith one sounds like it’s been extracted from the heart of the modern liberal Democrat

[kalm]

The Adam Smith one sounds like it’s been extracted from the heart of the modern liberal Democrat

Maybe a few? But closer to a progressive capitalist or democratic socialist….

It’s from his book “The Theory of moral Sentiments” which preceded the original Bible on capitalism, “The Wealth of Nations.”

Smith’s ideas were complex adding components of fairness and morality to economics. Makes sense coming from the Grandfather of Capitalism.

You do like capitalism, right?

[Caribbean Hen]

As the bodies of four Israeli hostages are transferred by Hamas to the Red Cross, hundreds of ‘innocent Gazans’ dance to music, and happily film this tragic event," Israel's Government Press Office wrote on X. "Speechless doesn’t begin to describe how this makes us feel."

Hero’s to some of our posters as well

[kalm]

As the bodies of four Israeli hostages are transferred by Hamas to the Red Cross, hundreds of ‘innocent Gazans’ dance to music, and happily film this tragic event," Israel's Government Press Office wrote on X. "Speechless doesn’t begin to describe how this makes us feel."

Hero’s to some of our posters as well

So who are your heroes in this post?

[Caribbean Hen]

As the bodies of four Israeli hostages are transferred by Hamas to the Red Cross, hundreds of ‘innocent Gazans’ dance to music, and happily film this tragic event," Israel's Government Press Office wrote on X. "Speechless doesn’t begin to describe how this makes us feel."

Hero’s to some of our posters as well

So who are your heroes in this post?

Not my heroes

Just pointing out that those who slaughter kids are heroes to some very sick individuals

[Bobcat]

So who are your heroes in this post?

Not my heroes

Just pointing out that those who slaughter kids are heroes to some very sick individuals

The left loves killing people, abortion, endless wars and school shootings. Not to mention the killing of CEOs that, guys like Kkkalm and MGR88 celebrate

[kalm]

So who are your heroes in this post?

Not my heroes

Just pointing out that those who slaughter kids are heroes to some very sick individuals

Agreed.

So like Israelis who support the IDF’s slaughter of children or the Russians?

[Gil Dobie]

My ancestors are my heroes. The news media and social media algorithms are dividing this country more and more. If you say someone is a hero you get people throwing hate about that person. See it's says so in the media. Tulsi Gabbard isn't my hero, but by saying I like her, I get attacked.

[Caribbean Hen]

Not my heroes

Just pointing out that those who slaughter kids are heroes to some very sick individuals

Agreed.

So like Israelis who support the IDF’s slaughter of children or the Russians?

Show me the celebrations and the dancing and singing

[houndawg]

Agreed.

So like Israelis who support the IDF’s slaughter of children or the Russians?

Show me the celebrations and the dancing and singing

There are lots of Israelis that would like to continue the slaughter. Thats how tribal feuds last for thousands of years.

[kalm]

Agreed.

So like Israelis who support the IDF’s slaughter of children or the Russians?

Show me the celebrations and the dancing and singing

C’mon man. Celebration or not, Israel murdered thousands of children.