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Angolan Student in the United Kindgom of Great Britain, pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

I am originally from Angola, lived some time in DR Congo and now I am in Edinburgh, Scotland.

I speak English, Portuguese and French, albeit I never have the right accent of either language

Once a strong Libertarian and I am kind of a conservative.


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Samuel Amaral
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Samuel Amaral
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Samuel Amaral

Crow's Nest

If His Holiness, and the Magisterium, could be brought to understand the arguments laid out there, it would go some way to correcting these misstatements. I second Centesimus Annus, as previously discussed. · 39 minutes ago

The problem with this approach is that you are back in scare one when the current crop of young men who enter Catholic Seminaries become Cardinals and simply adopt their youth understanding of economics in their new positions.

The Catholic Church is not isolated from the rest of society attitudes, so a health society will create a healthy clergy, otherwise you will just get catholic priests who dismiss the Church official positions are old fashioned dogmas.

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I wonder how long until the US gets its full on Bunga Bunga Berlusconi kind of politician, not only because the Liberals would cover him for being liberal but the rising Libertarian tide would dismiss criticism of him as Puritan shrieking.

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Snirtler: Red Feline#208

Isn't this Pope preaching Liberation Theology? Didn't the Church of Rome disagree with this world view being displayed by this Pope?

No, Francis does not abide liberation theology. Says who?

Lefty source. Righty source. Catholic sources.

1 minute ago

The Pope doesn't abide to Liberation Theology, He just happen to speak in the language of it out of habit, just like Rinos in the USA speak like Democrats out of habit even if they are from the other side of the fence.

Taking the context that South America is a pretty left-leaning place puts the Popes remarks in perspective, because Left-leaning opinions and ideas is what the Pope has been hearing even since He has been a young man. He can't live in a bubble of his own and the has simply absorbed the culture around him.

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The Catholic Church in South America has been struggling against a homegrown heretical brand of Communist Catholicism know as "Teologia da Libertação", that combined with the total domination of left-wing politics means that Pope Francis views on the economy will always be veered well to the left, even if He is personally against said theories.

At the exception of Colombia, Chile and some central American countries, every South American countries have been under total left-wing dominance for some time now, so why are we surprised that the someone from there selected to be Pope is so left-leaning.

Samuel Amaral

The 4.5mm gun hidden inside of a lipstick is sure to make your date interesting.

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I just feel that piling this on Clinton is cheap and partisan, the French were more involved in the region and it took them months to react in order to set up safe-zones for refugees in then Zaire. That was used as Kagame first excuse to invade Congo, but the intention of protecting civilians was good even if the implementation was botched.

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Elizabeth Blackney

More than anything, I would recommend reading through the ICTR transcripts. . · 2 hours ago

The ICTR transcripts were written the premise that Tutsi on Hutu violence was a "justified response" to the Genocide. As many Hutus and Tutsis died in the genocide, but some victims are more equal than others. I would recommend Bernard Lugan "Rwanda. Contre-enquête sur le génocide, éd. Privat"

Elizabeth Blackney:  The troubles with the FDLR and M23 and other militias continues to plague East Kivu and beyond in Congo. · 2 hours ago

Paul Kagame is behind the troubles in Congo, He is the one who orchestrates and train these militias so as to maintain the flow of minerals through Rwanda and keep alive a dream of "Rwandan Kivu".

Paul Kagame is the face of evil, He is responsible for the Rwandan Genocide and for every single Congolese that died after the Second Congo War.

Elizabeth Blackney: But blaming George H. W. Bush isn't on the radar in-country today. That's bollocks. · 2 hours ago

If  Clinton bear moral condemnation for not responding to the situation, then George H. Bush is even more so for being part of creating it.

Samuel Amaral
DocJay: Before you negate my cynicism, I had my friend donate to a women's shelter in Uganda. I bought a toilet with cash. No big organizations or middle MEN but cash to a nun. I'll do more when he goes there next. Your enthusiasm is inspiring even though your odds are long. · 8 hours ago

I am not familiar with the funding mechanisms of the catholic church, but their schools and hospitals provide the best means to positively impact the lives of people for the better. In Angola and Congo the Church has been consistently helping people in despite the fluctuation of the political situations over the years.

Edit :

Don't misconstrue my previous comment as a "Blame America first" attitude, but since it was presented as a case of intolerable American inaction I just want to show that the previous American actions made it so, I just feel that people have to remember that others will have to leave with the consequence of their foreign policy policies.

Edited on May 16, 2013 at 12:26pm
Samuel Amaral

Elizabeth Blackney:

Who can forget the stain of the Rwandan genocide on President Clinton's watch? · 4 hours ago

Or one could point to the stain of the George H. Bush Administration and the UN for causing the genocide, by forcing Rwanda to transition to a Democracy regime that gave the Hutus the means to commit genocide, forced the French forces that were present in the country to leave, as they were seen as a Tutsi Trump card, and replaced them with a "Peacekeeping" mission.

Without the French to provide them confidence the Hutu military commanders couldn't stem the popular fury unleashed when current President Kagame killed the elected Hutu President Habyarimana.

This is not just ancient history for me, I had to leave Congo when the spill over of the Rwandan genocide destroyed that country, and while there we had a Hutu survivor of the Genocide living with us.

Someone somewhere had the idea of bringing Democracy to Rwanda, and because of that 3 millions souls and 2 countries were destroyed

Those interfering in other countries should exercise caution, because they are not likely to bear the price of failure, people in those countries do. Caution.

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Rachel Lu: Good reason. Babies need parents. · 15 minutes ago

It is the responsible thing to do for the child, and there is something in life about the most responsible thing to do not always being easy or savory, but people have to live up to the consequence of their actions.

Majestyk: I've been there, and I have a failed marriage to show for it.

Your results may vary. · in 1 minute

Nobody said it was going to be a easy.

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10 cents: Sam Amaral,

I'm jealous. You got to meet James of England. · 7 hours ago

You should we spent hours talking and even met Mrs James of England. ;)
Apparently all is back to normal now, thanks for tech support for figuring it out.

Samuel Amaral

If Ricochet was a choppa, we would be all running away from it.

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James Delingpole

Douglas

James Delingpole: And why would it wish to do that, Israel P.? · 1 hour ago

Edited 1 hour ago

Because it's supposed to be one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and not a strip club? · 27 minutes ago

You seem to have a very strange idea about what does and doesn't go on in prestigious universities. I take it you didn't attend one - or that if you did, they didn't rush to welcome you to one of the livelier frat houses? · 1 hour ago

Is heavy drinking and Partying really required for the quality of the education itself ? or just extracurricular activity ?

Samuel Amaral

Antipodius: Did you have a chance to watch the video interview of the creator of the beast?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-11/skywhale-makes-maiden-flight/4683574 · 9 hours ago

I watched all of it ... I wonder how it is possible that they shot and aired this piece on this dumb bag of air and takes this seriously. How am I the one insane person in this planet ?

"Level of incredible imagination" ... "great imposing figure" ... "Whales went to the sea and maybe they could have gone the sky" ... I think I will start to support pot legalization too if only to stone myself out of the misery of contemporary stupidity.

For that price you could have had a fighting Kangaroo bronze statue from China or North Korea.

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~Paules:

So, is anyone else out there clairvoyant?    · · May 9, 2013 at 9:17pm

My mother says that babies are sensible to those "something feels wrong" feelings and crying is the way they express it. One of my siblings was deathly scarred of the chants of feral cats when He was a baby, so when it happened at night we all had to chase the animals away or He wouldn't stop crying for the night.

I know many people here on Ricochet have cats and love them, but there was something creepy and unnerving about the panic attacks it caused the baby, so we tried everything from slingshots and poisoning them. It seemed like the right course of action.

The reason why it made us nervous was that when I was younger I once spent a whole day crying for no apparent reason and when we went to sleep I had a pretty near encounter with death, although I don't feel comfortable disclosing details here. Maybe I was just being a jackass that day, or maybe I felt that something was wrong, maybe it was a coincidence.

Not very upbeat, but there you go.

Samuel Amaral
Mike Hinton: Is my logic not sound? The argument against gay marriage is often that it will lead to state-endorsed polygamy and whatnot. If we would have never instituted state hetero-marriage in the first place, we wouldn't be having the current debate. · May 10, 2013 at 5:29am

There is a whole political machine and agenda behind the gay copycat of Marriage, you seem to be blaming the victim here.

Because do you think that when the Libertarian "get government out of marriage" plan is enacted that all the pressure groups pushing copycat marriage are going to take a break or shift to take the fight to the school to present it as an "acceptable choice to the children".

Edited on May 11, 2013 at 7:55am
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