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> If equal rights is a motivating factor for you, then you really only have one choice and that is to vote Democrat.

Equal rights to me means the rights of everyone, not just the people I agree with. Democrats tend to be a little too selective about which groups deserve which rights IMO. Like this, but the umbrella also represents other Constitutional rights. Republicans aren't better, they just favor other groups. My view is that it should cover everyone equally, but that feels like a minority opinion.

> Also, could you explain what frightening ideas the Democrats have said they would do if they have power?

Off the top of my head: stuffing the SCOTUS, breaking up Democratic strongholds into multiple states, allocating more Senators to states with large populations (or eliminating the Senate altogether), eliminating the Electoral College, etc. In fact, here's a book, written in earnest by a liberal Democrat, that offers a breadbasket of ideas many in the party are seriously considering for after they win back Congress and the White House.

I'm not going to quibble over the merits of these ideas. What's frightening to me is the serious consideration of proposals intended to create a "lasting" (read: permanent) majority. While I understand the appeal from an emotional standpoint, I think history is rife with examples warning against this type of arrangement.

Why? For one, it seems like the surest way to bring one of the most ambitious social experiments in history to a disappointing conclusion. Broadly, a one-party state that controls the Legislative, Executive AND Judicial branches is an oligarchy. What is the point in having a Bill of Rights if the court is packed with justices who will arbitrarily reinterpret those rights to suit the whims and political expediency of Congressional leaders? It gives the illusion of legitimacy, but really it's a democracy in the same way North Korea is a democracy.

To circle back to what I said earlier about equal rights, this concept is terrifying to me personally because a group with a tenuous relationship to freedom and equal rights is openly talking about how they can rig the system to grant themselves the ultimate say in the matter. I 100% do not trust them with that kind of power.

To be clear: I'm not saying "IF TEH DUMBOCRAPS WIN, THE US WILL TRYANNY AND WAR IN TEH STREETZ!!" What I am saying is that I am hesitant to vote for people who fantasize about how they could take over and rule over me the rest of my life. I don't want to enable Trump any more than I want to enable that agenda. I don't trust either party with my life, safety, liberty, economic security, etc. Hence why I'm conflicted.

15 is really young. If you're relatively presentable, you might want to try Hyvee.

That said, it looks like from your profile that you have an interest in math and coding.

If this is something you're naturally skilled at, you shouldn't be working in fast food. You should be ignoring temporary financial gains to put yourself in the best place possible for college and technical internships.

The primary way to do that is to double down on your academics. At 15, you'll probably be going into your sophomore year? Don't accept any grade but an A from here on out. There's just no reason for it. You're obviously not retarded and school is easy.

Grab an ACT/SAT prep book. Take every practice test you can find until you get your scores into the absolute highest percentile you're able to.

If available, join a cyber academy, coding, math or robotics club at your school.

Go to things like this:

http://siliconprairienews.com/2014/08/meca-challenge-2014-preview/

Read books like these:

http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670
http://www.amazon.com/The-Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X
http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882


You'll lose a few thousand dollars over the next few years from working a shit job but you'll also be able to get a technical internship as soon as you turn 18 making double/triple minimum wage, while you gain proficiency in a relevant field.

You'll also go from $Texas in student loan debt to a free ride, saving you 30,000 to 100,000+ depending on what school you can get into on scholarship.

You may be 15 but I have to disagree with anyone else that you're only worth minimum wage. Everyone has skills they can work on and if you really want to help your family in the long term, work on what will make you successful.

If you have any questions regarding any of this, PM me.

As others mentioned videos are great. Wizards has some good resources. https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules For campaigns to start with, I really liked the one in the starter kit https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Wizards-Team/dp/0786965592/ They also released https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Essentials-Kit-Boxed/dp/0786966831/ which I haven't played through the campaign yet but it looks promising. There are also tons of materials for purchase and some for free on the Dungeons Masters Guild site https://www.dmsguild.com/
Any questions, feel free to ask in this thread or dm, otherwise r/dnd may be a better subreddit to answer.

Here you go:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009LL9VDG/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1425786254&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=chromebook&dpPl=1&dpID=41pK4rlZbdL&ref=plSrch

They haves a used one, same model as your link $122, letting you get the hardware you need more than $47 less than what a new one is. You can buy Amazon gift cards at Walmart if you don't have a credit card. Good luck with everything!

I've got about 17 years' worth of experience as a Linux systems admin. A lot of the newer distros are pretty end-user friendly, but if you want to get a good reference to what's under the hood, grab Sobell's book, A Practical Guide to Linux Yes, that book was published in 1997, but its foundation is still rock-solid.

There's no "easy" way to learn Linux. The fun part is being able to fix what's broken. Or break what works... Get your hands dirty and go for it. Try "live CDs" and play around.

The book mentioned in that article is currently out of print. However Amazon does have it, though it's a bit out of my price range at $2,691.46

Though I'm planning on picking up a copy of the Spencerian Penmanship books later this month once I get caught up on bills.

http://www.amazon.com/Go-Blue-Devils-Plattsmouth-1893-1979/dp/1462046894/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458090258&sr=8-1&keywords=Go+Blue+Devils%21%3A+A+History+of+Plattsmouth+High+School+Football%2C+1893%E2%80%931979

$36.99 on Amazon or $4 for an ebook. Google's ebook was $3.03

she's still reading this I got her for christmas https://www.amazon.com/Pathological-Altruism-Barbara-Oakley/dp/0199738572/

but reiki isnt a religion its basically acupuncture.

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LL9VDG/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1425786254&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=chromebook&dpPl=1&dpID=41pK4rlZbdL&ref=plSrch

^That's ^why ^I'm ^here, ^I ^don't ^judge ^you. ^PM ^/u/xl0 ^if ^I'm ^causing ^any ^trouble. ^WUT?

River City Empire: Tom Dennison's Omaha.

Adam Fletcher Sasse is a local historian, whom focuses on North O but can provide tons of background on the city, and its racial past. - https://northomahahistory.com/

This book is supposedly better, much more even coverage, I've been told by some people involved at the time. The Last Podcast on the Left coverage is also interesting to hear, though their take is more that even if 10% of it is true it's still horrifying. I know people who were involved in various aspects and there are tons of prosecutors and journalists in the area who to this day insist that if you dug too deep you could get killed.

It is also worth noting that at the same time as the Franklin investigation, DeCamp was calling out Jerry Sandusky for his shit, but nobody listened.

Ugh. I had the same issue at Broadmoor.

Hallways reeked like cigarettes.

Go outside for fresh air. (Different) Neighbor above me is chainsmoking and the smoke is drafting onto my patio below.

Management did nothing. I understand that the person above me "deserves" to be able to smoke outside on their patio, but it sure as fuck ruined my nice evenings. Also couldn't keep my patio door open on nice evenings either.

I would get a decent hepa filter for your bedroom at least. And you might want to put some of that plastic over your windows. Might as well with winter coming up already.

This bad boy is on sale today: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KQBNM7H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?tag=slicinc-20&ascsubtag=7e7ff448e9f911e993e97e1fa6f2e8ad0INT&ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have not read it, but I understand that the book "A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha" may have what you're looking for.

Omaha has a disgustingly corrupt and racist history. Just read Dirty Wicked Town - Tales of 19th Century Omaha

There is a cannabalistic albino conclave at Hummel Park

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There are tunnels under downtown Omaha

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The Franklin Cover-up - alleged human trafficking and pedo-ring orchestrated by the super rich in the town. Wiki and Book

Omaha race riots - Will Brown, a black 40 year old man, allegedly raped a 19y/o Agnes Loebeck. After his arrest the courthouse was laid under siege by a crowd between 5000-15,000 people and set on fire at around 8pm. At around 11pm the mob had the mayor hung from a lightpole but luckily was able to be rescued by state agents. While that was going on the smoke from the fires were so thick that all the prisoners were rushed to the roof and the female prisoners released. The prisoners attempted to throw Will Brown from the roof but the police stopped that. Someone (a judge maybe) passed a note saying something about 100 white men on the roof will be saved in exchange for Brown. Ladders were then climbed to the 4th floor as the bottom floors were inaccessible because of the smoke and fire and Brown was handed over. Will Brown was then lynched on a lightpole on 18th and Harney st, his lifeless body was shot at hundreds of times, then it was cut down and dragged through the streets behind a car to 17th and dodge where it was burned. Then after his body was burnt the remainder of his remains were then again dragged through the city. NSFW pic of Will Brown's lynching. In total 3 people died (2 mob members and Will Brown), National Guard was deployed, and Omaha was under martial law for a period of time

the top three are largeley speculative to downright absurd but the last is 100% true and a stain on Omaha that is ignored.

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EDIT: OPE! I forgot about the meat murderer of Memorial Park. Once and a while people will find random cuts of meat impaled to the trees throughout memorial park, with no explanation.

I will begrudgingly take this bait and respond. Better late than never I suppose. Your argument, as I understand it, is that a political system is strengthened when it rebuffs attempts by outsiders to come into it, and that most importantly, that system should not allow these outsiders to bring their influence to bear, so as to avoid distraction from what you call the "actual political issues."

However, there seem to be two flawed premises in your argument. The first involves the reality and desirability of an isolated nation-state. In today's global economy, strict isolationism will only lead to death of the nation-state. Even isolationism limited to immigration bans would be devastating to a national economy. Just last fall, Alabama farmers faced significant crop spoilage when the state passed a very harsh immigration bill (mirrored on SB 1070 but reaching even farther). On the desirability front, you say that our acquiescence to assimilation is based on the "modern religion of equality and tolerance" which leads me to believe that you reject both. The problem with cultures that similarly reject these notions is that historically, this had led to violent conflict and war (i.e., WWII or Rwanda) that inevitably destabilizes the nation-state far more than the disruption caused by a struggle for tolerance through equality. Indeed, this often causes the end of that manifestation of the nation-state.

Your second premise involves what you call "actual political issues." The problem is that what constitutes an "actual political issue" very much depends on whom you ask. I consider a state's treatment of its prisoners and the rights restored to them upon release to be an incredibly important political issue, but others may say that this is not something politicians should debate while our national economy is in the midst of a recession. You state that one such issue is, "Why is there a class of people who, generally speaking, is likely to remain impoverished in our current system, even with such social milestones as affirmative action..." But, in proposing this as an actual issue, you've already answered both of the questions you think are superfluous--"The white man holding the black man down" and "The black man taking welfare handouts from the white man." These three questions cannot be separated so simply. For example, Michelle Alexander recently wrote a book, The New Jim Crow, in which she argues that the nation's drug laws were instituted as a way to replace Jim Crow. She explores all three questions through her book, including offering thoughts about how to solve our current prison population crisis and its effects on largely inner-city minority groups.

The real reason that American politics exist the way they do is a multi-faceted answer with several components (many of which I don't even understand). One component involves the state of lobbying in Washington (Jack Abramoff, one of Washington's most famous lobbyist, just wrote a book about it); another component involves the 24-hour news cycle that give politicians an outlet to quibble things that would not be given space in a daily/weekly periodical. Yet another component has very much to do with the focus of modern American politics on ruling through fear (see David Garland's book, The Culture of Control). There is no single factor that leads to modern American politics, and no single step that will magically transform our democracy toward something resembling Spartan government.