Stupid World

[pete376403]

TDL is correct, rest of you need to consult a real dictionary

So of course I had to go and consult a real dictionary - Websters second Ed 1958 (referred to in our house as "big book" - 300 x 200 x 130 and weight over 4 kg). Anyway "Militia" gets a surprisingly brief entry especially considering it is an American dictionary but even so, every thing seems to be plural - citizens, soldiers, armed forces, reserves; nothing that defines militia in the singular.

[TheDemonLord]

So of course I had to go and consult a real dictionary - Websters second Ed 1958 (referred to in our house as "big book" - 300 x 200 x 130 and weight over 4 kg). Anyway "Militia" gets a surprisingly brief entry especially considering it is an American dictionary but even so, every thing seems to be plural - citizens, soldiers, armed forces, reserves; nothing that defines militia in the singular.

An interesting post.

Firstly - did you see the bit about the US being all able bodied Men? If it applies to all, then it is evaluated at the Individual level, since it is not exclusionary.

Secondly - remember when I said that the singular of Militia appears to have an etymology from Militiaman (which is on the page) - but that in the 18th Century, that word does not appear to be used in the American context?

[pritch]

Same with Kyle.

Hardly, he wasn't defending his property, he was in a different state. But you were just trolling.

[pritch]

An interesting post.

Firstly - did you see the bit about the US being all able bodied Men? If it applies to all, then it is evaluated at the Individual level, since it is not exclusionary.

Did you notice that the dictionary specifically lists the National Guard as part of the organised militia?

[nerrrd]

An interesting post.

Firstly - did you see the bit about the US being all able bodied Men? If it applies to all, then it is evaluated at the Individual level, since it is not exclusionary.

Secondly - remember when I said that the singular of Militia appears to have an etymology from Militiaman (which is on the page) - but that in the 18th Century, that word does not appear to be used in the American context?

I'd respectfully suggest that the etymology is more likely to be from the Latin, 'militia, -ae' https://www.online-latin-dictionary....parola=militia. Latin would still have played a big part in higher education at the time.

[TheDemonLord]

Hardly, he wasn't defending his property, he was in a different state. But you were just trolling.

Are we really doing the 'He crossed State Lines' narrative?

I'll agree he wasn't defending his Property, he was defending his LIFE when a Pedo attacked him, followed by a Wife Beater and Drunk Driver.

[TheDemonLord]

Did you notice that the dictionary specifically lists the National Guard as part of the organised militia?

I did.

They may be A Militia force, but they are not the Militia defined by the Constitution, since they predate the constitution by nearly 100 years.

If they had meant 'National Guard', they would have said so.

[TheDemonLord]

I'd respectfully suggest that the etymology is more likely to be from the Latin, 'militia, -ae' https://www.online-latin-dictionary....parola=militia. Latin would still have played a big part in higher education at the time.

Heh, I remember doing Latin at school.

I was specifically referring to an individual as a Militia in the singular, individual sense.

[pete376403]

I did.

They may be A Militia force, but they are not the Militia defined by the Constitution, since they predate the constitution by nearly 100 years.

If they had meant 'National Guard', they would have said so.

You know this, because you were there at the time, right?

[husaberg]

Hardly, he wasn't defending his property, he was in a different state. But you were just trolling.

He was also illegally out in the area as it had a curfew...

You know this, because you were there at the time, right?

its not his first rodeo.
here is him claiming he knows more about us the law than a US judge
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131118602
more than a NZ supreme court judge
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131177156
more then the NZ mental health foundation about mental health
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131125016
or more about security than the FBI
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131104675
then you have the claim a law changed aggreged to by 99 percent of the MP's was undemocratic.
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131139836
Not including the outright lies he told on numerous about the police vetting of the CHCH gunman he still refuse to acknowledge. he after his claims were found to be totally fraudulent.

[TheDemonLord]

He was also illegally out in the area as it had a curfew...

Was he charged? No? Oh dear.

Also - what was he doing out 'illegally'? Cleaning up after the BLM Rioters and rendering medical aid to those injured. Then he was attacked by a Pedo, then a Wife Beater, then a drunk driver.

Funny that in a BLM riot, all the people he shot were white and terrible human beings.

its not his first rodeo.
here is him claiming he knows more about us the law than a US judge
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131118602

Husaberg can't tell the difference between someone who enters a country with an intent to live there and someone who enters a country with an intent to holiday there.

more than a NZ supreme court judge
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131177156

Husaberg can't understand why making reports into government failings a secret might be considered suspect.

more then the NZ mental health foundation about mental health
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131125016

Husaberg doesn't understand that Men kill themselves at a rate higher than Women.

or more about security than the FBI
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131104675

Husaberg doesn't understand Corporate IT Policy.

then you have the claim a law changed aggreged to by 99 percent of the MP's was undemocratic.
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131139836

Husaberg doesn't understand that when you have to bypass specific checks and balances to prevent knee-jerk legislation being passed, so you can pass your knee-jerk legislation - it has not followed the proper democratic process. Failure to follow the proper democratic process = undemocratic

Not including the outright lies he told on numerous about the police vetting of the CHCH gunman he still refuse to acknowledge. he after his claims were found to be totally fraudulent.

They did a half-arsed job, it's not lies when you point out that they had his Passport, they can see he's not spent more than 5 years in NZ, so for someone to vouch for him that they had known him, in NZ, for more than 5 years doesn't add up.

[TheDemonLord]

You know this, because you were there at the time, right?

I know this because:

1: The dates involved (1636 - National Guard is formed, 1787 - The US Constitution was created and the US Bill of rights 1791)
2: There is a lot of documentation on the debates the created those two documents, with a lot of argument about fine details such as Comma placement and wording.

If they had meant the National Guard, since it was in existence and well-known to them, they would have said so - given the level of care and attention that used in crafting it.

Furthermore, since the National Guard is a Government controlled entity, it would go against the very idea that they were enshrining in Law - that is, to ensure that the people always had a means to overthrow the Government should it ever become tyrannical.

[R650R]

Meanwhile, over in Nevada....

[Viking01]

It's been interesting noticing (without any specific intention or action on my part) how much Google appears to manipulate content from certain websites. In this case, Russian websites.

I have been using "Google Translate" as an online function to translate content in other languages for several years. Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese as well as Russian. Not only to access and read content in other languages, but also to keep in contact with various people around the world.

More recently, I've been accessing a higher number of Russian websites, simply to read their content and to see what the Russians had to say on various topics.

While the "hit rate' (in terms of returning a Russian translation) has always been high, I'd noticed an increasing number of instances of Google Translate either:

(i) returning no content for certain websites (the request would just "hang")
or
(ii) returning some content for those websites, but an explicit "could not translate this webpage" response for certain webpages within a website.

For no obvious reason.

This was starting to become a little frustrating, as the link to an article was often posted by other users (bloggers) and was of interest to me.

So recently, I decided to install the Russian Yandex web browser on my PC as well - simply to see if I could access and read the content on those Russian websites / webpages that appeared to have been affected.

What do you know ?

Using Yandex:
The usual western news websites that I regularly frequent could be displayed just fine. No problems.

But:

In (i) above, the previously affected Russian website was now accessible and its content could be displayed just fine.

In (ii) above, the previously affected Russian webpage could be accessed, and its content could be displayed just fine.

As a test, I tried to access the "affected website" or "affected webpage" first using Google Translate - and then (as quickly as possible) tried to access the same resource using Yandex - just to see if this (mis-)behaviour was consistent over a number of days. Which it was.

So why was Google Translate having a problem with either providing access to, or providing a Russian translation in some instances ?

And then I noticed another behaviour that I found a little more unsettling.

In certain Russian websites that showed a time-based list of article headlines (i.e. newest to oldest, for the past 24 hours) - where you could select on and then read the linked article:

(iii) certain headlines that were shown in the list by the Yandex browser would not be shown (simply omitted) using Google Translate.

Often not just one article headline, but multiple.

It seems that they had simply been filtered out by Google Translate (or by the underlying Google search and retrieval software).

So I couldn't always rely on Google Translate to either reliably access certain websites, or to reliably provide me with a translation.

I watch with interest to see if the same (mis-)behaviour starts to occur for some Chinese websites in the not-too-distant future.

[R650R]

That’s been happening for at least ten years Viking... google is the cia/nsa so it kinda makes sense.
I’ve noticed last few months on fakebook if your clicking through to a story that is perhaps anti the mainstream narrative you get this little window saying “website slow loading” with two options basically encouraging you to abandon your attempt. All the while you’ve watch the blue professor bar and it’s nigh on nery instsntmy loaded anyway.
Real blatant attempt at soft censirship.