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When they’re storming prisons and besieging airports I don’t think “armed gang” still fits. That’s an uprising, possibly a revolution.
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FrozenVent posted:When they’re storming prisons and besieging airports I don’t think “armed gang” still fits. I dunno, Mexican gangs do that all the time and they’re happy to sit back down once the government’s been put in its place.
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probably the most common phrase used by think tanks discussing haiti over the past, say, 40 years is “failed state” one of many examples https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/17/haiti-crisis-corruption-criminal-gangs-violence-humanitarian-assistance-state-failure-sanctions/
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FrozenVent posted:When they’re storming prisons and besieging airports I don’t think “armed gang” still fits. Those usually have some kind of ideological backing that this doesn't, for the most part.
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Tiny Timbs posted:I dunno, Mexican gangs do that all the time and they’re happy to sit back down once the government’s been put in its place. There aren't many parallels between Haiti and Mexico that are relevant here.
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There's so little press on Haiti, Sudan, Mali and the Maghreb. How do you even begin to go intervene in just one of these hotspots without it turning into a Black Hawk Down situation where we pull out as soon as casualties happen? Even if JSOC went in hard against the gangs in Haiti and SF just FIDed up the govt forces, there's no political will at all to sustain a military campaign to stabilize the country if we could even do that. But the more instability occurs especially in Haiti and Central and South America, the more refugees we're going to have at the southern border. And the worse global warning gets, the more food insecure those countries get, and so the more climate refugees we'll have to deal with. All the while the right wing is openly bedding with white nationalist christian fundamentalists and more and more people are screaming "invasion" at the border. When really the only loving thing that would actually help is massively more foreign aid and military intervention in some extreme cases like Haiti. But nothing like that will happen because there's no political will. It just all seems so hopeless and it's hard to see a way forward that isnt completely hosed.
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CainFortea posted:Cloaca's serve a useful function.  they serve more than one useful function.
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:Those usually have some kind of ideological backing that this doesn't, for the most part. The gang alliance that BBQ is a part of has the backing of the nation's elites, but recently split with President/Prime Minister Henri. In the end it's a fight among the elites - since there's no longer any functional governmental authorities, the gangs are the functional power in the country. BBQ and friends are the descendants of the Tontons Macoutes, but without a Duvalier to control them.
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joat mon posted:The gang alliance that BBQ is a part of has the backing of the nation's elites, but recently split with President/Prime Minister Henri. In the end it's a fight among the elites - since there's no longer any functional governmental authorities, the gangs are the functional power in the country. So it's not a revolution, since no one is trying to change the political order, just a coup.
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And nothing changes for the people who are just trying to live. They get the poo poo end. Again.
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Protip: get an expert witness who won’t pull this poo poo in the courtroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9t6uaXwRGY Defense witness in the trial of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, charged with involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence
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Platystemon posted:Protip: get an expert witness who won’t pull this poo poo in the courtroom. "It just goes off by itself, watch" Didn't a defense attorney shoot himself by accident demonstrating how easily the victim could have shot themselves, dying but saving his client? False edit: Yes, but a third guy also shot himself demonstrating how the second guy shot himself. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28805895
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republican primary is officially over, democratic primary is de facto over https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1765338433377989070?t=ZvT09RU3whjcz5CyGUMthQ&s=19
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To save us all some time and money, the presidential election should simply just be a toss-up between these two ancient idiots again and again until the country dissolves. "What if they're dead?" Doesn't matter. The last 8 years proved that a baked potato could do the job.
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pseudosavior posted:To save us all some time and money, the presidential election should simply just be a toss-up between these two ancient idiots again and again until the country dissolves. You have my attention. What is the baked potato's Israel/Palestine platform? Is there a place I can volunteer to knock on doors for the baked potato?
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bird food bathtub posted:Is there a place I can volunteer to knock on doors for the baked potato? The Idaho primary, one presumes.
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My only condition is that the baked potato not have sour cream.
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pseudosavior posted:To save us all some time and money, the presidential election should simply just be a toss-up between these two ancient idiots again and again until the country dissolves. How can someone who hasn’t been in a coma for the last 8 years still say the presidency doesn’t matter? We’re not getting anyone good, that much is obvious, but one option is clearly less bad than the other. And the more bad option will result in tangible negative outcomes for large swathes of the country.
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Subjunctive posted:The Idaho primary, one presumes. 
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:How can someone who hasn’t been in a coma for the last 8 years still say the presidency doesn’t matter? We’re not getting anyone good, that much is obvious, but one option is clearly less bad than the other. And the more bad option will result in tangible negative outcomes for large swathes of the country. I'm not sure how anyone can look at the Biden and Trump presidencies and go "Hmm yes, basically the same" unless they're being edgy or are just willfully ignorant.
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psydude posted:I'm not sure how anyone can look at the Biden and Trump presidencies and go "Hmm yes, basically the same" unless they're being edgy or are just willfully ignorant. The latest round of “people on the street” interviews about the candidates just makes me think a significant portion of the population has some pretty extreme cognitive impairment. Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:These interviews with Super Tuesday voters are hilarious and/or killing me. quote:Under Trump, we didn't have inflation. Inflation, coronavirus, immigration surges, and crime all happened on Biden's watch. Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Mar 6, 2024 |
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Tiny Timbs posted:The latest round of “people on the street” interviews about the candidates just makes me think a significant portion of the population has some pretty extreme cognitive impairment. Nothing new there quote:In 2013, 29% of Louisiana Republicans said Obama was responsible for the Katrina response. 28% put the blame on President George W. Bush, whose administration did in fact oversee the federal response to Katrina.
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Ah yes, the common clay of the new west.
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McNally posted:I'm ok with this. Hi, it’s me. I’m the problem :lol
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Platystemon posted:My only condition is that the baked potato not have sour cream.
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And bacon and cheese and maybe some other stuff Do you literally eat just potato and sour cream? Ewwww
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Platystemon posted:My only condition is that the baked potato not have sour cream. Probably one of the most hosed up things you've ever posted, if we're being honest
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Baked potatoes suck. Let them go cold. Chop em up. Refry them. Hrm.
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psydude posted:I'm not sure how anyone can look at the Biden and Trump presidencies and go "Hmm yes, basically the same" unless they're being edgy or are just willfully ignorant. They’re both people that intend to die in office.
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Best thing to do with baked potato is put them away and make twice baked potatoes the next night
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Platystemon posted:My only condition is that the baked potato not have sour cream. We regret to inform you that your baked potato is apparently in fact 100% sour cream. no refunds
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Milo and POTUS posted:Best thing to do with baked potato is put them away and make twice baked potatoes the next night This is like the marshmallow test but I would fail
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Well they say you get the government you deserve and the USA seems like s prime example of that. The Bush administration and Trump administration were both uniquely horrible and people don't care to remember much about them at all.
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Grip it and rip it posted:Well they say you get the government you deserve and the USA seems like s prime example of that. The Bush administration and Trump administration were both uniquely horrible and people don't care to remember much about them at all. That's one thing that pollsters think is going on - people somehow don't remember Donnie's first term at all and papered over the mountain of bullshit in it. Also, a lot of the far-lefty horseshoe accelerationist takes don't seem to remember a lot about American presidential history. Two terms of Reagan didn't exactly usher in an Era Of Progressivism and Democrats generally taking a nap in 2010 led to the lockup of particularly terrible gerrymanders that still exist past 2020 redistricting.
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This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
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Grip it and rip it posted:Well they say you get the government you deserve and the USA seems like s prime example of that. The Bush administration and Trump administration were both uniquely horrible and people don't care to remember much about them at all. tbh the Trump administration was so eventful I find myself getting reminded about crazy poo poo I had forgotten all the time Like the whole hurricane sharpie incident
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Grip it and rip it posted:Well they say you get the government you deserve and the USA seems like s prime example of that. The Bush administration and Trump administration were both uniquely horrible and people don't care to remember much about them at all. Describing the Biden administration as "uniquely horrible" sure is a take. Outside of a handful of issues I think it's been pretty good!
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Describing the Biden administration as "uniquely horrible" sure is a take. Outside of a handful of issues I think it's been pretty good! Maybe even the least war-crimey administration since ....Hoover?
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Describing the Biden administration as "uniquely horrible" sure is a take. Outside of a handful of issues I think it's been pretty good! I had to read the quoted post a few times - Bush/Trump, not Biden/Trump there! Tiny Timbs posted:tbh the Trump administration was so eventful I find myself getting reminded about crazy poo poo I had forgotten all the time Four years ago today, trump was keeping the COVID ship deliberately along the coast because "I like the numbers where they are"
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