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From the NYT last month
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 12:14 |
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Nintendo Kid posted:Huh, I wonder what counts as premium?
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 13:46 |
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:From the NYT last month So, hang on, wait - Kabul and Kandahar are both behind enemy lines now? Oh, whatever, it doesn't matter, who cares.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 15:01 |
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freebooter posted:So, hang on, wait - Kabul and Kandahar are both behind enemy lines now? some things never change Dr. Watson posted:IN the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy's country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 15:10 |
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quote:I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 15:51 |
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 16:07 |
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I'm sorry Australia, but the Pretty Borders Faction demands your destruction. That's simply intolerable. Look at Austria to learn how borders should be shaped.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 16:15 |
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Guavanaut posted:That doesn't change that raising prices doesn't work when you're dealing with an addiction (otherwise nobody would use heroin) and all it achieves is milking as much money as possible from addicts and casual users alike. The experience of the US would tend to disprove that: smoking rates have fallen fastest in places that have jacked up the costs faster, and that was before e-cigarette things came about to drop off "real smoking" even faster (they're dorky as poo poo but they're finally helping my dad to quit smoking and soon nicotine after like 45 years). And it's still quite high in many places that have kept the prices low. Many people have quit or severely cut the amount they smoke due to higher prices, or due to the need to go out of their way to other states to buy cigarettes at a "reasonable price". The time-lapse map of the US helps show it, because it shows per capita cigarette purchases rather than smoking percentages - so merely getting people to smoke fewer cigarettes is reflected as well. And then furthermore, the increased tax revenue from 100% and higher taxes on cigarettes, as has happened in some places, has had substantial portions earmarked for other anti-smoking measures.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 16:16 |
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Quorum posted:And if I'm reading this post correctly it argues that the US isn't a democracy because it's a republic, and it isn't a republic because it's a democracy. "Are we a [strict] republic? No, because we have some elements of direct democracy." "Are we a [strict] democracy? No, we have many republican elements." Seems straightforward to me.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 16:17 |
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Torrannor posted:What technicalities disqualifies the USA from being a country? Is it that sovereign individual states bullshit? On the topic of democracy vs. republic, it has recently become a thing as isolated idiots try to insist that America isn't a Democracy but is definitely a Republic. They say Democracy is bad because of mob rule, and Republics are good, because reasons. But the underlying reason for all of this is because Democracy sounds like Democrats, and Democrats must be bad, while everyone knows Republicans are good. Which is hilarious, because these people have apparently forgotten that the USSR/Russia was/is also a Republic. If you want to be silly and pedantic about it, the most descriptive way to describe it would be to say that the United States is a Democratic Constitutional Republic.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 16:22 |
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It's easier to wage wars as Republic, but in the long run a Democracy is better.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 16:38 |
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Jerry Cotton posted:Well there's a box labeled "does not matter much" Surprising, for a whole continent.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 16:50 |
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PittTheElder posted:On the topic of democracy vs. republic, it has recently become a thing as isolated idiots try to insist that America isn't a Democracy but is definitely a Republic. They say Democracy is bad because of mob rule, and Republics are good, because reasons. But the underlying reason for all of this is because Democracy sounds like Democrats, and Democrats must be bad, while everyone knows Republicans are good. Which is hilarious, because these people have apparently forgotten that the USSR/Russia was/is also a Republic. it's because libertarians have a fetish for the Roman Republic and like to think of themselves as idealized citizen-soldiers
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 17:13 |
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PittTheElder posted:On the topic of democracy vs. republic, it has recently become a thing as isolated idiots try to insist that America isn't a Democracy but is definitely a Republic. They say Democracy is bad because of mob rule, and Republics are good, because reasons. But the underlying reason for all of this is because Democracy sounds like Democrats, and Democrats must be bad, while everyone knows Republicans are good. Which is hilarious, because these people have apparently forgotten that the USSR/Russia was/is also a Republic.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 17:20 |
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Uncle Jam posted:
This one is actually "why has cancer decreased in the USA"
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 17:33 |
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LimburgLimbo posted:This one is actually "why has cancer decreased in the USA"
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 17:39 |
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Only Jesus can save us from rising sea levels? Or is this Greater Deseret?
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 18:44 |
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Jesus will save us from Mormons and Jews at the expense of a fair number of Southern Baptists and Catholics. Maybe He's a Lutheran.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 18:47 |
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Guavanaut posted:Jesus will save us from Mormons and Jews at the expense of a fair number of Southern Baptists and Catholics. Maybe He's a Lutheran.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 19:06 |
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Quorum posted:No this is super wrong sorry! A union of states can become a nation-- just look at Switzerland, or Germany! Typically it involves a new governing document indicating the transition, or else a constitutional crisis in which a 'new' interpretation of the original document wins out. Guess which one we had! My post may not have been 100% serious.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 20:19 |
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From what game is this?
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:02 |
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the jizz taxi posted:From what game is this?
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:07 |
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I went looking for a map of the Thirty Years' War and found what might be one of the worst maps I've seen: Oh, and there's more.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:35 |
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Don't look at 16th and 17th century political maps. They'll drive you insane slowly. Trying to actually understand all the little baronys and archbishophrics and counties and duchies will drive you to drink.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:48 |
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Lord Hydronium posted:I went looking for a map of the Thirty Years' War and found what might be one of the worst maps I've seen: I'd play this game so hard.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:00 |
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Gorau posted:Don't look at 16th and 17th century political maps. They'll drive you insane slowly. Trying to actually understand all the little baronys and archbishophrics and counties and duchies will drive you to drink.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:57 |
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Letmebefrank posted:Mind map is a map? A lot of this depends on interpretation, or which faction is dominant in a country, etc. That being said... Iran and Iraq are buddies Iraq is buddies with Assad US is indeed allied with Turkey (they haven't moved against Turkey in any way I'm aware of) Hezbollah should be on here. I've been thinking of my own chart, and yeah its pretty complicated too.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 00:19 |
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HEY GAL posted:come on, this is great: I unironically love looking at this map. It's fascinating to look at in the same way that a fractal pattern is interesting. Worlds within worlds...
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 00:21 |
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DrSunshine posted:I unironically love looking at this map. It's fascinating to look at in the same way that a fractal pattern is interesting. Worlds within worlds... Germany inside France inside Germany
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:32 |
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DrSunshine posted:I unironically love looking at this map. It's fascinating to look at in the same way that a fractal pattern is interesting. Worlds within worlds... It reminds me of a ridiculously gerrymandered American city map. Like, tap "Birmingham AL" into google and look at the resulting stupidity. I've never understood why American cities do this.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 02:17 |
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freebooter posted:It reminds me of a ridiculously gerrymandered American city map. Like, tap "Birmingham AL" into google and look at the resulting stupidity. I've never understood why American cities do this. I don't think you understand what gerrymandering is.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 02:24 |
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freebooter posted:It reminds me of a ridiculously gerrymandered American city map. Like, tap "Birmingham AL" into google and look at the resulting stupidity. I've never understood why American cities do this. State laws about annexation by cities. Relevant map (in YouTube form): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=445Z1Dc5-Rw
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 02:39 |
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HEY GAL posted:come on, this is great: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Holy_Roman_Empire_1648.svg/4000px-Holy_Roman_Empire_1648.svg.png Same map at 4000 pixels wide.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 03:15 |
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Letmebefrank posted:Mind map is a map? Suggestions: Terrorism might need to be a both-ways arrow for the Kurds and Turkey. A "opposed" or "foes" line between Iran and the Saudis. Connections for the Saudi entanglement in Yemen. Connections for Jordan, Israel and Lebanon/Hezbollah. Possibly also African connections such as Libya, Egypt and Sudan. twoday posted:some things never change http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/navy/art5-w98.htm quote:When I first arrived in Indochina in 1953, the French were mainly fighting in the Red River Delta. This was the key French area in North Viet-Nam, . . . [with a] fortified French battle line. The French headquarters city was Hanoi. When I arrived I checked in with the French briefing officer and asked what the situation was in the Delta. He said:
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 05:20 |
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HEY GAL posted:come on, this is great: My favorite map.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 06:31 |
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C.M. Kruger posted:Suggestions: Some additions and changes based on comments: -Israel would mess up everything by adding those magenta lines everywhere. -Yemen and palestinians will mess up the picture as well, leaving them out -Russia has actually bombed ISIS now and then , so no question mark there -I have no clue of relationship between Iraq and Assad -Is Turkey bombing ISIS at all? Done with CMaptools, so I can give the file if someone is interested to edit their views.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 09:04 |
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It would be a lot cleaner with a key, rather than labels on all the coloured lines.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 09:58 |
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Undead Hippo posted:It would be a lot cleaner with a key, rather than labels on all the coloured lines. Something like this http://i.imgur.com/ggkVIuM.png ?
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 11:14 |
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Letmebefrank posted:Something like this http://i.imgur.com/ggkVIuM.png ? Yep. I think that's a lot easier to follow.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 11:23 |
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Letmebefrank posted:Something like this http://i.imgur.com/ggkVIuM.png ?
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