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this is from a few pages ago, but if you read shake hands with the devil there are several points prior to the massacres beginning that dallaire presents as missed opportunities to head it off. he had contacts in the hutu military who tipped him off about the creation of hit lists as well as weapon storage facilities. he claims that if he'd been given the order at that point to intervene (because the rwandan government had already broken the UN accord) he could've stopped it. it's unclear if he actually could. the US's responsibility is an interesting question. clinton wanted to intervene, but he was scared off because of bosnia and somalia, and the UN didn't support US intervention. there were also concerns about france intervening (and they could've intervened earlier than they did) because of the colonial context and their support of the rwandan government. 
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holysherm posted:I'm bitter he hasn't had any comment at all about the Fed all day. I was putting some good odds on him just during Powell over Twitter and he hasn't even had as much as a "sad!" Tomorrow. Executive time is hard!
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Ague Proof posted:"I get very saddened when I have to write letters or call parents or wives or husbands of soldiers who have been killed fighting for our country. It's a great honor. We cherish them. But it's heartbreaking." It's about him. "I get very saddened etc.."
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CAPS LOCK BROKEN posted:Imagine supporting America's forever war in the middle east to own the chuds. shouldn't you be worried about the socialists who are about to get squashed
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holysherm posted:I'm bitter he hasn't had any comment at all about the Fed all day. I was putting some good odds on him just during Powell over Twitter and he hasn't even had as much as a "sad!" is he able to fire the head for the Fed? because i feel like that might happen if he can pull it off.
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Seven Hundred Bee posted:this is from a few pages ago, but if you read shake hands with the devil there are several points prior to the massacres beginning that dallaire presents as missed opportunities to head it off. he had contacts in the hutu military who tipped him off about the creation of hit lists as well as weapon storage facilities. he claims that if he'd been given the order at that point to intervene (because the rwandan government had already broken the UN accord) he could've stopped it. it's unclear if he actually could. yeah, i have been watching a documentary on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW4pNA0UNO4&t it seems to me like the biggest gently caress up was in the UN more then the US. like i can understand not wanting armed intervention but holy loving poo poo they didn't even try to rescue people.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:is he able to fire the head for the Fed? because i feel like that might happen if he can pull it off. I'm almost certain Fedfolks have to resign, be impeached, or reach the end of their term.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:is he able to fire the head for the Fed? because i feel like that might happen if he can pull it off. He can fire him or her for cause. Like if they do something materially wrong, but not for policy reasons.
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Krispy Wafer posted:He can fire him or her for cause. Like if they do something materially wrong, but not for policy reasons. sure but since when has trump cared about that. i could see him trying to pull a "fed head resigned" tweet on twitter.
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Krispy Wafer posted:He can fire him or her for cause. Like if they do something materially wrong, but not for policy reasons. aha yeah found it you're right
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Countdown to a million chuds complaining: A Chinese website will stream an anime based off the early life of Karl Marx. https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1075290440285413376 I'm actually a bit disappointed that this is being done like this, instead of having it be some sort of fantastical steampunk thing (because, let's face it, the true steampunks would be communists).
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Good! https://mobile.twitter.com/thehill/status/1075584596803313664 quote:Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer(N.Y.), under pressure from groups on the left, will not agree to a customary year-end package of judicial nominees, according to a Senate Democratic aide.
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so is the shutdown gonna happen or no? i haven't heard poo poo out of trump.
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Pyrenees are a amazing looking dogs.
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where has this chuck schumer been for the last few years
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DLC Inc posted:where has this chuck schumer been for the last few years There wasn't enough money in it until recently.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:sure but since when has trump cared about that. i could see him trying to pull a "fed head resigned" tweet on twitter. He has trouble firing people when he doesn't have to give a reason though.
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DLC Inc posted:where has this chuck schumer been for the last few years Pelosi has stiffened his spine.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:so is the shutdown gonna happen or no? i haven't heard poo poo out of trump. quote:With bipartisan support, the Senate approved legislation that would extend funding for several major government departments until Feb. 8, a measure that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week but does not include any new funds President Trump sought for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Pollyanna posted:There wasn't enough money in it until recently. There weren't enough bodies to accomplish anything until recently. Money too.
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He can still veto the spending bill if he wants. He won’t.
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He’ll just say he won’t ever sign one of these CR’s again and he will do so despite saying so in he past as well as claiming he would proudly take the blame for the shutdown. Such a deal maker 
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Seven Hundred Bee posted:this is from a few pages ago, but if you read shake hands with the devil there are several points prior to the massacres beginning that dallaire presents as missed opportunities to head it off. he had contacts in the hutu military who tipped him off about the creation of hit lists as well as weapon storage facilities. he claims that if he'd been given the order at that point to intervene (because the rwandan government had already broken the UN accord) he could've stopped it. it's unclear if he actually could. Id like to know more about this. It sounds really interesting.
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Phlag posted:https://twitter.com/postpolitics/status/1075588552036155393 i am honestly unsure. i think he will sign it because he is a coward and he knows deep down that the wall is all bullshit. but i could see him saying gently caress it and vetoing it because hellworld. NPR and frontline did an article about sillicate and it cause massive blacklung outbreaks and how the conservatives havent done poo poo.(the libs at least tried and did some good for once) https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/675253856/an-epidemic-is-killing-thousands-of-coal-miners-regulators-could-have-stopped-it quote:Smith then mentioned his wife and two daughters and wondered what will happen to them when he's gone. He wondered about the grandchildren he may never see. His voice breaking again, he talked about the excitement of being a young miner, about the hope and promise of good pay and good lives. like this whole story depressed the gently caress out of me but holy poo poo that last part made me tear up. like jesus christ. your basically slowly suffocating to death and dying young.
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Rinkles posted:wtf is this? discovery does alot of shows about ports of entry and borders. mostly on smuggling.
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Jealous Cow posted:https://twitter.com/anncoulter/status/1075483283910217730?s=21  I will always cherish this single Bloom County panel for teaching me both of these terms simultaneously when i was in, like, sixth grade. I may not have realized it fully at the time but Bloom County was so goddamn good.
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can't wait for the temper tantrum tomorrow or maybe even tonight.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:so is the shutdown gonna happen or no? i haven't heard poo poo out of trump. If he shuts down the government he will have to change his vacation plans and will have to sit in a bunch of boring meetings instead.
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Simplex posted:If he shuts down the government he will have to change his vacation plans and will have to sit in a bunch of boring meetings instead. he didn't sit in meetings last time they shut it down.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:
My wife did a school project about a poem from the Great Depression from The Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukeyser. I HIGHLY recommend it. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/rukeyser/overviews.htm America has a long and proud tradition of putting young men in the ground to mine this poo poo, and then putting young men in the grave after they're used up, and giving a great big gently caress you to their survivor's.
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Stories like that are what I like to bring up when people start talking about deregulation. Like sure, theoretically at some point poo poo can be too regulated. But chances are whatever industry is just mad that they aren't making ENOUGH money hand over fist. And we've got tons, and tons, and tons of examples of what companies will do in the name of profit. Companies exist to make money, not take care of workers, their community, or their environment, which is why we want the govt to step in and say "actually you need to give some shits about this or we'll shut you down and take all the money you made".
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How plausible is this? 1. Russia leaks the Trump Tower Moscow Letter of Intent, signalling they have more kompromat 2. Trump pulls out if Syria 3. The administration announces the lifting of sanctions on Deripaska Were there serious talks to leave Syria before? Were there serious talks of sanctions relief prior to the release of the Letter of Intent?
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Dapper_Swindler posted:can't wait for the temper tantrum tomorrow or maybe even tonight. So is funding his stupid wall gonna be the new Obamacare repeal? Where they try to do it like 70 times only the whiff it every time because they suck? Because I could get behind that one.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i am honestly unsure. i think he will sign it because he is a coward and he knows deep down that the wall is all bullshit. but i could see him saying gently caress it and vetoing it because hellworld. Uh this is bad 
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Have they said where the letter of intent came from, or is CNN keeping that secret?
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booseek posted:How plausible is this? Trump has been running his mouth about getting out of Syria for months (or years)
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