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CN CREW-VESSEL posted:When you put it like that, yeah, it makes sense. Also think about managerial and administrative techniques and practices from Taylorism to McNamara introducing charts to account for everything like how many Viet Cong were killed even if the body count was inflated or consisted of civilians to mid to high level managers at the Pentagon wanting every officer to have their turning commanding troops in the field for a few months to a year even if it provided disrupted to the unit's morale and cohesion among other things. With the problems soldiers of the SEALS, Airborne, Rangers, and other elite units being trainers, think of them that they are serving a purpose teaching curriculum by the administrators set up at the Pentagon which usually couldn't be changed by the instructors. The problem soldiers were seen to be something useful and cultural problems like DUIs and beating up wives were seen more of a problem of boys being boys releasing some steam. The leadership at the Pentagon after the End of History but before 9/11, sent out those elite units to places like Haiti, Somali, Kosovo, and other places because they wanted to secure funding for their respective mission and schools. Even if they screwed things up, they were still in the public's eyes being noted for their gallant sacrifice. If you look at it from an administrative and neoliberal angle, it makes more sense.
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Vim Fuego posted:I don';t know, you'll have to post it I only have the hitler one 
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May 10, 2024 13:58
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spacemang_spliff posted:I only have the hitler one thanks I hate it
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May 10, 2024 14:01
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/mdubowitz/status/1788391720784121968 she's saying white people can't say something is racist lol that doesn't make any sense. a guy walks down the street covered in swastika tattoos, as a non jewish white person I can't say "that dude's a racist", is that what she's saying lol spacemang_spliff has issued a correction as of 14:14 on May 10, 2024 |
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May 10, 2024 14:12
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Womens Reproductive Rights/IVF/Abortion/The Economy/The Israel/Hamas War, Releasing Of the Hostages/Communicating & Listening to the Youth of the Country/Student Debt: All should all be "High Priority Issues" when "Campaign Blitzing." Communicate & Dialogue with then People. Be specific & targeted with your approach depending on which State, City or Municipality that you are in. Trump on the other hand seems to have no interest in attracting the "Moderates" & "Independents." You can see the change in Trumps demeanor in the Courtroom because he can no longer do and say as he pleases, he is not use to that, meaning he cannot control his evironment and it shows. Trump is irritable and dozing off every now and then. This Trial is certainly affecting Trump in a negative way. As I write this "Opinion" early this morning, Trump has still not extended an 'Olive Branch" to the Haley Supporters and others. Trump seems content with his Campaign position right now which baffles me. Is arrogance and complacency setting in with Trump? Is Trump taking his supporters for granted? On his day off from the Trial, instead of Campaigning, Trump played Golf. Really !! Some Words Of Wisdom For Trump & His Team: "Trump Cannot Win With MAGA Alone, No man Is An Island." Because of Trumps apparent arrogance and attitude, President Biden has caught up to him and in some states is beating him now. This will be an extremely close election and this is no time to stay home and protest. However, speaking to you Republican Moderates, a "Stay Home Vote" is a vote not for Trump. Biden invites you all over to his "Huge Tent." "ARE YOU RIDEN WITH BIDEN??" Choose Wisely. Democracy As You Know It Is At Risk !! Just My 2 Cents. For What It is Worth !!
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May 10, 2024 14:14
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spacemang_spliff posted:I only have the hitler one
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May 10, 2024 14:21
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spacemang_spliff posted:she's saying white people can't say something is racist lol that doesn't make any sense. 
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May 10, 2024 14:24
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My thoughts exactly!
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May 10, 2024 14:30
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“Look here Jack - if Israel murders the entire population in Palestine I won’t send them any more murder tools. Now come help me close this barn door.”
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May 10, 2024 14:34
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https://x.com/TheDemocrats/status/1788668308612350119
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May 10, 2024 14:36
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https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1788622758038966720 https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1788907760781779067 https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1788922465348944024
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May 10, 2024 14:37
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Uncle Wemus posted:https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1788622758038966720 lol
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May 10, 2024 15:05
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Shook
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May 10, 2024 15:07
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Ytlaya posted:It's important we know how much women wanted to gently caress Not nearly as much as the ones that wanted to gently caress Burr.
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May 10, 2024 15:08
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Uncle Wemus posted:https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1788622758038966720 i'd like to see "jen rubin's Green Room" play out much like the plot of the movie Green Room
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May 10, 2024 15:08
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Asproigerosis posted:??? that doesnt make any sense if we dont acknowledge the validity of the icc how are we supposed to punish putin for doing a genocide in ukraine
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May 10, 2024 15:08
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Uncle Wemus posted:https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1788622758038966720 I need to VOTE for the guy who couldn't get his poo poo together to be on the ballot in my state
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May 10, 2024 15:16
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Gorson posted:We've had the world's highest incarceration rate since 2002 who was number one in 2001
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May 10, 2024 15:17
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CN CREW-VESSEL posted:lol I was reading British newspapers from the 1860's that made those exact arguments it goes back even farther than the spanish were trying to bullshit free trade as a moral imperative justifying the conquest of the new world all the way back in the sixteenth century the other two planks of their argument were the freedom to proselytize and the freedom to conduct diplomatic relations all of this hinged incidentally on people just ignoring that the conquistadors werent even pretending like they wanted to do any of these things
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May 10, 2024 15:21
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more like JRwordBlogger amirite?
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May 10, 2024 15:24
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mcmagic posted:the thing that triggers me the most is when people act like hamas did oct 7th just for fun because they are all serial killers who want to kill jew for fun and ignore any and all political or material context does anyone have that article from maybe a week before october seventh talking about how bibi was already getting his ducks in a row preparing for an invasion of rafah
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May 10, 2024 15:32
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There is an excuse: I don't vote for genocide supporters.
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May 10, 2024 15:37
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Tsitsikovas posted:The Stranger is one of the dumbest books, and that was at my personal peak of college grad existentialism rules phase. Some spoiled, bored as hell white guy kills an arab just to feel something? Ponders hard about it? what if crime and punishment except instead of the main character being a weird demented loser hes just too smart for his own good
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May 10, 2024 15:38
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I'm voting for the brain worm
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May 10, 2024 15:39
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Haven't there been literal studies that show voters and their preferences have little to no impact on policy development. How does someone like this square that circle? Even if Biden wasn't a total piece of poo poo and I was merely indifferent to him rather than actively disdainful what's really my motivation to vote for him, it doesn't do anything.
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May 10, 2024 15:44
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Ayahuasca in every pot, and a worm in every brain.
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May 10, 2024 15:44
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Nix Panicus posted:So whats this thing about Trump getting away with stealing classified documents? it turns out that trump might not have actually brought those classified documents to mar a lago at all half of those boxes were sent by the general security administration under biden and the vast majority of the stuff in those boxes wasnt classified documents and basically every time anyone has conducted an audit of what was in which box everything is in a completely different location
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May 10, 2024 15:47
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Liberals' lawfare against Trump is falling apart faster than the Bluesmobile.
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May 10, 2024 15:48
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Tsitsikovas posted:The Stranger is one of the dumbest books, and that was at my personal peak of college grad existentialism rules phase. Some spoiled, bored as hell white guy kills an arab just to feel something? Ponders hard about it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0WjDiaxUX0
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May 10, 2024 15:52
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Some Guy TT posted:it goes back even farther than the spanish were trying to bullshit free trade as a moral imperative justifying the conquest of the new world all the way back in the sixteenth century The conquistadors went out of their way not to. The Golden Age of Piracy, when you look beyond the mythologized derring do, was often English, Dutch and French merchant ships “smuggling” goods between Spanish colonies that were supposed to only trade with Spain, and not each other, paying exorbitant costs to the merchants holding monopoly charters for commodities that were produced cheaply and locally, one island over. Similarly, because legal rights were afforded to Christians, most obviously not being enslaved, landowners worked tirelessly to not convert the indigenous labourers assigned to their feudal estates. Land owners assumed Christian feudal obligations, like paying for meals and celebrations during holidays and festivals, giving their vassals dozens of feast days off. Because the feudal law in New Spain made these same landowners responsible for building churches and chapels on their land… they could just… not do that and legally enslave pagan Indians which they owed almost no obligations to. This is one reason why, contrary to expectations, Christianity spreads first in outlying, rather than centralized areas, like the backwater of Guatemala, or Tlaxcala, which had hardly any Spaniards at all. The reason being that these less desirable or more remote areas were granted as feudal lands to Indigenous allies, or belonged to strong indigenous polities. They had an incentive to Christianize rapidly, the nobility because it was the basis of their position, legally and socially, in New Spain, and the peasantry because their nobles weren’t opposed to it and it provided them protection against the Spaniards. Also the indigenous nobility loved throwing giant parades, religious processions, carnivals, showing off their Christianity, wealth, status, social and political power. This kind of public generosity and spectacle also fit into traditional Indigenous forms of leadership. This should be good, right? They’re very proud Catholics and the perfect model of chivalric Spanish nobility? The idea of Maya and Aztec’s being better imitators of El Cid and Charlemagne than the very ignoble, very unchristian Spaniards wasn’t exactly seen this way. Instead, it made the Spaniards extremely mad, so that in the later 1600’s and early 1700’s they spent a great deal of energy trying to ban most kinds of Christian public holiday. Diplomatic relations, I think speaks for itself. Nobody in any of the colonies was supposed to trade anything with the English, French or Dutch. Anyway I’m sure we learned a valuable lesson about the ruling class being allowed to write their own regulations. CN CREW-VESSEL has issued a correction as of 16:04 on May 10, 2024 |
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May 10, 2024 15:57
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It's amazing that the Spanish Empire had basically infinite money and managed to invest as little of it as they possibly could in, you know, Spain.
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May 10, 2024 16:02
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PoundSand posted:Haven't there been literal studies that show voters and their preferences have little to no impact on policy development. How does someone like this square that circle? Even if Biden wasn't a total piece of poo poo and I was merely indifferent to him rather than actively disdainful what's really my motivation to vote for him, it doesn't do anything. Yes, and not only is that true, but also your individual vote in a Presidential election is literally worthless. The closest election we ever had was 2000 and that was still hundreds/thousands of votes, and that ended up being decided by the courts anyway. And even if we had the magical Presidential election where it literally came down to a one vote difference, the courts would decide that one as well. This simple truth bounces off the brains of the majority of voters, who all seem to act like their vote is deciding the entire election.
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May 10, 2024 16:03
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Halloween Jack posted:It's amazing that the Spanish Empire had basically infinite money and managed to invest as little of it as they possibly could in, you know, Spain. keeping the drat french down is much more important than investing in your own society duh
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May 10, 2024 16:05
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Halloween Jack posted:It's amazing that the Spanish Empire had basically infinite money and managed to invest as little of it as they possibly could in, you know, Spain. There’s a book about that which, if I remember the argument correctly, says that having a silver printer that was tightly politically controlled by a debauched ruling class who only spent it on themselves, and on massive foreign wars, actually caused the Spanish state to shrink and un-develop (?), which again, maybe there’s a cautionary tale here. The State injected huge amounts of silver into the ruling class, but taxed hardly any of it, didn’t try to take it out of circulation, didn’t try to build administration or political power that could challenge the nobility, because they could just keep minting silver to keep them happy, and pay nobles acting as contractors to do approximately what they were asked to do, rather than having a civil service. You immediately have the Pizzaros murdering governors, inquisitors, even harbour masters. For a time, pretty much anyone sent from Spain to exert any control or even monitor where this money was going was liable to be killed or arrested. In Spain, things were about the same as these penny ante families from Extramadeura, the most parched and broke (and violent) part of Spain had more money than god and could resist any effort from Madrid to govern them. A bit like oil being found in Texas, I suppose. CN CREW-VESSEL has issued a correction as of 16:15 on May 10, 2024 |
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May 10, 2024 16:08
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Business Gorillas posted:I need to VOTE for the guy who couldn't get his poo poo together to be on the ballot in my state To be fair, I don't think there's much precedent for ballot access rules actually being applied to either of the two big parties before, enforcement is usually reserved for third party candidates who have any uppity notions of "doing something" or trying to improve people's lives somewhat.
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May 10, 2024 16:11
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CN CREW-VESSEL posted:There’s a book about that which, if I remember the argument correctly, says that having a silver printer that was tightly politically controlled by a debauched ruling class who only spent it on themselves, and on massive foreign wars, actually caused the Spanish state to shrink and un-develop (?), which again, maybe there’s a cautionary tale here.
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May 10, 2024 16:16
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Lets liquidate Microsoft. That'd be good for the shareholders, right?
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May 10, 2024 16:22
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it’s been eons so I’m probably misremembering, but Adam smith’s wealth of nations I think had a bit about how the Spanish elite hoarded all the money and almost none of it made it downward leading to both inflation and very little development. Every ounce of precious metal that went to Spain made the economy worse.
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May 10, 2024 16:25
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https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1788924453499306383?t=c0kH6YcQT795fMqG0FtB_g&s=19
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Best Friends posted:it’s been eons so I’m probably misremembering, but Adam smith’s wealth of nations I think had a bit about how the Spanish elite hoarded all the money and almost none of it made it downward leading to both inflation and very little development. Every ounce of precious metal that went to Spain made the economy worse. huh. good thing we've learned so much since then
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