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for example, crassus was fred trump, and if he'd become emperor his son would almost certainly have hosed everything up utterly
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Imagine thinking for one moment that Donald loving Trump was the fulfillment of some biblical prophecy. Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Abominations of the Earth
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Mar 22, 2019 01:05
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PneumonicBook posted:In the Navy, at least, every port we hit had multiple volunteer opportunities to help local communities. The thing is though the people that go to them are already people that skew left, at least in my experience. Even though people in the military technically "experience" other cultures, it is done through the lens of the American military machine. Sending people to another country as a member of the military is worlds different than sending someone to actually immerse themselves in different cultures. No one is saying this is a magic bullet, but getting out of your bubble and experiencing the diversity in the world is definitely a part of it.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:06
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GreyjoyBastard posted:iunno, "revelations was about the decline of the Roman Empire, which is ultimately a cyclical process due to the moral failures of humanity" sounds about right Hmm yes, just like Dark Souls
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Mar 22, 2019 01:07
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CAPS LOCK BROKEN posted:Your average American lives 20 miles or so from the place where they were born and precious few Americans live or know anyone who lives outside of the country. I think I've said it before, but meeting my American SO's rural family was a shock. I was asked twice completely unironically if you can own property in Norway
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Mar 22, 2019 01:09
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Imagine thinking for one moment that Donald loving Trump was the fulfillment of some biblical prophecy. "And he grabbeth them by the privates, and it was good." If anyone sincerely believes that God would pick Donald loving Trump out of the other 7 billion people on Earth to do his bidding then they deserve whatever they get.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:17
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Imagine thinking for one moment that Donald loving Trump was the fulfillment of some biblical prophecy. Turns out the rapture is just what everyone else will feel when God deletes a lot of very special christians.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:18
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Imagine thinking for one moment that Donald loving Trump was the fulfillment of some biblical prophecy. Well, there is something about a beast with 7 heads and 10 horns
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Mar 22, 2019 01:19
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Pakled posted:Well, there is something about a beast with 7 heads and 10 horns I was gonna say "what kind of prophecy?" Because the dude is so incompetent and yet equally destructive and has such an impenetrable cult of followers around him that he could have only been dreamed up by some 1st century monk huffing fumes to try and figure out what God wants him to write about this week.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:21
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PhazonLink posted:but people already go and survive the military meat grinder and a non zero amount of them are still or become pieces of poo poo. The military specifically brainwashes people and they are sent places to shoot people, not do cultural exchanges.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:22
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Imagine thinking for one moment that Donald loving Trump was the fulfillment of some biblical prophecy. Imagine thinking for one moment that [insert a favorite prophecy here] was the fulfillment of some biblical prophecy.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:24
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BonoMan posted:Wait how did you jump from the case of the guy dying to hantavirus? Not saying it is.... just that there's enough to think it could be.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:27
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Nuclear War posted:I think I've said it before, but meeting my American SO's rural family was a shock. I was asked twice completely unironically if you can own property in Norway ....why didn't they think you could? I'm gonna go with - you are not a white male? \/ Ahh right... the socialism. I forgot. Saint Celestine fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Mar 22, 2019 01:28
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Saint Celestine posted:....why didn't they think you could? I'm gonna go with - you are not a white male? BECAUSE SOCIALISM
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Saint Celestine posted:....why didn't they think you could? I'm gonna go with - you are not a white male? all property in finland is owned by the descendants of Carl I Mannerheim it is merely leased to their subjects
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Mar 22, 2019 01:31
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Saint Celestine posted:....why didn't they think you could? I'm gonna go with - you are not a white male? Norway --> Socialism --> Communism --> No property rights Something like that I'm guessing.
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MrSargent posted:Even though people in the military technically "experience" other cultures, it is done through the lens of the American military machine. Sending people to another country as a member of the military is worlds different than sending someone to actually immerse themselves in different cultures. No one is saying this is a magic bullet, but getting out of your bubble and experiencing the diversity in the world is definitely a part of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y2mZH1dVeA (Posted with recognition of the context of the underlying MI complex and capitalist reasons for its inception, but hey, it was a heck of an idea(r) at the time). Fake edit with added Quimby pronunciation. Otteration fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Mar 22, 2019 01:35
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Cable Guy posted:Influenza like symptoms plus kidney/liver failure...? Like I said - "might" be a thing. It's a pretty good assumption that conditions in the facilities aren't five-star, so rodent vectors are probably in play. Add in the organ failure. Isn't that just what happens when you get sick and dehydrated trying to get in to this hosed up country though? I'm sure we gave him the best medical treatment we could too. Also Unicorns are real and one is my friend.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:39
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Seph posted:Norway --> Socialism --> Communism --> No property rights This
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Mar 22, 2019 01:39
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People are conflating so many political words and terms that things become confusing. I think I just just figured out politics.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:41
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GreyjoyBastard posted:all property in finland is owned by the descendants of Carl I Mannerheim Long live the Regency government! 
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Mar 22, 2019 01:42
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Gaunab posted:People are conflating so many political words and terms that things become confusing. I think I just just figured out politics. "Conflating." 
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Mar 22, 2019 01:43
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Nuclear War posted:This You took the opportunity to gently caress with them, I hope.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:44
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Gaunab posted:People are conflating so many political words and terms that things become confusing. I think I just just figured out politics. Well, neoliberalism, at least.
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Mar 22, 2019 01:46
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"New Bill Aims to Protect Civil Servant Scientists From Undue Political Influence" "Democrats in both chambers of Congress are pushing new legislation to protect federal scientists and the data they collect from political influence, asserting that scientific work at federal agencies is facing "unprecedented" challenges." https://www.govexec.com/management/...hEdC05GpQxzgDI0 How it could otherwise be: "Six Italian geologists were cleared yesterday of manslaughter charges in the deaths of 29 people, who perished in a major earthquake in 2009. Any joy these scientists felt at having their conviction overturned was short-lived; as they left the courthouse, angry citizens were shouting, "For shame!" The scientists had initially been convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict the earthquake that ravaged the Italian town of L'Aquila. But in the wake of their successful appeal, some questions remain, including whether scientists will be willing to continue dispensing advice to laypeople, now that they know they can be threatened with prosecution for doing so." https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/11/7193391/italy-judges-clear-geologists-manslaughter-laquila-earthquake-fear
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Elephant Ambush posted:Except they had kids and passed on their lovely ideas to them. See also: Maga teen chuds harassing native Indians and theatric grifters like Tomi Lahren. Haven't you ever played the telephone game?
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https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1108836192735375360
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Imagine thinking for one moment that Donald loving Trump was the fulfillment of some biblical prophecy. He's definitely the Anti-Christ, in that, where as Jesus was fit, humble, of meager and common upbringing yet possessed of godlike power to help, Trump is bloated, boastful, born of ostentatious weath, and incompetent in his selfish, evil ways.
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Fragmented posted:Isn't that just what happens when you get sick and dehydrated trying to get in to this hosed up country though? I'm sure we gave him the best medical treatment we could too. Also Unicorns are real and one is my friend.  CDC itself says its hard to diagnose without serum testing. If it was hantavirus, we'll probably never know. Edit: Young Freud posted:He's definitely the Anti-Christ, in that, where as Jesus was fit, humble, of meager and common upbringing yet possessed of godlike power to help, Trump is bloated, boastful, born of ostentatious weath, and incompetent in his selfish, evil ways. Esplanade posted:Okay, I got this. Cable Guy fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Mar 22, 2019 02:00
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https://twitter.com/GovExec/status/1108856309825368066 Any insight about these GovExec folk's twits would be appreciated. Haven't seen them and don't twit, so thanks in advance. Edit: Looks like they're part of Atlantic Media, parent of The Atlantic, et al. Otteration fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Mar 22, 2019 02:02
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Otteration posted:"New Bill Aims to Protect Civil Servant Scientists From Undue Political Influence" Its fun that this article was published nearly 20 years ago: Nation's Experts Give Up
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Stereotype posted:Its fun that this article was published nearly 20 years ago: Quote isn't edit but whatever quote:"Go ahead, America," Peavy said. "You don't need us. Watch all the topsoil go down the Mississippi. Transport your children in baskets on top of your SUV deathmobiles. Keep playing with your cute and cuddly pal, the atom. Press your nose against the TV screen for even more educational 3rd Rock From The Sun enjoyment. Use plentiful gasoline to burn book- readers at the stake. Don't eat anything but sugared pork lard. Do whatever you want."
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Just came across this, considering this goes on in many ways in our own New Rome... https://twitter.com/iAmTheWarax/status/1108821175524904961
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Stereotype posted:"Go ahead, America," Peavy said. "You don't need us. Watch all the topsoil go down the Mississippi. Transport your children in baskets on top of your SUV deathmobiles. Keep playing with your cute and cuddly pal, the atom. Press your nose against the TV screen for even more educational 3rd Rock From The Sun enjoyment. Use plentiful gasoline to burn book- readers at the stake. Don't eat anything but sugared pork lard. Do whatever you want." "One who knows the Mississippi," Twain said, "will promptly aver — not aloud, but to himself — that ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back cannot tame that lawless stream, cannot curb it or confine it, cannot say to it, Go here, or Go there, and make it obey; cannot save a shore which it has sentenced; cannot bar its path with an obstruction which it will not tear down, dance over, and laugh at."
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Cable Guy posted:Behold the Beast: And lo, from the midst of the two hills a horn did rise, and the people worshipped the horn
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Mar 22, 2019 02:18
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Young Freud posted:Just came across this, considering this goes on in many ways in our own New Rome... Posted just 40 seconds ago, of course, but: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-marine-corps-border-national-emergency-20190321-story.html
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Family Values posted:It's amazing that it's so easy for the media to get him to double- and triple-down on awful poo poo and yet they don't do that on a regular basis because It's not really decorum, the issue is that Trump almost never talks to the press. He only gives interviews to friendly outlets, and whenever he does talk to them - usually while he's walking somewhere or he's there to talk about something else - they get like 3 questions. There's no way to trap the president in dumb questions he's not taking.
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As this thread soon dies, taxes on its estate are inevitable: "In freezing temperatures, my fellow Romanians will not back down and are back on the streets for the 3rd day in a row. As of now, there are more than 200,000 people out on the streets all around the country. Despite pressure from the European Commission, European Parliament and EU member states, the Government will not give up their corruption decrees. No matter what your view of Romania is, I believe the Romanian people deserve respect and encouragement for standing up against such a corrupt state."  "300 000 people protesting a corrupt government which wanted to pass a law that decriminalized abuse of power and abuse of office." 
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Young Freud posted:Just came across this, considering this goes on in many ways in our own New Rome... Hah! As soon as I saw "auxiliary" I thought, "they got paid?"
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Noted game show host and WWE Hall of Famer and living President of the United States Donald Trump having a feud with dead, adored, faux-maverick war criminal piece of poo poo (Father Of Meghan) John McCain capturing millions of dollars of "journalistic" reporting budget and technology while the world burns irl is why I will thankfully die of alcoholism before the worst happens.
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