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  • Someone in another thread (maybe on Reddit, I don't remember) posited that this is a direct consequence of America's notion of individualism and I haven't been able to get that out of my head since.

    It's a slippery slope from individualism to the fear of the Other.

  • That reminds me that you should never make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison

  • Oh yeah, you"re right, let's appease the dictator because that worked so well last time.

    Where is your certainty coming from?

  • Can't write 'Kirill' without 'kill', after all.

  • Have you tried turning it off and on ag- oh.

    In all seriousness, maybe a blown capacitor of any kind? You describe the PC working fine 'before.' When was 'before?'

  • ISW says that this is just for limited strikes into Kursk. It's not a full carte blanche.

  • "I confess, I did not know who Pete Hegseth was until about 20 minutes ago," Smith told reporters.

    "He does not seem to have much of a detailed background in [Department of Defense] policy. To the extent he’s worked on any of that stuff, it has been on veterans policy, not on DoD issues. So the lack of experience is concerning," Smith said.

    “Now I have not heard what his plans are, so we will see what his plans are,” he added. “But it was surprising and is concerning, just given that lack of experience. You know, the Pentagon, biggest bureaucracy in the world. It’s a hard thing to run, so I think it’s going to be a challenge."

    In the words of Wash: Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die.

  • I've read, oh, a dozen 'pretty simple' explanations that claimed to explain what has happened. All of them had merits.

    I don't believe things are 'pretty simple' anymore.

  • This may just be an observation from across the pond, but it feels like the But Gaza people were nothing but a troll farm and y'all got played.

    Man, this whole situation is all kinds of fucked.

  • No. I will not live in a Shadowrun campaign without the dragons and orcs to keep me company. Just no.

  • CNN feigns ignorance of the Overton window. They give a platform to viewpoints that are specifically designed to stir controversy, and in the process, they move the window to the right, bit by bit, all in the service of the almighty dollar.

    This is why we can't have nice things.

  • So I watched the raw video. Him trying to make smalltalk with the staff only to be rewarded with deafening silence every time he veered into anything political... That was music to my ears. Same with the denigrations against the press and Kamala.

    On the other hand, the words 'crowd size' and 'never touched by human hand' have lost all meaning to me now.

  • How much is that in Libraries of Congress?

  • Thanks for providing a direct link to the documents, OP. Much appreciated :)