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I may be the only one who geeks out on atmospherics around diplomatic meetings, but this recent photo of the Macron-Putin meeting is too good not to share. The statue in the photo below was apparently moved into the meeting room shortly before the awkward table summit. Who is this mustachioed gentleman? It’s Tsar Alexander II. What relevance does Tsar Alexander II have to the meeting? Well, in 1876 he implemented a major step in Russification of Ukraine. This included, among other things, banning public readings or performances in Ukrainian, banning Ukrainian language literature, and removing any Ukrainian language material from schools. His decrees also stated that Ukrainian (which he banned) didn’t exist which makes perfect sense in a Russian context. He had earlier closed Ukrainian Sunday schools. If you buy into diplomatic symbolism, Putin is telling Macron what he intends to do.19 points
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Little off topic but I figure I’ll go ahead and stand on a soap box for a second and CR for a bit. You know, I was born in a communist country and lived there for a bit. It has always deeply struck me since I was a kid how almost no Americans even have the foggiest idea of what true censorship is like to live under. The fact people don’t realize they are actually, currently being allowed to whine about his nonsense and its a pretty incredible gift. If Joe did this shit in many, many other places in the world or at a different times he would just disappear from history and no one would even know to bitch about him. Freedom is the responsibility of dealing with all the bullshit of everyone living together. Regardless, I think nothing shows more dangerous or treasonous ignorance than the misrepresentation of “communism”. Please don’t use that word to describe America in any way unless you want to look like a fool who is grossly unaware what they’re talking about.19 points
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Is irony COMPLETELY fucking dead? No, nobody around here is coming for books.....because the last I checked, none of the posters here are REPUBLICAN governors or school board members. You know, the people who actually are, in real-time, banning books, right here in the USA. If you are truly a champion of "free speech" meaning speech and dissemination of ideas without government intrusion, then you very much should be up in arms. But not about this thread. Rather, you should be utterly pissed at the lockstep goosestepping from your own political party. But you're not. Because the irony thing.15 points
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I mean, there's a shitload of this: Some investments don't pay off right away. Having an educated population is one of those things. It actually would have been better if you had paid LESS for your education, had the previous generation kept funding higher education at the levels it was funded when they attended college, for example. That would have made college more accessible for more members of your generation, it would have meant that you wouldn't have spent so much on your education, leaving more dollars in your pocket to be invested in buying a house sooner, or something like that. That didn't happen. But I gotta tell you, "I took it up the ass, so all future generations also need to take it up the ass" is a really terrible argument. If we want this country to have a successful future, then we should invest in the things that will make that happen: its people. And I get it. By the time those investments truly pay off, you and I will probably be dead, or old enough that we can't appreciate or enjoy it. Such is life, especially as a member of Generation X. It's still the smart investment to make. Because if we don't, things will only get worse, not better. Planting the seeds and nourishing the plants that will grow into trees that will bear fruit in 25+ years won't benefit me much, if any. But if we don't do it now, we won't have nearly enough fruit-bearing trees as a country when we need them in 25 years. So, it's what we need to do. Eating all the grain we socked away for winter absolutely benefits me, especially if I think I'm old and probably won't live to see another spring. But it utterly fucks the people who are depending on that seed stock to plant the next round of crops next spring. We have a responsibility to future generations. I wish that the last generation (the boomers) had felt that way, but they didn't. That's no excuse; just because they made shitty choices doesn't mean that we're excused from doing the right, and different, thing. But, I know that I'm shouting into the void. Me me me mine mine mine now now now. And who cares about what things look like after I'm gone. That ethos has won, completely and totally. So, enjoy for now. You'll probably be dead before your kids and grandkids can cuss you for the legacy you've left them.13 points
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Fucking love the same useful idiots who thought that BLM protestors should be run over because they blocked a highway for a few hours on a weekend, and supporting laws making it legal to kill people for blocking a highway, supporting Canadian fake truckers shutting down highways and fucking up the supply chain.12 points
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Here is the text of that exchange that has the "TYRANNY!!!" larpy fetishists losing their minds.... This is all just overwrought pearl-clutching from the DT types who need to make this into something it isn't because this isn't the government violating anyone's free speech or the abuse of government authority to silence anyone. Granted, this is a question of politics and Psaki should have been more clear in her answer, but this is another ginned up right-wing grievance that has far more to do with gotcha politics than principled beliefs in free speech.12 points
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They determined his side piece was hot enough, so no harm no foul11 points
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For the eleventy billionth time, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences you fucking rubes.11 points
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Coburn and Sweat have lost a combined 125 lbs and both have six-packs. Jamison can fly now. Literally. Everyone is pretty blown away by it. Jonathon Brooks has yet to be tackled once.10 points
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And I would still vote for him over the shit stain Trump. Biden is a boring centrist that isn’t going to do much other than steer the ship. The fact he got some semblance of an infrastructure bill through was amazing. He’s getting a court pick. I’ll take it over the GQP and insurrectionists any day of the week.10 points
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Ah, I wasn't taking sides, and yes, didn't think this through. Obviously BBB isn't a one year spending bill. My bad.9 points
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Ok, posting pre-shit I’ve cooked. I got a tip on raw Mangalica loin chops, which are hard to get here. Most of it is imported as sausage or bacon. This is the Cadillac of pork, from a Hungarian curly haired breed that is slaughtered late, raised with care, and produces crazy marbled meat. Take a look at these loin chops, the marbling is on par with what you see in prime beef. I am thinking a pan sear and some simple sides. Will update.9 points
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I don't know why anyone is still trying to explain to fatty why he should care about other people. His sociopathy is more than clear.8 points
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You're a cowardly debater. In the first post your attitude toward anything "socialized" is clear. In your second post, you speak of the importance of national defense. It's paramount. In you last post, you abandon the pejorative use of "socialized" to avoid the thrashing you'll get because you defined socialism as something bad, named a socialized program (defense) as something good and essential, then tried to backpedal out by referring to what was first pejorative usage as something technically neutral. Why can't the highly discerning family man of today apply the same level of scorn for the astonishing waste of defense funds (often with little ROI) that the discerning family has for public education which costs a fraction of the same amount with the also necessary goal of creating better citizens and participants in the republic? I know it will be difficult to flush the headgear of repeated bashing of the education system that mostly seeks to remove public funds from them via vouchers so the rich can get a break on sending their highly discerning brats to the Bluenose Academy for Resume Building to Gain Access to the Ivy League. Undermining defense is likely less unpatriotic than undermining the goal of an educated citizenry. The goal. We starve teachers and the system and then despise them because the system fails. Did I say "we?" Actually, it's just your team.8 points
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I'm quite sure you don't know what pedantic means. I don't find your "compulsory" to meaningfully change your original message or my response. There is no law that forces parents to send their children to public school. Parents are generally required to send their children to a school, not necessarily public school. Public education itself is a net good for society and something we should invest more in as recognized by pretty much anyone that wants a strong economy or a strong country. First, they aren't vehicles for socialism, but rather for socialized goods and services. I'm sorry that your nonpublic education didn't cover the difference between those words. Second, after correcting for your incorrect term, that's also sort of the point. The things you hate and want to do away with are in fact the things that help the poor. The military's primary benefit is to those that have property in the United States that needs protecting. Ideally that would be everyone here, but some idiots want to make that as difficult as possible.8 points
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You don't get to shut down an international bridge and disrupt another country's auto industry without consequences.8 points
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I think you made you're point perfectly well. It is just a fallacious one. You complained government messaging on obesity and Covid wasn't clear. So, I showed you information regarding obesity and covid-19 that is available on the CDC's website that has been there for some time and is accessible to all. You said the government should focus on recommending vaccination for the obese. So, I showed you a tweet from over a year ago telling the obese of the dangers and recommending vaccination. And I showed you direct statements by Biden (while getting a booster of all things) encouraging those with obesity to get vaccinated. You said public messaging about obesity wasn't done because it would be seen as fat shaming. So, I showed you all the above plus numerous articles and videos from mainstream media warning of the associations between obesity and severe covid-19 illness. Personally, it just seems like you're looking for a reason to be mad at the CDC and the government rather than looking at what as actually transpired. The reason a bunch of idiots don't realize that the obesity is a severe risk factor or that vaccination will help them isn't because of lack of messaging by Biden or the CDC (at least since Biden's administration took over). And it isn't because mainstream media hasn't covered this topic ad nauseum. It is because prominent members of the Republican party and charlatans have taken to spreading lies, fear, and doubt. And then, you have people like Peter Attia talking out their ass about a topic he hasn't actually bothered to inform himself about because it gets views. And then reasonable people like you see all this, lose track of cause and effect, and decide the best course of action is just doubt everything. Your last line is a great example of this. Have you actually bothered to read the CDC study on masks? Here it is: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm Some select bits on the methodology of the study, notably that it a case-control study where infected and non-infected individuals were matched over a number of criteria, including being in an indoor public setting: And, the fun bit is the study explicitly recognized that despite those controls, it couldn't account for other that behavior that may contribute to a influencing risk of infection So what exactly is your bitch here? Every study has fucking limitations. You do what you can to gather the best data available, do your analysis, and then discuss limitations. That's what they did here. This looks like pretty fucking run of the mill, responsible science. Wake the fuck up and stop giving into the FUD from the morons.8 points
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A lady never combines "the most fun 90 seconds of my life" and "paid some bills" in the same sentence. Somewhere along the road of life, Ms. Palin should've learned that.8 points
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Once again, the Trump administration has us debating whether they’re dangerously malevolent or mind-numbingly incompetent.8 points
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My wife doesn't understand how electricity works. She constantly unplugs things that aren't being used to "save electricity". I've tried to explain that a lamp doesn't use electricity until the switch is turned on and completes the circuit. She argued that there was electricity going from the wall to the switch and she was keeping that electricity from being wasted. Whatever. It's her problem as I don't use that and I'm tired of arguing. If I need to use the toaster or can opener or whatever then I plug it in and use it and leave it plugged in when not being used. She unplugs it later when she sees it. I've also told her that the few things that have a clock use very little electricity and it's not worth unplugging it if you have to reset the time every time you plug it back in. So - with that in mind, my wife's single-cup coffee machine usually gets unplugged after she makes her coffee in the morning. I don't drink coffee so I don't care. Recently she complained that her coffee machine was taking forever to make coffee. I determined that hard water deposits had clogged it up because she hadn't been running vinegar through it on a regular basis to clean it. I tried using vinegar but it was so clogged it wasn't clearing. It just so happens we have a spare coffee machine that a friend gave us. This one is programmable. I figured the wife would want it so her coffee would be ready when she got up but she liked using her old machine. I pulled the spare machine out, plugged it in, looked up the manual online, set the clock, put in filter, coffee, and water, and programmed it to start at 5:45am. I'm usually gone for work by 2:30am, so I texted her later to see if it made coffee. "YES!" Good. Except that night she wanted me to show her how to set the program. I told her it was already programmed and she just needed to hit the "Start Program" button. When she came back to tell me that didn't work, I went into the kitchen to find out she had unplugged it that morning and cleared everything. I explained how she shouldn't unplug it, showed her how to reset the clock, set the program, start the program, etc. I told her if she unplugs it again she'll have to do this all over again. If she leaves it plugged in and just turns it off, then she can just hit the Start Program button that night for the next morning. "OK." Came home this morning and found the coffee machine unplugged again. I'm not saying a fucking thing.8 points
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Every time I see this bumped, I get excited thinking maybe he’s found a way to die again.7 points
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How much does it cost to never have to read any of that guy's terrible writing again?7 points
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See the bold. The State of Texas made an INVESTMENT in me. Guess what? I went to a public university. Every dollar that I didn't pay in (and since I didn't pay in ANY, that means "all the dollars") had to come from other sources. And because it was a public university, the source was public dollars -- taxpayer funds, pretty much. I am -- and my success, and staying in Texas to be that successful and spread the wealth -- the textbook payoff of an investment of public funds. As for "taking care of your business, and people used to believe in it," bullshit. Even WITHOUT a scholarship, when I went to UT, a student could pay his own way through school working 26 hours a week (at a typical college-type job) and full time over the summer. Now.....the same student would have to work 50+ hours a week, 52 weeks a year (functionally impossible to do AND attend school). And I wish you didn't HAVE to take out 350k in loans. You're making my point FOR ME. What if you'd only had to take out $100k in loans, and had that extra $250k to pour into buying a house, saving for retirement, etc.? THAT'S what things look like when society invests in its people. You got fucked. You did. It sucks. And you worked hard, and dug yourself out of the hole -- you worked hard, and did right by yourself and your family. But it's never a sound answer to say "I got put in a hole, I dug my way out....let's keep putting people in the same hole and make them dig their way out!" Oh, and I didn't grow up with a silver spoon. I lived a firmly middle-class existence. I did go to a private high school (with a lot of kids who came from families with more money than I can dream of even today), but that's because my parents sacrificed, drove shitty cars for a long time, didn't have many luxuries, etc. Family vacations were a trip to the coast, maybe a drive to see family in Mexico. So I know a life that's a whole lot less prosperous than mine today. I certainly don't propose "free everything, and Fatty's gonna pay for it!" How about this....how about we just go back to society investing as much in its future as it did 30-50 years ago? Back when you could attend UT by working 20+ hours a week. Back when we built new roads and bridges. Shit like that. Yeah, that's paid for with our taxes. I do very well. I'm smart. And I have worked hard. But I didn't get here by myself. My dad had a steady job with the gov't (taxpayer funded). I went to a public university (paid for with public dollars). America and Texas invested in me. The investment paid off. I'd be an utter dick to want to pull up the ladder now.7 points
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So my boy got invited to assessments for the Austin FC Academy. Three rounds of attrition with each assessment and then a scrimmage if I understand correctly. Pretty stoked for him. Managing his expectations (I am sure there is a huge pool, he's good, but not THAT good), and he is just thrilled to get an invite. He's gonna try to ball hawk the keeper position, which is probably his best place to show out. Kid just needs to hit a growth spurt.7 points
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Every cattle rancher I know from 4 in Texas, one in Colorado and one in Montana say the same thing. The prices are controlled by the meat packers. The packers’ margins are high while the ranchers’ margins are very low. I do my best to buy from local butchers in Uvalde (Uvalde Meat Market slaughters stock from local ranches and Chaparral Feed lot at their own facility). Their beef is top notch. Also, Nunley Bros. is selling all wagyu beef from their own ranch at their storefront named Cattleman’s Beef in Sabinal. It is fantastic product. I do not know who slaughters the beef. Per the meat market / slaughter house guys I know they say smaller packers could open up; however, they will need a state inspector for product shipped within the state and a USDA inspector for product shipped across state lines. Getting a full-time USDA inspector assigned to and actually live in a tiny market like La Pryor (which a guy is trying to pull off) is quite a tall task. Further, the USDA and the EPA are making new slaughter facilities difficult to open with more and more stringent construction, safety and operating guidelines. It’s kind of like the guys already in the club are protected to a degree. The key to making it work is the slaughter house under your own control and not relying in the bigs. Of course, the bigs have scale and get to cruising altitude more quickly. Smaller guys are usually pricier but have better product.7 points
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Fatty’s open contempt for those less fortunate than himself is pretty disgusting.6 points
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Finns have an all-time bye on fighting Russians since the Winter War/Continuation War and they hurt they put on the Commies.6 points
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Red states have literally legalized hitting protesters with your car if they are in the road, so yeah "others did." There aren't enough eyeroll emoji's available for peoples' continued misunderstanding of "censorship."6 points
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