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Posts posted by Hugo Stiglitz
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Link to rankings report:
So I’ve come around to putting Lincoln ahead of Washington manly because of Lincoln’s ability to manage a mess that was ultimately created by the reluctance of the founding fathers to abolish slavery.
Washington and FDR are pretty much tied for the number 2 spot which I find agreeable.
The other news is this report are the presidents with the largest swings in rank over the past nine years which goes to show how contemporary events often alter how we evaluate history.
Biggest gains since 2015:
#7 Obama - up 9
#17 Grant - up 9Biggest losers since 2015:
#21 Jackson - down 12
#34 Coolidge - down 7
#25 Polk - down 6
#15 Wilson - down 5
#16 Reagan- down 5
#38 Taylor - down 5
Where I disagree - GW Bush is too high at 32, as is Hoover at 36
I also don’t like ranking current or recent past presidents because it usually takes twenty years to rigorously evaluate the consequences of their decisions in office. However, Trump at dead last is appropriate.
Discuss!
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I have broken every dildo law.
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1 minute ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:
we're a country full of people ready to pounce on weakness. age is definitely seen as a weakness in this country and the reverence for aged wisdom is gone. the reason the age thing is sticking here is it's the only fact they have to run on. everything else is perception or just flat-out falsehoods. they have nothing else to attack. so here we are
For me it’s not so much the age, it’s the unavoidable observable consequences of too many birthdays. People age differently, I know guys (and gals) in their early eighties that are still sharpe, articulate, and/or extremely skilled at hiding the steps they’ve lost over the years. Biden isn’t one of these people and never has been. This was among the big concerns about Biden in the 2020 primaries, there was no well laid out long term plan past the 2020 election, but the next alternative (Bernie), was even older and arguably more risky, so it became a moot point by Super Tuesday.
Trump is a monster and should not be walking freely among us so the choice between Biden and Trump is easy for me but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to defend a system that repeatedly produces these objectively poor and antiquated leadership choices.
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Already getting 2016 PTSD… Except this time it’s like the FBI director was appointed by Trump.
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Rage Against the Machine
years active: 1991-2000
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Basically the “informant” was, at best, an unwitting agent of the Russian intelligence service. It would be fucking shocking if it wasn’t so predictable.
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So this is awkward
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The billionaires will double his offer to stay.
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Romney would never play second fiddle to fucking Joe Manchin
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Russia
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LBGTQ
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Finally…it’s okay to be Greek and gay.
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Hunter Biden’s laptop
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penal code (giggles)