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hey chucklefucks - Argentinian beef is better. Suck it.
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You know better.
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Was at the Seattle march - 90,000, no arrests, one guy along the route yelling something unintelligible at the marchers. Cops here were barely in evidence; they stay a block away in either direction to stop traffic on the cross streets and basically just wave at everyone. It's easy to march in a place like Seattle, or Portland, or NYC - it's those of you who go out in small towns and red states that will end up making the difference. It's showing up that shows like-minded people in your communities that they are not alone; that there are others like them out there. It's people like you that run risks that we don't. Without the big cities and blue states there would be no momentum for this - but without the smaller communities throughout the country nothing will ever change. Thank you to everyone who went out today.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
flatdawgs replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
You're not incorrect re France's earlier colonies, particularly in North America (and on the frontier, the British were more relaxed about it as well, both often using intermarriage as means to effect trading relationships). The French in Indochina tended also to be somewhat more tolerant. However, the French Caribbean colonies were quite harsh on the matter, as was French Africa (even more so after the first world war). There is a fairly obvious reason as to why the difference. Metropolitan France, on the other hand, was much more open to those actually in France; this dated back to the Revolution. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
flatdawgs replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Brasil. Enough said. (The French and British generally took a much dimmer view of such practices in their colonies than the Portuguese and Spanish did, hence the, um, fairly attractive populations of several of our neighbors to the south.) -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
flatdawgs replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
A while, you say? Nice humblebrag. -
Really enjoyed my time in Mindelo just before Covid. Cool people, good food, extraordinary musical culture. Força as tubarões azuis!
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Trump Decides Cristobol Columbus Needs A Reach Around (The World).
flatdawgs replied to ROFL BOX's topic in Cloak Room
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Trump Decides Cristobol Columbus Needs A Reach Around (The World).
flatdawgs replied to ROFL BOX's topic in Cloak Room
The Portuguese had already reached and rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Ocean by then. I'm pretty sure Henry the Navigator kicked off the golden age of exploration, staring out at the vast ocean from Sagres. Cabral reached Brazil in 1500; it would be hard for me to believe that the only reason he did so was due to Columbus' voyage a few years before. Hell, da Gama completed his India voyage in 1498; regardless of Columbus, Portugal would have kept exploring - they had been for a half-century prior, quite lucratively - and due to that almost assuredly the Spanish (and likely the English) crown would have been obliged to do the same. -
I actually hope so, since it means I'll probably get to see one of their matches. Spent some time in Mindelo just before Covid and loved the place, so have been rooting for the tubarões azuis (Blue Sharks) to make it. Força Cabo Verde!
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Same as it ever was. When I was in Zambia, a decade or so ago now, some Chinese mining company managers were killed near Kitwe in the Copper Belt (I was in the South Luangwa, so not nearby). When I asked some Zambian friends about the incident, they said "we know colonialism when we see it." The Chinese were (are?) brutal and I'm sure they are not alone in that.
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In every other functioning democracy in the world, the government would have fallen.
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My avatar is not confirmed as caretaker president. Seriously, at one point Rajoelina was considered as a young leader who could clean up the country's endemic corruption and myriad other problems. Only about a third of the population has access to electricity. The country has mineral and O&G resources, particularly in the south, but as in many other places these are exploited by Western multinationals and the Chinese, and any returns are skimmed off the top. It is sad as it is a beautiful place with the kindest people.
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Albert Speer laughs - laughs - at that puny piece of shit arch. Do better.
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One of the reasons Japan and West Germany (and the rest of occupied Western Europe) became staunch allies after WWII - and stepped back from their generational resentments - was that the USA poured billions of dollars over quite a few years into rebuilding them and reintegrating their economies into the Western economic structure. Has anyone heard of any honest plans for that in Gaza, Trump Gaza Beach Resorts aside? Because if it doesn't happen, ain't nothing ever gonna change there. "Hey, we're not shooting at you any longer, enjoy the rubble!" It needs to be the West as well to build any sort of trust; middle eastern petrodollars are fine but if we want them to think there might be a better future, there needs to be hope that they can join that better future. (and oh yeah, the West Bank is still a thing)
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