ChickenOverlord
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ChickenOverlord
1d ago
Since 2014 the defining fault line in the Culture War has been race, not sex
And even then, any oxygen in the room for issues about sex has been sucked up by the trans issue.
ChickenOverlord
1d ago
What's the worst three things they have done in the past 15 years?
Just off the top of my head:
Threatening global shipping lanes by funding and supplying the Houthis (one of their proxies) which caused major disruption to ship traffic in the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal.
Attacking Saudi oil infrastructure (again via their proxy, the Houthis).
Supplying IEDs and shaped charges to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan to kill American troops.
As I have heard, Iran actually cooperated with the U.S. in fighting ISIS.
Yeah, no surprise there. ISIS was an overwhelmingly Sunni group, that often explicitly targeted Shiite Muslims. Iran is majority Shiite.
ChickenOverlord
1d ago
and also get them out of their occupied land, which is a precondition for normalization among the Arab nations
Is it though? Israel has had decent relations with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab nations for decades now.
ChickenOverlord
2d ago
I'd think it was a good idea, if we were going to secure access to Iranian oil and cut off Chinese access. My view is that we might be (but aren't definitely) heading towards a major global conflict along the lines of WW3 and securing resources and regions ahead of time is one of our smartest options. But I don't think that's what we're doing here.
I've gone through that same process, repeatedly. In fact I moved last year, and was unable to vote in my local primaries because I didn't get my paperwork taken care of fast enough, I didn't feel like my rights were being infringed on as a result though.
ChickenOverlord
2d ago
Like 20% or so? With a number as low as 9%, that sounds to me like the overwhelming majority of people that want proof of citizenship are able to get it without issue, and as a result it seems likely to me that that 9% could get it with relative ease if it became required for voting and they actually wanted to vote.
Though I would also have zero issue adding a law requiring ids to be completely free (i.e. taxpayer funded) if we made them mandatory for voting.
ChickenOverlord
2d ago
Even this leftwing think tank admits that only 9% of voting age American citizens don't have proof of citizenship "readily available". Note the weasel wording with readily available. This is also assuming that the self-reporting of citizenship in the survey was accurate and not a bunch of illegals lying:
ChickenOverlord
2d ago
And with robots doing sll of the work via remote control so that there is a literal zero percent risk of escape.
ChickenOverlord
5d ago
The grammar is too correct in that AI McCarthy snippet. Intentionally abusing grammar and punctuation is basically McCarthy's most identifying trait. In fact it's how I could tell that the snippet in the NYT quiz was from him even though I still haven't gotten around to reading Blood Meridian.
ChickenOverlord
6d ago
Ditto that when People magazine called Bill Clinton the sexiest man alive back in the day, though I'm a straight dude so that probably has a lot to do with it.
ChickenOverlord
7d ago
The bombing of Dresden in WW2 killed about 25k civilians, and the firebombing of Tokyo killed about 100k. And those are just the two most famous ones (outside of Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
ChickenOverlord
8d ago
I will concede that on the ground, I don't know how regime change will happen without ground forces. Unless there's some internal militia that can force IRGC out, someone is gunna have to go in.
The most viable options that don't involve American boots on the ground are either Artesh (the Iranian army, distinct from the Republican Guard) staging a coup and/or the Kurds invading.
ChickenOverlord
9d ago
Or even better, save it until marriage. Unfortunately, outside of religious communities, that doesn't seem to be the preference of either men nor women.
ChickenOverlord
10d ago
Hlynka talked about Hobbes a lot (that wasn't why he was banned though).
ChickenOverlord
11d ago
The purpose of requiring a congressional declaration of war is to make sure that you avoid this problem by having democratic backing for your war effort.
I agree, but given that the last time the US declared war on anyone prior to starting hostilities was WW2, at this point that ship has not only sailed, but wrecked and sank to the ocean floor.
ChickenOverlord
12d ago
China imports about 70% of its oil. About 13% of that imported oil is from Iran. That means about 9-10% of China's oil supply is being cut off here.
ChickenOverlord
13d ago
As the person who said such a thing in a recent thread with @HereAndGone2 that definitely isn't my position. I don't want women to go back to working in coal mines, I just want consistency from feminists who largely seem to only push for greater female representation in cushy white collar jobs. Or, alternatively, an admission from feminists that there are actually fundamental differences between men and women, and each are better suited for different jobs and roles in life. I am not claiming that men are superior to women when I claim they are fundamentally different, though that tends to be be the kneejerk assumption feminists make when I say such a thing. I do believe that when women attempt to live like men and assume male roles in life, they generally end up effectively becoming inferior males. But I believe the same is true of men who assume female roles.
It's mildly refreshing to see a trade organization appear to be consistent about gender equality, though I believe the real motives behind their statement are not so high-minded. I am also extremely doubtful that there will be any significant follow-through in terms of hiring trends (i.e. discrimination against men), outreach programs, etc. like we've seen for women in STEM. Most construction jobs require significant physical strength that most women are lacking, and it's far harder to paper over those differences than it is in less physical fields.
ChickenOverlord
13d ago
This is usually called a "pre-prosecution diversion" program or PPD. For a well-known (fictional) example, this is what happened to Saul in Better Call Saul that led to his law license being suspended for a year
ChickenOverlord
14d ago
Roadside Picnic
I have to wonder how many of the developers of various clones/knockoffs of the Stalker video games are aware of the franchise's origins.
ChickenOverlord
14d ago
Would you consider Salazar's Portugal to be fascist? Because it committed no mass murders, the only significant civilian deaths his regime caused were in various conflicts to maintain control of Portuguese colonies in Africa etc. And it doesn't seem like his track record there is any worse than the other European colonial powers. And certainly far better than literally every communist regime ever.
ChickenOverlord
14d ago
Also even if we assume it true that all men are created equal, there's no reason to assume that they remain forever equal.
ChickenOverlord
15d ago
Children insisting upon receiving the full rights and privileges of adults would be a congruent third leg but at least so far almost nobody seems dumb enough to push for that.
We did have that one guy (I think his username was something to do with baseball?) who wouldn't ever talk about anything other than child emancipation. I think his arguments were retarded, but really his biggest flaw is that he was unwilling to talk about literally any other topic, it was always the same points rehashed over and over and over.
ChickenOverlord
19d ago
Also the worst times for jews have been in all white societies.
What does Purim celebrate again?
ChickenOverlord
19d ago
Oswald? Or one of the grassy knoll guys?
Technically a ton, since MLK was named after Martin Luther.
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