FD4280
2mo ago
Zoom in a little. Muslim immigrants are not homogeneous. Persians might well be a net positive for their host countries. Pakistanis, in the aggregate, very much aren’t. Most other nationalities fall somewhere in between.
FD4280
3mo ago
According to Wiki, he lost his legs while serving in the US military in Afghanistan in 2010, and then volunteered in Israel (presumably not in a combat capacity) several years later. It’s not a good look, but he at least has dual loyalty!
FD4280
3mo ago
Trace,
At some point in the past, iirc in a discussion of LibsOfTiktok, I wrote that you can be counted upon to investigate only in the political direction that doesn’t threaten your daily kibble. I was wrong and you have my apology.
FD4280
3mo ago
Romance of the Three Kingdoms in English. Sixty pages in, it’s a royal pain to keep track of the names. I wonder if something like Game of Thrones is equally daunting in Mandarin. Would the names be represented by some approximation of meaning or phonetically?
FD4280
3mo ago
I can’t speak for the Silicon Valley comparison, but you are wrong on the second part. I’d prefer nearly anyone over Dems or neocons, and actual social conservatives of non-Islamic flavor are nowhere near the bottom of these preferences.
FD4280
3mo ago
Given that there are unsupervised cattle in (some subset of?) Indian cities, what measures are people allowed to take if such a bovine behaves aggressively?
FD4280
4mo ago
Gym cardio - random Antti Martikainen album
Cardio outdoors - Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden.”
Gym lifting - Iron Maiden from 82-93, Black Sabbath, Dio, Sabaton
FD4280
4mo ago
With your preferences, probably Boise or San Antonio. SLC is also plausible and has nicer nature within a couple hours’ drive, but might be a harder cultural fit.
FD4280
4mo ago
Yes, but it is outweighed by the conflict of interest. I don’t think it’s an inherent indicator of competence either - iirc Biden, Harris, Pence, and Hillary needed multiple attempts to pass the bar exam.
FD4280
4mo ago
I think that in light of the existence of the judiciary branch, which is pretty much exclusively staffed by such, lawyers holding elected office in the other two branches runs contrary to the notion of checks and balances.
FD4280
4mo ago
Haley is the same old establishment. Ramaswamy bugs me on some level. De Santis would be preferable if he were not a lawyer.
FD4280
4mo ago
Add a rough neighborhood, minimal natural resources, a national language virtually unused outside its borders... I was only addressing the overstatement of its human capital.
FD4280
4mo ago
Most of said capita are either not Ashkenazi or economically unproductive Haredi.
FD4280
4mo ago
Having read all but Whirlwind - it’s all pretty good at least, though the posthumously published Gaijin suffers from awful proofreading.
FD4280
4mo ago
King Rat is fantastic. Btw, flight lieutenant = captain in the UK, which clarifies some of the dynamics in the story.
I wholly agree, and chose to make a weaker statement because I’m not familiar with the Persian diaspora outside the US.
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