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siegecrossbow

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I've seen lots of people making that connection already:
Pull out of Afghanistan(X)
Space race with nemesis (X)
Explosion leading to contamination of heart land (X)
Gerontocracy/rule by old men (X)
Balkanization ( )

I'm sorry we were talking about the Soviet Union?

Say what you want about Soviet bureaucrats but at least they have some concept of shame, which is strangely absent here.
 

Abominable

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I've seen lots of people making that connection already:
Pull out of Afghanistan(X)
Space race with nemesis (X)
Explosion leading to contamination of heart land (X)
Gerontocracy/rule by old men (X)
Balkanization ( )

I'm sorry we were talking about the Soviet Union?
America isn't run by old men though. The Soviet Union had old leaders, but they still had gravitas and they were still leaders. Biden is just a figurehead, all decisions are made by people around him.

It's most similar to the era of the dynasties when a child Emperor would be controlled by his court eunuchs and advisors.
 

BoraTas

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Yeah. Taiwan likely agreed to pay a few more millions. And McCarthy was likely being ambiguous in order to get more money. This is how it works nowadays. Taiwan's entire foreign policy is built on paying Western politicians to visit them. The USA is endorsing this because it damages Beijing's credibility.

Small countries or groups trolling larger countries is the most absurd thing with Pax Americana. Almost in all cases they are left to fight alone after a point. Then they get absorbed by the polity they were trolling. If they win (basically not getting eaten 100%) they declare victory on ruins of their cities. Taiwan is playing the same game too. Their outcome will be the same too.
 

siegecrossbow

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Yeah. Taiwan likely agreed to pay a few more millions. And McCarthy was likely being ambiguous in order to get more money. This is how it works nowadays. Taiwan's entire foreign policy is built on paying Western politicians to visit them. The USA is endorsing this because it damages Beijing's credibility.

Small countries or groups trolling larger countries is the most absurd thing with Pax Americana. Almost in all cases they are left to fight alone after a point. Then they get absorbed by the polity they were trolling. If they win (basically not getting eaten 100%) they declare victory on ruins of their cities. Taiwan is playing the same game too. Their outcome will be the same too.

The needs of the individual politician now come before the needs of the nation, that’s American politics in a nutshell now.
 

vincent

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This does remind me that there are a lot of truck drivers in China who drive oversized loads. In both cases the companies should be heavily fined for violating basic traffic safety. That said, even the worst cheapskates in China wouldn’t drive a truck load of toxic chemicals in a broken down vehicle so I guess there is some sanity there with Chinese cheapskates.
Trucks transporting hazardous materials are tracked and closely monitored.
 

Helius

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Onion prices in the Philippines are now some of the highest in the world after a shortage of the vegetable and inflation sent prices skyrocketing. But local farmers say they aren't benefiting from this because the president and agriculture secretary Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has approved onion imports, an ill-timed move that coincided with the local February harvest, exacerbating the onion crisis.

Rookie mistake from the self-appointed Secretary of Agriculture.

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Overbom

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I would like to make an apology to hardcore Jai Hinds for saying that they've got the thickest hide on the planet. Jesus Fucking Christ the nerves on those so called experts... As a doctor, Vanderhoff must know that second hand smoking causes fucking lung cancer right?
People get exposed to smoke during their lifetime. So what's the problem when you are in a closed room full of smoke then?

Checkmate, firefighters!
 
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