GunboatDiplomat

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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Clairvoyance.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Because hobbies cost money? It's not their day job, they're just looking to maybe pay for their hosting and a little more, generally.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
The TSA isn't the border patrol/customs. They're airport security.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Well, the US and ROK would establish air superiority more or less instantly. And air power combined with counter-battery radar means that the North Korean artillery would be degraded with extreme rapidity. Plus, I'm sure the US and ROK
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Ok. So you know that Japan was the country that conquered and colonized Korea, right? And you know that the Soviets insisted on dividing Korea? And you know that the North Korean regime was basically a Soviet puppet through 1991? And that t
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
See Richard Nixon's Madman Theory. >I call it the Madman Theory, Bob. I want the North Vietnamese to believe I've reached the point where I might do anything to stop the war. We'll just slip the word to them that, "fo
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Assuming we can hold our alliance system together, we've got a good 15 years before anyone can think about direct military confrontation with the US. As long as 30. Of course, that assumes China's trajectory remains the same and d
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
No nuclear weapons makes the horrible possible again. Remember WWI, WWII? Those were possible because no one was worried about their entire nation being levelled in minutes. Nuclear weapons constrain the actions of their possessors to a deg
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
This is obviously true. It's equally obvious that the neoliberal consensus is opposed to this and seeks to substitute a globalist fantasy.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
That's the only way to have a physical fiat currency. And the alternatives all have much more serious problems.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
I'm not being a dick, you're being uncharitable. >The declaration of independence also makes a broad statement that all men are created equal with unalienable rights. So? The Declaration of Independence is not part of the laws
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Spying allows increased national security at minimal cost compared to higher military preparedness. Thus, it allows the same level of security at lower levels of funding. In addition, spying can give a leg up to domestic commercial interest
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
No, it's not. It's also not up to society at large to fund someone's questionably worthless endeavour.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
It hasn't yet become counterproductive. And there is not a point at which becoming more aware of what everyone else is doing becomes counterproductive.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
>2. The US constitution could easily be interpreted as a way that the US government should treat human beings, which means the 4th amendment describes how they should approach search and seizure of any person's property, wherever th
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Yes, the US government has an obligation to maximize national prosperity and national security. Spying is the cheapest and most effective way to provide for these goals.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Whatever, the same principle applies.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Why is it the job of the taxpayers to subsidize an 18 year olds passions/whims? I get providing aid to colleges, especially for research and to ensure an adequate number of people go into engineering, science, math, etc. But I see no r
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Printed money as opposed to what? Printed money is far better from a privacy standpoint than electronic money. And no, bitcoin or similar is not going to be a realistic replacement. Neither is money backed by gold or the element or compound
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
The US has an obligation to spy to the maximum extent possible on foreign citizens and entities. Just as every foreign government has the same obligation to spy on the US.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Duh? That's trivially true. Similarly, as a non-EU citizen outside the EU, the freedom to travel within the EU does not apply to me. Or, as a non-Canadian outside Canada, I cannot receive medical coverage from their national health car
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Really? It's well known that Japan is not really welcoming to immigrants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Japan#Immigrant...
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Betteridge's Law.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Sure. But the population of the US is 320+ million. The peak population of the Roman Empire was probably in the region of 70 million. And that peak was in the 2nd Century CE, whereas the 640k figure is from the 4th Century CE.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
The Roman army reached perhaps 640,000 under Constantine I. Compare, the current active duty US Army is about 475,000.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
> Does Linux add support for newer Intel and AMD chips in old kernels? The kernel devs may not, but distros backport new stuff to old kernels constantly. For example, RHEL/CentOS 6 is kernel 2.6.32, release 7 years ago. But it suppo
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
But it's a false dilemma. Ultimately, it's possible to reduce our emissions without reducing consumption, either of energy or resources.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
In the US and probably the rest of the English speaking countries, typically only medical professionals and first responders are required to render aid, but the law does protect "good samaritans" from legal culpability if they do
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Probably a combination of radioactive decay and gravitational collapse.
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by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
Cuba Libre! That is to say, latin american freedom.

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