SHIT_TALKER

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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Don't forget Eisenhower's original wording described it as the military-industrial-congressional complex. The KC-X would be flying if the original contract to EADS had not been scuttled by Congress: https://en.wikipedia
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Small arms are used to gain large arms. That's how it always works.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
While perpetuating ignorant propaganda. No one speaking against it helps bullshit spread.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Calling something or someone "disappointing" or "problematic" is how these people evade enumerating arguments while still attempting to establish themselves as intellectually superior to those they are criticizing. They
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Don't worry - it isn't.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Sounds like WordFence. Email notifications are configurable. Turning off most of them is advisable. I've had trouble with users with nominally static IP addresses changing with sufficient frequency to be too much of an annoyance to sta
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Doesn't that break admin-ajax.php access? It sits behind /wp-admin/. WordPress recommends allowing access when using IP whitelists. Apache: # Allow access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php <Files admin-ajax.php>
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
In case you aren't just playing along: He's making a joke about braces.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
ULA's reasoning was pretty straightforward. The main reason they dropped out of the competition is because the bidding was to be decided largely on price, The reason they had to drop out is because they're a space launch company
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
They work but there has to be a commitment to seeing things through no matter the extent of the ensuing carnage, something most western countries have lost their stomach for. See: Chechnya.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
The slave trade had stopped years ago, and the pirate activity, while not over, was way down. Thanks to military defeats at the hands of Americans, English, and Dutch.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
One example of an extremely sucessful, multicultural society is Singapore. So that's one. And one overseen and enforced by an autocrat.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Context: It was French colonization that put an end to the predations of the Barbary pirates and the Arab slave trade.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Breed.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
You will find no dispute from me as to whether banks actually do restrict themselves to limiting their credit creation to a ratio of their deposits. But that is how it is supposed to work.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
The mechanics are incorrect but he has the general idea of the benefit banks accrue from each additional deposited dollar.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
What argument is there to be had with someone who will not even admit the elimination of the ritual immolation of widows as a salutary benefit of colonial rule? There's clearly no reason involved in such a stance but simply reflexive c
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
We don't determine "poverty" by living conditions but income. As someone who tries to "earn" as little as possible for tax-protest reasons, I can vouch for the parent commenter's statement. By picking the right
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
The topic was the banning of Sati. It was just one example of the benefits of British rule. That it is such a salutary example is why I mentioned it. You are welcome to keep crying on Twitter that people said things you don't like but
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
On the funny end of the scale, I've seen five page static websites with a landing page, a few info pages and a form done with WP. Unbelievable. Are developers that lazy today that they throw WP at everything? Or is it easier at that l
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
None of the other sensible men like Napier gave such a pithy and powerful quote on the topic.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
What utter nonsense. Do the Romans likewise owe reparations to the Turks, French, Spanish, and English?
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
I don't think you can tie this to economics alone. After all, blacks and hispanics have been feeling the economic pressures as well. You have to be standing up to be knocked down.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Time for the quarterly "Linus said mean things to someone" post already?
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
The mortality rate for whites 45 to 54 years old with no more than a high school education increased by 134 deaths per 100,000 people from 1999 to 2014. This should surprise no one. These are the people who work marginal jobs and they hav
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Terrible presentation on that site.
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
That's one of the most disingenuous statements I've ever read. The first European colonists were all scratching an existence out of the ground via their labor and celebrated, as was their religious tradition, the bountiful harvest
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
Why can it not be the story of individual failure? It is not for no reason the fable of the Ant & the Grasshopper is a staple of western civilization. When corporations are bailed out for their poor decisions, it is reviled as moral haz
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
In the studies mentioned, were immigrants able to move into the areas receiving UBI and avail themselves of those funds? It doesn't appear so. What difference might that have made? And wouldn't that have made them more realistic e
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by SHIT_TALKER 11y ago
You are right, it is definitely harder than it was during the mid 2000s free-for-all. People are conflating "cheaper" with "easier" in this case. Just because rates are suppressed doesn't mean anyone can get a loan.

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