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by tharmas 2y ago
Oh thanks for mentioning this! I'd completely forgotten about that.
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Good point. This could conceivably negatively affect interstate trade. A classic knee-jerk ideological move on the part of a politician without thinking through the consequences. Ideology prevails over practicality in both political parties
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For good or ill USAID was a CIA front.
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Thatcher used the oil revenues to pay for her cuts. That way the people didn't realise the damage her policies did to the economy. And they've been believers ever since.
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Canada could've done the same but they chose Neoliberalism.
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by tharmas 2y ago
Notice ALL the Anglo speaking countries are a mess. I blame Freidmanomics. A most poisonous ideology. As Wahhabism is to Islam so Freidmanonics is to the Anglo speaking West.
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There seems to be a loop hole. He just has to declare a certain thing an emergency and then he can tackle it however he wants. No more checks and balances.
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"The hand of Vengeance found the bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled; The iron hand crush'd the Tyrant's head And became a Tyrant in his stead." -William Blake
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Most of all, train routes are not adaptable, bus routes are. Trains are definitely nicer from a ride experience though. I feel there is room for improvement in the design of buses. Jane Jacobs argued that trains are suitable for well establ
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by tharmas 2y ago
It shows that propaganda works. Its a classic case of "don't confuse me with the facts my mind's made up." The lame stream media are just a propaganda arm of western governments. And its remarkably effective. Just to be
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Interesting. Regime change, narrative change. "Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence."
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> I'm so sick and tired of liberals acting like it is some kind of ultimate racist evil to be against excessive immigration. Im also sick and tired of Liberals not realising that they are abetting corporate slavery via excessive imm
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Just think about it. A German Russian partnership would become a major rival to American Hegemony. German know-how and Russian resources. Can you imagine what a force they would become? From Americas point of view it must not happen. It has
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by tharmas 2y ago
Germany is still a complex economy. They will likely be like Japan over the last 30 years.
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This is exactly what it is. Its to get leverage in Ukraine negotiation talks. And also it helps to make Trump look like a tough guy with his base. I see at least one downside in that this approach must surely irritate the Danes and they&#x2
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Good point about the interest rates. However, in the UK landlords adjusted their rents accordingly when the Govt introduced Housing Benefits (years before interest rates began to rise). A lot of govt MPs are landlords. I'm not against
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Indeed it would as the landlords would just raise rents accordingly. We saw a bit of that with Covid cheques.
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Jan 6th gets a lot of attention. But the Bush v Gore Florida count seems to have been completely forgotten. It ushered in what is quite arguably the worst Presidency in modern history. Jan 6th was blunt and obvious but Florida 2000 was far
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by tharmas 2y ago
Totally agree. I call this the "Apple Model". Just like the Apple Mac base configurations with skimpy RAM and Drive capacities to make the price look "reasonable". However, just like Apple, NVIDIA does make really good h
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GDDR7 apparently has the capability of 3gb per chip. As it becomes more available their could be more VRAM configurations. Some speculate maybe an RTX 5080 Super 24gb release next year. Wishful thinking perhaps.
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Health Insurance costs? Taxes are lower in the USA but taxes in many European countries give you Health insurance. However, I recall someone factoring this in comparing Canadian salaries vs California salaries and the California salaries st
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Also, compliance. They are practically slaves because if they don't do what their bosses want they will be kicked out of the country.
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Agreed. The only solution to the housing problem is building public housing. Yes, theres all kinds of problems with that but a nice side effect is it reduces housing costs for all income groups. But of course for those who bought a house fo
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by tharmas 2y ago
>Chernobyl? Human stupidity commited by 'Apparatshiks'. This is partly my point. Nuclear is dangerous because idiots can make mistakes. Can you do that with wind and solar? Yes, there are lots of things that, in the hands of id
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by tharmas 2y ago
Sugar doesn't cause cancer but it accelerates it. The Sugar industry covered that up for years. There's been a spike post-COVID in cancer rates in young people. Correlation: mRNA vaccines. Causation? Unknown but do you really thin
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by tharmas 2y ago
Those books can say it better than me. I too was once like you: pro West, anti-Putin. On the Ukraine affair way back in 2014, I was outraged that Putin took Crimea etc etc. So what changed my point of view? Russiagate. That nonsense the Dem
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by tharmas 2y ago
In reference to Russia having security concerns regarding the behavior of the West here are two books to read: https://www.amazon.com/Flight-MH17-Ukraine-new-Cold/dp/15261... https://www.amazon.com&#x2F
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The Russians could certainly say the same about the West.
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Either it was deep cover or the guy is mentally ill. What was his thought process? "I'm an anti-jihadi so I'll commit an act associated with jihadi's to discredit them" And steer your vehicle towards kids? If he tru

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