*kleptocrat, not technocrat

If you ever find yourself in Philadelphia, go see the Olympia, an 1895 protected cruiser and Dewey’s flagship at Manila.

This is what Žižek called the “unknown known” in reference to Donald Rumsfeld’s famous speech. That America had, all along, and knew that it had, all along, the capacity for evil and torture, but chose not to confront it or admit it prior to the war.

Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions!

First growing up, were you a fan of Star Trek? Second, now that you’re part of it, what has it been like to join such a large and long-lasting franchise?

Omelas was a utopia. All we need is to sacrifice one so the rest of us can live in bliss.

The execution currently being wrongfully attributed to Luigi Mangione changed my view—as has the glorious 10th of September, when Charlie Kirk got Charlie Kirk’d.

I realized that, empirically, I am pro-death penalty in some cases.

Maybe another way to put it: do you believe in self defense? Maybe not “castle doctrine” or “stand your ground” but what about cases of war? If killing Nazis and Imperial Japanese soldiers in a war of defense (WWII) is okay, what about self-defense against the billionaires during a class war? It’s no accident the Epstein associates are all “elites.” This is part of the class war and their exercise of power over us.

OP is just doing a social experiment to test the “half-naked women get thousands of upvotes” meme from reddit by offering some content with half-naked men who aren’t otherwise connected to the A+ content about CEOs comically dying (or having their lives ruined).

I checked that list and I don’t see it. Wikipedia lists are a good starting point, but it may not have a page. Especially since, I have a sinking feeling about the fact that it may have been a made TV movie which tend to be less well-documented.

No, but I’ll add that to my watchlist!

I should have specifiednin the post but it was ca. 1990, plus or minus a few years.

Isn’t this sort of the same idea as a spoonful of sugar and hiccups?

Cross their T and rake the decks with grape shot!

Thanks! I’ll check them out; I know I was speaking in a broad generalization. For contemporary country, I’m a fan of Aida Victoria, to name one. It’s just, as OP said, those songs and musicians who produce “Republicunt siren songs.”

Ahaha, I won’t correct 🫡

Actual, classic country is really good. It’s the modern stuff that’s all about loving Bush’s wars, drinking shitting beer, and hating gay people that’s the problem.

Doc Watson, Johnny Cash, and Marty Robbins are all worth checking out, to name a few.

That’s a good pitch. I took French in high school so I’ve been benefitting from what I remember of grammar from that after many years without touching the subject. However I’m confident that it’d be basically useless for me if I was starting a new language from scratch.

That’s super interesting and I totally believe it!

I have a lot of issues with Duolingo and did think about the free advertising and the fact that they’ve started to use more AI—wouldn’t have taken it too personally if you had been throwing shade. While I don’t pay for it, I just don’t know an alternative I can use in the same way 😕

I’m a Civ3 believer! Glad I’m not the only one.

I mean, the TLD doesn’t necessarily mean anything; do you exclusively post about Mali over at .ml? You going to get sour about the other people posting about UK/EU green politics?

Just one more state bro, just one more state

Peak design, too. I love the boxy look.