DagwoodIII

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DagwoodIII ,

"Columbo"

DagwoodIII ,

Vietnam is considered part of the greater 'Cold War.' Soviet pilots flew for the North Vietnamese Air Force.

Angola's long civil war was another bloody proxy war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War

ryujin470 , to Ask Lemmy

Is 'Melissanthe' an actual Greek personal name or it was invented by a Greek poet?

DagwoodIII ,

https://nameberry.com/list/1752/names-created-by-authors

Plenty of names were invented by poets and writers. If someone uses a word as a name, by definition it's a 'real' name.

DagwoodIII ,

Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite crime novelists.

She had an interesting take; she said that the reason child molesters have trouble in prison is because a lot of the prisoners were molested themselves. It isn't about avenging other people's kids.

DagwoodIII ,

I always thought of it in terms of "we're professional criminals, we go against the police and society as a whole.

"We don't want to be locked up with dirty perverts."

I saw it as a pride thing, tbh.

DagwoodIII ,

That's why when I read Ms. Slaughter's line it really hit home.

I was seeing the macho image they wanted to convey, and ignoring the hurt children who were lashing out.

DagwoodIII ,

Don't worry.

Nobody's human.

DagwoodIII ,

One of the first things Ronald Reagan did as President was go after FCC rules.

When radio and TV were just getting started, there was a bipartisan push to make sure no one got too much control of the airwaves. No one could own all the TV or radio stations in one town, and if you broadcast an editorial anyone who disagreed with it was given equal time to refute it.

Cable TV in the US is still under FCC control, but Reagan and the GOP worked like demons to defang it.

DagwoodIII ,

Saw it on an episode of MASH.

Henry is dating a 22 year old nurse. Hawkeye tells Henry that Henry has bunions older than his girlfriend.

How to I prove to someone that the U.S. moon landing wasn't staged?

For reference, I have already told them why the sky has no stars (it's because of camera exposure, the moon surface is very reflective so lower exposure is used to not overexpose the image) and why the flag wasn't drooping down (there was an extending arm in the stand to hold it upright, as a flag drooping down is a sad flag). I ...

DagwoodIII ,

This is the best possible argument.

Nothing about science or technology, simple James Bond spy stuff

DagwoodIII ,

I've been saying this for years.

Unhappily, there are plenty of people who will swear the AOC is as bad as Schumer because has gone along with the Party.

DagwoodIII ,

Truman was a Democrat, not GOP.

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The trouble is the MAGA has already outgrown Trump.

They know what they can get away with.

Do libertarians and anarchists have a similar world view?

In my head libertarians are the right and anarchists are the left but they are similar in ideals (little to no government intervention). At least in the sense that if you talk to a libertarian I feel they tend to sound socially right and an anarchist tends to sound socially left. I have no idea if this makes sense at all. If ...

DagwoodIII ,

Since neither side has an actual working government in place, it's all just theory and conjecture.

You can find plenty of writing to support any idea, but imho, the thing to study is what the government in power is doing, and how to influence it.

DagwoodIII ,

I once read that in WW2 the people charged with picking the names for military operations were specifically ordered not to include any names that might sound silly or offensive. No Operation Ice Cream Cone or Operation Hula Dancer.

Need I say more?

DagwoodIII ,

Sorry, but if the military needed handsome island boys, you'd have been 4-F.

[jk, but you did set yourself up for it]

DagwoodIII ,

Anonymously making fun of those less fortunate than myself?

This is why the interwebs were created!!!

DagwoodIII ,

Big fan of this joke.

All Russian history can be compressed into five words.

"...and then, it got worse."

DagwoodIII ,

My take is that it was very successful because it combined 'art movie' with grind house action.

Mixing up the time line, the long monologue about the watch, the general conversations, those were all things you'd expect in a art film. The violence was pure Roger Corman/Times Square.

Think of Queen and 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' Nobody had combined high opera and rock-and-roll like that before [afaik]

You might want to look up a novel titled "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett.

It's been a template for almost a century. Hard core action and meditations on violence and corruption.

DagwoodIII ,

Even 100 years ago there was social pressure on young men to learn how to behave properly. Being kicked out of the local church meant that you couldn't hang with your friends and would probably have to leave town.

Today, you can spend 20 hours a day online, hearing exactly what you want to hear.

DagwoodIII ,

Someone was talking about online sports betting.

The pointed out that it's aimed at young men who like sports anyway. Now they have a toxic and addictive app running 24/7.

DagwoodIII ,

Serious.

How exactly does that work? I'm pretty ignorant of most religions.

I know the Koran came after the Bible and that Moses and Jesus are considered holy. Is Muhammed the ultimate prophet? Can other prophets come later and add to the Koran?

DagwoodIII ,

This book came out decades ago and pretty much predicted everything.

"Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler. His premise was that the coming Digital Age would divide the world into the people who were going to embrace the changes and the people who couldn't/wouldn't give up on the Industrial Age.

DagwoodIII ,

Thank you.

Report: U.S. Commander Told Troops “Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran ( www.democracynow.org )

“The Military Religious Freedom Foundation says it has been inundated with over 200 calls from members of the U.S. military regarding religious comments made by U.S. commanders about the war in Iran. One combat unit commander reportedly said that the war is “part of God’s divine plan” and that “President Trump has been ...

DagwoodIII ,

You need to understand this.

They will tell you that the Bible shows that imperfect men can be chosen to do God's work.

King David had a man sent to to front lines so David could have his wife. Lot slept with his daughters, and Noah was a drunk.

All the Epstein evidence doesn't matter, because Donnie is anointed.

DagwoodIII ,
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One passage in the Bible says 'beat your plowshares into swords' and another says the opposite.

Handy book

DagwoodIII ,

Some Jews embraced the idea that Adam had two wives. The first, made from dust thought she was his equal. Lilith got cast out and fornicated with beasts to become mother of all demons. Eve had her own issues...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith

Bill to require factual teaching about U.S. Capitol attack clears Va. General Assembly ( virginiamercury.com )

Virginia lawmakers on Monday passed a proposal that would require schools, if they teach students about the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to relay the facts of what actually happened, without including misinformation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen or that the attack was just a peaceful ...

DagwoodIII ,

Back in the day, the Federal government mandated that all public swimming pools be open to all races.

Thousands of public swimming pools were filled with concrete.

https://daily.jstor.org/when-cities-closed-pools-to-avoid-integration/

DagwoodIII ,

[off topic?]

It's actually always a good idea to have some cash on hand, no matter what.

Blackouts are a thing.

DagwoodIII ,

Last major blackout in my area was Superstorm Sandy. I didn't see one shop or car service that stayed closed because they wouldn't accept cash.

DagwoodIII ,

https://youtu.be/j8ZF_R_j0OY?list=RDj8ZF_R_j0OY

Can't believe I'm the one posting the video.

Lazy so-and-sos.

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DagwoodIII ,

Why do people who grew up with memes act like understanding a news headline is beyond their comprehension?

DagwoodIII ,

What was he supposed to do?

Jump on a bus?

If you'd been born in his hometown you probably would have considered joining up too.

You aren't better than him, just luckier.

DagwoodIII ,

Someone else said that these are the 'Screaming Twenties.'

Because a 'roar' isn't dramatic enough

DagwoodIII ,

The 'logic' is that God has often used imperfect men to carry out his mission. Noah was a drunk, Lot slept with his daughters, and King David murdered a man so he could have the widow.

No matter what Donnie does, he is anointed because they say so

DagwoodIII ,

I think that's why a lot of the pagan religions had trickster gods like Loki.

DagwoodIII ,

So, no difference between one genocide and WW3?

DagwoodIII ,

. Continuing to vote blue no matter who makes everything worse.

Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House in 1976. Every Dem candidate since Jimmy has been close to him politically.

Back in 1976 people were being told not to vote for Carter because he wasn't strongly against the racist South African regime.

People like that were wrong then and you're wrong now. "Not perfect" is much better than "truly evil."

DagwoodIII ,

Yes, because your point was that there's no difference between one genocide in Gaza and multiple genocides all over the world.

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Also, what “multiple genocides” are you referring to?

I was going to make some sort of sarcastic reply, but I'll just let your question speak for itself.

DagwoodIII ,

I'd never seen either of the first two Evil Dead movies when I watched 'Army of Darkness.'

He instantly became one of my favorite actors.

DagwoodIII ,

Any child except Ivanka, and she's getting a little old for him.

DagwoodIII ,

Trump's grandfather left Germany to escape the draft. Fred Trump got WW2 deferments and Donnie's 'bone spurs' are, of course, the stuff of legends.

Barron has a legitimate deferment, so unless Tiffany joins, the family will be five generations without service.

DagwoodIII ,

Why 'good for them?'

They were all happy to let other folks go and get killed.

DagwoodIII ,

So, people in Gaza shouldn't fight back?

Because they should avoid war?