The East could afford the casualties, and the time, and Mao cleaned out China quite effectively.
His forces used "human wave" assault tactics to good effect and could afford to do that. The US is rich enough to fight its wars of choice with tiny own-side losses, but that's not the only way.
The pollution and exploitation have propelled China to greatness, are a NORMAL part of industrial growth, and not noteworthy.
A mafia state is a worthy opponent, and should teach the US how to function in the world. Our professed ideals have been a drag and impediment. Other countries are eager to deal with "Mafia States", who don't profess Jihad for Democracy.
EASTERN Europe was always fucked. Let's not confuse it with the more advanced regions. It wasn't long ago that Hungary was ruled by Emperor Franz Joseph.
"It's no different than what the Indians, Japanese or Koreans would do."
China is no more an enemy than those countries, except to leftover American missionaries who fap to old Pearl S. Buck books and want to Christianize Asia.
The horny cult of Empire that drove US policy to meddle in Asia needs to die, and a superpower China should help put a stake through its heart. The US needs to feel limited and be compelled to restrain its goals and redirect its energies.
Westerners who fuck with China will get what their predecessors elsewhere got, which is "played by smarter people":
"Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan
brown, For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the
Christian down; And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of
the late deceased, And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the
East."
I can afford to drive my 460 c.i. Ford truck most anywhere I care to, but that's mostly fucking WORK, not fun. Modern technology allows ME to command stuff be brought to ME at MY convenience, freeing time for ME to do what _I_ wish.
Proper checklists aren't constraints, they are reminders of proper procedures. There is even a saying in aircraft safety, "add but don't take away".
Pilots can fly highly complex combat missions and adapt to changes on-the-fly, yet basic procedure checklists reinforce memory. The pilot doesn't always read the checklist verbatim while doing a task, but does have it available to supplement his skill.
""We brought a two-minute checklist into operating rooms in eight hospitals," Gawande says. "I worked with a team of folks that included Boeing to show us how they do it, and we just made sure that the checklist had some basic things: Make sure that blood is available, antibiotics are there."
How did it work?
"We get better results," he says. "Massively better results.
"We caught basic mistakes and some of that stupid stuff," Gawande reports. But the study returned some surprising results: "We also found that good teamwork required certain things that we missed very frequently."
Like making sure everyone in the operating room knows each other by name. When introductions were made before a surgery, Gawande says, the average number of complications and deaths dipped by 35 percent.
"Making sure everybody knew each other's name produced what they called an activation phenomenon," Gawande explains. "The person, having gotten a chance to voice their name, let speak in the room -- were much more likely to speak up later if they saw a problem."
We travel to see stuff. Modern media has made much of that superfluous.
We travel to get stuff. Having stuff show up is less time wasted. Instead of going to buy tools, for example, I shop online and they show up. I can mix Ebay, Craigslist, and new vendors while I fap to pr0n and surf Slashdot.
We travel to see people. It's now more convenient to chat with a world of friends without bothering to meet in person very often.
We travel to learn stuff. Now information is at our fingertips.
Travel was a hassle before the TSA fondle-fest. Fuck travel.
Cut a deal with them. That's what diplomacy (unwritten, so no leaks) is for. China is the natural master of Asia since the US nuked the other contender a while back. They exist, cannot be dictated to, and have an interest along with all truly civilized people in resisting religion. They have much more scope than a democracy in doing this, because religion cannot be restrained by democracy.
Chinese methods against Falun Gong cultists and against Muslim Uighers are fairly effective and should be encouraged. If Beijing wish to disrupt Islam by demographic realignment, ethnic cleansing, or even murder I find that acceptable. Islam is the worst major superstition at the moment, Christianity having been gutted post-WWII. There is no moral obligation to Islamists. Put them to the sword, and get comfortable with discussing how to limit their power by any means without regard to the conventional "morality" one would apply to people who are not cultural enemies.
They had ample manning and plenty of civilian auxiliaries to supplement them. Their manning was not artificially held down, and they have goverment support.
"I'd hazard a guess this is far more costly than most hospitals could afford or would want to cut into profits."
That's the place for rules to take away discretion. If they lack the manning, consolidate surgeries and staff local clinics with the physicians assistants and enough other techs to get those who actually need emergency surgery to a proper facility. Military medical care in the field relies on transport to get this done.
I get some great reactions from medical folks when I mention that the Air Force generally enforces a 12-hour shift limit for aircraft maintainers, even in wartime. Tired people fuck up, and anyone who pretends otherwise is full of shit.
The medical world should borrow two things from military aircraft maintenance. Limit shifts to 12 hours except in emergencies where manning is insufficient, and CHECKLISTS.
Pilots, who are at least as studly and narcissistic as physicians, KNOW ignoring checklists is a great way to fuck shit up. That's why it is PUNISHED. They also know, even with training, that no one can remember every detail of every complex task they have to perform. From maintainers to aircrew to the folks in the control tower, checklists are considered orders to be obeyed.
Physicians have little time to see each patient, so they have to match symptoms with their concept of a "template" for a particular malady. Checklists are ideal for this sort of thing.
As to the civilian custom of working interns to exhaustion, that's just stupid. The military can train enough folks for wars, the civilian side of the house should "militarize" medical care (including quality control and open chain of command for complaints) and get shit done.
"Welcome to America, where Congressmen can fight for and pass laws discriminating against gays, while they bang boys in their offices, suck cock in airport bathrooms and so on."
If it's good enough for the Catholic Church (and over ONE BILLION DOLLARS so far in settlement payouts says IT IS!) then it's good enough for our elected leadership!
Anything criticizing normal religious social control mechanisms will be modded by religionists.
Religious mechanisms of social control include rationing pleasure and tying that rationing to ritual, be it handing out magic mushrooms or administering wedding vows.
The US was partially settled by violent Christian "Taliban" (Puritans) and most of its people are religious primitives at the core.
Pleasure unrationed by the emissaries of God is sinful, hence Prohibition of all sorts. The fear of unrationed pleasure is based on the desire to inflict tasty Godly domination on sinners and fap to that sweet power. It's not a matter of "social disorder", but SIN and the delectability of inflicting pain on sinners. Lots of S&M, but the superstitions of the Middle East roll that way.
The US corporate oligarchy (more enlightened and free of superstition than the religious savages) benefit greatly from booze, but free-thinking citizens who like other pleasures haven't fought hard enough to gain tolerance for them.
Putting a "disaster candidate" in office isn't a bad idea if you want to discredit the enemy. Instead of playing the short game, election-by-election, play a long one.
Slashdot Mirror
"I got locked out of my account and couldn't remember what smart ass answer I had put in to the secret questions over a decade ago."
User error. End of story. I use questions whose answers have meaning to me but not to others.
"I use crowd based storage."
I tried that for my beer. It didn't work out.
Christians keep modding me "flamebait", which we may now define as "any disagreement with Crusade".
The East could afford the casualties, and the time, and Mao cleaned out China quite effectively.
His forces used "human wave" assault tactics to good effect and could afford to do that. The US is rich enough to fight its wars of choice with tiny own-side losses, but that's not the only way.
The pollution and exploitation have propelled China to greatness, are a NORMAL part of industrial growth, and not noteworthy.
A mafia state is a worthy opponent, and should teach the US how to function in the world. Our professed ideals have been a drag and impediment. Other countries are eager to deal with "Mafia States", who don't profess Jihad for Democracy.
I use Zimbra, but whatever tool you use, do periodically slurp your webmail and back it up.
EASTERN Europe was always fucked. Let's not confuse it with the more advanced regions. It wasn't long ago that Hungary was ruled by Emperor Franz Joseph.
"It's no different than what the Indians, Japanese or Koreans would do."
China is no more an enemy than those countries, except to leftover American missionaries who fap to old Pearl S. Buck books and want to Christianize Asia.
The horny cult of Empire that drove US policy to meddle in Asia needs to die, and a superpower China should help put a stake through its heart. The US needs to feel limited and be compelled to restrain its goals and redirect its energies.
Westerners who fuck with China will get what their predecessors elsewhere got, which is "played by smarter people":
"Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan
brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the
Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of
the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the
East."
I strongly agree.
I can afford to drive my 460 c.i. Ford truck most anywhere I care to, but that's mostly fucking WORK, not fun. Modern technology allows ME to command stuff be brought to ME at MY convenience, freeing time for ME to do what _I_ wish.
Proper checklists aren't constraints, they are reminders of proper procedures. There is even a saying in aircraft safety, "add but don't take away".
Pilots can fly highly complex combat missions and adapt to changes on-the-fly, yet basic procedure checklists reinforce memory. The pilot doesn't always read the checklist verbatim while doing a task, but does have it available to supplement his skill.
Have some Atul Gawande:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122226184
""We brought a two-minute checklist into operating rooms in eight hospitals," Gawande says. "I worked with a team of folks that included Boeing to show us how they do it, and we just made sure that the checklist had some basic things: Make sure that blood is available, antibiotics are there."
How did it work?
"We get better results," he says. "Massively better results.
"We caught basic mistakes and some of that stupid stuff," Gawande reports. But the study returned some surprising results: "We also found that good teamwork required certain things that we missed very frequently."
Like making sure everyone in the operating room knows each other by name. When introductions were made before a surgery, Gawande says, the average number of complications and deaths dipped by 35 percent.
"Making sure everybody knew each other's name produced what they called an activation phenomenon," Gawande explains. "The person, having gotten a chance to voice their name, let speak in the room -- were much more likely to speak up later if they saw a problem."
We travel to see stuff. Modern media has made much of that superfluous.
We travel to get stuff. Having stuff show up is less time wasted. Instead of going to buy tools, for example, I shop online and they show up. I can mix Ebay, Craigslist, and new vendors while I fap to pr0n and surf Slashdot.
We travel to see people. It's now more convenient to chat with a world of friends without bothering to meet in person very often.
We travel to learn stuff. Now information is at our fingertips.
Travel was a hassle before the TSA fondle-fest. Fuck travel.
Ah, memories!
What an epic nutjob. :)
Cut a deal with them. That's what diplomacy (unwritten, so no leaks) is for. China is the natural master of Asia since the US nuked the other contender a while back. They exist, cannot be dictated to, and have an interest along with all truly civilized people in resisting religion. They have much more scope than a democracy in doing this, because religion cannot be restrained by democracy.
Chinese methods against Falun Gong cultists and against Muslim Uighers are fairly effective and should be encouraged. If Beijing wish to disrupt Islam by demographic realignment, ethnic cleansing, or even murder I find that acceptable. Islam is the worst major superstition at the moment, Christianity having been gutted post-WWII. There is no moral obligation to Islamists. Put them to the sword, and get comfortable with discussing how to limit their power by any means without regard to the conventional "morality" one would apply to people who are not cultural enemies.
Analogy fail.
They had ample manning and plenty of civilian auxiliaries to supplement them. Their manning was not artificially held down, and they have goverment support.
"I'd hazard a guess this is far more costly than most hospitals could afford or would want to cut into profits."
That's the place for rules to take away discretion. If they lack the manning, consolidate surgeries and staff local clinics with the physicians assistants and enough other techs to get those who actually need emergency surgery to a proper facility. Military medical care in the field relies on transport to get this done.
I get some great reactions from medical folks when I mention that the Air Force generally enforces a 12-hour shift limit for aircraft maintainers, even in wartime. Tired people fuck up, and anyone who pretends otherwise is full of shit.
The medical world should borrow two things from military aircraft maintenance. Limit shifts to 12 hours except in emergencies where manning is insufficient, and CHECKLISTS.
Pilots, who are at least as studly and narcissistic as physicians, KNOW ignoring checklists is a great way to fuck shit up. That's why it is PUNISHED.
They also know, even with training, that no one can remember every detail of every complex task they have to perform. From maintainers to aircrew to the folks in the control tower, checklists are considered orders to be obeyed.
Physicians have little time to see each patient, so they have to match symptoms with their concept of a "template" for a particular malady. Checklists are ideal for this sort of thing.
As to the civilian custom of working interns to exhaustion, that's just stupid. The military can train enough folks for wars, the civilian side of the house should "militarize" medical care (including quality control and open chain of command for complaints) and get shit done.
"Most congress-critters are fine, upstanding people"
Not if one judges them by their actions.
"Welcome to America, where Congressmen can fight for and pass laws discriminating against gays, while they bang boys in their offices, suck cock in airport bathrooms and so on."
If it's good enough for the Catholic Church (and over ONE BILLION DOLLARS so far in settlement payouts says IT IS!) then it's good enough for our elected leadership!
Anything criticizing normal religious social control mechanisms will be modded by religionists.
Religious mechanisms of social control include rationing pleasure and tying that rationing to ritual, be it handing out magic mushrooms or administering wedding vows.
The answers are a bit different.
The US was partially settled by violent Christian "Taliban" (Puritans) and most of its people are religious primitives at the core.
Pleasure unrationed by the emissaries of God is sinful, hence Prohibition of all sorts. The fear of unrationed pleasure is based on the desire to inflict tasty Godly domination on sinners and fap to that sweet power. It's not a matter of "social disorder", but SIN and the delectability of inflicting pain on sinners. Lots of S&M, but the superstitions of the Middle East roll that way.
The US corporate oligarchy (more enlightened and free of superstition than the religious savages) benefit greatly from booze, but free-thinking citizens who like other pleasures haven't fought hard enough to gain tolerance for them.
That fear not unfounded.
Anarchy is a KNOWN "devil", and the very condition the Communist Party rescued China from in 1948. "Disorder" was FULLY exploited by China's enemies.
The horrors of warlordism, war, and famine are well within living memory. Anarchy has a "face" to Chinese leadership and to many older Chinese.
"You people need to just butt out."
We can and will do what the fuck we like, my dear Anonymous ChiCom.
I find it odd that the ChiCom government should CARE about porn.
Any insights on that one?
Let the citizens fap in peace and they won't rebel, while profiteering from said fappage could enrich the oligarchy.
"I wish that the Republican coalition would deprecate the opinions of their corporate clients and superstitious voters,"
That would be their entire voting base, and you know it.
Putting a "disaster candidate" in office isn't a bad idea if you want to discredit the enemy. Instead of playing the short game, election-by-election, play a long one.
All that matters is, _he lost_. Defeat means shit. Fight to win.