Actually, it is terrible. Truly, war in its purest, economic form (at least for our side), but without risk and blood, we'll now never have the chance to end the military adventurism we've become so loved for.
They went us one better in an old episode of Star Trek.
When the guy who helped us find Bin Laden is stuck in jail, why would anyone want to help us out and be on 'our' side? There is no reason at all to support America, because they will not support you back when things get rough.
Also, if some foreign country had drones flying over my country blowing stuff up, I'd have a bit of trouble thinking kindly of them.
Twinkies, which last on the order of geological time, have these few main threats against their long term shelf life: 1. subduction under an adjacent tectonic plate 2. expansion of sun into red dwarf, though as the sun becomes less dense the earth and unconsumed twinkies may survive by increasing orbital axis 3. collision of earth with another major major astronomical body, eastimated to be on the order of every five billion years for event sufficient to destroy most or all twinkies 4. proton decay and/or quantum tunneling, 10^100 years or more
When you spot a dupe you're not supposed to complain or even point it out; you're supposed to find the old article and repost the top rated comments under your own name, for a bit of easy instant karma.
It was posted by samzenpus. That means at least half the time it's guaranteed to be a dupe. One can only hope dice will finally enforce some actual standards on these flunkies who claim to be "editors".
Okay, so I've served on a carrier. But seriously, do we NEED 12 carrier battle groups?
Surely not for defense. It's all a matter of how much (real or threatened) force you want to project. I.e., policy that isn't strictly military.
ISTM that a lesson we should have learned from Afghanistan is that we need a commensurate capability of projecting large numbers of boots on the ground rapidly. When the Taliban collapsed we were left with verbal threats to keep the Northern Alliance from occupying certain cities, because we couldn't get enough people in fast enough to exploit the situation ourselves.
I wonder how Ghaddafi feels about Obama's use of projected power.
I do love partisans though. If Obama doesn't thump some Arab leader with a big stick, he's an apologist pussy. If he does thump some Arab leader with a big stick, why he's a warmongering Congress defier. One gets the sense that it is irrelevant what a sitting President does. If he's wearing your team's colors, he's 100% great, if he's wearing the other team's colors, he's 100% bad.
15-20 years ago, doctors were written up and called out for not treating enough pain.
I read somewhere that the new "keep the patient comfortable" philosophy stemmed from the personal experience of an administrator at a big influential hospital, who was suddenly beset with excruciating pain of unknown cause for several months or years. When he went back to work, he had a different view of a hospital's priorities.
The only thing you need to know is that he loves money, and has found a niche that happily pays him plenty of it.
Frankly, I long ago gave up any hope that any of the major Conservative commentators was being sincere. There's so much money to be made preaching to the choir, and it does matter how over the top the rhetoric they will lap it up, that I think Conservative talk shows are about as real as a carnival side show. Think of Rush as the bearded woman and you've figured out the secret.
Sometimes I wonder if that's what FOX News is about. Is Murdoch a right-winger, or did he just figure out that there was a big niche to be explopited?
I use Wiki nominally so i don't care about this situation. I am personally not surprised about this because when it (the site) first popped up years ago i thought to myself "what's to keep someone who's pissed off at you putting up whatever they want about you?".
Think about it.
I did, and updated the article about you accordingly.
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Actually, it is terrible. Truly, war in its purest, economic form (at least for our side), but without risk and blood, we'll now never have the chance to end the military adventurism we've become so loved for.
They went us one better in an old episode of Star Trek.
If you are fighting a war against terrorists, and you play by the rules, and they don't, you are going to lose.
However, it does not follow from that that if you *don't* play by the rules you'll win.
At some point you have to stop and think about what's smart, rather than what you have the might and the "right" to do.
When the guy who helped us find Bin Laden is stuck in jail, why would anyone want to help us out and be on 'our' side? There is no reason at all to support America, because they will not support you back when things get rough.
Also, if some foreign country had drones flying over my country blowing stuff up, I'd have a bit of trouble thinking kindly of them.
If the Pakistanis Muslims respect the Christians, why do they persecute the Christian minorities in their country?
'Cause you know, Muslims would never be persecuted in our country.
(Or Sikhs that the hate-mongers are too stupid to realize aren't Muslims.)
Yes.
Not that that's going to stop the shitstorm
Clearly, we need more backup pumps for shitstorms.
Twinkies, which last on the order of geological time, have these few main threats against their long term shelf life: 1. subduction under an adjacent tectonic plate 2. expansion of sun into red dwarf, though as the sun becomes less dense the earth and unconsumed twinkies may survive by increasing orbital axis 3. collision of earth with another major major astronomical body, eastimated to be on the order of every five billion years for event sufficient to destroy most or all twinkies 4. proton decay and/or quantum tunneling, 10^100 years or more
I notice that being digested isn't on the list...
I'm more interested in knowing what would be *unsafe* to drink / eat. Water? Milk? Juice? Juice boxes? Wine? Macaroni and cheese?
A can of Spam turned into a giant monster that ravaged Tokyo for a few days.
Google breaching user privacy and Microsoft advocating privacy
I have to keep a cheat-sheet to remind me who's the good guys and who's the bad guys these days.
Bing's app doesn't appear to work on Android tablets (which appears intentional)
What's wrong with this picture?
Just another shill for the investor class, bemoaning the fact that there are still things that can't be bought and sold.
'Cause bitcoin is so 2011.
When you spot a dupe you're not supposed to complain or even point it out; you're supposed to find the old article and repost the top rated comments under your own name, for a bit of easy instant karma.
* in the starry-eyed Captain America sense, not necessarily the current observed sense
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It was posted by samzenpus. That means at least half the time it's guaranteed to be a dupe. One can only hope dice will finally enforce some actual standards on these flunkies who claim to be "editors".
Maybe we could bribe a Wikipedia editor to help.
-1 for not linking to the Wikipedia page
I wanted an xkcd.
Okay, so I've served on a carrier. But seriously, do we NEED 12 carrier battle groups?
Surely not for defense. It's all a matter of how much (real or threatened) force you want to project. I.e., policy that isn't strictly military.
ISTM that a lesson we should have learned from Afghanistan is that we need a commensurate capability of projecting large numbers of boots on the ground rapidly. When the Taliban collapsed we were left with verbal threats to keep the Northern Alliance from occupying certain cities, because we couldn't get enough people in fast enough to exploit the situation ourselves.
If the side are evenly matched, then you have already failed.
Sun Tzu would go farther than that:
From http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu :
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
It would be interesting to see how long they last in a war between evenly matched sides where the carriers are vulnerable to air/missile attack.
No military leader worth half a shit would fight such a battle. Those are horrifically unacceptable odds.
Horrifically unacceptable odds has failed to stop a lot of battles. And wars.
I wonder how Ghaddafi feels about Obama's use of projected power.
I do love partisans though. If Obama doesn't thump some Arab leader with a big stick, he's an apologist pussy. If he does thump some Arab leader with a big stick, why he's a warmongering Congress defier. One gets the sense that it is irrelevant what a sitting President does. If he's wearing your team's colors, he's 100% great, if he's wearing the other team's colors, he's 100% bad.
Jon Stewart's take: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/jon-stewart-skewers-hannity-and-senor-thei
15-20 years ago, doctors were written up and called out for not treating enough pain.
I read somewhere that the new "keep the patient comfortable" philosophy stemmed from the personal experience of an administrator at a big influential hospital, who was suddenly beset with excruciating pain of unknown cause for several months or years. When he went back to work, he had a different view of a hospital's priorities.
If I could wave the magic wand, my first would be to prohibit advertisements of prescription drugs on television and internet and magazines.
IIRC, it used to be prohibited in the USA. And (IIRC) ads for lawyers as well.
The only thing you need to know is that he loves money, and has found a niche that happily pays him plenty of it.
Frankly, I long ago gave up any hope that any of the major Conservative commentators was being sincere. There's so much money to be made preaching to the choir, and it does matter how over the top the rhetoric they will lap it up, that I think Conservative talk shows are about as real as a carnival side show. Think of Rush as the bearded woman and you've figured out the secret.
Sometimes I wonder if that's what FOX News is about. Is Murdoch a right-winger, or did he just figure out that there was a big niche to be explopited?
I use Wiki nominally so i don't care about this situation. I am personally not surprised about this because when it (the site) first popped up years ago i thought to myself "what's to keep someone who's pissed off at you putting up whatever they want about you?".
Think about it.
I did, and updated the article about you accordingly.
So who wants to write the Wikipedia article on this scandal?
Well then, I'll just leave this here:
Download Libre Office. $0, $0 a month. I think you can swing it.
Not so fast! When I was in Spain I flagged down a taxi with a sign that said 'Libre', and the bastard made me pay for the ride anyway.