weimerica

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by weimerica 5y ago
Based on the influx of license plates in my once idyllic community, far too many.
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by weimerica 5y ago
The Census was conducted for 2020 - how many have fled in light of the egregious lockdowns?
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by weimerica 5y ago
I suppose destroying revenue streams is a way of phrasing the “issue,” but at the end of the day we’re just further democratizing content. If consumers don’t want $REAL_AUTHOR and so she loses money, that’s her failing to adapt to the marke
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by weimerica 5y ago
How did it destroy revenue streams exactly? I’ve just never understood that to be the case. (Disclosure, I worked with and attended university on the dime of the folks who built Amazon’s POD acquisition - so I have some fealty (and insight)
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by weimerica 5y ago
No.
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by weimerica 5y ago
If punishment for murder was sitting in a luxury European prison with a vintage PS3[0] and not death or life, I’d have whacked my former con-artist business partner years ago and likely be out by now. Let’s not pretend there isn’t a deterre
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by weimerica 5y ago
Worked for a company with a similar approach (circa 2010) and we got rejected and had to just use the one. Can’t say I feel Apple is wrong for fighting app spam, however.
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by weimerica 5y ago
I suppose that’s the best metaphor for the war. Political decisions creating military problems.
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by weimerica 5y ago
Is this intentional, desired policy on their part or more of a "means to an end?" I understood it that, historically, the Taliban were anti-opium. I suppose if Western nations pursue a North Korean containment style policy, that
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by weimerica 5y ago
> This is a very ironic comment considering that the soviets, not the US liberated Europe from Germany. You're responding to another human, such that its a locality sensitive sentiment. To a French, Belgian or Dutch national the US
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by weimerica 5y ago
> If only they has actually a definite goal We did have a goal. The building of the nation of Afghanistan into a functioning liberal democracy. Of course Afghanistan barely qualifies as a nation and many (most?) have no desire to live in
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by weimerica 5y ago
I do believe the thing you’re missing with Western forces is that the events listed were aberrations rather than the norm. Also, should you not like “Delta,” and frankly I don’t see how a Greek letter is aggrandizing, you could always go wi
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by weimerica 5y ago
> but anyone involved in illicit trade with Pakistan is, as a side effect, funding terrorist groups like Taliban. I'm not particularly educated or opinionated on the topic. With that said, why is it not possible one is simply fundin
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by weimerica 5y ago
Sadly, many an erstwhile reputable organization have devolved to engage in this practice.
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by weimerica 5y ago
Then one can update to provide a prominent note of clarification, rather than rewriting history. This deprives conspiracists of the ability to go "See, they rewrite history" while providing the full story, warts and all.
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by weimerica 5y ago
It’s all in the eye of the beholder. I once had a friend trick me into running barefoot through a few cactus patches. We’re still great friends to this day.
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by weimerica 5y ago
I'm not sure your point? Absent the original commenter (you) providing context, that makes for reasonable supposition. Automated systems learn from a corpus that includes internet anti-Semites using Yiddishisms in a mocking manner to i
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by weimerica 5y ago
Not sure if I’m understanding “yiddishism” correctly here, but internet anti-Semites do mock kvetching all the time.
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by weimerica 5y ago
Tangential, but this reminds me of the US practice of having military (SOF) personnel temporarily terminate their military term, sign a new contract for the three-letter-agency of choice, execute a clandestine operation, then reverse the pr
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by weimerica 5y ago
> If you think that the US government wouldn't use violence against its own people for breaking laws, even hastily-written or unfair laws, you're sorely mistaken. The government order is acted on by a person, at the end of the
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by weimerica 5y ago
> Guns in the hands of the Australians who want guns in their hands is an outcome that's about a thousand times worse than a "disarmed people". It is, until it isn't. > Also, anyone think that a US civilian militi
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by weimerica 5y ago
Sounds like you've got a great post to write.
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by weimerica 5y ago
> The problem is that white Americans don't have the same American experience as black Americans, which is where the divide comes from and it creates another culture. It's been getting a lot better, but there are still two leg
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by weimerica 5y ago
Living near the University of South Carolina (Gamecocks), always tickled my inner twelve year old to see a constant stream of garnet hats with "Cocks" on them.
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by weimerica 5y ago
Weird, my religion grants me domain over the natural world.
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by weimerica 5y ago
At this point I’m starting to warm to the Chinese system. At least the Han aren’t made to be guilty of the original sin of being White. I don’t know what to call the US system we have now, but can’t say I’m a fan.
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by weimerica 5y ago
Well I’m going to die of something. Might as well enjoy the ride.
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by weimerica 5y ago
So, I’m from Hilton Head and that is a fairly accurate telling of the issue (though the 2.5 hours commute is a bit uncommon.) They’ve attempted to alleviate it with shuttles from Bluffton and even Northern Beaufort County to little avail. W
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by weimerica 5y ago
I haven't followed the fire closely - is there a reason I'm supposed to chalk this one up to climate change rather than poor forestry management?
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by weimerica 5y ago
Private corporations spend the last decade+ consolidating communications, then the USG works with those corporations to censor anything they deem "problematic?" Really, that falls into a textbook fascist definition. Consider that

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