New England is people talking a lot about being horrified by racism, then moving to previously redlined suburbs and implementing an anti-gang policy when there starts to be some busing from a nearby city.
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It looks super-fun, is why. I think the absolute dour-ness of most of the DCEU is a real challenge in terms of buzz now.
After reading that story and thinking about current politics: if Dwayne Johnson is willing to work with enough of the economic interests that donate large sums of money to presidential candidates, what specific factors would prevent him from being president?
I dunno the part where he was going around murdering the priests because he was mad at them seemed pretty on brand.
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Which episode of planet money is that?
Chuck is a fat piece of shit, and deserves worse.
The higher profile subject, the less journalists need to be concerned about potential reputation concerns - the existence of a FALSE report of this nature is still in the public’s interest to know.
In terms of mounted archery - you discussed on the podcast a little bit about how the Romans had effectively fought mounted archers before. I am wondering, what tactics and strategies did primarily infantry based forces (like the Romans) use to combat primarily mounted opponents?
Empire Earth II was incredibly good, especially for that kind of game.
It is not a stupid opinion to say that the DNC is heavily culpable in the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. The campaign strategy was obviously wrong, and what the democratic party had to offer was ‘less bad than the republicans on economics, fine on social issues.’ The DNC isn’t at fault for this election…
The best part about American facism is that it won’t have firing squads. It’s not gonna be a junta, there’s not going to be a glorious revolution, it will just be decay.
The paroxysms of rage will continue, but it is bleakly funny. The bad decisions and bad politics and weight of the absolute failure of the American system is funny. It’s terrible, obviously, but humanity is shit and now it’s getting the empire it has always deserved. Pointless, loud, venal, incompetent, and vicious,…
They don’t seem to have actual ideology, TBH. They’re like high-end Dans from Veep.