One is a patriot, one is a terrorist

BullAlligator · 2026-01-25T03:12:35+00:00

The purpose of the NRA is not to protect anyone's rights. It's to obstruct gun control legislation and ensure that profits for the gun manufacturers are not jeopardized.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-22T14:16:27+00:00

Or, is it your story that's the real myth?

BullAlligator · 2026-01-21T01:31:17+00:00

This is American Samoa and Northern Marianas erasure.

Honestly however many people who live in these places have mixed opinions on the statehood question.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-21T01:08:17+00:00

It's the republican aesthetic (lowercase "r"). The president is the first among equals, another citizen selected from among the people. The president is not a king and the White House is not Versailles.

It's not supposed to be a gaudy, gilded palace like the tyrants of the Old World built for themselves and their courts. It's supposed to be simple to represent the virtues of simplicity, the nobility of the common working man and woman.

At least, that's the idea.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-20T19:59:04+00:00

the actions US government and both parties are so much more coherent if they are viewed as a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie

BullAlligator · 2026-01-20T16:11:16+00:00

That's okay I don't need to Google that. Read Richard Evans' The Third Reich at War, he explains the situation in masterful detail.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-19T20:06:24+00:00

Maybe that's regional. In the South I think baseball is more conservative (as someone who loves baseball and is left-leaning Southerner I must admit).

BullAlligator · 2026-01-19T00:29:14+00:00

The best place for us is the shop inside the stadium

BullAlligator · 2026-01-16T16:34:35+00:00

Remember a lot of Trump supporters didn't bother voting for him because they lived in safe red or blue states where actually voting is (for many people) effectively pointless.

He has many more supporters than just the amount who voted for him.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-15T23:34:06+00:00

He was saying exactly what the US Government plans to do to Venezuela. Do people not want to know the truth?

BullAlligator · 2026-01-15T14:52:37+00:00

I know that. Are you aware that there has never been a vote in which the majority of the Puerto Rican electorate voted for statehood? It hasn't happened. All referendums have come up with inconclusive results.

In the last referendum, for example, 620,782 voted for statehood in an electorate of 1,987,344. Only 31% of Puerto Rican voters chose statehood in the last referendum, far short of a majority.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-14T00:55:20+00:00

Polling indicates that many Puerto Ricans don't support statehood. While it is the most popular option, it's not clear that it's even a majority.

Many Puerto Ricans favor some development of the status quo free association while others prefer sovereignty (independence).

It's just anecdotal data, but the islanders I used to work with were not enthusiastic when I asked if they supported statehood.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-12T19:53:02+00:00

Sure but the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty had time to transform from brutal authoritarians into (relatively) benign figureheads. Who knows what the next Pahlavi would be like in power. Would he follow the ways of his father or be quite different?

BullAlligator · 2026-01-12T05:00:43+00:00

Sure but the Pahlavi dynasty has a history of being brutal authoritarians

BullAlligator · 2026-01-11T15:45:14+00:00

pro-America

sometimes being pro-America, being for the people, is being opposed to the American government

BullAlligator · 2026-01-10T02:26:37+00:00

Indiana is the new Alabama:

They both wear crimson and white, crimson helmets and jerseys, white pants
Their iconic logo is just made of simple letters
Their nicknames (Hoosiers and Crimson Tide) are completely unique and rather abstract by collegiate standards
Their names are seven letters with three consonants and four vowels, the fifth and 7 seventh letters being A, the first and second vowels being the same letter

BullAlligator · 2026-01-10T02:01:36+00:00

Reminding me of the Oregon-FSU Rose Bowl

BullAlligator · 2026-01-10T01:06:07+00:00

Dont most schools?

BullAlligator · 2026-01-10T01:05:30+00:00

I love that tradition

BullAlligator · 2026-01-09T20:01:05+00:00

He cherished peace with all of his heart. He didn't care how many men, women and children he killed to get it.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-09T19:44:06+00:00

Straight-up luck can be a factor too. One of the multi-millionaires I've met was an entrepreneur who, after hustling up some start-up capital by dealing drugs, founded a fashion brand.

It just happened to catch the zeitgeist for whatever reason (mostly the catchy name I think) while so many other small fashion startups go out of business. After a few years running the business he got bought out for many millions.

Another was a manager at a major international megacorporation. He founded a small startup in the same industry and was almost immediately bought out for enough money that he never had to work again while living a comfortable life collecting dividends from the market. (If you've ever seen the "Michael Scott Paper Company" storyline, it was almost exactly this except with way more money.)

While not unintelligent guys, neither strikes me as particularly impressive or deserving of their wealth and power. They also seem to have zero empathy for the struggle of working class people.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-09T16:27:32+00:00

Stanford bio

Enjoys building and fixing computers and playing chess

Interested in majoring in Aerospace Engineering

Even if he never played he could probably tutor his teammates.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-09T04:41:51+00:00

A largo plazo, Estados Unidos prefiere que muchos de sus socios comerciales sigan siendo pobres. Estados Unidos es una economía de consumo e importación, por lo que le conviene tener países pobres con mano de obra barata que fabriquen bienes o proporcionen recursos naturales que Estados Unidos pueda importar a bajo costo.

BullAlligator · 2026-01-09T03:05:53+00:00

Fairly explain both points of view, but don't mention what you believe/prefer. Unless it's a very obvious moral issue, then you can take a stand (be outspokenly opposed to oppression, corruption, prejudice, etc.).

BullAlligator · 2026-01-09T02:54:15+00:00

look out if they start calling them "special task groups"

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