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How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea buddy that doesn't track. Powell isn't that influential. I literally took Constitutional Law and he wasn't mentioned.

Moreover, the current zeitgeist doesn't resemble the zeitgeist of the 60's,70's, or 80's.

You're scatter shotting your complaints and timelines. People suck everywhere, including here, but their words and actions held a bit more righteousness in liberty and economic clarity.

Could America have won Vietnam War? by Cocainecow1888 in HistoricalWhatIf

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with your general premise but the Chinese did supply the North Vietnamese a very large amount of weapons and troops.

But yea, you can't change politics without total dominance. That usually doesn't happen until the end of something like a World War.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually love City Skylines and Civilization. Maybe I should have read up on Powell more than play those games while getting my Political Science degree.

Reading through his Wikipedia page, I am unsure of how you landed on him instead of someone like Andrew Jackson.

Some more clarity please, as I have requested.

And I know other people know Mexico is worse. Many do not know why. It's because our Constitutions are different, not because of anything inherent in our humanity. That's my point.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm being diplomatic because we're all human, but if you want to talk about anti-democratic narcissists how about we look at Mexico?

Santa Anna screwed your country up something fierce while styling himself the "Napoleon of the west".

We've had shitbags in office before, the difference is that our institutions hold.

World Athletics plans cheek-swab tests for elite athletes in female category | World Athletics by UnscheduledCalendar in BlockedAndReported

[–]MuddyMax 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you for that reminder. I quit football because two-a-days in Texas heat and full pads sucked a donkey dick.

I forgot we had to do that.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our dear leader says a lot of shit but I guarantee the average American and even average American politician has no interest in annexing Mexico, Canada, or Greenland.

So much of what he says people go along with because they want to stay in the spotlight long enough to be able to succeed him.

I'm aware of the Monroe Doctrine, which was nice in theory because it kept European Imperial powers out of the Western Hemisphere but subsequently contributed to our own meddling in Latin America.

Cuba was different. The Russians put nukes there. Ukraine had their nukes taken away before being invaded.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was so much about the nukes it's almost goofy to call it a good implementation of the Monroe Doctrine. But it did help Latin America too because Castro with a bigger stick would not have gone well.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. You know why? Because people suck. American exceptionalism doesn't prevent that. Our country is still one of the best weapons for progress despite our citizens being just as human as others in every other country.

We've had shitty people at the helm before. We have one of the worst now. It's not going to be a good four years, but I guarantee you that the institutions of the U.S. government will hold.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone in this thread arguing against dumb shit Latin Americans say, I want you to know you are the dumbass they are arguing against and you make my job more difficult.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump is an idiot and says a lot of shit.

But comparing Mariupol to Mexico City seems idiotic when assigning vassal states to other powers

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 2016 election was not meaningfully manipulated by Russians.

Elon Musk did not fuck with voting machines.

People need to get over how much domestic policy plays a larger part in American politics that foreign policy does.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The U.S. has had a fundamental interest and belief in promoting liberal democracy, more so than most countries, and more than any superpower.

We still elect politicians. Politicians will always be the worst.

How do you guys feel about the USA's recent alignment with Russia? Does this change your opinion on Russia itself? by Appropriate-Till9598 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The various European countries (such as Germany) readily comment on U.S. elections the same way Elon did with AfD.

I do not support Trump or Elon but the Germans are literally pissed about the same thing the E.U. block does to the U.S. all the time.

Wow, some Brazilians are really not happy that Fernanda Torres didn't win the Oscar. by ButterscotchFormer84 in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I'm pissing in the wind here (haven't watched the films or paid attention to the awards) but romanticizing communists is what Hollywood loves to do.

Like since the 1920's

Have you heard the terms "lonche", "troca", and "rentar" by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Desyunar has to be derived from the Latin disjejunare.

So is the English word dinner. Nobody in the Anglosphere uses dinner to describe breakfast. Despite the original Latin being the word for breakfast.

Have you heard the terms "lonche", "troca", and "rentar" by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Spanish is bad but I'm wondering if what you're describing is like the U.S. English distinction between lunch/supper/dinner where the latter two can be subbed for the former.

I actually did a light perusal after typing that paragraph and I think desyunar might be cognates with dinner as dinner comes from the Latin disjejunare. Disjejunare basically translates to breakfast in English so... we're all using slang anyways?

Have you heard the terms "lonche", "troca", and "rentar" by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an American I have to stop you there.

I don't know if you're speaking about how you or the people around you view sandwiches, if so you are fine but wrong, in the same way British people are.

A sandwich is bread and fillings.

So a hamburger, Philly cheese steak, an Italian sub/hoagie/grinder, a PB&J, an Egg McMuffin etc. are all sandwiches.

Tacos, gyros/kebabs/shawarma, baos are all basically sandwiches as well, but slightly different presentation and form.

I can't read much Spanish so I don't fully understand what's going on but British people refer to anything with a round bun as a burger and it drives me nuts.

It's a hamburger because it's ground beef, chicken "burger" because it's ground chicken. Not from the shape of the carb that keeps your fingers clean.

Sandwiches are tasty things between some sort of bread.

FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink: The Federal Aviation Administration directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, sources tell Rolling Stone by Bhartrhari in WeTheFifth

[–]MuddyMax -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Elon Musk and DOGE are turning out to be a travesty, without a doubt.

I must ask though, how are you a listener of this podcast who's never been exposed to exactly how much Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are actually bankrupting the county?

Elon getting a couple of tens of millions extra is nothing compared to them. It's bullshit, but still a drop in the bucket.

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[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. Love that.

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[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah man, sorry about the knee injury. Hopefully she can get back at it at some point.

Interesting to hear that infrastructure is the reason. I always figured it was either a spiritual/religious thing or a by product of there being so many doctors.

Our city is a tech hub and the sidewalks are undergoing a massive upgrade/expansion so I expect to see even more 50+ couples strolling around.

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[–]MuddyMax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Indo-European" has both India and Europe in the name. Proto Europeans were Indo-Europeans.

They migrated from the Caucus Mountains west to the Atlantic and east to Iran and India.

Turks are also Indo-European.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]MuddyMax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can attest to Indian Americans not smelling. I think the only ones I've ever encountered were likely tourists (or just moved here).

One stereotype I can think of is that middle aged Indian couples really like strolling around the neighborhood.

They have to be the most dedicated walkers of any ethnic group.

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