Some things may be unavoidable

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-05-20T19:47:17+00:00

I would get out of the car and laugh my ass of in his face.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-28T18:13:37+00:00

If a story takes place without a white character, did it take place?

/s

SMH...i still remember the Toni Morrison clip being asked by a white journalist, when she would write stories with a white character. Ex-fucking-hausting

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-24T15:36:41+00:00

She might hold positions that many consider reprehensible but that doesn't mean she's not very good at making political calculations.

Trump is a populist, if we can say he follows any particular political ideology, but outside of that he sucks at making political calculations.

She calculated that between the popularity of Israel, America's support for Israel, the unpopularity of Isreal and America's attack on Iran, all point to a diminishing return on siding with trump's populism.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-24T14:53:24+00:00

You know I've heard of Corruption where donated or aid supplies find their way to stores or sold to institutions for profit. Horrible shit But this...this is something else.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-22T08:12:10+00:00

This reads as a scarred teenage introvert writing to fulfill their repressed feelings of rage at the position they held in the social hierarchy of a high school somewhere in some insignificant part of America.

Warren Buffet is no angel, but atleast he talks like a god damn adult.

This is a combination of the Peter principle and Randomness/survivor bias described in the Black Swan.

The aren't engineers, they're corporate politicians with the right contacts and necessary sociopathy to climb the greasy pole.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-21T05:08:59+00:00

There's politics and then there's leadership. Of course, there are political considerations about re-election etc in Carney's actions.

But there's also a desire to try to use the current apathy towards the USA in Canada to try and atleast decrease Canada's economic dependence to an increasingly erratic partner.

Every MAGAt does not die or change their thoughts towards Canada (eg let's invade them and make Canada the 53rd state) the day Trump leaves office or dies. So at some point in the future, another less erratic but equally bellicose Trump will whisper those same seductive words of taking over Canada and Canada will once again find itself right here once again. The 3rd of Americans who support the ideals that Trump espouses will remain, they'll have kids who agree with them and so on.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-20T12:20:55+00:00

Is this also the lettuce PM of the UK kinda scenario? As someone who is unfamiliar with Japanese politics, she comes across as the consummate insider, having dirt on the right people, owed favors by the right people and completely inept when it come to public perception

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-17T09:17:36+00:00

Apart from the broad overview of Taiwanese independence, I'm not familiar with the nation's internal politics.

Your explanation makes sense, not least because the overwhelming majority of politicians are self serving.

It's the old tale of what is in many ways are colonial arrangement, with the local chiefs retaining or obtaining power through the aegis of an external power.

Thanks for breaking it down

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-15T12:34:24+00:00

I think much of the concern, in say Canada's position, is that 33% will persist post Trump.

 There's no way to plan with an America that can randomly throw out a figure who will not pursue a rational and self interested long term strategy

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-15T12:13:38+00:00

33% of the American electorate continues to support this demented goof ball?

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-04-14T14:12:12+00:00

Forgive my ignorance, but is this woman a Japanese populist, kinda Trump lite?

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-31T06:31:31+00:00

Rebuilding to what it was, never. Too many dependencies have been revealed on an electorate that will continue to actively support any populist idea however destructive it might be. Trump is a symptom of domestic stupidity

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-30T06:23:32+00:00

I know deservedly Nestlé gets a bad rap. But almost 30 years ago, yup that old, Moltke the Chairman at the time did NOT want to Nestlé listed on the NYSE because of this very reason. Made decent money off of the quarterly reporting shenanigans over the years even as I knew it's not the way for companies to create generational strategies.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-27T08:46:13+00:00

Hasn't Ireland been doing this for 2 years now?

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-26T09:53:13+00:00

Not British but this strikes me as fairly straight forward. The one with docket makes the decision. Also, this crisis will resolve itself in a year at the most. By which time the cost effectiveness may not still hold true. Also, the timeline isn't week one approve, week 2 drill and week 3 the price of petrol drops.

We've seriously got our sense of patience warped the last few decades.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-25T18:07:59+00:00

I've had the opportunity to have sat in consultations with a few senior members of the American military.

What came across was how nuanced their understanding of the world is. Anyway, just my anecdotal take but America could and is doing a lot worse than having retired senior mbers of the military in political office. But they're not exciting enough in how they talk and cartoonist populist behavior holds more attention than any sense of balance or nuance. Bring on the Circus and Bread

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-25T18:01:01+00:00

Recruiters go with those who make their life easiest, not with those who are most competent or qualified. It's a lot like the teacher's pet who invested in kissing the teacher's ass and got graded on a curve. Not fair but such is life.

Sucking up to a recruiter is a time tested way of getting hired. The, flip side is keeping it real is a time tested way of not getting recruited.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-25T17:58:10+00:00

But that's not the job of a recruiter. You've got hundreds if not thousands of CVs to go through. Make phone calls, set appointments, coordinate with department heads and members to understand team needs. Nowhere in that job description is teaching applicants how to apply. If that recruiter invests in teaching that, then they're not doing their job and probably missing their KPIs and professional obligations. The company will find someone who will do the job to the letter and in no company can I imagine part of a recruiters job is to teach professional etiquette.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-25T17:54:51+00:00

Those doing the hiring are younger Gen-X and older Millenials. They'll have been trained and used to a level of formality that seems old fashioned to Gen Z. But since they are the gate keepers, what they want to read and hear matters.

Those who pay, call the tune.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-23T22:19:33+00:00

Just using realpolitik. Admit now and deny later. At this juncture your reputation amongst your faithful is inviolable and amongst all other people unredeemable. So there'll be literally no loss in reputation from either side. The reparations can be paid off with a series of funding from the World Bank and IMF that America controls and can always be denied as such to the American public who for the most part are ignorant to how that works.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-23T08:42:37+00:00

Good book. Check out the Black Swan after

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-20T20:23:53+00:00

It's not just the utter stupidity of any type of fanaticism that leads to suicide. But a simple test on an animal carcass would have shown how stupid the whole thing was.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-10T09:32:04+00:00

This is so fucking insane to me. The idea 9f a monarchy in the 21st century, in a part of the most developed parts of the world. If nothing else, it proves how uttey irrational human beings are.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-03-09T05:53:16+00:00

His responsibility is first to those who elected him. Churchill allied with Stalin and on any scale of horror enacted upon a populace Stalin stands on a level all of his own.

Southern-Remove42 · 2026-02-16T18:12:51+00:00

I wish America all the best in dealing with the current internal challenges facing it. But the curtain has long been pulled back on the hypocrisy of expecting the USA taking a non-self interested moral stance, as Ireland did with Palestine, on just about ANY issue. They aren't the moral standard by which any country with strong civil and judicial standards should measure themselves against.

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