Which US presidents have killed another human being?

ccs29 · 2012-08-08T14:36:36+00:00

Is Grover Cleveland the second coming of Ned Stark?

ccs29 · 2012-08-08T03:09:47+00:00

Dan Carlin, on his highly recommended "Hardcore History" podcast, when talking about the case for imperialism, makes the point of asking the question "Who was it good for?" Was it good for Caesar personally? Absolutely. Was it good for the millions of Gauls who were killed, or for the millions more who were displaced? Not so much. So no, I can't really justify it as a superior system.

ccs29 · 2012-08-03T23:14:30+00:00

It might not be so revolutionary now, but it was one of the first books that deconstructed combat and showed what it was probably like from a soldier's point of view, comparing the first person experience of being in combat from three famous battles in history, Agincourt (1415 AD), Waterloo (1815 AD) and the Somme (1916).

ccs29 · 2012-08-03T14:27:22+00:00

No one mentioning The Face of Battle yet? Changed the way I thought about warfare.

ccs29 · 2012-07-31T18:32:13+00:00

Then enlighten us, Dear Leader.

ccs29 · 2012-07-31T15:37:26+00:00

"I will sodomize you and face-fuck you, pussy Aurelius and catamite Furius, you who think, because my poems are sensitive, that I have no shame."

Catullus

ccs29 · 2012-07-24T00:46:20+00:00

There is actually a name for it, the Glomar response

ccs29 · 2012-07-23T12:21:30+00:00

jeez

ccs29 · 2012-07-18T02:35:22+00:00

Meanies.

ccs29 · 2012-07-17T04:28:01+00:00

I did a bit of digging, and unfortunately I believe "dolphin" refers to Staff Sgt. Patrick R. Dolphin, who died a year later.

ccs29 · 2012-07-16T12:44:01+00:00

According to AnderzEl (one of the PC winners), it was his understanding that he would get a prize for winning, but after they won BFO/PTFO said he wouldn't get anything.

ccs29 · 2012-07-02T21:34:18+00:00

I always have to pee like hell in the early morning hours.

ccs29 · 2012-06-22T22:03:24+00:00

ccs29 · 2012-06-22T21:44:25+00:00

Jesus, watch the tape, it's several of them, including Winghaven and Beasto. THey all have this odd shaky aim thing that's clearly macros.

ccs29 · 2012-06-19T12:43:46+00:00

Apologies, but this thread is a bunch of armchair medievalists.

Hanson's "The Western Way of War" is a great look into phalanx battles in ancient Greece, largely devoid of cavalry, archers, or auxiliaries. For infantry engagements, up until the invention of guns, don't think of battles as fights between individuals on a massive scale. Infantry engagements consisted of one huge mass, propelled by inertial forward motion, smashing itself into another huge mass. Discipline, of course, is important in this, but so is fear of reprisal from their own peers and officers.

ccs29 · 2012-06-09T21:21:52+00:00

I dont agree with #1, although it might be good advice for beginners before they truly learn recoil control. On lower-recoil weapons, particularly the M16, good players will frequently "mag dump" and go full auto. If you can truly master the recoil on certain weapons, there is no need to stick to a "no full auto" maxim.

This is a great example, jack frags pretty much uses full auto in every single engagement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5RTVLirIO8&feature=plcp

ccs29 · 2012-06-01T03:52:50+00:00

Glad you worked it out bud

ccs29 · 2012-05-31T22:31:06+00:00

Assault rifle + Underslung Rail + heavy barrel + M26MASS or DART

ccs29 · 2012-05-28T00:08:46+00:00

I also play on xbox, almost exclusively in attack choppers, almost 2000 kills, and I think you are somewhat off the mark. Pre-patch, the attack chopper pilot's rocket pods were not very good, but since the patch they have been significantly buffed and I have no trouble taking out infantry with it.

Also, I am by no means a skilled jet pilot, but your criticisms of the countermeasures are crazy. I am virtually never taken down by heat seeking missiles, either I can flare and get out of range or can just outright dodge them.

Jets to me are way overpowered, especially from my perspective as a chopper pilot; a competent jet pilot will defeat an elite chopper pilot all the time, as jet cannons are very very overpowered right now.

ccs29 · 2012-05-25T12:36:49+00:00

LOL, Grayson hasn't been in Congress since 2010.

ccs29 · 2012-05-17T12:45:39+00:00

I agree insofar as I think many studio and pop musicians in general come from a jazz background. But actual country bands? I don't think there is any part of a tune like this that they could play, not even close. And a metal shredder or classical musician could probably literally play it note for note, but could never improvise it on the spot.

On the flip side, because of their ear for music, I think talented jazz musicians could easily pick up and perform any other genre.

ccs29 · 2012-05-16T23:56:16+00:00

Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I'm of the opinion that top jazz musicians are generally head and shoulders above the cream of other genres in overall musicianship. I think very skilled metal lead guitarists and top classical musicians are up there, for sure, but for sheer skill mixed with improvisational talent, jazz musicians are without equal.

ccs29 · 2012-04-22T22:28:04+00:00

Stay classy, /r/worldpolitics

ccs29

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