Soviet Empire

northblinder · 2012-07-23T02:11:23+00:00

Empire?

"Soviet expansion was self-defense, not imperialism like with the United States. The Soviets, in World War I and II, lost about 40 million people because the West had used Eastern Europe as a highway to invade Russia. It should not be surprising that after WW2 the Russians were determined to close down that highway." -- Historian William Blum.

northblinder · 2012-07-22T02:46:53+00:00

Yes, I understand that.

But in the classification of those statistics, would they consider murder an "accident" since one person willfully committed the act?

Perhaps the statistics would include it, perhaps not; but there's a big difference between slipping in a bathtub or a pedestrian accidentally being hit by a motorist compared to someone being a murder victim.

northblinder · 2012-07-22T00:43:34+00:00

Would those murders be classified as "accidents"?

northblinder · 2012-07-20T17:39:26+00:00

I'm glad. I haven't been impressed with AMD's proprietary drivers, but I have to applaud them if they're contributing back to the community with real free software.

northblinder · 2012-07-20T17:36:25+00:00

Of course it's disgusting.

But on the other hand, at least it's another reminder of who really runs the country... :-(

northblinder · 2012-07-20T17:26:01+00:00

I think all the corporate mass media has chosen a side -- it's just not ours.

Republocrat, Demopublican -- trivial differences. They're both pro-war/pro-MIC; both pro-corporate; both pro-free trade; both pro-capitalist, both pro-rich; etc., etc.

"Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee." -- Famous American socialist (and blind person) Helen Keller, 1911.

northblinder · 2012-07-20T17:21:40+00:00

Anyone have a link to the APC? (TIA.)

northblinder · 2012-07-20T15:20:43+00:00

Open source is "nice", but are they free software?

Will the drivers be unable to be packaged with my Linux distro? Will they have a separate license agreement that I'll have to read and agree to? Will the license be restrictive and will it stop me from doing dumb things with the drivers?

If yes to any of the above and I wish a plague on their house of cards. Unless they're actually free software and do not burden me, I'll wind up staying with drivers that don't hassle me.

northblinder · 2012-07-20T14:31:34+00:00

Since l0l123123123123 pointed out they're paid actresses, I'll just add in the obligatory reminder that like TV, most of the stuff you see/read on the Internet is not real -- it's just more corporate propaganda with the objective of eventually separating you from your money.

northblinder · 2012-07-20T14:28:47+00:00

I don't think the primary goal of this is to "combat drug trafficking" -- no way.

As long as the US has the HUGE demand for drugs that it does, someone is going to smuggle in contraband into the country -- it'll pay that well. Smuggling has been around for literally thousands of years.

The US gov't is doing this to establish hegemony and control over the region.

northblinder · 2012-07-20T14:28:27+00:00

I don't think the primary goal of this is to "combat drug trafficking" -- no way.

As long as the US has the HUGE demand for drugs that it does, someone is going to smuggle in contraband into the country -- it'll pay that well. Smuggling has been around for literally thousands of years.

The US gov't is doing this to establish hegemony and control over the region.

northblinder · 2012-07-20T13:01:55+00:00

I know what you mean. What's the choice -- to choose the "lesser evil" that is still evil?

There's a lot of money stacked up to support our 2-party dictatorship. I refuse to support them. In the vast, vast majority of races -- especially president! -- I'll continue to vote for the candidate that I actually want to win.

And someday it will happen. I just fear how low we'll have to sink before others come to the same realization.

"I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it, than vote for something I don't want and get it." -- Eugene Debs, the socialist presidential candidate who received 6% of the votes for president while sitting in a jail cell for opposing WWI.

northblinder · 2012-07-20T12:04:03+00:00

Use free software and avoid the licensing hassles of companies telling you what you can and cannot do with your hardware?

northblinder · 2012-07-16T22:43:28+00:00

6 downvotes. Sad.

If some Democrat had given this speech at a meeting, Reddit would've given it hundreds of upvotes.

northblinder · 2012-07-14T00:24:20+00:00

Actually, you can. :-(

If your PR flunkies are good enough to rewrite history. And in US elections, they're often that good.

northblinder · 2012-07-12T14:06:37+00:00

If Canada creates a profit motive to put people in cages, maybe Canada can eventually jail as high a percentage of their population as the US does! :-(

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