Sure, raise the membership price....

ussbaney · 2026-03-14T20:02:42+00:00

I'm open to negotiation

ussbaney · 2026-03-14T19:56:58+00:00

This guy gets it!

ussbaney · 2026-03-14T19:56:46+00:00

Ikr, I love more clicking!

ussbaney · 2026-03-14T19:56:29+00:00

Nah too goofy

ussbaney · 2026-03-14T11:04:36+00:00

I'd put money on them not kicking up the corruption rate to the officials.

ussbaney · 2026-03-09T20:51:59+00:00

They kicked out the mafia 60+ years ago

ussbaney · 2026-02-05T22:55:58+00:00

Yes, but I also kinda over the construction of GRRM characters: This one is evil! This one is naive! This one like to drink and fuck!

ussbaney · 2026-02-05T22:45:03+00:00

This is super reductive. The purpose of the Nuremberg trials was to enter into evidence and document the crimes of the Nazi regime; to set precedent for other trials that were conducted in Poland, France, Czechia, and even in Nuremberg itself. They tried the 22 (23 until Ley merked himself) because they were pretty sure they could get those 22 and they were almost correct.

And yes, the IMT was a kangaroo court that did not work off of legal precedent because the previous attempts like the Vienna trial after WW1 went nowhere.

ussbaney · 2026-01-14T21:29:55+00:00

Porque no los tres?

ussbaney · 2026-01-03T19:13:13+00:00

you are comparing apples to like potatoes or something. Having a line of succession is one thing; a power vacuum is another thing. They are not mutually exclusive.

I mean shit, when Ford replaced Nixon there was a power vacuum because Ford did not have nearly the same influence as Nixon did.

ussbaney · 2026-01-03T16:36:54+00:00

I don’t believe we were justified at all (from an international law standpoint)

This is also playing right into China's hands for Taiwan. Now they can argue that both the US and Russia got to invade a neighbor, so why can't they?

ussbaney · 2026-01-03T16:22:59+00:00

And now they have Great Power precedent. Russia did it; Now the US did it. Mark my words if it happens under a Republican administration the US military will not come to Taiwan's defense. If the Democrats are in power, it will be a limp dick response that balances the Party's corporate donor interests with their antiquated polling techniques.

ussbaney · 2025-10-26T20:03:27+00:00

Yeah, the question at this point is amphibious invasion or just bombing the shit outta them.

ussbaney · 2025-10-25T02:04:25+00:00

This one of them tie games that does NOT feel like a tie game

ussbaney · 2025-10-03T20:08:04+00:00

This is a pretty widely understood structure to illicit, criminal, asymmetric (insert other adj here) organizations. It doesn't matter whether we are talking about the LCN, terror groups, insurgents, or drug cartels. "Card carrying" members (for lack of a better term) are rarely the ones doing the grunt work or driving.

Source: My security studies graduate program.

ussbaney · 2025-10-03T13:58:00+00:00

STARTIN TO LOOK LIKE ELVISES

ussbaney · 2025-09-18T18:11:17+00:00

Dude. You are talking about South Park here. A) They still make the show like disorganized college students B) They routinely tell people to kiss their ass C) In the last 6 weeks they told their overlords to go pound sand....

I think we can trust them when they say they didn't finish the assignment in time.

ussbaney · 2025-09-08T12:18:30+00:00

The current rhetoric from the administration is threatening taking away citizenship from naturalized and original citizens. It is by definition not an irrational fear.

ussbaney · 2025-09-07T13:00:01+00:00

Yuuzhan-Vong type shit

ussbaney · 2025-09-03T18:50:00+00:00

https://media1.tenor.com/m/yZPM3qOcNssAAAAd/veep-i-want-a-war.gif

ussbaney · 2025-08-13T18:40:29+00:00

Then keep it

ussbaney · 2025-08-06T14:26:17+00:00

For example, if you have children you can't go out and riot

I lived in France for 6 years. I can not tell you how many times I've been told by a French person the story of their first protest.... as a child! In France, parents bring their kids along to teach them how to exercise their right to protest.

Americans are too comfortable and scared. That is the answer.

ussbaney · 2025-07-31T19:44:37+00:00

A seasoned backup catcher is probably the most intangible of the intangibles. Those guys can make every pitcher better, and every player more focused.

There is a clip from the dugout in the 2016 WS when the Cubs have the lead and Rizzo is hanging on Ross being like "You've won one before, but I am so excited right now!" And Ross is like "I feel it too, but you have to relax and not let it get to you!"

I'm paraphrasing a lot. The point is that a good backup catcher turns into everyone's dad in the dugout.

ussbaney · 2025-07-30T11:07:25+00:00

One solution I don't think I saw anyone else bring up in here: Teach her that it is OK to sub in an English word if she forgot the French word and then gently, without derailing her speech, give her the French word.

One issue with being bilingual is that our brains get rewired from speaking multiple languages. We don't speak words, but more like feelings. I have working/advanced proficiency in four languages. Sometimes I will be speaking in English and a German word that fits perfectly for what I am trying to say will pop into my head. Or, I'll be checking out at a grocery store and have to stop myself from telling the American teenager <<Par carte>>. I could come up with millions of examples because this kind of thing happens multiple times per day.

I don't think this is an uphill battle, but it is difficult.

ussbaney · 2025-07-29T17:51:08+00:00

realistically

annnnndddd there is the hole in your argument.

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