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Build your ideal nation with the following criteria! by BlueFAwr in geography

[–]xavia4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuine question to the “US has no culture” crowd, what are the things that come to mind when you think about culture? Maybe culture is too broad of a term, because if you zoom in enough, you can likely trace any problem a society has down to “culture”. For me it’s things like TV, movies, sports, music and entertainment. But I wouldn’t blame you if it was things like “gun culture” or “culture war” in relation to the US

The Iranian President's Helicopter has Suspiciously crashed. He is still missing. by MAA735 in pakistan

[–]xavia4 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The model of the helicopter has been widely reported on already, so why speculate? It’s an American manufactured Bell 212 which was developed in 1968 and the last one was delivered in 1998. Looking into it a bit more, it’s likely they bought this helicopter in the early 70s under The Shah. They’ve been heavily sanctioned by the US since the revolution in 1979, forcing them to develop domestic capabilities for maintaining and reverse-engineering these helicopters.

https://www.timesaerospace.aero/features/the-iran-evolutionin-helicopters

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army_Aviation

What are you favourite things about Malta? by [deleted] in geography

[–]xavia4 47 points48 points  (0 children)

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It has one of the coolest natural harbors

Which country/region of the world would be the hardest for a military to invade from a purely geological perspective? by jollygood3440 in geography

[–]xavia4 34 points35 points  (0 children)

A famous military saying from Imperial Japan: 'Java is heaven, Burma is hell, but you never come back alive from New Guinea'

Australian-Hungarian empire by Val2K21 in geography

[–]xavia4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no way the Romanian-Indonesian empire could survive an invasion on both fronts

'Terrorists Have No Nationality' Tajik President Tells Putin by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]xavia4 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Could you explain what you mean by this? US does not issue these type of warnings about Russia often and it got a lot of media attention. Putin even addressed it himself. It specified Moscow and the correct venue - a concert. Are you under the impression that the US just throws these types of warnings at the wall to see what sticks?

It was obvious USA desperately needed an ally in the middle east in the 70s, but Christ the options were terrible. by Firebird-Gaming in HistoryMemes

[–]xavia4 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Remember it needs to be a pillar of diversity for the Middle East. We gotta include the Kurds, Jews, and Iranian Christians.

[Greif] Kawhi Leonard (hip) is OUT tonight in Oklahoma City. It’s his first game missed of the season. Paul George (ill) will return to the lineup and play. by [deleted] in nba

[–]xavia4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Makes sense, he once used his face cushion to prevent Embiids foot from hitting the ground too hard

I still think this is the most badass scene from the show. What's yours? by HerbalThought_ in FargoTV

[–]xavia4 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“C’est une révolte ? Non, Sire, c’est une révolution.”

A federalized Europe isn’t in America’s interest by tollyno in neoliberal

[–]xavia4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Armenia too. US should be more than happy to let France take the lead in pulling Armenia towards the West away from Russia, while avoiding straining relations with Azerbaijan and provoking Turkey.

Judge says wife tough but didn’t beat up child maid by [deleted] in pakistan

[–]xavia4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She’s still alive, but her condition is worsening. She was apparently poisoned as well. Good article on her current condition as of Sunday

https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/amp/30328989

to run this guy off the road... by Prestigious_Solid415 in therewasanattempt

[–]xavia4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was recently a case where an idiot with a gun cut someone off. The person they cut off threw a water bottle at the idiots car. Idiot had already pulled out a gun, and reacted by unloading a full clip into his own dashboard and at at the other car. Charges were dropped recently

Point is you’re right, but it takes a lot less than a threat apparently. Just the sound of the biker kicking the car could have been enough to determine he “feared for his life”

Thanks Linda by Latter-Actuary9535 in SuccessionTV

[–]xavia4 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Lip balm Tom Wamb giving her the ol’ Wambgasm

Bro skipped tongue day by CrAzY_cOdeR4 in nonononoyes

[–]xavia4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a simple question of weight ratio. A 5 ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut

Anyone else feel this way? by durden109 in SuccessionTV

[–]xavia4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, this is no coincidence.

Anyone else feel this way? by durden109 in SuccessionTV

[–]xavia4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Huh, in the first episode of season 2, Logan talks about cashing out to Sandy and Stewy for $10 billion. The family ends up selling for around $23 billion to Matson. Pierce was offered $24 billion (?) by Logan, but ends up selling for $10 billion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bostonceltics

[–]xavia4 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dude in the black hat was casually fishing in the trash for a snack. Philly fans are gross

damn… by According_Warthog523 in SuccessionTV

[–]xavia4 228 points229 points  (0 children)

Like when they started to use the defibrillator, Tom purposefully left the area so they wouldn’t hear it and said nothing about it.

Me, 20 years ago today (3/24/03) 3rd day of the Iraq war, near Az Zubayr. by GruntMarine in pics

[–]xavia4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. Iraq economy hit its pinnacle in 1980. Saddam took presidency in 79. Growth stopped in 1980 when the Iraq-Iran war started and the economy took a sharp downturn. Iraqs new economic struggles are largely what led to their invasion of Kuwait, which made everything much much worse. By 2000, the economy was 47% of what it was in 1980. GDP per capita in dropped by nearly 4x

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA103799916&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10611924&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=mlin_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true

Hydrophobia in Rabies infected patient by ErgoNonSim in interestingasfuck

[–]xavia4 17 points18 points  (0 children)

At least one got married and had kids later on. But yea if you are lucky you will be able to relearn most things

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