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Three years on from the Jan. 6 insurrection, a good time for a reminder that insurrections have always looked like they did on Jan 6 and are only farcical until they work.
And that insurrectionists tend to keep trying until they succeed or are stopped.
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This is actually a fair question.
The short version is: the USA wrote the rules of the international system after WWII in ways that benefit us, including the average American.
Consequently, defending the system is good for Joe Taxpayer.
The long answer is longer! 1/
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Professional armies should take on risk to protect civilians, the IDF has proven its complete disregard to how many civilians are killed to nominally reduce risk to troops. Hiding behind difficulties operating in Gaza ignores the systematic disregard for civilians we are seeing.
The uncomfortable, ongoing truth is that the battlefield geography of Gaza means that any operation in Gaza, however targeted it may be, would turn into what we see unfolding today, Raphael S. Cohen writes. foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/13…
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4/ But we have seen how this centralised decision making in Russia and China has not led to good outcomes. The tension inherent in democratic civil-military relations can be painful but leads to better (and more creative) long-term solutions if all actors have input.
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KOKO: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
i read a post about the vision pro so dumb I think its actually the virus from snow crash. I cant stop thinking about it. im go insane
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And it may seem silly to talk about this in terms of comic book movies, but the stories we tell are how we prepare each generation to manage the transitions in our lives.
A popular culture with nothing but 'eternal heroes' is both a stating and creating a society's values. 7/
It’s sad seeing the British cargo-cult hats like this. They think by wearing hats they will also get a bondi beach. What they don’t understand is they also have to wear a rashy and sunscreen


















