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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. — Abraham Lincoln

NuttBoxer says

Don't tell me you wanted MORE imperialist intervention in SE Asia!?

The only reason the US was in Vietnam is that the US promised Vietnam independence if Vietnam fought on the side of the Allies. After WWII, France didn't want to lose their colony, so they convinced the US to break their promise, and later on France was refusing to join NATO unless the US helped them keep Vietnam a colony.

That's how we got drawn in.

I think if it was so damned important to bring France into NATO, we should have overthrown France. They weren't going to fight anyhow, the reason France lost so quickly to Germany is that most Frenchmen didn't give a damned about which government dominated them, and they all remembered WWI.

richwicks says

If you really care for your pets, you grieve for them eternally. It sucks they live such a short life.

All dogs go to heaven. (The thought is comforting) Their lives are short so we treat them special. We are not there for them as much as they are there for us.

richwicks says

That's how we got drawn in.

Not according to Kissinger or McNamara. It was all about "stopping Communism" falling dominos, .

Funny, we still have people that fall for the commie boogyman today, supporting whatever atrocities the MIC commits.

Investment managers are nothing more than fortune tellers or astrologers who are dragging money out of their clients’ accounts.- Charlie Munger

All societies discourage and penalize ideas and writings that threaten the ruling status quo. – Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals

gabbar says

All societies discourage and penalize ideas and writings that threaten the ruling status quo. – Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals

This is true and that actually is in the book, on page 23:

https://monoskop.org/images/4/4d/Alinsky_Saul_D_Rules_for_Radicals_A_Practical_Primer_for_Realistic_Radicals.pdf

People often attribute quotes to Alinsky that he never said. I'd recommend people read Rules for Radicals, or I can give you an audiobook of it if you like, or you can get it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGI8vHXWaPs

Mine is just an MP3 rip of that file.

I don't have much respect for Alinsky, but he's not entirely a moron. The book is about basically working within the system in order to modify it. I don't think Alinsky would approve of what we have now, and it's really the system working against the public, as it always has been. The system corrupted the people that entered it, they didn't reform it.

Alinsky was also a major hypocrite, so take anything he's EVER said or written with a grain of salt, and consider he may have an ulterior motive in what he promotes.

That is a great story, but I have read it before in 50 year old books.

HeadSet says

That is a great story, but I have read it before in 50 year old books.

I also don't believe it. I would have immediately picked up there was something wrong when the kid said "goodbye" to his parents, and I'm a social retard.

The first thing a doctor does with a kid, at least in my experience, is to assure you nothing will go wrong.

I think you're right.

richwicks says

the system working against the public

THIS. I didn't see this coming. Most people in the world didn't see this coming.

Human beings are vicious creatures - Jordan Peterson
You’re all in a cult. No, you are. - Jordan Peterson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnTFpCemVrA

The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days. I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; WE FOUGHT OURSELVES. And the enemy was in us. The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days. As I'm sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called possession of my soul. There are times since, I've felt like the child born of those two fathers. But, be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again, to teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life." - Platoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p25bS4VXYq8

You can take the man out of the war but you can’t take the war out of the man

“95% of the experts on the USDA nutrition guidelines committee receive personal payments from food and or pharma companies.” - Calley Means

gabbar says

I think he is pefectly entitled to kill the man who raped him.

Patrick says

gabbar says

I think he is pefectly entitled to kill the man who raped him.

This is when justice in Saudi Arabian style is appropriate.

Big pharma, big food, big restaurants, big fast food restaurants....don't want you to know this


Source: https://slaynews.com/news/zero-amish-children-diagnosed-cancer-diabetes-autism/

https://notthebee.com/article/these-folks-coming-together-to-hilariously-reenact-the-massive-montgomery-riverfront-brawl-is-the-stuff-martin-luther-king-jr-dreamed-of

These folks coming together to hilariously reenact Saturday's Montgomery riverfront brawl is the stuff of MLK Jr's dreams

... But honestly, I hope the hilarious reenactment trend catches on; that was amazing, American, and more entertaining than anything coming out of Hollywood these days!

gabbar says

Source: https://slaynews.com/news/zero-amish-children-diagnosed-cancer-diabetes-autism/

Just remember, this was true in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000's, 2010's, and not a single group though to report on this or to investigate on it.

Big pharma is dangerous and deadly. I knew people that worked in that field, they have no idea.

The Amish are not type 2 diabetic because they are not obese. That's about all there is to that one.

I expect they do get some cancers.

I'm pretty sure vaccines are linked to autism though.

I know here in WNY, the Shriners are active in helping Amish with transportation and funding for hospital visits. The outrageous medical fees are really hitting the Amish hard.

Some blather I found about cancer and the Amish via Brave search:

The age-adjusted cancer incidence rate for all cancers among Amish adults is 60% of the age-adjusted rate for Ohio and 56% of the national rate. Tobacco-related cancers in Amish adults are 37% of the rate for Ohio adults, and non-tobacco-related cancers are 72% of the rate for Ohio adults.0 The Amish are protected against many types of cancer through their lifestyle, limited sexual partners, and genes that may reduce their susceptibility to cancer.4 However, Amish and Hutterites have unusually high rates of breast cancer and juvenile leukemia. A study published in the journal Cancer Causes and Control found virtually no instances of cancer among the Amish population of Holmes County, Ohio.

I'm going to try to include a positive meme with a message that helps to fill the void in people's souls. That void is currently exploited by the woke and Homo-globo Incorporated. But a positive view of the future would fill it much better and give people resistance to those evils.

Who can't love a dog? Just wonderful creatures.

Hope you get to dance like this.

Like tracer fire, small deeds are a two way street.

“I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.”― Christopher Hitchens

gabbar says

Hope you get to dance like this.

I play in a band, and I always tell the rest "Play music that the honeys' like - they will attract the men, who will pay for the drinks, that will make the bar money, that will be pleased with the band, and will book the band again and pay them more money." Good tunes -> hoochies dancing -> good bar business -> bar likes band and gets more gigs.

stereotomy says

I play in a band, and I always tell the rest "Play music that the honeys' like - they will attract the men, who will pay for the drinks, that will make the bar money, that will be pleased with the band, and will book the band again and pay them more money." Good tunes -> hoochies dancing -> good bar business -> bar likes band and gets more gigs.

At least play music that is relevant, and doesn't just appeal to the cows and sheep.

Most recent figures from 2022 has 66.1% of the population owning their primary residence. A new record.