July 2012
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More than anything I just need a cause to fight for.
June 2012
93 posts
“The exercise of military power will not enable the United States to evade the...”
– Andrew J. Bachevich, professor of International Relations and retired US Army Officer
Bacevich, Andrew J. (2008). The limits of power: The end of American exceptionalism. New York: Metropolitan Books.
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Imperial Overstretch Theory FTW!
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LOVE THIS. Thank you for...
“The exercise of military power will not enable the United States to evade the...”
– Andrew J. Bachevich, professor of International Relations and retired US Army Officer
Bacevich, Andrew J. (2008). The limits of power: The end of American exceptionalism. New York: Metropolitan Books.
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Imperial Overstretch Theory FTW!
tiefstenrot:
OH LOOK IT’S ODIN FROM THE AVENGERS PORN PARODY
NO WORDS. I can’t even.
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The texas GOP platform is like something you'd... →
But it’s for real :^(
“The role of women in Egyptian society is clear. Women’s rights are equal to men....”
– Mohamed Morsi, President-elect of Egypt (via alwaysdream)
“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something,...”
– Nora Ephron (via amandaonwriting)
sierracuse asked: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAJORS FOREVAA
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Sometimes I feel like college was a protective womb that I emerged from too soon. I have a habit for that.
“See the problem here is that you’ve become the Fox who cries wolf. Your outrage...”
– JON STEWART, on Fox “News” Channel’s faux outrage over Fast and Furious and, well, just about anything related to President Obama, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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Morsi Wins! →
Now to get parlement back in and the generals out. The Arab Spring lives!
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First playthrough of Gods and Kings. World conquest as the Celts. Sweden, France, and Spain swallowed up completely by my empire. Arabia and America left as little more than Bantustans in the midst of my empire, powerless and without recourse. hahaHaHAHAHAHAHA
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NATO response to Syrian shoot down? →
My read is this isn’t casus belli on it’s own, even if the jet was in Turkish airspace, but that this could easily lead to an escalation up to the point of armed conflict. Turkey has been the country to watch in it’s interactions with Syria this whole time; the only country that could plausibly intervene. As this article reminds us though, Turkey is a founding NATO member and an...
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shit you guys, Syria shot down a Turkish fighter yesterday. This could lead to a whole new phase of escalation. Might even be a pretense for military action against Syria if the jet was in Turkish airspace. Story developing…
socioeconomics replied to your post: I think the point being made is that concepts such as “racism” and “sexism” have been re-understood to signify the institutions that exert those power structures and thus don’t need to come with a disclaimer slapped on. Which, after all, are the “significant” forms of those prejudices.
I understand where you are coming from and have been there myself, but...
“Men are not the victims of sexism. It is impossible for a man to be the victim...”
– Commenter #51 (via theseasonofthewitch)
I understand where this poster is coming from, because anyone who complains of “reverse racism” is an idiot, but these kind of definitive overreaching statements really rub me the wrong way. I think it’s the word Impossible that really gets me. It seems like...
teteroroma asked: I think the point being made is that concepts such as "racism" and "sexism" have been re-understood to signify the institutions that exert those power structures and thus don't need to come with a disclaimer slapped on. Which, after all, are the "significant" forms of those prejudices.
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“Emperor Obama obviously could not care less about helping the Latino population....”
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Michael Reagan, resident Fox News Ronald Reagan expert, comparing Obama’s immigration policy to Jerry Sandusky’s crimes.
Today in tasteless, oddly compounded by the fact that Michael Reagan recently wrote a piece for Fox News about his own sexual abuse.
(via reallyfoxnews)
What. The. Ever....
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Great day at work. Took three Germans out in the forest and got them nearly close enough to touch the bears.
It seems so strange to me that I’m normally such a cautious person, bordering on timid and yet somehow bears bring out this daredevil in me. My heart beats faster and I’ve got a huge grin on my face and all I can say is “lets see if we can get a little closer” with...
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“Men are not the victims of sexism. It is impossible for a man to be the victim...”
– Commenter #51 (via theseasonofthewitch)
I understand where this poster is coming from, because anyone who complains of “reverse racism” is an idiot, but these kind of definitive overreaching statements really rub me the wrong way. I think it’s the word Impossible that really gets me. It seems like...
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“Men are not the victims of sexism. It is impossible for a man to be the victim...”
– Commenter #51 (via theseasonofthewitch)
I understand where this poster is coming from, because anyone who complains of “reverse racism” is an idiot, but these kind of definitive overreaching statements really rub me the wrong way. I think it’s the word Impossible that really gets...
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zaman-al-samt asked: Hey! What exactly is a WTO litigator? I've only heard about it in passing.
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Fine musings: Party Animals - political drama or... →
polyscinerd:
I finished Party Animals a couple of days ago. I really did enjoy it, but was somewhat disappointed. I felt that for a “political drama” it was seriously lacking on the political side. The drama was almost entirely driven by romantic relationships rather than politics/policy….
Well my greatest hope was for The West Wing of British politics. I feel that The West Wing was a...
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I finished Party Animals a couple of days ago. I really did enjoy it, but was somewhat disappointed. I felt that for a “political drama” it was seriously lacking on the political side. The drama was almost entirely driven by romantic relationships rather than politics/policy. Just kind of seems like the simplest/laziest form of drama. Still worth watching though, just not all I was...
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4 Myths about Drone Strikes →
Drone stikes are a pretty hot topic right now. I’ve got some pretty strong feelings about them myself, which I’ll get around to writing about at some future date. For the moment though it’s always good to get more information out there.
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“The first friends I made in Turkey told me that if I really wanted to understand...”
– Stephen Kinzer - Crescent and Star: Turkey between two worlds
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“No politician can be artificially removed from the scene. The nation raises...”
– Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who would one day serve as Prime Minister of the Turkish republic, upon being sentenced to jail for his political activism
Quoted in Stephen Kinzer’s Crescent and Star: Turkey between two worlds
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“This song is not over yet!”
– Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who would one day serve as Prime Minister of the Turkish republic, upon being sentenced to jail for his political activism.
Quoted in Stephen Kinzer’s Crescent and Star: Turkey between two worlds
“If I can’t say the word vagina, why are we legislating vaginas? What language...”
– Michigan state Representative Lisa Brown wonders why she was prohibited from using the medically correct term for her vajayjay on the House floor. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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Counting Trees to Measure Income inequality →
This is pretty fascinating you guys. This is somewhat intuitive if you think about it but it’s pretty dramatic to see it illustrated with arial photographs: The richer an area is the more trees, the poorer the fewer trees there are.
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demurely1:
polyscinerd:
I love a lot of British television, but I often feel like I’m missing a lot of the subtext. The British class system is so confusing and complicated. Here in the US it’s just about how much money you have.
Just ask!
None of the dialogue in PA is wasted. I’ll help with the subtext..
I don’t have trouble with any particular piece of dialogue, just in trying to...
