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The US public made the mistake of thinking they could keep the beast of capitalism tamed. China claims that even though there are capitalists, there is no capitalist class. This doesn’t look good for China’s socialist goals.

The nerve of CNBC to use the word “hoarding” and and not mention the actual cause of the problem being the declining wealth of the median household relative to wealth hoarders.

Because understanding that the cause is poverty encourages everyone who understands it to focus on solving poverty. Poverty should not be allowed. If there was no poverty in the US there would be less of an incentive to do desperate things such as join a gang of any size.

This is a pretty conservative take. Does OP understand why someone living in desperate circumstances would join their local gang, or why they would choose a much larger and much more powerful gang like the military? Does OP understand the difference between explaining why a bad thing happens versus excusing that thing?

I don’t think adults should give heroin to vulnerable children and traffic them into sexual slavery either, but the reason that’s happening isn’t because a bunch of heroin selling hobbyists decided to be as evil as possible for fun, it happens because of economic context producing survival-orientated people who behave ruthlessly for their own self interests. People making anti-social livings probably wouldn’t have chosen the road they’re on if they had the opportunity to have a comfortable life doing something safe. A lot of the time they were conned into it in the first place and can’t get out. Nothing justifies murder, but to stop the murders you have to understand the context of why they’re happening.

Joining the military is not ok. Trying to understand why a kid would be think it’s ok to kill people overseas and then willingly do it is ok.

Cynics are dupes who are easily utilized by the forces which deliberately made them cynical. The foundation of conservative politics.

Going to the gym is way easier than the infinite treadmill of trying to fix relationship which was never going to work. Having a stronger body helps to deal with the physical symptoms of trauma too. It can build confidence because working hard in the gym yields rewards but working too hard backfires. You have to listen to your own body and your own feelings rather than have them dictated to you by a toxic partner, or it won’t work.

That is quite a headline. I just got on but that’s already enough internet for today.

The Republicans need pedophile votes, so they legally protect pedophilic behavior.

The classic method of murdering random innocent people and claiming they deserved to die for whatever reason after they’re dead. Conservatives fall for it every single time.

Deadly weapons are not toys. They are for killing, not for playing with. Anyone who doesn’t understand this should not have access to deadly weapons of any kind period. They especially should not be in command of the actual military. Back to kindergarten for anyone on the chain of command who OK’d this.

As an alumni of these exact progams under threat, this is utterly shameful. One of the world’s centers of academic learning is being put to the torch by bookburners.

International politics are pretty complicated.

I have finally rediscovered my love for cooking. Here’s what I do:

1. Don’t follow the recipe. The chef can’t write and the writer can’t cook. A lot of it is nonsense. If you think you know better, you do.

2. Do whatever you want. Don’t oversalt it or burn it and everything else can be fixed with more cookery.

3. Don’t cook for 2 hours unless you are having fun goofing around in the kitchen for 2 hours or are making a holiday dish everyone’s been wanting all year.

4. Learn all the shortcuts and try your own.

5. Eat while you’re cooking to see if it’s the way you want it and use all those spices and sauces to see what they do.

6. Easy mode: To make anything delicious, add salt, oil/fat, and acid. That will make everything but burned or oversalted stuff into edible. Also, pepper is somehow underrated despite being everywhere and in everything.

7. Don’t eat it in 10 minutes. You won’t digest it properly and it will add to your stress rather than relieving it. Take your time eating; the people making you rush are the problem not the food.

Agreed. It evokes a whole story. Either the Paladin is so overcommitted to their work to such a degree that they are willing to go on dangerous adventures or the society is so legalistic it’s the Paladin’s duty to accompany their cases wherever they go without exceptions. Alternatively, maybe the Paladin wanted to be an adventurer anyway to escape their boring life as a parole officer and found just such a situation that they can fufill their desires and duties at the same time.

If this is her motivation it’s extremely encouraging. So many elected Democrats have demonstrated their cowardice consistently for many years. If the cowardly move is now to yield to voter pressure rather than to donor pressure it can only be a good thing.

The Financial Times. It’s the newspaper used by capitalists the world over for reliable business news which they can use to inform their business decisions. It can’t be bullshit or very powerful people would lose a lot of money. I look over a few news sites every day and pretty consistently the first several contain what capitalists want you to know and the FT is what the capitalists themselves want to know. They assume their audience is capitalists so there isn’t any need for bullshit propaganda, just the real business news. It’s probably the most objective look into the events which will end up driving the rest of the news. The opinion columns are predictable though, being a capitalist circle-jerk.

Edit: The site is paywalled and subscriptions are deliberately more expensive than the average person can afford. I like archive.ph .

Too often this option is presented by people who are deliberately manipulating you and causing you to think that you only have the two choices which each benefit them and neither you. Always consider who is offering this choice and why. The true lesser evil here is whatever you have to do to get out of the situation where this choice is being presented to you.

Kirk had a pretty animated speaking style, which is what I meant by moving. He could have leaned forward, backward, or turned which may not have affected him being hit at all but would definitely affect whether his vitals were hit. It looks like the shooter waited until it seemed he would not move this way. You’re right though. The more I learn about it the more it seems like the shot placement wasn’t exactly intentional and the deadliness of the shot wasn’t assured. I have heard that it was windy that day, but not more than an experienced Utah deer hunter would be able to account for. My argument was only intended to support that the shooter was skilled whether their skill was from hunting or otherwise.

The shooter’s setup and escape seem to me to be more professional, but this sense of mine is more from contrasting other assassinations and attempts I’m aware of. This one is appears far more informed and effective than average. The escape into a field itself wasn’t special, but planning and knowing a good spot to shoot from and be likely to escape from is what I’m looking at. They could have gotten lucky of course.

The two captured suspects are also suspicious. The first one arrested was shouting that he was the shooter and to arrest him, while the other suspect was walking around with a pellet gun. These could also be coincidences but they definitely helped distract the searchers.

Good point. I edited it for clarity.