Had Pogues tickets, and then it got better: www.stripes.com/news/1991-11...
From the Stars and Stripes archives: The Pogues switch front men without dropping a beat
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December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Had Pogues tickets, and then it got better: www.stripes.com/news/1991-11...
“Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 square miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the Earth's landmass"
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 square miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the Earth's landmass"
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Exactly. Coddling them is not helping them or anyone else, and makes things worse for others.
Hard times are war, depression, tyranny. Not "I saw on my smartphone that people I don't know are reading books at a library in another town at a voluntary family event that I didn't attend." FFS.
Hard times are war, depression, tyranny. Not "I saw on my smartphone that people I don't know are reading books at a library in another town at a voluntary family event that I didn't attend." FFS.
I can understand, even if I disagree, why French wants to try and empathize with the concerns of these RW culture war types. But that empathy is just reinforcing their whiny, spoiled attitude when what they need to be told is to grow the fuck up, those aren’t real problems.
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Exactly. Coddling them is not helping them or anyone else, and makes things worse for others.
Hard times are war, depression, tyranny. Not "I saw on my smartphone that people I don't know are reading books at a library in another town at a voluntary family event that I didn't attend." FFS.
Hard times are war, depression, tyranny. Not "I saw on my smartphone that people I don't know are reading books at a library in another town at a voluntary family event that I didn't attend." FFS.
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I don't know what to say to make you understand that, however many handcrafted chair makers there are, there are many many more chair marketers and wood sourcers and distribution managers and all the other email jobs you need to put chairs under asses
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don't know what to say to make you understand that, however many handcrafted chair makers there are, there are many many more chair marketers and wood sourcers and distribution managers and all the other email jobs you need to put chairs under asses
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It is more than a little bit insane to recall that the foundational structure that makes this happen is that modern post-industrial economies are so insanely productive that this sort of dedicated scam compound makes economic sense in countries with weaker economies and institutions.
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It is more than a little bit insane to recall that the foundational structure that makes this happen is that modern post-industrial economies are so insanely productive that this sort of dedicated scam compound makes economic sense in countries with weaker economies and institutions.
Not to mention the Battle of Britain probably looks different with 1k more German experienced airmen and planes.
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Not to mention the Battle of Britain probably looks different with 1k more German experienced airmen and planes.