Ultracrepidarian infantrist
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Infantry, ISR, arms control, international relations.
Compulsive reader of non-fiction books. Successfully building an exaggerated anti-library.
Infantry, ISR, arms control, international relations.
Compulsive reader of non-fiction books. Successfully building an exaggerated anti-library.
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4/ A former pre-trial detainee named Vadim has posted a video in which he describes how the prisoners were treated. He says they were immediately tortured and had their living conditions made unbearable, before being presented with a dildo and an unsigned contract.
May 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
4/ A former pre-trial detainee named Vadim has posted a video in which he describes how the prisoners were treated. He says they were immediately tortured and had their living conditions made unbearable, before being presented with a dildo and an unsigned contract.
Sadly too good to be true... :-( www.reuters.com/article/worl...
Fact check: Trump did not call Republicans “the dumbest group of voters”
An old quote falsely attributed to Donald Trump has recently resurfaced online. The viral meme alleges Trump told People magazine in 1998 that Republicans are “the dumbest group of voters in the country”. This is false.
www.reuters.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Sadly too good to be true... :-( www.reuters.com/article/worl...
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” Hannah Arendt
March 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” Hannah Arendt
Doesn’t seem like there is an education system to defund in the first place.
March 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Doesn’t seem like there is an education system to defund in the first place.
What these men in fact mean when they complain about "interference with national sovereignty” is actually "interference with my shady business".
Their real goal is to establish extractive institutions, as described by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social. news.mit.edu/2012/why-nat...
Their real goal is to establish extractive institutions, as described by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social. news.mit.edu/2012/why-nat...
All the difference in the world
In new book, economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson assert that above all else, political institutions — not culture or natural resources — determine the wealth of nations.
news.mit.edu
March 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What these men in fact mean when they complain about "interference with national sovereignty” is actually "interference with my shady business".
Their real goal is to establish extractive institutions, as described by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social. news.mit.edu/2012/why-nat...
Their real goal is to establish extractive institutions, as described by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social. news.mit.edu/2012/why-nat...