SurelySerious

I was 80% sure it was going to be one of those Rick rolls you cant exit out of...just like the war in Afghanistan.

This is why I find Kaepernick to have so much hubris when he says “we” as if speaking for all people of color. With that frame, it’s entertaining to see a direct contradiction and a nice reminder that the world isn’t just what’s hot in the news. Summary: -If white supremacy is such a “problem” he’s done pretty well for himself -Quotes Booker T Washington as saying those who profit from racism are those keeping it alive (very similar to views/words of Thomas Sowell) -He received a metric shit ton of money from Nike for his “cause,” would be reduced to irrelevance if not for activism

Some analysis on mission creep; I’ve long thought this the problem. What was the desired end state? https://www.csis.org/analysis/tell-me-how-ends-military-advice-strategic-goals-and-forever-war-afghanistan

I don’t know, but sounds presumptuous to say “we,” as if he is the official spokesperson for all Black people.

Multiplying by Zero: Our Afghanistan policies may be insurmountably antithetical to Afghan culture And we knew it at least nine years ago. Edit: posted in the Read File in 2011 by Learjetter, I take no credit for discovering it.

Checks, and is about the only thing I can imagine Liz Cheney chalking up.

What has been the measurable performance over the last 19 years?

And Guam DEFINITELY hasn’t had a Covid problem recently. I feel dirty using the commercialized JQP as source material.

Would also belong in WTF thread. Jeez.

Somewhat, but for instance when I listen to what Bernie describes when he figuratively points to “Nordic model” and Sweden, his words are not what they have in Sweden. Maybe that’s my perception.

Allegedly, but it was a not-well-thought-out Frankenstein; also no floor debate happened on a what, several thousand page sweeping bill? Maybe next time we should actually legislate. There’s a decent write up about how Germany and the Netherlands do their public-private healthcare in today’s WSJ. Pretty thought provoking, I think. https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-will-transform-health-insurance-as-we-know-it-11593179876?st=12zkdvi47pbisy7&reflink=article_copyURL_share

*homogenous population, I think what you meant there. Who knows what relationships the Swedes are up to, though.

I’ll probably butcher this, read about it a few months ago, but Sweden went hard socialist economic policy and by the late 90s ish they made a hard course correction to a capitalist economic system because their country was in danger of collapsing. Still recovering if you will. When people point to Sweden, they’re not a socialist economic structure anymore. They’re probably on par or more strictly capitalist than the US in some ways. Ruthless capitalism in article below, but because of their error in trying to implement socialist economic structures. https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-bernie-sanders-is-wrong-about-sweden-11566596536

It is the same Europe where just, what, five years ago Putin walked into someone else’s territory and said, “this is mine now.” There’s still a big threat there.

That's one technique.

Olive Branch MS was pretty smooth a few years ago.

Trend since 2011 at least in that community, unfortunately.

AETC/AFPC as another RPA dude figures out their plan to meet the timeline by eventually reducing the syllabus to Mavis Beacon.

True, but some afman nazi would still try chiefing you for using them.

Limey.

I’ve got both side by side in my closet and the only difference to me seems to be the hue. Same material/makeup. However there was an AF wide materials test for new bags about a year ago. Unknown outcome.

I’m pretty surprised that all of Biden’s strategy so far has been “At least I’m not Trump” (which is about the only paraphrase I can make of his speeches) after Hillary’s lack of success with “But I’m not Trump.”

So if having anti bodies doesn’t necessarily help, why are we waiting on a vaccine?

There was a blog post on SIPR about it. Needless to say it was more complicated than being reliant on missiles. Well aware, have actually read the data...just making a top gun joke.