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Don't forget Eisenhower's original wording described it as the military-industrial-congressional complex. The KC-X would be flying if the original contract to EADS had not been scu…

I didn't break any guidelines. I didn't introduce this topic and a one-word insult is within normal bounds of civility.

Small arms are used to gain large arms. That's how it always works.

While perpetuating ignorant propaganda. No one speaking against it helps bullshit spread.

George Zimmerman is the man who was subjected to a media-fueled outrage campaign after lethally defending himself against an oversized thug who was on top of him and pounding his s…

Calling something or someone "disappointing" or "problematic" is how these people evade enumerating arguments while still attempting to establish themselves as intellectually super…

Don't worry - it isn't.

Sounds like WordFence. Email notifications are configurable. Turning off most of them is advisable. I've had trouble with users with nominally static IP addresses changing with suf…

Doesn't that break admin-ajax.php access? It sits behind /wp-admin/. WordPress recommends allowing access when using IP whitelists. Apache: # Allow access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.ph…

In case you aren't just playing along: He's making a joke about braces.

ULA's reasoning was pretty straightforward. The main reason they dropped out of the competition is because the bidding was to be decided largely on price, The reason they had to dr…

They work but there has to be a commitment to seeing things through no matter the extent of the ensuing carnage, something most western countries have lost their stomach for. See: …

The slave trade had stopped years ago, and the pirate activity, while not over, was way down. Thanks to military defeats at the hands of Americans, English, and Dutch.

One example of an extremely sucessful, multicultural society is Singapore. So that's one. And one overseen and enforced by an autocrat.

Context: It was French colonization that put an end to the predations of the Barbary pirates and the Arab slave trade.

Breed.

You will find no dispute from me as to whether banks actually do restrict themselves to limiting their credit creation to a ratio of their deposits. But that is how it is supposed …

The mechanics are incorrect but he has the general idea of the benefit banks accrue from each additional deposited dollar.

What argument is there to be had with someone who will not even admit the elimination of the ritual immolation of widows as a salutary benefit of colonial rule? There's clearly no …

We don't determine "poverty" by living conditions but income. As someone who tries to "earn" as little as possible for tax-protest reasons, I can vouch for the parent commenter's s…

The topic was the banning of Sati. It was just one example of the benefits of British rule. That it is such a salutary example is why I mentioned it. You are welcome to keep crying…

On the funny end of the scale, I've seen five page static websites with a landing page, a few info pages and a form done with WP. Unbelievable. Are developers that lazy today that …

It is amusing to see English-speaking Indians pulling down healthy salaries working in the American tech sector so adamant about the evils of British colonialism and how much it al…

None of the other sensible men like Napier gave such a pithy and powerful quote on the topic.

What utter nonsense. Do the Romans likewise owe reparations to the Turks, French, Spanish, and English?