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Comment #45557806
> This was a deliberate strike targeting a known American citizen in a country with which the US was not at war (Yemen), for accusations of terrorism. I never understood this argum…
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Comment #45553178
You should know that Mexican steel was circumspect for years after this, with shipments regularly being checked at the border for contamination.
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Comment #45547214
> C89 variable declarations from the start of functions Technically it's the start of a block.
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Comment #45465567
> only fascists Do you think it's fair to characterize every rightwing populist as a "fascist?"
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Comment #45400316
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Comment #45382467
> memetic terrorist From what I can tell, Jones, who's been on the air in some capacity since the mid 90s, has only two significant "IRL" incidents directly attributable to him: th…
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Comment #45382291
> Alex Jones is “real” or just a character It's a bit of both, I think. He's clearly learned that behaving in certain ways garners him more attention (which he craves), especially …
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Comment #45375478
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Comment #45370705
> Also, right wing actors including Kirk himself were promoting violence for years already I'm specifically referring to the left's acceptance of violence in response to political …
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Comment #45370401
The problem with this essay (besides DHH's hyperbolic prose, e.g., "woke orthodoxies") is that DHH, not having grown up in the US, doesn't realize that the normalization of violenc…
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Comment #45367725
> I should move away from the US now. I don't think that's necessary, but it might give you some perspective. Perhaps you'll appreciate America more after spending some time away f…
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Comment #45367703
> Here’s what I think is going to happen. The next ACIP meeting is scheduled for late October. A few days before the meeting, the agenda will be posted. MMR will be on the agenda. …
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Comment #45367567
> Is unlimited immigration really popular among the far left? That this is being memory-holed, much like the ill-conceived bilingual education initiatives of the 90s, is actually a…
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Comment #45293035
> Some parents are net negatives in said life. Yeah, some --but probably not theirs. I guarantee a lot of them will have a tragic change of heart after their parents are gone.
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Comment #45292984
My guess is these progressives are so used to eating their own and purity spiraling, that they just assume it must come as naturally to conservatives as it does to them. How they r…
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Comment #45292714
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Comment #45289999
> unhinged leftists You only get one mom and dad, and estranging yourselves from them over political disagreements (common on reddit) seems fairly unhinged to me. And I was just tr…
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Comment #45287487
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Comment #45283140
> It just baffles me that people think they can say things that "turn up the heat" I don't think that's an accurate characterization of his statements, even if what he did say was …
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Comment #45282700
You're ascribing special significance to Russell having held a position, rather than the position's own merits, which is bizarre given how frequently Russell was known to change hi…
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Comment #45276547
Of what? Both the OP and those who've responded largely have an air of > SEE? as if the letter's current relevance is obvious. Are they implying Russell, a noted pacifist incarcera…
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Comment #45266737
I'm not a woman, but I wonder how necessary pap smears (one of the most invasive procedures to which women are routinely subjected) are if everyone's vaccinated against HPV? https:…
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Comment #45260385
It's really too bad they couldn't make POWER work as a mainstream, viable alternative to x86 or Arm.