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U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with Ghosn escape from Japan

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Post by vkou »

hhs wrote: post #229
DevX101 wrote: post #31

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Here's the original interview [1]. He was trying to explain that he was looking for a wife that was resourceful. But since explaining what he meant by 'resourceful' was difficult he gave the example that his ideal wife should be able to get him out of prison in another country. [1] https://www.wired.com/1999/03/bezos-3/

This was a neat piece, wow, especially considering it was published more than 20 years ago. Quite prescient when the author writes: “If Jeff Bezos's vision comes true, here's how you'll shop in 2020: The vast bulk of store-bought goods - food staples, paper products, cleaning supplies, and the like - you will order electronically. Some physical storefronts will survive, but they'll have to offer at least one of two t…

Prior to COVID-19, 86% of retail in 2020 was still brick and mortar.

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Post by erik_seaberg »

Ill_ban_myself wrote: post #240
unhomedcoder wrote: post #199

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Internationa... . the State Dept would be the last entity on Earth who i would approach for help in a foreign hostage situation. just ask Kayla Mueller's parents. after CIA gave ISIS over $1 BILLION worth of weapons, the Obama State Dept threatened to charge Kayla's parents with Material Support of Terrorism if they paid the ransom to ISIS to free their daughter. ISIS w…

What is this "honk honk"? I've seen it lots of places. Might just be baader meinhoff, but I first encountered it in Chicago where aggressive drivers are constantly honking but its commonplace practice to give two loud honks on your car horn coming out of alleyways letting pedestrians know you don't intend to stop and slowly approach but instead are barrel assing out of the alley and don't give a shit if you kill some…

> This meme, like many others, has been effectively used to show that small communities online can trick mainstream media into reporting the idea that benign things (milk, the OK hand sign) are actually a secret racial symbol.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/bbyhxz/what_i...

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Post by adamsmark »

Ill_ban_myself wrote: post #240
unhomedcoder wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Internationa... . the State Dept would be the last entity on Earth who i would approach for help in a foreign hostage situation. just ask Kayla Mueller's parents. after CIA gave ISIS over $1 BILLION worth of weapons, the Obama State Dept threatened to charge Kayla's parents with Material Support of Terrorism if they paid the ransom to ISIS to free their daughter. ISIS w…

What is this "honk honk"? I've seen it lots of places. Might just be baader meinhoff, but I first encountered it in Chicago where aggressive drivers are constantly honking but its commonplace practice to give two loud honks on your car horn coming out of alleyways letting pedestrians know you don't intend to stop and slowly approach but instead are barrel assing out of the alley and don't give a shit if you kill some…

"honk honk" is an alt-right meme. It refers to clown world or the fact that current politics, the zeitgeist or how the world works is clownish.

I have only ever seen "honk honk" used when referring to issues involving Islam, racial minorities or the treatment of women.

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Post by eloisius »

alasdair_ wrote: post #193
eloisius wrote: post #127

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I met a guy at NewSpace several years ago and we were talking about the role of the US military in space exploration. I was expressing my wariness of a militarized space force, the possibility of us ending up under a military junta, etc, but he was less worried. He kept making the point that mercenaries were the norm in the past and that the US military actually has an incredible record for never seizing control. He…

> the US military actually has an incredible record for never seizing control. I wonder if the civil war counts here.

This is a good point. After the conclusion of the war, 10 former Confederate states were placed under military rule. However, I believe that happened under the command of civilian leaders. Whether or not they had legitimate authority to do so is a different debate, but I don't think it was the military acting of its own accord.

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

bb611 wrote: post #210
rsynnott wrote: post #190

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> and banging foreigners Wait, what?

Pretty sure GP is talking about restricted/banned activities for government workers and contractors with clearances: - You may not smoke marijuana - it violates federal law. - You are required to regularly report on close contact with foreign nationals, though I'm not sure a casual hookup meets that criteria. But if you're in an ongoing sexual relationship with a foreign national the Feds will want to know.

Can't leave the country without permission.

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Post by jariel »

blantonl wrote: post #63

It's been extremely disturbing to see how much the culture of special operations military has changed in the past 20 years. Previously, Navy Seal and Green Berets operated in silent, keeping the sausage making of military special operations quiet and secret, just doing their duty. Now, it seems like every Navy SEAL now publically writes a book, sponsors a coffee line, or slaps their name, likeness and story all over…

It's definitely not every seal.

Moreover, it's not really them, it's the media landscape.

Imagine if after retiring from a life of duty in which you were paid peanuts, someone offered you $2M for some stories. Which really were benign anyhow? How can we ask people to 'not tell anyone about their adventures'. It's a tiny bit of a paradox. At least they are not Kardashians.

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Post by ipsin »

Ill_ban_myself wrote: post #240
unhomedcoder wrote: post #199

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Internationa... . the State Dept would be the last entity on Earth who i would approach for help in a foreign hostage situation. just ask Kayla Mueller's parents. after CIA gave ISIS over $1 BILLION worth of weapons, the Obama State Dept threatened to charge Kayla's parents with Material Support of Terrorism if they paid the ransom to ISIS to free their daughter. ISIS w…

What is this "honk honk"? I've seen it lots of places. Might just be baader meinhoff, but I first encountered it in Chicago where aggressive drivers are constantly honking but its commonplace practice to give two loud honks on your car horn coming out of alleyways letting pedestrians know you don't intend to stop and slowly approach but instead are barrel assing out of the alley and don't give a shit if you kill some…

Google search suggests it has "4chan racist troll" origins, but I'm hoping the origin for this poster was more innocuous.

[1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clown-pepe-honk-honk-clown-wo...

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Post by kilroy123 »

Mirioron wrote: post #107
eloisius wrote: post #89

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This is also how Los Zetas formed. A bunch of elite soldiers figured out they could make a lot more money as enforcers for drug cartels.

If you think about it, it's a bit odd that there are so few mercenaries in this day and age. When you look back on history then from what I can tell, mercenaries were much more common.

I personally know a merc, so they're more common than you think.

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Post by bitcurious »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #110
md2020 wrote: post #97

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That doesn't work forever. Name an honourable war conducted by the US military since 1946.

Check out living standards in North Korea vs. South Korea. Taiwan vs. China. Western Europe vs. Eastern Europe.

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Post by [deleted] »

unhomedcoder wrote: post #199
psychometry wrote: post #41

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Pretty sure all you need are high-level State Department contacts, not necessarily "a very particular set of skills", so to speak.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Internationa... . the State Dept would be the last entity on Earth who i would approach for help in a foreign hostage situation. just ask Kayla Mueller's parents. after CIA gave ISIS over $1 BILLION worth of weapons, the Obama State Dept threatened to charge Kayla's parents with Material Support of Terrorism if they paid the ransom to ISIS to free their daughter. ISIS w…

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