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True story: the CIA station I worked at in Europe had an enormous, wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling World Map because even career intelligence officers often had no idea where Country X was located.
The number of new arrivals who confused Sweden and Switzerland would astonish you. twitter.com/SameeraKhan/st…
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In times of trouble, take comfort in knowing that the ol' proxy-war-via-arming-and-militarizing-random-populations strategy is definitely not the kind of short-sighted policy that everybody will soon regret.
It is simply the road to peace.
independent.co.uk/news/long_read…
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people seriously discussing the footwear of candy mascots
804
Like, come on, guys. Be productive with your time.
805
I'm just imagining some dude spending his last moments on earth drafting an unfinished tweet about M&Ms. Carpe diem.
806
Hør, det her bør være en skrigende rød alarm for alle om, at noget er helt galt... *Pressen* er efterretningstjenesten for et frit samfund.
politiken.dk/indland/art858…
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Det er sjældent, at jeg argumenterer imod kriminelle anklager for efterretningschefer, men regeringen bør aldrig have lov til at underminere offentlighedens ret til at vide.
politiken.dk/indland/art858…
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Starting to realize how much "expert" coverage of a place is authored by people who haven't lived there in decades—if they ever lived there at all—and don't understand it.
It's like listening to a guy who sells watches on the street seriously explain how to build a time machine.
809
No wonder we have foreign policy problems.
812
Two men posture over who is the toughest. Pressured by fear of the leering crowd's judgment, they refuse to negotiate, instead swearing ever-deeper vows as to the pain that is coming.
There are no victors.
814
This is not a drill. twitter.com/matthew_d_gree…
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Suppose this explains the sudden interest in war. twitter.com/jessicaelgot/s…
816
Somebody sounds nervous. twitter.com/AFP/status/148…
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Yeah, China censoring the ending of Fight Club was bad but at least they left Star Wars alo—oh
#ChinaEditChallenge
818
(Yes, the Star Wars thing is a parody, but the Fight Club thing is real.)
theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/…
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btw I made this terrible edit myself (thanks, @openshot!), so you can repost it without anybody getting mad at you except some censorship office in China, the copyright police, and Disney—which, you know... same same. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
820
Think about the worst economic injustice you've ever seen.
Think about how much it would cost to make better.
And then think about the T R I L L I O N dollar budget bastards like this get Congress to rob from the nation *every year.* twitter.com/nick_cleveland…
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And if you think the profligate military spending Eisenhower us warned against amounts to less than < $1,000,000,000,000.00/year based on the headline figure from defense bills, I have some bad news:
thenation.com/article/archiv…
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Nobody has stronger opinions about Joe Rogan than people who have never listened to Joe Rogan.
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The idea that people are, like, emerging from their deep caves, eyes blinking against the harshness of a sun whose touch they have never known, on a quest to seek specific medical advice from the glory of a white-robed Rogan is, perhaps, just the slightest bit forced. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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I mean, just look at the logo. Which part of this primes in you an expectation of reliable medical advice?
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