Donald Rahl
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You did not, in fact. You just had to be paying attention By 1993, South Africa was the only First World country left in Africa America and the UN chased Belgium out of the Congo, and it collapsed into decades of civil war and famine Mugabe destroyed Rhodesia after we aided
You had to be unacceptably racist in 1993 to predict where South Africa would be in thirty years
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Rwandan guy at this party was introduced to Tintin comics by his dad. As he tells it: Son: "Don't you see a problem with the portrayals in Tintin in the Congo?" Rwandan dad: "No. It's the Congo. They really look like that."
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A near-perfect microcosm of the postcolonial experience in one photo. After seizing a once-productive farmstead, a man rips apart the very bench he's sitting on to burn in the fireplace. The slow burn of a system already fueling its own end.
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We poisoned the entire flour supply to prevent 1,000 neural tube defects annually out of 4,000 pre-synthetic folic acid introduction cases. If synthetic folic acid, not gluten itself, is responsible for gluten-related issues, then the harm reduction calculus has been violated
Joe Rogan condemns the poisoning of the flour supply. Why is it that so many people who are gluten free can eat flour in Europe. Thats because they haven’t destroyed it with folic acid and potassium bromate. A large proportion of the population, especially those with the
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@realmattforney On October 13th, the IMO (International Maritime Organization) is pushing forward with a Chinese-backed initiative to put a carbon tax on American ships, forcing us to pay into a pool that will be distributed to "developing nations". Of which China is. A global carbon tax
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I never thought Armchair Warbitch would turn out to be such a limp-wristed panican. He calls it "extraordinarily weak and lazy" but it turns out that is a confession through projection. He's the only one here who meets that definition. He's relied on the notoriously
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@whliv13 @avaricum777 I wonder what authority would satisfy CNN? "US conducts 'lethal raid' on alleged 'terrorist leader' Osama Bin Laden".
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Ever wondered why so much modern dialogue sounds like it was written by a nihilistic high schooler? Existential fear and unresolved existential anxiety. That is the reason. The very idea that every action has eternal significance is overwhelming for their stunted emotional
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@0xTvng @NevondoRi @BrilynHollyhand The USDA claims the CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) is conservation driven but looking deeper it's just a convoluted way of manipulating the market. 23 million acres off the table, $1.8 billion in payouts; CRP offers $80-$100 per acre, guaranteed. The old Agricultural
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Psychological Tactics in AI Responses: Affirmations: AI will commonly use phrases like "you’re absolutely right" or "I understand”; goal is to make the user feel heard. An example - "You’re right, that’s a great question," even if it’s a basic query, this encourages the user to
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