caublestone
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Formerly @ Soylent. Living in Seattle.
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Comment · 3 years ago
Came here hoping for the Koyaanisqatsi link
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Russia and the US became very friendly during WW2 as well. Stalin and Roosevelt had a solid relationship while Stalin and Churchill did not. Churchill did not like Stalin for various reasons. But Roosevelt was the glue. Unfortunately, US elections at the time stipulated that the Vice President was chosen by the Democrat electorate and there was a coup to replace Roosevelts first pick (a guy friendly to the ussr) with a nobody from Missouri named Truman. Stalin never respected Truman and US relationships with the USSR deteriorated quickly after FDRS passing. Churchill and England became the dominant western voice in post ww2 trade and the iron curtain was eventually dropped.
Truman had so many financial struggles that the pension for presidents was created for him to live a dignified life after leaving office.
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/fdrpoland.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Democratic_Party_vice_pre...
Comment · 4 years ago
Don’t forget Russia sending ships to America in support of the union. The letters between tsar Alex and Lincoln are some of the loveliest pieces of writing and highest praises for America.
http://beam-inc.org/abraham-lincoln-and-tsar-alexander-ii-pa...
Comment · 5 years ago
I guess in 3k years archeologists will discover black bricks and say “it appears to have an apple motif. These people seemed to worship some apple god.”
Comment · 5 years ago
Paul Pelosi acted on insider info back in 07. I’ve wonder what his position in the market was when Henry Paulson was on his knees begging her to TARP.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-insidertradi...
https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-inside-job/2008/09/...
Comment · 6 years ago
I kind of think that agreeableness is a major factor in seeking intimacy that isn’t captured well enough in online dating. People are afraid to meet people that disagree with them and actively ridicule people with differing values/opinions/lifestyle. Religions, sports teams and other mass clubs obfuscated a lot of the concern away. But without those people need other groups and tools to trust a stranger to agree with them over time.
Comment · 6 years ago
For the first time in my life, I’m excited for a new government initiative. I’ve realized that the there is a link between home security and military budgets. I’m optimistic about the space force because we the people are bought in to spending on insurance premiums which is a defined margin above calculable risks. And so if we want government funded space exploration we can sell it as insurance and actually make it happen.
Comment · 6 years ago