yesman

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[–] yesman 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's pretty tempting, instead of actual accomplishments to brag about all the bad stuff you prevented from happening. What do you think about the argument that Nader's playbook for effective political action was ignored by left activists, but adopted by corporate America?

It really was Nader who taught them that "consumers" were interested in civic engagement and oversight. That's why you can't buy a latte without "supporting" some charity, or check out at the grocery without a solicitation for cancer research. Corporations have learned to wrap the desire for civic engagement to the act of consumption. To short circuit any engagement that might be against their interests. Arguably, Ralph Nader showed them that they needed to do this, and he showed them how.

[–] yesman 3 points 2 months ago

My experience is that if you can get a mile from asphalt or concrete then all of this melts away. I've been on a beach with no other person, horizon to horizon (2mi hike to the beach). I once walked a trail in possibly the most crowded part of the most crowded park (Cades Cove) and the only encounter my group had was with a copperhead snake.

Yea, but anything you can drive up to is going to be a disaster.

[–] yesman 14 points 2 months ago

Everybody knows hostage extraction is done with F-16s armed with 80s hair-rock on cassette.

[–] yesman 13 points 2 months ago

Medicare is a giant subsidy to private insurance companies because it removes the disabled and elderly from their rolls. And it's also created a back-end for coding claims that the industry adopts. And even with the more expensive patients, and the burden of designing the whole system, Medicare constantly delivers more care per dollar than the private guys.

[–] yesman 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Zero the Kamikaze"? really? Kinda crass even by 90s standards.

[–] yesman -4 points 2 months ago

Absurd. If the United States can tolerate civilian murder on a mass scale, then why would she balk at a couple executive terrorists getting whacked?

Please stop trying to convince me that these are more Israeli war crimes when this is one of the few things she's done that are legitimate security actions. And on the chain of escalation, a couple assassinations is a measured response compared to a ground invasion of Lebanon.

As far as loyalty, Israel has burned her patrons in the past and more than once, But the United States isn't exactly loyal herself. And it would be foolish for either country to consider the domestic politics of the other when making security decisions.

[–] yesman 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My disappointment isn't with the enemy variety or gear drops. It's with the dead world. My first hours in the game I saw a wolf walk through a herd of deer both ignoring each other. When you've just come off RDR2, seeing wildlife as decorations running 2 scripts that both depend on player interaction is lame.

Even FarCry3 had emergent game-play through enemy/wildlife AI.

[–] yesman 15 points 2 months ago

They can't even follow the special rules they made for their special court. One wonders why they don't just take KSM behind the woodshed since the outcome is obviously the point of the process.

When you see what a kangaroo court the US Military runs, remember that millions of Arab residents of the occupied territories are under military jurisdiction while their colonizing neighbors enjoy rights under civilian justice. Israel is the only country in the world who's military runs juvenile courts.

[–] yesman 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I'm glad to hear.

Elden Ring's open world is good, but not their wheelhouse. They certainly embarrassed EA, but I don't think they're competitive with Rockstar.

[–] yesman 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I assumed these were small caliber, having not watched the event.

[–] yesman 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

People keep saying that this guy had no kit, but I'm pretty sure you can't buy that pistol over the counter, even in America.

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