Soon Wuhan Bat Flu will have killed more Americans than WW2 - all other parallels will be redundant.
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Fuck Israel
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The first bomb was marginal, the second wholly gratuitous.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Regarding the nukes themselves, debatable. The US side of things taught for a long while that Japan would have never surrendered. The Japanese contended that the surrender was already in motion with conditions under discussion, and that the bombings were a strategic move to intimidate the Soviets.
Here's an article that puts it I think cleanly:
https://www.stripes.com/news/special-re … s-1.360300
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LMAOuziq wrote:
the government are literally creating super-spreader events rather than handling things in a responsible, thought-out manner.
as usual, no ministers will do anything even like an imitation of responsibility. no resignations, no contrite apologies.
Dilbert_X wrote:
LMAO
You're missing the big picture, most of the cabinet can speak latin, and they're probably working on a book about this you'll be able to read in a few years.it's piteously mediocre
so it's resignations and apologies you want, huh? what would those change?uziq wrote:
as usual, no ministers will do anything even like an imitation of responsibility. no resignations, no contrite apologies.
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what went wrong for people, who put bojo and his crew into office (hint: it wasn't you) lately?uziq wrote:
why should people in roles of leadership and responsibility resign when things go wrong on their watch?
LMAOuziq wrote:
the idea of public service is that the best and brightest do what they can for the country
well, the idea is actually exactly what zeek says. only under capitalism in never works.Dilbert_X wrote:
LMAOuziq wrote:
the idea of public service is that the best and brightest do what they can for the country
didn't your own daddy go to a public school and enter into civil service? did he not subscribe to LMAO ideas like 'duty' and 'public service'? you've talked about him with those big tear-filled eyes of yours enough to give the impression that you put some stock in the idea.Dilbert_X wrote:
LMAOuziq wrote:
the idea of public service is that the best and brightest do what they can for the country
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correct. under any system based on economic classes then.Dilbert_X wrote:
Under most systems its the most corrupt, venal and effective at knifing people who reach the top of politics.
Capitalism isn't unique in that.
No he went to a grammar school. Duty and public service somewhat, it was just a job at the end of the day.uziq wrote:
didn't your own daddy go to a public school and enter into civil service? did he not subscribe to LMAO ideas like 'duty' and 'public service'? you've talked about him with those big tear-filled eyes of yours enough to give the impression that you put some stock in the idea.Dilbert_X wrote:
LMAOuziq wrote:
the idea of public service is that the best and brightest do what they can for the country
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