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zifnab25
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Without an average size reference, it’s wrong to say whether one is too large or the other is “atrophied”.
There's an old story I remember but can't find a good citation to, that discussed a medical investigation into SIDS during the early 20th century. In an effort to determine the cause of these dead infants, a series of autopsies was performed and compared against adults. One finding in the autopsy was the size of the pituitary gland, which was quite small in the adults but comparatively large in the infants. The investigators concluded that an over-large pituitary was contributing to the infant death and therefore recommended irradiating the necks of babies as a precautionary measure.
Of course, this did not decrease the rate of SIDS in the targeted population. Just the reverse.
The problem in the methodology was that the town in question had a number of large coal stacks that rained toxic soot on the population. Long exposure to this fallout was functionally irradiating the population. Furthermore, the adult corpses being studied were all industrial workers with unusually high exposure. The infants being studied had healthy glands, and the adults were the ones with a chronic condition.
The answer is simply that the liberal brainworm tends to move around after it consumes neurons while the conservative brainworm likes to stay in one spot.
I contend that its lead poisoning all the way down.
Mama says that leftists are ornery cause they got all them teeth and no tooth brush
Three RPGs, a shooter, and a futball game?
Pretty sure FC24 wins in a landslide.
I heard the sound of Millions of Pot-turds crying out, then falling silent.
the US could have the same international support it had 20 years ago against Afghanistan
nods sagely
and Iraq
giggles slightly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_willing_(Iraq_War)
The list of coalition members provided by the White House included several nations that did not intend to participate in actual military operations. Some of them, such as Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau and Solomon Islands, did not have standing armies. However, through the Compact of Free Association, citizens of the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia are allowed to serve in the US military. The members of these island nations have deployed in a combined Pacific force consisting of Guamanian, Hawaiian and Samoan reserve units. They have been deployed twice to Iraq. The government of one country, the Solomon Islands, listed by the White House as a member of the coalition, was apparently unaware of any such membership and promptly denied it.
In December 2008, University of Illinois Professor Scott Althaus reported that he had learned that the White House was editing and back-dating revisions to the list of countries in the coalition. Althaus found that some versions of the list had been entirely removed from the record, and that others contradicted one another, as opposed to the procedure of archiving original documents and supplementing them with later revisions and updates
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In the second debate in 2004 U.S. presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry questioned the size of the coalition participating in the initial invasion, saying, "...when we went in, there were three countries: Great Britain, Australia and the United States. That's not a grand coalition. We can do better". Bush responded by saying, "Well, actually, he forgot Poland. And now there're 30 nations involved, standing side by side with our American troops". The phrase "You forgot Poland" subsequently became a sarcastic shorthand for the perception that most members of the coalition were not contributing much to the war effort compared to the main three allies. The majority of the population in most countries involved did not, according to surveys, support the endeavour or their nation's participation
I'm old enough to remember when we called them Freedom Fries, because those gosh darn surrender monkey Frenchies wouldn't throw in with us.
The only good naval officer is an Italian naval officer.
I can read it like that. But I also get a certain conglomeration of "BRICS Bad! Russia/China puppet!", "White people aren't safe in South Africa / Jews are only safe in Israel", given the back end of the article
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses BRICS leaders for a virtual meeting of leaders of developing countries, November 21, 2023. (South Africa Presidency via AP)
South Africa has long been a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party often linking it to its own struggle against apartheid.
It has strongly condemned Israel’s response to the Hamas attacks and has recalled all its diplomats from the country.
On Monday, Ramaphosa denounced the “genocidal onslaught and slaughter of the people of Palestine” at a press conference with representatives of pro-Palestinian groups in Johannesburg.
Listen, every time you talk about dead Palestinian children within the context of an Israeli invasion and civilian massacre, you are aiding and abetting the Hamas terrorists who propagate racist anti-semitic theories about a Secret Jewish Cabal that wants to Replace Arabs.
It would be immoral to implicate the Israeli State in these crimes, because it would lead to popular opinion turning against The Jews. And you wouldn't want that, would you? So now I just have to print all my headlines in passive tense, okay?
So, anyway, back to our coverage of the October 7th War On Hamas.
Doing settler-colonialism is just normal, run-of-the-mill politics for a US Senator. Funding war crimes is baseline. Staunchly defending a military dictatorship in a Middle Eastern country is bog-standard.
Once you get outside the bounds of these historically centrist positions, you are engaging in "purity politics" and producing candidates who are "unelectable".
Even their fantasies suck.