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    ok then, what is communism?

    I know this is a mixed (international) bunch but I think the question (if you’re American) Is: ok then what isn’t Communism? Virtually everything Trump & by extension the GOP doesn’t like is Communist/Marxist. Edit: that may sound evasive but I’m serious. Medicare, public schools, social...
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    Modern Male Fashion and its consequences

    I made it to maybe the 20 second mark. That is the most cringe inducing embarrassment to white people I’ve seen in ages.
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    Locating and setting the corner stone.

    I’m becoming ever more convinced that job #1 is to overturn the Citizens United ruling and PAC’s, big money out of politics completely. It’ll take a Herculean effort to get this done. In the NYC mayoral dem primary race we have ranked choice voting. It’s a decent start but the big corporate...
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    Are British people particularly ugly?

    Anecdotally, I've heard lots of American women say that the English accent is sexy to them. I have a pretty discernable Bklyn accent & upon reflection it's gotten me laid in the SW & West coast, or to be more precise: It made it easier to. I know this some sort of joke thread but depending on...
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    Locating and setting the corner stone.

    I've been around the block enough times to know that today's mortal enemies are tomorrow's BFF. I myself demure from making predictions about 2040. I was following your line of thought though until the sentence quoted. I don't understand what that means. Can you break it down a bit?
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    Imaginary Diseases: The Frank Zappa Thread

    I know Luka, its not conducive to rave/jungle designer drug EuroDance which to me looks like nerve agent deployed on an abandoned wharehouse full of tweakers. But, I will find something in his canon you might twitch to
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    Imaginary Diseases: The Frank Zappa Thread

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    THE GRID

    Fractals
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    Good (and bad) Biographies of Writers

    The Che Guevara biography by John Lee Anderson is excellent.
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    Locating and setting the corner stone.

    Because Trump is A full of shit. B. As provocative as his rhetoric has been towards the EU, the U.S. is spread too thin with ‘Enemies’ real or imagined around the globe. China, Russia, Iran, N. Korea…it’s niether feasible or in American interests. What does Europe have that “we” want? C. Even...
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    Locating and setting the corner stone.

    The chances of the U.S. going to war with Europe is zero in my estimation. Although, I think we all can agree that Lichtenstein needs to be taken down a peg. Seriously though, Trump is someone whose statements on any given day are not to be taken seriously. His appeal is that at certain times...
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    The Grateful Thread

    He probably had a Bowie knife stuffed into one of them. I’m not joking. He showed me a huge knife at a Rory Gallagher gig at the bar once. And I heard he was busted with a pistol fitted while a silencer. The guy was an outlaw legend. He’s growing old gracefully now I hear.
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    Since it's been a while since we had an Israel/Palestine thread...

    Mea Culpa, everyone. I am not the greatest at the preferred pronoun thing. I even say to my daughter: C’mon man! In times of urgency etc.
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    The 21st Century Film

    That scene! Preceded by some great action/camera work hits hard. @theo, I agree with you and the analogies. He very much fits the archetype. He brings something special though and makes it his own. I don’t want to name the person who coined this as it might be polarizing but this guy defined...
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    Since it's been a while since we had an Israel/Palestine thread...

    I clearly stated it need not be military. There are plenty of civil sectors where one can/should be allowed to choose. Israel is a theocratic/ethno apartheid state. I know of many civilized countries in Europe have mandatory national service and it has been a strength not a weakness for them...
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