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What was the easiest and the most frustrating part?


LACNIC is a fucking pain in the ass since they block after like 27 records

ARIN is awesome


And if there were any stray dogs.


I remember when there was a phrase called “going postal” in the 90s when the postal workers shot up places. Now they are the victims.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal


Your point on many Europeans seeing Churchill as a saviour and not caring about his victims in colonies is just normal by historical (and modern) times. Romans were proud of all the genocides Caesar committed (and proudly self documented). See for example his own account of the Gallic wars and the killing of women and children of tribes from current day Switzerland (the Helvetii). Obama destroyed multiple countries (non-European) and killed and displaced millions and is considered a hero as well in the West like Churchill is. Joe Biden took all the reserves of extremely poor Afghanistan and is starving 40 million people to there to death today. He is considered a hero in the West as well. So like most things it all depends on where you are and who you talk to and their background (European and non-European for example).

Americans in general (and the US mainstream media in their coverage) frame deaths emanating from the US (and it’s close allies) as collateral damage, killed terrorists, eliminated insurecctionists or mistakes or just even ignore it by omissions. From other countries that are not “allies” they are victims or murdered innocents or massacres or genocides etc… Just look at the favorable coverage of Madeleine Albrights death who said in her very own words that she owned to killing 500,000 Iraqi babies and children and said it was well worth it.

https://www.newsweek.com/watch-madeleine-albright-saying-ira...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Wars

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bibracte

https://jacobin.com/2022/01/sanctions-financial-assets-afgha...


Due process and “human rights” do not apply when the government has resolve or perceives the transgression to be beyond the pale. The law or constitution does not matter then as well. Just ask Eugene Debs. Or see Julian Assange. Or Korematsu. Or Joseph Nacchio who refused to violate the law and do illegal surveillance on US citizens for the government without a court order.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debs_v._United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio


> Eugene Debs. Or see Julian Assange. Or Korematsu. Or Joseph Nacchio

they didn't have billions to hire army of lawyers and make huge noise in media. Larry Page has those billions, so law and constitution actually protects him.


South Park blamed Canada


I find it strange that your comment on the embellishment of history (an incredibly common phenomenon of the past AND the present) is being downvoted.


I don't find it strange that a comment that acts like legends and history books are the same thing would get downvoted.


Most of my school history books may as well have told legends given the amount of mythologizing they did.


Can you give an example of such a history book and how much mythologizing you think it contains?


No, I don't remember the names of my text books. They were usually something like "American History I."

Some easy examples are being taught things like Betsy Ross creating the first flag or Paul Revere's ride, but in general most of it said the founding fathers were great men who could basically do no wrong, except slavery which was a necessary evil. Not flawed politicians mostly looking out for themselves first, which is more of what they were


Interesting timeline with warnings of consequences if Sudan allowed the Russian military base:

https://sudantribune.com/article264733/

My guess is that there will be other places with eventful consequences like the Solomon Islands if they allow a Chinese military base.


Where is that? And which language and where? Sorani? Kurmanji?


Turkey. Both Kurmanji and Sorani were banned in public use From 1982 to 1991. Using either still carries dangers. Distributing pamphlets in Kurdish can get you accused of aiding the PKK.


The PKK terrorists inflict bombs and child rapes and kidnappings outside the white world. Hence the “tolerance”. A report by the UN of their child kidnappings and rapes in Syria, Iraq and southern Turkey:

https://menaaffairs.com/un-report-again-reveals-ypg-pkk-terr...


Your link doesn't purport to show child kidnappings, etc. It says they recruit child soldiers, but it doesn't say those children are slaves.

Also, it's not as much who is targeted by the attacks as why. The Kurds are under genocidal attack on three sides and have a lot more global sympathy than other groups.


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