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[quote]Has there ever been an empire that wasn't (ultimately) made dramatically weaker because of their colonial ambitions?[/quote] I think the Brits were ultimately done in by their lack of real resources. In order to keep feeding their empire machine they had to hold distant territories where t...
That’s a no for me. I can go to the Vatican and see better works in the Sistine and since I’m a Patron I get the private tour where I’m not rushed and can take pictures. ...
West Point as polluted as it’s become still may not be a safe bet for Brandon to not get some negative feedback. He is not super popular with the military, even the O corps. ...
[quote]Lufthansa, Korean, & air China all still operate passenger 747s.[/quote] I thought they all quit on the old girl. May have to go to Germany just to ride Lufthansa 1st on a 747 one more time. ...
I’m pretty sure no one is flying 747s with passengers n them anymore. They are all cargo. That fact makes me sad, flying first class on the queen was about the only perk of international travel. ...
Jesus. I just filled the truck at 3.19 and thought that was high as a giraffes arse. ...
Alert 4chan and let the autists take over. ...
I think you are technically correct. I would say sitting presidents have full immunity from states while president due to the impeachment process but they should also have full immunity after leaving office for actions while in office. We can’t have presidents getting charged by states after le...
There is almost no way they decide presidents don’t have full immunity. If they try to split the baby to partial immunity the office of the president becomes a figure head and nothing more. ...
[quote]I still don't understand why these old decrepit bastards never retire.[/quote] Why would they and give up all that power and “prestige”?...
That mayor isn’t very secure with that as his security. The “security” guy wasn’t able to neutralize the threat in any meaningful way. It’s a good thing he didn’t mean the mayor harm. ...
I will be the queen of England before Trump is in a jail cell. ...
Many prominent Dems vacationed in the USSR some even honeymooned there. ...
[quote]fresh water makes up an extremely small fraction of all the water on Earth[/quote] While true, did these people admit new fresh water is being made every minute due to the evaporation of salt water leaving behind the salt, entering the jet stream and falling as rain? ...
And just because a kid commits it doesn’t mean anything until he signs and now a days that means less than it used to. ...
[quote] Then someone did the math to figure out how many would be needed and that was a large and staggering number that made it financially improbable.[/quote] bullshite. If we can send hundreds of billions to protect Ukrainian children from the Russian boogeyman we can fund school safety. ...
When we continue to turn it up and make it to Omaha I hope this guy get there. ...
I’m opposed to adults having gloves at games. This dude should have bellied the ball. ...
They should come up with a clear for the DMV. Look, some people’s time is worth more than others. Next up, private jets will have to allow the poors to tag along. ...
Well I do a fair amount of quantitative analysis and use a ton of regression analysis. Investment banking. I’m senior enough now I mostly review other’s work though. ...