They had failed to change economically while Europe was going through the first industrial revolution and it was killing them slowly

And then, when the sultan tried to reform the economy to keep up, the people revolted and he had to stop

And then the army and navy fell behind the Western powers

Just the Spanish Empire forming caused enough economic instability in the OE that they had to scramble with reforms before silver depreciated

Get a vinegar or mustard based barbecue sauce like the use in the Carolinas and try it with pork, even better

The Russians invaded, the US just supplied the resistance on the ground

If Afghanistan is your example then why is Vietnam stable and it isn’t?

What?

Vietnam was not and is not a Chinese puppet

Vietnam kicked the every living shit out of China in the Third Indochinese War

Very nice

The Vietnamese could be argued for being Russian aligned, but not Chinese

At this point, I’m going to ask you to define puppet, because I don’t think you and I use the same definition.

Being in the economic sphere of influence doesn’t make you a puppet, having internal policy dictated by others does

Is Turkey a US puppet?

Is Saudi Arabia?

... the Saudis have more power over the US than the reverse

The US depends on the Saudis to float the economy

The petrodollar is kinda a big deal

Petrodollar is primarily upheld by the Saudis

Bullpup converted Mossberg for $650, worth it?

Texas

Shorter for the same barrel length, better for tight spaces

Also a bit easier to fire prone unless you have a downward ejection, which I think this does

I love the HoI4 ones. If it weren’t for Germany and Italy the pattern would be complete

Dumbass pulls the plate, not like they won’t check the VIN

One is FBI, one is another intel agency within the DoJ, in theory they have different areas of responsibility

Just have the ID be a goatse

Every time you wank, just have a wink at the censors will the ole brown eye

I’ve spoken to Sandre. He’s an ok dude and knows a lot, but he’s buried up his own ass.

@MountainMan 1950-1960 drop is probably due to the heavy military industry closing up post WWII, I'd bet if we had figures then 1945 would be the high point for population.

> North Carolina
Folks will leave ovens partially open in winter to reduce heating costs. Carolinas are warm enough during the day in winter that snakes might be active. Probably had it partially open on a warmish day and the snake crawled in.

If you want the first “world war” I’d go Seven Years/French and Indian War, extremely large scope and led to the Am. Rev. fairly directly

Easterlings, best I can do

Rubles

It’s... about $17

I read Cyrillic

What bothers me is that’s a whopper from Burger King. I’m sure they had better options.

No real idea, I know Pizza Hut is an option because a buddy went there pretty exclusively on a trip to Moscow.

(I’m American, btw. Learned Russian in college because I thought I might do some State Department shit)

I know ex-CIA, but not current (not that’ll admit to it). You’d think there’d be a good burger place available beyond BK. Though, Russia isn’t exactly known for the quality of the beef, I wonder where that meat came from? I’m kinda betting Australia, but that’s just a guess.

Advantage of large chains is usually consistency and cost. If I’ve got a few extra bucks and 10 extra minutes it’s better to go to something local. I like some sautéed mushrooms and Swiss cheese or avocado slices on my burgers.

One’s own offspring are the best slave labor. They speak the right language and if they run away you call the police and instead of deporting them, they bring them back.

If I have to shave to get my nuts serviced, they can at least trim

If I want my boys properly tended by the current girlfriend, yes

If only

I have to put up with women

My bro did great going for dudes, but no, I have to be into chicks

Indeed, it’s the rest that’s a nightmare

Night night

Or, bear with me, we just kick out California.

Technically it has policing powers for interstate stuff and is responsible for keeping the states from violating people’s rights, but they go a lot further than technical powers by essentially blackmailing the states.

#wakadaForever

Industrialization, mass migration, and settlement of the interior predominantly. I recall reading a paper about it when studying urbanization in America.

(Applies to USA only, can’t speak to Europe)

So much for isolation by sea

May I suggest doing security in full Protect Gear, get your Jin Roh on

On the plus side, if you’re on the gate then escaping the zombie horde will be easier

Packed sand or clay as your mold? Cast the socket and then just crack/rinse the mold out.

The French have three separate monarchist groups, they might make headway except they can’t agree on which line would be sovereign.

"Listen to adults or I'll give your uncle Charlie a key to your room"

Withdrawals, lots of issues

Oof, that’s gotta feel like a gut punch to Pelosi

More concerned with the separation of whites and people. You shouldn’t worship all whites like gods, just like... maybe a dozen.

Always wanted to make that cross country trip by covered wagon rather than plane, totally ready to die of dysentery before crossing the Platte River.

I didn’t even look at it the video, I just assumed we were going back to some 1840s manifest destiny by the title.

Moby Dick, Treasure Island, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde covers all appear to be depicting what are (arguably) the villains of the books as PoC. Is Barnes and Noble saying PoC tend toward villainy?

Wrong JFK, that one is his kid

About 1% of the population shouldn’t have weapons, but give everyone a weapon and that 1% will be much smaller afterward

What surprises me is with the mass shooters who want to cause fear and/or chaos, not too many of them think to just put together a few pipe bombs.

A pipe bomb tossed into a classroom would be far more devastating than just emptying a magazine into one

You’d think the attempt would be more common though

PVC works just fine for a casing if you wrap/line it in iron nails

I work in security, I sometimes forget the sensibilities of those who don’t. More than a few times we’ve had to investigate a possible IED before lunch.

Nope, Texas. Cartels and MS13 are big problems, occasional neo-nazis also show up but they’re easier to spot.

If they ever get what they want then new medical research will grind to almost nothing. US private system finances most of the medical advancement worldwide.

China’s newly published stuff is mostly chemistry/materials sciences. They’re probably inflating their research numbers for medicine by double reporting chem.

^

“Why are drug prices so high?”
Well, little Timmy, it’s because we spend a shit load on R&D and then China, India, Canada, etc. steal the new developments and don’t pay anything to the investors. So, we have to jack up prices to make up for it and not screw over the people who paid for it.

Canadian generics aren’t bad, but I wouldn’t touch the Chinese or Indian stuff. Just because the copied the molecule doesn’t mean they did it perfect, and even if they did there’s no accounting for their filler material.

Depends, some of it they just make up there. Age of the drug is a big determinant.

Well, give Corona some time...

South Korea has a legit military, especially their marines

Most visited place last time I was in DC was natural history followed by air and space, both had lines out the door to the street. African American History... didn’t have a line.

Seems like the way to ensure people stay good allies is to have MacArthur land troops on their soil.

Occupation forces counts

Lots of them weren’t paid so much as had very convincing drug reps

Hard to say no to a blonde with big tits telling you how amazing the new pain management drug is

Fun fact: most of the CIA’s Arabic speaking agents are Moroccan. Do with that information what you will.

Asian one lower left has Asian man... clearly should be a neck beard waifu hunter with her instead

Shame, I prefer a bit of fuzz

... that wasn’t the part of Brazil being discussed...

Jack is riding a bull and can’t get off

Hard to say, lots of overlap between people visiting memorials and museums. Lincoln probably has the most of the memorials.

Fitness whole pizza in my mouf

Well, when you want a job done right...

I’d say about equal insufferability, just more of them now

How many commies can we fit per load on a chinook?

“Some people call this a war crime, I call it a good start”

Ah, but what of a personal harem?