How sad is it that airport pat downs are kind of nice because it feels good for someone to rub cloth into my skin?
The answer is very sad.
Also I just had my laptop bag fall on my chest and something sizeable was caught between the two. Then I looked and... Nope. Bodies are still weird.
IT WAS YOUR BOOBS
And it was awesome! It was very strange that I had to look to see that though.
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AManFromEarthLet's get to twerk!The King in the SwampRegistered Userregular
So my sister didn't show up to take me to work this morning and now no one has heard from her all day. None of the phone numbers attached to her are picking up, either.
The idea that the IMF should loan to keep a bankrupt welfare state going is as bad as what happened in a lot of the 1990's where the IMF only lent if you destroyed your entire welfare state, good and bad. Or so most of these arguments I am reading now go. Not reading 1990's development writing here but instead short papers on the Arab Spring that were written between January 2011 and June 2012. There is a definite feeling among many of the authors that there was a push back by the population to the dismantling of the actual social welfare system(schools, hospitals and so on) carried out under IMF guidance while the real leaches(military, cronyism and bribery) were left untouched. Which in sense was true. And you are right led to some pull backs by the IMF but not until the damage had been done.
Also there are strong reasons for why the IMF is very unpopular in the developing world and it isn't just supporting tin-pot dictators or correctly dismantling untenable socialist systems.
damn it, once upon a time leftists were conscious of enough economics for "being in a position to lend capital gives the capitalists power to impose their own vision of capital structure in society" to be a mainstream talking point
the left-wing old keynesians obsessed about it. it shook the very foundations of macroeconomics as a discipline
now even the continentals ignore it because all economics is neoliberal imperialism, dontcha know
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surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
damn it, once upon a time leftists were conscious of enough economics for "being in a position to lend capital gives the capitalists power to impose their own vision of capital structure in society" to be a mainstream talking point
the left-wing old keynesians obsessed about it. it shook the very foundations of macroeconomics as a discipline
now even the continentals ignore it because all economics is neoliberal imperialism, dontcha know
Once upon a time Economist believed in studies and not in political bickering.
Why have you people come down to the level of poli sci? We weren't suppose to be an example.
damn it, once upon a time leftists were conscious of enough economics for "being in a position to lend capital gives the capitalists power to impose their own vision of capital structure in society" to be a mainstream talking point
the left-wing old keynesians obsessed about it. it shook the very foundations of macroeconomics as a discipline
now even the continentals ignore it because all economics is neoliberal imperialism, dontcha know
those are some funky leftists you must be reading
fuck gendered marketing
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JacobkoshGamble a stamp.I can show you how to be a real man!Moderatormod
I actually feel the "man with tits" argument in video games.
If there were a spectrum of female character types that covered a better range of emotional make-ups (including aggressive/nurturing tendencies) then I don't think anyone would complain about the female character who is rather masculine.
The issue is that game writers seem to have issues writing female characters who occupy the middle ground between girly and "man with tits" and without that it makes the latter more annoying than it probably should be.
/2 cents
write good, well-founded characters
the rest follows
it'd like trying to build a skyscraper on a timber frame otherwise
The foundation of any good character are guns, martial arts, and heroic chest region.
so you're saying i should buy re4 for the fourth time
WELL IF YOU INSIST
@Elendil have you played Sleeping Dogs or Dishonored?
The idea that the IMF should loan to keep a bankrupt welfare state going is as bad as what happened in a lot of the 1990's where the IMF only lent if you destroyed your entire welfare state, good and bad. Or so most of these arguments I am reading now go. Not reading 1990's development writing here but instead short papers on the Arab Spring that were written between January 2011 and June 2012. There is a definite feeling among many of the authors that there was a push back by the population to the dismantling of the actual social welfare system (schools, hospitals and so on) carried out under IMF guidance while the real leeches (military, cronyism and bribery) were left untouched. Which in sense was true. And you are right led to some pull backs by the IMF but not until the damage had been done.
Also there are strong reasons for why the IMF is very unpopular in the developing world and it isn't just supporting tin-pot dictators or correctly dismantling untenable socialist systems.
One man's "untenable" is another man's "not only critical, but necessary".
You can (quite plausibly, IMO) argue that the IMF fucked up Russia by not pulling a China and leaving all the Soviet-style heavy industries in the urban north alone. Instead the IMF in Russia supported privatizing the state and military assets, precisely as you suggest - which promptly disappeared to the new oligarchs in hugely corrupt auctions and sales, and condemned Russia to a decade of near-anarchy and far more destruction and suffering than anything seen in Egypt thus far. The choice of how to respond to developing-nation insolvency is hardly as obvious as you suggest.
i'm doing a giveaway in March, like i did last year. If you don't find anoyne to give your games to, i'll be happy to add them to the giveaway. You'll have full credit, naturally.
The idea that the IMF should loan to keep a bankrupt welfare state going is as bad as what happened in a lot of the 1990's where the IMF only lent if you destroyed your entire welfare state, good and bad. Or so most of these arguments I am reading now go. Not reading 1990's development writing here but instead short papers on the Arab Spring that were written between January 2011 and June 2012. There is a definite feeling among many of the authors that there was a push back by the population to the dismantling of the actual social welfare system (schools, hospitals and so on) carried out under IMF guidance while the real leeches (military, cronyism and bribery) were left untouched. Which in sense was true. And you are right led to some pull backs by the IMF but not until the damage had been done.
Also there are strong reasons for why the IMF is very unpopular in the developing world and it isn't just supporting tin-pot dictators or correctly dismantling untenable socialist systems.
One man's "untenable" is another man's "not only critical, but necessary".
You can (quite plausibly, IMO) argue that the IMF fucked up Russia by not pulling a China and leaving all the Soviet-style heavy industries in the urban north alone. Instead the IMF in Russia supported privatizing the state and military assets, precisely as you suggest - which promptly disappeared to the new oligarchs in hugely corrupt auctions and sales, and condemned Russia to a decade of near-anarchy and far more destruction and suffering than anything seen in Egypt thus far. The choice of how to respond to developing-nation insolvency is hardly as obvious as you suggest.
Of course in Russia the privatization lead to those who already controlled said industries to purchase them with little to no oversight on how they were used for the next 20 years allowing the Soviet oligarchs to become many of the oligarchs in non-Soviet Russia.
You can also point out that a lot of the anarchy was not as much by this decision but by the of coherent and sufficiently powerful central governance which allowed such actions to take place.
Russia is a great example of a fuck up. But lets not put it all on the IMF either, because a lot of it was internal Russian politics.
Man the horror stories from that Carnival cruise ship are WOW
also the tent cities on the deck are neat looking.
Yeah right, white people on a cruise ship?
I wish I could take an extended, caviar and shuffleboard filled vacation.
First World Problems, much?
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Where are you reading horror stories? I am bored at work and would like a distraction from wondering what happened to my sister.
mostly on TV
but things like some dude lying in bed and the ceiling gave out just covering him in bathroom waste, and people not eating at all so they wouldn't have to go.
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
Also forgot to put in my dislike over the comparison to China. It is a very big apples to oranges comparison because of the difference in governance styles between the Soviet Union and the cult of personality that pervaded China in the 1980s.
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i literally bought 2 games + DLC all last year
Believe me, in the 90s I was just as deluded as near everyone else
what truths did you discover on the way to damascus
And it was awesome! It was very strange that I had to look to see that though.
Odd.
What do you mean detrimental?
@Ronya
The idea that the IMF should loan to keep a bankrupt welfare state going is as bad as what happened in a lot of the 1990's where the IMF only lent if you destroyed your entire welfare state, good and bad. Or so most of these arguments I am reading now go. Not reading 1990's development writing here but instead short papers on the Arab Spring that were written between January 2011 and June 2012. There is a definite feeling among many of the authors that there was a push back by the population to the dismantling of the actual social welfare system(schools, hospitals and so on) carried out under IMF guidance while the real leaches(military, cronyism and bribery) were left untouched. Which in sense was true. And you are right led to some pull backs by the IMF but not until the damage had been done.
Also there are strong reasons for why the IMF is very unpopular in the developing world and it isn't just supporting tin-pot dictators or correctly dismantling untenable socialist systems.
the left-wing old keynesians obsessed about it. it shook the very foundations of macroeconomics as a discipline
now even the continentals ignore it because all economics is neoliberal imperialism, dontcha know
get dumped on, economist scum
different countries are like
different
and shit
it's crazy
(assuming you are translating 'Sie hat Durst')
Once upon a time Economist believed in studies and not in political bickering.
Why have you people come down to the level of poli sci? We weren't suppose to be an example.
Very little happens between the Annakin Skywalk and the battle at the base.
those are some funky leftists you must be reading
@Elendil have you played Sleeping Dogs or Dishonored?
do you have a PC?
For entirely different reasons, of course, but still!
Alls I know about that eCONomy is that progressives are just communists who don't have the balls to admit it.
Who knew ol' Phil was a woman?
One man's "untenable" is another man's "not only critical, but necessary".
You can (quite plausibly, IMO) argue that the IMF fucked up Russia by not pulling a China and leaving all the Soviet-style heavy industries in the urban north alone. Instead the IMF in Russia supported privatizing the state and military assets, precisely as you suggest - which promptly disappeared to the new oligarchs in hugely corrupt auctions and sales, and condemned Russia to a decade of near-anarchy and far more destruction and suffering than anything seen in Egypt thus far. The choice of how to respond to developing-nation insolvency is hardly as obvious as you suggest.
I like reading economists from the mid 20th
it's like a lost era
also the shift in perspective is super helpful in understanding modern economics
I forgot how space-racist Ashley was. That was why I originally left her on Noveria. It was like "Should I keep the asshole, or the racist?"
Whatever, Stalitler.
also the tent cities on the deck are neat looking.
I have a copy of Civ V
so bored.
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i'm doing a giveaway in March, like i did last year. If you don't find anoyne to give your games to, i'll be happy to add them to the giveaway. You'll have full credit, naturally.
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Yeah right, white people on a cruise ship?
I wish I could take an extended, caviar and shuffleboard filled vacation.
First World Problems, much?
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Where are you reading horror stories? I am bored at work and would like a distraction from wondering what happened to my sister.
Thursday night before the Friday PAX begins...
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it just kind of ... disappeared...? as the politically-inclined lost interest
Of course in Russia the privatization lead to those who already controlled said industries to purchase them with little to no oversight on how they were used for the next 20 years allowing the Soviet oligarchs to become many of the oligarchs in non-Soviet Russia.
You can also point out that a lot of the anarchy was not as much by this decision but by the of coherent and sufficiently powerful central governance which allowed such actions to take place.
Russia is a great example of a fuck up. But lets not put it all on the IMF either, because a lot of it was internal Russian politics.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
mostly on TV
but things like some dude lying in bed and the ceiling gave out just covering him in bathroom waste, and people not eating at all so they wouldn't have to go.
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