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Timothy Brown retweeted
The Soviets believed all art is political, and produced seven decades of shitty art
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No, the United States became an economic superpower *in spite of* slavery, which, setting aside its moral monstrosity, in crude economic terms, was a huge misallocation and destruction of human capital to enrich slaveowners at the expense of massive deadweight loss in terms of overall economic growth.
So America didn’t become an economic power because of slavery?
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Economic historians find slavery enriched owners but was not the main driver of US economic power. Cotton ~5% of GDP; North industrialized freely. Emancipation produced large gains (4-35% of GDP).
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Imagine growing up in absolute dirt poverty in east Tennessee, daughter of a tobacco farmer, going to school wearing rags your mother stitched into a coat, and when you die the British royal family has its military band play your up-the-workers country-pop anthem in tribute.
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It should be noted that Canada clutches its pearls, claiming the USA should send “support” to assist Canada is fighting wildfires instead of blaming them for mismanagement. However, reciprocity is a big problem.
Most of the firefighting takes place as an outcome of private-public contracts for costs. The Canadian government blocks U.S. companies from fighting fires in Canada because the Canadian government wants to only pay Canadian companies and workers. U.S. firefighting is not allowed to assist in Canada and get reimbursed.
Conversely, the Canadians quickly want to come to the U.S. to fight fires because the USA reimburses firefighting companies at a higher rate than Canada. The USA has no federal restrictions on Canadian firefighting assistance.
Canadian firefighting professionals would rather fight forest fires in the USA because they make more money. There is no incentive for U.S. firefighting professionals to volunteer their time and effort without getting reimbursed; which is the position of Canada.
In essence, come to Canada and fight our fires for free because we will only pay Canadians. However, also, let our Canadian firefighters come to the USA and make money. It is a very Canadian argument.
Canadian Prime Minister Blames U.S. Climate and Energy Policy for Canada Wildfires theconservativetreehouse.com…
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On the one hand, Platner has truly terrible moral character; on the other hand, he also has zero political experience.
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There’s a huge problem with naming a street after Chuck Norris.
No one crosses Chuck Norris and survives.
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Alright, this is what I can make out so far about the Bombardier / Gulfstream jet thing:
The Bombardier Global 8000 just got certified in November by Transport Canada. In accordance w/ an agreement between the FAA, Transport Canada, European union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) & Brazil’s safety authority (ANAC) to honor each other’s Technical Standard Order (TSO) certifications, the other agencies each followed suit within 2 months. So, the Canadian-made Global has its certification in each of these markets.
The Gulfstream G700/800 was issued a “temporary certification” by the FAA in 2024. It was temporary because during design & initial production, the FAA introduced a new standard for testing the fuel system icing prevention which hadn’t existed before. Previous approval was done via analysis, but for this approval the FAA decided it would need full flight testing. Gulfstream would have to devise a process, get it approved & then build a rig, which was estimated to take two years. Gulfstream asked for 3 just in case, arguing the G700/800 fuel system was not radically different than the G550 & that this was a surprise requirement.
If the FAA didn’t agree, the jet was in limbo. Not sure how Gulfstream would handle it. Idle the line & lay off employees? I don’t know. But, the FAA agreed in March 2024. The EASA followed in May. Brazil in 2025.
These deals to honor each other’s TSO certifications are “Reciprocal Acceptance”. They streamline getting certification in each market, which is extremely time consuming & expensive.
Canada is the only partner that did not honor the reciprocal agreement. Maybe they will eventually, but they are very late to the party.
As I mentioned, the technical issue is preventing ice from forming in the fuel tanks. It’s cold at altitude. Jets use fuel additives to help prevent icing, and some even heat the fuel. It’s a common trick.
Both Bombardier & Gulfstream heat the fuel pretty similarly. Some of the fuel bound for the engine gets diverted (intentionally) & flows over the outside of the oil system. That cools the oil & warms the fuel in a “heat exchange”. The now warm fuel gets pumped back into the fuel tank. It’s not a massive amount, but it’s enough to keep the fuel from freezing (which it wouldn’t do in most situations even if this system didn’t exist, but might in some). There are minor differences, but it’s not a major thing & Gulfstream has never had an issue with it.
Anyway, when it comes to big, class-leading business jets, the two big hitters are Bombardier & Gulfstream. Plenty of others make business jets, but not like these. It’s like Ferrari & Lamborghini. These are the top of the line, serious machines.
So, it seems like the question is why hasn’t Canada honored the reciprocal agreement when the U.S. & other partners do, at least from what I can tell. Gulfstream can’t deliver jets to the Canadian market until they do, while Bombardier can deliver to the U.S.
I suspect this looks like Canada protecting its markets to some.
And that, friends, is my book report.
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It’s convenient to insist you’d have done things differently in a life-threatening situation that unfolded in mere seconds.
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It is one thing to protest — interfering with law enforcement by confronting them with your car is not a legitimate protest.
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No se trata de defender a Maduro. Se trata del precedente peligroso. Ahora cualquier narcodictadura que lleve 26 años en el poder persiguiendo y asesinando opositores, y desconociendo el resultado de las elecciones está en riesgo.
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I feel it would wrong to use the actions of a couple of bad apples tarnish the reputation of the entire Syndney October 7 Mass March to Gas The Jews community
Were the Bondi beach terrorists at the ‘Gas the Jews’ protest in Sydney two days after October 7th?
Our online investigators believe that Naveed Akram and his father Sajid Akram may have been present at the ‘Gas the Jews’ protest in Sydney on 9th October 2023.
(At the time, Australian police claimed, despite witness statements to the contrary, that people were in fact chanting ‘Where’s the Jews’, as if that somehow made it better.)
We have made this assessment with medium confidence, but here is the source video and you can make up your own mind.
If it is true, it would represent some of the clearest evidence yet – to those, such as police chiefs across the West, who seem to be the among the last to grasp it – that there is a direct line between the hate marches and demonstrations and the murder of Jews.
The authorities across the West should have clamped down on the incitement years ago. It is too late for the dead, and, if they do not finally act, it will soon be too late for the West as well.
