Things like the Shomrim do work, and guess what...it's decentralization in action more or less. That's in fact the core thing about the Free Market. It's the ultimate in decentralized authority.

The Spanish disease of excessive centralization still taking it's toll.

More like turning Hapsburg Spain

But wasting your time is not the worst thing the educational system does to you. The worst thing it does is to train you that the way to win is by hacking bad tests. This is a much subtler problem that I didn't recognize until I saw it happening to other people.

This is on purpose. The state wants you to think cleverly exploiting the system is the answer, not realizing the system is a scam which serves no one.

This is also why society is infested with beta males. I can hack my way to love!!! Dumbass.

So as a first approximation, bad tests are roughly equivalent to tests imposed by authorities.

Bingo.

SCAN for lies. By looking for police mouth movement

Did anyone expect anything less? The Trumpster is nothing but smoke and mirrors; there's no there there.

Pentagon papers 2.0; It's obvious to all but the most stupid that they couldn't have been ignorant of the uselessness of the purported mission, and instead pursued the real mission (daring raid on US treasury).

BONUS: The WaPo FOIA Saga prying this from .gov. Guarantee you this isn't even the worst of it. The stuff that will come out later is that they were sadistic and maliciously enjoying it all the way to the bank, not just liars.

As expected, it was all a bunch of big talk, and nothing else. Like the Persians, they will learn to trust nothing uncle satan says.

But once again, the inescapable factor is always China. Otorbaev, referring to BRI, insisted, “you must offer to us the highest technological solutions.” I asked him point-blank whether he could name a project with inbuilt, top technological transfer to Kyrgyzstan. He answered, “I didn’t see any added value so far.” Beijing better go back to the drawing board – seriously.

Anyone paying attention realizes these bridges to nowhere are just a way to let the Han colonize you.

We shall see if war is in the cards, given the high stakes involved.

Too much debt and hinky accounting brings them down. Pretty much the story of most US corps right now; just waiting for their downturn.

Good to know elections aren't robbing the labor pool of anyone with intelligence

Huge if true.

This is 1/3 as big as the bailouts, and of course not covered by the media because #Peach45

Fitting that the guy behind the registry also loves the Raj

Supposedly only for "violent" misdemeanors. Will quickly escalate into taking your guns over traffic tickets.

Trust the plan to invade Panama

To carve up the eastern med. No wonder the Greeks are getting increasingly nervous.

Not a bad way to monetize.

For doing too many hits. SMERSH as always is active.

One weird trick to start a civil war when the rural elite realize they have no chance at the levers of power anymore

Oceania seems one of the few sensible spots on the planet for this.

guess they wanna squat on more undersea cables, since they are about as subtle as a rock concert underwater. Long term surveillance is about all they're good for.

25k troops in eastern Iraq. Countdown to "don't change horses midstream".

UPDATE: Pentagram: NUH UNH, we didn't do that (yet)! So definitely confirmed.

I'm sure they feel super liberated by all this, right?