In a report submitted #OTD in 1951, General Gladeon Barnes lamented the losses American light tanks took from the "Russian T-34 heavy tank" in Korea. Indeed, North Korean T-34-85 could indeed easily defeat South Korean Chaffees head to head. #tanks #history #ColdWar #KoreanWar
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Looks a lot like a centrally planned economy
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The economic principles taught in school aren’t as relevant as hype, connections and total, arbitrary control
Elon Musk spends months boosting the far right in British politics and fomenting disorder. Boris Johnson’s response - ‘Have you seen the rockets?’
Another piece of British justice under Starmer just got eroded. These people were initially charged under the Terrorism Act, however the Court Case was NOT depicted as Terrorism to the jury. Then a switcheroo back to Terrorism for the harst sentencing.
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Rebranding a hallucination as a ‘critical confabulation’ that can fill archival gaps is a big no from me.
Use of the Terrorism Act is overkill and designed to chill disent but these courtroom antics are very disturbing and could be extended into other areas.
So if you are a juror from now on, assume that the judge will be using harsher sentencing that you expect from now on.
