Rambo III is about how Rambo and the US fight with the mujahideen to free Afghanistan

Without a doubt. When I was at the IMF I worked on plenty of low-income countries. The corruption I saw was far less than under the Trump regime.

.Ariel Helwani I think you guys are underestimating the possibility that Dana was telling the truth—Jones was never going to be on the White House card—and they had Hunter Campbell ‘negotiating’ in bad faith just to fuck with him as revenge for the Aspinall fiasco

There’s nothing medievalists love more than light metaphors

Neat study guide to refer back to after you’ve read the text itself

In the PRC they don’t say “cunty” they say 太牛逼了 and I think that’s beautiful

David Dyzenhaus & Giovanni Battista Ratti (eds) -- special issue Jurisprudence: "Norberto Bobbio and HLA Hart in Dialogue: Foundations and Frontiers of the Philosophy of Law." share.google/fjzZuV7Lxah7qr…

In a similar vein, sometimes surprised that the anti-income tax crowd doesn't view China as a model -- only collects 1 pp of GDP in personal income tax, which is incredibly low. Functionally limits social spending/ welfarisim as well

Marcelo Starcenbaum I don’t understand your question. Are you saying that a “global” “history of capitalism” is redundant? I disagree. It’s totally possible to write a history of capitalism that is less than global—it’s not necessary that every book do everything; that would be ridiculous.

Not the most salient thing… but why are they Lego people? Is there some quirk of international copy right law at work here?