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Jman is right, though. It is counterintuitive because it's mostly incorrect. Corporations almost never support consolidation of power inside their home borders for the simple reason that there needs to be a physical separation between corporate leaders and the banana republic strongmen they control. To put in simpler terms - major corporations can "control" a dictator from afar by feeding him resources, funds, or even man power in exchange for exclusive access, land grants, and/or markets, but this only works if there is an effective mechanism for cutting off the supply line when that dictator doesn't provide what he's asked to. Russia is an extremely poor example because the current government was predicated on an oligarchy rather than a dictatorship, but it proves a valuable cautionary tale about why power consolidation inside of ones borders is so extremely risky. There is only one way to consolidate power effectively, and the same rules apply for those ruling by themselves or as part of a select group. Oligarchies end up failing fairly quickly because the consolidation process is fundamentally undemocratic, which breed mistrust among the stakeholders and leaves an opening for one person to eliminate his rivals. To the contrary, corporations want and expect a weak democratic system inside their own borders where they can act without interference.

You can still cook your own meal for less than $1 per item. There are a whole host of issues with artificially deflated fast food products, but consumer accessibility isn't one of them.

That is fucked up.

Well, no. You’ll get a “Pope Francis is ruining the Church,” or “These bishops are not just disrespecting the pontif, they’re disrespecting the Faithful.” We’ve always understood what the analogs to “high” and “low” are, but the current crisis gives outsiders easily defined parallels.

There is a clear delineation between conservative and progressive Catholics, and it's always existed.

Ghosty is misspeaking there. The county as a whole isn't "High Catholic," but its relatively small Catholic Church is. Tolkien was part of and highly informed by a comparatively conservative Roman Catholic which, in turn, infuses a religious fundamentalism that was out of step with the rest of Flock even at that time. A subtext to Tolkien's highly symbolic fantasy is, in fact, a fictional alternate mythology to the United Kingdom. Without bothering with the obvious clickbait YT in the OP, it's worth noting that there is a fundamental disconnect between Buddhist philosophic traditions and Judeo/Christian philosophic traditions. The former places greater importance on the environment than the latter, and that difference tends to be more apparent if you attempt to place something like Rings beside any of Miyazaki's morality tales. In Rings, Middle Earth is subject to the battle between good and evil, an almost literal representation of the Garden of Eden. The creatures that inhabit Middle Earth are poisoned by evil just like their environment, but that poisoning tends to be a permanent and destructive gift from heigher powers. In Miyazaki's world, the environment is weakened by the toxic presence of humans but does not lose its core identity through the wounds it receives. The key difference is who the evil presence is. For Tolkien, it's the unseen and unspoken embodiment of evil, Satan. For Miyazaki, it's explicitly humans.

Happy Birthday Seight!

As you should.

They all do the same thing for all intents and purposes. So, I take it that your whore friends diminish themselves by being promiscuous?

Oh I think we all agree on that.

I’m not good at it, and Jacks story makes me jealous I’ve never had anyone hit on me like that either.

I’m not trying to put you on the spot. The term doesn’t mean much outside being an all purpose epithet for women we don’t like or are trying to denigrate. It doesn’t have to refer to sexual proclivity, but it almost always denotes disapproval.

AIn't nobody letting him tongue fuck their fartbox for free, he just pays less for the sweet bliss of ass food coma.

What does that mean?

Or they brought in playmakers for their new franchise quarterback.

The buzz way back in October, when I was tooling around the city, was that Caleb was going to be drafted by the Bears. It’s hard not to think that the well was poisoned as far back as then.

Why?

Happy Birthday, Doomster.

Chili that makes you forget by giving you syphilis....

Ted Cruz is too stupid to use a computer... that's why he vacations in Mexico.

Not to be judgemental, but that sounds suspiciously like a negligent cat parent. We've ended up adopting cats from neighbors who simply couldn't care for them anymore. Of course, if you put food out in a neighborhood with stray cats, it'll only be a matter of time before you've adopted yourself a new friend, but you don;t have to the a cat whisperer for that to happen.

They hate each other. So... An Only Fans of saggy tits foxy boxing.

In all seriousness, I have seven feline housemates: an all time low, believe it or not. Some are super friendly, some aren't. In general, any cat I see while I'm out and about won't approach me and I won't approach them simply because they don't particularly need my intervention.

Not sure what you think you're proving with that.

He's not a "deeply unpopular president." That's you exaggerating. But, it's still not a surprise that Biden isn't popular given that the theme has always been that neither presidential candidate is the one voters wants to see. Again, the poll is within a standard margin-of-error, is months away from the conventions themselves, and, isn't likely to reflect those who are undecided (which, at this point, is going to be a larger percentage than usual because of the candidates).