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- Comment on Was there a Cold War conflict where the Soviets funded the right-wingers and the Americans funded the communists? 1 day ago:
The closest I can think of: I think there was a crazy time when the People's Republic of China and, to a lesser extent, the US were together(!) backing "Democratic Kampuchea" (i.e. the Khmer frickin' Rouge) against the invading (USSR-allied) Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its proxy, the People's Republic of Kampuchea.
So, the US, softly, backing a bunch of far-left lunatics against a less-far-left bunch backed indirectly by the Soviets.
From Wikipedia
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War was an armed conflict between the Khmer Rouge-led Democratic Kampuchea and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It began in December 1978, with a Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia which toppled the Khmer Rouge and ended in 1989 with the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. This Cold War conflict was part of the Third Indochina War and Sino-Soviet split with the Soviet Union supporting Vietnam and China supporting the Khmer Rouge.
- Comment on Why doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid? 6 days ago:
The Straits of America!
- Comment on Would you rather unionize or buy some videogames? 2 weeks ago:
Someone should do this for members of the Fraternal Order of Police.
And it's already St. Patrick's Day-themed!
- Comment on Just a silly little GIF( 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Director Neil Marshall announces a 4K restoration of The Descent & More! 4 weeks ago:
Watched it last night, on Mometu.
- I hadn't seen it before.
- Mometu had the version that ends with her daughter and the birthday cake, which I believe is the slightly longer version.
- It was fantastic!
- Comment on Director Neil Marshall announces a 4K restoration of The Descent & More! 5 weeks ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Director Neil Marshall announces a 4K restoration of The Descent & More! 5 weeks ago:
:D
I guess I'll find out when I watch it.
- Comment on Director Neil Marshall announces a 4K restoration of The Descent & More! 5 weeks ago:
I think they mean it was very bad and everyone should pretend like it doesn't exist.
- Comment on Director Neil Marshall announces a 4K restoration of The Descent & More! 5 weeks ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Director Neil Marshall announces a 4K restoration of The Descent & More! 5 weeks ago:
The one on Mometu is 1hr 39mins 51secs. Prime has it, "1hr 39mins".
I tried looking up info to see which cut that was but had to stop to avoid spoilers.
Any idea which that is?
- Comment on There are major holes in this theory 5 weeks ago:
So you're saying the Titanic took down the Twin Towers?
ZOMG The Titanic took down the Twin Towers!!!
- Comment on Director Neil Marshall announces a 4K restoration of The Descent & More! 5 weeks ago:
I can't quite remember if I've seen this or if I'm thinking of another caving horror movie.
Either way, I found it on legit free streaming and will watch it when it's dark (oh wait, it's #Monsterdon tonight, maybe in a few nights).
- Comment on What quintessentially British images should go on the new banknotes? Our panel has some ideas 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Welcome to the Labour police state 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on UK: Chinese asylum seeker allowed to stay in Britain because he “cannot be expected to lie” about his support for Taiwanese independence 1 month ago:
As usual with Taiwan, it's... complicated.
Residents of mainland China, which is now under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC), were identified as nationals given the pre-1949 history of the Republic of China. In May 2023, Executive Yuan released a policy memorandum to clarify that: "The people of mainland China do not have ROC nationality, and hence are not ROC nationals." (中國大陸人民不具中華民國國籍、非屬中華民國國民)[12] Legal scholars, on the other hand, argue that the matter is not resolved as executive branch explanations are not legally binding to courts. Hence, unless amended by the Legislative Yuan, both the Nationality Act and the Cross-Strait Act still include citizens of Mainland China (i.e., the PRC) as ROC nationals.
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- Comment on ABC Says Terry Moran, Suspended for Social Media Posts, Will Not Return 1 month ago:
Both Mr. Vance and Mr. Miller pointed to the post as evidence of what they say is an anti-Trump bias in the mainstream media.
Reality has a well-known anti-Trump bias.
- Comment on [Republican] Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire 1 month ago:
My bad. Thanks for the pointer.
- Comment on [Republican] Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire 1 month ago:
Reminder that this is from 2020, not 2025.
- Comment on Live Updates: Trump Says Protesters at Military Parade Will Face 'Heavy Force' 1 month ago:
Just line the parade route and turn your backs on him and his brownshirts as they pass by.
- Comment on Did YouTube just disable video playback for people using adblockers or is it just me? 1 month ago:
Me neither.
- Browser: Zen (fork of Firefox)
- Extension: LibRedirect (pre-installed in Zen IIRC)
- App: FreeTube
I click on a YouTube link and it opens in FreeTube, no ads.
Every now and then, videos won't play because of some change by Google, usually it's just a day or so until FreeTube releases an update that works again.
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 1 month ago:
My school (UK, 1980s) offered Mandarin as an extracurricular course. I signed up, showed up... and was the only student. One-on-one classes the rest of the year :)
(Just don't try grilling me in Mandarin now, though.)
- Comment on National Guard Arrives in LA as More Immigration Protests Are Expected: Live Updates 2 months ago:
- Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit? 2 months ago:
Why would anyone not like Russia or North Korea? They're led by great guys, lovely guys. So strong! The haircuts. The uniforms!
- Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit? 2 months ago:
Only started with Reddit last year, left when the country it's based in started to threaten the country I'm in and a bunch of others, too.
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- Comment on It's a whole new world 2 months ago:
That really ties the room together.
- Comment on It's a whole new world 2 months ago:
or excavating the spiderhole Musk or Trump [delete as applicable] will be eventually found in?
- Comment on Caption this. 2 months ago:
"We told you this is how 'marriage equality' would end up!!!"
