Minnesota, USA
Happiness is a well-stocked personal library and a security cabinet full of guns. :)
This RDN profile gives Dianne Feinstein nightmares. :D
Notices by m14brony, page 31
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I think I'm starting to like the scent of Ballistol. :D
Sunday, 20-Sep-15 05:12:41 UTC from web -
@bobo because when your mom met your dad....
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My age now matches the caliber stamped onto the M1 Garand's receiver heel.
Sunday, 20-Sep-15 02:12:32 UTC from web -
Of course, these just had to show up on US shores at a time when I am short on spare cash: http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=F3SKSY5966CG&name=Ceremonial+Guard+Yugoslavian+Model+59%2f66+7.62x39+SKS+Rifles&groupid=213
Sunday, 20-Sep-15 02:05:35 UTC from web -
@mercuryvalentine I didn't have trouble sleeping last night. Then again, I worked for 11 hours that day (it was all overtime, though).
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@metaltao Speaking of that subject:
#NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI9tov6A2DI -
@metaltao Replacement of the defective thermostat has resulted in the walk-in freezer working properly; the hash browns will continue to be good for long-term storage.
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@metaltao Another HVAC service ticket? I am going to have to get paid overtime for this.
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I have replaced the valve cover gasket. :)
Tuesday, 08-Sep-15 00:28:05 UTC from web -
@rarity It's a shame my Mosin-Nagant M91/30's can't tell me their stories; they probably took out some non-redeemable types back in the '40's.
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@awlelwa Being as introverted as I am, I only like face-to-face contact with others in small doses.
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@rarity Admittedly, I am glad that you brought up the subject, as I need to brush up on my studies (two years of 14-16 hour days between college and work did wonders to make me "rusty"). :)
The isolation of Cuba definitely had its effect, and it played no small role in its orientation toward the USSR (the isolation of the revolution in backward Russia also played a key role in the degeneration of the USSR from its early proletarian democracy into the infamous Stalinist regime; Marx long ago noted that all of the "old crap" would inevitably return in such situations). -
"The dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e., the organization of the vanguard of the oppressed as the ruling class for the purpose of suppressing the oppressors, cannot result merely in an expansion of democracy. Simultaneously with an immense expansion of democracy, which for the first time becomes democracy for the poor, democracy for the people, and not democracy for the money-bags, the dictatorship of the proletariat imposes a series of restrictions on the freedom of the oppressors, the exploiters, the capitalists. We must suppress them in order to free humanity from wage slavery, their resistance must be crushed by force; it is clear that there is no freedom and no democracy where there is suppression and where there is violence."
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@rarity Marx's concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat is that of a democratic workers' state suppressing the bourgeoisie, not a totalitarian bureaucratic state apparatus hovering over a nationalized economy and denying workers any real participation in politics (as is the case with Cuba).
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@rarity It's actually under a milder form of Stalinism in the final analysis. It doesn't have workers' democracy, productive forces more advanced than those of the most advanced capitalist countries, or other characteristics of socialism. And if Stalinism isn't overthrown in a political revolution by socialists, it inevitably ends in capitalist restoration (we can see that Cuba is headed down that path).
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@rarity Cuba has a bureaucratic state apparatus and has been subject to isolation for decades. It never was communist in spite of the gains made in literacy, healthcare, etc. over there.
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I should put this on my car and service van:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e1/4d/f6/e14df683deec24328c7554e08a078840.jpg -
I got 16 hours of overtime this week. Yay.
Friday, 04-Sep-15 22:38:05 UTC from web -
Elder Memes Online.
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@metaltao I'll know if you attempt revenge if I come to a site where the unit is tripping out on high head pressure due to a condenser coil being plugged with mashed potatoes. :P
