Recent content by viewerfromnihil

Devastating. Laiho wasn't the reason why I started playing guitar, but I heard Children of Bodom for the first time directly thereafter and was obsessed with them for years. They were my introduction to extreme metal. My first concert was Unholy Alliance in 2006, and CoB were my favorite band on...

Totally. I find it to be a bit of a joke when Americans buy lower-tier Mercedes or BMWs in the US when they could get something just as nice for much less with an American or Japanese alternative. You're just buying the brand name at the point with out actually getting what makes the brand the...

GM actually pulled out of Europe a few years back and Camaros are pretty far and few between. Mustangs are pretty popular though, at least among young to middle-aged men (Germany at least). Owner crowd is typically the late 20s/early 30s bachelor types. People stand by their Beamers, Mercedes...

I think it looks great, but only if I don't look at it as a Vette. Thinking of it as a Vette kind of ruins it. That said, a mid-engine car with that kind of power and with that price-tag? Pretty sick. I think GM is once again pinning their hopes on this one will be the one that gets them into...

There's a schism in communism between anti-statist anarcho-communism, which has its own variety of shapes and forms between Luddism and technophiles (from Emma Goldman to factions of today's Pirate parties), and statist communism, of which orthodox adherents are stalinists. These disagreements...

I see your point and don't necessarily disagree with what you're getting at, but I wouldn't say they're shoehorning it. The vast majority (like over 90%) of immigrant and legal resident aliens are 'non-white.' Uh, ships filled with people were unloaded in the US with very little restrictions...

Yes, because this totally isn't a complete mischaracterization. Non-citizens (non-voters) have always counted because it says so in the Constitution. Here's the original in Article 1, section three: All free persons, even those in indentured servitude, were counted. Even slaves counted...

It doesn't hover around the center though. It hovers over the right, over the money, and over legal/economic disciplines in academia. There was a time when it was a far-right idea. It still is. The difference is, centrist democrats who make it to the top -- the 'shills' as you refer to them --...

It's more about nuances in usage. 'Neoliberal media,' for example, seemed strange. This would perhaps be a good designation for, say, Fox News before Trump (and to large extent after Trump as well), because much of their reporting is unapologetically ideological and pro-free trade. Perhaps maybe...

Gotcha, though I'm not sure I'd agree with it. Liberals, after all, were the 19th century pro-property rights free-traders who wanted to limit the scope of government, while neoliberalism typically advocates for a strong state to protect internationalized property rights and the free movement of...

What do you mean by neoliberal? It has a pretty specific meaning, but gets used sometimes as a sort of catch-all for things the left disagrees with. First time I've seen it in this sort of context though. edit: as for the Wiki page, don't forget that it's open, and that partisans on both sides...

When I type 'Epstein Clint' into google, all I get is 'prepare to be penetrated by a migrant.' There's no conspiracy on this. Lots of people are googling all imaginable combinations of Epstein + Trump, Clinton, your mom, etc, and the suggestions are changing rapidly as a result. Suggestions...

Sorry to hear that.

That's what I found really interesting about the tone in the first plaque. It's a plaque that was erected in Prussia by Prussians after successively winning numerous wars, the last of which the plaque commemorated united Germany (albeit one that excluded Austria). There was still quite a...

Nothing on my commentary? :p Not long ago, in the middle of June. There wasn't a lot of fanfare about it in part because we didn't have the time, money, or interest in a classic wedding. I never planned on marrying, but I also never thought I'd marry a non-US citizen with something other than...