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I said "cronyism aside" to explain the pure theory. Of course cronyism throws a wrench into the system. And cronyism is a function of government-granted privileges. As long as you have the monopoly we call government, you will have cronyism. Plain and simple. The most potent way to "slant the playing field" is through the use of government: a powerful and widely accepted tool of legalized aggression and coercion.

In fact, that's one of the main 'uses' of government regulation: to ensure that others cannot "catch up." The minimum wage laws are an example (contrary to the rhetoric surrounding the issue). So is taxation. And currency inflation used to pay for the bailouts. The list goes on and on.

Sociopaths win when they can use government to prevent competition. And make no mistake, the government itself is rife with sociopaths. (One might say that it's a prerequisite!)

(BTW, what exactly do the sociopaths "win?" To my mind, any "wealth" they have was not "won" at all, but was stolen by force, using the government as a mechanism of income redistribution. Without this tool, they'd have no choice but to offer actual goods/services that others want to pay for, if they want any wealth.)

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(And just as I was about to post this, I found this!) You think it's harder for poor folks to climb the income ladder now than it was 20 or 40 years ago? You're wrong, say the folks at the Equality of Opportunity project. (Let me note that these are NOT "right wingers." Saez is the darling of many progressives because of some his earlier work on inequality.) "The authors of this study measured the ability of children born in different income strata from 1971 to 1993 to move into different income groups. For example, it found that a child born in 1971 in the bottom 20% of household earners had an 8.4% chance of eventually making it into the top 20% of earners by his or her 20s or 30s. The chances of a child born in 1986 making a similar ascent was 9.0%."

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008)

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 –25December1977)

Jiddu Krishnamurti (Telugu:జిడ్డు కృష్ణ మూర్తి, Born:May 12,18February17,1986,)

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January1977)

David Vaughan Icke-(29 April 1952 -)

I understand King of Queens was a funny show-But hey-Missed the 90s and haven't done TV since 1986-Do enjoy the few Big Bang Theories I've seen but not so much for Parson's character...

From Wikipedia:
William R. (Bill) Bartmann is a consumer advocate and the founder and CEO of CFS2, Inc, a debt-collection company based in Tulsa, OK. Previously he was the founder and CEO of Commercial Financial Services Inc, a debt collection company based in Tulsa, OK that operated from 1986 to 1999.

What this video doesn't talk about is the original CFS, also founded by Bartmann. I used to work for that company, for 2 days. The original CFS was not, in any way, a nice company. Agents were required to stand during all calls so that they would have the mental upper-hand while berating the people they were attempting collection from. This included threats of contacting current employers, personal attacks and even attacks relating to an individuals ability sustain their family. This was the training I received and why I only worked there 2 days.

I have no doubt that this video accurately portrays the people and the tactics they use now but make no mistake, they only do things this way because they have decided it is more financially viable. This is not altruism, it was simply a winning business tactic.

Regimes supported

Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela, 1908-1935.
Jorge Ubico, Guatemala, 1931-1944.
Fulgencio Batista, Republic of Cuba 1952-1959.
Syngman Rhee, Republic of Korea (South Korea), 1948-1960.
Rafael Trujillo, Dominican Republic, 1930-1961.[citation needed]
Ngo Dinh Diem, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), 1955-1963.
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran, 1953-1979.
Anastasio Somoza Garcia, Nicaragua, 1967-1979.
Military Junta in Guatemala, 1954-1982.
Military Junta in Bolivia, 1964-1982.[citation needed]
Military Junta in Argentina, 1976-1983.
Brazilian military government, 1964-1985.
François Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier, Republic of Haiti, 1957-1971; 1971-1986.[citation needed]
Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay, 1954-1989.[citation needed]
Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines, 1965-1986.[8][9]
General Manuel Noriega, Republic of Panama, 1983-1989.
General Augusto Pinochet, Chile, 1973-1990.
Saddam Hussein, Republic of Iraq, 1982-1990.
General (military), Suharto Republic of Indonesia, 1975-1995.
Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire/Congo, 1965-1997.
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, 1981-2011.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Kingdom of Bahrain, 2012.
Saudi royal family, 2012.
Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan, 1991-2012.[10]
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia, 1995-2012.[11]
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea, 2006-2012.[12]

Ok, but there's been maybe a couple of cases where military interventions were conducted for humanitarian reasons, this wasn't one of them.

Actually we have an interesting history with Libya. The bombing of Libya in 1986 was the first bombing ever to be conducted for Live Television. It took careful planning but it happened just when nightly news came on in the united states, and they don't have bureaus in Libya so they had to find out that this stuff was going on well before in order to get people to film it.

The US has never been interested in humanitarian intervention and should never be given false credit for it.

had CD in the car in 1986 with a cool Hafler MA-1 amp

A very WTF moment from a 1986 box office flop directed by Wes "A Nightmare On Elm Street" Craven.

P.S...........Have a thumbnail

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Oh, and Berlin - Take My Breath Away (10:58)

I include because I had SUCH a crush on Terri Nunn, although "No More Words" was better, it doesn't fall within 1986.

I can't believe all this happened in 1986. I was 10, and this feels like my entire childhood. Makes me want to see videos for other years of the 80s.