Monthly Topic: Guns vs. Butter‏

[sophia_sadek]

The topic of austerity and stimulus got me thinking back to my high school social studies lessons. One of the things we learned about was the economic trade-off between "guns and butter." During the second global conflict civilian consumption was drastically restricted with a strict rationing system. Citizens accepted this heavy-handed form of

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[ddstory]

The American campaign to prevent communists from educating girls in Afghanistan

You've made me curious. Got more info on this?

My father worked on the Manhattan Project

He was part of a secret organization too?

[sophia_sadek]

We are a wisdom school. Our members get in the hard way: by making an effort. Your homework is not my homework.

[luvdovz]

What a pile of mildly amusing bullshit.

[sophia_sadek]

Take it for what it is worth.

[luvdovz]

That's exactly what I'm doing: calling bullshit.

[sophia_sadek]

You would be surprised how much bovine excrement helps the garden grow. Most children think of the truly useful stuff as a bunch of crap until they see it in action.

[a_new_machine]

What are you, the A-team?

[sophia_sadek]

I am no team, but I could have a team stop by to visit if it would make you feel better.

[mahnmut]

It's not that secret.

[luvdovz]

There's been an upsurge of the general conspiracy levels lately. An orange code has been declared.

[sophia_sadek]

The folks who declared that orange code have kept themselves secret from us. They will not even tell us what the orange code means.

[luvdovz]

Something delicious, I'd wager.

[sophia_sadek]

Codes usually have an astringent aspect when swallowed.

[luvdovz]

Depends how hard you try to swallow.

[underlankers]

She's referring to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, specifically to the USSR's backing women's education. Because genocidal-level policies are A-OK so long as they're in Russian for the benefit of the worker's and soldier's proletariat, don'tcha know?

[terminator44]

What's the point of being able to read when many books are illegal?