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Why do you think Tommy guns were so popular. They were called Chicago Typewriters for a reason.
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Anecdotally, it seems a lot of the shootings (and the ones that rack up the most hits) are drive-bys rather than failed muggings or whatever. That seems to line up with lots of misses and injuries rather than deaths.
What I've heard, taking out the leadership of gangs meant that there is an awful lot of gang violence which is about the attempt to establish new leadership. Shoot up rivals to see who emerges as the new bosses.
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I would point out that the Hey Jackass site is the source for all things related to shootings in Chicago.
https://heyjackass.com
https://heyjackass.com
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Seems to be a map showing where the Russians focused their efforts in 2018.
Got any for where Saudi Arabia focused on buying US politicians?
Sadly Russia isn't even aware that California isn't a swing state. I guess they should have paid more attention prior to spending their money.
Got any for where Saudi Arabia focused on buying US politicians?
Sadly Russia isn't even aware that California isn't a swing state. I guess they should have paid more attention prior to spending their money.
That's assuming the sole goal of any Russian effort was swinging the presidential election in a specific direction, rather than causing mischief and chaos more generally by amping up and mainstreaming white supremacist fervor.
I think it is ridiculous to think Russia changed the result of the election. Is there even any research on ads by other countries, ala how these are from Russia (which itself isn't in tautology with: "They were funded by the Kremlin itself".
Russia has something like 1/8 of the US GDP. This Russiagate thing is imo a diversion, to hide for the real reasons the democratic party managed to lose to something like Trump.
OK but did I say anything about any of that? I don't really care.
Edit: For the record, the US election was swung, as it always is, by various widespread and often subtle but cumulatively decisive forms of racist and classist voter suppression along with the inconsistent impacts of a randomised but mostly rural-weighted apportionment. The actual competitive element takes place on a very slanted playing field and the Democrats' single biggest electoral sin is failing to unpick these things.
But that's really got nothing to do with the question of Russian goals in attempting to mess with the popular discourse via advertising etc. Try and stay focused, it's less boring that way.
Edit: For the record, the US election was swung, as it always is, by various widespread and often subtle but cumulatively decisive forms of racist and classist voter suppression along with the inconsistent impacts of a randomised but mostly rural-weighted apportionment. The actual competitive element takes place on a very slanted playing field and the Democrats' single biggest electoral sin is failing to unpick these things.
But that's really got nothing to do with the question of Russian goals in attempting to mess with the popular discourse via advertising etc. Try and stay focused, it's less boring that way.
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warpus
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It's quite windy in Chicago I hear, so it's harder to aim guns, as the bullets are more likely to stray off course
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Would be easier to stay focused if there was more obvious influence. Eg in the case of US invading countries to install puppet governments, the degree and reality of influence is rather more notable.
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Percentage of the population with a university degree.
While interesting, it also needs to be said that the percentage of population with a university degree does not say anything about either intelligence or the quality of the education system. It doesn't even necessarily implicate access to education or inequality.
I think here it mostly correlates with wealth or poulation densitiy (see Brussels, Madrid or Paris).
I think here it mostly correlates with wealth or poulation densitiy (see Brussels, Madrid or Paris).
JohannaK
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Like the famously densely packed Scottish Highlands. Or the similarly famous ghost city of Rome and the Lombardian Desert.
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Yeah I recently saw that German university attendance rates are much much lower than here in Canada. It was something like 28% in Germany vs uhm 75% in Canada. Those numbers aren't right but you get the idea
Clearly in Germany a lot of students go to vocational schools instead... or.. something like that? But just looking at that map you might make other assumptions
I assume that there's at least one city in that scottish district ^^.
For Rome, the outlined area is just too big
.I also said "mostly"
.Yes, that.
In Germany we have a very high quality vocational training track, which most people follow. It's the standard education for most jobs (from laboratory assistant, dental assistant,IT specialist to plumber, hair dresser or car mechanic), and basically only people in higher positions might need a university degree. Also not always. There are quite a few bussiness types, which require that someone with the highest vocational degree lead it (although I think this has been abolished recently), and with such a degree you can also easily lead a department in a bigger company.
The "lack" of univeristy degrees or univeristy attendance in Germany does therefore not reflect issues with education per se.
I think, as far as I read, this might also apply to some of the other Middle European (and African, see Poland) countries in this overview, but I don't have deeper insights there.
Percentage of the population with a university degree.
Seems counter-intuitive, given virtually everyone here (of my generation and later) has a university degree (because it is seen as a prestige thing, and often isn't tied to actual future work). Even more surprising is the greenery in London, given that a very large percentage of the british public has been blue-collar workers or similar historically, and still there is a non negative view of manual or tied white-collar labour (shop positions etc).
That said, in the map Attica is light green (or bordering that) and Thessalonike has colour only for the entire region of Macedonia (
), so it may just be a map region division issue. Athens, Peireus (both in Attica) & Thessalonike combined have something like 7/10 of the country's population. A more informative map would be about population percentage with a degree, not regions.
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The bologna process should ensure a certain amount of comparability.
Some variances are down to approaches to training.
Others (Italy) are simply under skilled.
https://www.oecd.org/italy/italy-sh...o-improve-peoples-skills-and-boost-growth.htm
Others are down to age profiles and migration - Ireland is young and has probably benefited from the immigration of qualified young people.
Some variances are down to approaches to training.
Others (Italy) are simply under skilled.
https://www.oecd.org/italy/italy-sh...o-improve-peoples-skills-and-boost-growth.htm
Others are down to age profiles and migration - Ireland is young and has probably benefited from the immigration of qualified young people.
The comparability affects only the university system though, and other systems are not affected.
So the high degree of vocational training in some countries will probably impact how their university attendance compares.
So the high degree of vocational training in some countries will probably impact how their university attendance compares.
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