There is lots to what he is suggesting...this is just one small point. In his latest book (I am right on the page now), his example of the US keeping international shipping open is from the Iran-Iraq War. In 1983, Iran and Iraq were flinging missiles at each other's ships (300 ships were hit). He ar...

I do find it concerning that a friend I forwarded the story to wrote back to me today and asked "since the response was so muted was the original source a right wing publication?". It is crazy how people see the news through such a polarized filter. What world are you living in that people don't im...

I don't see the problem with shooting it down over water. They knew exactly where it was. They could monitor where it was going. They could jam any signals it tries to send home so it couldn't gather information. There was no rush to get rid of it so they might as well shoot it down only when there ...

In all honesty this makes things look pretty bad for Biden if true. A policy of allowing the balloons to pass by makes sense from some perspectives (they spy on us, we spy on them, the game was ever thus sort of thing). A policy of letting one past and blowing one out of the sky because it happens ...

Just curious - anyone watched videos/read books by Peter Zeihan? An example of his spiel is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA-jOLF2T4c Due to a variety of factors (demographics, the war in Ukraine, where the arable farmland is which doesn't require fertilizers, which countries have a lot of n...

It is true that there isn't a large amount of evidence behind the article (it relies on the word of an anonymous source)...but it builds a timeline and a story that does sound somewhat plausible.

I do find it concerning that a friend I forwarded the story to wrote back to me today and asked "since the response was so muted was the original source a right wing publication?". It is crazy how people see the news through such a polarized filter.

I suspect your hopes will be fulfilled. But let's imagine that it is true... What would the fallout for Biden be? Would that be considered a resigning issue? And what would the impact be on NATO? I was initially thinking that if this is true Biden is done. This is a massive scandal. Biden would be ...

Oh, s***. I hope this isn't true:

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how ... m?sort=top

Define porn. I don't believe everyone's definition of "porn" is the same.

No:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridg ... _headlines

It is absolutely nuts how anyone non-white playing the villain role is being seen an racist at the moment. There was recently outrage over the Netflix series Wednesday because two of the mean kids were black...and that must have been driven by racism: https://nypost.com/2022/11/30/tim-burtons-wednes...

Can I get one a diploma in basket weaving?

Inflation means expenses rising faster than income. I know that poverty is bad Orathaic, I am intimately aware of poverty. This, however, is not the definition of Inflation. Inflation refers to the purchasing power of currency going down- if a dollar is worth less, then less can be exchanged for th...

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Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:02 pm

Have I been relevant in the past 10 years?

No

Popping in for two comments- Inflation hurts the poor the most. Does it? While it would hurt the unemployed and those on disability/social security, "the Poor" is a vague collection. The biggest hits from inflation goes to those who have a ton of capital in money, but no real assets. The poor don't...

People have also argued there is a lot of Christian values in Tolkien:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian ... ddle-earth

Tolkien was a devout Catholic.

Divided government...both sides will need to compromise to get anything done. Largely no BS complaints of voter fraud. It has been a quiet day. Also Trump didn't have a good night vs. DeSantis which is awesome. I am not a fan of DeSantis but at least he is rational and level headed. Trump is a narc...

A lot of what Tolkien created wasn't original. He reused ideas from older European mythology (dwarves and elves I believe came from German mythology).

There is some racism where the dark skin humans are Sauron supporters. In fantasy the "bad guys" are most likely going to look different, most likely ugly too (same with horror). Doesn't mean this was done with racist intent. Oh my goodness. Go back to your cave please. Huh? I am just telling you r...