I think I preferred the book for 'The Shining'. I did like the movie too, although Stephen King didn't, partly because Jack Nicholson going nuts wasn'...
Depends on the source. I've seen news reports to that effect but nothing convincing as yet. I don't think we're going to get reliable intelligence on ...
I also think it's misleading to claim they gave him the thumbs up. Unless you have sources to back that up, they might just as well have tried to talk...
If you accept the premise of Chinese influence being a factor in the war being started then it makes sense to accept they could be influential in find...
Our immediate reaction to this war should have been the realization that we fucked up and misjudged Russia's determination to get Ukraine to bend to i...
Better that this gets deescalated. My expectation is the more you escalate it, the more Putin will demand as a penalty for the extra dead Russians you...
20 billion of that is for weapons and only 3 for humanitarian aid, apparently. :sad: https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-looks-congress-oligarchs-more...
It's a lot in Ukraine. About the same as their total annual government expenditure. https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Ukraine/government_spending_dolla...
It's not specifically in the rules. It just makes things easier to read and helps to show you haven't misquoted someone. If you really don't want to u...
:chin: Just to add though, for all their ostensibly hostile talk, there seems to be a tacit agreement between NATO and Russia that goes something like...
Do you mean the use of any nuclear weapon by Russia or a nuclear exchange between Russia and NATO? The former is a significant possibility (though sti...
A book about a dystopian society where everyone is forced to read Kierkegaard should be required reading for anyone who suggests everyone must read Ki...
It's fair to contextualize the issue. Nothing we say here is going to contribute to a solution, merely analyse its possibility. And it's also fair to ...
You can argue that these atrocities mirror those in Iraq and elsewhere but you can't argue that they are not the current narrative. That horse has lef...
No, the correct thing to do is address their arguments, which stand on their own merit. You connected them in order to discredit your opponents. Your ...
From the link: "A guilt by association fallacy occurs when someone connects an opponent to a demonized group of people or to a bad person in order to ...
I don't think that fairly represents @"Benkei"'s position. But he can speak for himself. Before I get tarred with the same brush, I suppose I should e...
Seeing as @"Apollodorus" does not seem able to heed warnings, his last couple of posts have been deleted as will any more along the same lines. Apolog...
It's my view that Putin will make a deal with Zelensky, get what he wanted before the war plus a little more and Zelensky will have to sell that to th...
Yes, I think I said before, regardless of whether they get what they were ostensibly asking for, it will probably require some serious studies to work...
Meanwhile our media is concentrating on the important stuff: "Putin bathes in deer antler extract" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/put...
Oh, another result of the war will be lots of EU money and EU membership for Ukraine when it's over. I expect worried German and French diplomats are ...
I've been reading Sun Tzu lately. And it's a good line. Of course, the problem in this context is when you point out evidence that Ukraine aren't doin...
No, why would it be bad for them now not to take Kiev if they can get what they want without taking it? i.e. seriously degrade the Ukranian military, ...
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