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They do shed statism when the state system collapses as it did at the end of the Bronze Age and when Rome fell. What follows is a dark age where warlo...

What happened to Wayfarer?

You've got to stop dropping acid before you read the newspaper.

Will the war have the effect of cementing Putin's control over Russia? Or loosen it? The problem with saying Russia was threatened, so we should have ...

I don't buy Big Mac's. :grin:

I don't know enough about economics to assess that intelligently.

By Ukrainians, yes.

How so? Inflation hasn't been a problem for the past few decades.

If you're talking about the stimulus payments, I don't think that was enough to generate the inflation we're seeing. If you add up all the elements of...

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How do you think the war is most likely to play out?

Probably just really tired.

this made me laugh out loud

That's just the crime for which she was convicted. She recanted, so she couldn't be convicted of heresy. My knowledge comes from a really good book ab...

She was tried by the Burgundians. There was only one Englishman at the trial and he didn't stay for the whole thing. The English didn't care. The Burg...

Do you have Deuteronomy memorized?

I think we live in a more androgynous time. In the past, like in medieval Europe, blurring the lines actually freaked people out. Joan of Arc, for ins...

In my post to Jack, I edited out the part about dredging up the Anima from the depths like Cthulhu, writhing with suckered tentacles. I may have some ...

What does it say?

I see where you're going. You're saying every male only looks male because we're contrasting their appearance to a female version of them which lurks ...

ok. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Snuffy31.jpg/220px-Snuffy31.jpg

You're welcome.

If it came from Trump's mouth, it may be true, but I'd be wary. Definitely don't take his word for it. Same with Putin. I wouldn't say the same of Mac...

That's a fallacious ad hominem, obviously.

It's a quantity. https://youtu.be/PUn2izowBkw I have a theory about why this seems counter intuitive. I think we have a sense of physics informed by e...

You said the potential energy is in the spring (or at least you seemed to.). Strictly speaking, potential energy doesn't have a location. You could th...

That's true. It's a case of ad hominem. Ad hominem is acceptable in cases where it's wise to be skeptical of an individual's statements because that p...

Potential energy is part of an analysis of a state of things wrt all the possibilities associated with that state. The formula is always something lik...

Correct. But since he lies so frequently, it can be difficult to know which he's doing. You saw the video Olivier posted where his own soldiers didn't...

The principle is to lie frequently so that people don't know when to believe and when not to.

I don't think he ever said anything negative about Ukraine, did he? Except maybe the Nazi Ukrainians.

There have been articles about it. It's a tactic for creating a general information fog.

That's true. My point was just that doubting Putin is kind of like doubting Trump. The total disregard for truth is unusual in both cases.

I think that's the rudder for a lot of folks. They react specifically against the idea of the US showing up in a positive light. I think all political...

Putin changes his stories pretty frequently, though. You get to the point where you're not second guessing him or wondering what he really meant by su...

That's a good question. I think there's a thread of truth to it, but there's more going on than that. Honestly, I think it will be a few years before ...

Let's hope they come up with something.

That would be nice. :grin:

Ha! You called it.

I got one: Fall you great carcass And get it over with You've hung there too long making us cringe We'll be better when you're gone With clouds to mel...

The primary way the US and Russia "compete" is ideological, not financial. Because Russia is a dictatorship, profoundly corrupt, and militarily aggres...

Aha. All true

Some make the accusation that Putin is acting in self defense, or at least defense of what is rightfully his client state. Because the US has been sup...

I wish that wasn't true.

Maybe, but they've kept their statements sort of neutral.

Some are saying that, yes.

The controversy in this thread? It's hard to say. I've asked, and I don't get back anything that makes sense to me. It's maybe just people expressing ...

Yes. Biden's from the Silent Generation, so he's probably up to speed on that.

How about China?

Your theory is that whether the US funds a conflict, with no other goals in mind, comes down to how easy it is? Ok. I think I understand you. I think ...