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Um. Nevermind.

No. I wasn't. Why on earth would you think otherwise? :chin:

Somebody needs to tell Honda they're state owned. :lol:

Just thought it was a cool problem. I wasn't expecting you to solve it.

Exactly. Their command economy was stagnant and left hundreds of millions of people in extreme poverty. Transitioning to a private, profit based syste...

It's a mixed economy. They gave a very robust and powerful private sector.

@"Michael" I thought you might dig this: https://youtu.be/094y1Z2wpJg

They're conflict habituated, a sign of deep emotional wounds that probably go back to childhood.

We definitely won't need three books. Every time a manifestation of evil appears a hobbit will say, "Oh no you don't, bitch!" and blow them to kingdom...

I'm going to rewrite the Lord of the Rings and the hobbits will have nuclear weapons.

The problem with being entirely dishonorable and untrustworthy is that you can't get your opponent to accept a cease fire, especially when they're on ...

Careful how?

Those areas are part of Ukraine.

Would Russia's army have been victorious without Western support for Ukraine?

I know. I can't remember what a peninsula is.

I also appreciate the good stuff and frown at the bad, but I also feel connected to Lincoln, the Roosevelts, NASA, etc. Maybe it's lame to gather them...

If a person is proud to be an American, it's probably because of historic decisions that play out in the present. Being ashamed of being American can ...

It's not that many, then. I I guess it was related to trying to stabilize Syria? I wonder what proportion of those are single moms ready to take any p...

Just as the hand has many fingers, God gives us many boobs.

I think Putin wants to stop where he is and just defend the (soon to be) annexed territories. If they're part of Russia, attempts to take them back ar...

I think the US gets a lot of their troops by offering citizenship to Latin Americans for service.

No, it's in China. Did you know I'm part Filipino? Or was that a random guess?

Surely some place near you looks like a body part!

The US government has built-in checks on power. We just want the newspapers to investigate and report.

Dissent isn't their job, though.

They're going to be killed. I don't understand it.

https://coresites-cdn-adm.imgix.net/twc/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/two-breast-peaks-zhenfeng-county.jpg

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Helloo! I do have a little refrigerator in my mouth for extra butter. You never know when you'll come across a piece of popcorn that needs some.

I guess the monster is human. It's made out of human body parts.

If Dr Frankenstein kills his monster, is it murder?

I guess if Biden wanted stability in the region, he would try to help Russia save face right now, instead of humiliating the fuck out of Putin? Maybe ...

What's concerning (among all the concerning stuff) is that Biden doesn't want domestic tranquility in Russia. He wants regime change.

The wording "catastrophic consequences " was part of a message to the Kremlin from the White House regarding the use of tactical nukes. :eyes:

I've actually been referring to Politifact pretty frequently. Bypass the news sources and go straight to the fact-o-meter.

Does somebody have you strapped to a chair with your eyes held open by little forks?

Ideally the profits should go back into the business in R&D and positioning for future growth. That kind of thing declined in the 1980s as corporation...

The economic position of the average American has declined. Even as wages increase, they're in worse shape. You see this as attributable to Biden?

I couldn't find his original statement anywhere. It's alluded to without any citation. Kind of useless.

Antirealism is about the world, not metaphysics.

This is an assumption. You can invite people to share your assumptions, but you can't really bang them over the head with them. Assumptions have no we...

Ha! https://youtu.be/EagNUvNfsUI

:grin: Or just go somewhere else. :up:

I was just thinking of ways to discourage it. I get your point.

If someone argues for several pages that Russia invaded Ukraine to control Nazis, we know that poster is a troll. Couldn't we at least identify them a...

Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself. Laozi :smile:

The internet is inundated with false information about Ukraine. Is there any way this forum could be an oasis from that? For instance, could there be ...

Carry on. You're doing fine. :up:

Yeah. The US sent in 500 troops to support the Somali government. And you're waving the Somali flag. :lol:

Surely we don't have a good representation here. I'm not on Twitter or Facebook, so I don't know. I think we just have a couple of people who are tryi...