:smirk: Hope that he's in better shape now. Oh well, since in March 2021 you don't have Trump anymore as President, there's at least then "alt-right" ...
Not happening even that light thinning. Even tripple the death toll and it wouldn't have any effect on the demographics. I'd say the real changes on h...
Or take a bit pessimistic view, it's the only way the whole system could handle the vast number of cases. Otherwise it simply wouldn't work. You can a...
Sorry for my ignorant view on this. When attending a Far East history course in the university, much importance wasn't given to Dutch repression of th...
Somehow I think that the US establishment doesn't want to put two Presidents, one Democrat and on Republican, under investigation in the Epstein case....
The colonized and the colonizer are quite different, typically. With exception of perhaps prior colonies like Canada, Australia or the US. I was think...
Those that are the wealthiest now have had to focus on maintaining a competitive export oriented industry. They have to compete on the open global mar...
This is the structural problem in the US political system of having just two options. Yet the two-party system is quite aware of this huge problem. In...
Eisenhower was a Republican, so what is your contradiction? American political parties are quite malleable as their basic objective is simply to stay ...
Why is it for Americans so difficult to understand that everybody doesn't think as they themselves do, even if you just had an election there where 79...
No, yet as it is naturally compared to it's neighbors, Sweden looks worse. Perhaps if it was next to Belgium, things would look better. Here's the sit...
Look at this way: as Trump makes this a huge fiasco of whining and lost court cases, the less he will have influence later come 2022 and 2024. There's...
It's actually a reason why investing into bond funds might create large losses. Very interesting to know! It's actually a very interesting world for i...
About bonds. Remember that we are at historically low interest rates meaning that there's in the longer term no other way than up. Interest rate cycle...
Do note the lower part of the graph showing the volume of trades. Now the transactions are over the 30bn range, however before 2018 the transactions d...
Think so? https://gdb.rferl.org/31048A2A-EABC-473F-B4B6-66B07784ADB2_w1080_h608_s_b.png If last May the Taliban controlled 75 districts and the Taleba...
Ah, Nice! Thanks Baden. Tell you, this thread is an indicator! Notice that the 2019 upturn didn't yet get people to write on this thread. But now.. ht...
Likely not. There just is going to be many regional power plays as basically old allies (and rivals) of the US would start shuffling their cards to th...
OK, This thread is back! Again people who basically are into Philosophy have become interested in talking about Bitcoin/Cryptocurrencies. Last discuss...
At the end of the war USAAF was running out of targets, so they were also targeting individual houses. And I remember Chuck Yeager in his memoirs tell...
My view and the view in my country would be a bit different, of course. If it wouldn't have been for Stalin, would a hopeless experiment like the Sovi...
Perhaps it's fitting, for those Americans who think their own armed forces is their biggest fear will never change their view as the thinking is more ...
If someone still thinks that Trump would do a coup and as the commander in chief and would get the military to do anything, here's the final nail on t...
Real estate price are the classic way to speculate: if economic activity is going to increase somewhere, it will likely be seen in real estate prices....
Learn geography, NOS4A2 Sudan isn't a Gulf State. It's in Africa, not in the Arabian Peninsula. https://www.nationsonline.org/maps/Arabian-Peninsula-M...
I was referring to your first statement that "Soviet Russia never had any direct battles with the US in the Cold War". And this was false. To your sec...
Sorry, but that's not true. There were many Soviet aces in the Korean War and Stalin decided that the Soviet Air Force would rotate fighter regiments ...
Actually, especially Saudi Arabia and Israel have already found each other as both fear Iran. Saudi-Arabia here is important as the largest GCC member...
Have to say this, in the 19th Century those laws of war or basically civilized conduct was followed many times far more as during our more "civilized"...
That simply isn't true. For starters, all sides did take prisoners of war. Even if treated most inhumanely (especially by the Japanese and the Russian...
Earlier some people were worried that Trump might stage a coup. I didn't agree with that and I just presumed that what could follow is epic Trumpian c...
This is a very good take on the situation in the 19th Century. Yes, back then it was Americans that went to Germany to educate themselves. And before ...
Nice to have a history discussion. What is true that Hitler wasn't a proponent of strategic bombing and didn't put the effort on long range bombers. H...
You know what is a real genuine reason why the Soviet Empire collapsed? Gorbachev tried to take the vodka bottle away from the Russians. He thought th...
The fundamental idea behind is that well known mantra of "limited government" and giving freedom for everyone to pursuit their happiness. And that is ...
Well, have to say that some progress has happened. For example the US hasn't relied on the ancient Roman tactic of "Deal with an insurgency by creatin...
Citizenship does matter. Ask any illegal immigrant. Especially with laws of war these factors are important, hence it's no wonder that with laws on te...
If remember correctly, Hitler responded to a tiny force of British bombers bombing Berlin by starting massive bombings of London. The idea that nation...
Actually, it is. The 19th Century name for economics was "political economics", which honestly describes just how linked economics is to politics. The...
It's a fact. https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/262961/countries-with-the-most-prisoners.jpg I think one reason is that American culture wants the leg...
Very nice to hear that people actually do voluntary work. Perhaps I seem to be a "socialist" when I do say that these things ought to be taken care by...
This isn't true, actually. The theory of strategic bombing as a war winning strategy was made famous by the Italian general Giulio Douhet in the 1920'...
We can all agree that the last thing you mentioned the Republicans are indeed doing. It's one thing that Trump will never give that concession speech ...
Well, just don't confuse those 70 million votes to all being QAnon believers. Or do you think that all Biden voters believe that Trump is the new Hitl...
In many African countries the entire army is a few battalions. Also what is needed a) poor government, b) lacking and nonexistent institutions, c) a h...
Notice the word when. Likely what is happening is that the Republicans are dealing with sore loser that may in his tantrum break up the party even wor...
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