... isn't up to you to decide on others' behalf. :grin: Ordinarily, people, including children, would mask up in public social settings, not at home f...
Median price of hepatitis C drug Harvoni (Statista) Cost of Insulin by Country (World Population Review); insulin was developed by a Canadian and a Sc...
There are various factors at play. You don't want to wait a couple of years for studies to come out when there's an outbreak. Besides, masking up isn'...
Despite USA's larger military budget, Toti opines: Who is the sleeping giant now? — William Toti · The Hill · Feb 7, 2023 Something odd about the US.....
Belarus leader says he has been asked to seal a non-aggression pact with Ukraine — Andrew Osborn, Mark Trevelyan · Reuters · Jan 24, 2023 Seems unlike...
Can we compare a (toy) heaven and a (toy) universe? We know our world; I guess heaven would fall back on definitions/uses. Religions often enough have...
There's something weird or off about the greater good theodicy. If it's for the greater good, then what business have doctors/researchers/psychiatrist...
Another of those sorts of reports: Ukraine: Russia sending civilians through landmine fields to find safe routes — Jerusalem Post, Reuters · Feb 1, 20...
Putin says military must stop Ukrainian shelling of Russian regions — Mark Trevelyan, Alexandra Hudson · Reuters · Feb 1, 2023 (well then ... no, not ...
Let's see what comments if any this can generate: — Mearsheimer (paraphrased): Everyone should have known that Putin would have Russia attack Ukraine ...
Putin's Russia has been regressing ? :/ An off-the-books mercenary army is gaining power in Putin’s Russia — Zachary B Wolf · CNN · Jan 30, 2023 Insid...
Well, there are some degrees I guess... outlawed (punishable by law) loosely illegalized (can/will always find something?) censored out suppressed (li...
"Hello, old friend." they write: • Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years • Woolly Mammoth De-extinction Project & Proce...
Apparently, some are making a buck off the war with computer games: Battlefront: Black Sea Ukraine Defender Squad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNyK...
Apart from mercenaries, sociopaths, dictators, ..., I'd think most share the sentiment. What does that translate to, though, in real life, social life...
Isn't this more of an objection to most political/societal systems, except anarchy (maybe)? Defenders don't really have much choice, as attackers do. ...
War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine By the way, until now at least, Ukrainian areas have had better (international) coverage by teams o...
, what we have is a long thread (+ newspapers :smirk:) with observations, including and not limited to Crimea. Filtering most out in assessment and at...
Nah, , no need to artificially limit an assessment/evaluation like so. And we take what we have when trying to better understand the attacker/imposer ...
Not relevant. Nope: You missed: EU on government reshuffle: ‘We welcome Ukrainian authorities taking corruption allegations seriously’ — The Kyiv Inde...
I didn't feel anything. Anyone? :) Earth’s Inner Core: A Shifting, Spinning Mystery’s Latest Twist — Robin George Andrews · The New York Times · Jan 2...
, check news, what do you think they've done and continue doing? Ain't going to keep repeating, but may add updates I suppose (spraying bombs, spreadi...
:D Let's stick to the topic at hand (pattern (rhetoric): quote from original ? reword (more generic, different scope, whatever) ? comment on that inst...
, could be just about anything I think (plus combinations), greed, demagoguery, populism, propaganda, rhetoric, grandeur, perception/promotion of ethi...
, just some observations... Individual serial killers do theirs and may not need any more reason than impulse. The more people around, the more of tho...
"There are various estimates of the number of victims of the Spanish Inquisition during Torquemada's reign as Grand Inquisitor. Hernando del Pulgar, Q...
, well, a thought experiment of sorts, imagine if Torquemada had acquired logistics/resources we know of today, more power. I'm thinking cruelties wou...
Probably more complex, is my guess. Neurotic homo sapiens... With more communication, mobility, exposure, whatever, crazy spreads as easily as healthy...
If there was a discernible explanation for existence, then that would exist too. There can't be another reason for it all, for existence. And... Never...
I guess they have a point https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1612822742729908224 https://twitter.com/RachelBitecofer/status/161292780865705164...
(reported elsewhere, adapted by me, as the topic has come up prior in the thread) Ukrainians figure out how to take down Russian bombs: On Dec 30th th...
The infamous Whisky War. :) The Meuse conflict was resolved easier than the San Juan wetland conflict, but at least Nicaragua abides by UN's verdict. ...
Controversies... Putin Thanks Church for Supporting Ukraine Invasion in Christmas Message — Evan Gershkovich, James Marson · The Wall Street Journal ·...
So take the arbitrary border between Russia and Finland (1300 km or something). One side of that line is ruled by a ruthless autocrat. The other side ...
Sure, , just keep any tunnel vision at bay. NATO has also helped dull national attention to defense. Switzerland and Sweden have a tradition of neutra...
Kremlin rule isn't really that...attractive... Hundreds of Russian doctors sign open letter asking Putin to ‘stop abusing’ Navalny — Elena Giordano · ...
You mean in general, no such thing? If you mean the same in all respects, then sure. Yet, a good lot of Ukrainians have come together against the inva...
Maybe not that surprising. Hacked Russian Files Reveal Propaganda Accord With China — Mara Hvistendahl, Alexey Kovalev · The Intercept · Dec 30, 2022 ...
It's starting to look a bit like the CSTO is failing, in some ways at least. Russia has been a sort of deterrent within the alliance against conflict,...
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