Billie M Jones

Regardless of which side we might have some sympathies towards, it is absolutely ridiculous to excuse crimes against humanity. If you are a militant, guerrilla fighter etc. you always have the option to target combatants and military infrastructure (and should). Massacring civilians (especially those as far from combatant capabilities/age as…[Read more]

Time and time again, we think of nations as having some kind of national agency. In other words, if there is a national will, then there is a clear way forward. When you are dealing with at least one government made of coalitions of parties with various electoral strategies, party structures, donors and power structures, decisions are made on what…[Read more]

Innocents, of course, are fair game in war

So says every war lord who perpetrates pointless horrific war crimes. If terrorising civilians goes to achieve your aim, then so is justifiable China’s crimes against the Uighurs, the Myanmar campaign against the Rohingya, British soldiers randomly shooting N. Ireland Catholics who gave them a funny look…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Guess who is siding with the Palestinians?

Are you pointing to the guest in the interview, just one person?

Do you agree with him that reports of beheaded babies were fabricated?

Even if the reports of beheading are true, he made a good point imo that destroying buildings in Gaza has the same effect on babies, children, moms, and…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
It’s like a Brussels sprout morphing into a head of cabbage, isn’t it?

LOL wow, I feel that now too! And I’ll bet the band would get that, and laugh. 🙂

Unseen wrote:
I thought Rick Beato had been ignoring The Warning but I was wrong. Back on May 12 he interviewed The Warning with David Bendeth* on David’s channel.

I mentioned that interview a while ago, and is why I mentioned Bendeth’s involvement and that Beato’s not ignoring them. But I didn’t post it because it’s so long and the interview w…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims are setting aside their ancient quarrel over who will run the Caliphate conn (or con) after Muhammad died and they’re uniting against “The Zionist Entity” Israel and supporting Hamas murderers!

So don’t be surprised if/when Israel kills ten times as many human beings as Hamas has. The motiv…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Does an octopus (or would one at our degree of intelligence) speculate about what’s out there beyond the surface of the water.

The do sometimes explore the shore. Especially in tidepool areas.

Yikes, this topic will be challenging, trying to stay short and concise. As I often do, I’ll try to zoom out for wider perspective.

Unseen wrote:
While our science fiction writers write about alien intelligences in many different physical forms, I believe that having a skeleton is a necessary condition of any intelligent life form. Here on Earth,…

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Autumn pretty much sums it up. Switzerland has a very high number of guns (partly due to high level of reservist soldiers). And yet with their VERY reasonable controls:

• background checks
• mandatory training
• gun safes
• potential inspections
• periodic target practice
• mental health checks
• licensing

Avoidable gun related casualties are…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I hope you told them to go and ‘Have a blessed day’. That’s what I say in Georgia 🙂

I’ve thought of that, but it wouldn’t feel sincere.

Maybe something like “I believe in the Church of FSM. But we don’t try to convert non-believers, so you need to look it up on the internets, and decide for yourself.”.

Or you know,…[Read more]

I have a couple of nits to pick, y’all can tell me whether or not they’re relevant.

Unseen wrote:
Since copyright exists to protect the work of original creators, should I be able to lay claim to a copyright on this poem? I don’t think so.

I feel a need to refine this definition, and your question. Let’s stick to created music, for now. The c…[Read more]

Gun control advocates are hardly freaks. To support regulating extremely dangerous weapons is not freakish. It is utterly reasonable. I have lived in numerous countries where there are controls on guns. Surprise surprise, the number of accidents, avoidable last-minute suicides and gun homicides are extremely low. Keep in mind that all other forms…[Read more]

Well yeah, the same guy that’s in your topic’s title.

Here’s a potentially relevant story. My first thought was Clinton wants to see someone other than Biden running.

The “Clinton Breaks With Democrat Party” headline got my attention. As an aside, I can’t even tell who chose that headline, msn, msnbc, American Insider, or New York Post. (Doesn’t…[Read more]

Oh wow, nice! I’ll pay more attention now to who honors that, especially anyone close to them. Their mother has been involved with the group, e.g. helping to get their words and grammar right in their Spanish songs. I heard one of them, Dany?, say they feel they know English better than Spanish, although outsiders presume that Spanish is their prim…[Read more]