Billie M Jones

Unseen wrote:
Any of my mechanical watches will keep time well enough for your transportation needs.

I believe it. Do any of them cost less than $40, or run on solar power?

Unseen wrote:
Out of curiosity, is super accuracy necessary for you in some way? Is it useful or just a “thing” that you like?

It’s both.

Using public transit to go everywhere, I often have to time departures to the fraction of a minute, especially when I have to consider how fast I have to walk or run to get to a bus stop. The bus pickup tim…[Read more]

LOL, my definition of a “real watch” is one that keeps updating its accuracy, e.g. one that adjusts itself daily based on the WWVB signal transmitted from Fort Collins, CO. Such watches and some “atomic” wall and desk clocks also have this feature. Of course, “atomic” is a common misnomer for timepieces using WWVB receivers, as the only atomic…[Read more]

To me, there’s a strange, cultish feel to this “movement”. There’s an egotistical, narcissistic guy at the top who cares more about loyalty and support than about government competency and the majority of voting people in the democracy, the democracy itself being a pain in the ass for him. I think he wouldn’t have been elected if it were not for…[Read more]

Looks like a great topic! I’ve not thought about it much. “Stanford/Hopkins/NIH-trained MD” gives me motivation to try him out.

A question occurred to me, limited to two scenarios but may not be the only scenarios to consider:
What would I choose, between burning brightly and accomplishing life goals until I die, vs living longer but slowly…[Read more]

What is the distinction between an artificial country and a legit?

The only remotely reasonable answer is, a legit country is one that is recognised by most other countries (I don’t care what most is…let’s say, like 75%?). Artificial isn’t a sensible word with country. Illegitimate maybe is? Like calling Tibet a country is illegitimate (even if…[Read more]

NATO was set up to defend the West against Russia.  It’s only a threat to Putin because he is a humiliated bully.

The idea that NATO is a threat is ridiculous. It is a defensive alliance. Any country, if it were to meet the entry requirements and be accepted by other members, can join. Allowing a country on a border of a hostile force, is not a th…[Read more]

Sorry unseen, whatever your reply was, I’m not reading it nor engaging. You have completely lost the plot in critical thinking.

A war crime is a war crime. Even if someone invades your country, you do not have to kill civilians. That would be the equivalent of someone breaking into your house and fighting you, and instead of just repelling the assault, you go to their own house and murder their cat, dog, babies and poison the water supply of their entire…[Read more]

If Ukraine is committing war crimes, they should be prosecuted as well as Putin. Yes, evil is evil on both sides. Does that mean that the context (e.g. while invading) and degree of crimes shouldn’t matter? Is shooting someone whom’s invading a home just as bad as the invader shooting people in the home? Does the invader get to blame people in the house?

Unseen wrote:
When I mean what about, I’ll say “What about.”

OK, it wasn’t intended to be a whatabout.

It’s at least a diversion from Putin’s crimes.

I hope you’re not skipping the request for evidence, and the question about if Ukraine’s invading Russia to commit these purported war crimes?

Unseen wrote:
_Robert_ wrote: If you ever did any shooting with a scoped rifle…this is not a difficult shot, yet millions of American can hardly believe it possible and has to be this huge conspiracy.

Maybe shooting a person in a rolling car is an easy shot for you, but I dare you to put two dummies in a convertible and shoot the Kennedy dummy i…

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Unseen wrote:
Ukrainian war crimes exist as well. Emotions run high in war time and which side has more to hate? The West is a lot more interested in identifying and documenting Russian war crimes than doing the same re: Ukrainian war crimes.

Another whatabout, not absolving Putin.

Still, are you claiming that Ukraine is invading Russia to…[Read more]

Simon, he is still in power, heavily benefitting from the corruption, networking, favours and privileges that come from that. And he is also maintaining the interests of those who keep him in power (one need not look much further than the resources that East Ukraine has, that war makes some people money and that while in War mode you can make…[Read more]

Putin went to war because he believed (and has so far been proven right) that it would help keep him in (if not strengthen his hold on) power and/or please those who help keep him in power. The idea that any country starts a war out of pride/glory/insults/historical-grievances is ridiculous. Simply too many players are involved who have interests…[Read more]