Gregg R Thomas

I now have “a mind-bending virus” if I don’t agree that Israel should “defend” itself by a program of eradicating and ethnically cleansing Palestinians(?).

I don’t disagree that Israel is entitled to respond to Hamas, but their response seems only vaguely aimed at just Hamas.

Anyway, Israel now finds itself in service to Trump’s agenda of…[Read more]

That A.I. medical story is going to be the first of many. This kind of drug repurposing will be a game-changer for rare diseases with limited treatment options.

Some USAID programs might be viewed as a waste of American tax dollars and a poke in the eye to people with socially conservative values. They ask how do programs such as these benefit the United States?

USAID’s Transgender ProgramsTransgender Opera in Colombia: USAID allocated $47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia, aimed at promoting…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:

Unseen wrote:
The strategy is one of overloading the defenses along the lines drone swarm attacks.

You guys beat me to post this insightful video. I’ll just add, Scientology cult creator L Ron Hubbard taught “The best defense is an offense”.

Hubbard may have taught it, but the concept goes back at least as far as Sun Tzu’s…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
What a real-life ‘trolley problem’ reveals about morality.

This is very interesting, and shows what I always said: there is usually no single right or wrong answer to a moral question, but a number of right or wrong answers, one for each value that comes into play.  So, something can be right in *this* way but wron…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Sorry, my bad. I thought I had shared that link to State Capture above. Please try it again here.

That works. I have a lot of time on my hands and look at many sources of information and viewpoints. However, at the same time I have a small budget that is not keeping up with inflation. As a result, I simply don’t have…[Read more]

Sorry, my bad. I thought I had shared that link to State Capture above. Please try it again here.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Some commentary on “State Capture“.

Paywall. I think they used to let you have a certain number of free articles per month. No more.

Summarize, perhaps?

Some commentary on “State Capture“.

Yeah, a two-state solution, as traditionally envisioned, is no longer a realistic outcome. A lot of Western leaders are still calling for one, in response to Trump’s “Riviera” idea. Palestinian political disunity is a major problem as their leadership is split between the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza. The PA is…[Read more]

A poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) between November 22 and December 2, 2023, found that 72% of Palestinians believed Hamas’s decision to launch the October 7 attack on Israel was correct. support was higher in the West Bank (82%) compared to the Gaza Strip (57%). (source)

However, subsequent surveys…[Read more]

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Trump is officially nuts:

Probably wants to turn Gaze into a Trump resort with a hotel and golf course throwing  away American soldiers’ lives to do so.

Steve Bannon was right when he spoke about muzzle velocity in 2019.

From a non-profit aid group in Africa…..a gag order from the US State Department accompanied the international aid freeze, preventing humanitarian agencies from speaking about the situation. ………….One senior official said: “There isn’t even a working email to contact them to see what is hap…[Read more]

I think the current USAID spend is 0.35% of 1% of GNP. The loss of goodwill (if you treat it as a balance sheet asset) will cost a lot most. Capital Expenditure is treated as an investment, not a “waste of money expense”.  Goodwill is the interest generated from that. USAID accounts for about 42% of the annual UN humanitarian relief aid. I wond…[Read more]

USAID has been a very successful. The goodwill generated by this ‘soft power’ has earned the USA much respect around the world. And rightfully so. Pulling the plug without warning will mean a lot of people will suffer from lack of medicines and food in many countries.  60 plus years of goodwill will be wiped out.

I know someone who spent the…[Read more]

There are some MAGA folks living in my neighborhood. They are from Georgia and Florida and are some type of born-again Christians. They were delighted to know that I spend time in both of those States. Except for breathing oxygen, that is about the only thing we have in common. They honestly believe that Trump is going to “Save America” because it…[Read more]