Gregg R Thomas

The U.S. is more vulnerable than Trump and his advisors seem to believe. He instituted tariffs supposedly to benefit American workers and the auto industry. In response, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum shows that Mexico actually holds American auto workers’ jobs in her hand. Trump apparently didn’t notice that the American auto industry was…[Read more]

Incredible actor.

Enco, loved your explanation of your edits.

As a youngster I had a massive crush on Antony Hopkins, having watched him play Pierre in  a BBC TV series adaptation of War & Peace.

The best part of the SOTL movie was the fact I wanted Hannibal to win, even with the atrocities he’d carried out.  The movie WAS the villain.

He must be 90 by now, but…[Read more]

Jake,

That movie gave me a strong aversion to ever trying fava beans or chianti, as well as an unhealthy aversion to moisturizer.

But surprisingly not to androgynous characters on screen. Milton Berle, Curly Howard, and Bugs Bunny in drag were more positive examples.

I can see a skit in which Putin is feeding on Trump’s brain with fava beans and a good chianti.

Fava beans was a staple of the atlantic slave trade. Ever have em? I like em sauteed in olive oil with pasta. Never found any good ones in cans but i know a Syrian guy who says such exist.

Robert and Simon,

It’s like I’ve said earlier: It’s better if Putin has to fear multiple mini-superpowers than just one superpower.

Of course, this means that Europeans will have to spend less taxdollars on butter and more on guns and adopt free-market solutions to things like health care and housing. This will also mean Europeans expelling…[Read more]

Trump is learning the hard way that when you try to force people to do things, you are actually giving them an opportunity to go to a Plan B. Trying to force Ukraine to accept giving up land or mineral resources, countries like Poland, France, and Finland seem ready to step up to keep that from happening. Soon, the entire E.U. may unite against…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Deciding what to do for a living in the US often comes down to random events unless you have a wealthy family. High schools offered little help back in my day. You would think something this important would involve some constructive planning.

When I was in high school back in the 1960’s deciding which foreign language to study, I…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
I’ll say one thing, if Trump’s ultimate goal was to get Western Europe to begin handling more of their own military defense and “ante up” on spending, it is working. This idea that he may be just faking his love affair with Putin to achieve this goal would indicate that he is a very clever man, indeed. LOL !

I agree he is right t…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
I started to read adult books at age 6. Just like Reg with 10k steps daily i stepped through at least an hour of reading each night. When i was into a book i would read all day on no school days. Even in college i was always reading. Going to law school is what screwed me up. Felt guilty if i was not reading law. Never got back…

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I’ll say one thing, if Trump’s ultimate goal was to get Western Europe to begin handling more of their own military defense and “ante up” on spending, it is working. This idea that he may be just faking his love affair with Putin to achieve this goal would indicate that he is a very clever man, indeed. LOL !

Reg,

And as Dr. Scott would say: Und it didn’t!

And the lesson I took from the book is:

Never take Sein Und Zeit sight unseen. 😁

That Dasein won’t last forever 😉

I wonder what he has on the members of his own party. I find it difficult to reconcile how so many Republicans are allowing themselves to turn their backs on almost everything the Republican Party used to stand for. Do they not get it that he is mesmerized by Putin? It does not really matter why but ‘all of a sudden’ they are standing up for…[Read more]

Is it unimaginable that Trump’s foreign policy is dictated by his fear Russia will show video of Trump in a humiliating act?

Remember how submissive his body language when he was with Putin?

Jake,

I tried reading Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time referred to in the article in college. After a few pages of that gibberish, I gave up trying to understand it. Perhaps that was the design of Martin’s dasein. The only thing the book is good for is a doorstop, preferably to chock the door for the knock on the door at night.

Enco,

Check it out punk soul brother. Kind of an interesting article i am linking that links the jew hatred of the nazis and the lefty’s. Horseshoes. As i’ve indicated i prefer the far right/nazis who are not duplicitous in their objectives. Antizionism is not antisemitism? In which universe?

Demonization: when comparisons are made between…[Read more]

Reg and Jake,

Nowadays, the last place go to read any of those great-sounding works is a college library. Sad, these works would do the students and their Palestinian causes celeb some good.

I started to read adult books at age 6. Just like Reg with 10k steps daily i stepped through at least an hour of reading each night. When i was into a book i would read all day on no school days. Even in college i was always reading. Going to law school is what screwed me up. Felt guilty if i was not reading law. Never got back to it as a daily…[Read more]

Jake,

I can’t stand that guy. He is quite the linguist though. I have read passages of his very carefully and consider him a highly skilled sophist.

So are you trying to say that Chomsky is a cunning linguist? All right, I’ll let myself out.

Well, it would be a better use of his mouth than his speeches.