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Encotunes indites as the Loonys fight:

And just how do you propose to get Authoritarians to respect Individual Civil and Human Rights if you surrender to the predations of Authoritarians?

And how do you propose that Citizens be free if Governments can dangle their economic livelihood and health care over their heads?

And how do you expect…[Read more]

marulimarulaki, You must have looked far and wide to find your partner. Seems atypical and incongruous to me.

I don’t think it is possible to fairly assess your question without knowing more. I learned early on as a young lawyer that ya GOTTA HEAR BOTH SIDES before you judge of a relationship or issue.

Are you gonna chime in on Ukraine?

Oh, and i forgot to mention how we need coverage on a nonpartisan basis of each nations doings. Expose the bad shit in each country and make it an international project…

I am surprised it took him this long to come out with that. The next thing might be ultimatums…if you do not surrender immediately i will do x. If you do not surrender within a day after x i will do y and continue in this vein until there is nothing left of Ukraine.

Stay out of Russia’s way. Stop interfering with their tyranny over their own.…[Read more]

Enco, peace in our time!

i also said Putin will aint stopping…gonna escalate shit and unless there is an assassination or surprise diplomatic solution then it makes sense to surrender. Just gonna be a lot of unnecessary deaths and he is gonna get what he wants anyways.

Ya know humans are just fancy chimps but even for chimps this is some stupid shit-authoritarianism…[Read more]

Enco i aint sure which universe you are in. But it does not come as a surprise that you are well acquainted with Loony Tunes!

Did you know William the Conqueror waited about a month before he invaded England? What a fake conqueror! Candy ass…

Unseen, thanks for that vid. Puts shit in context.

Yeah Pope that is the issue i confronted and my resolution is surrender! Save lives and the potential for nuclear annihilation. Submit to the inevitable assuming there is no apparent likelihood of an assassination or diplomatic solution.

But what precedent is created in doing so? My feeling is when super powers are going after neighbors who were…[Read more]

Enco, whachu talkin bout?

Russia and China agreement to delay invasion…so what? How does that make any difference to the dead and those who will be dying soon unnecessarily?

Totally chimerical nonsense notion but why not encourage surrender and begin a world wide movement to end authoritarianism? And the ice capades? There ya go George.

New details shed light on the Robert Kraft-Vladimir Putin Super Bowl ring controversy

Imagine the balls on this guy? That is beyond nervy or audacious.

I pretty much agree with Reg.

Saving face is paramount and unless there is a diplomatic surprise or Putin is assassinated i can’t see him withdrawing without having conquered. And i don’t think it will drag on for years. Am guessing he will up the ante and many will die. Hopefully the real guns remain in holster.

Enco,

Says he and he says…You talk like algorithms are some mystical incantation revealed to some and denied to others and as inevitable as Calvin’s Predestination or Marx’ Historical Necessity.

Algorithms in gambling are destroying my livelihood. I am better than humans by a fair measure. Algorithms are better than i. There is nothing mys…[Read more]

Unseen, i agree with you. It is Russian roulette. Pun intended. It is the kind of thing in gambling in which the algorithms run the scenario ten thousand times. In 1028 times it is the end of our planet and species.

Saving face for a megalomaniac is critical if we wish to greatly reduce the 1028 result. And again unless Putin backs away…[Read more]

Davis, what you’ve written is logical. On the other hand how do we explain N. Korea? That nation is a nightmare. The lives of the citizens are unspeakably horrible. And history has many examples of dictators who continued in power when their inner circle could have had them assassinated.

Am thinking that the approach to the conflict in Ukraine is bad.

Do we want to fuck with super powers in their sphere of influence? I know the USA shit bricks when Russians had weapons in Cuba. Boneheaded Kennedy nearly got us into nuclear war with the evil empire. Hypothetically trumpsters go even farther afield in their war against reason,…[Read more]

I don’t know man. Nucs are foremost in my judgment. However my best guess is that Putin is rational enough to avoid that possibility. I would not feel as confident with the Korean nut.

Saber rattling is a metaphor that is anachronistic.

During the US civil war the Confederates threatened England with so called King Cotton Diplomacy. They would have to get their cotton elsewhere unless they gave aid. But cotton like oil is all over the world. I think England got most of their cotton from India after that failed strategy.

Autumn please refrain from being factual and making cogent arguments.

It is not polite to dispel and dispatch ideological rhetoric.