Jim

Jakedelafort,

I am not in any way endorsing communism. Only saying that there are phases in which fledgling nations in exigent circumstances are or may be better served by a dalliance with capitalism than say a fucking ruthless dictator. Imposing from without and having no regard for the people who live there is cold, ice cold. And yes…

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“I’ll never understand the christian logic of hating Jews because they turned hay-zeus over for execution. Let’s set asides the lack of evidence of any of this, beyond accounts written in Koine Greek by cultists 40 years later. Did they not require a human sacrifice to be “saved”? They should be thanking the Jews for delivering god to himself…[Read more]

I’ll never understand the christian logic of hating Jews because they turned hay-zeus over for execution. Let’s set asides the lack of evidence of any of this, beyond accounts written in Koine Greek by cultists 40 years later. Did they not require a human sacrifice to be “saved”? They should be thanking the Jews for delivering god to himself to…[Read more]

The following article is short and worth noting. Quoting from article, on Good Morning Britain “During a segment on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, attended by King Charles, presenter Ranvir Singh stated: “Six million people were killed in concentration camps during the Second World War, as well as millions of others because t…[Read more]

If The Trumpster was bluffing with his 10% additional tariff on Chinese goods, General Secretary Xi is not.

Enco i made it through about half of Das Kapital. Not fun reading!

I am not in any way endorsing communism. Only saying that there are phases in which fledgling nations in exigent circumstances are or may be better served by a dalliance with capitalism than say a fucking ruthless dictator. Imposing from without and having no regard for the people…[Read more]

Who needs the stupid FDA anyway! I am going to chill out tomorrow with a lucky dip of compound meds from “Hims and Hers”.

Jakelafort,

I think the contemporary political rhetoric was roughly we can fight them over there or over here. And then there was the domino theory. Consistent with US foreign policy we chose to fight em there and never seemed to care if it was some ruthless dictator we supported.

By repealing foreign aid, we don’t have to fight here or there.…[Read more]

I think people in Europe are not so much annoyed with Trump as they are with America in general. They are having difficulty in understanding why so many people voted for him when it is blatantly obvious that he has no presidential qualities. They are laughing about it but it is gallows humor. But I also think most of them “have enough already” but…[Read more]

I think the contemporary political rhetoric was roughly we can fight them over there or over here. And then there was the domino theory. Consistent with US foreign policy we chose to fight em there and never seemed to care if it was some ruthless dictator we supported. Anything to oppose communism. But maybe a transitional phase involving…[Read more]

FYI – https://www.notus.org/

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert, You’re assuming a lot of things either not found in evidence or contradictory. For one, that Ho Chi Minh became a Communist because leaders at Versailles ignored calls for self-determination. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc Fallacy. Two, that foreign aid is necessary for a nation’s self-determination, an oxymoron if…

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…and the idea for a sovereign wealth fund is not a very good one…

Trump keeps losing in court, so I wonder how long it will take for him to simply ignore court orders and go full dictator.

Robert,

You’re assuming a lot of things either not found in evidence or contradictory.

For one, that Ho Chi Minh became a Communist because leaders at Versailles ignored calls for self-determination. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc Fallacy. Two, that foreign aid is necessary for a nation’s self-determination, an oxymoron if ever there was one.…[Read more]

CNN did a story on one of Musk’s DOGE hackers, a 19-year-old who went by the online name “Big Balls”. He’s got electrolytes.

Reg,

The point is that we had a taxpayer funded presence in China that did neither the U.S nor the entire world any good against the Wu-Flu. A screen door on a submarine for every one affected by it.

And since when can only Doctors ask questions of other Doctors? Is getting a second opinion now considered traffiking in Disinformation?

Right from the Wiki article you referenced:

The group petitioned for recognition of the civil rights of the Vietnamese people in French Indochina to the Western powers at the Versailles peace talks, but they were ignored. Citing the principle of self-determination outlined before the peace accords, they requested the allied powers to end Fren…

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The author of that article on the gain-of-function research does not understand what gain-of-function research is.

“It depends on your definition of gain-of-function research,” (Dr) Tabak answered. “If you’re speaking about the generic term, yes, we did.”

This is how penicillin was developed. The same is true of much of the genetic work done…[Read more]

Robert,

Uh, the U.S. had a taxpayer-funded gain-of-function lab in Wuhan, after decades of open relations with Red China since the time of Nixon! Fat lot of good that foreign aid did us with the global Wu-Flu pandemic!

NIH official finally admits taxpayers funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan — after years of denials
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