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There seems to be a lot happening just now. The Russia - Ukraine conflict is hitting a military peak and real Russian economic problems. Various NATO countries seem to be getting involved. Iran has significant water problems and revolt strains the religious political structure. Trump has got ...

I'd like to think that in a Crisis people learn that a particular flavor of conflict is considered ugly and the cultures involved squish that form of conflict. Optimistic,

I've seen some otherwise well educated and intelligent people say something like this. Probably because they think this ...

Whenever I hear the Christmas song "Do you Hear What I Hear?" I can't help but think of the original intent from the writer. It makes me think of the perspective of the WWII generation and how they saw a third World War wherever they looked - the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam.

They are gone now and we ...

WAR IS A RACKET. That's a good book that apparently never took hold. The greatest book also had fundamental lessons that most don't embody or embrace.


Ah... Good ol Smedley Butler. My father used 'Smedley' as his password for a time. If you ever wondered where the Japanese got the idea of how to ...

I can agree with much of what Navigator says about immigrants only bringing in immediate family, and both parties having questionable motivations, but lining up a job when not in country would be hard. How would that work?

Tariffs would not be working as intended. They are not supposed to be issued ...

I wouldn't be surprised to see China have an ability to completely neutralize our aircraft carriers. The same way battleships became obsolete and the way the use of tanks has changed because of drones, China might have the ability to overload aircraft carrier defenses by using some AI powered ...

Our defense base isn't anywhere close to being prepared for a large-scale war against an opponent like China.

Just as bad, our disfunction makes us look weak to China, convincing them that we won't be willing to fight for something like Taiwan.


I don't doubt we'd be at a big military ...

Tankers last movement was before the strikes on Iran?
The top brass pep rally today seems pretty disconcerting.

Agreed, Trump likely advocated something or other. As China decides whether a Pacific war kicks off and China is doing well with the Tariff remake of the international economy, the ...

I was flipping though old files when I bumped into "For Thou Art With Us", an account of the towers collapse from someone who was near them on September 11. It seems that we have compartmentalized the events of that day. The emotional content has been put away, subverted by a ton of stuff that has ...

Back can college, I took a an intro to philosophy course. On the first day, the young professor started out with a non philosophical problem. A man was looking for a squirrel on a tree. The squirrel did not want to be seen, and kept the on the far side of the tree as the man circled it. The question ...