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Re: Friday Five April 29
I am typically happy to give my opinion on any question?you present about any question Marvin presents, Amy! I did not follow the news much at all either, until Covid. It was January 2020 when I first got sick with what I assumed was the seasonal flu. I so rarely got sick that I considered maybe the flu was a worse strain than usual that season. I am a nurse and so I Googled for any related information, thinking I could warn my patients in the community.? A small blurb about a coronavirus in some distant place named Wuhan in China?caught my attention in the first page of results. With my professional training, I saw a disturbing pattern to the spread of the sickness there and I made a note to myself that we would hear more about this particular disease in the coming months. I also found no references to any special virulence in the seasonal flu in the U.S., so I wrote my personal sickness off to some increasing vulnerability from aging as this was before any reports of Covid reaching the U.S. I remember thinking pneumonia must feel like what I had as I felt like someone was sitting on my chest. Over the next couple-three months, I followed the brief coverage of the Chinese?outbreak as it moved from Googled references to mainstream media. This was my indoctrination into media news coverage?and I used television and internet sources?to scan multiple takes on the expanding viral spread. I told family and friends it would reach out globally based on what I was seeing. I was right, of course. I also predicted social unrest, economic trauma, supply chain breakdowns and healthcare system overwhelms before they happened because the patterns evident behind the multiple media spins were obvious to me. Before all this, I rarely bothered with the news. I considered the various popular media shows to be disguised reality TV entertainment intended to gain ratings and make profits.I have not changed that opinion much, but now I make use of them, along with other resources, to build a composite picture of where we might be headed so I can be prepared. As my answers to the questions might hint, I am not seeing anything good. Too many independent references to major landscapes?of melting ice (I think Thwaites will go this?year.) Too many natural?disasters of record-setting proportions across too broad a global landscape to call to all?an unfortunate coincidence. Too many incidents of unprecedented social unrest in long-stable societies (when was the last time the White House was stormed?again?) Too many economic pressures resulting in increasingly unstable economies to ignore. One or another, the various patterns might strike me as an unusual accent to the ponderous march of workaday human life. In aggregate, though, I see a gathering avalanche of significant pressures hammering at social constructions not designed to endure the trauma. I see too many bursts of unanswered social chaos, a widespread pattern of small explosions of violence and criminal defiance that are freely defying legal structures. Too many unstoppable new outbreaks of disease, including Covid mutations, too many governmental?sabers rattled, too many new tornado patterns, hurricane disasters, wildfire outbreaks, floods and droughts. Times, they are a-changing?and I am making what I consider to be prudent changes based on this observation. So, maybe news is not really a happy place to spend time, but it does have a use if you scrutinize it judiciously. On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 6:55 AM mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> wrote:
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Re: Friday Five April 29
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true From what you say I understand you want me to say only "I don't know", even if I do not know the answers at all? I can just imagine 5 "I don't know".?
?I will try to make a comment, but I cannot promise to always answer the questions. You see, I do not follow the news as carefully as I used to and as some people still do. And so many of your questions are about current news.
Amy
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No problem - an answer of I don't know anything about that tells me you read it. And sometimes it gives me an idea for a different question. Marvin ? Marvin, I always read your Friday Five, but sometimes they are too complicated for me to answer. There are times when I do not even understand the questions. I simply do not know what to say, and saying only yes or no is boring for others to read so that is pointless.
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Amy
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Thanks for the comments - I get tired of writing these to get no responses. Marvin ? ?
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I am stuck. I keep wondering?whether I would suspect one of being the Antichrist if I believed in the Antichrist. It seems like they all are out to pursue Armageddon from this or that angle. I suppose I am just getting jaded by the news coverage, but I imagine none of them are particularly interesting to me at the moment.
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There is a tie. Almost the entire field has crossed the finish line neck?and neck.? Of source, this is if competence is defined as promoting the survival and wellbeing of the human race.
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I think worse in the generally accepted meaning of the term. Of course, I am older now and I just worked in a nursing home during a pandemic, so I don't have much confidence in my socially-secured future care. I am afraid that is not even my main trepidation, though, as I feel social instability, escalating weather-related changes and global warfare are likely to cut golden years short!
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Just had to wait in line at a Longhorn restaurant?that was about two-thirds empty because of staffing shortages,?which I consider a related problem. I have run into meat shortages at the grocery store as well, but that did not affect me much.
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I remember enjoying Johnny?Quest,?Space Ghost and Spiderman at different?times.
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Re: Friday Five April 29
Amy Thompson
开云体育
From what you say I understand you want me to say only "I don't know", even if I do not know the answers at all? I can just imagine 5 "I don't know".?
?I will try to make a comment, but I cannot promise to always answer the questions.
You see, I do not follow the news as carefully as I used to and as some people still do. And so many of your questions are about current news.
Amy
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Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 8:37 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [M-Powered] Friday Five April 29 ?
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No problem - an answer of I don't know anything about that tells me you read it. And sometimes it gives me an idea for a different question. Marvin ?
Marvin, I always read your Friday Five, but sometimes they are too complicated for me to answer. There are times when I do not even understand the questions. I simply do not know what to say, and saying only yes or no is boring for others to read so that is
pointless.
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Amy
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Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 4:47 PM To: M Powered IO <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [M-Powered] Friday Five April 29 ?
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Thanks for the comments - I get tired of writing these to get no responses. Marvin ? ?
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I am stuck. I keep wondering?whether I would suspect one of being the Antichrist if I believed in the Antichrist. It seems like they all are out to pursue Armageddon from this or that angle. I suppose I am just getting jaded by the news coverage, but I
imagine none of them are particularly interesting to me at the moment.
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There is a tie. Almost the entire field has crossed the finish line neck?and neck.? Of source, this is if competence is defined as promoting the survival and wellbeing of the human race.
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I think worse in the generally accepted meaning of the term. Of course, I am older now and I just worked in a nursing home during a pandemic, so I don't have much confidence in my socially-secured future care. I am afraid that is not even my main trepidation,
though, as I feel social instability, escalating weather-related changes and global warfare are likely to cut golden years short!
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Just had to wait in line at a Longhorn restaurant?that was about two-thirds empty because of staffing shortages,?which I consider a related problem. I have run into meat shortages at the grocery store as well, but that did not affect me much.
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I remember enjoying Johnny?Quest,?Space Ghost and Spiderman at different?times.
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Re: Friday Five April 29
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No problem - an answer of I don't know anything about that tells me you read it. And sometimes it gives me an idea for a different question. Marvin ? Marvin, I always read your Friday Five, but sometimes they are too complicated for me to answer. There are times when I do not even understand the questions. I simply do not know what to say, and saying only yes or no is boring for others to read so that is pointless.
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Amy
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Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 4:47 PM To: M Powered IO <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [M-Powered] Friday Five April 29 ?
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Thanks for the comments - I get tired of writing these to get no responses. Marvin ? ?
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I am stuck. I keep wondering?whether I would suspect one of being the Antichrist if I believed in the Antichrist. It seems like they all are out to pursue Armageddon from this or that angle. I suppose I am just getting jaded by the news coverage, but I imagine none of them are particularly interesting to me at the moment.
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There is a tie. Almost the entire field has crossed the finish line neck?and neck.? Of source, this is if competence is defined as promoting the survival and wellbeing of the human race.
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I think worse in the generally accepted meaning of the term. Of course, I am older now and I just worked in a nursing home during a pandemic, so I don't have much confidence in my socially-secured future care. I am afraid that is not even my main trepidation, though, as I feel social instability, escalating weather-related changes and global warfare are likely to cut golden years short!
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Just had to wait in line at a Longhorn restaurant?that was about two-thirds empty because of staffing shortages,?which I consider a related problem. I have run into meat shortages at the grocery store as well, but that did not affect me much.
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I remember enjoying Johnny?Quest,?Space Ghost and Spiderman at different?times.
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Re: Friday Five April 29
Amy Thompson
开云体育
Marvin, I always read your Friday Five, but sometimes they are too complicated for me to answer. There are times when I do not even understand the questions. I simply do not know what to say, and saying only yes or no is boring for others to read so that is
pointless.
Amy
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of mrvnchpmn <chapman@...>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 4:47 PM To: M Powered IO <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [M-Powered] Friday Five April 29 ?
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Thanks for the comments - I get tired of writing these to get no responses. Marvin ? ?
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I am stuck. I keep wondering?whether I would suspect one of being the Antichrist if I believed in the Antichrist. It seems like they all are out to pursue Armageddon from this or that angle. I suppose I am just getting jaded by the news coverage, but I
imagine none of them are particularly interesting to me at the moment.
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There is a tie. Almost the entire field has crossed the finish line neck?and neck.? Of source, this is if competence is defined as promoting the survival and wellbeing of the human race.
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I think worse in the generally accepted meaning of the term. Of course, I am older now and I just worked in a nursing home during a pandemic, so I don't have much confidence in my socially-secured future care. I am afraid that is not even my main trepidation,
though, as I feel social instability, escalating weather-related changes and global warfare are likely to cut golden years short!
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Just had to wait in line at a Longhorn restaurant?that was about two-thirds empty because of staffing shortages,?which I consider a related problem. I have run into meat shortages at the grocery store as well, but that did not affect me much.
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I remember enjoying Johnny?Quest,?Space Ghost and Spiderman at different?times.
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Re: Friday Five April 29
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Thanks for the comments - I get tired of writing these to get no responses. Marvin ? ?
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I am stuck. I keep wondering?whether I would suspect one of being the Antichrist if I believed in the Antichrist. It seems like they all are out to pursue Armageddon from this or that angle. I suppose I am just getting jaded by the news coverage, but I imagine none of them are particularly interesting to me at the moment.
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There is a tie. Almost the entire field has crossed the finish line neck?and neck.? Of source, this is if competence is defined as promoting the survival and wellbeing of the human race.
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I think worse in the generally accepted meaning of the term. Of course, I am older now and I just worked in a nursing home during a pandemic, so I don't have much confidence in my socially-secured future care. I am afraid that is not even my main trepidation, though, as I feel social instability, escalating weather-related changes and global warfare are likely to cut golden years short!
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Just had to wait in line at a Longhorn restaurant?that was about two-thirds empty because of staffing shortages,?which I consider a related problem. I have run into meat shortages at the grocery store as well, but that did not affect me much.
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I remember enjoying Johnny?Quest,?Space Ghost and Spiderman at different?times.
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Re: Friday Five April 29
I am stuck. I keep wondering?whether I would suspect one of being the Antichrist if I believed in the Antichrist. It seems like they all are out to pursue Armageddon from this or that angle. I suppose I am just getting jaded by the news coverage, but I imagine none of them are particularly interesting to me at the moment.
There is a tie. Almost the entire field has crossed the finish line neck?and neck.? Of source, this is if competence is defined as promoting the survival and wellbeing of the human race.
I think worse in the generally accepted meaning of the term. Of course, I am older now and I just worked in a nursing home during a pandemic, so I don't have much confidence in my socially-secured future care. I am afraid that is not even my main trepidation, though, as I feel social instability, escalating weather-related changes and global warfare are likely to cut golden years short!
Just had to wait in line at a Longhorn restaurant?that was about two-thirds empty because of staffing shortages,?which I consider a related problem. I have run into meat shortages at the grocery store as well, but that did not affect me much.
I remember enjoying Johnny?Quest,?Space Ghost and Spiderman at different?times.
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five April 29
Amy Thompson
开云体育
1. ?Who do you think is the most interesting political figure in the world today?
- Donald J. Trump. He is so crazy that it was fun to read about him while he was in the news.
2. ? Who do you think is the most incompetent political figure in the world today?
- Also Donald J. Trump :)
3. ?Do you think you will be better or worse off in twelve months?
- Who can tell?
4. ? Have you seen shortages of commodities in stores recently?
- I have not noticed, but it's not the kind of thing to which I pay attention.
5 ? ?What was your favorite cartoon character growing up?
Amy
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1.? Who do you think is the most interesting political figure in the world today?
-- 2.? ?Who do you think is the most incompetent political figure in the world today? 3.? Do you think you will be better or worse off in twelve months? 4.? ?Have you seen shortages of commodities in stores recently? 5? ? What was your favorite cartoon character growing up? You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M-Scholars and Scribes" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to m-scholars-and-scribes+unsubscribe@.... To view this discussion on the web visit . |
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Re: Friday Five April 29
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? 1.? Who do you think is the most interesting political figure in the world today?
Not the obvious one - but the current mayor of New York? - Eric Adams.? This is his first political office after serving as a police officer all the way up to the Police Cojmmisioner 2.? ?Who do you think is the most incompetent political figure in the world today? Probably the obvious even though it is going to tick off some of my readers - Joe Biden.? Though Alexandria Ocasio Cortez - known as AOC comes in a close second. 3.? Do you think you will be better or worse off in twelve months? Worse off - the value of my savings is going to go down by at least ten percent if not more 4.? ?Have you seen shortages of commodities in stores recently? I saw at a local drug store Wednesday that their drivethough is only open six hours a day because of inventory problems.? Not a good sign 5? ? What was your favorite cartoon character growing up? Bugs Bunny? |
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Friday Five April 29
1.? Who do you think is the most interesting political figure in the world today?
2.? ?Who do you think is the most incompetent political figure in the world today? 3.? Do you think you will be better or worse off in twelve months? 4.? ?Have you seen shortages of commodities in stores recently? 5? ? What was your favorite cartoon character growing up? |
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Re: Friday Five April 22
Well, then. Truthfully, I am not impressed with anyone right now, with the possible exception of?Zelenskyy. I do not have a clear answer for this as it seems they are all stumbling about in the dark.
Maybe Zalenskyy, but mostlyI am not much attracted by this idea.?
If the?war comes to a?diplomatic solution, I think so based on the amount of media exposure. If not, then Russia will likely turn the place into a wasteland through the use of overwhelming numbers of conventional arms and WMD. There is a tiny possible?avenue of effective military action if Ukraine pushed into Russia, but that seems unlikely now. Despite a couple of impressive victories, they are fighting a defensive war and attrition is not on their side.
A few ApoCalyptic fiction novels.?
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five April 22
I love de 5's 1.? Who do you think is the most ineffective world leader at the present time? It depends on who's considered as a "world" leader (none at this moment), and "effectiveness". Local leaders I don't know many, but they are usually effective to their own goals (that don't necessarily meet those of their countries' or people's) 2.? What current world leader would you like to spend an hour with without tenders? I'm not sure. Most rely on their counselor's so I'm not sure what's the use of talking only to any of them. 3.? Is Ukraine going to survive the Russian invasion as a viable country? Propably not. 4.? Does the current world political situation remind you of any books you have read? Most distopian futuristic scifi starts with a local "little" invasion war, where nobody else mingles in? until it's too late, sort of WWII. 4.? Are you watching the French presidential election campaign? No. ?Why? SldsAnabel Pérez Bemporat Despachante de Aduana Lic. Comercio Internacional? Capacitadora en Aduanas y Comercio Exterior Argentinos ? Foros actualizados !??y? ? - Mirá las novedades: Especial: Controles para IMPO con Valor Criterio Detalles de Impos para Proyecciones 2022 y com. 7466 y actualizaciones! ?C.O.D.,?TAD,?DJCP,?D J O N P?! Descarga de Insumos en PreDespachos, LNA, Facturación Electrónica, SETI Autoarchivo, i-Sap...???Qué necesitás? #ReportSystem #CustomsaduanaS #ForoATAsARG #DJONP #DJCP #TAD
El jueves, 21 de abril de 2022 22:51:14 ART, chapman@... <chapman@...> escribió:
1.? Who do you think is the most ineffective world leader at the present time?
2.? What current world leader would you like to spend an hour with without tenders? 3.? Is Ukraine going to survive the Russian invasion as a viable country? 4.? Does the current world political situation remind you of any books you have read? 4.? Are you watching the French presidential election campaign? ? You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M-Scholars and Scribes" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to m-scholars-and-scribes+unsubscribe@.... To view this discussion on the web visit . |
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five April 22
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? 1.? Who do you think is the most ineffective world leader at the present time?
Maybe the president of Poland or Estonia 2.? What current world leader would you like to spend an hour with without tenders? Putin - what is going on in his head 3.? Is Ukraine going to survive the Russian invasion as a viable country? I seriously don't know 4.? Does the current world political situation remind you of any books you have read? Atlas Shrugged more than anything else 4.? Are you watching the French presidential election campaign? A little bit with great amusement ? ? --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M-Scholars and Scribes" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to m-scholars-and-scribes+unsubscribe@.... To view this discussion on the web visit . |
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Friday Five April 22
1.? Who do you think is the most ineffective world leader at the present time?
2.? What current world leader would you like to spend an hour with without tenders? 3.? Is Ukraine going to survive the Russian invasion as a viable country? 4.? Does the current world political situation remind you of any books you have read? 4.? Are you watching the French presidential election campaign? ? |
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Re: Fiday Five April 15
开云体育1.? Do you have a hard time differentiating betwen homonyms in speech? ? 2.? Do you think members of a non official military group engaging in warfare should have the protection of the Geneva Convention? _._,_._,_ |
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Re: FRIDAY FIVE April 8th
开云体育<< The Executioner?s Song by Norman Mailer. Also Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.>> 1. What one book have you been reading lately that most impressed you? ? Life is so busy now, I read very little. Maybe 2 or 3 books a year. And the past few I’ve read have been mediocre. I do still read the Bible once or twice a week, so I’m still impressed by it. 2. Can you depend on your ability to tell when someone is lying to you? ? No. I’m not a good reader of people, which tends to make me automatically distrust everyone. Some people make lying obvious with outlandish tales, but good liars are extremely hard to detect. ? 3. Have you been to a movie in a theater in the last year? ? Nope. I didn’t go much before COVID, maybe once or twice a year. I saw 1 movie in the theater in 2019. ? 4. Do you think the world economy will be in recession within six months? ? Isn’t the world economy already in recession? I guess it depends on how recession is defined. ?I expect the economy worldwide will get worse before it gets better. 5. Are you worried that the war in Ukraine will spread to more countries? ? Well, it is a concern. I’m not overly worried about it, as I don’t think its imminent. |
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Re: Fiday Five April 15
No. Reading and verbal comprehension is a strength. Unfortunately upper range hearing has become a challenge as I age, but if I hear the word in use, I always seem to identify the intended meaning.?
Ouch. Depends upon the engagement? I could see a force assisting an invader as deserving?it, or a force resisting abusive aggression, yet maybe not a rogue mercenary group living off the land or a special interest security unit carving profit from an area. Erring on the side of caution, I would say no.
Yes. Unifying political military strategies can lead to less chaotic and violent problem resolution. Divisive paths open doors for rogue aggressors.?
Probably not likely, but I can see the attraction of the charge. If it can be proven the move was intended to target uninvolved civilians as a strategy, maybe but scorched earth strategies are well established 'valid strategies' in warfare.
If the motivation?uncovered is political or cause-driven, definitely. Otherwide, I would ask if we should classify every mass-casualty crime as terrorist? |
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Fiday Five April 15
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I use context to determine whether a person was saying "read", "reed" or "Reid" 2.? Do you think members of a non official military group engaging in warfare should have the protection of the Geneva Convention? Ab solutely NOT 3.? Should Finland and Sweden join NATO? If they want to - Putin has shot himself in the foot 4.? Should destruction of wheat in Ukraine be regarded as another war crime by Russian forces? Yes - it is a repeat of Stalin's actions against the Kulaks in the 1930s - but has the potential to kill people by starvation worldwide 5.? Should the subway shooting in Brooklyn Tuesday be regarded as a terrorist attack? Yes - the individual has? been charged under a federal terrorist statute.? I think eventually he will be found incompetent to be put on trial for mental defect ? ? --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M-Scholars and Scribes" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to m-scholars-and-scribes+unsubscribe@.... To view this discussion on the web visit . |
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Re: Fiday Five April 15
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2.? Do you think members of a non official military group engaging in warfare should have the protection of the Geneva Convention? 3.? Should Finland and Sweden join NATO? 4.? Should destruction of wheat in Ukraine be regarded as another war crime by Russian forces? 5.? Should the subway shooting in Brooklyn Tuesday be regarded as a terrorist attack? ? |
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FRIDAY FIVE April 8th
Amy Thompson
开云体育1. What one book have you been reading lately that most impressed you?
The Executioner?s Song by Norman Mailer. Also Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
2. Can you depend on your ability to tell when someone is lying to you?
Very often but not always.
3. Have you been to a movie in a theater in the last year?
No. One can watch movies on the computer now.
4. Do you think the world economy will be in recession within six months?
Hard to predict but it?s unlikely. ?
5. Are you worried that the war in Ukraine will spread to more countries?
Amy
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