. I suspect that the great majority of people have no idea of two important facts - first that the Palestinians had their own state in 1920 that was given away by the British as payoff to a tribe that supported them against the Turks and that the original partition plan gave the Palestinians a lot more land than they are fighting for now - but the surrounding countries decided to eradicate the new Jewish country.
Not quite, Marvin. I am guessing, by the Palestinians having their own state you mean Jordan? The British created Jordan by giving 70% of Palestine to the Arabs in 1917. It was and is a "Palestinian state" in the way most people mean that term, a state for the Arabs in Palestine. They had their state first. Also, what the Arabs are fighting for now is not less land than the 1947 partition plan would have given them. They don't want their own state (note that they already have that in Jordan, not to mention Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and a bunch more including their place of origin, the entire Arab peninsula). They don't want a "2-state solution" - they have never ?wanted that, have refused it 5 times. What they want is everything, all of Israel in addition to all those other countries and the land they currently occupy outside Israel. They want to drive the Jewish people into the sea, or slaughter all of them. And then they will continue with their conquest of the rest of the world, which is well underway in Europe and North America as well as the parts of Africa they haven't already occupied.? Pat
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1.? Would you hire a death doula? No, it’s not something I have any interest in. If its my time to die, its my time to die, I don’t need someone there to calm me down or whatever. I believe I will go to heaven or a positive experience…..but if I’m wrong and I go to hell or a negative experience or dead is dead, well a doula isn’t going to change any of that.
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
I haven’t heard of any recently. I’ve been around long enough to know that any possible thing is a fetish for someone.
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
Not a clue. I’ll say generally that people assuming that the other side, or that people on both sides in the future will be reasonable, is a bad assumption.
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
Not a clue. I’m sure there are many contenders though!
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
The establishment of Israel needed to be done differently, in a way that everyone living in that area at that time could be satisfied with. And if such a plan weren’t possible, than the establishment of Israel should have been put on hold until such a plan was possible.
I suspect that the great majority of people have no idea of two important facts - first that the Palestinians had their own state in 1920 that was given away by the British as payoff to a tribe that supported them against the Turks and that the original partition plan gave the Palestinians a lot more land than they are fighting for now - but the surrounding countries decided to eradicate the new Jewish country.
Marvin
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Israelis must listen to the Palestinians!
. ?Israelis must listen to the Palestinians!? 15 minutes, and well worth watching. Pat
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Young Donald Trump predicts Joe Biden in 1980
. Love this! ?Young Donald Trump predicts Joe Biden in 1980 Only 2.25 minutes.? Enjoy. Pat
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1.? Would you hire a death doula?
No, it’s not something I have any interest in. If its my time to die, its my time to die, I don’t need someone there to calm me down or whatever. I believe I will go to heaven or a positive experience…..but if I’m wrong and I go to hell or a negative experience or dead is dead, well a doula isn’t going to change any of that.
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
I haven’t heard of any recently. I’ve been around long enough to know that any possible thing is a fetish for someone.
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
Not a clue. I’ll say generally that people assuming that the other side, or that people on both sides in the future will be reasonable, is a bad assumption.
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
Not a clue. I’m sure there are many contenders though!
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
The establishment of Israel needed to be done differently, in a way that everyone living in that area at that time could be satisfied with. And if such a plan weren’t possible, than the establishment of Israel should have been put on hold until such a plan was possible.
I suspect that the great majority of people have no idea of two important facts - first that the Palestinians had their own state in 1920 that was given away by the British as payoff to a tribe that supported them against the Turks and that the original partition plan gave the Palestinians a lot more land than they are fighting for now - but the surrounding countries decided to eradicate the new Jewish country.
Marvin
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1.? Would
you hire a death doula?
I might... especially if I don't have any family members around as
my end draws near.
2.? What
is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
None come to mind.
3.? ?What
was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th
century?
That a corporation has the same "rights" as a person
4.? ?Who
was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th
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Douglas MacArthur
5.? What
was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
the creation of the state of Israel
Aloha,
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1.? Would you hire a death doula? No, it’s not something I have any interest in. If its my time to die, its my time to die, I don’t need someone there to calm me down or whatever. I believe I will go to heaven or a positive experience…..but if I’m wrong and I go to hell or a negative experience or dead is dead, well a doula isn’t going to change any of that.
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
I haven’t heard of any recently. I’ve been around long enough to know that any possible thing is a fetish for someone.
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
Not a clue. I’ll say generally that people assuming that the other side, or that people on both sides in the future will be reasonable, is a bad assumption.
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
Not a clue. I’m sure there are many contenders though!
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
The establishment of Israel needed to be done differently, in a way that everyone living in that area at that time could be satisfied with. And if such a plan weren’t possible, than the establishment of Israel should have been put on hold until such a plan was possible.
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1.? Would you hire a death doula?
I do not see the need, so probably not. Of course, I worked a couple years of part-time in hospice, so I have some professional background. Death happens. Part of living. The mind clings, but recognizing this for what it is reduces the boogeyman to an everyday level. I will end. Of course, I will not as well and "I" is the same nature as "death."
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
Blank. I do not remember hearing of anything lately. All the ones from more distant stories are all over-reviewed and I have to beg off flogging those dead horses. The human mind is an interesting?phenomenon!
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
Well, maybe the assumption that a little bit more won't make any difference? A little more pollution, a little more crime, one more hit, a few more kids sacrificed to progress or ambition or profits. Make a deal, compromise, lobby, stray far from the original?intent of your policy in the pursuit of assembling support. Just this once, just this one last time, just one more shot or one more score or one more handshake. We can fix it later...it's all for the?greater good.
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
Hitler comes to mind, fortunately for many. Seems like maybe we could find bunches of them and I am not familiar enough with the topic to? register an informed opinion. Let me go Google...
...and I did bump into some humorous results, although many are from outside the timeline of the question:
...and one book on the psychology?of the topic:
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
The war to end all?wars wasn't!
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1.? Would you hire a death doula?
Perhaps in the future, especially if I was living alone.
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
I haven't kept up on fetishes, though there are some strange ones out there.? The character in Pink Flamingos who dressed up as a baby and was obsessed with eggs comes to mind, but that awful movie in the 70s.? Perhaps the people from Mensa who hired the director to give a speech at the keynote event have some lingering issue in that department.
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
That Hitler would be placated and behave if we only hand over the Sudetenland.? The same mistake was made in the 21st century with handing over Crimea to Putin.? Another bad policy assumption was handing over Ukraine's nuclear weapons to Russia when the USSR broke up.? Putin may use those same weapons to conquer Ukraine.
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
It's hard to pick the "most incompetent," but WWI had plenty of examples of incompetent military officers.? There were so many battles in which massed infantry charged machine guns across an open field.? The Japanese hara kiri attacks were also insane, but none of those took casualties in the magnitude of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, where the British took something like 62,000 casualties, or at Loos, where the British took almost 60,000 casualties, many by British gas that drifted the wrong way. Russian general Samsonev's?incompetent generalship was described in detail in a book by Solznitsen, but there may be a few ?cases just as bad where no books were written.
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
Probably the nuclear ?arms race after WW2.? The USA had a huge advantage over the Soviets after the war, and yet we ended up with something like 34,000 nuclear warheads, and several close calls where a nuclear war could have destroyed modern civilization.? Nuclear bombers were in the air above the arctic for years in case they needed to bomb the USSR on short notice, and missiles and submarines were likewise always on alert.? In the 70s, solid fuel ICBMs and MIRVs (multiple warheads on each missile) were perfected so that hundreds of cities could be wiped out in a very short time.? The MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) police was aptly named, and I'm surprised that our fears growing up didn't come true.
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2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
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1.? Would you hire a death doula?
Already have
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
Having grade school students like each others toes
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
That people inherently want to get along with each other
4.? ?Who was the most incompetent military officer of the 20th century?
General William Westmorland
5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
The creation of six new multiethnic countries out of the Ottoman Empire after Wwi
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1.? Would you hire a death doula?
2.? What is the strangest fetish you have heard about recently?
3.? ?What was the worst assumption a policy maker made in the 20th century?
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5.? What was the worst geopolitical decision of the 20th century?
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I posed the second question to be provocative - and because I have seen it proposed by some idiots on the political shows.
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1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
I don't know what advice you mean. But El Salvador recently banned gender ideology from schools, and that is a very good thing indeed. All western countries should do the same.
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
Of course not. Why would you even suggest such a thing? Israel was brutally attacked by savage, sub-human terrorists, and your answer is to disestablish Israel?? Should the USA have ?been disestablished because it was attacked on September 11? After being attacked, the USA went after Al Qaeda and then ISIS. It killed a substantial number of innocent civilians in the process. Yet the world did not try to stop it, and in fact even joined in and helped. Hamas is arguably worse than both Al Qaeda and ISIS, and the October 7 attack was worse than September 11. But when Israel goes after Hamas, the whole world jumps up and down and yells - Ceasefire! Proportionality! Innocent Civilians! You would have to look hard to find any innocent civilians in Gaza. Hamas planned the attack and broke in to Israel, but many civilians followed them in, and joined the frenzy of looting, raping and murdering. The invaders carried the broken bodies of innocent young girls back to Gaza with them, and paraded them through the streets in the back of trucks, while the "innocent civilians" laughed and cheered and ran beside them. The whole world should join with Israel to rid the world of Hamas, and as many of those sort of civilians as possible. If the UN wants to disestablish anything, perhaps they should stop the Arabs from invading, occupying and destroying other countries. They have done that to more than 50 countries from India through northern Africa, including Palestine. They continue to slaughter non-Muslims all across Africa, around the edges of Pakistan, and into Europe, in addition to in Israel. This is not an Israel problem. This is an Arab/Muslim problem, and it is a problem for the entire world. Israel just happens to be on the front line.
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
Argentina's awesome new President has already produced a balanced monthly budget. The US hasn't had a balanced budget of any kind in a very long time. The US, and Canada, and many other countries should be watching and listening to Mr. Javier Milei, and learning how to run a country correctly.
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
I don't know.
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
No.
Pat
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1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
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<<And Darrell sardonically replied: I have decided?to go to the Middle East and start a new decentralized, unbounded nomadic religion-state named Woodstock Spirit. We will speak Esperanto, wear beads, hug terrorists and military personnel as well as shopkeepers and farmers. We will all be trained?nurses and veterinary?techs. We will meditate daily, poke flower stems into rifle barrels and calm?escalated would-be combatants with drum circles and poetry. Back in my day, we knew how to deal with all this silly violence!>> ? HaHa! If only life worked that easy! ? Rhonda
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? . 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador? I don't know what advice you mean. But El Salvador recently banned gender ideology from schools, and that is a very good thing indeed. All western countries should do the same. 2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel? Of course not. Why would you even suggest such a thing? Israel was brutally attacked by savage, sub-human terrorists, and your answer is to disestablish Israel?? Should the USA have ?been disestablished because it was attacked on September 11? After being attacked, the USA went after Al Qaeda and then ISIS. It killed a substantial number of innocent civilians in the process. Yet the world did not try to stop it, and in fact even joined in and helped. Hamas is arguably worse than both Al Qaeda and ISIS, and the October 7 attack was worse than September 11. But when Israel goes after Hamas, the whole world jumps up and down and yells - Ceasefire! Proportionality! Innocent Civilians! You would have to look hard to find any innocent civilians in Gaza. Hamas planned the attack and broke in to Israel, but many civilians followed them in, and joined the frenzy of looting, raping and murdering. The invaders carried the broken bodies of innocent young girls back to Gaza with them, and paraded them through the streets in the back of trucks, while the "innocent civilians" laughed and cheered and ran beside them. The whole world should join with Israel to rid the world of Hamas, and as many of those sort of civilians as possible. If the UN wants to disestablish anything, perhaps they should stop the Arabs from invading, occupying and destroying other countries. They have done that to more than 50 countries from India through northern Africa, including Palestine. They continue to slaughter non-Muslims all across Africa, around the edges of Pakistan, and into Europe, in addition to in Israel. This is not an Israel problem. This is an Arab/Muslim problem, and it is a problem for the entire world. Israel just happens to be on the front line. 3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget? Argentina's awesome new President has already produced a balanced monthly budget. The US hasn't had a balanced budget of any kind in a very long time. The US, and Canada, and many other countries should be watching and listening to Mr. Javier Milei, and learning how to run a country correctly. 4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948? I don't know. 5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people? No. Pat
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? 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
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Re: Friday Five February 23
. 1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before. It is sad, but not unexpected. Russia still has a communist dictatorship mindset, and that is how communist dictatorships work. What concerns me is when similar things happen in nations that are supposed to be free democracies. Like the Coutts 4 in Canada, held in prison for 2 years without trial after the blockade at the border in Coutts, Alberta in Feb 22. And the political persecution of Donald Trump, hauled into court on multiple made-up charges to block him from running for President. These things are very concerning, because it shows that these formerly free democracies are sliding rapidly down into autocracy and dictatorship. 2.? Wgat was the greatest chimera of the 20th century? Chimera: something made up by or existing only in the mind. That's man-made climate change, hands down. And also the idea that man could do anything at all the change or stop it, if it really was happening. 3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine? It is a frightening possibility. I hope that the prevailing westerly winds will make them think twice, since all of the fallout is likely to blow east into Russia. But I don't know that Putin or any Russian leaders care enough about the people to let that stop them. They are a dictatorship with communist roots, and neither communists nor dictators care about the people - only about their own power. 4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day? Haven't decided yet. 5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same? Falling, thanks to the incompetent dimwit in Ottawa. And unlikely to even begin to recover until he is gone. Pat
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1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
2.? Wgat was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?
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. 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador? I don't know what advice you mean. But El Salvador recently banned gender ideology from schools, and that is a very good thing indeed. All western countries should do the same. 2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel? Of course not. Why would you even suggest such a thing? Israel was brutally attacked by savage, sub-human terrorists, and your answer is to disestablish Israel?? Should the USA have ?been disestablished because it was attacked on September 11? After being attacked, the USA went after Al Qaeda and then ISIS. It killed a substantial number of innocent civilians in the process. Yet the world did not try to stop it, and in fact even joined in and helped. Hamas is arguably worse than both Al Qaeda and ISIS, and the October 7 attack was worse than September 11. But when Israel goes after Hamas, the whole world jumps up and down and yells - Ceasefire! Proportionality! Innocent Civilians! You would have to look hard to find any innocent civilians in Gaza. Hamas planned the attack and broke in to Israel, but many civilians followed them in, and joined the frenzy of looting, raping and murdering. The invaders carried the broken bodies of innocent young girls back to Gaza with them, and paraded them through the streets in the back of trucks, while the "innocent civilians" laughed and cheered and ran beside them. The whole world should join with Israel to rid the world of Hamas, and as many of those sort of civilians as possible. If the UN wants to disestablish anything, perhaps they should stop the Arabs from invading, occupying and destroying other countries. They have done that to more than 50 countries from India through northern Africa, including Palestine. They continue to slaughter non-Muslims all across Africa, around the edges of Pakistan, and into Europe, in addition to in Israel. This is not an Israel problem. This is an Arab/Muslim problem, and it is a problem for the entire world. Israel just happens to be on the front line. 3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget? Argentina's awesome new President has already produced a balanced monthly budget. The US hasn't had a balanced budget of any kind in a very long time. The US, and Canada, and many other countries should be watching and listening to Mr. Javier Milei, and learning how to run a country correctly. 4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948? I don't know. 5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people? No. Pat
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? 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget?
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
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Marvin,
Why are you mentioning a prion in a snake?
Aloha,
Celeste
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LOL! What exactly is a priosn?
Aloha,
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Re: Friday Five February 23
Rhonda stated: " It is in everyone’s interests if Israel and Palestine learn to co-exist peacefully…..but it does appear the leadership of both countries/areas have a vested interest in not co-existing peacefully."
And Darrell sardonically replied:
I have decided?to go to the Middle East and start a new decentralized, unbounded nomadic religion-state named Woodstock Spirit. We will speak Esperanto, wear beads, hug terrorists and military personnel as well as shopkeepers and farmers. We will all be trained?nurses and veterinary?techs. We will meditate daily, poke flower stems into rifle barrels and calm?escalated would-be combatants with drum circles and poetry.
Back in my day, we knew how to deal with all this silly violence!
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1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
It is disturbing, and I’m certain his death was not accidental or from natural causes (well possibly natural causes from being mistreated for so long.) But concerned? I wouldn’t say I’m concerned. Navaly’s death was not unexpected, and he himself knew that when he voluntarily returned to Russia.
2.? Wgat was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
Venus the 2 faced cat? I’m probably not getting what your question is actually about.
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
Mildly. I don’t doubt Putin would like, and is crazy enough, to use nuclear weapons, but I think that even his staunchest underlings know at best, this action would lead to mutual destruction. I trust that Putin has enough sane underlings, that they would never carry out an order from Putin to use nuclear weapons.
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
I had to check, I do have the day off work. I doubt I will do anything special. I use to like to make a corn beef dish on St. Patrick’s day, but corned beef has been to hard to find for the past several years.
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?|
I think overall it is improving, however illicit drug use is increasing. Many illicit drug users are employed due to the economy being strong. But there are many drug users unable to maintain employment, and homelessness is increasing because of this. I also suspect that my area has become a hub for drug users from other areas to move to (perhaps because of lower cost of living, and its easier for them to get a job.) So its kind of a mixed bag, I do think my local economy is improving by many measures, but the increased homelessness, begging, and drug use, shows that the may not be that secure.
1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
I had heard a blurb about what the president of El Salvador said, but now I don’t remember what he said. I remember thinking it was good advice hypothetically speaking, but not practically helpful.
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
No, and what would it solve if they did? People can debate on what should/could have been done differently in 1948 or in 1967. Just like they can debate any number of things in history that should/could have been done differently. The reality is, the Israel people exist, and the Palestine people exist. Israel is not going away, and in spite of the huge humanitarian crisis on the Gaza strip right now, Palestinian people aren’t going away either. It is in everyone’s interests if Israel and Palestine learn to co-exist peacefully…..but it does appear the leadership of both countries/areas have a vested interest in not co-existing peacefully.
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget
Not sure, I know the US budget is pretty unbalanced, I don’t know about the Argentina budget. I suspect the US has more assets than Argentina (GDP, oil and other natural reserves, etc.) to off-set the unbalancedness of the US budget.
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
Not a clue. Did the Nobel Peace Prize even exist in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
Use, with a proper warrant. But I think this is already allowed with a warrant?
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<<No more or less than the weaponization of the US Department of Justice - an oxymoron if I have ever seen one!>>
This is a talking point of Trump’s, but he has given zero evidence of this. Seems to me the opposite is true, the US Department of Justice is bending over backwards treating Trump with kid gloves. If anyone else had been accused of even half the stuff the Trump has been accused of ?(some of which he has publicly admitted to doing—stealing the classified documents and refusing to return them,) they would be sitting in jail awaiting trial. I never paid attention the US Department of Justice until the past couple of years, but it does seem that they seek justice, even if they drag tail doing so.
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Re: Friday Five February 23
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.
It is disturbing, and I’m certain his death was not accidental or from natural causes (well possibly natural causes from being mistreated for so long.) But concerned? I wouldn’t say I’m concerned. Navaly’s death was not unexpected, and he himself knew that when he voluntarily returned to Russia.
2.? Wgat was the greatest chimera of the 20th century?
Venus the 2 faced cat? I’m probably not getting what your question is actually about.
3.? Are you concerned about the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons on western allies if they are losing in the war in Ukraine?
Mildly. I don’t doubt Putin would like, and is crazy enough, to use nuclear weapons, but I think that even his staunchest underlings know at best, this action would lead to mutual destruction. I trust that Putin has enough sane underlings, that they would never carry out an order from Putin to use nuclear weapons.
4.? What are you planning to do for St Patricks Day?
I had to check, I do have the day off work. I doubt I will do anything special. I use to like to make a corn beef dish on St. Patrick’s day, but corned beef has been to hard to find for the past several years.
5.? Is your local economy improving, falling, or remaining the same?|
I think overall it is improving, however illicit drug use is increasing. Many illicit drug users are employed due to the economy being strong. But there are many drug users unable to maintain employment, and homelessness is increasing because of this. I also suspect that my area has become a hub for drug users from other areas to move to (perhaps because of lower cost of living, and its easier for them to get a job.) So its kind of a mixed bag, I do think my local economy is improving by many measures, but the increased homelessness, begging, and drug use, shows that the may not be that secure.
1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?
I had heard a blurb about what the president of El Salvador said, but now I don’t remember what he said. I remember thinking it was good advice hypothetically speaking, but not practically helpful.
2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel?
No, and what would it solve if they did? People can debate on what should/could have been done differently in 1948 or in 1967. Just like they can debate any number of things in history that should/could have been done differently. The reality is, the Israel people exist, and the Palestine people exist. Israel is not going away, and in spite of the huge humanitarian crisis on the Gaza strip right now, Palestinian people aren’t going away either. It is in everyone’s interests if Israel and Palestine learn to co-exist peacefully…..but it does appear the leadership of both countries/areas have a vested interest in not co-existing peacefully.
3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget
Not sure, I know the US budget is pretty unbalanced, I don’t know about the Argentina budget. I suspect the US has more assets than Argentina (GDP, oil and other natural reserves, etc.) to off-set the unbalancedness of the US budget.
4.? Why was there no Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1948?
Not a clue. Did the Nobel Peace Prize even exist in 1948?
5.? Should the government be allowed to use cell phone location data from private sources as a way of tracking people?
Use, with a proper warrant. But I think this is already allowed with a warrant?
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David Smith