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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. |
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? |
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 . |
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? ? |
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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Re: Friday Five April 8
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1.? ? What one book have you been reading lately that most impressed you?
Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Daivies 2.? ? ?Can you depend on your ability to tell when someone is lying to you? Not as much as I would like to think I can 3.? ? ?Have you been to a movie in a theater in the last year? No - and probably won't go to one ever again 4? ? ? ?Do you think the world ecinomy will be in recession within six months? I am most atraid of stagflation - a combination of recession and inflation 5? ? ? ?Are you worried that the war in Ukraine will spread to more couniires? More than I was yesterday - apparently Finland has applied tor admission to NATO and a Russian dignitary has made threatening comments |
Re: Friday Five April 8
Nothing too intense as most of my newly-retired time is being spent building a skoolie. A fictional?series by a new author Kyla Stone is doing better than I had hoped. I am currently on?Edge of Madness and it revolves around rural Montana protagonists following a mysterious EMP event. Shoot me for enjoying cheap thrills. :)
I have been fairly good with this, so yes.I am naturally wary, however. I did spend quite a bit of time with Paul Ekman's microexpression tools and with his mooks at one point. I feel the experience was enlightening and I did improve in this area. .
No. Have not even considered it mor more than a passing moment, best I can recall.?
Unrest maybe, fluctuating and responding to social chaos, but I am not learned enough in this area to make a prediction clearly appropriate to the question.?
Not worried, but wary. Turkey is sheltering, several countries seem to be in serious civil turmoil, several dictatorial regime leaders are likely to take their own wary note of the sanctions against Russian leaders personally, the threat of high-impact?WMD use needs to be considered in this question, international volunteer?and mercenary?involvement could lead to an unexpected avenue for an unofficial world war of sorts, and those with existing grudges like North Korea for South Korea or China for Taiwan may still take advantage of the shifting landscape. It is all an unpredictably swirling and chaotic political storm in my mind.?
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Re: Friday Five April 8
1.? ? What one book have you been reading lately that most impressed you?
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"The Signal and the Noise: Why so Many Predictions Fail- but Some Don't" - Nate Silver 2.? ? ?Can you depend on your ability to tell when someone is lying to you? When I look for it, I can spot it more often, but not when people believe their lies, and then I have to rely on context. 3.? ? ?Have you been to a movie in a theater in the last year? No. 4? ? ? ?Do you think the world ecinomy will be in recession within six months? Very possibly, but runaway inflation is much more likely in the short run, followed by recession. 5? ? ? ?Are you worried that the war in Ukraine will spread to more countires? I don't think it will, but if it does, the results could be catastrophic. ? Ed On Thursday, April 7, 2022, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> wrote:
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Re: Friday Five April 8
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On Thu, 07 Apr 2022 18:09:17 -0400, chapman@... wrote: ? 1.? ? What one book have you been reading lately that most impressed you?
2.? ? ?Can you depend on your ability to tell when someone is lying to you? 3.? ? ?Have you been to a movie in a theater in the last year? 4? ? ? ?Do you think the world ecinomy will be in recession within six months? 5? ? ? ?Are you worried that the war in Ukraine will spread to more countires? |
Re: Friday Five April 1
Had to Google that?one! Maybe in space, but sounds to me like an ineffective stopgap alternative to more common fission plants. Best to place the effort into solar or maybe geothermal.
Uh...not really?afraid, but prudence rules in places like Ukraine, Russia and central Africa. Have to be a good reason to visit some of these hotspots. EVen Mexico sounds to me like a gamble nowadays. ?
Sure. Anything that has real world purpose or value. Having said that, I would not vote to subsidize destructive?forms of harvesting. ?
Not really. Building a skoolie and expect to travel more?in another month or so. ?
Yes, although the term 'close friend' is a bit deceptive as the pets were close friends.?
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Re: Friday Five April 1
1.? Do you think thorium reactors are a viable alternative for energy production?
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I have no idea. 2.? ?Are there any countries in the world you would be afraid to visit? Yes, several.? The list changes each year, but war zones top the lost, followed by drug cartel controlled countries.? A few corrupt countries should be avoided, and some theocracies can jail visitors on exaggerated claims of blasphemy. 3.? ?Do ou think rare metals should be regarded as a strategic commodity with subsidies for domestic production? They don’t need subsidies, but imposing import restrictions and curtailing unnecessary regulations would enable free enterprise to efficiently solve the supply problems. 4.? ?Are you limiting travel because of high fuel cost? ?No. 5.? ? Have you ever mourned the death of a pet more than a close friend? We mourn each differently.? We understand that pets don’t live as long, but we are in constant contact with pets, so the reminders of their absence are constant during mourning. ? On Thursday, March 31, 2022, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> wrote:
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five April 1
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Yes - there is a tremendous amount of thorium available and the reactors running on thorium don't turn out plutonium useful for nuclear weapons - the big reason thorium was not used for reactors in the 1950s 2.? ?Are there any countries in the world you would be afraid to visit? A better question would be which ones I would visit - until recently Canada was on that list and I"m not sure now 3.? ?Do ou think rare metals should be regarded as a strategic commodity with subsidies for domestic production? There is something to be said for paying higher prices for raw materials mined in the US. 4.? ?Are you limiting travel because of high fuel cost? Not as much as sheer exhaustion 5.? ? Have you ever mourned the death of a pet more than a close friend? Very much so - not having ever had children - I don't have any immediate family - but I have had cats that were my family - they are all dead now. ? ? --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 . |
Re: Friday Five April 1
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? 1.? Do you think thorium reactors are a viable alternative for energy production?
2.? ?Are there any countries in the world you would be afraid to visit? 3.? ?Do ou think rare metals should be regarded as a strategic commodity with subsidies for domestic production? 4.? ?Are you limiting travel because of high fuel cost? 5.? ? Have you ever mourned the death of a pet more than a close friend? ? |
Re: Friday Five Mar 25
开云体育1. Did Ukraine make a ,mistake giving up it's nuclear weapons in 21994? _._,_._,_ |
Re: [M-Positive} Re: [PhilosophicalM] Trudeau at the EU parliament
开云体育<<Well, at least the people have been shown clearly over the past two years that "the news" has in our time become effectively a propaganda arm of the ruling establishment. ?Whether or not the people have learned what's been shown them is another matter. ?The past two years have also shown us how gullible people are likely to be, especially when the deceptions being foisted on them come from sources they have come to regard as authoritative.>> |
Re: [M-Positive} Trudeau at the EU parliament
开云体育<<America and Canada are both ruled by fools. ?This is possible because of two things. ?The first is that both use majority rule. ?The second, which follows on from the first, is that both have become majoritarian democracies.??(In a majoritarian democracy, the candidate or party that receives a majority of the votes has implicit permission to run the country as a dictatorship.) >>
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Re: Trudeau at the EU parliament
There was an interesting photo posted this am of the attendees at the summit standing around talking.? Trudeau and Biden were talking to each other, separated from the clumps of other world leaders.? It was almost as no one else wanted to talk to them.
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Re: Friday Five Mar 25
开云体育We value only the things we have seen and touched. —— On Mar 27, 2022, at 09:08, Darrell King <DarrellGKing@...> wrote:
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Re: Friday Five Mar 25
Pat said:? 2. What was the most egregious scientific hoax of the 20th century? Darrell replied: I am not taking responsibility for Thwaites melting, stunningly high record Arctic and Antarctic temperatures or the recent collapse of the Conger ice shelf. Nor for the persistent recent changes in weather patterns, including extremes such as high-powered hurricanes, massive tornadoes, overwhelming monsoons,unusually intense blizzards, unexpected (by me, at least!) fauna behaviors, or reliably measured rising sea levels. Geology does not care about biosphere changes that impact human beings negatively. I just happen to be alive during a period of concerning geological change. Fortunately, my suburban contributions to observable atmospheric smog and emissions, worldwide littered waste, tested contamination of ground waters and topsoil, global deforestation, and massive natural resource depletion have nothing to do with any of those aforementioned changes. After all, everything that is destroyed is really just changing state, right? If I drown in an encroaching sea, I become fertilizer and fish food, thus simply continuing existence in a new form! I will miss?sunsets atop?forested hills, though. Peak foliage in Autumn, the smells and sounds of breezes through the trees and the cute pictures of cuddly polar bear cubs! Fortunately I am old, though, and will not miss them for long even if I live to an old-age death!? With love and respect, D |
Re: [M-Positive} Re: [PhilosophicalM] Trudeau at the EU parliament
开云体育It's a frictionless existence - so long as we stay inside the lines and don't let our curiosity loose. ?If we let our minds wander, we'll soon find ourselves spit out by the culture, because it needs unthinking conformity to work. ?We understand and agree - subconsciously - to the terms of this contract. ?So long as we think as we're taught, the culture enfolds us in its warm motherly arms.? So we do. —— On Mar 26, 2022, at 17:40, Pat Trivers <pat_trivers@...> wrote:
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