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That's a good point. I tend to see this in the American experience where we get what the leaders want and not what the people want. And I think the leaders not only watch how American politicians pull that off, but they can get help from American political leaders to pull the same shenanigans.

And it was all done without World War III. Absolutely brilliant, in contrast with the Biden crime family trying to start WW3 just to avoid some embarrassment and/or to get money.

Come to think of it Putin would never have invaded Ukraine because Reagan would have already been in talks with Putin to avoid the war to begin with. Standard disclaimer: Reagan was not a great president but on this particular point he was correct. And he had enough self reflection and humility...

While the Chinese are definitely going to take advantage of this exactly the way you state it, they still are not going to invade Taiwan unless some outside force pushes them to do so. I'm sure @Stripe can confirm this but Taiwan is already going in the direction of simply acquiescing to China...

Interestingly, for all of the Impressions that people had that Ronald Reagan was a Warhawk, his actions between him and Gorbachev showed that he was okay with having a tough persona but worked much harder in the background on much larger projects to de-escalate. So, guaranteed, Ronald Reagan...

I must be thinking of a different Firestone presenter on TV. She seemed old enough to have been on TV when I had one, which I haven't had since the 90's. But I seemed to recall a gal on some sports show named Firestone.

Karen Firestone rings a bell. Where have I seen her before?

Using COVID was a stupid idea if they were trying to be the dominant power. Any competent scientist of the proper training should have been able to figure out that treating COVID like a normal, or even bad, flu would have resulted in us not even carrying about the release. Beyond that, the lab...

Is that a glass eye?

Lol. Ok, that's funny.

I give up.

It's something we can see clearly now that creating or taking advantage of a crisis is the cheapest, fastest, and most effective way for a government to impose itself on the people. However, we cannot forget they also use the long con, too. Public schools, supporting subversive groups, and...

Generally "death" means "separation", or makes more sense when read that way.

I've heard this before. It sounds like the Chinese government is buying farmland, but I think it is Chinese companies, owned by Chinese individuals, that are buying. And despite everybody's concern that every individual in China is owned by the government, it is not quite as true as the mass...

You sound a lot like Saul Alinsky and his statement "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." And while Saul has many effective tactics for disintegrating society, he wasn't a very good person. And we find this out by the witnesses of his life. There were many people that knew him and...

We were once delivering a piece of furniture to a house. And we walked in to figure out where it was going. Upon opening the door I was hit in the face with this horrible smell of dog doo doo. And a quick survey of the house showed a number of doggy piles in the living room and down the hallway...

I agree with you. I don't see a problem getting the DNA of a convicted criminal, but not of anyone innocent. The database might not be big, but it would be big enough to deter crime.

And it has the added benefit that, at least in that aspect of his behavior, he is a better person. It was the best thing that could be done for him. And he can now go on to be a well adjusted member of society.

This may very well be the case. CS Lewis had such a solid picture of this idea in The Great Divorce. @garyflet If you want a picture of what I think hell might be like, or at least similar to as far as the attitude of the denizens of hell, then read this.

The latest conspiracy theory I have heard is that in order for Global governments to actually coalesce into a deference to a single Authority where the names of the countries might still be in effect but the laws, or rules, are going to be largely from a single group of elites, there will need...