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"Suggesting"? No. I'm "acknowledging" that humanity cannot destroy itself with WMD it does not have. Indeed. Our leader is more orange than their leader. And warmer too.

No. I understand your point. It's wrong. "Without MAD" means before MAD, and before MAD means before the capability. You declare it: We have only one history. So while it may be true that it was "proven to be the worst possible failure" it was simultaneously an unprecedented spectacular...

:oops: Splendid. What you are (deliberately?) overlooking is the "low probability / high consequence" calculation. You cite it as a success, so far. Who disputes that? The point is, there's a subset of the population that is homicidal, and a subset of the population which is genocidal. It's...

Let's separate wheat from chaff. There's more than one reason to oppose sexual promiscuity. There are moral reasons. There are legal reasons. The distinction between the two may not be as clear cut as some may think. Rather than there being something scientifically deficient about being a...

Well S2, RFKj may want to go worm hunting some day.

United States Constitution: ARTICLE #22: Ratified February 27, 1951 SECTION 1. No person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice, and ... Donald J. Trump has a reputation for lying. In the case of many of Trump's assertions the truth of what Trump may claim may matter. In...

This assertion is reminiscent of the adventurer / experimenter that leaps from the Empire State Building's observation deck to "see what happens" and as he plummets toward the pavement is overheard through a 7th story window saying to himself, "No problem so far!" Superficially paradoxical...

Chisel it in marble, and I'll help you prop it up against a utility pole in D.C. Please note: The 14th Amendment does not require a conviction. Simply having "engaged" is all the Constitution requires. It was absolute folly to allow Trump's name onto ballots during the Republican presidential...

Mr. meme: The -GD poem- was comment on the Nazi Holocaust by pastor Martin Niemöller. savor the irony By reminding us of the broader scope of this bloodshed, J #411 can remind us of the horrific, consequential blunder of allowing Putin to nuclear blackmail the West, first by conquering...

Supreme Court hears challenge to law barring drug users from having guns Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, was convicted under the same law before being pardoned by his father. The Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority that often backs gun rights, most notably in a...

Is there an important counterpoint here? North Korea having nukes seems a bad idea for Western civilization. BUT ! Too late. Is the current Trump expenditure of U.S. blood & treasure a wise long-term investment in future global peace & prosperity?

Greetings J #411. Welcome to CV.us Attrition is a time strategy. In what otherwise would be a stalemate, wait until the opponent fails. When applied by the U.S. attrition succeeded in the Cold War, failed in Vietnam. As you suggest, attrition rewards efficiency. Thanks for joining us @CV...

Goldilocks, we need you ... * The U.S. and Israel are reportedly pummeling Iran. One of the risks of too severely weakening Iran is leaving Iran vulnerable to its neighbors. And Iran is located in a dangerous neighborhood. Trump / Netanyahu may not be s a v v y enough to accommodate this...

"Efficient"? Perhaps. Competent was the intended meaning. Fine, but that's a separate issue. "American people are friends of Liberty everywhere, but custodians only of their own." John Adams The JFK assassination seems to have instilled in U.S. policy leadership the...

BUT ! The overall presentation seemed near comedically staged. a) There was a live if tiny audience, a conspicuously papered house. b) They'd have seemed alarmingly zombie-like if without reaction. BUT ! perhaps due to time constraints etc., the entire presentation including audience reaction...