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Greg, "And no matter how strange it may seem to you in your little bubble, ..." How dare you impugn my bubble size! "It is quite as big for me, said he, as yours is big for you." That's fine, all of us live inside our little bubble, but the Russian bubble is HUGE and it does not conform all that we...

There really isn't much else I can say without knowing specifics. Divorce feels like the end of the world but it's not. The best choices involve thinking about ten years in the future. My ex wives and kid think I did a great job ten years on. I was very tough and returned every blow while always sui...

Hi , I don’t know where to turn, so I post this here. To have some neutral opinions. Here’s the case, I have been married for 10 years and been together for 12. Our marriage has been really bad lately , recently my wife got a new job.And she became much happier and more positive. She started to men...

Most religions were designed for social control. They generally produce obedient slaves and citizens without critical thinking skills. New religions are needed that do not exclusively serve hierarchy.

Slavery was legal. Killing Indians and selling their scalps to the government was legal. All wars are legal for the winners. If you think following rules makes you pure you are a fool.

“The use of transgenic monkeys to study human genes linked to brain evolution is a very risky road to take,”

If you want to read the original paper it is here.
https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-ar ... 43/5420749

Source? Can't you use google? My profile pic is me in my CBRN gear from back in the day. I can't validate your claim as a fact until I find the source and if such source is credible. If it's from a conspiracy theory website, then I will automatically reject it and I've already blocked Fox News from...

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Fri Apr 12, 2019 2:30 pm

Source?

Can't you use google? My profile pic is me in my CBRN gear from back in the day.

honestly this is a nightmare scenario. It's similar to the recent story of a maverick Chinese scientist who claimed to have genetically altered an infant female. These people are literally messing with genomes. It's what Frankenstein was about, only a lot more real, and a lot scarier. It wasn't a c...

I wish I was wrong Queequeg. But after awhile in the intelligence and state security community I bet the farm on the system being completely corrupt. So now I'm retired on Captains pay. A Pyrrhic victory since I was hoping the system was what it pretended to be. The system is equitable enough that i...

For that to be true Trump would need to have fundamentally changed the Republican agenda. The opposite happened. Trump changed his agenda to fit the establishment. Nothing actually changed. Repubs will break a bunch of stuff and make you fix it. Once you fix it they will break it again. You may win ...

As I wrote, Trump getting elected blew it all up. As soon as he got elected, the powers that be are practical, and they went on their pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring, but he's not their guy. He is a literal, useful idiot. This means, its possible to break out of that control you're talki...

In my city the police collected homeless people and newly released rapists and dropped them off at our local Occupy near city hall. Half the black bloc anarchists trying to throw things and light fires were police. Then the police stole everyone's tents and belongings. It was a coordinated crackdown...

It became very clear to me that our democracies were controlled like our economy when studying candlestick charting for securities. The ranges of policy were too exactly constrained. It became clear we were in a falling channel. The rich know if they go to 99% of what they want and stay there revolt...

Stop worrying and frowning so much. Try the Taoist inner smile technique. https://www.universal-tao.com/article/smile.html Or since facial feedback alters neural activity just cheat and get Botox. It has the oddest side effect of reducing anxiety. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/slightly-bli...

Queequeg to me the problem is the liberal classes have sold out. During the New Deal there were strong communist movements in the US and Canada. The liberal technocratic classes were given the job of tempering the worst impulses of the capitalist class. They were allowed, even encouraged to make inc...

Actually, its because I have kids that I've got to go down fighting for a better world for them. Since we're getting personal, I get it. You've tapped out. You've given up on trying to make an impact. Happy retirement! You got yours! Better make some money if you want to keep those kids safe. Thing...

Hey, you guys are committed to your views. Its the chorus saying amen to each other. The brilliance of your quotes is lost on those who don't already believe, friend. I get it. I sold out eventually too. Took me about 10 years to be set for life. Selling out pays incredibly well and is the only way...

Hey, you guys are committed to your views. Its the chorus saying amen to each other. The brilliance of your quotes is lost on those who don't already believe, friend. I get it. I sold out eventually too. Took me about 10 years to be set for life. Selling out pays incredibly well and is the only way...

I'm curious... How do you figure the rule of law is not normative and functioning? The countless civilians we murdered when I was in the army. Oh wait they were brown or Muslim. Doesn't count. Yes. Terrible. Not a new phenomenon though. Not evidence of the decline of rule of law. I realize that sou...