NASA Wants to Shut Down Its Greatest X-ray Observatory—and Astronomers Aren’t Happy
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti … servatory/
big islamic terror events back in the news once again
Russia weeps for its dead: Mourners lay flowers as death toll from ISIS attack on Moscow concert hall rises to 143 and security forces arrest 11 suspects
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl … -hall.html
News media in the USA confirms ISIS behind deadly Moscow concert attack and that warnings were passed on to the Russians about an attack of jihadis which could soon take place
7th day of March, in year 2024
"Location: Moscow, Russia
The Embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts, and U.S. citizens should be advised to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours.
Actions to Take:
Avoid crowds.
Monitor local media for updates.
Be aware of your surroundings."
https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert … -48-hours/
Islamic State Group Claims Russia Gun Attack
https://www.barrons.com/news/islamic-st … k-f361895d
That weird Trans mixing of gays and lesbians and men and women and that odd situation, born men competing and beating up women while wearing a dress and why an Athlete Bill is needed?
House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) battled with Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) over the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWve2JNtVfQ
World supply chains?
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us … 024-03-22/
US has urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.
Years ago, I used to talk guns with my fellow gun nuts on a gun forum. After about a year, it was painfully boring, so I had to leave. For starters, at least 70% of the people there barely knew which end to be on. Maybe 0.1% of the people there knew the differences between 4140 and 416 barrels, apart from the "color" of their barrel. If they knew that much, they probably didn't know that the 4140 had a finish applied to it, whereas the stainless was not finished with anything except bead blasting. How do you have a conversation about firearms with someone who doesn't understand basic metallurgy, has never used a lathe or welding machine in their life, and has no appreciation for the smell or feel of a fine slab of English Walnut or Ebony, or thinks tacky white plastic is anything like real bone and Ivory? Some of the pilots or reloaders were a bit more interesting characters, but that was it. Worse than that, some of them were angry as hell, kinda like you've been lately, and some of the rest were so set in their ways that it was similar to talking to my grandfather about playing poker. Some of the people I've taken to the range with me, well, I'm never going back to the range with them. They're not fun to be around.
I knew plenty of guys in the military who were exactly like that, and it ruined the entire experience for me. There's always some genius who has to ruin the party for everyone else. Drinking is fun to do with your friends, but I didn't aspire to be a lifelong drunkard. There were far more interesting things to do with my life on the weekends, like flying. Worst of all, there were precious few people to talk computers with, despite being surrounded by fellow Radiomen. They call them "ITs" now, but it's still the same thing.
I don't worry too much about the Russians or Chinese invading, for example. They're dumber than I thought they were if they're merely contemplating that course of action. If they choose to do that anyway, then they should know what's waiting for them.
Now, my friend, do you understand why I come here and talk to you?
We used to have some fairly interesting conversations, or at least, they made me think. Maybe you have it all worked out in your head, but I know I don't.
What do we have now?
Silence. Anger. Frustration.
It's not beneficial to anyone at all.
If you hadn't noticed, I don't stop talking to people merely because they said something I didn't like. I may never think or know the same things as other people I talk to, but I know enough about war to know that when the talking ends, generally speaking, only bad things happen afterwards.
]]>Yeah, I mean look, I just think the culture, I don't know maybe I was totally wrong but I feel like there was a time in the country where people who had disagreements could have disagreements and still really like each other and still be friends. We're so far removed from that culture, and I'd really like to get it back. I don't know how we build that again, but I don't want, look I've gone, I've done a complete 180 from thinking like, oh if people don't, I can't believe I used to think this, but I used to think like... Well, if people don't share my politics, then they're just, they're probably inherently bad people, and we have nothing in common, and I can't have them in my life. It's such a dumb way of thinking, and I closed myself off to so many wonderful people as a result of that. And so, for others who operate that way, even if they're doing it subconsciously, I want them to like think of what they are depriving themselves of, which is really wonderful relationships that could add more to their lives, to enrich their lives, and also, I like being challenged. Everyone should, I get that some people are uncomfortable with it, but it's super boring to exist in a world where you're never challenged, like I was so bored for two years straight and I couldn't figure out why. I was just like, I'm bored, I'm bored, why am I so bored? Like, I like my job, but I'm bored, and it was because I wasn't ever really being challenged, you know? And and anytime someone attempted to in good faith, I had been primed or conditioned to think, well this is just an alt-right person who hates the country, or, you know, hates minorities, hates women. I had all these, like, stories in my head and I just realized I've absorbed a lot of BS, and I need to detox from it and kind of start seeing the world for what it really is. - Ana Kasparian
Que sera, sera.
]]>The question is, does being left-wing cause mental health issues, or are the mentally weak drawn to the woke movement in the same way shite attracts flies? I think its a little bit of both. Either way, I have never met a sane lefty. They are all profoundly bitter at the world, with an aura of spite surrounding them like a bad smell. They despise patriotism, hate western society and dream of tearing it down. They rot the sole of a nation. Spreading poison and undermining nations from within. It is time that they were recognised as the nasty little vandals that they are.
]]>I think additionally, we have problems associated with a shrinking workforce as boomers retire. There just aren't as many people to go round as there used to be. Experienced people are retiring and we aren't replacing their expertise. Socialist DIE programmes that fail to prioritise the best candidates will make this problem even worse, if it ends up degrading the quality of people recruited. Anyone that sits around obsessing over their gender and the injustice of society, isn't someone I would wan't monitoring metal fatigue on an aircraft that I am flying on. That needs to be someone that is good at his job. It is only a matter of time before this sort of metrosexual nonsense leads to a disaster that costs hundreds of lives.
]]>President Trump is a giant middle finger to both parties. That's what makes him an acceptable alternative to a re-run of Dumb (Republicans) and Dumber (Democrats). Since Bill Clinton held office, Democrats have been more committed to the destruction of the ideals of America than most of the Bible thumpers I've met are committed to either saving me from hell or damning me to it. Republicans have only helped that process along by being feckless enablers. I'm sick of all of them.
There aren't enough people alive today who remember WWII, so WWIII is inevitable. It's a cycle. If you've read through the last 100 years of geopolitics and US history, then hopefully you know that much. We have 800 overseas military bases. We're actively fighting in Ukraine, various countries in the Middle East and Africa, and we're about to start exchanging ordnance with China. I'm not sure how much more engagement you think is necessary, but it sounds like you want to preemptively start WWIII. Have a little patience. War is a process.
I've heard enough Jewish people say to me, exactly what I restated to you. I think about a dozen different people, some from Israel, some from Europe or Russia, and a couple from America, is enough to figure out what they found appealing about communism. Their answers were not remarkably different from what non-Jewish Russians have told me about communism. Unless all them were lying to me, race had nothing to do with their reasons. I say this to you as an American person who could not possibly care any less about whatever religion you have or don't have. If you have a problem with my feedback, then get over yourself already.
]]>I cannot summarize 100 years of geo-political experience that resulted in the UN and NATO. I cannot explain the last 75 years of Great Power Politics that makes it clear why an active international engagement policy is better than entrenchment. Read your US history; when we disengage the aftermath is worse.
And communism doesn't appeal to "Jewish people"; you saying so just tells everyone you are a racist garbage person. Find another way to express your ignorance. I say this as a Jewish person, so if you have a problem with the feedback, look into your soul and eat sh*t.
]]>President Trump is Bill Clinton with a different letter next to his name. We differ on this, obviously. You apply emotion, whereas I look at what he actually did in office. If you don't like what he says, then do what I do and don't listen to him talk. I don't listen to President Biden talk, either. In his case, that's mostly because he can no longer speak English sentences, but everyone has their problems.
If you despise America that much, then where else would you go that's so much better than America?
NATO was intended to fight communism and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union died a natural death. Communist China would've followed, but some idiots over here decided that they needed our help to continue being communists, and that in so doing, they would somehow "become less communist". Oddly enough, that didn't happen. So... If we're going to fight communism, then that probably means fighting an actual communist country, like China, rather than some tin pot dictator like Putin with third-rate military. Russia has proven to be more of a danger to Russia than anyone else. If Putin invades a NATO country, then we'll fight his little green men. Until he does, it looks pretty bad if we go looking to pick a fight with him. We've been "not fighting" fighting the Russians since WWII ended. Some of us want to get the show on the road, or to quit pretending that we're doing what we're not actually doing.
Communism appeals to women because anything that takes on the superficial appearance of treating everyone the way children are typically treated is generally appealing to them. This is obviously not universal, but common enough that a generalization can be made. Mothers will typically feed all of their children, regardless of whether or not one is behaving well and the other is misbehaving. This obviously doesn't apply to every woman everywhere across all of time, but in general mothers apply communism in the home. Communism works within the family unit. It's not that hard to figure out why it appeals to them, because it appeals to their sense of how they would want their children treated.
Communism appeals to losers because this or that or the nebulous "other" is why they didn't succeed in life. They played no role in their success or failure. Even Solzhenitsyn held himself more personally responsible for his actions than any of these silly college kiddos calling themselves communists. American college kids, the most privileged group of people on this planet, think the reason someone didn't drop a $100K job on their plate has nothing whatsoever to do with their own behavior. I consider a person handed everything in life on a silver platter, who still refuses to do the bare minimum, yet is totally shocked when success in life doesn't "just happen to them", to be a loser. Refusing to do better and developing a giant chip on your shoulder is a choice.
Communism appeals to Jewish people because they feel rejected by society, and at times they have been. They hold a fanciful notion that communism will protect and provide, so communism is therefore very appealing to them. Sadly for them, the Russians frequently expressed their hated towards them, just the same as the Germans, hence all the pogroms where Russians murdered Jews for the horrendous crime of "being Jewish". The only difference between Russia and Germany, is that in Russia the concentration camps were rated "E" for "Everyone". I guess that made it all better. The Jewish people who survived communism have a very different opinion of it.
All those who see this, examine your own values as you continue to engage. You debase yourself if you engage further.
Others are allowed to express opinions you disagree with. That's going to happen during the course of your life. Nobody is forcing you to come here. Calling people every name under the Sun only lets everyone else know that you have no actual arguments to make. Put your big boy pants on, and try being a big boy again. I believe in you. Big boy clark was way more interesting to converse with.
]]>Kbd512, you should find a way to quietly remove yourself from society. You are a pig.
All those who see this, examine your own values as you continue to engage. You debase yourself if you engage further.
]]>My friend Kbd, Texas strong, Trump "yeah whatever", proletariat of the taxed underdog, screams what? a party exploits a segment, a class. versus what? another party that exploits a segment and a class?
I look upon you all and your class based political segmentation for moral superiority and see the basic failure that "mars" portends. You all scrape in America nationalism. What of NATO? This place is a joke.
If any of you actually dreamed of Mars you would put word to mouth to arm to action. You would encourage your local social group (or start one) to advocate with their local representation, You would start podcasts. You would email your counselor. You would put yourself out there in the way that clearly says, yes, I think people should live on an alien planet in a vacumn with a curtailed life outcome involving cancer. But that aint dreamy.
]]>An actual group of far-right radicals wouldn't believe in any governance at all. If President Trump advocated for no government, that would make him a far right radical. That is what "far right" actually means- people who don't believe in having any government. By definition, a king or dictatorship cannot be "far right", unless it's also profoundly anti-Republican in nature, i.e. "collectivist" and / or "statist". It's a centralized authoritarian style of government. If everyone who is an actual Republican, such as myself, wants far less government, then how would we maintain "authoritarian control" over the lives of anyone, regardless of their political beliefs? The most obvious answer is that we wouldn't, because we couldn't.
Since I'm not a far right radical, I do believe some form of governance is necessary, because men and women are not angels. Despite that fact, government should have as little influence over our daily lives as is practical, without opening the door to anarchy or tyranny. This is the exact opposite of what collectivists want, which is some form of tyranny, whether it's tyranny of the majority or an actual tyrant / king making dictatorial decisions over the lives of others. Simply put, you're not going to get a tyranny from a group of people who openly despise and are highly suspicious of all-powerful central governments. We would structure government in such a way as to ensure that won't happen, which is why we're so despised by collectivist tyrants who wish to insert government into every aspect of life, from cradle to grave. That's why they label us "nazis". Ironically, nazis were just another group of their fellow collectivists, who exerted dictatorial control over the lives of others using an all-powerful central government. Essentially, that is anti-Republicanism, in the same way that any "Democratic People's Republic" is always anti-democratic and anti-Republican.
All collectivists seek to impose their will on other people. In practice this always involves using force or violence as the means to that end. That is also why societies structured that way ultimately fail. In the Soviet Union, rather than fighting against their own government, everyone sat on their hands long enough that the state imploded under its own weight. What were they going to do about that- mass murder every last person in their society because they refused to do anything at all?
A true communist / socialist would do just that, but then they no longer have a society to exploit, which is why the Soviet system ultimately fell apart. Communism would've fallen apart in China, had we not prevented tens of millions of them from starving to death, but we're not like them, we're still predominantly Christians, so we gave them foodstuffs and modern John Deere combine harvesters- a rather commonplace tool in America that ensures 1% of the population can feed the other 99%, so that the labor of the 99% can be devoted to other useful pursuits. Under capitalism, they can no longer obtain free labor or other unearned privileges at someone else's expense, because that person cannot be forced or compelled to serve their interests. Capitalism seems terrifying to these people, because exploiting someone you cannot force to do your bidding at gunpoint means you then have to figure out how to conduct voluntary interpersonal transactions with someone who trusts you at least enough to do business. Capitalism discourages some of the most destructive forms of anti-social behavior, but you have to be willing to not do business with anti-social types. That doesn't mean anti-social people don't still exist under capitalism, merely that they cannot control society without willful allowance of such.
The people who want tyranny generally believe that they'll be the tyrant in charge of everything. They think they're the most competent dictator in the room, and that typically only remains true in a very small room, quite often a room only large enough for two people, because there are 50/50 odds that the other person is either more competent or more sociopathic or more ruthless than they are. Between men and women, you'd only be correct in assuming the man was the most violent one 60% of the time, which still says nothing about the most extremely violent individuals, which would almost always be men. In practice, many of those people become the apparatus underlings for the state to use to terrorize its own people. Take someone like Stalin, for example. I'd never guess that a partially physically disabled psychopath would be the person in charge of communist utopia. He infamously murdered his childhood friend, a man who remained a loyal communist and supporter of Stalin, until his execution. He wasn't terribly smart, nor empathetic to his peoples' plight, nor was he a particularly good judge of character. He was extremely ruthless and violent. That is all.
Unfortunately, that's the sort of idiocy that communism breeds, because that's what communism rewards. It's a system of, by, and for abject idiots- people who are too ignorant and/or feeble to exist in a world without someone or something to coddle them throughout the course of their entire lives. IIRC, both Hitler and Stalin were tormented during their childhood, and neither were good students. That means they learned all the wrong lessons about how to interact with people. Hitler would've been infinitely more terrifying with the Jewish Germans on his side, who considered themselves loyal Germans, and would've given him "the bomb", along with every other conceivable weapon of war. Hitler so resented his own Jewish mother that he lead his society to commit unspeakable atrocities against the Jews, Gypsies, and anyone else he thought was beneath him.
In the end, Hitler's national socialism was the penultimate byproduct of toxic femininity, with communism being the ultimate expression of toxic feminine ideology- loving someone so much that you suffocate them like an overbearing mother. Toxic masculinity would result in anarchy- loving someone so little that you throw them to the wolves so that only the strongest / most cunning / most ruthless survive. The two are different sides of the same coin, and both are corrosive and destructive to civilized society. If there is no balance between feminine and masculine nature, then societal cohesion fails. The nuclear family unit is the antidote to the nature of humanity, which is always a mix of good and bad.
True change and uncertainty terrifies people who buy into toxic ideology, to the point where the warm embrace of a psychopath who would kill them, just to watch them die, seems preferable to the cold and unforgiving world of self-determination, where there are no guarantees of anything. Freedom is not for the faint of heart. There are a lot of terrible things that can happen with enough freedom, but for various reasons, the most terrible fates always seem to actually happen when there is an utter lack of personal freedom.
Oddly enough, there is no comparison between the number of people who have literally starved to death under capitalism vs communism and other forms of authoritarian central governments. You'd think all-powerful centrally planned governments would know and accept that all people die without food, thus you have far fewer people left to do your bidding, unless what that central authority actually wants is to kill most of them. That means people living under governments with near total control over the national economy, regardless of what they allow or disallow in the way of economic activities, cannot even feed their own people. There is no socialist / communist regime, present or historical, wherein a significant percentage of the population didn't starve to death. Christians saved these atheist communists from themselves in all cases where they were finally permitted to do so, because the central government became more terrified of the people doing to them, that which they did do to their own people.
Nobody starves to death in America, except by choice, or as the captive of a psychopath / socialist / communist. That's not a dumb accident. It's not because something was stolen from someone else, or any other nonsense excuse. It's not because Americans are so privileged and righteous, nor because everybody who lives under communism is so downtrodden or evil. Failures to correctly prioritize are one of the central features of communism. Ironically, the least empathetic, and frequently least capable if we judge by results, but most psychotic and ruthless people, end up attaining positions of dictatorial authority over the entire society, under communism. If they cannot guarantee that their people have food to eat, then it's because they don't particularly value them in their priorities list.
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