Russia isn't invading or conquering Ukraine. Russia is devouring and absorbing Ukraine.

jerryk · 2024-03-09T16:34:51+00:00

They're also euthanizing the "mentally ill" in Canada now. And, who exactly is "mentally ill"? Anybody the Canadian government says is "mentally ill".

jerryk · 2023-09-19T20:40:27+00:00

A nice commentary on contemporary feminism. Have modern feminists been too clever by half? In an effort to achieve equality with men, or even superiority over men, have they simply put themselves into a position where women have no clear social function at all, and, are consequently treated as non-entities?

jerryk · 2023-08-02T00:02:34+00:00

Yeah, well the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging score may not be the best way to win world wars! But, I guess you already knew that, didn't you?

jerryk · 2024-05-03T01:01:56+00:00

I guess this is too liberal a site for this particular post. It's more popular on the politics site. More conservative, there. My own politics are non-existent, I just try to tell the truth.

jerryk · 2024-05-02T21:05:57+00:00

Why focus on Israel? They were only responding to a mass slaughter of their own citizens, and are just trying to stabilize the situation, so it won't happen again. The Muslims are always trying to destroy the state of Israel, because they won't tolerate a non-Muslim nation in their midst.

jerryk · 2024-05-02T20:53:35+00:00

Why do they care? What's it got to do with them? Are they all Muslims?

jerryk · 2024-04-02T17:49:44+00:00

Well, yeah, you could it that way, as well!

jerryk · 2024-04-01T17:52:23+00:00

You understand my point, then. I'm an American, but, obviously, America is in no position to accuse the Russians of being incompetent or undemocratic these days, are they?

jerryk · 2024-02-24T22:08:50+00:00

Hey, no one's forcing you to read my stuff, buddy! I like to speculate and analyze, something that's encouraged in the U.S., although not necessarily in most other countries.

jerryk · 2024-02-10T20:57:37+00:00

"Never believe anything in politics, until it's officially denied."

jerryk · 2023-12-27T23:01:37+00:00

Interesting point. Stalin was never addicted to anything other than work, and power, of course. But, power particularly, is very addictive! Let's say that he might have been a good manipulator, even if he'd been big and strong. However, his extreme physical limitations forced him to develop these innate manipulative skills to an extraordinary degree, turning him into a supreme genius at human manipulation.

jerryk · 2023-12-27T21:10:15+00:00

He was quite handsome, and attractive to women. Stalin used personal charm to achieve his ends, to a large degree. Like I say, his social skills were remarkable.

jerryk · 2023-12-27T20:23:31+00:00

Most people don't. Even in Russia, this aspect of Stalin -- his extreme physical vulnerability -- is deemphasized. Stalin is almost the diametrical opposite of Russian tsarist hero, Peter the Great -- who was six foot eight, burly, all muscle, and very athletic. Peter the Great was almost a superman. Stalin was scarcely a man at all by comparison. Yet, they serve rather similar roles in Russian history. Peter the Great modernized Russia with slave labor programs and education. Stalin did largely the same. Both were very brutal, but also very effective.

jerryk · 2023-10-16T16:45:37+00:00

The impression I'm getting is that the issue is federal regulation. That, although the cost of producing a Real ID isn't that much greater than a conventional driver's license, the federal regulation is much, much tighter. So, the state is responsible for ensuring the training and compliance of any agency issuing these Real ID's, and, in the case of many states, they simply don't want to be bothered with the extra work. So, they're willing to pay some other state to take care of ensuring compliance with federal regulations, so they don't have to be bothered. In other words, pure laziness.

jerryk · 2023-10-11T21:17:52+00:00

Lindsey likes wars. They're profitable and get him votes. He's probably going to have to dump the Ukraine war, though, the Pentagon only has so many weapons to go around.

jerryk · 2023-10-11T01:33:30+00:00

Oh, come now! Of course Russia is targeting civilian infrastructure! They're blowing the hell out of power plants and electric generating stations as we speak, and that objective is openly expressed. The idea is to freeze out the Ukrainians during the winter, and, it's a perfectly viable military strategy. We can debate who's more genocidal, Russia or Israel, but, they both will do whatever it takes to control populations they perceive as a threat to their regional agendas.

jerryk · 2023-10-11T00:41:46+00:00

They both seek power and control regionally, and, to some extent internationally. Neither inflict casualties on civilians as an end in itself, but, as a means to intimidation, power and control. Russia and Israel both use the destruction of civilian populations as a means to control populations.

jerryk · 2023-09-27T20:15:10+00:00

Hey, buddy,, if you refuse to become a vassal of the US empire, you've most definitely made a move they don't approve of!

jerryk · 2023-09-24T22:12:16+00:00

You can look it up online. It was anonymous, and wasn't repeated. So, they didn't pursue it. But, Leonardo decided to leave town. That may be exactly what the authorities wanted him to do.

jerryk · 2023-09-24T20:19:05+00:00

Much obliged! Especially for considering this to be "poetry". It's more pastiche and satire, of course!

jerryk · 2024-05-08T14:59:10+00:00

A hell of lot better proof than we have that if we accelerate a spaceship to the speed of light its mass becomes infinite. We have to do some incredibly broad generalizations to get to that, from the evidence we've got at this time. Particle accelerator experiments are NOT real life!

jerryk · 2024-05-08T14:56:28+00:00

Hey, buddy, I'm enjoying your observations. Don't take me too seriously, I don't take life too seriously!

jerryk · 2024-05-08T14:55:19+00:00

Well, that depends on what you mean by space and time, exactly, and, that depends on the structure of the mathematical abstraction you choose to employ to define them.

jerryk · 2024-05-08T14:53:34+00:00

Sure, you're right, of course. That's why I really don't mind Russia being The Borg! It keeps the West in line, a bit, anyway.

jerryk · 2024-05-07T22:52:57+00:00

OK. I'm not disputing that. All I'm saying, is that GPS really does not prove that space and time are related, or that light speed is an absolute limit.

jerryk · 2024-05-07T19:19:31+00:00

OK. Einstein is your God. Enough said!

jerryk · 2024-05-07T19:08:36+00:00

The GPS correction codes are classified. You have no idea whatsoever what's actually in them.

jerryk · 2024-05-07T19:07:54+00:00

The correction coding is classified. You have no idea whatsoever what's actually in it.

jerryk · 2024-05-06T18:46:12+00:00

No, it doesn't. Not unless you're totally brainwashed.

jerryk · 2024-05-05T21:09:17+00:00

Hey, buddy, I'm not anti-Russian, or anti-Chinese. I just think people have different ways of doing things. And, it takes all kinds to make a world.

jerryk · 2024-05-05T20:47:32+00:00

So, you don't think Russia and China traditionally subjugate the individual to the whole more than the West does? That concept is certainly well accepted, in the West, anyway.

jerryk · 2024-05-03T19:00:56+00:00

All nations slaughter innocent people, especially women, children, and the elderly. All. Every single one on the planet, that's what nation states do, in order to survive on the planet.

jerryk · 2024-05-03T18:59:41+00:00

Israel is in a difficult position, facing off against the entire Muslim world. If a Christian nation were located there, they'd have exactly the same problems, and have to act exactly the same way, in order to survive.

jerryk · 2024-05-02T21:34:52+00:00

So, they just want attention, period?

jerryk · 2024-04-29T16:07:56+00:00

They've already been doing that. They're running out.

jerryk · 2024-04-26T15:40:34+00:00

Putin isn't Hitler. Putin is a wise old man, simply trying to secure traditional Russian territory for his people. He certainly will stop with Ukraine, he will be too old to remain in office after his current term expires. The Russians may pursue some additional territory in the Baltics conceivably, or Moldova, but, these are tiny countries of little concern to other nations.

jerryk · 2024-04-22T19:53:34+00:00

However, it is an aspect of defense, if anything, and, thus, implicitly, a part of the U.S. defense budget.

jerryk · 2024-04-22T15:49:42+00:00

Yeah, I guess so!

jerryk · 2024-04-19T01:29:38+00:00

Actually, this doesn't really seem like that big a deal to me. Much ado about nothing.

jerryk · 2024-04-19T00:47:17+00:00

I just did. Basically, they're just saying if you're sixteen, you're old enough to work legally as a prostitute, in California.

jerryk · 2024-04-19T00:33:50+00:00

OK. So, the "child" still has to be at least 16 years old. So, all they're really saying is if you're sixteen, you're old enough to be a prostitute.

jerryk · 2024-04-18T23:12:08+00:00

So, does this mean that pedophilia is now legal in California, as long as the sex is paid for, and it isn't actually a forcible rape? If so, that means what is a capital offense in Florida, is now perfectly legal in California. Can we really run a united country this way?

jerryk · 2024-04-17T23:38:00+00:00

Mediaeval kings had very little power over their subjects, military technology didn't allow them to project their power, that's why feudalism became popular -- everyone was dependent and worked for their local lord, not the King. Effectively, Universities acted like local Monasteries, largely independent of any central authority.

jerryk · 2024-04-17T23:34:04+00:00

Government controls the purse strings though, and, that completely undermines any university independent research. In the middle ages, government was too decentralized for any control of funding to universities.

jerryk · 2024-04-17T21:15:28+00:00

OK. But, that means any oppressive government law constrains people at universities as much as anyone else, thus potentially restricting freedom of speech and experiment at universities.

jerryk