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Jul 12, 2022 18:24:29 GMT
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 12, 2022 18:24:29 GMT
Nuclear fusion energy will happen at some point. Probably sooner than we think.
Once that happens it will change the world.
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Jul 12, 2022 18:27:12 GMT
Post by Sneelock on Jul 12, 2022 18:27:12 GMT
cousinlou☼:
that whole WMD's thing was a crash course for me. they told us, daily, what a 100 percent certainty it was and how easy it would be. a butt-load of years later they act like nobody could have got it right, even if they'd tried.
I know there's a LOT of media hostility on every side and I believe it's richly deserved. however, many of the people who make the most noise about how corrupt the media is end up licking their opinions up out of somebody else's bowl. I know a host of people who put FAR more faith in YouTubes and dubious sources than they EVER put in the mainstream news. I had a bug up my ass about the term "Sheeple" a few years back. the people calling me this were (to my way of thinking) getting their opinions off of a nozzle at the same time they accused me of being uncritical. me! uncritical! the very idea! just because you regard the news doesn't mean you swallow it hook, line & sinker. it's a critical thinking skill and it is going the way of the dodo.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jul 12, 2022 18:27:28 GMT
Definitely a conundrum of between distracted and well informed, we know too much or get layers and layers of similar thinking that can reinforce or heighten angst, paranoia, feeling doomed, etc., whilst being wary of contrary views. Turn it off, don't read it for awhile, walk away
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Post by Sneelock on Jul 12, 2022 18:32:33 GMT
because something is missing - analysis! news shows once featured boring old experts who gave their opinions - informed opinions. this is no longer an important commodity. now opinions are like assholes and every asshole has a place to put their opinion. um... in my opinion.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Jul 12, 2022 18:41:02 GMT
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Jul 13, 2022 6:18:43 GMT
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 13, 2022 6:18:43 GMT
I didn't care for the first two, and will wait till this one is on Netflix.
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Jul 13, 2022 8:52:36 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2022 8:52:36 GMT
Not sure I understand what you're saying here. I thought it was quite clear. Increasing hostility from Russia I think is bound to be answered by a coalition lead by Europe and the US. I think, however cynical that is, that if Russia had focused on Ukraine only and not effectively cut supply chains for food and energy to the world, they would have had a free pass. Like they did, when they took Crimea and god knows what other shit they pulled in what they see as their part of the world (Georgia, Chechnya...) What's not helping is that Putin is being very triumphantly about the whole thing, ( Smirky, on camera: Nato? Let them come!) I hope and half trust that military and politcial leaders get less annoyed by it than I do. But seeing an increasing part of the population is facing difficulty in paying for food and the electricity & gas bills, I think itis a matter of time before the people demand actions to make an end to it. The west has no choice. It can't depend on Russia for energy. As for Putin he wasn't expecting the unified response from the west that he got with regard to the sanctions and economic isolating of Russia.
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Jul 13, 2022 10:35:58 GMT
Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 13, 2022 10:35:58 GMT
Our dependence on Russia has enabled Putin.
We need to be self-sufficient.
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Jul 13, 2022 11:16:13 GMT
Post by oh oooh on Jul 13, 2022 11:16:13 GMT
- and here's Tom with the weather
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Jul 13, 2022 12:36:53 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2022 12:36:53 GMT
Our dependence on Russia has enabled Putin. We need to be self-sufficient. That should be the aim certainly. Even if that isn't imminently achievable, we need to stop getting into bed with countries like China and Russia. The idea that economic cooperation makes the world safer has been shown for the chimera it always was, as you say it only ennables them.
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Jul 13, 2022 13:22:13 GMT
Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 13, 2022 13:22:13 GMT
- and here's Tom with the weather A Bill Hicks quote!
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Jul 13, 2022 13:30:19 GMT
Post by ~ / % ? * on Jul 13, 2022 13:30:19 GMT
Our dependence on Russia has enabled Putin. We need to be self-sufficient. Man, GB I figured you'd be salivating at getting the old Death's Head Legion together and marching off to glory.
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Jul 13, 2022 15:06:45 GMT
Post by cousinlou on Jul 13, 2022 15:06:45 GMT
I thought it was quite clear. Increasing hostility from Russia I think is bound to be answered by a coalition lead by Europe and the US. I think, however cynical that is, that if Russia had focused on Ukraine only and not effectively cut supply chains for food and energy to the world, they would have had a free pass. Like they did, when they took Crimea and god knows what other shit they pulled in what they see as their part of the world (Georgia, Chechnya...) What's not helping is that Putin is being very triumphantly about the whole thing, ( Smirky, on camera: Nato? Let them come!) I hope and half trust that military and politcial leaders get less annoyed by it than I do. But seeing an increasing part of the population is facing difficulty in paying for food and the electricity & gas bills, I think itis a matter of time before the people demand actions to make an end to it. The west has no choice. It can't depend on Russia for energy. As for Putin he wasn't expecting the unified response from the west that he got with regard to the sanctions and economic isolating of Russia. No, he probably wasn't expecting that but we can't really say it seems to matter to him at all. For the moment he's blocking energy and food shipments. It's all good to draw the conclusion now that we should not have made ourselves so dependent on a notoriously unreliable country but here we are. We did and now we're in deep shit. I think there are only two ways out of this. Either Putin changes his mind, in as far that this whole thing is indeed under his control. Or, we'll see NATO pursue the whole thing more rigorously I think the latter is more likley than the former.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2022 15:53:23 GMT
I don't think either will happen. NATO don't want any escalation and Putin certainly won't be changing his mind.
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Jul 14, 2022 6:45:50 GMT
Post by cousinlou on Jul 14, 2022 6:45:50 GMT
I don't think either will happen. NATO don't want any escalation and Putin certainly won't be changing his mind. I am sure nobody wants it. But escalation is easily reached once a nuclear plant is bombed. Or energy prices go through the roof even more. Not to mention food deficits. Things can change very quickly when the circumstances become very different.
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