An interrogation of the passive voice in writing: Link to video

@Horace said in Germany's plan for war with Russia: Does Russia have any hope against NATO? Depends what the war aims are. If Russia’s aims are narrow and confined to territories that were former Soviet republics it could result in a protracted war of attrition on those territories accompanied with hybrid warfare and targeted special forces/espionage operations on NATO member states beyond the battlefields of Eastern Europe. If Russia’s war aims are to expand into Central Europe with the objective to reconstitute Stalin’s post WWII cordon sanitaire, the risks of crossing the nuclear threshold increase tenfold. On the other hand, if NATO prevails on the battlefield but shows zero interest or intent to pursue a retreating Russian army beyond the current recognised Russian borders, I think the risk of a nuclear exchange - at least in the short term - becomes unlikely. I get the concern over nuclear war, but assuming Russia is not suicidal, what is the real risk here? The obvious dilemma both NATO and Russia face is the real risk that one of the nuclear capable belligerents begins thinking the unthinkable for one or more reasons and crosses the nuclear threshold at some point once hostilities commence. Bad enough if the threshold is crossed at the tactical level; much worse if it escalates to the theatre level (that is, European industry and civilian infrastructure); apocalyptic if it results in a strategic exchange. It is a real risk and one that has been debated throughout the period of the Cold War and into the present. There is no definitive answer to thinking the unthinkable.

They've been very loyal to me as well. Did really well with Garmin, too. They pivoted nicely once GPS was ubiquitous.

The market is forward-looking.

I still haven’t used all my pumpkin spice crime scene tape yet.

@Horace But I didn't hear much in those two videos that seemed totally indefensible. Frankly speaking nor did I. However, Carlson seems to equate Zionism with Netanyahu and his current coalition’s policy towards Palestinian Arabs. I on the other hand, would suggest Netanyahu has hijacked and distorted Zionism in order to justify his ultra nationalist policies towards Arabs and Muslims in general. Despite his professed disdain for leftist political ideology that holds Zionism to be a form of racism, Carlson appears paradoxically in agreement with the Left on the matter of Zionism.

I recently had to sit through a retirement speech by one of our senior Executives. He droned on for what seemed like hours with lists of these kind of aphorisms. As I left, I overheard somebody say 'Thank God he's retiring'.

@jon-nyc said in The impact of AI on jobs: That’s about 20% of their workforce. https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1993446039232389131?s=46 Unemployment is still at extreme lows. I think we’ve been focusing on the wrong numbers over the last decade.

Thought this was a delightful conversation between two history bros who land on the conservative side. Link to video

Explicit videos? Spare me.

I thought we didn't buy stuff from people that hate us. Isn't that that bloke who sells razor blades' catchphrase? I try not to eat tinned stuff because of all the salt but there's nothing wrong with it other than that, particularly in a pinch, financial or otherwise.

Nice. But I wouldn't want to have to move it. A tank. I love my GE Cafe Dual Fuel two-oven model. It's got professional level BTU burners. Reducing can be done in a flash.

For Mik https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/bari-weiss-isnt-selling-centrist-news-shes-rebuilding-normal-news-at-cbs/

Don't know what you mean. What's the obvious?

I would agree with Wim. Russia is definitely hurting but no where near falling apart. Never forget that it is a country whose economy in the past 35 years has twice collapsed yet continued to function without a revolt of the masses as a consequence.

@Axtremus said in From Occasionally Impolite to Vulgar: Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity. A vulgar president is nothing new. The 2-bit thug and his team were consistently vulgar. So was LBJ, and Mr. Nixon but that is no surprise for Navy men. I think George W. Bush got a bad rap concerning vulgarity, he was Air National Guard.

So we have to choose between a Candace who is a cynical liar and one who is completely fucking nuts. Neither seems like a good reason to listen to her show.

Yes. One is not a lot.