The Middle East had relative peace and that would have remained the case if you had called Israel back in time.

Relative peace? The Oct 7th attack was planned for many months. Children were butchered in front of their parents, babies beheaded. Did you see the clip in the early days of the woman being let out of the back of an SUV and into the backseat? She was limping because, those relatively peaceful Palestinians, cut her Achilles tendon so she wouldn’t run away. She had blood all down the front of her crotch and in the back because they had raped her over and over again. Perhaps thankfully, they found the woman’s head so she didn’t have to endure that much longer.

Israel is not committing genocide. That’s a ridiculous statement. If Israel wanted to commit genocide, this war would’ve been over on October 10 or 11th.

It’s been said antisemitism is the original hate. I didn’t understand that until recently but now I’m beginning to believe it that’s true.

Israel is doing what the Allied powers during World War II. Had there been social media and prosperous people living in comfort thousand miles away from the war like you, there would’ve been calls for cease-fire and Hitler and the Nazis would’ve survived to fight another day. Hamas must be completely and entirely destroyed. Yes, there are civilian casualties, but remember the raped and beheaded woman I mentioned? There was another woman they brutally tortured and raped. They threw her body in the back of a pick up truck and paraded her around the streets. One of the scenes I always remember was a little Palestinian boy, maybe 10 or 11 years old, ran up to the back of the pick up truck and spit on her body, along with the other men. Yeah, relative peace.

You’re not seeing the world clearly.

Serowbot wrote on 12/30/23 at 11:27:15:


I’m not sure how this bodes for 2024, but how the hell did we end up on the same side?….

WebsterMark wrote on 12/31/23 at 05:41:24:


Some dinosaurs will never evolve into something more subtle.


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R0wWngx-27g

"Again, if I recall correctly, the people you deal with are forced by circumstances to have a narrower focus."

 I guess it depends on the job.  Right now we are working with about 200 AI specialists from all over the planet.  Typically it's small teams of sociologists, psychologists, intelligence analysts, software engineers and ethicists.  

 I'm not sure what circumstances would force a narrower focus, but I can imagine there are plenty.

People are strange creatures.

I'm leaving my little village tonight, and going to visit friends who live in the City. It's New Year's Eve. The city, but especially the neighborhood I am visiting, is traditionally known for turning into a war zone on New Year's Eve.

And I don't just mean big fires in the street, but also cars that are driven into them. The intention is to increase the collective labor to such an extent that the police intervene.

The police, in turn, are also looking forward to this opportunity to release the frustration they have built up over the past year. The fight that follows is truly like being in a real war zone. Only with rubber bullets  tear gas, flying stones and fireworks bombs.

Everything that was not allowed and withheld throughout the year comes out, under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
It is not without risk to go out on the street because all laws are overboard this evening, you are on your own.

The next day you can see the damage that has been done and often the paint on the window frames is peeling from the heat, broken windows and burned cars everywhere.
Must say that it has been a bit quieter in recent years, but with all the unrest in the world this year, I expect it will be old-fashioned fun for the youth.

Those who are going to die salute you.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/237Bxyy34dQ

Stability is no longer possible. The entire institution of Politics has collapsed.
It will take some time before this will dawn on everyone.
2024 will be a very strange year, almost accopoliptic.

I don’t believe that. 2024 will indeed be strange and if Republicans win, there will be violence, but not apocalyptic in nature.

It’s important to remember that all of us who participate on this forum are oddballs. We are not normal. The vast majority of the population does not pay attention to events swirling all around them the way we do and certainly they don’t filter everything through their individual partisan lens the way all of us do. That’s a good thing.

I’m not saying we’re more stable than we were 25 years ago because we absolutely are not. I’m not saying the potential isn’t there for some level of social upheaval because it is. I’m saying while it will likely be wider in scope and more intense than the past 3 years, it will not be an end to The Republic.

My brother asked me one time what would it take for me to get out on the streets and protest for a cause and I said if Washington decided to pay off nation debt by taking my 401(k) retirement, then yes, I’d act like a George Floyd protester on steroids (I mean fentanyl, see what I did there?) . Something like that would wake the sleeping giant I am a part of. There could be an actual insurrection, not like the fabrication of Jan 6th.

But we’re not there yet. There is no national divorce coming next year. If I found myself in Arizona near where Sew lives, I’d buy him a beer, I wouldn’t start swinging. When average people take to the streets and start fighting, then we’re facing an apocalyptic future.

zevenenergie wrote on 01/02/24 at 10:53:19:


I have no idea what any of that means but glad you enjoyed yourself.