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Simply repeating an invalid claim doesn’t magically render it true. This point persists even if you capitalize it and put a bunch of exclamation points. False dichotomy. I’d do neither. I’d instead engage in a discussion with my child to understand what’s bringing them pain in this world and I’d explore with them ways to alleviate it that don’t involve self-inflicted death.

If his troops take Kiev, which they absolutely can do probably within less than a day or 2 given their size and capabilities and backend support from cyber teams, then Ukraine for all intents and purposes will be absorbed as part of Russia effective immediately.

If you hate it here so much, why not leave and open your own forum where you can enforce any rules you want, or leave it as an unmoderated cesspool like YouTube comments sections?

FFS… you’re not Galileo.

And Bugs Bunny says what’s up doc. Until you move your fiction into the realm of evidence backed nonfiction, nobody here cares.

Abso-effing-lutely not Actually, you’re on a private global discussion forum with clearly stated membership rules to which you agreed when joining. You are here voluntarily and can voluntarily leave any time you feel the culture here does not align with your personal preferences and desires, but if you break any rules you will leave involuntarily. Again, is someone forcing you to participate here against your will? Blink twice if there’s a gun to your head while reading this. We’ll send help!

Well, even former GWBush Sec.State Condie Rice applauded the Biden team for how expertly they’ve been playing this bad hand they’ve been dealt. Delay on O&G sanctions is almost certainly so they don’t blow their entire wad when Putin still remains not fully committed. One of those “don’t shoot til you can see the whites of their eyes” situations.

From Axios: In a likely prelude to war, Vladimir Putin announced at the end of a combative, hourlong address that he will recognize two breakaway "republics" in eastern Ukraine as independent. Why it matters: The separatists don't hold all the territory they claim. So recognition could be a de facto declaration of war by Putin, Axios World author Dave Lawler writes. The White House immediately announced new sanctions on the Russian-backed republics. The separatists declared independence in 2014 and have waged a low-scale war against Ukrainian forces since then, with military backing from Moscow. Recognizing the two breakaway regions "would be a sort of attack without weapons," France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told a parliamentary hearing earlier Monday. What we're watching: Analysts expect Russian recognition of the separatist republics to be followed by deployment of "peacekeeper" forces. Between the lines: Putin's move could be a sign that his immediate military focus is on the eastern Donbas region — not the capital, Kyiv. Michael Kofman, a CNA expert on the Russian military, contends it's more likely the first step in a broader military operation. Secretary of State Tony Blinken has said such recognition would "call into further question Russia’s stated commitment to ... diplomacy."

The ones which work better, of course. You'll need to be more specific here and give some clarity on where you're struggling and what you've already done trying to answer this on your own.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00104-8

If I did this, I’d never have good cheese, sauerkraut, Kim chi, chili mash, kefir, kombuchas, tempeh, or any of the other foods we intentionally spoil to make them preserved and amazing tasting.

No, because I already have one. It’s the executive and narrative creation portions of our brain attempting to make sense of ambiguous stimuli from multiple different sources, and seeking a way to align novel experiences with previously experienced past ones. Like a dream, our description of the experience need not make rational sense as an explanation. The explanation need only be comforting and even vaguely soothing. For many, ephemeral ideas of spirituality bring that comfort. For me, having a basic understanding of neurobiology and neurochemistry offers that comfort. Either way, the view we each take of the experience itself is driven by our own innate desire for comfort.

It depends on how dirty your floor is, and dirty with what Humans have been eating rotting food for centuries. We often even rot food on purpose to make it taste better. I imagine you'll be fine.

Oh, phew. What a relief. I guess this thread can be closed then, but before that happens, will you please also share with me next week's lotto numbers and who will win the Indy 500 in 2026 so I may place a handsome bet?

Because details don’t generally matter to those caught in a god fog

One can accept that simplistic descriptors like melting pot have a useful place in discussion and that the caste system in India drives many social dynamics, but it’s nonsequitur to jump from that into a gross and seemingly biased generalization that Indian immigrants are bad for America.

I do not think that word means what you think it means. Your conclusion is based on stereotypes and has no place here.

This is more blather than biology Also, the parts that aren’t blather are simply wrongheaded

Maybe you missed the item John posted 2 hours ago, two posts before this comment you've made here?

Much better

https://www.vox.com/22894978/covid-19-vaccine-lives-saved-deaths-avoided-omicron-chart

Shocker. This was false. Since making this assertion, Russia has actually brought in 7,000 MORE troops near Ukraine bringing the total well over 150,000, added armored vehicles, helicopters, and field hospitals. Satellite imagery also confirms Russia has established a new military pontoon bridge over the Pripyat River in Belarus, less than 4 miles from the Ukraine border.

Too late:

Try studying evolution. No conspiracy needed.

Yawn