Christopher Hitchens: ”In 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815.
Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did.
Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.”
@OmilliTees People over leveraged themselves heading into the bear and now they're too busy fudding their own bags. Once VeVeVerse moves beyond showrooms is when i could see explosive growth
@IIIRICANIII I agree. I considered flipping my sr Yoda into HQ#19 but ultimately think Yoda will hold its value better.
Also, Peter Parker will always be the OG. Miles is cool but the vast majority automatically think of PP when asked about spider-man
@vevecomicguy I think people who look for creator birth years are few and far between.
I'd say a little extra premium for being 2 digits and a little extra for being sequential
@NoSpin_Official @michaelmalice With hyperphantasia does it ever feel distracting? Also do you generally have to close your eyes to imagine vividly or can you say overlap your mental imagery over something you're looking at?
@NoSpin_Official @michaelmalice It's hard to describe seeing nothing.
Like if I plan a trip somewhere I start with what do I need to prepare the vehicle, then what's the trip going to look like chronologically so I don't forget something.
I lay out the schedule then explore the what ifs.
@NoSpin_Official @michaelmalice Oddly, I can recreate sounds like music but not my voice.
I know how an engine works, so I know why the parts move the way they do. I can "imagine" what the cause and effect will be just with no visual representation.
I know A leads to B I can theorize possible ways to get to C