Stephen

The real red pill is critical thinking. Actual critical thinking, not fanciful conjecture based on "connecting the dots".

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@robbyyy @FearfulDiamond @TerribleMaps More Australians say soccer than football but among hardcore fans more would say football these days.
People forget though the term originated in England in the early days of association football and for many decades the term soccer was just as common as football even in England

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@robbyyy @FearfulDiamond @TerribleMaps Lots of Australians call it soccer. Football as a term has grown in popularit, but a lot of peope in Australia still call it soccer.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@adamJ13924 @KivimakiPetteri @jalle51 There's a fundamental difference: the West prints to support a productive economy; Russia prints to fuel a war machine.
The difference will become increasingly apparent in Russia over the next year in the form of inflation and business bankruptcies.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@JanKvap67056775 @Fbeyeee Seems likely to be a kind of joke, albeit a bitter sweet joke.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@GenTXer2 Crowded House. And their fourth album Together Alone was a masterpiece.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@TonesOfMusic I want to say the Cars as it full of hits, but then again, how could one possibly overlook the Jim Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced. Music was never the same again.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@Jokeystern @Rightanglenews I don't understand why Karmello being in the wrong tent was a big deal either. But let's say, hypothetically, Austin Metcalf could have been more chilled out the wrong tent thing, that in no way justifies Karmello stabbing him.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@BowesChay Ukraine receives support from NATO especially equipment and weapons but the Ukrainians themselves are the ones doing the fighting.
If the Ukrainian people themselves were not determined the country would have fallen in the first week of the invasion.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@grok @spooktober311 @Basedgoymemes That is not what happened. The RAM driver was angry that the scooter rider was not riding in the bike lane. It started because the scooter rider was stoped at the lights, waiting to turn right.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@JoshFL321 @end3of6days9 @CreasonJana I think we have a winner.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@GCMMAFan @GenXTalks1 Johnny Marr is definitely the best post-punk/new wave guitarist.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@GenXTalks1 Eddie Hazel. Of course is a recognised legend. But people don't talk about him as much as some other legends.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@PAHoyeck Here is an argument with the same structure (modus tollens).
If this metal is iron a magnet will stick to it.
A magnet will not stick to it.
Therefore the metal is not iron.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@PAHoyeck The structure of the argument is valid. This does not mean in itself the conclusion is true; but if we accept the premises the conclusion logically follows.

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

For two decades, Vladimir Putin managed to trick the world into believing he was a master geopolitical chess player.

The catastrophic invasion of Ukraine has permanently shattered that illusion, exposing him as one of the most wildly overestimated strategists in modern history.

Putin's long streak of international ”successes” was never a product of strategic brilliance. Instead, his ”victories” happened simply because he was willing to break international rules and push further than his targets expected. Many of his opponents mistakenly believed that appeasement would preserve stability, which only encouraged his aggressive behavior for years.

The moment someone finally stood up to him, the entire facade came crashing down. Ukraine refused to capitulate, and the Kremlin's supposedly unstoppable military machine failed pathetically. Putin completely miscalculated the resolve of Ukrainian people and the unity of the West, proving that his earlier triumphs were just the result of bullying weak and hesitant adversaries.

By overstretching his forces in this reckless war, he has effectively ruined the economic potential and future of Russia. His legacy is now defined by a bleeding military, crippling sanctions, and absolute isolation from the developed world. It is a pathetic end for a ruler who genuinely believed his own propaganda

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

Quote from the enemy:

“We came in arrogantly, marched across all of Ukraine looking for Nazis. While looking for Nazis, we ended up killing everyone we could. We reached Kyiv — to put it plainly, we screwed up and retreated. Then we went to Kherson — screwed up again and retreated. Somehow nothing is working out for us.

The special military operation was supposed to achieve ‘denazification,’ but instead we turned Ukraine into a nation known throughout the world. They are like the Greeks or Romans in their golden age.

As for ‘demilitarization’: if they had roughly 500 tanks at the start of the operation, now they have 5,000. If 20,000 soldiers knew how to fight back then, now it's 400,000. So how exactly did we demilitarize Ukraine? It turns out we somehow did the opposite — we militarized it.

Today, Wagner Group is the best army in the world. Of course, out of politeness I should say that the Russian army comes next, but I think the Ukrainians are now one of the strongest armies in existence.

They have a high level of organization, excellent training, strong intelligence capabilities, and a wide variety of weapons. They operate Soviet and NATO systems equally effectively. Everything they do is focused on achieving their ultimate objective, much like we did during the Great Patriotic War.”

— From an interview with Yevgeny Prigozhin discussing the actions of Russian and Ukrainian forces, June 2023.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@StevenEKuhn @joerogan @patrickbetdavid @ShawnRyan762 What makes this theory a better theory than other theories, especially mainstream theories? eg:
1. Deterrence. By drawing a line in the sand the war discourages further aggressive action by Russia.
2. Ideology. Western Europe wants to bring Ukraine to the liberal democratic fold.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@StevenEKuhn @joerogan @patrickbetdavid @ShawnRyan762 Are the any experts in economics or geopolitics who have articulated a similar hypothesis. There are lots of theories about the war, but this is the first time I have seen this theory.
But maybe I missing additional details that have been articulated elsewhere? ->

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@zeberg2 @DanFriedman81 3. BaM corporate now have the PoS data. Ss far as they can figure about, about 50K worth of stock had been sold by the previous owners. Another $5k of stock was found in the store that possibly belonged to the collection and BaM offered to return this to the owner.

[Stephen @HarryFlashman]

@zeberg2 @DanFriedman81 2. The old owners had the Lego collection on consignment for a year before they lost the franchise. One would expect that in a year most of the collection had been sold. As to the proceeds of those sales, that is a question for the previous owners.