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I'm rather curious to know what Gromnir has to say about Texas' new abortion law and the Supreme Court's role in the situation.

In Portugal there's a Philosophy class in the 10th and 11th grades. I assume there's something similar in other European countries. In the 90s the curriculum was mostly Greek philosophy

They did not have a monopoly on genocide, no.

I mean, it is true that the British Empire caused genocide, famines, and destruction worldwide in order to achieve political and economic gain. But to say it was equivalent to the Phantom Menace is, perhaps, too much.

Thinking about it, I guess I have no idea what spirituality even means in the context of that graphic. A vague, nonbinding belief in the supernatural? Openmindness regarding the supernatural and religious? Shunning of organized religion? Strong belief in the holy ghost? Willingness to ignore all the crap in the world in order to feel content and accepting of your daily life? Spirituality is very vague and wide-ranging as a concept, really.

Spirituality seems out of place?

I believe that at around 10 million, give or take, a single person can live off interest, comfortably.

Japp

I have Calax on Facebook still, if I recall correctly. He is the one who is in New Vegas.

Generally a nice quote for Libertarians.

That Gorgon guy also totally disappeared. He was never seen again.

I hope so. He was quite talented and quite young.

Moved to the correct forum.

The ones I miss the most are post Black Isle forums. I miss baley, especially. And metadigital, Llyranor and his alt, Musopticon?( I used to have him on facebook, but I haven't seen him there in years), thepixiesrock, Launch, Schmart. There are also a few that I still see posting on facebook every once in a while.

To repeat myself about Limbaugh : And also: And also: "I'm sorry he's dead. I understand he was suffering." To state that someone is happy that Limbaugh died because they didn't like his radio show is incredibly disingenuous. It's akin to saying that some people were happy Ted Bundy died because they disliked his murder weapons.

Outside interference was already common before 1979, and that interference has directly or indirectly fueled instability in the country. The British and the Russians vied for the region in the 1800s causing 3 wars and massive instability. During most of the 20th century, the USSR was the big political driver in the country, pushing for an implementation of a communist government. The upside was the modernization, and the rejection of extremist religion(all religion, but oh well), the downside was that they were turning Afghanistan into a puppet state that did not reflect the population on the ground. They invaded to "bolster" that government. This was the act that pushed religious extremism to the fore, I'd say, although the US providing military resources to that lot surely did not help. No, the cold war wasn't, technically, colonialism. It was modern imperialism given cover by the Truman doctrine. As per usual. To say that the rise of the Taliban was a direct consequence of USSR action in the country is a gross simplification, given the religious makeup of the region, and ignores the support the US and the Saudis gave the mujahideen. The US should not have acted in the way it did, no. The invasion of Afghanistan was a pretty obvious choice internally, though. It surely did wonders for the GOP's popularity in that period.

Afghanistan is a pretty good example of colonial and geopolitical meddling creating gigantic intractable problems. Its problems didn't start with Biden or Trump, obviously. But they didn't start with Bush Jr, or Reagan, or the Soviets, or Pakistan or the British either, but they all had a hand in making things a little bit worse. Or immensely worse, depending. In any case the current conflict was specifically lost the day the US invaded Afghanistan.

You had a dog for a long time right? A retriever or something?

When was the last time you changed avatar?

How long do you want the run to be though?

This one is pretty stable too.

Some more benchmarking. Stable 60 in these games