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who cares.

trump is insulting all kinds of world leaders in a way rarely seen. it is likely what he really thinks, but the normal neurological inhibition mechanism isn’t working right.

think what you want. this isn’t normal behavior. it will likely get worse.

his inhibitions on this stuff are not functioning properly.

it is going to get worse I assume.

the man who did all the legwork over decades on this himself says there are a few points in history where the body of alexander (or mark, post-venice) might have been replaced. but the other macedonian artefacts associated with st mark’s relics plus associated history (the sarcophogus in london?) make a compelling case of a possibility of continuity with alexander’s tomb.

what is that macedonian partial stone facing piece that apparently perfectly fits the container alexander was in doing in st marks?

I wish we could see some type of analysis on the remains of st mark in venice.

what drug was it?

why now? she has done nothing since she got into office.

a non-trivial part of his country/population is muslim, he goes to some effort to appear at islamic functions etc.

the russian empire/ussr had even more.

he is extremely smart and surely knows exactly what the issue is. his solution might not agree with mine or yours but he is smart enough to keep his mouth shut (also commenting in the UK might be VERY illegal)

one final comment, for many years we saw so many examples of leftists quite openly celebrating and hoping for conservative deaths.

now that the shoe is on the other foot, we are seeing the opposite. heck, the nurse might not even be particularly liberal/leftist (open carry often doesn’t intersect that orientation).

it is quite depressing.

thinking back, there may well have been folks pushing a paid agenda on FR 25+ years ago - but I bet they were few and not very effective.

at some point, maybe covid/vax but definitely the UKR war and gaza wars, the screaming and thread derailments hit max volume.

I don’t see how an unmoderated site survives this if it gets on a list of areas needing nudging. once you get moderation, you run the risk of being a group-think site.

FR is lost. I suppose it is a symptom of various factors - descreased critical thinking skills and tolerance of other opinions in general population + 24/7 psyops by various parties shaping our opinions on so many topics 24/7. I am pretty sure I have disagreed with you consistently on issues, for example, but you seem like one of the only rational people here.

I have given up on FR. let the raving mob and the nudgers have it.

the ‘wasn’t carrying ID” business at face value seems unlikely. most males carry wallets these days, and keep their ID in them. allegedly open carry requires it anyway in MN. he didn’t go there to die, and afai can tell never even touched his gun. he almost certainly was carrying ID.

body cams from all agents would settle a lot. they already know what is in them.

folks need to think carefully about all this, if for no other reason than what it establishes for federal police powers when the pendulum swings.

i cannot tell how many people on FR actually are just posting their opinions now vs. other agendas. some are presumably bots at this point.

traders trade.

most people carry wallets. I would assume he had his on him.

FR might as well shut down, there is zero critical thinking exhibited here.

can they find underwater craters? they seem quite certain about the yucatan one despite it being 100x older. I would assume a relatively new crater filled with sediments would be something that would show brightly on those ground radar things they use. I am hopelessly ignorant about this though.

this crater should be massive and quite easily located.

just based on my cursory reading, I wonder if the bolaven field is large enough to have filled such a crater.

these threads are surreal. the prize is a very politicized joke. the current recipient was simply part of a larger agenda. ‘giving’ it to trump (and him accepting it) is too bizarre to have qualified for parody.

yet folks tie themselves in pretzels here to defend the whole process.

I remember a gas station or something giving a free nobel prize with every fill-up some years ago after obama got his. this is the prize folks here are demanding trump deserves.

to be fair, this really is hugh and series.

given the bigger picture, this is another way of saying we are going to war (real war not slapping around banana republics).

it is so much money that i wonder if it is accurate. have any other cast members ever discussed their salaries, i wonder.

It sounds WAYYYY too high, honestly.