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Post by johnsmith on Dec 28, 2022 12:27:08 GMT
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Post by johntaylor on Jan 10, 2023 2:18:05 GMT
Opening of that article "Along the country’s seven-hundred-mile front line..." should give Pentagon folks déjà-vu
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Post by richardsok on Jan 10, 2023 21:05:31 GMT
Spent a couple of minutes scrolling down the manic twitter feed above. Absolutely NOTHING to see there. I reflected what a lonely island of sane discourse Chang has created here on BigB.
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Post by Norbert on Jan 11, 2023 0:27:43 GMT
Right. We discussed Ukraine a year or so ago. I'm still taking Mearsheimer's line on the causes of the war, but see no reason to go there again on Chang's forum.
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Post by johnsmith on Jan 17, 2023 21:09:54 GMT
Interesting thread
"https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1613924570725244928"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2023 1:36:15 GMT
How do people become intellectuals?
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Post by gman57 on Jan 18, 2023 1:52:58 GMT
How do people become intellectuals? I think by putting your finger in a lectual socket.   |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2023 2:04:38 GMT
That is a serious question. I am seriously thinking of becoming a top intellectual too. Then I can speak any crap and people will discuss it for ever and do a phd on it.
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre noted that "the Intellectual is someone who meddles in what does not concern them"
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Post by habsui on Jan 18, 2023 6:02:17 GMT
I am an intellectual. I said that before I knew I was one.
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Post by Norbert on Jan 18, 2023 6:38:48 GMT
A Sartre joke for true intellectuals ...
The French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre was sitting in a cafe when a waitress approached him: "Can I get you something to drink, Monsieur Sartre?" Sartre replied, "Yes, I'd like a cup of coffee with sugar, but no cream". Nodding agreement, the waitress walked off to fill the order and Sartre returned to working. A few minutes later, however, the waitress returned and said, "I'm sorry, Monsieur Sartre, we are all out of cream -- how about with no milk?"
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Post by johnsmith on Jan 19, 2023 13:01:39 GMT
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Post by Mustang on Jan 19, 2023 13:53:31 GMT
Expansion of NATO a red line? More of a self-fulfilling prophesy. After the invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland asked to join . |
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