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October 17th, 2018 at 11:18:33 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Evenbob
Collapse yes, set us back, not. China will
take over the world, it's inevitable,
and progress will continue.


China take over, maybe. They have their own problems that might tear them apart as a united nation-state.

Progress continue? Not so much. Those non-westernized, Asian nations have issues. The people do not think for themselves. Pilots can make a fortune flying for China because the locals just know how to follow the book, not think for themselves. That carries all thru the culture. The West makes the world what it is, the other 80% can barely manage the day-to-day.

Things will last through my time at least, but after that, the deluge.
The President is a fink.
October 17th, 2018 at 11:26:05 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: AZDuffman
China take over, maybe.


I know this much. Whatever we think
is going to happen, won't happen
that way. Too many unknowns, too
many variables. It's never as good or
as bad as you think it will be, it's
always in the middle. Go back 100
years, or 50 or 25 and read their
predictions for the future. Why will
ours be any more accurate than theirs,
which were all ridiculously off.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:58:31 PM permalink
rxwine
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Future progress seems to occur slower than predictions. We should be living like The Jetsons already.

Space stations were suppose to be big and look like this.

You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
October 17th, 2018 at 7:00:37 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: rxwine
huh, where do you get that idea?


I have to agree with AZD on this one. I remember Sears in the early 70's and it was a manly store with a huge section for tools. I don't deny their advertising may have tried to attract women, but men are not as vulnerable to advertising. We need a hammer, we go to the store and buy one, end of story.

They were the opposite of stores today, which are 2/3 for women and 1/3 for men. At some point in the late 80's they lost their testosterone and became another Macy's.
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October 17th, 2018 at 9:47:05 PM permalink
rxwine
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New York Man Reportedly Dies After Eating Squirrel Brains


A New York man died of an extremely rare neurological disorder after eating the brains of a squirrel.
In the months before his death, he suffered from psychosis and schizophrenia and even lost his ability to walk. Family members told doctors he was an avid hunter and had previously consumed the brains of squirrels,

An MRI of the 61-year-old man’s head showed brain scans similar to those with a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a fatal brain condition tied to the consumption of contaminated meat.

The symptoms of the rare ailment are similar to those of mad cow disease.



Never heard much good about eating brains of anything.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-york-hunter-contracted-rare-and-fatal-disease-after-eating-squirrel-brains/ar-BBOwuQ7?ocid=spartanntp
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October 18th, 2018 at 2:18:37 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Wizard

They were the opposite of stores today, which are 2/3 for women and 1/3 for men. At some point in the late 80's they lost their testosterone and became another Macy's.


IMHO part of that was when they moved out of their freestanding stores to malls. A guy does not want to go thru the hassle of a mall to get some hardware or tools. With Macy, et al nearby and being the direct competition they moved in that direction. Look at competitor JCPenny and how they morphed in the 1980s, stores looked totally different by the late 1980s.
The President is a fink.
October 18th, 2018 at 3:42:58 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Quote: rxwine
Never heard much good about eating brains of anything.
True. Brains and spinal cord are usually avoided. Lentiviruses and parasites stem to head there even if they start in the alimentary system.
October 18th, 2018 at 10:26:36 AM permalink
rxwine
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One of the 15 Saudis who arrived in Turkey the same day Jamal Khashoggi disappeared has died in a “suspicious traffic accident” and the Saudi consul in Istanbul could be the “next execution,” according to Turkish media reports.



if they are covering up something, I guess they learned the stupidity of making it happen in the middle of the Saudi embassy.


https://nypost.com/2018/10/18/saudi-who-arrived-in-turkey-day-of-khashoggi-disappearance-dies-in-traffic-accident/


I get the impression Saudi leadership is throwing all the blame on lower level participants and maybe this guy was not going quietly.
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October 18th, 2018 at 11:35:40 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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It always seemed to be the most absurd way to go about it. Have someone invite him to lunch, put it in his tea or something. Dumb clods.
October 19th, 2018 at 11:45:44 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Michael Moore's new movie has
made $6mil in 4 weeks. Opened
in 1700 theaters, last weekend
was in 95.

His first 9/11 movie grossed
$222mil in 2004 and cost $6mil
to make. 14 years later it had to
cost $8-$10mil to make the
new movie, it will never even
get the cost back. Who in their
right mind would ever finance
another MM movie.

Moore convinced himself, like all
Libs have, that America hates The
Donald and would flock to his
film to laugh their asses off at him.
Not quite...
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.