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Forum: USA Politics 29th November 2023, 08:43 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,261
Posted By Pacal
I am reminded of Hitchen`s book The Trial of...

I am reminded of Hitchen`s book The Trial of Henry Kissinger which catalogues Kissinger`s idiocies and crimes. Kissinger your gone and the World is a better place.

I remember Kissinger`s...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 5th November 2023, 08:53 PM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,263
Posted By Pacal
Not has "convincing" has the Patterson nonsense. ...

Not has "convincing" has the Patterson nonsense.

Colour me unimpressed.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th October 2023, 06:10 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,609
Posted By Pacal
I fully agree. The quacks and liars who coached...

I fully agree. The quacks and liars who coached the kids into spinning those stories should indeed end up in jail. And may I point out that this sort of behavior and coaching could and certainly did...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 24th September 2023, 02:36 PM
Replies: 190
Views: 17,986
Posted By Pacal
Turks speak a language in the Altaic group of...

Turks speak a language in the Altaic group of languages.

The overwhelming majority of Europeans speak Indo-European languages.

Those Europeans who don't speak an Indo European speak a Uralic...
Forum: USA Politics 11th September 2023, 10:34 AM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 68,003
Posted By Pacal
Yes someone could see it that way even though...

Yes someone could see it that way even though given other facts it is rather threadbare and more than a little silly.

Aside from Trump doing nothing for hours while watching it all unfold on TV...
Forum: USA Politics 9th September 2023, 06:28 PM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 68,003
Posted By Pacal
So Trump tried to set up plausible deniability in...

So Trump tried to set up plausible deniability in a highly transparent fashion. It is also highly unconvincing. Why?

Well for one thing Trump's absolute refusal to do much of anything about it for...
Forum: USA Politics 9th September 2023, 06:11 PM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 68,003
Posted By Pacal
The simple fact Trump refused to do much of...

The simple fact Trump refused to do much of anything for more than 3 hours is quite enough evidence of aid and comfort to the insurrectionists. The fact that other people had to organize the sending...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 24th August 2023, 08:25 PM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,670
Posted By Pacal
I can give examples of Fuller's regurgitating...

I can give examples of Fuller's regurgitating Anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda in his A Military History of the Western World v. 3. On pages 364-365 he gives what he considers to be the causes of World...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 24th August 2023, 05:01 PM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,670
Posted By Pacal
Actually the idea of Russians being "Asiatic" has...

Actually the idea of Russians being "Asiatic" has a long and very undistinguished history.

For example the Military Historian J.F.C. Fuller was a full time believer in Russians being "Asiatics",...
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd August 2023, 11:50 AM
Replies: 1,494
Views: 77,424
Posted By Pacal
Just for laughs I watched part one of Amanda Knox...

Just for laughs I watched part one of Amanda Knox is she really Innocent on Youtube by a panel of Body Language experts, aka The Behavior Panel. Located at...
Forum: USA Politics 14th August 2023, 07:18 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,972
Posted By Pacal
Wow! that is so much worst than changing it to...

Wow! that is so much worst than changing it to needing 60% of the vote. And that is damn disgusting. It would make the overwhelming majority of Constitutional admendments via referrandum impossible!!
Forum: USA Politics 5th August 2023, 01:33 PM
Replies: 1,133
Views: 45,909
Posted By Pacal
No doubt the Trump cultists will use the...

No doubt the Trump cultists will use the statements in Trump's January 6th speech about being "peaceful" etc., has a way of getting Trump off the hook for being responsible.

However the rest of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th May 2023, 08:35 PM
Replies: 1,524
Views: 40,384
Posted By Pacal
Oh well another thread illustrating once again...

Oh well another thread illustrating once again the loooonnnnggggg history of the trope of "Conservative" victimhood.

So many "Conservatives" love their victimhood which they cherish much like...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 13th May 2023, 06:54 PM
Replies: 146
Views: 5,432
Posted By Pacal
Wow! I don't know if the book is still in...

Wow!

I don't know if the book is still in print but it is very short. Just over 100 pages. (This includes pictures, notes and bibliography.) An easy afternoon read. It more of a precis to a more...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 13th May 2023, 07:08 AM
Replies: 146
Views: 5,432
Posted By Pacal
There is a book by Noel Perrin, 1980, Shambala,...

There is a book by Noel Perrin, 1980, Shambala, Boulder CO, called Giving Up the Gun, Japan's Reversion to the Sword 1543-1879

The books arguement is that after a very successful period of the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th May 2023, 05:57 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 549
Posted By Pacal
Just ugh!! And not only was the victim raped...

Just ugh!!

And not only was the victim raped when she was seven but she was again victimized by the actual perp still running around bothering her and her repeated statements and efforts to get...
Forum: USA Politics 9th May 2023, 02:55 PM
Replies: 1,466
Views: 73,753
Posted By Pacal
That is scary!! and very sad!

That is scary!! and very sad!
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th May 2023, 01:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,202
Posted By Pacal
Smile Trump loses Defamation case.

The Jury just gave Trump a big fat punch in the gut in the Carroll / Trump Libel / Defamation case. The Jury found for Carroll that she had been defamed by Trump.
...
Forum: USA Politics 6th May 2023, 07:47 AM
Replies: 533
Views: 32,685
Posted By Pacal
In the above article I found the following quote...

In the above article I found the following quote to be both damaging and damning.
Forum: USA Politics 2nd May 2023, 03:30 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 6,757
Posted By Pacal
Both of my parents over the years told me story...

Both of my parents over the years told me story after story about situations that developed in marriages before divorce became far more easy to obtain. Lets just say marriaghes which became living...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 1st May 2023, 09:42 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 4,021
Posted By Pacal
Being "intelligent" and "smart" doesn't mean you...

Being "intelligent" and "smart" doesn't mean you can't believe crap. It should be pointed out, more often than it is, that very "smart" "intelligent" people are very good at rationlizing, justifying...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th April 2023, 07:17 PM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
The Genocide Convention was passed and accepted...

The Genocide Convention was passed and accepted by the UN General Assembly and has not been revoked.

It is settled International Law.

You see Genocide is not just killing members of a group...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 23rd April 2023, 03:13 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,488
Posted By Pacal
The settlement of Scots in Northern Island...

The settlement of Scots in Northern Island started during the reign of James I of England who was also James VI of Scotland and Scotland at the time was in a Personal Union with England. The Scottish...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 22nd April 2023, 08:21 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,217
Posted By Pacal
There is a problem given the nature and scarcity...

There is a problem given the nature and scarcity of records from early Ancient Egypt in gaging the size of the pre-18th dynasty Egyptian state. There are indications, and occasional records about...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th April 2023, 03:48 PM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
I don't recommend The Sleepwalkers. The book is a...

I don't recommend The Sleepwalkers. The book is a piece of utter crap. The distortions and nonsense are ever present. It's presentation of Russian and Serbian policies and intentions idiotic. It's...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th April 2023, 03:36 PM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
Absolutely hilarious. First of all St....

Absolutely hilarious.

First of all St. Petersburg was Russia's Capital until 1918 when the Bolsheviks moved it to Moscow.

The idea that Germany was facing a existential threat in 1914 from...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th April 2023, 07:53 PM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
Putin`s Russia is at best an extremely flawed...

Putin`s Russia is at best an extremely flawed democracy with highly dubious elections, much political repression and other idiocies which make it`s elections etc., highly dubious has reflecting...
Forum: USA Politics 30th March 2023, 05:13 PM
Replies: 3,644
Views: 243,952
Posted By Pacal
Oh dear! The most holy and divine St. Donald of...

Oh dear! The most holy and divine St. Donald of Trump has been accussed of lying, theft fraud, subverting the Constitution and trying to overthrow American Democracy with a campaign of subversion and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th March 2023, 02:36 AM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
The Genocide Convention, ...

The Genocide Convention, https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf,
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 25th March 2023, 09:11 AM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
[quote] Thumbs up!

[quote]



Thumbs up!
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 19th March 2023, 08:28 AM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
Peter the Great was also a fan of Ivan IV called...

Peter the Great was also a fan of Ivan IV called the Terrible. Considering how Peter set up a very ruthless Secret Police system and really put the screws on the Russian population with terror and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 19th March 2023, 08:18 AM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
The irony of this is hilarious given your past...

The irony of this is hilarious given your past takes on various historical events.

For example your take on Hitler being offered peace after Stalingrad is pretty simplistic. Or your take on how...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 18th March 2023, 08:48 AM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
You really don't want to get the main point do...

You really don't want to get the main point do you. so let me repeat it.

Nazi Germany was a Police State!!!

The result was that public utternaces about dissatisfaction with the regime could get...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th March 2023, 12:34 PM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
(https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history...-of-the-na...

(https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history...-of-the-nazis/).

(https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/before-the-extermination/the-popularity-of-the-nazis/).[/QUOTE]

In your original comment you said...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th March 2023, 09:35 AM
Replies: 1,167
Views: 52,285
Posted By Pacal
Absolutely hilarious. You do realize that...

Absolutely hilarious.

You do realize that one of the reasons Hitler was not subject to massive criticism in Germany in late 1940 was because Germany was a Police State in which public criticism of...
Forum: USA Politics 7th March 2023, 07:41 PM
Replies: 533
Views: 32,685
Posted By Pacal
You create a monster and now it is trying to...

You create a monster and now it is trying to devour you. Schadenfreude.
Forum: USA Politics 7th March 2023, 12:03 PM
Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,353
Posted By Pacal
I have been enjoying the sheer silliness of this...

I have been enjoying the sheer silliness of this whole thread. What with acres of semantic crap etc.

What with Politicians south of the border working so hard to push various hot buttons and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th February 2023, 08:56 AM
Replies: 3,446
Views: 219,626
Posted By Pacal
I guess you just don't know the recent history of...

I guess you just don't know the recent history of Russia. Basic Democratic rights, etc., were already severely curtailed long before the invasion of the Ukraine.

The corruption, incompetence and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th February 2023, 07:13 AM
Replies: 3,446
Views: 219,626
Posted By Pacal
Are you actually saying Russia is a Democracy?!...

Are you actually saying Russia is a Democracy?! Only in the most nominal sense is it still a Democracy. Putin is basically a Dictator ruling a kleptocratic regime of massive corruption /...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 25th February 2023, 09:48 AM
Replies: 3,446
Views: 219,626
Posted By Pacal
Once again we see the mantra that the victim is...

Once again we see the mantra that the victim is to blame for having the audacity to resist the agressor.

Thus it is Ukraine that must be forced to negotiate, which is basically little more that...
Forum: USA Politics 24th January 2023, 04:11 PM
Replies: 211
Views: 9,392
Posted By Pacal
Absolutely hilarious. So why don't you choose to...

Absolutely hilarious. So why don't you choose to be attracted to guys today? When I was 12 and I started to go through puberty I noticed I was turned on by guys and not gals. I didn't act on it until...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 24th January 2023, 03:30 PM
Replies: 579
Views: 96,533
Posted By Pacal
Duplicate

Duplicate
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 24th January 2023, 03:20 PM
Replies: 579
Views: 96,533
Posted By Pacal
The way Golitsyn worked Angleton was quite...

The way Golitsyn worked Angleton was quite remarkable. Angleton spent years and years looking for the hidden secret mole because he believed Golitsyn the result was that much of the CIA's...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd January 2023, 07:25 PM
Replies: 211
Views: 9,392
Posted By Pacal
Yep we have heard the cliche "Love the sinner,...

Yep we have heard the cliche "Love the sinner, hate the sin" and it is largely a total crock.

In the past we have had people who have hated the "sin" of heresy but "loved" the heretic. And out of...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 05:22 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 6,396
Posted By Pacal
Actually San Francisco did benefit from slavery....

Actually San Francisco did benefit from slavery. Aside from temporary Black slave labour used in mines before the Civil War there was the Indian Slave trade and system. There was fairly widespread...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th January 2023, 06:59 PM
Replies: 291
Views: 9,818
Posted By Pacal
The whole Royal Soap Opera is a bore. 20+...

The whole Royal Soap Opera is a bore.

20+ years ago we got the story of St. Diana of Spencer and the Wicked Royals and now we are getting the Harry and his Wicked Royal relatives fairytale. While...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd January 2023, 06:22 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 8,451
Posted By Pacal
I haven't taken Hancock seriously in decades....

I haven't taken Hancock seriously in decades. Fingerprints of the Gods, was full of non-mysteries being turned into mysteries. For example Hancock's nonsense about Machu Picchu, Palenque, Tiwanaku,...
Forum: USA Politics 29th December 2022, 09:33 AM
Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,353
Posted By Pacal
Yep that describes so many of the people getting...

Yep that describes so many of the people getting all hysterical over guys in dresses reading stories to kids.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th December 2022, 03:50 PM
Replies: 579
Views: 96,533
Posted By Pacal
On the first day of Christmas, a Nutcase sent to...

On the first day of Christmas, a Nutcase sent to me
An Echo in Daley Plaza

On the second day of Christmas, A Nutcase sent to me
Two Umbrella Hobos
And an Echo in Daley Plaza

On the third day...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd December 2022, 02:21 PM
Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,353
Posted By Pacal
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is an accurate...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is an accurate portrayal of "Drag"???!!! What the @#*!

If you watch the movie you will clearly see that Frank does not make any attempt to pass has a Woman at all. He...
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