Ser Scot A Ellison

The Zensunni wanderers. So… Bhuddist/Muslims.

Slow Regard of Slient Things is really rather unique and charming. The new novella is a long short story. Neither unique nor charming in the way SRoST is.

Who was the weird guy who was always around George (if that is really his name) Santos before Santos was expelled from the House?

How can people… not know? Seriously?

Did this get Ukraine funding?

Jim Jordan is the Platonic ideal of political hypocrisy and cowardice.

Thank you. That more eloquently and succinctly made the point I was attempting to make last thread. @Conflicting Thought If you want to damn the US damn it for creating the opportunity for Russia and Venezuala to use US willingness to use force overseas to justify a return to wars of conquest. That we absolutely own even if we can make a distinction (and we were wrong to engage in “forever wars” that destabilized Afghanistan and Iraq). Our use of war… even if not for conquest… created the environment where Russia and others abuse it.

Probably… but Chani being overtly aware of the Missionaria would be something new

How could anyone forget?

What? The Saudaukar as “Others”?

@Kalbear: The election is 11 months away. Why would we be predicting how tight the election might be based on current polls?

Given how inaccurate polls have been recently (“red wave anyone”) why are we obessing about polls?

The person saying “This Prophecy is how they enslave us” is really interesting… I don’t recall that from any of the books.

Rebreather.

Wouldn’t support for Guyana in the event of a Venezualan invasion help demonstrate US sincerity in supporting the international system? What seriously perplexes me is the “Global South’s” apologia for the Russian invasion of an attempt at annexation of Ukrainian territory? Russia is explicitly imperial in its ambition… why would the anti-imperial “Global South” not oppose the Russians?

Horseshit. Complete and utter Horseshit. The US was wrong to engage in its “forever wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the US did not attempt in either of those wars to take territory or annex portions of the Nation-States invaded as part of the US. Russia, and those offering apologia for Russian actions, are attempting to claim Russian actions in invading, occupying, and then annexing territory to itself is somehow justified by prior US bad actions are absolutely and completely full of shit. Because while invasion and occupation are bad… then claiming it justifies annexation is a step well beyond anything the US has attempted in more than a century.

I’m not saying boots on the ground is ideal for every situation. Supporting Ukraine with arms and Training seems to be effective to at least… stop… the Russian advance (even if pushing the Russians out of Ukraine has proved more difficult). I’m saying sipping tea and doing nothing more than commneting about how dreadful an invasion of Guyana would be is just not enough. If we don’t want invasion to become even more commoneplace… we the international community (including the US) have to take a firm stance against invasion and annexation.

See above.

One of the things the Russians did with the overt invasion of Ukraine is attempt to re-establish the 19th Century and eariler use of invasion and war to take territory from other nations. If Maduro invades and the international response (including the US) is nothing but hand wringing and platitudes… the Russian move is made more real. The Russian vision for international acquiescence (if not acceptance) of the use of invasion and war to gain territory becomes more intrenched. That would be bad for everyone.

You’d be cool with doing nothing if Maduro invades Guyana?

Only if someone loses a case where this issue is raised, loses their appeal of right, then petitions for cert on that question, and the SCOTUS agrees to hear such a case.

Anyone claiming they are going to vote for RFKjr is fucking with the pollsters.

And polls are trustworthy… why?

I’m going to suggest that our ability interact as we are suggests otherwise… this doesn’t mean humanity isn’t stupid. But that I don’t believe “stupidity” is our defining characteristic.

If they work Peter Dinklage’s “Space Pants” character into the Whoniverse… I’ll watch every episode from now on…