tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post4514299552461864529..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: More Stupid Ideas of March (UPDATE)DiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-26015255790484658142018-03-29T12:53:13.440-04:002018-03-29T12:53:13.440-04:00Well One Brow I suppose you do know its not only (...Well One Brow I suppose you do know its not only (gasp!) the ARs, the knives and even the fists that's responsible for us all having "our goats got"?<br /><br />Recall this?<br /><br />https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1927-bombing-remains-americas-deadliest-school-massacre-180963355/<br /><br />And, lest you think that our current "gun-problems" date back to merely Columbine Google the origin of the phrase, "Going Postal." <br /><br />And yet we're in a frenzy over the exceedingly rare.<br /><br />JK Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-4953900812678557442018-03-29T10:19:51.711-04:002018-03-29T10:19:51.711-04:00I think it should bother people when adults are co...I think it should bother people when adults are coaching children to become tragic symbols, rather than mourning and moving on with their lives.<br />It's borderline abuse, and I suspect these kids will suffer greatly from it in the long run. Sure... it gets them their 15 minutes of fame, a lot of facebook likes, and the commensurate high that probably goes with it. But this is probably a time where they should be forming deeper relationships with other people, rather than being pushed to make their opinions more strident and intolerant of others.<br />Few things makes one more resolved in their intolerance than being widely lauded for upbraiding others.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-90223980764233965612018-03-29T09:14:45.669-04:002018-03-29T09:14:45.669-04:00Diplomad,
The "progs" do bring the chil...Diplomad,<br /><br />The "progs" do bring the children to events, but so do the "cons".<br /><br />Moreover, why are people disapproving of the children being coached? It doesn't make what they are saying less heart-felt.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-42633596745752916952018-03-29T09:10:17.083-04:002018-03-29T09:10:17.083-04:00George W. Potts,
Obviously, the joke is that I am...George W. Potts,<br /><br />Obviously, the joke is that I am so naive as to think violence can be prevented entirely, as opposed to mollified. <br /><br />Personally, I would be more likely to note that one fatality from two knifings and several beatings, while not a good thing, is far less bad than several deaths from a single incident. But that's just me.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-66837463600747008832018-03-29T08:45:03.693-04:002018-03-29T08:45:03.693-04:00Please translate ...Please translate ...George W. Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559745926094694653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-25970262072243406682018-03-29T06:44:40.765-04:002018-03-29T06:44:40.765-04:00JK, that is a good article.JK, that is a good article.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-86406510706689590142018-03-28T22:14:49.361-04:002018-03-28T22:14:49.361-04:00Thanks. Was writing something along these lines, b...Thanks. Was writing something along these lines, but will now have to change it a bit . . . DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59563236337401685472018-03-28T20:15:07.871-04:002018-03-28T20:15:07.871-04:00Hasn't it occurred Kepha to your School Board ...Hasn't it occurred Kepha to your School Board to put up one of those little sticky-signs picturing a knife encircled in red with a red stripe from about 2 o'clock through to 7 o'clock at every door which makes that sort of thing illegal?<br /><br />Seems to me your local authorities could instantly make the beatings and the fatal knifings into rather, places people "dine on herbs and live where Love is." <br /><br />One Brow<br /><br />(As if)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12237181526157614662018-03-28T19:47:50.714-04:002018-03-28T19:47:50.714-04:00Your comment about knifings hit a chord with me. ...Your comment about knifings hit a chord with me. In the years since I started teaching high school, the place where I work has had two knifings, one of which was fatal. We've also had some beatings. BTW, the rules against fighting and carrying blades are very, very strict.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-56677867663211970162018-03-28T03:33:22.280-04:002018-03-28T03:33:22.280-04:00Well, I can very well imagine him on board of a lo...Well, I can very well imagine him on board of a long-ship ( drakskepp), maybe sailing west to visit some of the rich monasterys there and to do some persuasion... Or eastwards up the mighty Russian rivers. Did you know that the Vikings according to some historians gave Russia its name ? Roslagen is a province near Stockholm, people from there were called Ruser and they sailed eastwards.<br />Swedish lady<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-62201097620766988102018-03-27T22:54:12.555-04:002018-03-27T22:54:12.555-04:00Mr. Amselem,
Given this, your post's title, M...Mr. Amselem,<br /><br />Given this, your post's title, <i>More Stupid Ideas,</i> I nevertheless thought you'd appreciate what a retired US Navy Captain has to say:<br /><br />https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/donald-trump-foreign-policy-strategic-ambiguity-american-interests/<br /><br />JKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-38061406414169354752018-03-27T19:27:31.796-04:002018-03-27T19:27:31.796-04:00My point exactly ...My point exactly ...George W. Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559745926094694653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59411394198809656142018-03-27T16:42:09.666-04:002018-03-27T16:42:09.666-04:00I doubt Trump has any designs on becoming a dictat...I doubt Trump has any designs on becoming a dictator, but two points: the left thinks he does, but still wants government to control all the guns. the right thinks he doesn't, but knows that our possession of guns ensures that it doesn't matter what he wants. Doctor Weaselnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-83480201744977762192018-03-26T19:25:50.764-04:002018-03-26T19:25:50.764-04:00https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/...<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/26/jimmy-carter-decries-donald-trump-decision-hire-john-bolton-disaster-our-country/459458002/" rel="nofollow">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/26/jimmy-carter-decries-donald-trump-decision-hire-john-bolton-disaster-our-country/459458002/</a><br /><br />... pissing off all the correct foreign policy opinions...<br />I like Carter as a person, but his foreign policy views are ridiculous in regards to the US and have led to so many disasters... many far outliving his presidency.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54503672528815730272018-03-26T19:23:17.628-04:002018-03-26T19:23:17.628-04:00i dunno... msm seems to be able to choose the narr...i dunno... msm seems to be able to choose the narrative endorsed by my neighbors... wish it weren't.. I don't watch TV... maybe that's "my problem"<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-90096295706927787822018-03-26T19:01:17.669-04:002018-03-26T19:01:17.669-04:00Does any of this matter? So, lots of Democrat/Li...Does any of this matter? So, lots of Democrat/Liberal money got spent flying "children" (or, in World War I terms, military-aged cannon fodder) to walk up & down a bit and make a mess. Percentage of US population which witnessed a "march"? Close to Zero.<br /><br />Ah! But the main point was to get CNN TV coverage. OK -- percentage of US population which watched anything about the "march" on CNN? Again, close to zero. That estimate is based on looking at bored people stuck in airports with no alternative to CNN -- and they sit with their backs to the TV screens.<br /><br />If the Enemy wants to waste her resources on this kind of vacuous theater, let them get on with it!Gavin Longmuirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-41966281214041477152018-03-26T16:46:28.099-04:002018-03-26T16:46:28.099-04:00I think you like him because he looks like a Vikin...I think you like him because he looks like a Viking . . . DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-55444088652354518312018-03-26T13:12:17.299-04:002018-03-26T13:12:17.299-04:00impressive beard!
- reader #1482impressive beard!<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-22284400334574637882018-03-26T08:15:52.552-04:002018-03-26T08:15:52.552-04:00In an interesting historical parallel, many of the...In an interesting historical parallel, many of the most brutal killers in Pol Pot's "year zero" Cambodia, were "children" between the ages of eight and fourteen.<br /><br />They did not shoot their victims. Firearms were for the exclusive use of the "revolutionary security forces" and ammunition was for shooting at "foreign, counter-revolutionary elements".<br /><br />So what was an enthusiastic, totally programmed sociopath to do?<br /><br />Well, rocks were free and pretty good for bashing in the skulls of "back-sliding" family members and former friends and neighbours.<br /><br />Hardwood sticks were nicely effective, if a little slower, but broke from over-use in the service of the state.<br /><br />In the spirit of the eco-nazis, a secular epiphany occurred.<br /><br />The country has an abundance of sugar palm trees. So, the young creative types set to fashioning weapons from the fronds of that ubiquitous tree.<br /><br />Basically, the "leafy" part of the fronds was trimmed back to leave a fairly good facsimile of a saw-tooth edge. Just the thing for slashing the throats of "the other". <br /><br />When the repurposed fronds got soggy from all the blood, there were plenty more, literally growing on trees. That convergence of national icon (the sugar palm) and weaponized minds and bodies is pretty grim.<br /><br />Not many folk want to talk about that particular "children's crusade"Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304578359829864643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-20915124407582631112018-03-26T03:17:00.487-04:002018-03-26T03:17:00.487-04:00I saw the interview with Diploson 3. He was great,...I saw the interview with Diploson 3. He was great, very good discussion. This is what is so great about the US. People give their opinions proud and loud and clear even in controversial issues. Maybe it is because of the 2nd Amendment.<br />Swedish ladyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-14051635337177378832018-03-25T23:10:48.066-04:002018-03-25T23:10:48.066-04:00Ahem, as tempting as it is to maintain an air of m...Ahem, as tempting as it is to maintain an air of mystery... <br />Just one of those rumors that you immediately know is true. Haha mostly blowing smoke outa my ass and got lucky. I will push my luck and prognosticate a little further. Why did Trump cave on the budget deal so uncharacteristically? Was the boost to military spending so acutely critical that nothing else mattered? Worrisome.SidVicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-11869084918546854102018-03-25T21:48:40.662-04:002018-03-25T21:48:40.662-04:00how did you know bolton was the new nat'l sec ...how did you know bolton was the new nat'l sec adviser? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-29290054153637430532018-03-25T21:39:35.736-04:002018-03-25T21:39:35.736-04:00What all those young gun grabbers who were marchin...<br /><br />What all those young gun grabbers who were marching around the country this past weekend can't or don't want to realize ... is that our Second-Amendment guns help keep the likes of Donald Trump from ever trying to become our dictator.<br />George W. Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559745926094694653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-74703440914584145732018-03-25T20:09:07.745-04:002018-03-25T20:09:07.745-04:00That was hoot. I thought the guys were going to w...That was hoot. I thought the guys were going to whip the crowd into riot!SidVicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-55898880435640119522018-03-25T16:13:11.654-04:002018-03-25T16:13:11.654-04:00good article! thanks for the tip JK
- reader #14...good article! thanks for the tip JK<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com