Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/watch-scientists-create-real-doctor-octopus-arms
Post 9/11 Conflicts killed 4.5 million people …
Food bank …
“The only bank that matters now is the food bank.” – Dr. Freckles
Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uk-food-bank-dependency-reaches-record-high
FAST FOOD
Remember: ZH said they would halt rate increases in September 2022 …
(they were wrong then)
(I still think there’s a good chance they’re wrong here too)
Well, this is fun … (MOON SHOTS)
Bouncy Castle: A discussion of EMPIRE, or a random walk around it …
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20230421_EMPIRE_AND_A_RANDOM_WALK_WITH_BUGBEARS.mp3
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Implode or Explode — https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=5669
Implode vs Explode is NOT all or nothing, it’s always a hybrid.
Implosions: tend to be less catastrophic in terms of EXTERNAL war, and more catastrophic internally.
Explosions: tend to be bad internally, but as bad or even worse in terms of neighbors.
Short, incomplete, list for discussion.
*** empires can also be destroyed by BIGGER empires … “consumption” or “subsumption” … this is a different topic …
- Explode: Austro-Hungarian
- Explode: Ottoman Empire
- Implode: the USSR
- Implode: the Spanish Empire
- Explode: Alexandrian Empire
- Implode: Roman Empire (multi-century implosion)
ODDS of SURVIVAL: https://planetarystatusreport.com/pdf/20160729_Odds_Of_Survival.pdf
WACO: 30 YEARS LATER
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20230419_WACO_ANNIVERSARY.mp3
Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/doctorfreckles
Just me ranting, ranging, around the topic and my recollections and thoughts and memories … just that, just a burnt out code monkey.
Frog people, baby talk, and Trump …
“The FROG PEOPLE love baby talk and Trump: meditate.” – Dr. Freckles
Futile public gestures …
“Accept this: we are in the age of futile public gestures.” – Dr. Freckles