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July 25th, 2022, 6:41 am

My thoughts exactly. Cold shiver ran up my spine at the straightforward way he phrased it.
It was a warm tingle going the other way for me.
 
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July 29th, 2022, 4:43 pm

Donald Trump to visit Clare at the end of August

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/don ... 43269.html
 
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October 31st, 2022, 12:28 pm

SCOTUS to hear oral arguments this morning on raced-based college admissions, possibly overturning Grutter v. Bolinger
Live audio (10am EST) at the Supreme Court website: here
Some arguments by Students for Fair Admissions who want Grutter reversed. 
Arguing for the status quo at their schools: Harvard and UNC
 
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October 31st, 2022, 4:57 pm

"The (UNC) case is submitted". Really good presentations on both sides, esp. by Mr. Strawbridge (for SFFA) and Ms. Prelogar. 
(Solicitor General) Prelogar, arguing for the govt. in favor of the universities, made a compelling point that perhaps the military academies are a special case, as there are obvious benefits to having a diverse officer corp, and the military academies are the pipeline for this. 

I am becoming a big fan of Ms. Prelogar.  
 
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November 1st, 2022, 12:46 pm

The more I think about, the more I am getting convinced that, while college admissions should generally be race-neutral, it seems to make sense to carve out the military academies as a special case. Here is the amicus brief from a group of former US military leaders.

Here is an associated opinion piece: Military leaders: Affirmative action is a national security imperative 
 
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November 1st, 2022, 1:15 pm

You'll be supporting an EU army next!
 
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November 1st, 2022, 1:16 pm

Approx. 70% of the world will soon collapse! I am not a profet, not a predictor, not a conspiracy theorist, I am just an insider that have seen the cards just before they are put on your table. 

Don't worry; out of the ashes of the establishment there will be bright light!
 
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November 1st, 2022, 5:46 pm

Approx. 70% of the world will soon collapse! I am not a profet, not a predictor, not a conspiracy theorist, I am just an insider that have seen the cards just before they are put on your table. 

Don't worry; out of the ashes of the establishment there will be bright light!
Are we going to collapse uniformly or non-homogeneously, though? I'd rather take the 3:7 chance to survive than stay 30% alive (sounds like right above the brain stem death) :-|
 
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November 1st, 2022, 6:13 pm

Approx. 70% of the world will soon collapse! I am not a profet, not a predictor, not a conspiracy theorist, I am just an insider that have seen the cards just before they are put on your table. 

Don't worry; out of the ashes of the establishment there will be bright light!
Are we going to collapse uniformly or non-homogeneously, though? I'd rather take the 3:7 chance to survive than stay 30% alive (sounds like right above the brain stem death) :-|
not sure..

uuuups and I forgot most of u, Paul etc. are actually part of the establishment...copy my message and paste under "Worst news of 2022" (before too late)
 
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November 1st, 2022, 7:37 pm

Image
Jawel, 2022 wordt het jaar van kannibalisme: “”Zo hoog de prijs van tarwe / Die man wordt bewogen / Zijn medemens om te eten in zijn wanhoop.” De voedselprijzen zullen zo uit de hand lopen, dat we gedwongen worden om elkaar op te peuzelen.
 
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November 1st, 2022, 7:44 pm

Revelations 6.4 (Four Horsemen)
Deze keer kwam er een rood paard. Er zat iemand op die een groot zwaard kreeg. Hij moest de vrede van de aarde wegnemen, zodat de mensen elkaar zouden afslachten.
 
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November 2nd, 2022, 8:12 am

70% of the Universe just disappeared. That is Dark energy is gone. It was simply the establishment had ignored Lorentz relativistic mass.

Dark energy gone
 
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November 2nd, 2022, 5:20 pm

You'll be supporting an EU army next!
I didn't even know that was a thing. 

Continuing with my argument that maybe the service academies in the US deserve an affirmative action carve-out from whatever SCOTUS decides, consider the petitioner's (SFFA) argument that admission to elite schools is a "zero-sum game". Hence if you favor blacks, you are by implication discriminating against non-blacks. And, in particular, against Asian-Americans, the highest achieving group in terms of objective measure like the SAT, etc. 

This argument seems compelling.

But, again, it doesn't seem to apply to the service academies because they are failing to meet their enrollment targets, and 
need more applicantsSo, the military academies, at least currently are *not* a zero-sum game.   
 
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December 24th, 2022, 3:45 pm

The latest from Pussy Riot:

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December 24th, 2022, 6:16 pm

I am reminded of this oldie by the DK's: