The thing is... the U.S. military is not ”stuck in” any ”mode of thinking.” This was a ”battle simulation” btw, not a ”war simulation”. Intriguing video nonetheless, it’d be quite something to read that critique.

My computer screen, waiting to see if it does anything interesting.

I'm watching "The Long Goodbye" with Elliot Gould as Phillip Marlowe from the 1970s. Robert Altman. An entirely different approach than earlier takes on Marlowe, e.g. Humphrey Bogart in "The Big Sleep." It's a great movie. I've always liked Gould and I find the way he plays Marlowe moving.

I couldn't find any evidence, so I don't think there's any connection, but my favorite book is "Heart of Darkness," another story of a man named Marlow (no "e" this time) as an honorable man in a world of moral chaos.

The conservative tax experiment that failed.

I am watching a special on "Comfort Care" in regards to dear Barbara Bush and it brings up how we get to choose when to go, who we want around and when we are ready. In the back of my mind I always wonder if the patient was just given the right to die with dignity by a compassionate Doctor who knows that a drop too much of this pain med will take life that is on the edge of ceasing and let it rest.
Helping someone leave life on their own terms, with no quality of life, should be something that is available to Doctors to legally help assist. Maybe Mrs. Bush is going to start a trend...

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There was a show on Nat Geo the other day titled, Hitler The Junkie. Apparently he liked his amphetamines and opiates- intravenously of course.

Listening to Trump talk about the denuclearization of N. Korea.
How much time needs to pass to heal such wounds?
Can trust ever be restored?

This is amazing.

Tempting for you to see the little cutties in abject helplessness?

Or do you find the less than lethal quality ever so noble?

For me it's both I think.

Wonder what got you banned after posting this; but, yeah basically, the fact that they need not be killed in the process of their removal is appealing, along with the elegance of getting them trapped.

I'm in the middle of "For a Few Dollars More." It's really a good movie. Well made, funny, exciting, moving. I've always liked Clint Eastwood. I remember when it came out. Late 60s if I remember correctly.

Philomena Cunk's hilarious mockumentaries. For example:

I'm watching the good faith of the forum wilt before my eyes as the moronic staff quakes at the word moron.

Has anyone seen 'Annihilation' from February this year?

Gonna watch it now, since you mentioned it and it's quite interesting. Thanks https://yts.me/index8

thoughts?

Really good Westernized and stylized derivative of the Russian masterpiece called Solaris.

Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown

Zizek was right...