Ej...................MIA ?

[Polish_Silver]

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Victor Frankel observed that concentration camp prisoners were more likely to survive if they had a cause larger than themselves---family, God, or some "higher purpose". He quoted the protestant maxim of "justification by faith".

However, I think beliefs should be grounded in information and reason, not obedience to tradition.

[Mega]

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The Carries, ah yes let me laugh a mo.............
The funny thing is they gone with F35 V takeoff version...........the sad thing is the US might very well decied NOT to build that version............leave the limeys in deep sh1t.
Mike

[Techdread]

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I think we face a real problems:-

Israel wants Greater Israel, to do that she requires Iran/Syria out of the game.........she also knows that the US is broke & before long will loose its power. She MUST get the US to act NOW!

The US/West is in Deep sh1t, unlikey the Cuban missle stand off (Where both sides had nothing to gain/lose) if she fails here its down hill fast.

The British are in Deep trouble........they only have 2 sources of income, the City of London (Fruad) which is collasping & Northsea Oil/Gas production.........which is collasping.........

Europe is in deep trouble, all except Germany are going to be forced to live with in their means....the riots will get worse & worse..

Suddenly, pushing a button might be an easy way out.........

Mike

Your dreaming if you think that, UK is building two expensive aircraft carriers to defend its maritime interests around the globe Argentina might get a share of the natural resources in the Falklands if they behave themselves.
Its creative industries are second only to Americas and are big exporters.
The biggest spending in the West is social security which will get cut by inflation and or broken promises.

Europeans are used to struggling, a thousand years of history and two world wars indicate that the problems we face to day are not insurmountable.

[BadJuju]

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Please PM me if you feel you might benefit from information about resources that are available.

I am sorry, man. I have severe depressive tendencies that can really be inflamed at times. Other times, I am much more hopeful and can-do. Thanks for your kind words and offers.

[BadJuju]

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I think we face a real problems:-

Mike

I know you are real down on the UK, but it still has a lot of positives outside of oil and FIRE. It didn't become the power (and subsequently wax and wane constantly) it has because it had no prospects. Will the UK be able to go on? Most definitely, but it will be much harder than it otherwise should have been. It is such a shame that the generations of people that led us down this path did not invest in the future of their children. At least a lot of them will still be around to feel the pain of what they wrought.

I just don't see how pushing a button ever becomes an attractive option. The USSR didn't go out obliterating the world when it fell.

[Mega]

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I think we face a real problems:-

Israel wants Greater Israel, to do that she requires Iran/Syria out of the game.........she also knows that the US is broke & before long will loose its power. She MUST get the US to act NOW!

The US/West is in Deep sh1t, unlikey the Cuban missle stand off (Where both sides had nothing to gain/lose) if she fails here its down hill fast.

The British are in Deep trouble........they only have 2 sources of income, the City of London (Fruad) which is collasping & Northsea Oil/Gas production.........which is collasping.........

Europe is in deep trouble, all except Germany are going to be forced to live with in their means....the riots will get worse & worse..

Suddenly, pushing a button might be an easy way out.........

Mike

[Mega]

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They didn't have Nukes & IBCM's in 1939..........

[cobben]

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I don't want to sound cynical, but since experience shows that almost everybody has the courage to withstand war conditions as long as the war is not fought in his country, does it mean that you think that there is a good probability of bombs falling in USA's land?

SF2E: TSF: Midvintermörker 1.0


The Scandinavian Front: Midvintermörker
By The Scandinavian Front Team

On Boxing Day 2012, Sweden wakes up to a new world; A Sweden they have never seen before. A powerless and dark Sweden. A day everything changed. Sweden is under attack; Gotland is being invaded by Russian Forces and sabotage patrols wreak havoc in the major cities.

Försvarsmakten bets everything on one card; Operation Gudrun. They must repulse the Russians from Gotland or loose the Island forever.

Book review – Midvintermörker

The use of military force is still a fundamental and (sadly) unavoidable aspect of international relations and how we think of this (i.e. which concepts we use) will influence the future we get to live in. Swedish defence policy has undergone a revolution over the last two decades, and strangely enough, this has happened with very little debate. Today, there’s a vigorous group of defence blogs and there have been a few efforts lately to revive the issue in the media. This is a review of one such attempt, Lars Wilderäng’s “Midvintermörker”.

The book is only available in Swedish, and as far as I know there are no plans for any translations. Still, I thought it might be interesting to provide an English-language glimpse into the Swedish defence debate and there also seems to be little point in running a bi-lingual blog if you don’t translate your posts!

[lektrode]

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That's very true. It happened to me on a beautiful Wednesday morning. The birds kept singing.

yep - my little moment happened one nice afternoon week b4 last , when i popped a piece of hard candy into me kissah, bit down on it and KRUNCH!!! promptly popped off a porcelain crown (700bux for a lil piece o candy....)

and here's one for mr badjuju:



hope this helps

[jpetr48]

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We in the US whether we like it or not are regarded by Iranian religious leaders as the Great Satan while Israel is the Little Satan. Their Shia eschatology says that they can hasten the end of times by eliminating the US and Israel. Once this happens then they bring on the spiritual guide and ultimate human authority of the Muslim people- 12th Imam. His actual name was Muhammad Ibn Hasan Ibn Ali. This is the end game for them. Here is a link by Joel Rosenberg http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/...days-has-come/
Joel has written several fictional books using biblical prophecy (which by the way is unfolding step by step) to educate on the seriousness of this threat starting in 2006 with the Last Jihad. The good news is that members of Congress have called Rosenberg in so they can assess the seriousness of the threats.

I doubt we will see bombs fall in US rather there will be significant confusion and fear thru cyberlike attacks that can take grid systems down along with coordinated terrorist attacks. What this Shia eschatology accomplished in 2001 will be the forerunner to a greater planned attack. What is one way to overcome fear and confusion? I agree with Eric, a strong spiritual belief system and emotional resilience. These will be needed in our lifetime especially in the US and Israel.

[Alvaro Spain]

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This isn't about buying food or hoarding water. The required preparation is emotional and spiritual.

It can be summed up in a word: courage.

I don't want to sound cynical, but since experience shows that almost everybody has the courage to withstand war conditions as long as the war is not fought in his country, does it mean that you think that there is a good probability of bombs falling in USA's land?

[leegs]

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Thank you for the clarification, EJ.

Wish I was 30 years younger. Had more courage then. As I've gotten older, my comfort zone has been comfortable enough to not want to be dislodged. Makes me admire all the more the courage and sacrifices made by our Founding Fathers.

Oh I think you haven plenty of courage Shiny. Perhaps more important than courage anyway, at least depending upon how bad things get, is the whole idea of 'expectations' and the word 'should'. Eliminating the concept of 'should', as in 'my daughter should be more motivated', or 'people should drive their cars better' or 'Obama should prosecute the fraudulent banksters' has had very positive affects on my mental well-being and temperment. Applying this on a more macro scale to abandoning the myth of progress, that things are always going to get better, that the political system will get fixed, etc etc. is relevant to the discussion we are having here.


Some related side notes: Years ago I read a sci-fi book I really liked titled Altered Carbon. Its about the doings of former super-space-commando type. Not quite as cheesy as it sounds. Anyway, one of the premises of his commando training was the complete elimination of any sort of expectations. His consciousness would be beamed to some distant planet where he had to kick ass, and he had to arrive with a nearly empty mind without expectations of what he would do or face. I was intrigued with the idea at the time, but not mature enough to put it into practice, so I continued to be irritated by the failure of things to live up to my expectations. I wish I had caught onto the value of the concept earlier.

Recently I got interested in 'mindfulness' meditation (there are many 'styles' of meditation, and as I understand it, mindfulness or Vipassanna meditation is one of the more pragmatic styles) as a means to improve my ability to concentrate as related to my efforts to learn to play guitar, and it has been of huge benefit on this subject dealing more easily with life's challenges. I don't even do any meditation, just exposure to the ideas behind it has been very valuable. Believe me when I say that this is not new-agey or even necessarily spiritual stuff - its Practical with a capital P. http://www.urbandharma.org/pdf/mindf...in_english.pdf

Finally a disclaimer - I live a wonderfully comfortable easy life, so I can't claim that I am battle-tested. But I'd like to think that I'm a lot more prepared than I was few years ago.

[wayiwalk]

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Maybe the change in tone if based on the more recent polls which show the the likely victor for the presidential election, despite having good "business" sense, also has a much more militaristic view.

I'm vacationing this weekend with the guys I grew up with - we're all independents, go figure. And we all shake our heads and question regarding the republican platform and increasing the military spending, and ask, WTF?

Between us, we have 7 boys between ages between 4 and 16.....and don't like the look of the future.

[shiny!]

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This isn't about buying food or hoarding water. The required preparation is emotional and spiritual.

It can be summed up in a word: courage.

Thank you for the clarification, EJ.

Wish I was 30 years younger. Had more courage then. As I've gotten older, my comfort zone has been comfortable enough to not want to be dislodged. Makes me admire all the more the courage and sacrifices made by our Founding Fathers.

[shiny!]

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I doubt anything can happen to make me any more jaded.

That's just tempting fate!