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#31
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran
Last post by Faust - June 20, 2026, 10:11:29 PMIts times like these I really miss Cain's opinion
#32
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran
Last post by Faust - June 20, 2026, 08:49:18 PMThe current phase of the deal is verifying it:
The condition is Isreal immediately cease all attacks on Lebanon, they didnt so the straight was closed again, this is a test, they want the US to intervene and reign in Isreal, probably permanently.
This is far more damaging to the US then the 300 billion rebuild funds, as it will force the US to undermine its ally there, even if its in their best interests as well as everyone else
The condition is Isreal immediately cease all attacks on Lebanon, they didnt so the straight was closed again, this is a test, they want the US to intervene and reign in Isreal, probably permanently.
This is far more damaging to the US then the 300 billion rebuild funds, as it will force the US to undermine its ally there, even if its in their best interests as well as everyone else
#33
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran
Last post by Abbot Mythos - June 20, 2026, 08:35:19 PMIn simple terms, the Iranian theocracy has won this little war. And, they know they are now stronger than they've ever been. And so, it's now just a matter of them extracting the reparations they want from us, and they also know time is on their side.
The POSOTUS believed he had the military capability to force a regime change in Iran simply by ordering a short bombing campaign. But, the result of his failed bombing campaign is that the Iranian theocracy now has the capability to severely weaken the Turd Reich. And, although the Iranian theocracy can not actually destroy the Turd Reich outright, they can easily weaken it by occasionally restricting the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz.
Therefore, I see no reason for the Iranian theocracy to come to any kind of a final agreement with the Turd Reich prior to the U.S. Midterm elections.
The POSOTUS believed he had the military capability to force a regime change in Iran simply by ordering a short bombing campaign. But, the result of his failed bombing campaign is that the Iranian theocracy now has the capability to severely weaken the Turd Reich. And, although the Iranian theocracy can not actually destroy the Turd Reich outright, they can easily weaken it by occasionally restricting the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz.
Therefore, I see no reason for the Iranian theocracy to come to any kind of a final agreement with the Turd Reich prior to the U.S. Midterm elections.
#34
Aneristic Illusions / Iran
Last post by Pergamos - June 20, 2026, 04:14:57 PMSo the conflict with Iran keeps being announced as over, and then not really being over. This most recent surrender at Versailles looks the most like a real end of any of them for a while, but I am seeing a lot of folks saying it isn't going to actually end anything.
Anyone want to weigh in? Cain maybe?
I'm personally very frustrated by Schumer saying he will keep reparations from being authorized by congress if he can. I do think that money should be coming directly from Donald Trump's funds, rather than the government, but we have absolutely, as a country, acted in awful ways that need to be compensated for. Iran deserves reparations for the damage we have done. Having a reconstruction fund will encourage more interaction between our countries, in ways that will create more opportunities to directly support Iranian people and their own, on the ground, struggles for freedom. It's also a big fat pork barrel, which isn't a great thing, but should be motivating Schumer and others to get their fingers in the pork.
Anyone want to weigh in? Cain maybe?
I'm personally very frustrated by Schumer saying he will keep reparations from being authorized by congress if he can. I do think that money should be coming directly from Donald Trump's funds, rather than the government, but we have absolutely, as a country, acted in awful ways that need to be compensated for. Iran deserves reparations for the damage we have done. Having a reconstruction fund will encourage more interaction between our countries, in ways that will create more opportunities to directly support Iranian people and their own, on the ground, struggles for freedom. It's also a big fat pork barrel, which isn't a great thing, but should be motivating Schumer and others to get their fingers in the pork.
#35
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Money Can't Buy Class - Ex...
Last post by Abbot Mythos - June 20, 2026, 08:24:05 AMThe Ego has landed. Again:
As per this article:
"Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is astonished after President Donald Trump told Italian TV she had "begged" him for a picture with her, in comments that have provoked an open row between the two leaders.
Meloni said Trump's comments were entirely "made-up", and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has cancelled a trip to the US early next week."
And, that's whyhe's it's the POSOTUS.
As per this article:
"Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is astonished after President Donald Trump told Italian TV she had "begged" him for a picture with her, in comments that have provoked an open row between the two leaders.
Meloni said Trump's comments were entirely "made-up", and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has cancelled a trip to the US early next week."
And, that's why
#36
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...
Last post by chaotic neutral observer - June 19, 2026, 02:39:31 AMQuote from: Omnidextrious on June 18, 2026, 05:25:32 AMQuote from: Abbot Mythos on June 11, 2026, 08:48:37 AMConspiracy theories are a defining feature of our Discordian mythology. It's one of the things that drew me to this religion, as I find many popular conspiracy theories to be highly amusing.
In that case, I will divulge that my great grandfather quit from high ranks in the actual freemasons/illuminati.
Eh, that's not a terribly big deal. I had an uncle who was a Shriner. Have a picture of him wearing the hat, and everything.
#37
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...
Last post by chaotic neutral observer - June 19, 2026, 02:34:06 AMQuote from: Omnidextrious on June 18, 2026, 05:11:44 AMOn the contrary, I love ideas that challenge my assumptions. Have you got any?Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on June 13, 2026, 02:26:18 PMI perceive that you are full of shit.
That... seems to be the overused crutch of an emotionally stunted arguer who cannot stomach ideas that challenge their own assumptions.
QuoteOld timey farmers needed an accurate system for timing planting and harvestI grew up on a farm, kid, and you don't harvest by the calendar, nor by esoteric knowledge, grudgingly granted by the clerical class. You go out to the field and check if the damn crop is ready. The "old timey" farmers didn't have the convenience of grain moisture testers, but I guess they could go out, pluck a few stalks, and decide if the wheat was dry enough to grind.
Quotebecause harvesting by hand took a long time and required the whole community working together, often for weeks on end, while crops only stayed perfectly ripe for a brief period before rain, wind, birds, or the plants themselves caused losses; in the past, with no good ways to preserve extra food for long periods or bring in supplies from far away, even losing 10 or 20 percent of the crop could leave the village short on calories during the winter or dry season when nothing new was growing and people already lived close to the edge.
Mostly true. But the need for harvesting as quickly as possible once the crop is ready doesn't show the existence of a elite class that possessed "an accurate system for timing harvest".
Around these parts, even today, with machinery beyond the dreams of a medieval peasant, farmers hire extra workers and put in 20-hour work days to get the crop off when it's ready, and for much the same reasons.
But they don't start on a fixed date, because that would be stupid. The time the crops are ready depends on the growing conditions during the season.
#38
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Money Can't Buy Class - Ex...
Last post by Abbot Mythos - June 18, 2026, 12:31:17 PMThe POSOTUS just can't handle constructive criticism:
As per this article:
"President Trump on Sunday called for the impeachment of Democratic Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), after the lawmaker criticized his decision to pull out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in his first term.
"Senator Jack Reed, a Dumocrat from R.I., lied when stating the the Deal we just made is not as good as the Obama disaster known as the JCPOA. Reed is either an outright fraud, or incompetent," Trump wrote in a Sunday post on Truth Social.
"The Obuma Deal was a road to a Nuclear weapon for Iran, cash and all, one of the worst and dumbest (hence Dumocrats!) Deals ever made by the U.S. Our Deal is a WALL against Iran ever having a Nuclear weapon, the complete opposite of Obuma. Impeach Jack Reed!" he added.
A sitting senator cannot be impeached but can be expelled through a resolution that requires a two-thirds majority vote."
Now we replenish our popcorn supplies, sit back, and watch how many members of the Republicult™ eagerly jump on the Impeach Jack Reed Bandwagon.
As per this article:
"President Trump on Sunday called for the impeachment of Democratic Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), after the lawmaker criticized his decision to pull out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in his first term.
"Senator Jack Reed, a Dumocrat from R.I., lied when stating the the Deal we just made is not as good as the Obama disaster known as the JCPOA. Reed is either an outright fraud, or incompetent," Trump wrote in a Sunday post on Truth Social.
"The Obuma Deal was a road to a Nuclear weapon for Iran, cash and all, one of the worst and dumbest (hence Dumocrats!) Deals ever made by the U.S. Our Deal is a WALL against Iran ever having a Nuclear weapon, the complete opposite of Obuma. Impeach Jack Reed!" he added.
A sitting senator cannot be impeached but can be expelled through a resolution that requires a two-thirds majority vote."
Now we replenish our popcorn supplies, sit back, and watch how many members of the Republicult™ eagerly jump on the Impeach Jack Reed Bandwagon.
#39
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...
Last post by Omnidextrious - June 18, 2026, 05:25:32 AMQuote from: Abbot Mythos on June 11, 2026, 08:48:37 AMConspiracy theories are a defining feature of our Discordian mythology. It's one of the things that drew me to this religion, as I find many popular conspiracy theories to be highly amusing.
In that case, I will divulge that my great grandfather quit from high ranks in the actual freemasons/illuminati. The rumor was that we were cursed for three generations as a result. Tragic deaths and misfortune disabled and killed all of my relatives one by one, purely coincidental of course. There has never existed powerful conspirators or organized revenge, that has obviously absolutely never happened before, ever. Even suspecting that those long chain of unfortunate events could have been the result of poison and sabotage would be an absurd paranoia.
Quote from: Abbot Mythos on June 11, 2026, 08:48:37 AMI submit that describing how our various previous civilizations operated, and how our current one operates, is more difficult than that. And, believing in conspiracy theories can lead to paranoia.
The very term, "Conspiracy Theory" is a loaded term that was propagated by corrupt intelligence agencies. A 1967 CIA internal dispatch, document 1035-960, titled "Countering Criticism of the Warren Report" instructed agency assets and media contacts to challenge skeptics of the official lone-gunman conclusion on President Kennedy's assassination via labeling them into the category of "Conspiracy Theorists" in the minds of the unsuspecting public.
And they likely got the idea from an 1863 New York Times editor, Charles Astor Bristed, who was discrediting the notion that British aristocrats were manipulating the US civil war for profits. Pure yellow journalist slander and mass manipulation, if you ask this random internet loon.
#40
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...
Last post by Omnidextrious - June 18, 2026, 05:11:44 AMQuote from: chaotic neutral observer on June 13, 2026, 02:26:18 PMI perceive that you are full of shit.
That... seems to be the overused crutch of an emotionally stunted arguer who cannot stomach ideas that challenge their own assumptions.
Old timey farmers needed an accurate system for timing planting and harvest because harvesting by hand took a long time and required the whole community working together, often for weeks on end, while crops only stayed perfectly ripe for a brief period before rain, wind, birds, or the plants themselves caused losses; in the past, with no good ways to preserve extra food for long periods or bring in supplies from far away, even losing 10 or 20 percent of the crop could leave the village short on calories during the winter or dry season when nothing new was growing and people already lived close to the edge.