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The new year got him.

Yes, quitting is cheaper, New Years Eve, I drank one bottle of beer, watched Robot-Wars on YouTube and was in bed by 9 pm. In the morning of the 1st I noticed it was just the same as the 31st. I knew it would be but I was alive and well and many others weren't.

On Koh Samui I looked after 3 year old Swedish girl who I saw continually running into the sea without supervision, her whole family were lying on the beach dead drunk, when I woke who I considered to be the father I was told to vuck off. I played with the little girl for two or three hours to keep her from running into the waves until her grandparents arrived and wanted to know why their grandchild was sitting with me, they thanked me and then blew up at the parents, I walked away but I could hear the grandparents shouting from 50 meters away.

Pretty obvious I thought, governments and industry are pragmatic, nobody cares about yesterday's news when it comes down to money, I bet Germany can't wait for the gas taps to be turned on again, the lack of cheap energy is the main reason for its industrial troubles it's having.

It wont take a month after cessation of hostilities before those gas pipelines are up and running again.

Yes, he'll stop the war in 24 hours .....Putin is already playing him, recently the Donald said Putin MAY want to speak with him soon after it was shown that his so called conversation with Putin never took place.

Nobody starts a war for nothing, they are costly and have international ramifications. Britain has invaded more countries than any other nation during its long history but always for a reason, mostly for financial gain. Vietnam and Afghanistan were also costly failed adventures which like the Ukraine war had political reasons behind them, unfortunately it looks as though Russia will get to keep its occupied territories and the west will breathe a sigh of relief and continue to trade with Russia for cheap energy, after a few years all will be forgotten, it's in the nature of war that they are futile.

Being terrified of armed conflict sounds like a sensible case of self preservation. If you have ever watched actual films of the battles in WW1 for instance it would seem quite reasonable to avoid being drafted by any means especially considering the high casualty rates among the Russians. All governments, especially the Russian government take a cynical approach to the welfare of their soldiers, being disabled after a war means a life of poverty in a 'caring society' in a 'home fit for heroes'. Why anyone should think it manly to kill somebody you don't know just because some politician tells you to do so is beyond me. Most human beings find it abhorrent to kill, it is interesting to note that most bullets fired during both world wars by all sides were never aimed directly at another man, many refused to fire at all, the Germans even had a name for it, 'frost bite trigger finger'.

Nothing like a good intelligent talk from a respected intellectual.

Sounds dystopian to me but I'm just an old fart who finds it disturbing that people, even young kids, bury their heads in their iPhone and have little to no personal interactions with another person. AI cities seem like something to avoid.

That's a shame, he sounds as if he would have been an ideal policeman if he had finished his training.

You'll find people like that in every country involved in a conflict, during the Vietnam war there were people who thought that using nuclear weapons on North Vietnam would be a good idea.

beats sitting in a bar boring everyone about your exploits in Vietnam. It's called youth, exuberance, the joy of being alive, yes it was against the law but so are a lot of things.

He stopped in the end though, got to give him that.

A Russian with a complaint.

Debauchery is as old as the human race, it was Mark Twain who rightly said, "Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to".

Even red neck cowboys should comply with their hosts wishes if only out of politeness, it could avoid embarrassing mistakes on the world stage while pretending to sophisticated.

The courts are preparing as we write.

I wonder if someone will read the protocol to him this time.

It's strange that aircraft accidents seem to come in two's or threes close together.

A lot happening lately, tragedy is ringing in the new year.

Credit cards, buying things you don't need with money you don't have, it's the American way of life.

'Yes minister'

Ah doctors, where would they be without us.

I bet that woke him up.