I've noted that the left hates boundaries [https://thelastredoubt.com/no-boundaries/] - at least the kind that allow people to say "no" to them. > They hate the fact that there is a boundary at all, and work to eradicate it by expanding their reach until everything is inside said boundary, and thus, effectively, there are none Sure, some "nationalists" don't respect the rights of others to have their own nations and sovereignty. They are also truly imperialists. But a nation that just wants sel…
The iconic image of the terrorist attack in 2016 in Nice, France is the one above of the little girl's dead body, her doll next to her, covered. And yes, it is a terrorist attack. Perhaps those in charge realize that naming these things "truck attacks", or pretending there's not a cultural commonality to a disporportionate number of them, as the tenor of the reporting has changed with the latest incident [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/gunshots-in-center-of-french-city-strasbourg-leave-at-lea…
There are a number of different space warfare games. Some are purely strategic, like the Traveller-based Fifth Frontier War, or a mix, like the Starfire system used to inspire several of David Weber's non-Honor Harrington books. Others are very tactical. Take Star Fleet Battles, or Talon. Not many were realistic. Sure, SFB could get as insanely detailed as a game of Harpoon, but it was still warp drives and swooping spaceships. Very little captured the freedom of motion of fighters in Babylon…
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One thought that had bounced through my head and been hiding at the edge of my awareness for writing is this: The left doesn't believe in boundaries. But, says the pedantic, annoying, brainy-smurf knowitalls, some of them nominally "conservative", of course they believe in boundaries! They like safe spaces! They are hypocrites who live in gated communities! They're trying to push conservatives out of supposedly liberal spaces, and converging companies and hobbies! Yeah, about that. Who. Whom.…