The difference between communism and capitalism, no matter how they’re commonly used, is one of “who decides?” Seriously – does anyone imagine that a factory in the “communist” Soviet Union did not involve accumulating resources, people, materials, expertise? And does anyone imagine, unless they’re a die-hard materialist, that a capitalist who intends to be successful over time, to build a business and enterprise that lasts, who leaves a legacy, and his stamp on society, doesn’t involve himsel…
Shiroyama [https://infogalactic.com/info/Battle_of_Shiroyama] was the final battle of the Satsuma rebellion [https://infogalactic.com/info/Satsuma_Rebellion]: > Saigō and his remaining samurai were pushed back to Kagoshima where, in a final battle, the Battle of Shiroyama, Imperial Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and marines under the command of Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi outnumbered Saigō 60-to-1. However, Yamagata was determined to leave nothing to chance. The imperi…
I’m truly hit or miss on their music, and yes, they’re hipsters from hell, but they nevertheless utterly deserve props for some of the amazing in-camera work they’ve done for their videos including zero-G flights [https://youtu.be/LWGJA9i18Co], super slo mo [https://youtu.be/QvW61K2s0tA], and so on. If you need a palate cleanser, check out this bit from Kobra and the Lotus: And for a hot chick slinging swords with some excellent taste in music:…
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A comment posted at an announcement for a new book by Rolf Nelson [http://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-heretics-of-st-possenti.html], who wrote the amazing (if a bit oddly formatted as screenplay, but it works) The Stars Came Back [https://www.amazon.com/Stars-Came-Back-Rolf-Nelson-ebook/dp/B00J3F8Q0O] and the prose version of the first half,Back From the Dead [https://www.amazon.com/Back-Dead-Stars-Came-Book-ebook/dp/B015QBDN5Q]. > StarboardNovember … As a note on one of the first chapter…