tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post4096159513211222075..comments2024-03-27T19:12:49.609-07:00Comments on Midlife Cycling: The World Won't End--Yet. I Just Hope This Journey Doesn't.Justine Valinottihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-1282822119071479442017-07-09T05:58:30.269-07:002017-07-09T05:58:30.269-07:00Leo--"The orange tweeter" indeed has not...Leo--"The orange tweeter" indeed has not only no positions on anything, but no convictions that I can discern. I think now of what the main character of "Il Conformisto" might have been like had he been more extroverted.<br /><br />As for North Korean guy: He may well be playing a game. I worry, though, that he is impulsive and very young, so he might not realize that his game could go horribly wrong.Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-55679503158138920062017-07-07T12:35:00.122-07:002017-07-07T12:35:00.122-07:00A few points to remember:
The orange tweeter HAS ...A few points to remember:<br /><br />The orange tweeter HAS NO POSITION ON ANYTHING. He says what will please the people who are in front of him. He is a red herring. The real danger is the right wing agenda being fulfilled behind the scenes.<br /><br />The little man with the ICBMs is not stupid. A first strike by him would be basically suicide. The US is a couple of orders of magnitude stronger than that country. They are almost at the stage the US was in 1955. Their nuclear weopon development is basically that of the Manhattan Project.<br /><br />This situation now is intrinsically different from the Cuban Missile Crisis. The US and the USSR were capable of totally wiping each other off the map. The situation today is 100 to 1 in favor of the US. And the N. Koreans know it.<br /><br />The man with the wierd haircut is playing a game. He wants to be able to negotiate with the US on an equal basis. What slips between the cracks is that NOBODY WOULD BE EVEN VAGUELY INTERESTED IN TAKING OVER N. KOREA. He is aware of that. The chaos resulting from a breakup of N. Korea would make the unification of Germany look like a picnic. This is his real bargaining chip. Both he and the orange tweeter are gestering to domestic audiences.<br /><br />Sleep soundly. Go for a ride. <br /><br />Leo Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-71995276989275419262017-07-07T10:19:48.407-07:002017-07-07T10:19:48.407-07:00Thank you, Louis!Thank you, Louis!Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-61900595934739007312017-07-07T09:14:29.007-07:002017-07-07T09:14:29.007-07:00The words "ride like there's no tomorrow&...The words "ride like there's no tomorrow" come to mind.<br /><br />Great post. Keep it coming,<br /><br />LouisLouishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356945956808397704noreply@blogger.com