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Geek-the-Mage 3 points ago +3 / -0

Not sure what this conspiracy is stating. Surely it is more likely that the video clip shown was edited poorly by the news station?

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Geek-the-Mage 6 points ago +6 / -0

Call his bluff. If they use them, Israel ceases to be a nation.

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Geek-the-Mage 5 points ago +5 / -0

I wouldn't want to be in that guy's shoes, but the interrogation was surprisingly humane... at least the part that was recorded.

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Geek-the-Mage 7 points ago +7 / -0

These mad scientists will wreck the planet if they're not stopped.

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Geek-the-Mage 1 point ago +2 / -1

You seem to conflate the country with the ruling government. But back to the earlier comments, the flag does represent the government and not the people.

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Geek-the-Mage 3 points ago +4 / -1

America is occupied by the corporation of the United States of America. Nothing wrong with the land of America, but I think most of us here have a strong distrust of the people in charge.

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Geek-the-Mage 3 points ago +3 / -0

Next time I fly into Kansas City, I'm going to Sharpie: <---Women Men--->

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Geek-the-Mage 3 points ago +3 / -0

Pretty entertaining video, simplified enough for the average viewer.

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Geek-the-Mage 1 point ago +1 / -0

A mass default happened during the 2008 financial crisis and it was fairly orderly. The banks kept the assets.

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Geek-the-Mage 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yeah a mass declaration of bankruptcy or a mass default on debt might work, though that would allow the banks to keep all the property tied to the debt.

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Geek-the-Mage 3 points ago +3 / -0

That would require people to actually have savings first. The only way to cripple the system now is to cut expenses to the bone and pay down debt (destruction of credit). Perhaps we can starve it out.

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Geek-the-Mage 1 point ago +1 / -0

The light source is pointed at the ball in a straight line. I don't know what else you want me to do. The sun's light is always on the earth and the moon.

I didn't make this animation, but it shows the relationship between the position of the moon and the moon's cycle. In this animation, the sun is on the left. You will see the earth rotate quickly (24 hour period), while the moon revolves slowly (about 1 month) it's why the moon's reflection is predictable and changes slowly each day.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LHD4Pk0D8_g

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Geek-the-Mage 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't think so. The time of day or night has nothing to do with the shape of the moon's reflection. It is all about where the moon is in its path around the earth (which is why the cycle takes about a month to complete).

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Geek-the-Mage 2 points ago +2 / -0

I don't pay much attention to the sky. I've seen a "blood moon" which I think was close to sunset. I can't remember if I've seen a crescent moon at sunrise, but I don't know what's special about it.

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Geek-the-Mage 3 points ago +3 / -0

Nope, took a photo in my garage of the ball.

Unfortunately I'm not able to draw in 3d. But you hopefully begin to see how the earth could find itself "behind" the moon at an angle like the photo of the ball.

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Geek-the-Mage 2 points ago +2 / -0

I'm not going to call myself a great artist or anything but here's a simplified diagram of how your perspective relative to the moon changes how much of the reflection you can see. https://imgur.com/a/hkWd2MG

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Geek-the-Mage 1 point ago +1 / -0

Obviously looking at it from different angles is how you see full, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 reflections on a sphere. This should inform your perspective of how you see the moon at different positions in it's revolution around the earth. Not sure why the Earth's rotation or your position relative to the equator would have anything to do with it.

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Geek-the-Mage 2 points ago +2 / -0

When Putin was asked by Carlson who is making the decisions in the US, he responded that he didn't know. Lol

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Geek-the-Mage 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hey did you watch the Tucker Carlson interview with Mr. Putin? What did you think about it? I wish we had politicians who could speak plainly and rationally like your president.

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Geek-the-Mage 5 points ago +6 / -1

Fascinating. I had heard Putin's reasoning before when he first sent in troops to Ukraine, but it's still a great interview. Most of what he's saying rings true, especially the bits about how he has tried for 20 years to cooperate with the US but repeatedly was pushed away. His sincerity is plain to see.

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Geek-the-Mage 1 point ago +1 / -0

The tax laws are insane here, so most regular people that live here don't even understand them. But I will add that if you're a wage earner, the business you work for is responsible for sending the taxes to the government every paycheck, so it is automatically deducted before you receive the check, all you get to decide is what percentage they send. It is also required to pay taxes on a lot of things, like private sales for cash, but no one reports cash transactions. It's why people are afraid of a cashless electronic currency, because it will close the possibility of unreported private sales.

If you own a small business or make a lot of money on investments the government expects you to send in tax money every 3 months, based on your estimated earnings.

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Geek-the-Mage 2 points ago +2 / -0

The idea of a "tax return" in America is that the government expects everyone to overpay their taxes throughout the year, then file a tax return form to claim the amount that was overpaid. In this sense, the excess taxes are returned to the worker (without interest, of course!).

Many do not play this game and will underpay taxes so they owe at the end of the year, but if you owe too much there is a penalty fee.

I'm not sure how all of this relates to your questions about the plane. Gifts over 10,000 are taxed. But I don't think this ownership transfer has anything to do with taxes. I think she wants to fly in a private jet without being tracked, so instead of owning a jet officially tied to her name, she has made arrangements to fly in secret on planes she does not own, but has access to in every way. This is guesswork on my part.

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