Links 12/28/2025

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1. The Rev Kev December 28, 2025 at 7:17 am

   “UK youth to be offered military ‘gap year’ in bid to boost defence: Report”

   Those kids had better consider this option. The British army is at record low numbers right now and it may be that the UK government will decide to pick a fight with another country. If not Russia then another. As that means that the British army will need to be reinforced, guess where they will get those people from who have already received military training. Hopefully they will not choose poorly.

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   1. Louis Fyne December 28, 2025 at 7:44 am

      the European Establishment equated patriotism with nativist extremism. It only took 2,000 years but the serfs have finally wised up that “war is a racket” and won’t fight/die for their “betters”. heckuva job, Brownie.

      America is on the same path….but this current, brief, Trumpian “counter-revolution” has bought the warmongers a few years

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      1. Aurelien December 28, 2025 at 8:33 am

         Once again it seems, the Russians are far behind us. What do you think we can do to persuade young Russians that war is a racket, and that they shouldn’t volunteer to fight in Ukraine?

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         1. The Rev Kev December 28, 2025 at 8:40 am

            Not much. Seeing your country in an existential fight against a huge coalition tends to make you sign up to fight for your country. That and all the pay bonuses that they have been offered. :)

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2. flora December 28, 2025 at 7:50 am

   re: Trump is shamelessly covering America in his name – The Guardian

   Sort of like a golden retriever dog “marking” his territory. / ;)

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3. Ignacio December 28, 2025 at 7:53 am

   Europe is at a ‘fork in the road’ between AI competition and climate, fund managers say CNBC

   Fund managers, very much like the rest of humans, are able to say many stoopid things. Whether MSM outlets should keep giving them room to do so is arguable. Here what i mean is that there are ways to say or state things which are more or less correct or valuable but coming with stupid metaphores and puting these in the headlines makes the whole thing useless.

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   1. The Rev Kev December 28, 2025 at 8:07 am

      I think that that article title may be a misprint. What they meant to write is that Europe is forked. Does it need to be said? How are they going to have a competitive AI when energy prices are sky high ever since they cut themselves off from that cheap, reliable energy that came in from the east? And as we know, AI has an insatiable need for energy.

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4. Ignacio December 28, 2025 at 8:26 am

   The 5 most expensive bicycle in the world-

   These are not bikes to ride. Not really bikes but ornaments. Not even ornaments but possessions. Buying a bike to have a weird possession is indeed something that only millio/billio/trillionaires who don’t know what to do with too much money can afford. But let’s say you buy the 1 million bike to ride. Ride like a keen biker, let’s say 3000 miles/year, 5 years. 67$ of bicycle /mile. Cheap it is for us billionaires!

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   1. Robert S December 28, 2025 at 8:33 am

      I would have thought that a bike ridden by Lance Armstrong would have decreased the value of several bikes by now.

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