A discussion of women in combat, with some weak steel-manning of the side I disagree with. Also many reflections on the miniseries and book "Band of Brothers"
2. Gnostics have a very interesting, quasi woke view on male-female dynamics. One illustrative text is the Gospel of Mary.
3. Kash Patel seems to really dislike Zelensky.
4. Your comments on Band of Brothers remind me about the wisdom of joining the Mormom mafia, with which I completely agree. I would love to build such a band some day, maybe after more of my predictions become true.
5. If you like pop culture highlights on WW2 with gorgeous esthetics and excellent craftsmanship, like BoB, I strongly recommend Dunkirk. Tarantino called it the second best film of 2010, after the social network, which was my favorite movie until about one week ago. While you watch it, notice the time dilation feature and ask yourself why Hitler voluntarily held his punches and whether Nolan already knows the answer to that question.
5- I had a bad experience with Dunkirk. I went and saw it in IMAX and it was so loud that I was in actual pain the entire movie (my left eardrum has ruptured twice, so it's kind of sensitive). I keep meaning to rewatch it, but it hasn't happened. And the standard theory on why Hitler did not crush the British at Dunkirk is that he still thought the two nations might conclude a peace and if he had slaughtered thousands of fleeing Brits that would have been less likely. I have not dug super deep into the evidence for that, that's just what I've heard.
1. I'm falling in love with this blog.
2. Gnostics have a very interesting, quasi woke view on male-female dynamics. One illustrative text is the Gospel of Mary.
3. Kash Patel seems to really dislike Zelensky.
4. Your comments on Band of Brothers remind me about the wisdom of joining the Mormom mafia, with which I completely agree. I would love to build such a band some day, maybe after more of my predictions become true.
5. If you like pop culture highlights on WW2 with gorgeous esthetics and excellent craftsmanship, like BoB, I strongly recommend Dunkirk. Tarantino called it the second best film of 2010, after the social network, which was my favorite movie until about one week ago. While you watch it, notice the time dilation feature and ask yourself why Hitler voluntarily held his punches and whether Nolan already knows the answer to that question.
1- Thanks!
2- Interesting.
3- Not sure how this is germane...
4- There definitely is something to it.
5- I had a bad experience with Dunkirk. I went and saw it in IMAX and it was so loud that I was in actual pain the entire movie (my left eardrum has ruptured twice, so it's kind of sensitive). I keep meaning to rewatch it, but it hasn't happened. And the standard theory on why Hitler did not crush the British at Dunkirk is that he still thought the two nations might conclude a peace and if he had slaughtered thousands of fleeing Brits that would have been less likely. I have not dug super deep into the evidence for that, that's just what I've heard.