jackfoxy

cosmic context is NOT astrology mumbo-jumbo, but the actual orientation of the earth and moon in the solar system (coarsely grained)

I watched the entire series, The Americans. It's thrilling and well-crafted television, but totally bogus as a representation of how illegals worked in the USA.

Illegals were/are special assets that would never be concurrently running so many different operations and engaging in risky wet (i.e. assassination) operations right and left. More likely they would spend many boring years cultivating their positions in society and a select few important contacts. That doesn't make for good television.

That which you incentivize you get more of. That which you tax you get less of.

Or, as Charlie Munger famously remarked, Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.

Drachinifel is pretty darned knowledgeable. I imagine its not that easy to get enough footage of some American WWII destroyer that is NOT a Fletcher class, (as a made up example), to fill out an entire 45 minute narration. And there's a shit ton of work that goes into a video that long for a solo creator.

Now, the abysmal nature of name brand corporate history videos is another matter.

They had not kidnapped Patty at that point. The only thing the SLA was taking credit for at that time was the Marcus Foster murder. They probably thought they had a safe house in east Oakland, which is why all the hippies (as described by the bystander) went there for the meeting.

No. There was no reason for this ex-cop to tell me the story 5 years ago about something that happened 45 years earlier. And he didn't make a career as a cop, so he wasn't protecting anyone.

A former Oakland PD officer shared with me insight into how police intelligence worked back in the day. And I'm sure this still goes on.

It was back in the time of the SLA terrorism and Patty Hearst kidnapping. One of the brothers in East Oakland casually mentioned to a cop "What are all these hippies doing in our neighborhood?" (It turns out they were having a strategy meeting.) This got reported up the chain of command and OPD intelligence set up traffic stops all around the neighborhood perimeter. That was it. They just asked for ID of everyone leaving the neighborhood and recorded them, with special interest in anyone White.

When the sh!t hit the fan and the FBI got involved (soon thereafter) the OPD chief told the FBI they knew exactly who was involved. The FBI was dismissive and wasted valuable time. When the FBI hit a blank wall in regards to identifying SLA members they finally swallowed their pride and asked the OPD for the list. That's how the SLA membership was identified.

Nor should it be in our republic. There is no national security override to our rights in the Constitution.

It may not make any significant change in the numbers applying for k-12 positions, but do people really need to go through the torture, indoctrination, and expense of graduate school to teach k-12? Won't a handful of undergrad courses, seminars, and internships suffice in addition to whatever other degree is pursued? As it is now wannabe teachers already have too much time, the most precious of all commodities, invested in ramping up to teaching.

Spy craft goes way back. You can read about it in Herodotus and the Old Testament.

George Washington was a spy master and much of what we think we know about his operations is dot connecting. This is true of most historical accounts of spying.

A good fictional account of true to life spy craft in the 19th century is Rudyard Kipling's Kim. Some of the characters are based on historical persons in the business.

The OG does well to point out the misconception this is somehow a modern invention. It's interesting to read well-researched accounts of spy craft in different historical eras. Its secrecy at the time makes it hard to find source material. They knew how to keep secrets in olden days and there were not many whistle blowers. A lot of what you come across is just speculation. From the article it appears there is quite a lot of source material for Venice.

To be clear. Geothermal is great in some places and circumstances. It will never be a big enough world-wide market in the foreseeable future to move the needle much in proportion of total energy produced.

Damn long-form journalism takes forever to get to the point, so my skimming sometimes misses something crucial.

With that disclaimer out of the way, (I think) it is distressing and damaging for young people to be doing this job. (And maybe the rest of the article goes on to say something like that.)

Still in today's world it is a job that has to be done. If it is to be done it should be by older more mature people with more life experience under their belts. And it should be revealed up front what the job is and how damaging it can be. I think you would have to be very spiritually grounded and take many breaks to refresh your spirit (mental health) to do this.