I thought for a long time that there should be 4 sites for the Olympics, two for summer and two for winter. The Olympic committee maintains them with help from the host county and donations or dues from the participants counties.

Pick 4 suitable sites in as stable countries as you can find, and build world class facilities there. This whole building all new facilities every time is fucking stupid and wasteful. Besides it’s been shown that the “revenue generated” doesn’t make up for the costs to build, run, and clean up after all of it.

Well we have always been at war with Eastasia you know.

I feel happy!

But… but…but…AI took our jerbs!

As someone with a strong Irish heritage, this got my ire-a.

A two state solution will not work, correct. That is why the world must come together and kick the genocidal Israelis out of the Palestinians land.

Hey you were closer than me, I would have guessed closer to Roman times since it hits me as a Latin origin.

I’m mobile and can’t verify anything, but if you trust a goggle AI Overview then here you go.

The word “flotilla” originates from the Spanish word flotilla, a diminutive form of flota meaning “fleet”. This, in turn, came from Old French floter and ultimately Germanic roots, like Old Norse floti (“raft, fleet”) and Old English flota (“ship” or “fleet”), which are ancestors of the English word “float”. The English term “flotilla” was adopted in 1711 and refers to a small fleet, especially of small naval vessels like destroyers or submarines. Here’s a breakdown of the word’s origin: Spanish: Flotilla (diminutive of flota, meaning “fleet”). Old French: Floter (“to float, set afloat”). Germanic: Old Norse floti (“raft, fleet”) and Old English flota (“ship, fleet”). Indo-European: Traced back to the root pleu- (“to flow”). The English word “flotilla” was first recorded in 1711.

I hadn’t even thought of the legalized slavery aspect of prisons, makes sense once you said it.

In my late teens and early 20’s I got really into Napoleonic history, I still attribute that quote to Sun Tzu. It just sounds so much like some of the prose from Tzu, I sometimes wonder if Napoleon read it since it translated into French two years after his birth.

I’m waiting for the “we’re going to hold you in the country for staying in the country to long and hold you and extra day for every day you continue to be in the country”. At this point I wouldn’t put it past them. The cruelty is the point.

Apparently the FSB is the opposite of the army since he’s still in power.

Somebody didn’t watch Rules for Rulers, keep your elite happy or they’ll come together and turn on you.

Fingers crossed.