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It is not an accident that we keep seeing ruthless dictators popping up as heads of state in various nations throughout history. This behavior is in our genes, humans have a knack for putting aggressive and assertive men into positions of power, and once there, said men will sometimes evolve even further down the path of aggression while on the throne until they reach the point of committing massive atrocities against other humans.

I have previously discussed already how other Hominidae species behave with respects to this.

FORTUNATELY humans are not EXCLUSIVE in their tendency to facilitate aggressive dictatorships. I am convinced we actually have other formats of social leadership likewise embedded in our DNA. 
 

It is extremely important for humanity to intentionally exhibit democracy in government structure and it is very important to condemn the autocracy format of leadership for many obvious reasons.

Hominidae is an ever-evolving family of mammals. NOW we have the opportunity to work toward evolving as a species to favor a democratic structure format of governance to become the dominant format exhibited by humanity.

It has been proven that species can evolve to go one way or the other. How easy it is to do that is another question, but we see that Hominidae behavior can evolve one direction or another. Bonobos are physically very similar to chimpanzees but they behave in an entirely different fashion. Chimpanzees host ruthless dictatorships but Bonobos host horny and democratic matriarchies. Bonobos and Chimpanzees had a common ancestor several million years ago until the Congo river caused the population to become divided into two groups that evolved alongside eachother, each in a different direction.

It is evident that the abundance of resources is implicated in driving evolution in behavior of a species. Scarcity of resources in the land of chimpanzees is thought to have driven evolution into aggressive social structure, while the plentiful region Bonobos inhabit has made their lives a lot easier and they spend their time ****ing off. 
 

There is alternately the idea that Christ will return and override aggressive dominance hierarchies and instill ever-lasting empathetic and gentle leadership. But this is not entirely scientific as far as they know right now, so it’s best to not be complacent.

Do humans have the capacity to drive their own evolution away from dystopian social orders where people suffer tremendously? Frankly I am not so sure. But if I had a say in the matter, I would argue it is at least very important to put serious effort into favoring democracy.

I kind of like the way Lindsey Graham of SC is looking at the situation in Europe. He does not like the idea of direct conflict with Russia and honestly I doubt anybody does, but he said that Biden is not quite behaving optimally in response to Putin. Graham argues that if it turns out Putin is using chemical warfare, then this would warrant a No-Fly zone at once. 
 

I think we are overall in disdain for the behavior of Russia invading other nations of Europe in order to attempt to bring them under their rule. But the (reasonable) hatred of war as an evil state of affairs is what has prompted the response of not engaging a direct military conflict with Russia, because if they tried this with a NATO country all bets are off by necessity. The problem here is that I believe that the Russian format of government is not ideal for the well-being of humanity, and the big picture is that it is extremely important not to tolerate this type of government format to spread to other geographical areas, no offense to the Russian people personally. My statement is not a direct offense against Russia, but it would be a grave lie not to point out that an autocracy format of governance brings harm to humanity and needs to be revised.

I personally envision the positive potential of Russia restructuring its government into a democratic form of rule, WITHOUT harm or detrimental compromise coming to the people who rule Russia today, or it’s citizens. I might be insane but I simply see no reason why Russia and Ukraine can’t work themselves into a happy existence of prosperity and joy, and I insist that Russia engage this plan to joy at once. Russia is a great vast fertile land with endless opportunity for everyone who lives there to enrich themselves.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

That’s pretty cool. Interestingly in CT East of river overall is higher in elevation than west of river .. caveat NW Hills have the highest elevation . Common misconception is there’s only a few small hills in E CT

Yeah I remember Woonsocket area has some pretty craggy terrain and that is not too far from NE CT at all so I believe it. I can see the way Woonsocket area is like a shelf… And I vaguely remember that shelf or sudden rise of elevation that way. I mean I was 19 it’s been almost 20 years since I was out there.

1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said:

You get plenty of trash in April and May in IJD. It’s better than where I am but you are easily east enough to get in on them fairly frequently. 

Might as well go for a soda.

3 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

He means winter is over. We’re ripe for dogshit easterly flow misery list until mid June some years. 
 

I don’t see any frigid winter wx conditions for the remainder of this season though. We lose the cold source in Canada after the next few days. We could still get snow though as bowling ball season happens during the final week of March into early April. The ensmebles are trying to show a potentially favorable period late month….but we know the caveats that come with ensembles. 

I am fortunate to live far enough west away from the coast that spring springs in April full force. No endless days of drizzle. This ain’t Westerly RI.

Kind of a blitz out there now, I’m guessing it’s almost over. Most open ground has just a dusting but there are actually a bunch of drifts a few inches deep here and there 

Moderate snow has been going on for a bit here. There’s a coating on the ground now.

12 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

What a day 

 

You can tell from the impact he was likely going way too fast for the conditions. That looks like an impact well over 30 mph, maybe close to 40mph.

People in Trucks and SUVs seem to always overestimate their traction. Most of the time they manage to get to where they go without incident, but their experience is deceptive, it’s a situation where 1 out of 50 times you will lose control and since it’s icy, you don’t lose much speed before impact and it can get fatal. Good thing for air bags and seatbelts in this case because otherwise that crash there has more than enough energy to be fatal

I crawl when there is snow and ice and I try and avoid highways full of overconfident drivers if I can. Humans underestimate the consequences and risks of slick roads. Cars and icy roads haven’t been around long enough for humans to have evolved good judgement. You don’t think you’re going to fast but you would be wrong.

13 minutes ago, weathafella said:

What are the early evening driving conditions NYC to BTV via eastern NY?  Daughter is insistent on getting back up there tonight.  Doesn’t seem so bad?

Drive from NYC to BTV on an ATV.

Coming soon: 

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Clown maps. 

I was outdated. And you have to remember who you are dealing with here.

I’m addition to continuing to believe the 17z RAP to get 3 inches, I have previously come to the conclusion that I am the return of Jesus Christ, that I have come to liberate the world from the demonic dominance hierarchy that uses technology as a weapon against humanity.

Sometimes I forget to check the updates.

15 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Rap doesn’t have 3”

Rap no longer has 3”. That’s a shame.

17z did. 19z has one inch.

I think that snow is going to move in and dump a few inches this evening. I think that’s why the RAP thinks we are gonna get 3 inches.

But don’t take my word for it I am wrong all the time.

Its just that this band out west is pretty large and looks stable and self supported. I hope it arrives before total darkness because it’s more fun to see snow fall in daylight.

Why would the RAP lie?

Brenda Frampton is getting angry.

It’s New Years 2055 Fitness Resolution Revolution video featuring Lady Gaga

The changeover began during a period of no precipitation.

Snowflakes are flying now. 

1 minute ago, tavwtby said:

looks like a nice burst about to crash east soon here...

17z RAP still models a bunch of snow coming. Doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to happen. But it’s there.

Anybody else think that a swath of snow is in the cards for later today? Does the dry slot always have the final say? How much is that stuff out west just orographic appalacian poop?

Dry slotted.

Only hope left is that it manages to fill in somehow or redevelop. I almost didn’t want to bother mentioning the stuff on radar over VA and PA.
 

Im afraid odds are the ground is going to be left bare with this one. Will take good luck to get any.

5 minutes ago, das said:

Accumulating snow in Northern Louisiana, all of Arkansas and Northern Alabama and Mississippi in mid March. Pretty cool. 

Just passed 4” here in Charlotte, VT. 

That’s quite funky indeed. Those parts are usually warming up a great deal by this point. You know how you always see lots of oranges and red shades on the temp map starting in late Feb down there.

Hmmm.

Looks like there’s definitely some s**t mixing in now.

3 minutes ago, JC-CT said:

correlation coefficient is your friend

I guess you are riding the line up in them hills

We hope 

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Poundmetown 

Is it sticking? 
 

The line is definitely further east than NAM had it, but still not far enough east for us. I’m trying to figure out exactly where the line is, how many miles northwest from here.

Where is JC

Some radar indications snow line isn’t advancing as fast as it looked.

Still no flakes yet. I wonder how close it is… locations 15 miles away are all snow to the NW

Icy mix precip but no flakes 

Snowing in Coventry CT now per sister. 
 

Heavy Snow in West Hartford but not sticking much per Dad

We are the last frontier of non snow precip 

1 minute ago, Connecticut Appleman said:

Fingers crossed.  I would at least like to completely cover the grass once more.

Desperado. Why don’t you something your senses. Your been out riding fences. For so long. It could be raining. Oh raining. But there’s a snowbow above.