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A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
I reported it yesterday morning. I had seen the report in the French news the day before already. [Link]
I wonder if the people who do have conversations with themselves have trouble quieting the mind, as for meditation.
Elon should put X on the 'plaid mode'....lol
When isreali's realise that they too are victims of this regime they will then know their true status. This regime has but one mission. To further...
How George Washington lost his cherry...
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The vast majority of Roman buildings have crumbled.
One secret of the Pantheon was that the dome is under compression.
Even weak concrete works quite well if it isn't subject to tension.
Freezing and thawing kill concrete. This isn't a big problem in Rome.
Steel reinforcement is absent in the pantheon which helps survival. Steel
expands when it becomes rust so it works against long life for structures.
The "secret" of volcanic ash(or is manufactured cousin, fly ash) is well known.
It can readily be purchased to improve certain properties of concrete.
We are capable of building structures that would outlast those of the ancients.
We don't because they are obsolete long before they wear out.