[ExI] Running up against energy limits

[William Flynn Wallace]

A land war in the continental U.S. seems highly  improbable. Only if we
lost a bomb war could we see foot soldiers here from wherever.   bill w

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 1:36 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Running up against energy limits
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> women can compete on an equal footing with men and testiculated women.  It
> is the only sport like that I know of.  Any others?   spike
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> >…I guessed table tennis, but even there men have a power advantage..
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> There are some really good women’s ping pong competitors.  The 2016
> Olympic women’s champion trained right here in town.  But they don’t
> compete with the best men players.
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> >…Just where does one go to sign up for militias?
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> You don’t sign up.  To fit the legal definition, you only need to be an
> able-bodies male US citizen between the ages of 17 and 44 inclusive.  You
> and I are not eligible.  But we can be trainers and allies.
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> >…  I think John asked this awhile back.  Where did '60 million' come from
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> I just took standard USA age demographics which suggest about 120-some
> million between 17 and 44, then divided by 2.
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> According to the United States Legal Code, Chapter 12, Title 10, subtitle
> A, section 246:
> ·         §246. o   Militia: composition and classes
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>    - The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males
>       at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title
>       32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of
>       intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens
>       of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
>       - The classes of the militia are—
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>    - the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the
>          Naval Militia; and
>          - the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the
>          militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
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>    - (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 14
>       <https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=70A&page=14>, §311; Pub.
>       L. 85–861, §1(7), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1439
>       <https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=72&page=1439>; Pub.
>       L. 103–160, div. A, title V, §524(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1656
>       <https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=107&page=1656>;
>       renumbered §246, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1241(a)(2),
>       Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497
>       <https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=130&page=2497>.)
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> Many have argued the US legal code isn’t legal, but the Supreme Court
> opined to the contrary.  I argue that the applicable legal law is the
> actual literal law, as written and ratified.
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> >…Is there any organization at all?
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> Ja.  Civilization and its laws.
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> >…Such as who calls out the militia?
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> Don’t worry Billw.  When it is time, we will know.  We will know.
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> >…I certainly do not like the militias that make the news.    billw
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> The US militia is a singular:
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> Amendment II
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> A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,
> the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
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>        US Constitution, Amendment 2, 1791
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> That makes it pretty clear to me.  The term makes no sense as a plural
> unless speaking of other nations’ militias, and that I don’t actually
> know.  What the US press likes to call militias are actually terrorist
> groups.
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> The US militia is here to protect the US against terrorist groups if the
> military and National Guard cannot stop them.  The US press doesn’t like to
> talk about the militia.  I don’t recall seeing the last time it was
> mentioned.
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> spike
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