Do soldiers in wars actually throw empty mags like in video games?
This is how a full ammo box of 800 5.56 NATO rounds arrive. It has no magazines at all. You need to load them yourself. They have a…
Will people in the EU and Canada really stop buying American goods because of the tariffs?
German here. Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Things are a bit more complicated then it might first appear for US citizens: First of all, I disagree with boycotting…
Are democrats mentally incapable of understanding that the purpose of tariffs is precisely to make foreign products more expensive in order to help make domestic products more competitive? Are they being deliberately obtuse about this subject?
Absolutely right. So, Donny Joe wants to buy a TV. He sees a Samsung for $300, or a domestic Magnavox for $600. He buys the Samsung and Magnavox…
President Trump said Germans are not buying Chevrolets, but Americans are buying Mercedes. Trump has proposed tariffs on imported German cars in response. Is this an unfair one-way street?
Trump has (as usual) no idea what he’s talking about. Germans are not buying Chevrolets indeed, because Chevrolet makes horrible cars for German standards. They are big, unsafe,…
If the U.S. enacted 200-300% tariffs on China’s entire export economy, would it not lead to a collapse of the Communist Party of China in a matter of weeks?
No, it wouldn’t. Here’s what it would lead to: Finally, your thinking isn’t realistic. Let’s suppose I don’t like what you’ve been posting on Quora. So I decide…
If I went to prison and my prison sentence wasn’t very long is there a way to request solitary confinement?
Yes you could but what for? If you truly appreciate solitude the hole can be fulfilling but employing common sense is all it takes to thrive in general…
Why is Mercury not the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Because, Mercury is a near-vacuum, a desolate wasteland with a ghost atmosphere. This is due to a combination of factors: Mercury’s feeble gravitational pull, akin to a dying…
Has anyone ever read The Holy Bible completely through? If so, what was your overall impression of it?
I read the Bible from cover to cover twice — the first time at age eleven, the second time as an adult in my forties. Both times I…
If we live inside the Milky Way Galaxy and no one’s ever left it, how can NASA take pictures of it from the outside?
They can’t. There are no photos from outside the galaxy. Even knowing the precise appearance of the Milky Way is virtually impossible because we can only see it…
What does the summit of Everest look like?
A picture speaks a thousand words! Here it is, step by step: Photo 1: Everest (dark centre peak) seen from about 30 kilometres away, from the south side in…