Wait, you just said NATO was fake-ass and would do nothing. Why would Ukraine joining NATO be terrible for Russia if NATO is so fake-ass and worthless?

Also, just because I’m an American doesn’t mean I believe in the things my government does. Trying to leave NATO and attacking random countries, like Trump is doing now, is not something I think is right.

A) Ukraine is not part of NATO.

B) NATO countries are providing Ukraine with tons of military hardware, without which it is arguable whether Ukraine would have survived this long.

C) The point is that Putin is using NATO as an excuse to go after Ukraine, since NATO is “threatening Russia” and Ukraine joining NATO would put a threatening force on Russia’s doorstep.

Pretty much, yeah. Millions of Americans still think the guy who would be cool in high school is a better leader than the biggest nerd in school. They vote for the guy they want to have a beer with.

Also, millions of Americans care more about saving their money in taxes over hurting other people.

The fingerprint reader works well. I don’t like using keypads much, but they do work well.

The smart doorbell hasn’t done much yet (and hopefully won’t ever be needed to do anything), but it is nice to be able to set my doorbell ring to be a fart sound. It is both funny and doesn’t make my dog bark at the doorbell.

The President isn’t elected in a popular vote, and small states in the middle of the county have vastly more relative voting power than states on the coasts? It isn’t that inland politicians are more authentic. It is that inland voters, who have double the voting power, choose to vote for people who ACT like salt of the earth, whether they are from a long-wealthy family or not. So if you act like a coastal elite, you are at a disadvantage compared to someone who acts like a cowboy even though they went to Yale. Or if you talk like a normal person and use complete sentences, you are at a disadvantage to someone who yells and screams about being a Christian even though they aren’t.

Yeah, remote HVAC is great. I also like the smart door lock that auto-unlocks as I walk up to it so I don’t need to deal with keys… though that doesn’t always great and I end up having to use the fingerprint reader to unlock it. It is still nice to be able to unlock the door remotely to let my neighbor bring in our packages while we’re gone or to feed the dog if I’m working late.

A) Bullshit. None of them have actually left yet. One is moving some companies’ headquarters. Another already moved 6 years ago. The third is just “increasing his presence.”

B) This isn’t even past the ballot proposal signature phase yet. Even if they did/do move, it has nothing to do with this tax.

C) This is 3 out of 255.

D) They don’t fucking pay taxes ANYWAY. We have lost nothing of value.

E) Good. Leave. Fewer people driving up costs in my state.

And I wonder who he thinks would lead this new political entity.

I am all in favor of countries banding together to create more powerful bargaining units and helping to stabilize economies in their regions, I just wonder how well it would work when ALL countries involved are unstable economically and politically. It’s one thing for the EU to be created with Latvia, Romania, and Bulgaria when you have France, Germany, and England to stabilize things. It’s another thing for countries that have all had major issues with stability in both recent years and consistently in the past 30 years to try coming together.

Maybe that instability is partly due to US interference that this will help prevent in the future? Maybe it would help reduce the violence from drug cartels, which could stabilize the region as well?

And what about the consumers who paid extra to those businesses? Are they going to get refunds?

As much as I agree with this policy, I know it will never actually stick. Not only will he immediately walk it back once he gets the correct bribe from industry, but members of Congress on both sides would likely stand in unity to vote for some law to block this policy. I’m not anywhere close to a both sides person, but I haven’t heard very many Democrats asking for this type of law.

Why is ICE even armed? Maybe, and I’m just throwing it out here, but maybe immigration violations shouldn’t be worthy of a death sentence? And if an officer is in danger, maybe just de-escalate and go away until you can pull in trained personnel to handle potentially violent interactions.

I would like to see the poll results after a hypothetical Frexit. As much as people bitch about how restrictive the EU is on countries and how much the bigger countries support the smaller countries, most of them forget how much of a pain in the ass it was before.

I feel like Brexiters might have a more informed opinion on the benefits of being part of the EU.

You are surprised that a for-profit company that bills people on a RECURRING basis for a paid service keeps card numbers and billing addresses/names? How would recurring bills be paid if the info isn’t stored?

Tough to say, but we have a dozen restaurants in the U.S. older than 300 years, so it is plausible since we have only had the civil war on our soil in that time frame. There are multiple pubs in England that date (themselves) to 1200 years ago, too.

Maybe the distinction isn’t just “continuously running” but also under the same name and without major renovations??

A) They didn’t up the bounty for his arrest. They upped the reward for legitimate information that could be used to support having him arrested. Since Biden never gave that bounty to anyone and didn’t arrest him or request he be arrested, then that should trigger in your thinking process that there is a huge fucking difference in policy between “We are investigating whether it is legally valid to pursue narco-terrorism charges against a world leader who we think did not win a legitimate election” and “We are invading a nation to capture a person to bring to trial without showing any evidence.”

B) That link was about getting information leading to his legal arrest through international cooperation in a court system, not about unilaterally deciding to invade a country and kill a bunch of people to extract a high value target.

I’m normally not one to kink shame, but I’m shaming you right now.

Just wanted to give a heartfelt thank you for posting the picture of Gary Busey’s suitcase.

Russia invaded Ukraine. If Russia wants peace, then all they have to do is, you know, stop invading? That’s not really a bias statement. That’s just basic facts that have nothing to do with empire approved narratives.

Or killed because they had a son who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, has been in and out of rehab since 17 years old, and has been homeless multiple times.

Much like trusting the US with a far right person in power, why would anyone trust Russia or China with their own far right people in power? They are only trying to “support” you if you can give them something they need, and the minute you ask for anything in return, the phone doesn’t answer. This isn’t exclusive to Russia or China or the US, this just how hugely powerful entities act around much less powerful entities.