I often wonder if the General Staff isn’t cooking something behind the scenes. You know they’ve gamed scenarios to defy Trump launching nukes.
Maybe that’s just hopium. 🤷🏻♂️ I’m having a hard time seeing the leaders going in for a strike against NATO. Also, I can’t believe I just typed that sentence.
Anyway, as I told my little kids last Christmas, the 80s and 90s were pretty fucking cool, sorry.
The US Supreme Court often goes against Trump. Not putting any hope in them stopping him, but at least they apply some breaks. Also consider, they owe Trump nothing. He put three of them in there, 1/3rd of the seats, but they defy Trump with impunity, holding their seats for life.
If we could eliminate Alito and Thomas, even replacing them with un-bribed conservatives, it would be a whole new ballgame. Rulings would still suck, but not like this.
tl:dr; SCOTUS is conservative, not partisan.
Mainland Europe stood aside as Putin invaded their backyard. This inaction was not lost on the American fascists. See where we’re at today?
(And I am not excusing America’s lack of action, but FFS, we can’t do it ALL. And certainly can’t now…)
Makes one wonder how much they planned this out. The Epstein files could picture Trump balls deep in a 13-yo girl, nothing would happen.
The fascists have larger goals in mind. They’re speed running WWII, trying to avoid the Nazi’s mistakes, so good so far. But like the Nazis, giddy over the lack of internal or external resistance, they’re biting off more than then can chew, way too fast. Cheap gasoline at the pumps only goes so far. They’re not energizing the whole economy like the Nazis did, people aren’t feeling it.
No idea what comes next. But the American Empire is over. Our economy is just too large to fall over quickly. But AI gives us hope! (Of crashing…) The Buffett Index is higher than either during the Great Depression or the 2008 recession. We have 200%+ more fake money in the stock market than our GDP. The cost will be staggering.
Can all y’all grow potatoes? I can, but I’m not very good at it.
Many have outlined Trump’s mafia-style speech. Like the truly wealthy, the mafia is a group he admires, was never allowed into, wants to imitate.
It’s so clear I want to scream. The US watched the man make a fool of himself in the 80s and 90s, he was tabloid trash. Even The Apprentice made fun of his bombastic nature, but apparently neither Trump not his fans were in on the joke.
If Europe had fought Russia over the Ukraine, this wouldn’t be on the table. It’s clear to the world Europe won’t fight, even to defend their own backyard, so here we are.
To be clear, I fucking hate it. I have been screaming for Europe to fight back since day one, all while it was clear America was half-assing the fight. But they didn’t, the fascists gauged the reaction, now they feel free to strike.
We took the oil fields, which Hitler failed to do before starving his war machine of gasoline. We’re letting things settle in Venezuela before we take Greenland. Greenland is strategic as the Arctic sea lanes open and prospecting and mining become easier. Good place to defend the continent from air and sea.
Next? Mexico? No idea. But it looks like the US is making the same mistake as the Nazis, biting off more than we can chew based on the giddy atmosphere after initial wins and zero resistance. Yes, they’re that fucking dumb. It’s like they read the start of WWII history and called it a day.
Dumber even, Trump didn’t pull the US from economic disaster into short-term prosperity, quite the opposite. At least Hitler had the population in thrall because their economic situation improved. That’s, uh, not working out ATM, and there’s no future where it does.
And worse, the cult leader is clearly dying of frontotemporal dementia. (Not my armchair take, many doctors and psychiatrists have outlined the clear evidence.) They’re moving fast before Trump can’t be stood in front of a camera.
That’s rather my point! What are we to replace a free market with? Everyone screams SOCIALISM, but no one seems to agree on what that actually means.
Shall we do the literal, textbook definition? State ownership of the means of production? That’s been a complete failure.
What we need is a capitalist economic system, reigned in by:
But I repeat myself. I guess the Nordic countries, and most of Europe, who act exactly as I outlined, are failures.
Spell it out then. I am willing to listen, willing to be wrong.
Florida water is weird here in the NW. Tap water is fairly “hot” in the summer since the lines are close to the surface. But YMMV. Our bathroom water is distinctly different than the kitchen water, in a tiny house, 8-years old. 🤷🏻♂️
For all the removeding about capitalism, which basically every country on Earth uses for an economic system, we’re missing 3 key things.
Everything works fucking great with those 3 ingredients. Imagine that.
I think I might as well, and I’ve taught corporate information security classes.
Well they can’t just come right out and say we want the warming, Artic shipping lanes and rare earth minerals.
Everyone reads books? Over half of Americans read at a 6th-grade level, at best.
Speaking of miles, there are miles of political capital between stomping brown people and mostly lifeless ice. I don’t think even the MAGA faithful would back an invasion against white people. Little too close to home, literally and figuratively. Hell, at that point even the General Staff may find a spine and refuse.
Sometimes you’re stuck running IIS or SQL Server or the like. Can’t think of anything personal I’d have to run on Windows Server, but commercial is another world. In any case, I always ran headless given the option.
I’ll ask you the same, do you believe people choose their attractions? Be very careful in your answer. If you say yes, then LGBT is a choice.
I have no clue what MAP is, but can you point to the words that hurt you?
We don’t get to choose who and what we are attracted to. 🤷🏻♂️ However, that does not absolve one of immoral actions.
Or do you believe attraction is a choice? You believe people have a choice to be gay or trans? You can’t have it both ways. Pick. One.
I just waited a month for an appointment at a new doctor, nothing special. Had to spend an entire afternoon calling around to find her, even given my insurance’s list of providers. And since we’re on Obamacare, I don’t know if I have insurance anymore, haven’t been brave enough to open the latest letters.
I am both disgusted and wanting to try one again. Even though I know damned well I’m getting corn syrup, Jägermeister, eye shadow and Cure songs in my mouth.
Why would you do this to me?!