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Following politics, protecting democracy in Ukraine, US, and elsewhere, and environmental issues, particularly climate change and natural resource protection. Other Brian Schmidts (we are legion): happy to trade links so people find the right one.
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It is weird that the vast majority of people who voted for Trump would actually be better than Trump as president.
Not saying good at it, just better. Not as evil, and not as convinced that every stupid statement out of their mouth is brilliant and must be followed.
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In the era of high interest rates, you can make good money off the float. Even if they never deliver anything and return the deposits in 6 months or a year, they're ahead.
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Some version of the concept of "kidding on the square" where they pretend not to believe in something that on some level they do believe.
Also, endless cynical irony is an abyss, and not just in the manosphere.
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If Joe Biden did not know that Russia was ejected from the G8 in 2014 precisely because it invaded Crimea, & that Justin Trudeau was not PM at the time, we would be having a National Conversation™️ about how Democrats can continue supporting a senile president who is a huge national security danger.
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Makes you wonder how deeply Ru election interference goes - did they do something to make sure she was elected to be the union leader?
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Trained in de-escalation, supposedly?
Imagine someone equally hot-headed getting pushed by the officer and you can see how things go wrong.
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The weird thing is that Cruz is actually a really smart guy. You'd think he could try to come up with some legislation that's actually a good idea.
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TACO Trump takes bitcoin.
All you need to know.
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Sadly, Ukraine will be the most mined country in the world by the end of this conflict.
I expect the primary problem will be Russian mines, which will have been poorly mapped even if Russia turns over the maps.
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This is Putin's solution to Ru POWs telling people they were well-treated. It might backfire though - the POWs won't be telling the public they were well-treated, they'll be telling Ru frontline soldiers that instead.
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Hope they're keeping really good maps of this stuff for a future when it's possible to decommission them.
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Similarities to Operation Spiderweb. Cat is really out of the bag on the use of covertly-planted drones.
Start the countdown clock for something small-scale in Western countries. Could be really bad if terrorists go for civilian casualties.
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Incredibly hypocritical, but for once I think this will play out well. It's pretty clear that advertisers should never start advertising with Twitter. While they also never have to say why, they could just point to the litigation risk.
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I wonder if travel will decrease even more because people will have more time to plan alternatives, as opposed to cancelling already-planned trips.
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Any military historian can tell the troops that a politicized military is bad one. Look at the terrible performance of the Argentine military against the Brits in the Falklands, a war of choice by the Argentine military.
The military must resist politicization in order to preserve its mission.
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Your messaging would be more effective in response to a different article, then. This article doesn't help your argument.
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Conclusion: people who burn Waymos are electing Republicans.
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I encourage you to read the article. It's not complimentary to Trump/MAGA.
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Dems made half-hearted efforts to push back on tobacco. MAGA Republicans do everything possible to addict and sicken millions.
In conclusion, vote Jill Stein or something, and set fire to Waymos. That'll help.
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Ukraine has significantly reduced the threat we face from Russia, one of our two main military opponents. So the Trump/MAGA response is to weaken Ukraine.
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Yes. Nonviolent, non-arsonist protestors win elections, while the violent ones and the arsonists elect Republicans.
Choose the former and save ourselves.
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It's still not a good analogy, but the best would be a teenager with a history of violent attacks on others, in the middle of violently attacking a kid less than half his size. Is that something you stay out of?
Relevant, maybe: Trump was big for his age, and a bully as a child.
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This is when competently-executed "near-shoring" that reduces dependence on China and increases trade within North America, Europe, and other reliable partners, would've been within reach.
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Protestors will defeat Republicans in November 2026, arsonists will elect them.
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In Trump's defense, he did dump some water unnecessarily into Central Valley during the fires, where it could theoretically evaporate, blow south, condense, and rain somehow. The eggheads didn't even think of this option.
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Exactly. If Pritzker made that point in a Facebook post that posting something on Facebook could get people arrested, this guy would say it's hyperbole and then call on Pritzker to be arrested for the Facebook post.
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Idiots who destroy during protests are parasites sucking the energy away from the protesters attempting to get real change.
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I'd rather understand the problem.
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Trump supporters assume all politicians are equally terrible, and at the same time assume Trump is like a normal person, so being transparent means he's clean.
Neither assumption is true. And they somewhat contradict each other.
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Trump tries to demonstrate what he thinks is empathy, proves he doesn't understand the concept.