was to close the straight and choke China off from resources

I don’t think that was the goal, I’m not even sure if that would really be effective as a secondary effect.

The Chinese are still able to buy petro chemicals from Russia at a discount, and they still have access to their largest import partners.

It’s more believable to think trump did this partly as a favour to Israel, and partly as a favour to the American oil and gas industries, who has been the largest benefactor of the strait shutting down.

Yeah… We’ve got 5-6 different bird feeders in our yard. Our visit to tractor supply for bird seed usually clocks in around 100-150lbs. We’ve got purple martins, crows, hawks, brown thrashers, and even a wood pecker that all live on or around our property. Then about a dozen other birds that migrate through every year.

You too can live the dream! Just as long as the location of that dream occurs in a state like Oklahoma.

If he was half the monster the media has been wanting us to believe he is, he definitely would have stayed in the race, and no one could have done anything about it. He got Franklen’d

Franken was not credibly accused of rape and sexual sexual assaults… Maybe he stopped because if he didn’t there would actually be a criminal investigation. You know, because of the crimes?

Just the fact that he re-enlisted twice to go to unjust wars and then signed up to be a mercenary makes him a monster. The rape and Nazi tattoo just adds more fuel to an already burning pile of shit.

many accounts are suddenly showing up on Schumer and Israel’s side on this.

People have been saying this shit for over a year. You just claim anyone who disagrees with your terrible takes have fallen for propaganda.

I don’t even think Orban really cared about Putin outside as a political tool to garter favour with his political base and to justify his own monopolization of power.

I think if Magyar sees the same opportunity he’s going to start spouting the same beliefs. With those types of political actors, it’s all about which side can offer them the most political capital, not really about liking anyone as a person, or operating under a political ideology.

For now… I predict this is just the easing of toes into a hot bath. I think as soon as there is any opportunity for him to justify a return to road blocking aid without losing Eu funding he will take it.

Magyar was from the same party as Orban, the only reason he ran against him was because Orban threw his wife under the bus to insulate him from a big scandal. To insulate himself from the scandal Magyar also threw his wife under the same bus, divorcing her, and leaving the party to start his new “oppositional” party.

In reality he’s been in lock step with Orban his whole career, happy to ratfuck anyone for political gain up untill he himself got ratfucked.

With context it’s not believable, but people wouldn’t even engage with other criticism of his history unless you took the whole Nazi tattoo off the table.

If that had been the only glaring issue with his character it would be damning, but combined with his actual history and him being a nepo “small” business tyrant… I couldn’t see how anyone was willing to extend him the level of trust he gartered. It’s like people haven’t heard of politicians lying for personal gain or something.

Called it. Even if you completely ignore the Nazi tattoo, which you shouldn’t. But I am willing to believe a scenario that involves an American ignorant enough of history to unwittingly get a Nazi symbol on their chest.

However, I didnt for a second think that his walk matched his talk. You aren’t antiwar if you volunteer to go to war, re enlist twice, and then sign up to be a military contractor. You do that because you like violence and are a chud. I was also highly skeptical that someone who grew up going to one of the more expensive private schools in that region of the country, would really know much about class dynamics and socialism.

This guy was just going to be another Fetterman. A rich kid pretending to be for the worker while being bank rolled by their rich conservative family.

Oof, I knew they found him unresponsive. I did not know they had to do CPR. I would be surprised if he was still alive, and there’s virtually no chance he will recover. CPR done outside a hospital setting on patients 80 or above only has like a 2-10% chance of ever being discharged, lower if they have pre-existing conditions.

I wouldn’t want to do the compressions for that. I bet it felt like breaking a glass xylophone in an old burlap sack.

Not even dark money, it’s just going to come from the Gettys. Just like how he got his business, job as mayor, and then his job as governor.

Every article about him brings the boo-birds. That’s fine, but there’s still no champion for our leftier-than-thou politicos.

Crazy, It’s almost like the DNC is complicit in keeping any viable economically left winged candidates away from any seat of power where they could one day become a decent candidate for president.

I really can’t understand why anyone would think Gavin Newsome is a good candidate. Imo the only thing different between the mainstream Democrats and the Republicans is an affectation of wokeness, and Gavin Newsome doesn’t even clear that hurdle.

His only talent in life is cheating on his wife and befriending the Gettys. Literally has not had to work for a thing in his life. Daddy bought him a degree at a private school, got a baseball scholarship… never played a single game. His best friend bought him a winery, and then had Mayor Brown take him under his wing in SF, and then had governor brown do the same exact thing.

Can we not go a little bit farther to the left than the best friend of an oil Barron?

Prob if he was enlisted, officers typically get the kids gloves. My money would be on forced retirement, if they really want to make an example of him they might dismiss him after being court marshalled.

If Americans choose an early grave by eating 6 burgers a day, who are we to judge them?

simulated air strikes that would force Poland to activate its air defence systems.

This is the only thing the article is claiming as a possibility that is even somewhat credible, though I wouldn’t call it an actual attack.

An actual attack on Poland right now would be insane, it would just galvanize the country into supporting Ukraine, or join the battle themselves.

This is more than likely just propaganda to help smooth over the recent spat between the two.

How dare you insult American culture on their day of independence.

That’s stupid, Clark Kent wears glasses…Have you ever seen Batman wear glasses?

Oh, I don’t mean his actual beliefs. Just that the scams that him and other professors were running back in the day were impressively technical about being unethical but technically allowed.

Yeah… He was definitely just there for the paycheck. I guess you gotta appreciate the hustle on some level.

Nah, historically militaries are loyal to the person signing their checks. Pretty much every state in the south but Texas is economically destitute. Private corporations would turn on the south so fast it’d snap their necks. No company would choose the market of 2 over 1 or 3, let alone both of them. California alone has enough buying power to shape regulation that’s stricter than the fed.

350 new, but if you got the used one, you also needed to shell out 300 bucks for the one-time site access code that was included in the back of each book,

Oh yeah, I remember those coming out. Before that they did the same thing but instead of an access code the back of the front cover had a cd taped to it.

Fuck it, throw GenZ in there too, they’re getting the same fucking scams.

Yeah… Poor bastards got hosed during COVID. I know at the University my wife teaches at they were charging lab and room fees for online classes.