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SmokeyTheBear

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  1. Everything is a slippery slope to authoritarianism. And yet, when wanna be authoritarians are transparently trying to create what they fear, they applaud and defend it. Guns are needed to stop big government. Universal Healthcare leads to government death panels. Etc. Also, selfishness is a big part of it. Freedom in their mind is the ability to do what you want regardless of consequences. The idea of an organized community working towards improvement for the whole is in conflict with the value of self and that individuals freedom.
  2. Russia pulled out of grain deal because of bridge attack https://www.ft.com/content/c0c62c3c-54fa-49c7-9d5c-53deb91bf989
  3. Poe is afraid if the system favors him, then his life successes are somehow minimized. It's a fagile ego thing.
  4. Not nit picking, but just interesting competing takes. Within this, they state that Xi views the west as a threat because we exist in general. It's hair splitting but I took away from it that Xi is more combative towards us at his core as Democratic ideals challenge his world view. *forgot part 1
  5. This statement doesn't comport with the rest of the feedback to me. Do they regret that Russia failed or regret the decision tree that led to supporting Russia. I think they still want to stick it to the West in any way possible and Russia is a great way to go it without it coming back at China directly. My inclination is that if it's not Russia, or North Korea, it'll be some other country.
  6. It was all that unlimited sweet sweet NRA and PAC money. Funneling Russia funds and then whoops, the NRA wasn't there like it was and they still needed that money somehow. So they take a roadshow to Moscow on July 4th to kiss the ring and ask for more from daddy Putin.
  7. Wasn't there a poster here claiming they heard that a kid was being taught CRT at a private Christian elementary school? And that was fact enough to try and shut it down everywhere? We're dealing with people afraid of their own shadows.
  8. Cinque Terre is beautiful and has amazing food. Highly recommended.
  9. Sir, may I interest you in a #bothsides debate?
  10. But why would an innocent man not want a speedy trial?
  11. Yall forget that he has stored up all that energy from not exercising, because science.
  12. I immediately write off anyone who is unable to change their mind as a moron who is not worth my time. Absolutely ridiculous that people would consider that a character flaw. It's the continual age old battle between traditionalism and progressivism. People hate change and reflexively reject it because it's more comfortable. But we live in an age of drastic change happening at an exponential level with each new technological advance, which in itself is changing at an exponential level.
  13. When you have a CVS receipt length list of war crimes already, sanctioned to the extreme, and happy to bleed your already collapsing population.... What's one more thing?
  14. So if I'm atheist, I can deny service because you are religious?
  15. I see some value to it: bleeding an army out until they essentially do not have one to do these types of actions for another 20 years and forcing the population's hand in making change in their governing systems being the biggest. I'd love to see the data set our government is working with guiding our decision making. Maybe they think if we give Ukraine all they need to take over their territory too quickly, Putin could regroup in some way. Or maybe this buys time for the rest of Europe to ramp up production of their military. :shrug:
  16. Will he get to bring his favorite outfit to prison for the boys?
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