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I’d wager that 80% of civils are paid via tax dollars, either directly or through contracts. That being said, familiarity breeds contempt and the government flaws shine when working with them.

"Can you put some nut juice in my coffee? Make it frothy." Perhaps there should be a law that states cows' milk should be called "bodily fluids" since we are being all precise and shit.

Wkipedia says young earth creationists believe the earth is 6k to 10k years old. My experience must have been with those on the more idiotic end of the timeline. A distinction without a real difference. At any rate, it’s difficult to argue logic with the delusional.

You assume he believes the Universe is older than 6000 years.

Are you and your buddy blue collar workers whose wages haven’t kept up with inflation? Do you live in the dying slums know as rural America? I get it. It’s hard to say you been given an advantage when you see yourself doing worse than the generation prior. When you’re doing worse than your average black man. That can be a tough reality to accept. Doesn’t make it less real. Trump sells them something easier to believe.

In other words, there really isn’t any Republican consequence that actually matters.

I closed on a house in South Seattle last month after renting out here for the last 2.5 years. Figured I should lock down a place as I think climate issues will continue to drive growth here for a while.

Yep. Came to this thread while watching his interview on Colbert. Fucking hypocritical shitstains will never admit they’re wrong.

She was wearing a blazer.

He returned a few minutes later. Very weird.

As Americans, I think we are predisposed to perceive the state of the world as consequences to our actions, or inactions. Yep. On the military front, obviously providing weapons for six years had a big effect on their military. That's not just a credit to Obama, but to even to complete shitstains like Graham and McConnell. And, of course, it's a credit to the Ukrainian military for preparing for this. But, the difference in politics is probably bigger. It is not only the reason why we are more likely to support them, it is why Putin felt he needed to invade. In 2014, Ukraine was at a turning point. By 2019, they were clearly moving westward after Zelensky's decisive victory. Can someone provide a clear distinction between Obama's 2014 response and Biden's early 2022 response? In both cases, I see 1) provide arms, 2) pressure allies for sanctions, 3) absolutely, positively do not risk American lives over it. Ok, the level of arms and sanctions may be different, but the basic response was the same. And Biden early 2022 is not responding the same as Biden July 2023. As the war goes on, we increase the sophistication of the weapons we send. It's not about Biden becoming more old school; it's about gaining the confidence that the Ukrainians can make good use of it. It's also about recognizing that there is little escalation the Russians can do at this point. 2014 was just different in both aspects. That being said, there are very few people I would rather have dealing with this. In 2008, I supported Biden over Clinton and Obama, precisely because of his foreign policy chops. As the VP, Ukraine was one of Biden's pet projects. In 2014 and 2015, he travelled to Kiev to push anticorruption measures. Remember when Trump was whining that Biden threatened to withhold funds if Ukraine (Poroshenko) didn't fire the Prosecutor General (Shokin)? Well, it is true, but that is because Biden was pushing hard to change the corrupt political culture in Ukraine and Shokin is a corrupt sack of shit. And it was precisely those kind of political challenges that made it difficult to go all in on Ukraine in 2014-2016. I don't think Biden was "in Obama's ear," as much as he was guiding the policy. I don't think the Malaysian airliner made any difference in the American perception of situation. Regarding our allies, we couldn't even stop Germany from codeveloping Nordstream II with the Russians, despite making their gas shipments Ukraine-proof. It wasn't until 1) Russia did the full scale invasion and 2) the Ukrainians repelled it that people started giving a shit. If Kiev had fallen in March 2022, you know we would currently be working on "normalizing" relations, including rolling back sanctions. People like underdog stories, and this is an amazing story.

The fucker might not make July. He hasn't been seen since Rostov and Russian state media announced "jk, he is still under investigation for armed revolt." On one hand, this weekend has been a major tease. He had a shot at Moscow and Putin. Shit, even if he had just camped in Rostov for a couple of days, choking out supply and diverting troops, you have to think the Southern front would have collapsed. But, that stupid shitstain is all but dead and his forces are scattered and pissed off. That's a pretty good weekend.

Well, either Pretzel made a deal, or, more likely, TASS is spreading misinformation that the coup is about to be settled to avoid others joining up.

I'm okay with not solving the whole problem at once. What happens in Russia is pretty low on my priority list. For now, I will celebrate the complete fucking implosion of the Russian war effort.

Homer's boss: "If you throw a coup on Friday, don't bother coming in on Monday." Homer: "Whoo-hoo, four day weekend!"

…and, even if Wagner stops now and doesn’t move on Moscow, you have to think logistics are completely fucked. Putin isn’t going to resupply troops through Wagner held Rostov. Unless this shit is fixed in the next 24 hours, I’d expect to see mass desertion, surrenders, or possibly organized retreat from the fronts in the next 72 hours. And I have no idea what is going on in Belarus. That can’t be a coincidence, but I don’t know who is driving it. Could be a similar dynamic where suddenly a major supply line is completely fucked.

Well, since he is saying the invasion was built on lies I doubt he will continue the pointless war of attrition. I think that is his selling point to get the regular army flips. My bet is he would pullback to pre invasion lines and fortify. So, conflict would continue over Crimea, but probably be a cooler stalemate, possibly an outright ceasefire.

I am curious if he is going for Moscow or taking control of the Russian army. At this point, he could completely choke off the southern half of the front. That is some fucking leverage.

You don't think he has a plan? I don't know if he reaches for Moscow today, but I doubt he just launched a major military operation because he had a bad day.

The Ukrainian troll game is strong.

1. Do pilots want to fly that mission? You all are assuming that the military still wants to fight for Putin. The coup is their best hope for the war in Ukraine being over in the next three years. 2. The limitations of air superiority have definitely been demonstrated during the last year. I am curious about artillery.

He certainly should be.

Yeah, he's dead if he fails. He knew that going in. Which means he was pretty sure he wouldn't fail.

In Obama's defense, he was asked whether he ever shot a gun, he said that he shot clay pigeons "all the time" at Camp David, and then the White House released a photo of Obama shooting a gun. He didn't look like a someone who was an experienced shooter, but he didn't really claim to be an experienced shooter. And that's what the Republicans focused on during the discussion on the gun control, because it was an easy distraction. In Trump's defense (can't believe I typed that), he has never, ever tried to appear working class. His whole brand is high-rolling business man. He is also white trash, which tends to have some overlap with the "white working class" voting block. He genuinely likes professional wrestling, McDonalds, and fucking anything that moves. He is racist, sexist, and profoundly ignorant. Playing around in a tractor cab was just playing. His bullshit is always geared at looking wealthier than he is. Well, and pretending to be religious.

You decided to remove the context. Once, again, I think everyone know that Fetterman has brain damage from the stroke and that has resulted in an impairment of his speech. He has a disability. That's true of millions of Americans. What makes you a shitstain is the insistence to project that beyond what is you can observe. Millions of disabled deal with that shit on a regular basis. You claiming it to be perfectly legitimate would be like saying, "this is a thread about Obama being black so why are people complaining when I say he loves fried chicken and watermelon." You have extrapolated something unsupported from what little you can observe. It is what millions of disabled people have to deal with on a daily basis. My crazy liberal woke mindset is that perhaps you should actually try to determine whether a disabled person is capable of performing a job before just discarding them based on irrelevant attributes. Since we have that codified in our federal law, I consider it to be a shared American value. So, getting back to my original comment: Do you have any indication, other than the speech issues, that Fetterman is having cognitive issues that are interfering with his job? If not, maybe just shut the fuck for a while. And now I can assume the GOP talking point is that Fetterman is a trust fund baby. The fucking irony.