The compromise is to do cash that’s earmarked for something. My family will give me an envelope and say “this is for bitcoins” or “reddit gold”. And then I tell them “okay…” And then just buy whatever I want.

If there is one force you can always count on is democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy.”

Also, “That’s just locker room talk.”

These statements are often made in the same breath.

Because war is easy to sell to your mouth breathing electorate.

There’s a big bad guy causing all your problems! Let me be strong and kill him. And while I do, I’ll make sure immigrants don’t take your jobs.

The last time this was discussed, my understanding is that Article 5 of NATO would activate, with the US being the aggressor.

Whether the rest of NATO would actually attack US forces would be the question.

“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy.”

I think people like rationalizing their behaviors so that they don’t seem weird. When really they are just being themselves.

Behaviors become mental illnesses when they start to affect other parts of your life. Organizing your books by color is unusual and quirky, but not a mental illness.

If you can’t leave a library because you have to organize their books by color, then it’s a mental illness.

I’d love to see the EU to start calling out fascist organizations and labeling them as terrorists.

Democracy is very fickle, especially since all it takes for democracy to fail is a minority of people to allow fascism to take hold.

Trump’s lack of ability to control the US doesn’t mean he can’t bring instability to the EU. Quite the opposite. If he can bring doubt into the coalition, then it will become easier for him to get what he wants, which is a smaller voting bloc.

knows his name will be known for so very many bad things

He absolutely does not.

He literally thinks he’s perfect and that his shit doesn’t stink. He is a narcissist.

That’s why he wants his name on a fucking battleship because it’s “strong” like him.

This is why I hate people who say they hate being on a jury.

You have the most direct access to affect your society in a jury box than you do at the ballot box.

Stupid question from someone who doesn’t know fuck all about this guy: why did he even enter the ring? Like why did the guy, who clearly is outmatched, even consider being matched with the other boxer?

Racist people often support other racists.

Iirc correctly, Amazon actually doesn’t resell their returns. At least not through their storefront.

They have “return auctions” where returns are put onto a pallet and then people bid on them to purchase. Apparently this is cheaper than having a workflow for their returns, checking them to make sure they are resellable, and then stocking them back into their warehouse.

I’ve said this in my other comments closer to the election but it bares repeating.

Democrats lost for two main reasons:

• they failed to energize their base
• they didn’t push Biden out fast enough

They didn’t have much control over the second point. Biden was holding onto power like every other president until other party leaders turned on him.

But DNC fully owns the first point. 2024 saw the same playbook as 2016: at least I’m not Trump.

That worked in 2020 because Trump was president. But the DNC failed to deliver any lasting and impactful change during Biden that everyday Americans could point their finger and say, “I want more of that.” Instead, Biden delivered mediocre “stay the course” programs, which given the Republican Congress, was a miracle but it doesn’t win you elections.

The DNC report probably blames Harris for being a woman and probably puts blame on genocide issue voters and will, undoubtedly, learn the wrong lesson again. They are going to keep moving to the right despite clear evidence that the American people want a government that works for them, and not a government they merely tolerate.

If you want change in the DNC, we need to form a new party. The perfect time is to start now, before primaries are underway for midterms. Have progressive candidates sign on as Democrats, pledging to support a progressive party if enough representatives win. If the DNC complains that they are splitting the vote, progressives should clap back and say they are bowing to fascists.

they should work with Republicans

Have…have you not been paying attention?

Republicans want power. They don’t care how they get it. They will negotiate in bad faith to get it.

Jfc…

STOP GOING TO REDDIT!

it’s been 2+ years since they proved they don’t give a flying fuck about it’s users. If you are getting banned now, you’re only complaining because it now affects you.

It was the exact same. the math of this is that verizon makes enough money on the contract that they can pay for a phone within your 3 year contract.