The Sec. of Defense should be required to do this.

I think that’s the goal.

Ok. That puts less people in danger than what happened the last time democrats went wild with the anti-China hysteria and started shooting missles at weather balloons. This level of cowardice and immaturity is astounding. You would think the China’s inexplicable but very real genocide in Xinjiang would also be a good reason to not import their cars, but somehow that wasn’t on her list. Imagine getting this level of political power and doing yellow peril bullshit instead of threatening to fight all of your colleagues if they don’t raise the minimum wage.

Normal operations. The court did some tortured legalism on behalf of the rich.

It’s a distraction for sure, but probably meant to keep you from noticing some really petty grifting. They’re proud of the genocide in Gaza. They would like you to notice that.

Dude, I just work here. If anyone hates me it’s because of the rich assholes claiming to represent me when they spread misery around the world. Once they’re defeated by whatever scary foreign power I’m pretty sure I’ll be fine.

last year

Who was president?

Putin remembers it even if the western liberals that actually did it don’t remember it.

I guess it would be weird to shut the government down if you’re not advocating for anything in particular.

No, it’s bribing people to leave without making a fuss.

Are people never curious about these communist monsters that also for some reason waged war against the nazis? Nobody ever thinks what even is communism, maybe I should read a book? You can even watch videos of Lenin and Stalin speaking.

We’re stretching the budget now, but good sleeping bag too.

I do a lot of ranting in front of my kids, and when we’re confronted with obvious bullshit like a bunch of people having to live under a bridge, I make sure to conclude the rant by telling them Stalin would’ve dealt with the people responsible for this.

I also tell them that in this family we talk to strangers, and then model that behavior. We spend a lot of time learning about the lives of people around the world and the collective accomplishments of the people in maligned places like Appalachia or China. We study foreign languages and speak to people in their native languages. As a general guiding principle my wife and I have agreed that we want our kids to grow up with self awareness that they are part of the workers of the world.

I read on Wikipedia that klezmer music was banned in the Stalin era USSR. Of course, you can easily find klezmer albums recorded in state owned studios in the Stalin era USSR. Pointing this out is “original research”, which isn’t allowed by Wikipedia. Instead you have to use a so-called reliable source, which means any dumb shit published by someone like Anne Applebaum in the Atlantic is just fine. I advise against using Wikipedia for anything. Even a straightforward fact like a date of birth isn’t to be trusted unless you’re planning to dig through all of the citations.

A few years ago I heard from a few people that breast cancer is not treated in Canada. That seemed highly unlikely, and about 1 minute of research confirmed it wasn’t true, but do you have any idea what people were talking about?

Somebody must have at this point.

I don’t feel threatened by China. It’s easy.

Someone elsewhere on this site pointed out that Yemen doesn’t have any aircraft. If that’s true it means anyone shooting at aircraft new it was American. So, probably not friendly fire.