Biden isn’t quite as bad as the soundbites make him seem, but he is slowing down (physically and mentally) in his old age and was just generally an extremely uninspiring candidate. Trump, if anything is worse than you portray. He’s way more senile than Biden, in addition to the blatant corruption, rulebreaking, childishness, and being horrifically and openly racist and sexist. He has literally quoted Hitler! No decent and reasonable person who is paying the slightest attention to what he says and does would think he is remotely qualified for any position of authority. The fact that he is polling roughly evenly with an extremely qualified and intelligent person like Kamala Harris is indeed an absolute clownshow.

That does seem to be the story of this war, doesn’t it? I bet all the major militaries are looking at stuff like this and investing in more drones for themselves, too.

Wait, fallout 4 didn’t do the ending slideshow? That’s an iconic part of the series! I’m so glad I stopped buying Bethesda games.

Unfortunately for the residents of Moscow, all Russian AA weapons are currently in Ukraine.

It seems that we have progressed to the “find out” stage. I wonder if this will have any measurable effect on Putin’s support, though. Russians seem like heavy sleepers.

This is NOT a purity spiral

Right, because that’s exactly what people who are not in a purity spiral say.

Except that they love policies that only benefit rich people who don’t care about them.

It’s not hypocrisy when you understand that “waste” is conservative for “helps the poor and/or minorities”

As the article says, there are typically a few cases a year in the US. It’s actually endemic in the wild. No need to panic just from a case or two popping up.

No it isn’t. The Democrats haven’t had their convention yet.

What the fuck? Why would you do that!?

Both have the same ultimate cause, as well: politicians safe at home demanding immediate results no matter what it costs.

Putin thought he could defeat Ukraine in three days, and the result is two years and plus of war, tens of thousands of casualties that he will admit to, and US-made weapons now being fired into Russia. I don’t see him being the kind of 4D Chessmaster you seem to think he is.

At this point Putin’s goal is pure personal survival. He needs to not lose the war because that would make him look weak, which is very dangerous for a dictator. To keep himself alive and in power he is willing to throw any amount of Russian soldiers into the meat grinder.

Of course they saw it coming, that’s why they banned abortion in the first place. It’s all about control.

All South Korean male citizens are required to perform 18-21 months of military service.

While this is true, the fact that war would be a bad idea doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t happen. People make bad decisions all the time.

If politicians want people to have more children, maybe they could do something to make having kids less ruinously-expensive.

There is no red line. Netanyahu could literally kill and eat a Palestinian baby on live TV and nothing would change.

it does seem excessively lurid to suggest, without direct evidence, that they have been raped in captivity for the past several months

But you’re just going to do it anyway?