David the Gnome

What are they going to do about it though?  Opinions of the general public may be shifting, but are the billionaires and the politicians backed by them going to change?  Haha, no.

Europe has the same issues we do, they are controlled by the wealthy elite and a rabidly growing far right.  Liberal Europeans have lost as many, if not more el…[Read more]

@djean111

Maybe a temporary ceasefire would end very badly.  Best to come up with a permanent one.  Yes, I share your feelings about western governments, just…

There has to be a point at which sanity prevails.  There are several very good reasons that armies have never liked fighting in winter.  You’ll lose as many or more to the cold and hun…[Read more]

This is idiocy, not Patriotism.  Winter is pretty much here (at least, in my neck of the woods) and his people are going to be hungry, freezing, sick and suffering.  This is exactly the time for him and for world powers to call for ceasefire.

No, Minsk 3 would sink, so might any other deal – but even a temporary one could save many lives.  Th…[Read more]

I honestly think that if our egocentric, belligerent politicians were willing to sit down and talk this out with both parties, a resolution could be reached.  Something neither side liked but both could live with.

The problem is so many are still trying to fight the cold war.  Or they are calculating decisions to weaken Russia as much as p…[Read more]

Where are all the calls for ceasefire?  Oh, that’s right, “progressive” democrats wrote a letter calling for it… Which they quickly retracted.  Yeah, they want the Ukrainians to bleed Russia dry.  The cost to Ukrainians seems to be irrelevant to our politicians and even to the UN.

Our weapons are there, our troops are there, our money is th…[Read more]

I know oil isn’t generally supposed to be green.  Sounds bad.

Seriously… It is like saying up is down and passing legislation based on that.  Of course the U.S. does it all the time, but aren’t Europeans supposed to be more enlightened or some shit?

Europe’s worst security crisis in decades, says the article.  Uhm, what security crisis?  Has Russia invaded Germany or something?

Over thirty six hundred for a ten minute ride in an ambulance?  This is what they actually bill…

So much for affordable care.  The more stories like this I read, the more I want to leave the U.S.

How many rounds can you fire with, say, a standard Glock, before you have to reload?  How about a typical hunting rifle or shotgun?

If my understanding is accurate, the AR 15 is not difficult to mod for a magazine with, say, 50 rounds.  Rapid rate of fire as well.  There is a reason these are frequently used in mass shootings.

Yes, a handgun is…[Read more]

Simply put: you don’t need an AR 15 for hunting.  If you do, then you really need to learn what the heck you are doing before you shoot yourself in the face by accident.

I do not see an issue with people owning fire arms, but unless you are in a war zone you don’t need such a high capacity weapon.

I think safety and registration need to be…[Read more]

Kudos for the nerve, someone pass the popcorn…

@doh1304

I’m 99% certain that was a joke.

@tonyl

Our founding fathers, as they are called, were mostly thinking about what Congress thinks about today.  ” How do I get more money and power?”

The history of any Nations leaders would almost certainly have the same said of them.  In the last several decades, the U.S. – well, various interests, individuals and corporations in the U.S. – h…[Read more]

There will be consequences for that, too.  When even the faux progressives have no real voice or choice, the overall fascist system will become less apologetic and more openly hostile.

If the Democrat is like a sly fox, the Republican is like a rabid wolf.

I’m afraid this shit storm hasn’t even really started yet.

But some times I think he writes fiction.

@dunatus

The point you make is very apt and I agree.  Yes, I think our congress – and even most of the so called progressives – are bought and paid for.  It is not entirely their fault, there are three lobbyists for every member of Congress on any given day.  And the system they have to work with is a sh…[Read more]

For me – the one that the next few in line would likely not do well without.  The U.S. of course.  Somehow, I do not think most Nations of the world (or their neighbors) would even tolerate Saudi Arabia and Israel without U.S. backing – and they tolerate us only because they have no choice.

China will soon surpass us anyway, in several i…[Read more]

More than likely, anything he intends to do that will take any length of time will be undone by the soon to be Republican Congress.  If not by them, then by whatever Republican replaces him in 2024.

Still… to do bluntly promote this during this time of inflation, high gas prices, unaffordable housing, healthcare and everything else?  Seems to m…[Read more]

It is worth thinking about.  If the system collapses at some point, I do think we will see several attempts at feudalism or another attempt to make fascism work.  Ultimately though, any kind of real dystopia would probably knock out communication for many of us, assuming there was a significant number left.

In the scheme of things, I think it i…[Read more]

Looking back, I was one of those democrats not all that long ago.  Eventually, I just got tired of being lied to, of nearly every promise and ideal being betrayed.  I had had enough by the time Bernie Sanders threw his hat in the ring.

Then, because he was a good man who seemed to me to be honestly practicing what he preached, I regretfully got i…[Read more]