https://aftermath.site/parrying-bad

I tried arguing with them that my name wasn’t “Current Resident” it went about as well as expected… lol

I put my girl down a year and a half ago. She was an eight year old rottie that loved life, Loved kids and loved me. She had cancer growing in her brain/snout that was making her angry, agitated and a danger to others. Could I have waited a month or two longer? Maybe, but she wasn’t happy anymore so it was time. I paid for an autopsy because I wanted to know, the cancer was everywhere in her skull/ muzzle taking up 1/5th the brain cavity.

Holding onto her for longer was unfair to the years of happiness she gave me. In the end I couldn’t be selfish and had to let her go. So maybe try that route with your wife? It was the hardest decision I ever made and I cried all the way to the vet and thought about turning around a couple of times.

Easier to launder money and have illicit money activities through crypto than fossil fuels

Do we know if these increased metal tariffs go live now or in April?

According to this article Wednesday is the day

I 100% agree with the sentiment. But if this is the same missile strike I read about earlier no Americans died in this attack, they managed to get to safety in time. Just want people to be aware of that fact.

Do I think this will eventually lead to American deaths and trump having more American blood on his hands yes.

“Allows you to control the downtime”

*unless your company infrastructure was designed by a 2 year old, you don’t have infrastructure admins that believe is still the wild wild west, and your Security team knows how to manage it’s av and doesn’t block the file servers

Since when did you need to be thanked for doing the rift thing?

I work in tech and I have a smart home w/ lights, switches, appliances and a controller. They are all on their own automation vlan that will never touch my home network. Sure “someone” is listening and can “hack” some of it. On the small, miniscule chance that happens I will deal with it. Until then the convenience is life changing.

That first article quotes Obama trying to close it. From the sounds of it congress attached keeping the base open as a rider to another defense funding bill. That’s a common tactic I think

And what would have happened if he did it sooner? They would have kept stalling out out? I believe no matter when he did it out would have needed approval

And what they said RECENTLY too. They were not dredging up tweets from 40 years ago. If memory serves these tweets were within the year.

That’s totally possible, I haven’t seen any evidence that the US backpedaled on these though. Not saying they haven’t just that I haven’t seen anything and I’m far from knowing everything so take that as you will.

I haven’t heard anything to the contrary and I’ve been trying to stay on top of this tariff fiasco

According to this Article China is retaliating so I assume they have gone into effect

I couldn’t care less about people respecting me. But why are they stupid comparisons in your opinion?

Getting a tad childish?

Yes, yes they do denounce seperating kids from their families at the border. I’ve talked about it and other things we don’t like about our parties, what they are doing, and why we still vote for them. How we all dislike choosing the best of two bad options. How maybe a ranked choice system would be better.

You think blindly following one party vs another is any better? No, you think you on your high horse telling them they are scum for voting one way or another is better? How many life long Republicans have you gotten to vote blue? I’ve changed several peoples minds by talking with them, hearing them out, and not just assuming they are terrible people.

I hear you, but not all Republicans support that. Are you a democrat, Do you support the genocide in Gaza? Are you independent? Then do you not care about either Gaza or kids being detained? Are you a different party? Do you agree with everything your pay does?

I also get everyone has something that will cause them to not be friends with people. That’s your choice and I’m not saying you have to be friends with people. Just don’t be a hypocrite and pick one, two, or five things and hate an entire group of people because of it.

I hate 30% of what Christians have done or stand for. It doesn’t mean I hate all Christians. But that is a choice that I have made.

I believe you are missing the point by latching on to one sentence and replying to that instead of the concept.

You are as wrong about them all being bad as they are saying all democrats are bad.

I mean, that’s just how people decide on who to be friends with right? I’m more likely to be friends with people that like camping and bonfires than people that like formula one. Do I have friends that like formula one? Sure.

I’m more likely to be friends with democrats but I do have a couple of republican friends.

I don’t understand this statement. Are your only friends people you agree with 100% on all things? That must get boring, what do you even talk about?

I have friends that voted for Trump. Not many but a couple. Am I friends with all Republicans? No just like I’m not friends with all democrats.

In order to radicalize someone, one of the first steps is cutting them off from people that disagree with what you are trying to teach/preach/say. When you pre emptivly do their cutting of for these republican friends/ family you are just leaving them in an echo chamber of hate/racism. Believe it out not, like what some others have said, not all republican voters are bad people.