"Economic Hardship" has jack-shit to do with most of the declining birthrate. Women have more money than ever. If being poor hurt the birthrate, the Third World would have ceased to exist centuries ago. Women choosing careers over marriage has far more to do with it. Those that are getting married are doing so much later in life, when their fertility is already declining, and having few children is a consequence of that. Why do you think IVF and egg-freezing are in such demand? Because women that waited until 30 to get married discover, often to their surprise, that their best chances of pregnancy are in the rear window.

Women were told that they could have it all, the best of both worlds: that they could live like men in their twenties, living the single sexual life and moving up their corporate ladder, and after they had their fun, then they could marry the man of their dreams and have their family. All in a neat package. Except nature doesn't work that way. The Biological Clock is a thing, women have a set number of eggs, and by thirty, they start heading downwards in terms of fertility. Late pregnancies have a greater chance of complications and birth defects. The peak year for fertility and healthy birth is, IIRC, age 24 on average for females.

That and the women in their 30's and 40's that you describe, while having their fun, are running up very high body counts....and when they are ready to "settle down"...the men that are in their 30's and 40's, largely are not interested in them...

They are interested more in the younger, more virile good looking women...either to just get laid, or if looking for marriage, to grab younger women before they get that high body count.

It also seems, that women that have high body counts, have difficulty pair boding with a mate as deeply and intimately as those that do not.

I supposed because, in general, the old standard that women almost by nature involve emotion with sex, while men can largely separate the two, and it doesn't seem to "ruin" them later down the line for marriage or pair bonding.

Do you think trans kids would have otherwise been pumping out babies, and that it would be a good thing for more kids to be having babies??!?!?

No, but instead go with the stats, that well over 95% of the kids that are "confused", grow out of it....so, let that happen as it does naturally, rather than give them irreversible drugs and surgeries that will fuck them out of sexual activity or enjoyment for life.

I might now be able to get a voice that speaks clear English I can understand when I dial in for support.

so there's gobs of extra capacity at night when air conditioners and electric ranges and clothes dryers are not running.

Not running the AC at night???

I dunno WTF you live, but here in the New Orleans area...my AC comes on early to mid April and really doesn't hardly shut off till mid November.

Night is when I REALLY crank the temperature down so I can sleep.

Biden is really concerned that high gas prices might hurt his reelection chances, even to the point that he's considering tapping the strategic petroleum reserve again.

I dunno if he actually can without draining it dangerously LOW.

I don't think that fuck refilled it fully from the last time he gamed its usage for temporarily lowering gas prices....even if using the whole full thing, it isn't enough to cause much more than a blip on prices for a week or so maybe?

No, the only mention in the Constitution of "citizens" is in reference to the qualifications to hold certain offices. It applies to everyone here, citizen or not.

If that is the case currently in practice, then someone needs to challenge this...up to SCOTUS if need be. I can't imagine the founders intended to promote the US protections, etc to anyone outside of the US or Non-Citizens....and with current SCOTUS leaning towards originalism....we might get this fixed.

We are our own country, we are NOT the fucking world.

It's multiple times over budget

And thanks to inflation, the longer we take to build it, the more it will cost in the end. This is why it needs to get finished as quickly as possible. Build, baby, build!

More and more guys are seeing that legalities with marriage and modern feminists attitudes have made marriage something that is just NOT a good deal for them.

Young men today have everything to lose (fiscally and emotionally) with very little to gain by getting married and having kids today.

I see that a lot if not most of that is the US and greater western countries' legal system and attitudes against men and "masculinity" as the culprits in this trend (not discounting inflation and cost of living too)....

I think that's why you're seeing more of the "passport bros" trends of western men seeking out foreign women that have more traditional views on marriage and the male/female relationship.

But back on topic...less marriages...less diamonds to be purchased for wedding rings.

the California HSR project is...unable to attract any private funding.

Not unable, just not ready to ask for private investment until the project is closer to completion. That was the plan from the very beginning: first get the government to pay for the bulk of construction, then get private investors to pay for the last little bit.

Courts may rule evidence is needed before "punishing" Tik Tok, otherwise could be considered unequal treatment.

I believe the "National Security" ban hammer still holds a lot of sway in instances like this.

TT is held closely by an enemy/antagonistic foreign country...giving them the ability to sway discourse and public sentiment via their algorithms.

This is a bit of new ground granted....

But, the US constitution protects the US and it's people, not hostile foreign countries.....right?

We actually got both houses to pass this attempt and Biden actually signed it.

It is at least a start.

The problem is....this gives WAY too much time....TT will still be fully able to affect and sway this years election.

It's a problem for trans kids too and sure they only make up 1% of the population but when you've got several thousand employees you're going to have a few in there. That's just how math works.

Hey, these folks can play dress up all they want...but, we're just not going to tolerate biological men in women's restrooms and changing areas.

This is common sense stuff that has worked since...forever, not sure why they are trying to wreck women's rights in this and other areas they fought so hard for.....

Well i for one welcome our quadruped flame throwing overlords. Or wait... Imagine a beowulf cluster of those. (Yes i'm that old). but in all seriousness, A swarm of those assaulting trenches... you don't even need accuracy. The sheer horror of seeing those come at you would make you reconsider your life choices.

Nah...just pull out your EMP gun....*ZAP* they all fall over.

I may be wrong, but I think I heard somewhere that flamethrowers aren't classified as weapons in the US. Might be why it's legally easy to market Thermo.

They are not classified as a firearm...they are perfectly legal to own in the US.

... and simply mount an automatic rifle on the top. That after all is where this ultimately is all leading but no one dare say it.

Well, at least in the US, it is incredibly expensive to attain any full auto weapon (can't be manufactured after 1986 for any civilian possession)....and with that scarcity factor, you might be a bit apprehensive to modify or alter a collectors piece.

Then, you have to go through the lengthy federal background checks and licensing to possess a full auto weapon.

And frankly, IMHO...the ATF may see what you are doing with it and reclassify it as AOW (Any Other Weapon)....which I think (not sure) requires more paperwork, and/or might be denied as something a regular US citizen civilian can own...?

That last part I don't know about....but have my suspicions.

People keep seeming to think it is easy to own a full auto weapon (Machine gun)...it really is not.

An AR-15 is not a "machine gun"/Assault Weapon/full auto weapon.

It is merely a semi-auto rifle....it goes bang once each time you pull the trigger.