This is one of the absolute most stupid things I have ever heard of. This kind of shit would not have past muster during my time in DoD or DoE. With decisions like this, maybe we deserve to be hacked.

Why the cowardice?

Unlike this MAGAt infested country.

Or at least part of them. I don't think any country with thousands of thermonuclear warheads can be described as "developing." Russia/USSR was a major contributor to climate change through its oil exports and pollution policies.

This isn't Australia we're talking about, it California. Yes, fireworks cause fires in the city. Do you somehow think the urban areas are surrounded with just miles of bare dirt?

I grew up in a state where fireworks were legal, and really regret not being able to enjoy fireworks with my kids. But I understand how our entire state is a tinderbox in the summer, and I've seen the fires started as a result of fireworks, including in my own front yard as a result of kids using them a block away, and something landing in a bush in my yard.

F-off Comrade. Stick to fellating Putin.

Again, you don't appear to understand the scale, nor the demographics. True, I am sure there is more civil aviation infrastructure in the US than Europe, and probably more private aircraft ownership as well. But vast swathes of the populace can't afford private plane ownership, nor the cost of a rental car once they get to their destination, needed because of lack of mass transit. Imagine that.

Also, we don't have the passenger rail capacity nor culture to use it that Europe has. Our long-distance passenger rail service, while exclusively Federally-owned, is prohibitively expensive. It is very common for train tickets to be more expensive than airfare. The poor either drive their own cars, or less often, take a long-distance bus, if one is available for their destination. Again, once you get to where you are going, there more often than not isn't public transit, so car rental.

Lastly, there actually are Americans that enjoy driving. Cars are very much more a part of our culture than any other. Insane? Perhaps. Certainly a citizenry that allowed Trump to be elected a second time has a screw or two loose.

Idiocracy in action.

"Weird range requirements"

You seem to be suffering from the same problem Americans do with respect to the scale of European countries. You need to realize that there are highways in America with almost 400 kilometers between gas stations. Less common than it used to be, but happens.

Plus, I don't want to wait an hour for my car to charge. I'd like to be able to get through a day's driving on a single charge, and charge it while I sleep. Or have easily swappable batteries.

Whatever, why am I even wasting my time?

.... is sterilizing the immigrants they are rounding up and sending back to their home countries in hopes they will cut down on the migrating population. ðY

I want to see the Federal marginal income tax rate reverted to that of 1980, adjusted for inflation.

As a vet, I too find this offensive.

Yes, during a major worldwide war we did this extraordinarily unusual thing. There is no such exigent emergency. If these guys want to help, either be paid consultants, or start off as 2nd lieutenants like the rest of the officer corp.

Trump is helping alleviate the world's shortage of grid equipment by pushing for a rescission of all the green energy bills and projects funded during the Biden admin. Of course this is all because the fossil fuel industry owns the MAGA party.

Are the Christian Nationalists afraid of finding extraterrestrial life?

Yeah, that is pretty interesting. Thanks.