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Comment Re:If Trump hadn't won (Score 1) 70

So, why were arms supplies to Ukraine constantly interrupted when Biden was in power? Also, why was Ukraine forbidden from striking targets inside Russia?

I saw this a bunch of times:
1. Ukraine starts going forward, reclaiming territory.
2. Almost immediately there is a problem with aid, some bill did not pass, something else happened.
3. Ukraine runs out of ammo and stalls.
4. After some time Russia starts going forward.
5. Suddenly, whatever problem occurred in step 2 is resolved, Ukraine gets more ammo and even gets some new weapon.
6. Russia stalls.

Maybe Biden was afraid of Russian nukes. Maybe he tried to prolong the war as long as possible without thinking that his term was ending and it may not be him in the seat. I guess the policy was "Ukraine should win, but Russia should not lose"

I don't like Trump in general, but I like the part when Putin says "we have nukes, we are going to test one", Trump's response is "we also have nukes and are going to test one".

Comment Re: Full Confidence (Score 1) 70

Unless they're going to do something silly like locking out SIM cards of everybody who was out in the boonies for too long

Yes, they are doing it, or at least that's the plan. If a SIM card was offline for 72 hours, it is also blocked, just like one returning from abroad.
Mobile internet won't work for 24 hours unless you confirm that you are a human by solving a captcha.

Are there ways around it? I'm sure there are, but it would make drone attacks a bit more difficult.

At some point Russia will probably just disable mobile internet if you get closer than 300km to the border with Ukraine. It's not like Putin has to worry about his ratings.

Comment Re:My personal theory? (Score 2) 111

Someone who gets some large amount of money and thinks "hey, this looks like a lot of money, I will never be able to spend it for the rest of my life, might as well stop working and do something for fun" does not become one of the richest people on the planet.

For example - I work because I need money. If I won the lottery or got a large amount of money some other way, I would put the money in some index funds or wherever that's low risk and live off the returns without having to work anymore. There are things I want to do and I need money and time to do them, but money itself is not my goal.

For the people who do become one of the richest people on the planet, money is their goal. They will work more hours, do anything to get more and more money. This personality trait is what lets them go to the top. However, it cannot be turned off, so, even if the person makes trillion dollars, he will work to make even more.

There's a game called Factorio. In it you crash land on some planet and have to build a rocket to launch a satellite in space, to do that you need to build an entire factory that takes ore, processes it, makes components and so on, until you manage to make the rocket. Technically the game ends when you launch the rocket, but you can play after that, improving and expanding the factory to be able to launch many rockets. People have put many hours into playing the game, even after if "ends" to have the most rockets per minute or some other self-made goal. The game is over, you "won", so why are you still playing? Because it's fun, there are goals still to be achieved and so on. The same with ultra rich and making money.

Comment Re: are we winning yet? (Score 3, Funny) 235

This is false, you Lying Klan Fuckface. REPUBLICANS insisted on the timer and Trump promised to veto unless the timer was in the law. This is very clear from the record, just as clear as the fact that every one of you America-Hating Retarded Repukelikan Klan Shitbags is incapable of honesty.

Comment Re:are we winning yet? (Score 4, Insightful) 235

If they want to win, the people need to see and experience the true impact of the laws passed by the Republicans.

That has been happening. More importantly, people need to see that Democrats are willing to stand up and fight rather than just rolling over for every nasty thing the Republicans are doing.

The Democrats are just terrible at strategy. Really, really bad.

In the sense that the elder Democratic Party leadership kept trying to play by the rules while the Republicans proved they are dishonest sociopathic fucks incapable of fair and honest behavior, you are correct. What we are seeing right now is that the younger Democratic leadership are taking charge and not playing along with Republican dishonesty any more. And again, part of the Democratic Party regaining support is proving by action that they are willing to fight.

Add to that, government shutdowns are just stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid. The laws have already been passed, and now we just have to write the check to pay for what was already done. And trying to use it as a tool to force Republicans - many of whom would be happy if the government were shutdown forever - to negotiate? Not going to work.

Democrats negotiated and the party consensus is that Schumer "caved" last March during the prior budget negotiations. And what happened right after March? Republicans promptly RENEGED ON THE AGREEMENTS anyways, first canceling many promised policy votes and then using "rescission" to remove approved funding from various programs. The Republicans proved that they cannot be trusted.

So now the Democrats are actually fighting. And they're making it clear that this time, they're not just going to cave. And the proof that it's actually working? Look at Tuesday's election results.

EVERY open governor's race went Democrat, and not only that, all three beat the polling predictions by a pretty big margin.

California voted to redistrict and say "Fuck Texas" by an almost 2/3 majority.

Pennsylvania retained all 3 Democratic supreme court members by double-digit margins.

Comment Re:are we winning yet? (Score 2) 235

Dear Retarded MAGA Fuckwit and Likely Pedophile:

Why aren't the victims naming the people who victimized them? Because they are scared for their safety since many of the offenders are in powerful positions, like Treasonous Pedophilic Sack of Criminal Shit Donald Judas Trump.

Oh, and BTW, was Epstein accused of pedophilia? The official charges were: sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors. Read that again and again until you understand it, you Dishonest Fucking Lying Pedophile.

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