Having NATO soldiers being absolutely decimated, would certainly calm the bloodlust of the Western masses.

Uh, or it whips the Western decisionmakers into a frenzy and gives pretext for a wider conflict.

In a country that should really be in NATO if they’r had any balls for that matter

Huh I wonder if Ukraine and the West considered having Ukraine join NATO before the SMO? Did anyone consider that lmao.

Not to pile on you, but whether or not his domestic efforts are sufficient or at least worth holding ones nose, his treatment of Palestine is disqualifying to anyone w half a brain.

But apart from the moral question, which you evidently couldn’t be bothered by, if it’s such an easy choice, why is he polling so badly? It’s simple: he’s a bad candidate. He’s polling dreadfully in what should be another easy Dem win, he’s universally seen as being illequipped for the job (humiliations in Afghanistan (frankly one of few his unambiguous Ws), Ukraine, and now Palestine, with the Court, w Texas, ceding the immigration issue to Republicans, cant string two sentences together)-- why are you wasting energy caping for him? The Dems have enough time to replace him. You’d avoid these pitiable indignities.

ya i, cleverly or so i thought, squirrelled away enough money this year at the new job to cover me for a years of worth of (weekly? semi-weekly? i probably split the difference) psychotherapy appointments, which it appeared, despite what i think is pretty good health insurance, to require a non-deminimis copayment per appointment. free money, fuck the tax man, fund the the fsa. but, as it turns out, any telehealth behavioral apppointments are actually free on my plan, and i see my therapist by telehealth, so it’s all actually free, and so now ive earmarked thousands of dollars for the fsa which i now i have no plan for and only a small fraction will rollover at the end of the year.

so! will i get in a terrible car accident or be diagnosed with a terrible disease and be able to put that money to good use? or will i just buy the most expensive pair of oliver peoples glasses at the end of year, or buy a room full of diapers in a desperate attempt to prove to my ex i’m now reliable and responsible and good at money and planning (this being an unfortunate exception). time will tell!

sorry i’ve been hoggin’ all the dreams.

polluting every thread with irrelevant metaphysics

Smartest, most cogent determinist.

someone who is good at economy pls help me budget this. my family is dying

I’ll rewatch, but the finale w/ the boy looking up from the gutter being Horatio Alger brained, explains the films huge popularity with the liberal chatterers.

Parasite