Why do people insist on blaming the victim? If this turns into WWIII it will be putin's unprovoked attack on Ukraine that started it. Do They blame FDR for starting WWII?
@JonChevreau@GottaLaff Mexico likewise, not only close but a target of his/ their hatred. And Europe. If he cancels support for Ukraine AND NATO, the Russisn Empire will extend to the Atlantic. The Mideast? Gaza and West Bank will be overwhelmed, Iran will attack with Ru backing.
Trump has been itching to nuke somebody for 8+ years. He can order it with immunity. "His" generals will comply.
I deplore the assassination attempt. I deplore the warped interpretation of 2d amdmnt that makes this country a killing field, the gun mfrs & dealers who insist that it should be & the elected officials they bribe to keep it so.
I deplore the "Project 2025" plan to turn this country into Saudi Arabia for "Christian" extremists. A trump spokesperson soon after shooting said it was a Biden Op. They would execute him based on that - no trial. Do NOT let this distract. Trump MUST be defeated.
If companies want workers physically present in office: • pay for time spent commuting • pay for travel cost - mileage allowance,/parking or pub transp • provide free lunch • pay for childcare, dogsitter • create a friendly, fun atmosphere - not "get in your cube and work heads down, slave"
In other words, make them WANT to go to office. Otherwise, gfys.
@HistoPol if it does not I will become the raging hippie I was too conservative to be in the 60s-70s. I cheered other people protesting the war, getting arrested.
@blogdiva this is obscene. The whole concept is bad, but the billing for time not served HAS to be illegal. The sentence was incarceration, not a fine. State is piling on. ACLU should be fighting this.
@WarnerCrocker To the extent it makes trump freak out, I'm all for it. Like his crowd size nonsense, which should have made, but did not, him a laughingstock with his cult, if it chips away at the adulation, good!
That was kinda my point. While it seems dehumanizing, the obvious choice to me is use the pronoun "it," not "they." "They is" is pidgin; "they are" exacerbates the already confusing use of a plural form. I get not labelling someone as to genitalia or sexual preferences/ identity, but "they" just does not work for me. I always react "who else is he/she bringing?"
I finished the 5-day course of Paxlovid yesterday,5 more days at least til ok.
It was to be a family get-together for the holiday - first in 4 years.
I got COVID enroute Tucson from Chicago.
I spent 5 days alone in my dtr;s VRBO house; others rented another when they got here. Now I'm in a secluded wing of my dtr's house. Family in VRBO next door.
Four years Almost 4 years i've been a hermit. Finally decided to roll the dice Wore n95 for 15 hours. Limo, airport, flight to Vegas. Airport, flight to Tucson daughters car.
Beyuch next to me on on last flite had covid.no mask Now i do Fuck people all to hell.
I Lived thru Cold War, Civil Rights era. Believed in the "Dawning of the Age of Aquarius" twice.They shot JFKNow they shot the Great ExperimentI'm a mechanical engineer and systems integration project manager., retired in '16. Now I'm an ombudsman for my refugee friends. I love science, all fields, refurbish bikes for folks in need. I restore native ecosystems.That was all until 11/5/2024.Now??