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.

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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

Parasite

Another demonstration of the vaunted Western Values^TM

The wreckers are coming from inside the house.

i was quoted $100 recently, but i’m not drug hip at all.

draconian policies are very popular, evidently. but moreover, Biden is not trying to win staunch Republicans, he’s trying to cement his appeal among the sliver of constituents that put him over the top last cycle (normal, suburban whites). making the GOP take seditious positions on immigration is probably a fine strategic move; and, while the redditor-lib affect --one of earnest, sycophantic defense of Biden-- is really lame, i wouldn’t conclude that immoral positions are identical with strategic mistakes. if moral clarity and rectitude were sufficient to win, the Left should be, i’d like to think, undefeated.

huh? if the GOP rejects the deal, Biden gets a feather in his cap, if the GOP rejects the deal, they look extreme and silly to the small sliver of marginal, contestable voters.

obviously there’s nothing Biden can do to win MAGA chuds; they’ll pick the real fascism every time. but he doesn’t need to – he only needs to cement the 3pct or whatever of normal suburban whites who used to be moderate Republicans (the same constituents that he took in 2020). and those people probably don’t like the “vibe” of American being overrun by foreigners, and also probably think that seceding from the Union is unserious and dangerous.

also, I’d think: the material interests just won’t produce a progressive, humane policy; the people that would most materially benefit are the prospective immigrants who are definitionally non-voters. the Atlantic readers with No Human is Illegal yard signs aren’t abandoning Biden for this; the Left, such that is, has already been brought to heel (and those who plan to withhold votes or support are already jumping ship over Biden’s genocide; in for a penny, in for a pound, the Dem advisors must think).

isn’t the problem with golf the amount of urban space and absurd amount of water it requires? (and, like, country-clubs have a history of de jure racial exclusivity.) like, class resentment is very understandable, but this sounds like someone who hasn’t carved fresh powder, ya know?

love everyone.

i don’t think all white people should die.

Stop posting

Go find God

Come back after you found God

Yes. All Biden needs to secure is that small margin of normal, suburban whites. Trump will be on parade and on trial for months (as the media is on him and off Biden, the polls will correct themselves), the Republicans will have to defend their routinely rejected abortion policies, the Fed will turn the money tap back on and the economy vibes will be good. Biden has already whipped every threat from the left into shape, he just needs to pursue a policy of cruelty to outsiders and he’s got a comfortable W.

Just rulin’ the waves from the settee, innit?