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"A Nebraska state senator, Bruce Bostelman, last month warned of an alarming new variety of deviance making its way into the state’s schools. “It’s something called furries,” he said. Schoolchildren, Bostelman claimed, were identifying as cats or dogs. “They meow and they bark.” And educators, indulging them, “are wanting to put litter boxes in the schools for the children to use,” said Bostelman. Perhaps needless to say, none of this was true. Bostelman later apologized for spreading falsehoods, saying, “It was just something I felt that if this really was happening, we needed to address it and address it quickly.” From a NYT story. No his wife wasn't serving him catnip for lunch. This story was reported around the world. People go inline and check out their brains at the mouse.

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Thats probably why Truth Social aka Digital World Acquisition Corp has cratered in price from $97 to $56 now. With more dropping to come. "nearly a month after its launch, Truth Social has become a laughingstock, marked by a botched rollout, a share price collapse and, in Trump, a figurehead who doesn’t actually post much to his own social media platform....According to the Daily Beast, people close to Trump “have heard the former president on the phone swearing gratuitously and asking things like: ‘What the fuck is going on’” with Truth Social... In early March the network was averaging just 300,000 visits each day, according to the Daily Beast. Truth Social spent 21-23 February as the most downloaded app on the Apple app store, according to Similarweb, but by 12 March it was only the 173rd most popular app." Finally last week trump asked his marketing firm to investigate why there was only one user left on the platform. His marketing firm contacted the last user. A guy named "Brent". Who couldn't comment because he was crying in his soup. Over the dismal state of republican affairs.

60 minutes had a feature story on how the UK was for sale to Russians with money on Sunday. Buy citizenship and wash rubles by buying politicians, real estate and other UK goods.

Joe you are attempting to use adjectives of character to debate with someone who confuses them with inherent biases of race.“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.”

That stampede hasn't died down by now?

Don't tell Ken that aircraft landed you on your yacht. Everything is a money pit. But when you're off to the pearly gates. Both the A/C owner and the guy who never bought one. Will have the same amount of cash in their pockets.

I'm amazed that Brent's ISP can provide service so deeeeep in that rabbit hole. A Chinese provider would be cheaper if he just went a couple more feet.

The truth comes out on a Friday afternoon, a Freudian slip. Again and again you stated that you're no fan of his. Now you call it "serving our country".

If trump is so wealthy why does he need to borrow cell phones?

What about our Brent? No sympathy there? He'd likely be the first. This is a tough crowd..... I'd likely need a Kleenex.

That would be defined as the neutron bomb. Her presidency would cause mass cardiac arrests to all republicans.

Wrong Wrong again Right More solar panels need to be made in Europe to cut dependency on Russian gas, says EU "Poland said it was banning Russian coal imports, expected by May. Mr. Morawiecki says Poland will take steps to become “independent” of Russian supplies and is calling on other European Union countries to “walk away” as well. He argues that money paid for Russia’s oil and gas is fueling its war machine." It will end Russian Gas use by year end.

I don't think disagreeing about facts or opinions is dishonesty. IMO the US has done more for Ukraine than any other country. As an aside I'm 1/2 Ukrainian on my mothers side. She and my sister went on a holiday to Ukraine about 25 years ago. It was a bus tour through the country. My mom spoke Ukrainian but my sister didn't. So their most memorable memories was that when the bus had to stop for "pee" breaks. Evidently it didn't have a bathroom onboard. They would stop in the middle of nowhere near some bushes. They away you go. Then they would stop at fruit stands. Most of the fresh farm fruit would have worms or small scabs on it. My sisters take on it was that "it was sure nice to have fresh fruit and know it wasn't laced with pesticides like home".

Since 2004 the US has supplied Ukraine with a total of $19.5 billion in direct and military aid. Proportionally more than any other country including EU supports.

I'll concede that Joe has a point on 2%. But perhaps it should be 1.5% Australia has currently boosted its defense budget to 2.2%. In part because it recognizes China as a threat in its region.

It used to be fight 21/2 wars simultaneously. I think it has something to do with the "world hates America syndrome". I like em. I find them amusing. Especially Joe.

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You don't know that. His taxes arose not because he wanted to but because he exercied stock options that were expiring. Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces a potential tax bill of more than $10 billion on stock options he was granted in 2012. Musk started exercising the options Monday, exercising $2.5 billion in shares and selling $1.1 billion of those exercised options to pay the taxes. But he continued to sell additional stock, and it’s likely those sales were unrelated to the stock option exercises he must complete by August. This means future stock sales are likely.

Well actually its" The current strategic doctrine, which Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued in his Quadrennial Defense Review of early 2001 (before the 9/11 attacks), is a package of U.S. military requirements known as 1-4-2-1. The first 1 refers to defending the US homeland. The 4 refers to deterring hostilities in four key regions of the world. The 2 means the US armed forces must have the strength to win swiftly in two near-simultaneous conflicts in those regions. The final 1 means that the US forces must win one of those conflicts "decisively". The general policy objectives are to (1) assure allies(?Canada here?) and friends; (2) dissuade future military competition, (3) deter threats and coercion against U.S. interests, and (4) if deterrence fails, decisively defeat any adversary." Its five? eight? enemies at once? ......Where is Trigirl to help us out.

There was actually a "show of force" in the Taiwan straights and at the Islands China built. I think it was two years ago and Canada had a destroyer sail by both. I believe it was with US and Australian naval forces.

Unfortunately President Xi seems to be headed the way of Putin. He is now president for life. His island building and support for Putin is straight out of dictatorship 101.

Yes Its almost a one way street. Those are very well paying jobs.

OK I accept your data. But Canada is at a disadvantage. Canada has coast guard expenses that other NATO allies don't. Huge distances, northern climate, etc. Besides Canada is still recovering from the expense of war and our victory over the US. "This view was summarised by Secretary of State James Monroe, who said "t might be necessary to invade Canada, not as an object of the war but as a means to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion"... President Madison claimed permanent annexation was not an objective, he recognised once acquired it would be "difficult to relinquish".[78] A large faction in Congress actively advocated this policy, including Richard Mentor Johnson, who stated "I shall never die content until I see England's expulsion from North America and her territories incorporated into the United States"... All these groups assumed American troops would be greeted as liberators, guaranteeing an easy conquest. Thomas Jefferson believed taking "...Canada this year, as far as...Quebec, will be a mere matter of marching, and will give us the experience for the attack on Halifax, the next and final expulsion of England from the American continent" Sounds familiar.

Why do you hate Canada? Canada spends more than Denmark,Italy,Belgium and Spain. Within a few billion of Germany, the Netherlands.