Gross incompetence from Marine One

No response from tower and he just takes off anyway? I realize they don’t technically have to follow FAA regs, but those regs exist for a reason. Each and every one of them are written in blood

Should have gotten affirmative clearance from tower

Andrew and Tristan Tate’s legal team argued in a Miami court that the two were not a flight risk

Difficult job for that attorney, considering they’re in the US after fleeing Romanian prosecution, where they fled to avoid UK prosecution

It would be fascinating to get some analytics of law enforcement flock searches

I winder how skewed the demographics would be compared to non-stalking tools

I hope they prosecute, but I expect them to do nothing

Watching Mamdani and Trump really made me realize how much our politicians simply choose to do nothing

Mamdani is actually helping the people of New York. He’s working to solve daily issues that were ignored for decades

Trump is working to enrich himself and his friends and family. It’s incredibly corrupt, but he’s shown just how much power a president has if they want to use it

Yes, with the operative word being mobilization

Russia would need to conscript soldiers, which they tried to do a few years ago to disastrous results – public pushback forced them to walk it back

That’s why they want NATO involved, it allows them to say mobilization is needed because NATO is threatening the homeland

It’s a balancing act. They want to provoke NATO enough to sell the story of NATO threatening the homeland, but not so much that Russia actually has significant fighting against MATO

Putin feels he needs a military victory, and is taking increasingly large gambles to get it

Watch closely, because the US is following a similar path, just a few years behind

There is some nuance about how Putin got himself in a weak political position such that he felt the need for a desperate military victory, but it fundamentally is an imperialist action to colonize another country, yes

South Korea was a military junta at that time. Can you explain how you feel that is defending democracy?

Can you also explain how you feel the world wars were about democracy? Democratic levels on both sides of the wars were roughly even

It’s certainly what Russia wants

That does not even come close to solving the problem

Do you truly believe that is the only way Russia could possibly interfere in the election?

Do you believe Russian would simply skip propaganda campaigns? Or do you approve of that?

Do you think the Ukrainians in occupied territories would be able to vote freely and fairly?

There are dozens of issues with holding an election while occupied, and you’ve thought about 1 of them

Sounds like your taste buds have adapted after years of drinking the same thing

I have the same issue work Aldi’s knock off Red Bull. Even real Red Bull doesn’t taste right anymore

North Korea’s OS is Red Star, and I get the distinct impression you’ve never used it

I’ve used Red Star 2 and 3. It’s a perfectly adequate OS, and just comes off as any old Linux distro with slightly odd settings. Despite technically bring It’s own OS, I was able to use run pretty much anything built for Linux without issue

Calling it shit is reductive and inaccurate

Different legal justification this time. They’re using a 1930 law about discrimination against US businesses. It’s clearly bullshit, but they’ve learned it doesn’t matter

If there’s one good thing to come from Trump, it’s that he’s shown the president has the ability to do nearly anything they want

I won’t accept any excuses from future presidents

What makes you believe it’s astroturfing? What are the grass roots movements you feel it is trying to fake?

Some Americans do. I haven’t seen a place that accepts checks in a while though, especially not a Walmart

Linking a bank isn’t about consumer data. It’s about cutting out all the parment fees

Credit cards are expensive to accept. If you’re using an Amex through Apple Pay, it’s around 5% because of how many layers are taking a cut

Walmart’s margins would about double without having to pay payment provider fees, which they don’t have to pay with direct withdrawal

Steam catapults will cost billions and set delivery estimates back by years

Massive waste of time and money, even if they’re a better choice

This exemplifies the fundamental issue we have with police in the US

Poor behavior by cops isn’t corrected. Anyone holding cops accountable, however, is punished

When good cops sit around letting bad cops do bad things, they all become bad cops. Most officers are unwilling to step in and stop a bad cop due to the culture around policing

That sounds like withdrawal

Articles about stock prices are fucking worthless. Stock is down on the day and week

What in the fuck is a value of an article explaining why it “went up”, when it’s down on the day?