"For my own part I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. . . . the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America."
US should just make the turkey their national bird then.
About the turkey, [Benjamin] Franklin wrote that in comparison to the bald eagle, the turkey is “a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America...He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage.”
I hate Point Break now. If Lori Perry was my girlfriend and some dickwad threatened her life you can bet he is going to rot in jail, not go out in a blaze of glory.
Garry Busey is about to catch the gang that has made him a laughing stock for the last three years, decides to jeopardize the whole operation for a meatball sandwich.
RHCP busted for drugs? The whole thing is unbelievable.
Until the GOP take power. My prediction is that a Republican President will declare Ukraine an enemy of the US, pull out of NATO and align itself with China/India instead of Europe.
Not having universal healthcare doesn't have anything to do with money, the US government spends more money per capita on healthcare than any other country. The reason we don't have universal healthcare is because of the health insurance and pharmaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions into politician's pockets to keep the status quo.
This really has to be stressed: the US is staggeringly, mind-blowingly wealthy. If you think you comprehend how much wealth it has at its command then you're still wrong. There is more then enough money for the out-of-control military spending and to have universal healthcare, which would work out cheaper in the long run then the current system.
The idea that's it's a zero-sum game is the lie told by the corrupt to cover their greed.
Nice to see it used to defend a democracy on its own turf against an enemy who actually does need to be defeated. I mean seriously fuck the US military-industrial complex and the spiralling pseudo-wars that throw away our kids' lives, but right now it's good to finally see something worthwhile done with it.
exactly why the US could just swing their dicks around in Iraq and Afghanistan and no one dared to do a thing against it. You were even branded an enemy if you didnt support those war crimes . yikes
Would be very interesting to see how much money did the US military industrial complex gained from this conflict, maybe in 2-3 years when the effect of HIMARS system sales become visible
Chad capitalist moment. Destabilising nations, stealing their natural resources and killing innocents is enjoyable because this one time Reddit Man say it's good.
Not every country is the same, the government that they ousted in 2014 was nothing in compare with what Russia has. Not to mention their biggest win in the war so far is that they didn’t collapse.
Ukraine hasn't been fighting the entirely of Russian defence forces. That said, with world war 2 weaponry and tactics, I'm not sure if it will make much of a difference.
The one where you’re a sovereign country and do everything within your power to resist a foreign invasion force. Including accepting assistance from other sovereign countries willing to provide aid.
Not sure if you were looking for a specific response or just didn’t understand the situation. How do you see this situation?
I see that Khodorkovsky lost his voice in Russia the moment he left Russia. Both he and Chichvarkin are calling for action from their cozy places in London
He calls others to do this and he has no right to blame anyone for not doing it since he doesn’t do it. He was let go while people he provokes to do the same usually aren’t
So what? So you blame him, rather than those who threaten his life? What sense does that make? Your point would be reasonable if Putin didn’t have a record of jailing or killing his adversaries. The threat is real.
Right now according to the rest of the western world, the only Russians that are setting a positive example are the ones calling for an unconditional withdraw from Ukraine. That is it. Ukraine is their own country now; the UN supports this fact.
I truly do not understand wtf Russia is doing. They’re literally sitting on the largest pile of untapped natural resources on the planet. It’s not even a close second place. They could be turning inward and do whatever the hell they wanted. Instead they’re pissing off everyone in the entire fucking world for a vanity project.
Either the natural resources estimate is orders of magnitude incorrect or Putin truly is nothing more than a vain imbecile. Or he’s pocketed by china I guess, I don’t know. I meant it when I said I don’t understand the meaning of all this.
Live your life the best you can and stay as safe as possible. Putin is doing his best to torpedo his own country for no tangible benefit. I mean, as long as the current leadership collapses before the rest of the country does we all have the best case scenario. Worst case: nukes
I want to live to see the day when Putin gets his comeuppance. Sadly Putin is nothing without his enablers so they will probably slink away and come back once again to continue the cycle.
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u/MaximumEffort433 Sep 22 '22
"I mean Putin's already instituted a 'rifle for every protestor' policy, he's even helping you guys along!"