envy.

I got news for you. The Republic of China also uses that same language.

I’ve seen similar reports. They are said to have the highest proportion of military aged men in their population between now and the early 2030’s before a big downwards population-trend for the next several generations as a result of the ol’ limited children policies. After that it’s suspected their resources will be too constrained caring for a ballooning elderly population.

-I’ll be curious to see how it all plays out.

That’s not the only way to interpret that phrase. A lot of people panic at the thought of another Trump presidency because they think of all of the stuff he may accomplish/destroy while regularly forgetting how stupid and incompetent he really is. Practically 90% of everything he says is a lie, but both his fans and his opponents treat every word he says with literal intent. -Any real threat he’s posed has and always will stem from the people he surrounds himself with.

-at least, that’s always been my perspective.

it wasn’t that long ago that the same people were arguing against the Equal Rights Amendment, also.

System76s’ (at least used to) use rebranded Clevo laptops with their own flashed motherboard firmware. I’ve replaced parts on mine with direct Clevo spare parts.

Celebrated a bday today, so I got to have Cioppino, and then Creme Brulee Crème brûlée* for dessert

I wondered this too, but she’s already in Moscow. Any care she can receive there, is still equal to or better than what the average Russian can get.

After reading the article, she is in Russia. I’m sure she will receive the best care moscow has to offer, which is still better than a lot of people.

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Now imagine you knew nothing of the outside world and your only experience with it was a hostile one.

The article claims that the likely motivation was to protect their families from reprisals.

You might be right. It’s a memory from 5-6 years ago and when I did some further digging in response to your comment, I couldn’t find any news stories that explained the exact reason why the company halted work but I did get a major detail wrong in finding that it was a Spanish company and that they were already on the brink of insolvency.

My state has been building a new interstate highway in segments for the last 1.5 decades and for the segment nearest me the main construction contract was awarded to a major french company. The french company thought the project was an upfront full payout, but the state had it set up as a piecemeal payment system based on hitting specific objectives. Upon finding this out the company halted all work and abandoned the job until the state took over the project 18 months later.

This reminds me of that.

I believe that. What I don’t believe is how people see that and remain optimistic.

Hanlon’s Corollary to Occam’s Razor can be applied, though. -Not that there’s any meaningful difference between incompetence and malice when it comes to politics, though.

This is the same SNL that invited Elon Musk to host only 3 years ago.

LOL. The absurdity at this rate…

It’s all relative in the Western hemisphere.

I went there once or twice in the early 90’s. It was a lot of new old-stock from different stores.