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What's the tradeoff tho? People usually are mad because those animals threaten part of their income, not because they cause harm to the environment. It's not about beavers or wolves or beavers or another ugly animal. Is usually about beaver or corn, or soy or whatever they're planting.

Kaliningrad likely has some nukes and offer no benefit for Ukraine to hold or even damage. most of the valuable targets for Ukraine would be reachable by long range missiles. No one wants to supply. Sadly the play seems to be increase Ukrainian lethality and force Russia to conscript more Russians from bigger cities to erode support for the conflict.

I think Russia would be much more weary to attack a re-armed, well supported and "rested" Ukraine that would be bolstered by defeating goliath, even if at great loss, remember that everyone thought they would capitulate within two weeks.

In this war the only winners are US/EU weapons manufacturers, there is no winning scenario. Something Trump cannot understand and Putin cannot accept.

I would not be able to say. I work with Russians but they avoid any political discussion. The few who do say something are more aligned with western views.

The little I seen from news I take are part of a bubble but show the US being ridiculed by tv hosts and the such. The US is/was the face of NATO for Russia for a long time, that narrative can shift very fast tho.

He did not live through two world wars and the invention of ICBMs. His views might have shifted a bit.

How? If all support for Ukraine crumbles and russia just plows ahead, do you think the ukranian population would be safer?

The only "less lives" approach would be if russia retreats in an agreement to keep the previous separatist regions they annexed while accepting some sort of buffer inside Ukraine from them on, which Zelensky would agree in the form of bases or nato membership. Which Russia will never go for.

I think its easier for the US to threaten to withdraw and Europe calling the bluff. Either goes ahead or they force another distraction.

My Dutch news website right now: "EU foreign policy chief: Free world needs new leader"

Am in Europe (NL), people do care. I have Ukranian refugees living in my town, I helped them with computers and bicycles and what I could to help some kids be able to do their school works.

Europe has given more than the US to Ukraine. https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-s...

US number would've been smaller if Biden did not push a large package before leaving. I think EU should do more.

What is so bad about Russia to the US? Well, you can ask every American administration of the past 30 years, they all seemed to agree before. For some Russian doctrine introduction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

His disconnection with reality is expected. I would be surprised if he understood or had any empathy to realities he doesn't conceive. The real change was in the GOP allowing and buying in on all of these.

What peace process? This was a minerals deal. No peace was being brokered here. Not even solid assurances. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/framework-agreement-us...

> WHEREAS the United States of America has provided significant financial and material support to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022;

The goal was always to support Ukraine for long enough to pressure Russia into the negotiation table, the concessions could varied, no one knows. Ukraine knows it cannot get it all, but they know they won't settle for nothing either.

We know this given how close even Trump got to having discussions with both parties. His competence was not there to finish any deal and took the worse turn possible.

Thinking like this is what will take the US further into isolation. Everyone wants to engage and help a nice big brother. No one likes a bully, they will nod and agree when required but in the end America last is the main thing going on everyones mind right now.

The mere unreliability of the government in keeping a narrative and position from one week to the next much less from one administration to the other is enough to alienate the allies. Count in annexation talks, tariff war as a negotiation gun.

If having US help requires kissing the president ass instead of being an ally and sharing of the American ideals, the US as it pretended to be, does not exist anymore.

I wonder how much will they publish about amazon hurting free markets or government curbing personal liberties of non straight people.

Twitter was not the government.

"some of you may die. But that is a sacrifice I am willing to make"

The hardest thing is to believe they operate under any process.

No sarcasm. I totally understand why a local news website in the US would just block since its irrelevant for them any traffic from outside the country and they're have little resources. I don't judge them from blocking.

Fact is that its very unlikely they would ever face any issues about having it not blocked.

The good thing about forums is their moderation. It seems like mostly what the law covers is already enforced by most forums anyways.

Seems like an overreaction in some of these. Perhaps the people running them were close to the edge and more mental burden just pushes them over it.

It's like local US news websites blocking European users over GDPR concerns.

I went to search, the us gov has a nice website about the dev. Til.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/natio...

The debt graph caught my eye. I did not expect it to be that stable for so long. I wonder what happened in 1981, impossible to say.

Every fascist leanings gets compared to Germany where it's more akin to Italy, East European or South American models of strong man and/or militaristic.

Everyone compares everyone to the worse so anything short of that gets way too much acceptance. I don't think Elon or the movement he's part of is full on Nazi not will become one. It's still bad and shameful.

I counted 3 that I would not apply, 2 can be argued. The rest is applicable just fine to what I see from the rethoric coming out of the US government.

No. Because If you say it's happening you violate #4.

Meta spent how many billions on Metaverse and has what to show for it? Some argue it was wasteful.

There are NO LINES that aren't crossed on corporate politics. Verbal abuse, illogical decisions based on vibes, favoritism or just plain stupidity are common in companies not listed and not rare on those that are.

The majority of things illegal in governments are business as usual in the private sector. Want to take a kickback of a supplier? Perfectly fine and normal on non large corporations. Still happens on those.

Because you had luck with your career is not representative of overall corporate behaviour. I worked as a third party seeing lots of large companies as clients. The amount of BS is outstanding and awe inspiring.

If that bureaucracy is needed to manage it, why is it waste?

In #2, doing the DOGE way you cut by 30% but the efficiency is now lower than 70%. Government is now less effective, costs less, wastes more. Cuts in education, research and consumer protection will cost a lot long term.

For #3 there is like dozens of models from different countries around the world. The U.S. could start by looking into those.

Maybe the best sentiment is to ask why do you have to pay 950 and not why some small minority can get a better deal.

That's why real estate in New York and SFO is so cheap and accessible. Free market!

I missed that, I guess I got them confused. I bought once from them and from Farnell a few more times and in my head it came from around.

Maybe its a good time for they to create one then.