Coffee Talk: 7 Words You Can't Say to Jack Johnson

[forty_three]

Russia's Army Recruits Are Increasingly Older, Less Capable Men – Vyorstka - The Moscow Times

The Russian military is seeing an influx of older contract soldiers who are largely seen as detrimental to its war effort in Ukraine, the investigative news outlet Vyorstka reported Wednesday, citing anonymous military and parliamentary sources.

www.themoscowtimes.com

 

[thedddd]

LOL.... exactly

 

[forty_three]

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[thedddd]

Russia's Army Recruits Are Increasingly Older, Less Capable Men – Vyorstka - The Moscow Times

The Russian military is seeing an influx of older contract soldiers who are largely seen as detrimental to its war effort in Ukraine, the investigative news outlet Vyorstka reported Wednesday, citing anonymous military and parliamentary sources.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Seriously this is why he told Americans they can get residency in Russia if the democrats win. These stupid MAGATs think they would go to Russia and give a good life. Nope as soon as they arrive they will be sent off to war.

 

[mattola]

Seriously this is why he told Americans they can get residency in Russia if the democrats win. These stupid MAGATs think they would go to Russia and give a good life. Nope as soon as they arrive they will be sent off to war.

I really hope they go

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Not gonna say I don't have concerns about public housing and government being in the landlording business but when you frame a plan as "the government will ensure land is used for X and will also turn a profit from it" and try to frame that as outrageous I get a little confused.

 

[mattola]

Not gonna say I don't have concerns about public housing and government being in the landlording business but when you frame a plan as "the government will ensure land is used for X and will also turn a profit from it" and try to frame that as outrageous I get a little confused.

The replies on that thread, lol... I don’t really have a problem with the idea itself, but it’s hard to say if it will be done properly or if they’ll hire legitimate contractors, as governments tend to screw that up. Still, I think it’s a decent concept. But man, the replies... no matter what a government does, the opposition will always call it 'diabolical.' We’re really failing as a society

 

[dash]

^^

The tweet author is even more unhinged than Brian Lilley. Maybe not quite as bad as Ezra Levant, but he's in the ball park lol

 

[jstewismybastardson]

my bad if it was posted but ... "he couldnt cross the line" ... "of doing what was right" lmao

 

[forty_three]

.. no matter what a government does, the opposition will always call it 'diabolical.'

"We're helping the victims of the Hurricanes"

"THIS CANNOT STAND!"

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

The replies on that thread, lol... I don’t really have a problem with the idea itself, but it’s hard to say if it will be done properly or if they’ll hire legitimate contractors, as governments tend to screw that up. Still, I think it’s a decent concept. But man, the replies... no matter what a government does, the opposition will always call it 'diabolical.' We’re really failing as a society

It's not even so much the construction phase that's the issue - governments will always end up paying more for construction no matter what, and they only have themselves to blame. It's that they have a hard time maintaining the housing stock in good order and the tenants can be outright disgusting in how they caretake and there isn't really any remedy bar invading their privacy. It's a no-win scenario.

But regardless, that's the key point, the nonstop attempt to just completely shit on every idea the other guy has and frame it as something so atrocious and dangerous rather than "hey, here's a policy idea, you get to vote on whether you like it or not!" which is how we're supposed to be doing this.